WE’RE TAKING ON WATER! Replacing Thru Hull at Sea [Adventure
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- In the middle of the night, one of the scariest things that can happen at sea happens to us - a hole in the boat with water pouring in! Find out how we stop the water pouring in and replace a thru hole in the middle of the ocean.
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Somehow we missed this episode. What an adventure adrift so to speak. Glad you had a nice crew that didn’t freak out. I guess you made it and now you have a new boat and more experience.
It certainly was an adventure! A time we were certainly happy to have more hands on deck for sure!
Well done crew. A real team effort that was well planned out.
You two have really become competent sailors!
Props! You guys are real seasoned sailors.
Great communication and team work on that repair!!!
Fun times at sea! WOOHOO! Good job and good call! PEACE OUT
The fact that you didn't panic, you found the problem, you out a game plan together and all worked together safely, this kind of teamwork in emergencies will keep you alive, well done. Could you have used a bung plug for a temp fix. (not sure if that was correct name) : ) peace
Yes, we could have used a wooden bung - and that was our backup plan if the replacement failed, but luckily it worked without any leaks.
Great job fixing the thru-hull under way. Glad conditions were not much worse for you.
Nice work guys. Well done. Great vid.
What an Awesome job WELL DONE!
I have been following your journey for a while now. The fish you caught looks like a Sea Trout, although I may be wrong without seeing it personally. If I would place a bet I think would go for Trout. It is a Brown Trout the leaves the river along with Atlantic Salmon & follows them to the feeding grounds were they eat pink Crill , this is what makes the flesh pinkish/red. After fresh Tuna it’s the best tasting fish much sweeter than Salmon. Regards from an old Sailing/Fisherman, safe sailing - Ian.
We looked it up when we got in - pretty sure it was a Chum. Either way, it was delicious!
We learn new thing ever day, thanks. “May you have Fair Winds and Following Seas"
Glad you guys made it ok👍🏻
We had a similar problem on a Sunsail Jenneau 47 charter boat in the bvis. It was an a/c discharge just above the waterline that was leaking and we Macgyvered a fix in lieu of taking the boat back to the home base.
Great job! Not an a fun thing to deal with!
Nice at sea repair!
I carry a few cans of expanding spray foam for ponds its brand name is called Great Stuff, it is sold in all hardware stores. In theory you can fix almost any hole with the great stuff and a plastic bag. Stuff a plastic bag into the hole (or a crack) then spray the foam into the bag let it expand and dry for an hour, then your on your way, They also make a can for large gaps that works for larger holes, unless you can replace a through hole like these guys did!
Thanks for sharing that. Every yachtie’s nightmare. Seeing the real event helps to mentally prepare for the possibility.
Yes, it was definitely one of those worst nightmares upon discovering it. Just so thankful that we caught it and that it was a an easy fix above the waterline!
I’ve had this same thing happen twice but they were well above waterline (sink drain and holding tank vent). They were brittle from UV damage and age (38 years). Changed out all the above water to new plastic new ones. I figured the boat won’t be around another 20. Below water line I actually found two pvc valves! They and all below waterline fittings were replaced with new bronze. I figured they may have been damaged by time and galvanic action.
Wow, lucky you caught them and all worked out ok for you too. Yeah, we'll be replacing it with a marelon one, which will be UV stable.
Good to see properly prepared sailors, i would have been happy if you just had the bungs, the fact that you had new seacocks gives you an A++, also this is the second plastic through hull fitting I have seen have the flange fail in the last 2 weeks!
Thanks and cheers! Yeah, the Nylon above the waterline is not good in the sun!
You are two gutsy sailors taking an old boat with unknown issues like that on such a long offshore passage. I would have been quite nervous.
A good way to test her out, right? haha.. But this is the first passage we insisted on having a liferaft onboard... not that they do you much good in the middle of the ocean, but a little more peace of mind.
and making videos about it.
Wow.
In a lot of sailing vlogs it seems to try and recreate drama,
but with the thru hull (which when people would say it I thought they were saying 'through hole') problem you were actually capturing drama as it unfolded. In one sense you know it would succeed since there was a video, but you did a good job of capturing the troubleshooting, the solving and the back up plans
Thanks mate and cheers!
Way to git errr done!
Now that is high seas sailing.
this is incredibly impressive
Miss you guys, hope all’s well
Well done, very nice summary. I think those white plastic through hulls above the water line can become brittle from UV radiation. Great demonstration of what can happen, I need to inspect mine.
Nice video guys nothing like fresh salmon enjoy
The best thing to keep onboard is an assortment of tapered wood plugs. Duct tape and mechanics wire are great but boats need more. Roll of fiber glass cloth and 30 minute epoxy. JB weld, Life Caulk, 3M 5200 fast dry, Silicone. Life Caulk sets up very fast under water, resistant to oil and fuel everywhere you can use silicone except high temperatures. 5200 is super sealing but won’t work at all on damp surfaces. JB welds strength is amazing and works underwater. Learn the advantages and limitations of these products BEFORE you are dire need. You need to know your arsenal of tools.
As we showed, we had the wood plugs ready for a backup if the replacement didn't work. Also have many of the above mentioned sealants, however it;s important to read the fine print on them - many do not work or set properly below a certain temperature! With the cold out there, it was borderline whether they would actually work as promised in 50-ish degree temps.
I had to jury rig my forestay in mid ocean in the South Atlantic while on a singlehanded circumnavigation. I came within 6 wire strands of losing my forestay, roller furler and possibly the mast as well. Fortunately, I had a day of relatively calm conditions to climb the mast (I had steps but it was still pretty hairy) and clamp a plate to the head of the forestay. The repair lasted 30,000 miles till the end of the trip including 5 months in the Southern Ocean and a rounding of Cape Horn in late season - very stormy. Very exciting!
Yikes, bet that was a scary time! So lucky that you were able to come up with a fix that worked!
Plain white nylon degrades from UV in sunlight. Above the waterline, that's guaranteed to be a problem. Genuine Marelon is fiberglass reinforced UV resistant black nylon--a much better thing to replace it with. It may not be bronze but it never suffers galvanic failure either.
Scary job, going over the side out at sea. Kudos to all!
Yep, it's on the list to replace with a proper fitting not that we're in port working on her!
situation handled well ,never fun , and video too boot Amazing !!!
Thanks and cheers :)
Nice fix!
Nicely done.
Bugger of a situation, but I like your plan of attack. Having Ti stabilized from bow to stern and from above made this a safer job than it could have been, not to mention a lot less tiring. Well done !
Hey Guys aweome fix underway. Curious how you're getting on with hank-on foresails? Are you anxious to change to furling headsail(s) or are you finding it manageable? Cheers.
We thought we would be looking to switch to roller furling right away, but now we are planning to keep the hank-ons! Once you get the hang of it, not too bad at all, and nice to have the option to switch to different sails - much more efficient for the sailing characteristics!
Wow. Changing a thru hull while underway. Impressive! Loved the safety lines and the control while the daunting task was accomplished. Nice job, guys!
Really appreciate you making the effort to record the process. I know it would have been much easier to just do the work and narrate it later.
you guys get around, catching salmon now. cool
Welcome to Pacific Northwest!
They bought their boat at McCuddys. We took our sailing lessons their in Portland. They’re back home. 👍
Boy oh boy! We got a hole in the boat. Good job Ty! Way to recover. How's that back?
Now that Ty;s had surgery and recovering he is doing much better!
@@AdventureAdriftSailing I'm behind! I'm living in your past but that's very good to hear.
thanks
Exciting and impressive! Glad you were able to pull off the repair and get it on video. I wonder: What would your plan have been if it was below the waterline? Any way to repair it in that situation?
Put a bung in it.
Below the waterline would have been a wooden plug for sure!
Well done
great job
Why in God's name did you go offshore with that set up? I also have done that as a young crewmember. Scary amount of water comes in! Good save guys lesson learned!
Good to see that you were well prepared with both the plugs and a spare fitting. Brave of you to try the replacement underway. Job well done. That’s some fine seamanship there. Congrats!
First thing I’ve done on this new to me boat was replace all the thru halls with bronze ones the ll outlast my lifetime cheers folks I’m not far from you guys I’m in Anacortes WA
Exactly what I was about to say after watching the first 60 seconds of this video. Edit to add: After 5 minutes, from what I could see, my next observation or impression is the boat is in rough shape.
I have to say, as a non-sailor, that it does seem odd that something so vital to the boats safety would be made of plastic that can break so easily......That said, I bet the bronze ones are like 100 times more expensive...so if I was a sailor...I would also probably have the plastic ones too. :D
We now have a marelon replacement to swap it out with - marelon is much stronger and UV stable. We will likely replace below the waterline thru holes when we get to Mexico and haul out, amongst a lot of other work!
I replaced my raw water engine thru hull in my slip, not for the faint of heart.... Great job you guys, DIY at it's best!
Eesh, yeah, below that waterline sounds a bit nerve wracking while in the water!
@@AdventureAdriftSailing my buddy with dive gear choreographed every possibility with wrench and wooden plug up his sleeve. I was in the boat ready to clean the surface, apply 5200 and tighten the thru hull nut. Duct tape over the thru hull kept the water out of the boat until the valve was in place.... I sent him your vlog link to your "fix", we still laugh about mine, as you know not for the faint of heart! Good luck with your boat sale🥂💰💰💰
Plastic caravan through hull fittings. What plonker would use those. We use Hansen fittings here. Lloyd's approved composite for below the water line. I've never killed one in 40 years boating. Well done fixing yours underway. Impressive...
Yep, it's on the list to get a proper replacement for now that we are in port!
You should carry wooden plugs (carrot shaped) that match each of your thru-hull fittings, just remove that cheapo plastic POS and hammer home a plug, no sweat and no need to get wet.
Or if it is well below the waterline, just tie a line to a piece of cork or fishing float and pass that out thru the hole, it will float up so you can recover the line and tie it to your replacement thru hull fitting, then from inside the boat you can pull the line and it will bring the replacement fitting to the hole. Just give a little help to line it all up and it will easily slip into place and fit the lock nuts.
We have lots of wooden plugs, as shown in the video, that was our backup plan if the replacement thru hole did not succeed. And we kept them at close hand for the remainder of the passage, but luckily it held with no leaks!
Like your thinking on using a cork to get the line up, going to have to remember that one. We assessed the situation and found the best solution was replace with a spare first since conditions were good didn't like the idea of sailing another 500 miles with a plug alone. We will have to think about tying the line to the thru hull a little more, seems that getting adhesive on the fitting and getting is through with enough pressure to screw the backend on and not lose it over board could have left as high and dry. At the end of the day whatever works to keep things moving, we were happy that our first and best option went of flawlessly.
Nicely done repair at sea, especially in cold water. Continued safe passage to dockside.
Very well done...I'm especially pleased that they had the foresight to carry a bag full of wooden plugs.
This is vital before you go offshore ...ensure that you have the right size plugs for all of your through hulls, and correct size hose to replace any that start to leak.
Sorry to hear about the thru hull. Glad you were able to replace/repair. never liked plastic. Bronze is the way to go.
Bronze doesn't weaken in sunlight...
Now that seems cool to be on an expedition with people that seem to like it and are willing to get their hands dirty. It's much better that a bunch of complainers
Well now that was exciting! Good work crew.
Nice octopus watch cap. So much for plastic being better than bronze
Plastic should never be used if it's exposed to sunlight.
No thru hi is best.
Thru hull rule: They are holes in the boat. The fewer, the better!
Agreed!
They slow ya down as well.
And i was always told , to NEVER use a plastic skin fitting .
They sell a consumer black mastic tape, miracle something or other, that you can apply to a wet surface and stays water tight. That would get you to port dry. I just watched SV Delos do emergency water stop on some gooners boat after they rammed a block with their rudder and punctured the hull in two places. 6 inch wide black mastic tape would have saved that boat pretty quickly as well though they managed to slow it sufficiently for towing just by jamming cloth in the breaks.
We have some Flex Seal tape on board, but since we had so far to go still offshore, we wanted something a bit more secure. I know lots of products promise miracles, but we just felt better with something solid in the hole
Bronze and brass are different alloys ; use bronze ! As for plastic , you probably don't like that for a thru hull anymore . haha
@jay chilichild
Correct! Also never use brass with bronze. You may get away with it if you are in freshwater for a while but it’s a bad idea.
I have forgotten. Is this the 2nd time across meaning you take the new boat first and now your on the 2nd run from Hawaii??
This was the first crossing in Makara. As soon as we made landfall we flew back to Hawaii to take Varuna, they are now both back in the PNW
Uv destroys the plastic so the outer part crumbled.
Indeed, got a new marelon one to replace it with, which is UV stbale
What kind of idiots go in blue water with shit thru halls.. gives sailors a bad name
best school in the world problem solving on a boat
I've made the trip it's a hard one!
The Sun is out ... every day. ;-))
Was it old and brittle, or do you think you hit something and knocked the cap off?
UV degradation
Old, and UV damaged most likely, possibly over-tightened in the past. Have a marelon replacement that is UV stable.
never plastic in my boats , a 1/2 inch hole in the hull will overcome the best of bilge pumps in a matter of mins . . I am glad it all turned out ok
Great update! I've been watching since your early days. I have to say that I would never sail into the colder latitudes. I think we will remain sailing from Southern California to the Sea of Cortez. Maybe see you there.
The cold is certainly a change and adjustment - The Channel Islands and Sea of Cortez are some pretty special places to hang out! Enjoy :)
Sailed both and both are very special. I know of some who keep a boat in both places and spend six months a year in each.
Thanks for the heads up, from now on I'll keep my wetsuit in the boat!
And a mask Dan, just in case a sheet or line gets caught in the rudder-stock and you need to see what you’re doing underwater.
Recommendation from a friend =*)
@@Kit2Canada thanks Kit, always trying to be prepared. I've got one of those dreaded full keels so line in the rudder or prop aren't common but one never knows
Might want to carry a can of Flex Seal on board for temporary leaking fixes.
We had 2 different types of underwater epoxy, however they can only be used in certain conditions, important to know and something they don't advertise! If it's too cold, they will not cure! Also, if you read through the instructions, they actually don't recommend to use them in the water...
Plastic will always break.Next time use bronze or the very least, Nylon. Probably broke because all plastic is relevant to size. Might have been an idea to go bigger,hence more plastic around the thru hole......up to 1 1/4" . The smallest things can let you down on long ocean passages!
We now have a new, slightly upsized marelon replacement to swap out in there, should hold up much better!
@@AdventureAdriftSailing Great work!
Might be a 'new' fish, and might be a 'really new' fish from fukuzima. A whole new kind a deal there.
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Yeah, real wise to do, keep your hand as close to the cleat as possible, once the line slips, you loose a finger. THINK Guys!
too much dialogue, shakey camera. boring.
Not too much force on the line, just a small pull to keep even tension with the line led aft as a fore/aft stabilizing line. Nothing compared to a sail.
Greg, maybe we should have you on board as a professional cameraman?
5 minute job: pull through hull, hammer in your tapered wooden plug ... continue sailing.
I agree, never leave the dock without them
Time for replacing all those old thru hull fittings with modern high strength glass filled plastic types. Beats swimming! Cheap insurance. Great team work problem solving.
guesswhotoo6 should have been done before leaving if the boat had been lifted??
The fitting appeared fine upon inspection before leaving. Now that we are in port and working on the refit we'll be replacing with a proper one!
white plastic poc that should have never been installed
Why’d you go so far north? Avoiding the high?
Yep, you got it, downloaded weather charts every day or so to monitor the location of systems
Ty, your the bomb.
those were 2 ft seas not 2m seas lol. but good job regardless. get a ms195hx for next time.
Camera always makes the sea state look flatter. More than two foot in my opinion.
316 Stainless or bronze fittings installed with sikoflex, or 3M 5200 or 4200. Double clamp...rest easy
Never really heard of a stainless thru hull... bronze or even marelon would do the job. And anything except 5200 - you’ll never be able to remove it without doing some fiberglass damage in the future!
Jam a tee shirt in the leak !
I hope Ty's surgery went well. Those sink through hulls can seriously sink your boat. For instance if there is a leak in the sink hose, or the hose gets disconnected large waves can create a situation where water comes up through the piping and into your boat. Ask the sailing channel "Wicked Salty" about what happened to their previous boat! I prefer putting a Marelon or Bronze through hull on there with a valve. I prefer the bronze for their durability. I've had so many people say they got sea life up the valve and ruined the mechanism in Marelon when they went to close it. Also they are not allowed(suggested because they melt in engine room fires) in engine rooms, and are easy to break if something heavy falls on them. Again, I hope Ty is on the mend. The plastic ones are just asking for a sinking, but if it is all you have you've got to use it.
Thanks Allyn. Now that we're in port we'll be installing a proper replacement on that thruhull, actually re-doing that whole drain system as it was not in use previously.
This was excellent one Tye like a rubber advertising penguin! Nice mission! Good to see that you at least have proper wool blanketts! Some emergency blanketts like the force use in Norway must be a choice but offcorse they are not cheap, however I did finde some old un used in surplus net shop. For a afordable price, then, now even surplus from 1940 or older have been quite expensive. Not that I am so poor but I know wat I get pure wool cardigans in Swedish cheep wool made in a today non exist nitting factory is cool! BarbroSweden
We have an emergency blanket in our first aid kit, never thought to get it out! We did pour some hot water down his wetsuit - that helped warm him up too!
Bronze baby, bronze. Everywhere.
@Moja Marica Need a thu hole to dump the poop in the fish's homes.
Over tightened when it was installed.
Plastic day sailer parts put on a blue water boat. And these idiots left them.
I would use Flex seal tape
Have some on board, but we wanted a more solid fix in this weather this far offshore.
@@AdventureAdriftSailing Wow, thx for the reply, I was really kinda half joking, but seriously the brush on flex seal really is good stuff, not for that so much, but for general sealing when its dry.
Loved the video, it takes great balls to sail the oceans in a small craft like that, congrats.
Pero cómo carajos ponéis un pasacascos de plástico debajo del agua?
Doubtless there will be some replacing of thru hulls when you get back to port, where you are now I guess.
Ive got a gate valve on Zaya's sink I guess I better get rid of. Thanks for the gybe ...
You must have a list of things to work on when you get in,
shes a nice looking boat tho
Thanks, yes the project list is a long, intimidating one. Working hard and trying to knock things off one at a time and will be replacing that thru hull too! Cheers!
1) There are different types of plastic. Marelon would not have failed that way. That plastic looked like acetyl -sold for boats with a warning not to be used under the waterline. That applies to heeled waterline too. Bronze would stain the hull - they do corrode.
2) the quickest and safest solution would have been hammering in a soft wood plug from the outside. That would have pushed the remains if the old through hull into the boat and sealed the hull. The wood plug absorbs water and swells locking in into place.
3) Hank on sails are both obsolete and unsafe for ocean passages. In rough conditions a roller furling sail can be rolled up from the cockpit is a few seconds while having to send one or two crew forward to hand down a flogging sail is a potential disaster.
Hi Brian - yep, we have a marelon replacement to put in now that we are in port. We had the wood plugs as a backup, but since we had a thru hull, felt that was a good fix, and easier to swap out with the marelon on at the dock. As for hank-ons - you will meet sailors that tell you the exact opposite, that roller furlings are unsafe because they can and will fail you at the most inopportune moment - either jamming when you need to furl in, or the furling line chaffing thru and giving you a full sail when you don't want it. We don't think either is better or worse - they each have their advantages and disadvantages, it's just a matter of knowing and understanding how to use the system you have on board.
Just wondering during the purchase why wasn't the boat hauled out and inspected?
Borys Hawrysz they didn't bother?? I asked the same question months ago
@@mikenewzealand4525 sooner or later one of these TH-cam sailing channel will end in a disaster.
We purchased the boat in Maui - there are not any haul-out facilities there. There is a haul-out on Oahu, but very limited, expense and hard to get in due to it being the only one in Hawaii. We inspected in the water when we purchased it and prior to leaving and did not find any problems - this simply would have been a nylon thru that looked fine on inspection prior to leaving.
Borys Hawrysz True I wonder who will film it though!? lol 😂
Same thing happened to Lady K sailing with their old "paddle wheel" speed sensor. Snapped clean off. But that was BELOW the waterline. They nearly sank: th-cam.com/video/XkAsfunh7HM/w-d-xo.html
Below the waterline would be scary indeed... those paddlewheels never seem to do much good!
Emergency Emergency Taking on water. It's a drip
no shit!!!!!hardly worth a video...not to mention, he said he was in 2 and1/2 to 3 meter seas.....looks like mabye 2-3 foot waves to me!!!! 3 meter is 9 feet dude!
No, we didn’t capture the water pouring in the boat in the middle of the night- we were a bit preoccupied trying to stop it, rather than setting up lights, cameras, etc while the water continued to flow in. This vid of the gurgling water is from after we hove-to. Sorry there wasn’t enough drama for you.
As for the seas, they were about 6-8 feet - ask any sailor, wave height is generally very hard to judge/capture from the camera on board.
@@AdventureAdriftSailing hardly enough drama!!!! i just got off my 28 foot boat from 3 ""real"" meter seas and bbq'ed burgers ALONE!!!!!anything to get someone to send you a buck eh? mabye get yerself a poptop vw bus and you might be safer.... as long as you dont blow a tire!
Ok - now that you have a fleet of boats sailing sequentially from Hawaii to the North west - could you identify the vessel you're on. Second - I'm surprised that you even reported this as - there are no sharks or crocodiles involved!! What's a little thru hull leak to seasoned sailors? :-) But seriously - good job - (not for the at sea dangling repair - but putting on a girly wet suit for the cause!)
Martin, this was on the first passage with Makara, shortly after making landfall we flew directly back to Hawaii and repeated the passage with Varuna. They are now both docked in the PNW - Varuna for sale and we are refitting Makara. And yes, Ty was a champ with the wetsuit... ;)
I hate to be that guy, but why didn't you just slap a bung in there with some silicone or 5200? I just don't see it being worth risking hanging someone over the side. But it's not my boat and I wasn't there. Anyway congrats on a safe repair at sea.
Because they are morons. That's why they're in the middle of the ocean with plastic thu hulls and hank on sails.
Have you ever tried to REMOVE something with 5200? It would absolutely destroy the hull. Wood bungs are designed to work without sealant - they swell with the water. As was shown in the video, we had wooden bungs as a backup if the replacement thru hole did not work
Damage - thousands of boats have sailed around the world with hank-on sails. Modern sailors have become spoiled in the last decade or two.
Plastic through hulls SUCK. There are new composite ones that are supposed to be good.
Yeah, this Nylon clearly did not hold up with the UV exposure.
Good reason to have waterproof rubber tape on the boat. Ten bucks to save a boat.
if you have to use a plug, put it where you can get to it easily, inside. If something happens to it you can deal with it, if it's on the outside, oy vey. Back in the wetsuit.
We debated back and forth about this - we think outside would be preferable because the water pressure will be holding it IN, rather than trying to push it OUT. Can always re-bung form the inside.
@@AdventureAdriftSailing I would be concerned that the water flowing past would be more pressure than water pressure holding it in, especially above the water line, or a short distance (say 6 feet) below. Your mileage may vary! =)
Good job! Heaving to has many uses!
ok so you noticed you were taking on water rapidly at night in cold ass water... so you hove-to and got some sleep ???? WTF! haah how could you sleep holy shit ! .... that being said epoxy epoxy epoxy
Well, we slept in shifts, keeping someone on watch at all times. We did have underwater epoxy on board, unfortunately it was too cold for it to set.
An orca isn't a whale it's a dolphin...
Or a toothed whale? ;)
Orcas are dolphins.
Actually, they are all toothed whales..
You have no business at sea with a plastic thru hull sorry. Glad you made it home
Plastic is very common above the waterline.
This is a perfect example of how to make an exciting and daring team effort repair in the middle of the Pacific Ocean totally boring by terrible filmmaking. You had all night, while you were hove to, to consider making great footage to capture this thrilling event. I'd blame the terrible editing but with nothing but crappie footage the whole effort of filmmaking was desperate and boring. You NEVER need to "recap" quality footage filmmaking.
Very true, we got our priorities completely out of order. Thanks for setting us straight.
So rude. OK, so it's not to your taste. But you are over critical. Mucking around with a camera is secondary to boat safety. Why is it the most critical posters never have any of their own content?
Let's count crew: Ty overboard, Hillary below, 1 guy winching the halyard on the mast base, 1 guy tailing the safety line, 1 guy forward stabilizing Ty in that direction, 1 guy aft stabilizing Ty in that direction. That's all 6. So you're bitching about the GoPro clamp!!
Adventure Adrift
1) If you want to sail around and that's your priority that's great! But TH-cam is about visual content which begs the question: what's your priority of being on TH-cam??? Making videos is hard. Making better videos is accomplished by paying attention to constructive criticism. My criticism was: you had plenty of time to plan out your shots and you failed & a "sum up" is absolute evidence of failing to create quality content.
2) You tried to make a video to express that you "felt panicked". This was NOT a life threatening event. Simply sailing on one tack would have solved >90% of the water leak problem temporarily. Ocean sailors with priorities have correct sized plugs for every thru hull (usually tied to the thru hull it may be used to plug up a leak).
I've been sailing since 1971 and have been working in the advertising photo industry in NYC since the 80's ...
Advice for sailors: never panic because panic never helps. (You we're panicking, stop get a handle on your emotions then work out solutions.)
Advice for visual artist: stop making excuses when receiving constructive criticism, instead listen carefully.
@@OnTourWithPattiSmith I don't know AA but let me respond anyway. Might help with the algorithm 😋
If you really are the experienced sailing man you claim to be you would not be critiquing people for putting safety before production footage. I film a fair bit on my boat but often, even without a crisis, I have to put the camera away and mentally focus on the job at hand. Also, using terms like "terrible editing" and "crappie footage" does not sound like constructive feedback. TH-cam is evolving fast but is still an essentially amateur channel. You sound mean and deliberately hurtful. I'm sure they are not too wounded by you but I certainly took offense, doubly so when I saw a complete lack of content that might suggest you have the experience to make your feedback worth listening to. At the end of the day most TH-camrs are constantly looking to improve their output. you could have easily provided "constructive feedback" constructively. Instead you, from your armchair, you unnecessarily slapped down down people who have got off their asses and are out their Doing It!