@@SailingMillennialFalcon FWIW… I recently got starlink and it’s pretty amazing. Once you’ve got the ability to get it you really should jump on it. I’m not sure when they’re going to open it up to Cruisers, but it will change the TH-cam sailing channel landscape I’m sure. You should try and get your name “on the list” if you haven’t already so that once you do get it, you’ll be able to hit the ground running.
@@philipmackin1025 I think they have it they just have not released it. It will not need to be a big dome like you may be used to seeing- with so many sats in the constellation - there will always be one in view so a flat dish will work. They used it on the starship and will have on the next SS whenever that may be. What seems to be holding up the show is getting enough of the sats up that can communicate with each other - so that your signal does not have to come back down to an earth station off the sat your under. It can be passed along from sat to sat with laser communication until their is an earth station in view. One web might actually come first as they have a different model with less sats- and one of their target demographics is ships and aircraft-
I’m primarily a powerboat fisherman, but have cut across the Gulf of Mexico a couple of times with a sailing buddy who was keen on learning to catch fish. We used hand lines and fishing rods, and mostly surface type rather than swimming baits. And we were pretty successful, both with meat and Bill fishes. I think one of the key items was that whenever we got a fish we were able to douse sail and slow the boat down pretty quickly. We also would start the engine and use reverse sometimes. I don’t think the speed with which you pull in the hand line is important, but not giving slack is critical. All these fish are used to shaking stuff out of their mouth that bothers them, they’re good at it, and if you don’t have tension on the hook they’re gonna go bye-bye. In terms of tackle, oddly enough one of the fabulous baits for sailers is really pretty small, and very cheap. That would be a fluorescent green or green and orange king fish duster. It’s a little metal head about the size of a pencil eraser with a rubber string skirt, about 3 inches long total. Rig it on a forged (flattened across the bend) 2/0, 3/0 or 4/0 hook. The hook should be small enough that only about a half inch of the bend extends past the end of the skirts. A single strand wire leader of about 60 to 80 pounds strength is good for Leader, make it about 4 feet long. But the single strand wire will only be strong enough if you use a twisting methodology called a haywire twist. Single strand wire tag ends will puncture or gash your hands unless you actually twist off the bitter ends. You can learn it by looking on videos but it would be much better if you could find some fishing mug to teach it to you, it’s much easier that way. This little baits skitters along the surface, and is good at catching fish that have learned that those great big lure things are dangerous. In other words, very many of them. If you’re running multiple lines make it is separated from your other lines by being either shorter or longer than the rest. Since it skitters along the surface it will pick up the string from the other lines which are on the surface and tangle. Many of our coastal sailing friends who never catch have found this little ditty to be magic for them. And all of the components are really cheap, make up several at a time so you don’t spend a bunch of time individually rigging them and keep them stashed on the boat. When the wire starts to get kinked, which it will after a couple of fish, it gets weak and you’ll have to replace the wire or just grab a spare to put out and fix it back at port. Swimming baits are also very effective at speeds below six knots. But the billed ones are fussy and after a while will not pull straight, the most durable one is made by Halko. A 6 to 7 foot 150 to 200 pound monofilament leader crimped or tied with a perfection loop or fisherman‘s clinch at the lure and a loop at the other end, just a simple figure 8 knot works. I am assuming that you have a good sturdy 150 to 300 pound test ball bearing snap or twist on swivel crimped or tied with a competent fishermans clinch on the end of your hand line. The shiny stainless ones last longer than the black anodized. They’re a little on the expensive side but will pay dividends in avoiding twist tangles in your lines, and are on part of your line that’s not going to break. So they last a long time. For surface baits, a cheap and effective “Octopus skirt” is a lure that you build out of pieces, with a hook probably about an 8/0 tied to a 200 pound leader, an egg sinker with a hole down the middle slid over the leader riding immediately in front of the hook, an octopus skirt 6 or 8 or max 10 inches long. Remember, we are selecting for relatively smaller fish that you can handle and land. Use one skirt or nest two with the hole cut just in the tip barely big enough for the leader to go through slid over the egg sinker. When the fish gets on the egg sinker can slip back up the leader when the fish shakes its head, moving the weight away from the hook so that it doesn’t get dislodged. Put an eye (small loop) at the end for connecting with the swivel. It’s cheap, your biggest money will be probably in the hook. I really like a mustad Number 7691 forged hook for this use. After you get your rig figured out so that you’re not losing tackle, stainless hooks are better as the points don’t rust dull. It will never straighten out. Green-yellow(Mahi) is a good color, purple black (small tuna) is a good color, iridescent pearl and a small amount of either red, orange or blue (looks like a squid or a flying fish) works also. Gloves will allow you to use your hands like a fishing reel drag on a bigger or hard pulling fish like tunas or wahoo. Don’t be shy about putting out fairly long headlines. The line itself is stretchy, and length allows the fish to run off at an angle from the boat and that helps absorb shock. Regards gaffeng, if the fish is tired you can come underneath them, but if the fish is not tired they will see the gaff and bounce away from it in which case an arcing overhand swing is best. Aim for the biggest bunch of meat on the fish, Just on the other side of the fish and then quickly pull the point of the gaffe into the fish, best is immediately behind the head. If you are solo gaffing, lead the fish along the stbd side of the boat with the leader your left hand, gaff with your right. Especially when your boat is moving at less than 6 kn, hooks really need to be sharp. Files rust, but a little stone about 3 inches long will do the trick. If the point of the hook won’t score your thumbnail, you’ll miss a sub stantial portion of the fish that bite. If you happen to see a fish around your lure, and you will if you look, little jigging motions of the line help seal the deal. Just grab the standing part of the line that is taught because you’re dragging it through the water with the tips of your fingers and lift it up a foot or two and let it drop a few times. Do not let the line get a full loop around any of your appendages that you are fond of. If you can incorporate a piece of surgical tubing or bungee cord into your set up, by cleating it and using a snap into a loop on your hand line that’s helpful. More lines out are always better. Three is probably an optimal number. But they tangled if not staggered so try to separate them vertically by staggering the distance out they are behind the boat or even lifting your furthest back one higher by rubberbanding the line up, maybe to your back stay. A number 64 rubber band is about right, that’s the fat one. When the fish strikes the rubber band will break. And if you happen to be around a marina and there are powerboat fisherman, try to get them to help you with rigging. If you’re in an area for a while, and they know that you’re going to leave, they might even teach you the spots where the fishing is good. Because there’s a huge difference in those small areas and the desert that the remainder of the ocean can be. I’ve met very very few sailors that I think you should take fishing lessons from, they just don’t get enough practice to get good at it. Find a power boat fisherman that is sympathetic and understands the issues that you deal with sailing and try to get that person to teach you generally, and specifically how to rig strong but effectively. There are a few tackle store guys that are competent at this, usually the smartest are Charterboat fisherman. They have to make it happen every day, rain or shine. But they are also very busy. The captains of absentee power boat owners have got the time. And don’t forget you have a huge advantage sailing. Your boat is quiet. If you get in the water next to a boat with the engine running you will be amazed that powerboats catch any fish at all. Our catch rate per unit of effort when sailing was at least double what our rate was out of our power boat. The fish will continue to be interested in a lure and hang around messing with it much longer than behind a power boat. And if you’re watching and notice while this little commotion goes on you can jig the bait and catch a much higher percentage of them. Fishing around patches of sarcasm is a pain in the behind because your hooks will catch the sarcasm. But there’s a lot of fish around weed. Bon appétit.
Spectacular light show. Just to help your nautical vocabulary you go down the COMPANIONWAY STEPS (not stairs) to GO BELOW (not downstairs). During a lightening storm you could hang a length of chain from a shroud into the water. This gives a path to ground (earth) if lightening should strike the mast, it being the tallest attraction. A keel stepped mast could hole the hull if it were struck. Deck stepped mast just the cabin top damaged. Stay safe and ENJOY the adventure. Capt John.
Great video. Amazing to watch, but not so much being in the thick of it I imagine! Thanks for sharing the highs and lows. I think we all knew Adam would have thrown that fish back if he had landed it!! 😄
what i would do top be stuck in a boat in the middle of the ocean with Kiara singing me songs, cooking me dinner and giving me head scratches.. also lightening storms in a boat suck, also kudos to Adam for letting the fish go, you don't need to kill everything you come across.
Our IP 485 was hit by lightning last August (we were on the boat at the time). We’ll never forget the noise and the smell of burning rubber. All electronics were toast - 5 months and $100,000 later, we made it back into the water. Be safe out there!
If only you 2 had made off with the Kraken when you had the chance to sail away with it… 😂. Glad you’re making it through and Millie is keeping you safe.
OMG, you stop your sailing adventure right in the middle of a lightening storm. Will they make it, or will Davy's Jones be having them over for dinner. tune in next week to find out what happened to our salty sailors. Stay groovy and stay safe.
I'm always throwing out the question, are you ready for lightning, have a plan, have some protection. One guy got a hole blown through his hull and some other parts. Its serious. I study it. It's part of my job, lightning protection. But, on land on top of mountains.
I have to complement you on wearing the harnesses even when it was sunny. My friend recently fell overboard on Baltic see, spent 90 minutes in 4 degree Celsius water, now he is in a coma. Don't fall overboard :)
Off on a journey and I was just beginning to feel sorry for Adam...and then uh no! He did it to himself. In the meantime Kiara is taking up the slack! Good Job guys working together to make a fun trip!
Amazing job. Calm and collected in the storm and still able to produce great content for your Chanel. We would wish you good luck but you don't need luck when you have competence. Keep smiling and enjoy the ride. The smiles per hour is far more important than the miles per hour, life is short, enjoy it.
I'm gonna pile on rather than making a similar comment. I don't understand the reference to others leaving at the same time as when you left. Seems each captain has their own voyage to make, and it's not a comparison or competition but rather a personal endeavor. It's the journey that is more meaningful than the destination. The two of you together are such a fun, competent, even adorable couple. thank you for sharing your journey.
Of course another superb episode… got shout putting the things in the m-wave (your own portable faraday cage). I think you can use the oven too can’t you? Laptops in there too? Is it also a good idea to disconnect the radio and radar antenna co-ax cables?
I never used to be afraid of lightening, but about 10 years ago I was driving my car in a really bad lightening storm. There was a lightening strike that hit a utility pole that was about 4 feet from my car. It was close enough that it changed the radio station in my car, but fortunately did no actual damage to the car. I gained a lot of respect for lightening after that incident.
Very scary! We had a similar experience, thankfully at mooring, in Catalina Island, CA. Advice from others was “don’t have the tallest mast”... We have the tallest mast (65 ft.) and it’s carbon fiber, which I’ve heard is a good conductor, as well as expensive and one-time use. We put a bunch of our electronics into the oven along with a couple fresh pair of underwear so that after the storm you can find everything you need in one place :-)
Everyone else has turned landlubbers with the excuse of repairs. You're out there doing what you would expect sailing channels would do...THANK YOU both. Now go change your underwear.
Do mahi-mahi travel in pairs? Young mahi-mahi tend to travel in groups of up to 50 or more fish - this is their natural defence from attacks. As they get older their group will become smaller and smaller until they will just swim around with a single buddy. If that was his last buddy, glad it escaped your hook.😁
I personally feel that a handline is the BEST WAY to fish from a boat when trolling. I see people spending all their big money on fancy rods and reels. And they catch a few fish and then they get the big one and the rod breaks or the reel strips it's gears. OR the fish runs the line out and the fish is gone with your lure and line. I know that don't happen to everyone. But just think how many fish you got to catch to pay for the big rod and reel. A hand is a whole lot cheaper. So if you catch 2 or 3 big fish and that pays for your handline. And then you have more money to buy those high priced lures.... But that's just my frugal thinking. My wife has taught well over the past 45yrs. LOL
You don’t keep enough pressure on the line when you have a fish on, you have to drag them in and really set the hooks in the mouth so they can’t shake them free.
Millie's looking good! Nice video and great work with the electrical storm and using your radar. When there's lightening near me I have quick disconnects (Anderson plugs) on my electrical stuff like VHS, AIS, SSB, Plotter etc. I unplug the power and ground and unscrew the antennas and use hand helds until clear of the storm. I installed the electronics with easy access to the power and antenna. Chances of the electronics surviving a lightening strike are quite good if completely disconnected from the boat. I also ran 4ga wire from mast compression post, side chain plates and the back stay to the zincs which I hope will help avoid side flashes inside the salon if hit. Don't know about the wiring on your boat but my 1985 V42CC did have some wiring as lightening protection but it's way undersized and was corroded in spots. I agree there's nothing more scary than lightening out in open ocean.
In know you feel like you're sailing a massive lightning rod but in truth you're sailing across a 2000 mile wide lightning rod so you're really small beans in the scheme of things. Boats do get struck but don't hold your breath waiting for it. The trick with pulling in fish with a handline is when it's getting close to the boat drop the spool and hand over hand the line quickly and not stop until its at your feet.
Seeing the alcohol in the fish gills comments....who first thought that it would be a thing to do to a fish? Not something I’d think to do with alcohol while fishing.
We got 8 meals out of each fish but aren’t crazy fish eaters so unless we ate fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner it’d have gone to waste - waste not want not and all that… 🙂
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. (2 Corinthians 7:10) Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:7) For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
Maybe ....Just Maybe...They have these new fangled things calls fishing rods...Im told that it allows one to play the fish out prior to landing and reduces strain on the hook set and some even have clickers to indicate the fish is on.. Were you to only have one in possession at any given time the sailing community is not allowed to ridicule or look down upon you. I know ...I know ..pure urban legend... However; were you tie on a blue and white junior islander lure with 60 lb flourocarbon leader and a J hook you might actually increase your chances of catching by orders of magnitude...
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Ouch you left us hanging! Nice fish!
Rockin those fisherman's uggs lol
You just can't keep enough tension on the line with the handheld lines. I'm glad you caught one, though! Yay!!!
I appreciate the ability to watch at 1440p... it really does make it nicer to watch. Thank you!
I’m glad it’s appreciated. While we have some good internet we may as well put it to good use!
100%. Sat watching it on my TV thinking huh this looks way better. That would explain why! 🤩
@@SailingMillennialFalcon FWIW… I recently got starlink and it’s pretty amazing. Once you’ve got the ability to get it you really should jump on it. I’m not sure when they’re going to open it up to Cruisers, but it will change the TH-cam sailing channel landscape I’m sure. You should try and get your name “on the list” if you haven’t already so that once you do get it, you’ll be able to hit the ground running.
@@JeffLatimer Starlink does not have a stabilized mount that a boat would need yet.
@@philipmackin1025 I think they have it they just have not released it. It will not need to be a big dome like you may be used to seeing- with so many sats in the constellation - there will always be one in view so a flat dish will work.
They used it on the starship and will have on the next SS whenever that may be.
What seems to be holding up the show is getting enough of the sats up that can communicate with each other - so that your signal does not have to come back down to an earth station off the sat your under. It can be passed along from sat to sat with laser communication until their is an earth station in view.
One web might actually come first as they have a different model with less sats- and one of their target demographics is ships and aircraft-
Enjoy your fish 🐠 dinner on board with rice 🍚! 😘⛵️😀 Mike from Missouri
My wife said she loves the Ugg boots action shots! Good catch though!
Pssst ... one of my secret co-stars is the yellow winch handle. Love it :D
I’m primarily a powerboat fisherman, but have cut across the Gulf of Mexico a couple of times with a sailing buddy who was keen on learning to catch fish. We used hand lines and fishing rods, and mostly surface type rather than swimming baits. And we were pretty successful, both with meat and Bill fishes.
I think one of the key items was that whenever we got a fish we were able to douse sail and slow the boat down pretty quickly. We also would start the engine and use reverse sometimes.
I don’t think the speed with which you pull in the hand line is important, but not giving slack is critical. All these fish are used to shaking stuff out of their mouth that bothers them, they’re good at it, and if you don’t have tension on the hook they’re gonna go bye-bye.
In terms of tackle, oddly enough one of the fabulous baits for sailers is really pretty small, and very cheap. That would be a fluorescent green or green and orange king fish duster. It’s a little metal head about the size of a pencil eraser with a rubber string skirt, about 3 inches long total. Rig it on a forged (flattened across the bend) 2/0, 3/0 or 4/0 hook. The hook should be small enough that only about a half inch of the bend extends past the end of the skirts. A single strand wire leader of about 60 to 80 pounds strength is good for Leader, make it about 4 feet long. But the single strand wire will only be strong enough if you use a twisting methodology called a haywire twist. Single strand wire tag ends will puncture or gash your hands unless you actually twist off the bitter ends. You can learn it by looking on videos but it would be much better if you could find some fishing mug to teach it to you, it’s much easier that way. This little baits skitters along the surface, and is good at catching fish that have learned that those great big lure things are dangerous. In other words, very many of them. If you’re running multiple lines make it is separated from your other lines by being either shorter or longer than the rest. Since it skitters along the surface it will pick up the string from the other lines which are on the surface and tangle. Many of our coastal sailing friends who never catch have found this little ditty to be magic for them. And all of the components are really cheap, make up several at a time so you don’t spend a bunch of time individually rigging them and keep them stashed on the boat. When the wire starts to get kinked, which it will after a couple of fish, it gets weak and you’ll have to replace the wire or just grab a spare to put out and fix it back at port.
Swimming baits are also very effective at speeds below six knots. But the billed ones are fussy and after a while will not pull straight, the most durable one is made by Halko. A 6 to 7 foot 150 to 200 pound monofilament leader crimped or tied with a perfection loop or fisherman‘s clinch at the lure and a loop at the other end, just a simple figure 8 knot works. I am assuming that you have a good sturdy 150 to 300 pound test ball bearing snap or twist on swivel crimped or tied with a competent fishermans clinch on the end of your hand line. The shiny stainless ones last longer than the black anodized. They’re a little on the expensive side but will pay dividends in avoiding twist tangles in your lines, and are on part of your line that’s not going to break. So they last a long time.
For surface baits, a cheap and effective “Octopus skirt” is a lure that you build out of pieces, with a hook probably about an 8/0 tied to a 200 pound leader, an egg sinker with a hole down the middle slid over the leader riding immediately in front of the hook, an octopus skirt 6 or 8 or max 10 inches long. Remember, we are selecting for relatively smaller fish that you can handle and land. Use one skirt or nest two with the hole cut just in the tip barely big enough for the leader to go through slid over the egg sinker. When the fish gets on the egg sinker can slip back up the leader when the fish shakes its head, moving the weight away from the hook so that it doesn’t get dislodged. Put an eye (small loop) at the end for connecting with the swivel. It’s cheap, your biggest money will be probably in the hook. I really like a mustad Number 7691 forged hook for this use. After you get your rig figured out so that you’re not losing tackle, stainless hooks are better as the points don’t rust dull. It will never straighten out. Green-yellow(Mahi) is a good color, purple black (small tuna) is a good color, iridescent pearl and a small amount of either red, orange or blue (looks like a squid or a flying fish) works also. Gloves will allow you to use your hands like a fishing reel drag on a bigger or hard pulling fish like tunas or wahoo. Don’t be shy about putting out fairly long headlines. The line itself is stretchy, and length allows the fish to run off at an angle from the boat and that helps absorb shock.
Regards gaffeng, if the fish is tired you can come underneath them, but if the fish is not tired they will see the gaff and bounce away from it in which case an arcing overhand swing is best. Aim for the biggest bunch of meat on the fish, Just on the other side of the fish and then quickly pull the point of the gaffe into the fish, best is immediately behind the head. If you are solo gaffing, lead the fish along the stbd side of the boat with the leader your left hand, gaff with your right.
Especially when your boat is moving at less than 6 kn, hooks really need to be sharp. Files rust, but a little stone about 3 inches long will do the trick. If the point of the hook won’t score your thumbnail, you’ll miss a sub stantial portion of the fish that bite. If you happen to see a fish around your lure, and you will if you look, little jigging motions of the line help seal the deal. Just grab the standing part of the line that is taught because you’re dragging it through the water with the tips of your fingers and lift it up a foot or two and let it drop a few times. Do not let the line get a full loop around any of your appendages that you are fond of. If you can incorporate a piece of surgical tubing or bungee cord into your set up, by cleating it and using a snap into a loop on your hand line that’s helpful.
More lines out are always better. Three is probably an optimal number. But they tangled if not staggered so try to separate them vertically by staggering the distance out they are behind the boat or even lifting your furthest back one higher by rubberbanding the line up, maybe to your back stay. A number 64 rubber band is about right, that’s the fat one. When the fish strikes the rubber band will break.
And if you happen to be around a marina and there are powerboat fisherman, try to get them to help you with rigging. If you’re in an area for a while, and they know that you’re going to leave, they might even teach you the spots where the fishing is good. Because there’s a huge difference in those small areas and the desert that the remainder of the ocean can be.
I’ve met very very few sailors that I think you should take fishing lessons from, they just don’t get enough practice to get good at it. Find a power boat fisherman that is sympathetic and understands the issues that you deal with sailing and try to get that person to teach you generally, and specifically how to rig strong but effectively. There are a few tackle store guys that are competent at this, usually the smartest are Charterboat fisherman. They have to make it happen every day, rain or shine. But they are also very busy. The captains of absentee power boat owners have got the time.
And don’t forget you have a huge advantage sailing. Your boat is quiet. If you get in the water next to a boat with the engine running you will be amazed that powerboats catch any fish at all. Our catch rate per unit of effort when sailing was at least double what our rate was out of our power boat. The fish will continue to be interested in a lure and hang around messing with it much longer than behind a power boat. And if you’re watching and notice while this little commotion goes on you can jig the bait and catch a much higher percentage of them. Fishing around patches of sarcasm is a pain in the behind because your hooks will catch the sarcasm. But there’s a lot of fish around weed.
Bon appétit.
Excellent write up, I picked up some of their mistakes too that you mentioned!
cheers
The bachelor fish are fair game. Great video. Thanks.
When you hear plop as well as thunder, you know it was close….. Scary when the helm starts tingling….
Epic night footage!!
Chicken mahi--mighty good eating! Ferocious lightning storm...glad y'all made it through OK.
Dont em run. You need to haul in as fast as possible. Never mind next time you will get one. Fair winds & regards from the UK
Very good show of lightning good luck to all
Fishing vs. catching, thanks for the video essay 📷👀👍❗️ Lightning ⚡️ 😵❗️ What a thriller 😎
Im so jealous!!! I absolutely love lightning storms. Can’t wait to sail through one on my boat
Spectacular light show. Just to help your nautical vocabulary you go down the COMPANIONWAY STEPS (not stairs) to GO BELOW (not downstairs). During a lightening storm you could hang a length of chain from a shroud into the water. This gives a path to ground (earth) if lightening should strike the mast, it being the tallest attraction. A keel stepped mast could hole the hull if it were struck. Deck stepped mast just the cabin top damaged. Stay safe and ENJOY the adventure. Capt John.
Always great to see your videos pop up, Always waiting for them too..!!✅
Enjoy your sailing ⛵️ sailboat to St Martin crossing ocean! Ocean water is beautiful blue in color! 😘😀 Mike from Missouri
Nice Dorado ;)
Liquorice is good bait for catching fish; you get allsorts!
What amazing lighting storm ⛈ crossing ocean ! 😘⛵️😀 Mike from Missouri
Enjoy your sail to St Martin crossing the ocean! Ocean water color is beautiful ! 😘⛵️😀 Mike from Missouri
Great video. Amazing to watch, but not so much being in the thick of it I imagine! Thanks for sharing the highs and lows. I think we all knew Adam would have thrown that fish back if he had landed it!! 😄
Haha, very true… as soon as Adam looks into their eyes he starts debating whether we should throw him back in!
I hate lightening too. I was nervous just watching it on your video. Looking forward to your next video. God bless you both. ❤️❤️
Mmnn! Fisherman's tales?? That was electrifying.
Great video you two.
With a reel, letting drag out can prevent bending the hook. ;)
Not many folks catch Mahi wearing UGGS! Nice work!
what i would do top be stuck in a boat in the middle of the ocean with Kiara singing me songs, cooking me dinner and giving me head scratches.. also lightening storms in a boat suck, also kudos to Adam for letting the fish go, you don't need to kill everything you come across.
An electrifying episode 😁
Nice cliff hanger guys!
Our IP 485 was hit by lightning last August (we were on the boat at the time). We’ll never forget the noise and the smell of burning rubber. All electronics were toast - 5 months and $100,000 later, we made it back into the water. Be safe out there!
Oh no . . . a cliffhanger! I guess I'll have to wait. You got a few good shots of the storm. Stay safe and keep wearing your life vests.
If only you 2 had made off with the Kraken when you had the chance to sail away with it… 😂. Glad you’re making it through and Millie is keeping you safe.
OMG, you stop your sailing adventure right in the middle of a lightening storm. Will they make it, or will Davy's Jones be having them over for dinner. tune in next week to find out what happened to our salty sailors. Stay groovy and stay safe.
A fishing lure with a built in taser.
Chomp..Zap..Lunch is served.
Lightening storms are fun to watch (from a distance). While protecting the electronics may be overkill -- so little to lose for the effort.
Great video
Sorry, but I was SO happy the one with family got away! 😂
I'm always throwing out the question, are you ready for lightning, have a plan, have some protection. One guy got a hole blown through his hull and some other parts. Its serious. I study it. It's part of my job, lightning protection. But, on land on top of mountains.
I have to complement you on wearing the harnesses even when it was sunny. My friend recently fell overboard on Baltic see, spent 90 minutes in 4 degree Celsius water, now he is in a coma.
Don't fall overboard :)
Off on a journey and I was just beginning to feel sorry for Adam...and then uh no! He did it to himself. In the meantime Kiara is taking up the slack! Good Job guys working together to make a fun trip!
Amazing job. Calm and collected in the storm and still able to produce great content for your Chanel. We would wish you good luck but you don't need luck when you have competence. Keep smiling and enjoy the ride. The smiles per hour is far more important than the miles per hour, life is short, enjoy it.
I'm gonna pile on rather than making a similar comment. I don't understand the reference to others leaving at the same time as when you left. Seems each captain has their own voyage to make, and it's not a comparison or competition but rather a personal endeavor. It's the journey that is more meaningful than the destination. The two of you together are such a fun, competent, even adorable couple. thank you for sharing your journey.
Of course another superb episode… got shout putting the things in the m-wave (your own portable faraday cage). I think you can use the oven too can’t you? Laptops in there too?
Is it also a good idea to disconnect the radio and radar antenna co-ax cables?
good stuff
Guys you've clearly mastered fishing, not only did you catch one fish, you caught two fish and they were both "this big!" but sadly got away.... :-)!
Guys…Pro-Tip… take the gaff below the fish and lift up. Let gravity do the work. Works every time👍
A small spray of vodka in the gills flatlines them instantly. It’s humane, not messy, and extremely fast.
Your Ugg will never be the same either
Milly Monday
Nice video
"No, no, really, there was one on the hook, I swear... had to be at least a metre long." Yeah right Adam, we'll believe you mate. :D
You caught a fish!
I never used to be afraid of lightening, but about 10 years ago I was driving my car in a really bad lightening storm. There was a lightening strike that hit a utility pole that was about 4 feet from my car. It was close enough that it changed the radio station in my car, but fortunately did no actual damage to the car. I gained a lot of respect for lightening after that incident.
Very scary! We had a similar experience, thankfully at mooring, in Catalina Island, CA. Advice from others was “don’t have the tallest mast”... We have the tallest mast (65 ft.) and it’s carbon fiber, which I’ve heard is a good conductor, as well as expensive and one-time use. We put a bunch of our electronics into the oven along with a couple fresh pair of underwear so that after the storm you can find everything you need in one place :-)
You’re not alone… lightning on a boat scare the heck out of me
You have to wear gloves and pull fast no slack no stopping , fast fast!
Everyone else has turned landlubbers with the excuse of repairs. You're out there doing what you would expect sailing channels would do...THANK YOU both. Now go change your underwear.
Have you considered investing in fishing rods? Not sure if that would solve your specific problems with fish slipping off.
que mujeres ruidosas !
Have you ever ‘hove to’ when you have a fish on , makes it easier to get aboard I find.
Does your boat have a lightening rod to direct the lightening away from the boat if it were o be hit?
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Do mahi-mahi travel in pairs?
Young mahi-mahi tend to travel in groups of up to 50 or more fish - this is their natural defence from attacks. As they get older their group will become smaller and smaller until they will just swim around with a single buddy. If that was his last buddy, glad it escaped your hook.😁
Time to bin your 'Lucky Pants' me thinks.
Haha, yep they’re not so lucky after all 😬
I personally feel that a handline is the BEST WAY to fish from a boat when trolling. I see people spending all their big money on fancy rods and reels. And they catch a few fish and then they get the big one and the rod breaks or the reel strips it's gears. OR the fish runs the line out and the fish is gone with your lure and line. I know that don't happen to everyone. But just think how many fish you got to catch to pay for the big rod and reel. A hand is a whole lot cheaper. So if you catch 2 or 3 big fish and that pays for your handline. And then you have more money to buy those high priced lures.... But that's just my frugal thinking. My wife has taught well over the past 45yrs. LOL
You don’t keep enough pressure on the line when you have a fish on, you have to drag them in and really set the hooks in the mouth so they can’t shake them free.
Hot tip: pulling a big fish into the cockpit, splash a bit of rum (any hard liquor) on the gills. The fish won't move after.
What a waste of rum
@@edwardfinn4141 I used to keep a bottle of swill on board fit for purpose. The fish never got the good stuff.
Glad you both are safe. Seemed like the seas were not too rough ya?
Nope, the seas were fine 🙂 we were actually whistling for the wind most of the time
18:25 So, I see that you HAVE been studying French. That will come in handy in the windward isles ;)
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mahi mahi mate for life. the one following was the spouse. I read that when I went the same route you are following.
I love a good lightning storm, but not in the middle of the Atlantic on a boat. Brown trousers indeed.
Do you guys set the hook at all? Obvious question, but two spitting the hook begs the question
Millie's looking good! Nice video and great work with the electrical storm and using your radar. When there's lightening near me I have quick disconnects (Anderson plugs) on my electrical stuff like VHS, AIS, SSB, Plotter etc. I unplug the power and ground and unscrew the antennas and use hand helds until clear of the storm. I installed the electronics with easy access to the power and antenna. Chances of the electronics surviving a lightening strike are quite good if completely disconnected from the boat. I also ran 4ga wire from mast compression post, side chain plates and the back stay to the zincs which I hope will help avoid side flashes inside the salon if hit. Don't know about the wiring on your boat but my 1985 V42CC did have some wiring as lightening protection but it's way undersized and was corroded in spots. I agree there's nothing more scary than lightening out in open ocean.
y'all recall what happened to Plucky's boat in the San Blas...
When the fish see the boat they usually run for the bottom
The mahi travel in schools so reset your first hook prior to brining in the second one.
In know you feel like you're sailing a massive lightning rod but in truth you're sailing across a 2000 mile wide lightning rod so you're really small beans in the scheme of things.
Boats do get struck but don't hold your breath waiting for it.
The trick with pulling in fish with a handline is when it's getting close to the boat drop the spool and hand over hand the line quickly and not stop until its at your feet.
Time to sharpen the hooks on your lures?
Need a telescopic net for scooping up fish
You people seemed exceeding calm embarking on an ocean crossing
Borussia Dortmund Spinnaker!
What do you do with a Drunken Sailor, What do you do with a Drunken Sailor?
flying fish =bait
Why aren't you using poles so you can set that hook good and hold him while you take the big hook to the water to hook him good and bring it in?
Do sail boats not have lightning rods?
My experience, the best way and time to catch fish is when you are sea sick and 🤮 overboard.
That is some scary stuff. Been there, done that !
Seeing the alcohol in the fish gills comments....who first thought that it would be a thing to do to a fish? Not something I’d think to do with alcohol while fishing.
the accents are thick with these ones
Adam, what is with those girly Ugg boots? Steal them from you better half?
Do you have barbs on your hooks? 🎣
You mentioned you can't gaf the fish off the stern what about a spear gun obviously with a teather.
Just curious, if one's freezer is full, should one continue to fish?
We got 8 meals out of each fish but aren’t crazy fish eaters so unless we ate fish for breakfast, lunch and dinner it’d have gone to waste - waste not want not and all that… 🙂
@@SailingMillennialFalcon Be leaders in sustainability, take only what you need...👍
Hey guys I’ve named your spinnaker Bumble Bee 🐝
For godly sorrow worketh repentance to salvation not to be repented of: but the sorrow of the world worketh death. (2 Corinthians 7:10)
Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon. (Isaiah 55:7)
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Romans 6:23)
hard to catch a fish on a hand reel - rod with tip up makes it much less likely to get a hook spat out
Maybe ....Just Maybe...They have these new fangled things calls fishing rods...Im told that it allows one to play the fish out prior to landing and reduces strain on the hook set and some even have clickers to indicate the fish is on.. Were you to only have one in possession at any given time the sailing community is not allowed to ridicule or look down upon you. I know ...I know ..pure urban legend... However; were you tie on a blue and white junior islander lure with 60 lb flourocarbon leader and a J hook you might actually increase your chances of catching by orders of magnitude...
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