How nice it is to sail with you again! And what a nice sailing! Saw on your page you've already conquered your Everest, congratulations!!! It's so gratifying when we achieve this challenges. See you next week! Boa viagem, bons ventos!
Great video! Glad to learn you had an amazing time in Uruguay. So very nice from Torres to share his experience and stuff, and that you will then pass it to other sailors. Way to go. The nav station turned out great. Congrats! Thanks for sharing the moon rise and the sunset views. Awesome. Stay safe.
Nav station is a beauty, Curtis working his magic again. I like the sea lion greeting you. Sailing footage is awesome with great music accompanying the video. The friends that you make a long the way is priceless. Can't wait to see what's next on your journey.
You've made it to Puerto Williams, Chile!! Alright! Looking forward to upcoming vids. I LOVE the sailing that you two do. Kate: please decrease bgrd music vol where you are doing voice over or where we are hearing video conversation. You often have the music too loud. Thx
Its getting down to the really hairy part of rounding out the continent. Exciting stuff! Roxy sure takes up a lot of bed space. So does my cat. A King bed with two people squashed into about a quarter of it and the kitty taking up the rest. I hope that bottom job lasts you a while, I find that to be one of my biggest challenges, but I am a seasonal sailor. I use Petit's High copper hard paint. Three coats of that last me a long time. I would say between 3-5 seasons depending on my activity.
Hey Allen! Roxy seems have to have one that battle in this episode, she just waits until Curtis is really tired and has no more resistance left, then sneaks in and takes over!
Very good, excellent, sailing to the south you will come across the Valdéz Peninsula with two gulfs of excellence for anchoring, to the north Golfo San José, to the south San Jorge with Puerto Piramides, be careful with the calculation of tides they are sizygyns and the differences may be greater at 5 meters. A PLACE where you can only hear the wind, the forty bellowers. GOOD FORTUNE AND BLESSINGS. 🌎🌏🌍
Here is a link to the touch screen pc we purchased for the navigation station amzn.to/3Z4eMrI It works great with Expedition and OpenCPN and is much cheaper than a similar sized MFD. Look for a future blog post or dedicated video about this.
Thanks Michael. We won't be able to see the GGR boats, but we have been watching their progress closely, would be very tough to time up a meeting at the Horn, but we tossed around the idea of chasing them down and getting some video! Would be fun!
Like the moon shots over the water, haven't seen many cruisers give enough of those. Was wondering if you have ever sailed cape horn before? Have always wanted to visit all points south America.
We have a feeling we will be back in the neighborhood again in the future :-) There is so much to see in the south and not enough time to cover it all!
Hi Sweet Ruca crew. Sorry to hear that your still dealing with sea sickness. Just wondering if you've tried ginger for a remedy. I used to get motion sickness until I tried it and never had the problem again. You can use fresh ginger root in your cooking, dried and candied or powdered it all worked for me. Love your channel. Fair winds Fletcher
Thanks for the tips! I have tried ginger and while it helps it unfortunately has not 'cured' me. I drink a lot of ginger tea under way. I also remember a really great Mythbusters episode in which they tested many things for motion sickness and found ginger to work really well! Thanks for sharing and perhaps I can try and sneak some more into our food 🙂 Definitely happy it is working for you!
Looking good Sweet Ruca crew! That end-boom sheeting setup is well done on big J boats! Do you run a legit preventer line also? We started running a line from the end of the boom to a block way forward and back to the cockpit when on one long tack. Even when not needed to prevent a gybe, it keeps the boom from flopping in lumpier seas. Great content you two, we can't wait to hear about Horn!
@Sailing Sweet Ruca your go/no-go decision-making was good to see, constantly reevaluating conditions to dictate your plans. And at a certain point, you have to weigh all the factors, send it and hang on. We admire your risk-management skills and your sweet J boat. We would like to follow your progress, do you share your MMSI or inReach/tracker? Fair winds, following seas, and all that s**t!!!
@@topc9858 Great choice! We have heard that the intenal boards are actually the same, and one can actually flash a NAC-3 to H5 software ;-) The bad part about the H5 is the requirement of the H5 CPU and associated costs, which is above the needs of most cruisers.
@curtisjazwiecki I did not know about that, but it makes sense - b&g can get some savings. In my current setup, I also have an old hypro40 unit that I will use with the nac3. It is the same as the b&g work unit but old. You two are at a different level on your skils, so I totally get you having the h5. I appreciate the skill level in trimming the sails, etc. maby, that is what makes your channel unique and so interesting. It is not just cruising but also serious sailing. If you can sometimes share info about your sail trim, the force in the backstayt, how you use the traveller, rodkicker, etc. it would be interesting. I think many of the cruisers are not into trimming sails, and focus is just on travelling. I live in the nordics, and we sail in the archipelago. Our winds tend to have a lot of gusts and shifts, so if you want to sail a lot and get good speed out of your boat, you need to trim your sails all the time. I think that the conditions are the reason why they build so good boats here, like swan, arcona, linjet, baltic all similar to your j-boats.
Well done both of you. Golden Globe Sailors passing the horn now. GESARA coming soon. If you wish to learn more please check out Queen Romana Didulo and her Royal Decrees for WE the People. Blissings.
Wow, excited for your next leg of your Journey. My biggest surprise is how modernized and westernized all the places you’ve been to. I guess I forget that I’m an old timer now, back in my days of traveling there wasn’t any modern grocery stores what to say of finding hardware stores and so many people traveling. I’m talking about the early to late 60’s. So much has changed. Be safe. I must have missed the “episode” you all got a new drone. Thanks for sharing your adventure
Hi Kurt, Same here! We agree, times are changing really fast. There is a big part of us that wished we could turn back time and do this trip before cell phones existed! Luckily outside of the cities there is still lots of the "old" ways left, but the influence of things like modern "big box" stores is growing quickly. Despite the new stuff, we have really enjoyed meeting many mom & pop type small business men and women, the entrepreneurial spirit in South America is strong!
I was down the Falklands in 82, When the ones who call it something else where firing missiles at me. I had just turn 18 on way down. I fought for my Queen and Country. I served on RFA OLNA tanker refueling the warships. Be careful down there it is the weather can change in minutes. We had no hot food but baked potatoes fore five days. Tanker is a big ship yours is not. Fair winds calm seas. Besafe.
Hi Carlton! Wow, that had to be quite an interesting time. We have only read about it, it must have been quite a thing to experience the southern ocean at the age of 18, and even scarier during a war! We are glad you are safe and now sailing along with us on TH-cam!
9 meter waves? You've been abroad too long. What is that in bald eagles? 🙃 Awesome video this week. The nav station looks really great and this is looking like an epic passage!
Amazing video. The picture quality is as good as a post card. The editing is fantastic. Looking forward to the next one. Yall keep having fun and stay safe.
Hi Hans, this is my understanding: they use programming and gather text based forecasts in the GMDSS, which are based on the text forecasts from those areas NWS, and then the program interprets the fronts, storms, etc.
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Guess you all made it to an up load place, so made it. Guess 40 years ago I would have done the horn. You both have my admiration.
Whip IT!! into shape and be safe, Nav Station is Aces !!
Thank you for the new episode! Love your content. The new nav station looks great. 😎👍
Thanks Paul!
How nice it is to sail with you again! And what a nice sailing! Saw on your page you've already conquered your Everest, congratulations!!! It's so gratifying when we achieve this challenges. See you next week! Boa viagem, bons ventos!
Great video! Glad to learn you had an amazing time in Uruguay. So very nice from Torres to share his experience and stuff, and that you will then pass it to other sailors. Way to go. The nav station turned out great. Congrats! Thanks for sharing the moon rise and the sunset views. Awesome. Stay safe.
Just listened to the intro. You guys are headed for some big water, LOL!
;-D
Nav station is a beauty, Curtis working his magic again. I like the sea lion greeting you. Sailing footage is awesome with great music accompanying the video. The friends that you make a long the way is priceless. Can't wait to see what's next on your journey.
Your videos are a pure treat. Great upgrades. Mtg new friends 😀 Safe sailing ❤🇨🇦
That's a lot of rice!! What a fun time!! And you guys are so impressively smart w the techy stuff! Wow!
You've made it to Puerto Williams, Chile!! Alright! Looking forward to upcoming vids.
I LOVE the sailing that you two do.
Kate: please decrease bgrd music vol where you are doing voice over or where we are hearing video conversation. You often have the music too loud. Thx
Dont worry what people Say its your life and pleasure keep going
Right on!
You know it’s real sailing when the dodger gets wet 😊 The IPC setup turned out really tidy
Can’t wait too see what option you take on the next video !
Great video, waiting for our own weather window in the spring, crossing the Atlantic, eventually turning south to Ilhabela. Keep up the good work.
Thanks! That is wonderful news! Enjoy that warm weather! Is there a link we can follow your journey at as well?
Its getting down to the really hairy part of rounding out the continent. Exciting stuff! Roxy sure takes up a lot of bed space. So does my cat. A King bed with two people squashed into about a quarter of it and the kitty taking up the rest. I hope that bottom job lasts you a while, I find that to be one of my biggest challenges, but I am a seasonal sailor. I use Petit's High copper hard paint. Three coats of that last me a long time. I would say between 3-5 seasons depending on my activity.
Hey Allen! Roxy seems have to have one that battle in this episode, she just waits until Curtis is really tired and has no more resistance left, then sneaks in and takes over!
Autorizado! How long did it take?
Not too long :-)
Nav station is beautiful. You have the most exciting sailing adventure in progress!
Thank you so much Collette :-)
Nav station turned out awesome!
Thanks David!
Very good, excellent, sailing to the south you will come across the Valdéz Peninsula with two gulfs of excellence for anchoring, to the north Golfo San José, to the south San Jorge with Puerto Piramides, be careful with the calculation of tides they are sizygyns and the differences may be greater at 5 meters. A PLACE where you can only hear the wind, the forty bellowers. GOOD FORTUNE AND BLESSINGS.
🌎🌏🌍
Y. E. A. H. ‼️ 🎉 On your way. You have given such kudos to Uruguay, that it is enticing for us to stop there on our adventure. BON VOYAGE ‼️ ✨🌊💨⛵️🏝👙🌞✨
Who helped you out AKZO Holland or Uruguay?
Everyone from the AkzoNobel team gave us excellent support.
What’s the brand of the new touch screen pc. Really cool
Here is a link to the touch screen pc we purchased for the navigation station amzn.to/3Z4eMrI It works great with Expedition and OpenCPN and is much cheaper than a similar sized MFD. Look for a future blog post or dedicated video about this.
Another amazing episode. I can't wait to see you down at the Horn. I guess you will miss the GGR guys with the delay to real time..
Thanks Michael. We won't be able to see the GGR boats, but we have been watching their progress closely, would be very tough to time up a meeting at the Horn, but we tossed around the idea of chasing them down and getting some video! Would be fun!
@@SailingSweetRuca that would have been a first. Safe travels
Like the moon shots over the water, haven't seen many cruisers give enough of those. Was wondering if you have ever sailed cape horn before? Have always wanted to visit all points south America.
Hi R D! Never been to Cape Horn before, so this is completely new to us!
I don’t think I could get that close to the Falklands and not stop.
We have a feeling we will be back in the neighborhood again in the future :-) There is so much to see in the south and not enough time to cover it all!
Hi Sweet Ruca crew. Sorry to hear that your still dealing with sea sickness. Just wondering if you've tried ginger for a remedy. I used to get motion sickness until I tried it and never had the problem again. You can use fresh ginger root in your cooking, dried and candied or powdered it all worked for me. Love your channel. Fair winds Fletcher
Thanks for the tips! I have tried ginger and while it helps it unfortunately has not 'cured' me. I drink a lot of ginger tea under way. I also remember a really great Mythbusters episode in which they tested many things for motion sickness and found ginger to work really well! Thanks for sharing and perhaps I can try and sneak some more into our food 🙂 Definitely happy it is working for you!
What worked best for me is two 550 MG capsules dry ginger powder 3-4 hours before sailing.
Fletcher
I'll see if I can't hunt those down. Might be hard to find but Ill try!
Great episode ! Love watching your videos ,thanks for sharing !!!
Wish you good Seas and a safe passage. 👏👏
Looking good Sweet Ruca crew! That end-boom sheeting setup is well done on big J boats! Do you run a legit preventer line also? We started running a line from the end of the boom to a block way forward and back to the cockpit when on one long tack. Even when not needed to prevent a gybe, it keeps the boom from flopping in lumpier seas.
Great content you two, we can't wait to hear about Horn!
Hey Gizmo! Glad you like! Yes we run a preventer as well, condition dependant. Cheers & sail fast!
@Sailing Sweet Ruca your go/no-go decision-making was good to see, constantly reevaluating conditions to dictate your plans. And at a certain point, you have to weigh all the factors, send it and hang on. We admire your risk-management skills and your sweet J boat.
We would like to follow your progress, do you share your MMSI or inReach/tracker?
Fair winds, following seas, and all that s**t!!!
Best to be on the safe side, 50 kts and huge seas....ah..no. If that is what they are saying add ten to it...duck to the inside and play it safe
On a cold and nasty day here in Delaware, it was refreshing to see Kate in a bikini at the helm. Safe trip!!
Great sailing again. The Nav Station turned out really nice. What is the autopilot you are using - I assume it is B&G but what model?
Thanks Topc! We have two pilots on board, an H5000 and a NAC-3, the H5 is the primary. sweetruca.com/installing-a-bg-h5000-system-in-our-j-boats-j-46/
@@SailingSweetRuca Thanks for reply. I am updating mine to NAC-3.
@@topc9858 Great choice! We have heard that the intenal boards are actually the same, and one can actually flash a NAC-3 to H5 software ;-) The bad part about the H5 is the requirement of the H5 CPU and associated costs, which is above the needs of most cruisers.
@curtisjazwiecki I did not know about that, but it makes sense - b&g can get some savings. In my current setup, I also have an old hypro40 unit that I will use with the nac3. It is the same as the b&g work unit but old. You two are at a different level on your skils, so I totally get you having the h5. I appreciate the skill level in trimming the sails, etc. maby, that is what makes your channel unique and so interesting. It is not just cruising but also serious sailing. If you can sometimes share info about your sail trim, the force in the backstayt, how you use the traveller, rodkicker, etc. it would be interesting. I think many of the cruisers are not into trimming sails, and focus is just on travelling. I live in the nordics, and we sail in the archipelago. Our winds tend to have a lot of gusts and shifts, so if you want to sail a lot and get good speed out of your boat, you need to trim your sails all the time. I think that the conditions are the reason why they build so good boats here, like swan, arcona, linjet, baltic all similar to your j-boats.
Well done both of you.
Golden Globe Sailors passing the horn now.
GESARA coming soon. If you wish to learn more please check out Queen Romana Didulo and her Royal Decrees for WE the People.
Blissings.
We are watching the Golden Globe as well. Great sailors doing amazing things! Thx for the heads up;-)
Wow, excited for your next leg of your Journey.
My biggest surprise is how modernized and westernized all the places you’ve been to.
I guess I forget that I’m an old timer now, back in my days of traveling there
wasn’t any modern grocery stores what to say of finding hardware stores and so
many people traveling.
I’m talking about the early to late 60’s. So much has changed. Be safe. I must have missed the “episode” you all got a new drone. Thanks for sharing your adventure
Hi Kurt, Same here! We agree, times are changing really fast. There is a big part of us that wished we could turn back time and do this trip before cell phones existed! Luckily outside of the cities there is still lots of the "old" ways left, but the influence of things like modern "big box" stores is growing quickly. Despite the new stuff, we have really enjoyed meeting many mom & pop type small business men and women, the entrepreneurial spirit in South America is strong!
I was down the Falklands in 82, When the ones who call it something else where firing missiles at me. I had just turn 18 on way down. I fought for my Queen and Country. I served on RFA OLNA tanker refueling the warships. Be careful down there it is the weather can change in minutes. We had no hot food but baked potatoes fore five days. Tanker is a big ship yours is not. Fair winds calm seas. Besafe.
Hi Carlton! Wow, that had to be quite an interesting time. We have only read about it, it must have been quite a thing to experience the southern ocean at the age of 18, and even scarier during a war! We are glad you are safe and now sailing along with us on TH-cam!
9 meter waves? You've been abroad too long. What is that in bald eagles? 🙃
Awesome video this week. The nav station looks really great and this is looking like an epic passage!
LoL....at least he is learning the way of the world...😁
Ha! Yes we can measure in both meters and feet now!
Amazing video. The picture quality is as good as a post card. The editing is fantastic. Looking forward to the next one. Yall keep having fun and stay safe.
We have to thank our Patron Kevin for the GoPro10 for the video quality! It really opened up some awesome new angles, better color and stability!
Hi Curtis! Are the Predict Wind weather interpretations crowd sourced?
Hi Hans, this is my understanding: they use programming and gather text based forecasts in the GMDSS, which are based on the text forecasts from those areas NWS, and then the program interprets the fronts, storms, etc.
You guys do a great job of showing what sailing is really like.
Thanks Tom!
Looks like you guys are flying on this downwind leg!
Moving along nicely ;-) Some real flying happens later :-)
Have a great trip
Thanks Brad!
It's on!!!
Yessssss!
bon voyage Sweet Ruca!
Thank You D D!