Rogue Wave | #79 | DrakeParagon Sailing Season 5
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.ย. 2024
- Sailing the North Atlantic can be tricky in the best of times, and these are not the best of times. It's a challenging sail with rolly conditions and strong winds, but a rogue waves causes damage that leaves the crew rationing. Will our equipment make it to Iceland?
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So good to see a real sailing channel for a change! What with the hundreds of layabouts we normally see being passed off as 'sailing channels', when they just look for support to bum around in the sunshine at everybody else's expense, this channel is refreshing!
Yep, those channels crack me up with their T&A thumbnails. Anything to get a click. 🙄
Glad to see you guys are doing well, this is with out a doubt the best sailing channel, shows what it is really all about. Always at the mercy of mother nature . She can be brutal at times . Safe travels
Proper sailing, my kind of sailing for sure, love Eanna's comment "some people take planes"
We've been hit by a rogue wave at 2 am, I was off watch sleeping and thought we'd lost the rig, massive crash as it hit us, water was coming down the companionway hatch like a waterfall, both electric bilge pumps switched on, fortunately an open transom but also about a foot deep in the cockpit, all got a bit frenetic for a while after that.
Enjoyed that. Looks like a bumpy old crossing. No problem to Paragon she is a tuff boat with a good skipper.
Now that is weird guys. I was on TH-cam just watching a Discovery video all about Rogue Waves and then your video pops up like seconds later...I am spooked. I will now sit and watch your video. Stay safe guys. Andy U.K.
That's AI for you.
"Some people take planes..." :D
but those who are free sail
15:13
this journey out of Greenland has been filled with challenges. you guys continue to educate, inspire and entertain. .... Fore stay attachment, steering cable attachment, iceberg, weather and rogue wave! wow what a journey
What a great Crew that young guy was
Éanna was absolutely amazing. I cannot imagine what this voyage would have been like without his help.
- Drake
Good to see (realize) that sailing for point-to-point is not all Champagne Sailing. [Like those costal cruzing channels in the Caribbean.]
Good boat, good Captain & GOOD CREW does make the destination happen.
Thank u so much for sharing this incredible adventure with us. Best sailing channel, by far. Greenland is absolutely amazing.
This is great! Btw when I turn around from the screen and just listen, Drake sounds like Mathew Broderick talking!
What a great video! Thanks for sharing.
The highs and all too often lows of passage making especially in northern waters. Breakdowns and repairs take the edge off the fun for sure. Credit to you Drake👍
Really enjoy your videos!
Poor Mo, I don’t know how she does it. The anticipation of every passage, knowing she will be seasick most of the time is awful. She must really love Drake...or being seasick. 😜😜😂😂👍👍 I wish I was as tough.
I was just thinking the same when I read your comment. I used to get so seasick myself when I was younger. Usually after about three days I was OK., but I can remember one time being down below in a bunk with a dishpan beside my head and not being able move. At that time I couldn't have cared less if the boat sank or not. Kind grew out of it as I got older.
Just wow. You guys are champs and I have to say Mo is doing a pretty tough job as well. I've been on both sides of the seasickness thing so just... kudos to a great crew, all of you.
I have to say, this has made up my mind on the engine panel. I mounted our new one (switched to a Beta 35) in the old spot but it's going inside the cabin now. I've always felt like that cockpit well is going to fill up sometime--not if but when. We've had water up to our ankles but I know we've seen nothing yet. (Westsail 32)
Enjoy that Drake. Tough guys in a tough boat
been there done that got the T shirt
Three times in one day rougue waves filled the 33 foot catermerans cockpit running down wind at 5 knots and bare poled betwen Lisbon and Canary Islands. Great chanell thanks
This is a real sailing channel. Love it.
As for the flood, I would look into making drainage better for the cockpit, I hope not, but you might get in a situation that you get a few in a short period of time. I also have a center cockpit. Have two 2 inches hoses straight down to separate seacocks. It drains a full cockpit in less than a minute (it had been tested on a sister boat). This sister boat took on at least 5 waves into the cockpit in a span of 2 hours...
I have kind of the same problem with a engine room vent that can take a lot of water in case of a rough wave. Still looking for solutions on that... So far, a kind of removable snorkel (4x4 vehicle inspired) seems to be the best alternative for bad weather.
Amazing that you could set out on such a serious endeavour without considering draining the cockpit and keeping water out of the engine and electrics. Lesson learned I hope.
Glad it is back up. Paragon being snapped like a chicken bone. Glad you are all ok! Rogue waves can be brutal!
Sounds like an absolutely massive wave! Glad you're all ok. I've really enjoyed your videos-- keep up the great work!
fair wind paragon and crew
This is an excellent channel for those of us interested in seeing what "real" sailing conditions can be like. Thanks ever so much for documenting your trials, tribulations and successes.
WOW ,wicked , mother nature is relentless..
It was pretty intense out there. Exciting viewing though. Great work putting it all into a video. Sail on.
Thank You, Drake, Eanna, and Mo, I enjoyed it very much this video, wished you had more fixed cameras to show the boat dealing with the waves. Eanna descriptions of the situation are always informative. I'm in Apollo Beach, Florida sometimes feeling like a livingroom crew. Would like to see more of MO (but I know she is not feeling well) Drake keep up the great videos.
Enjoyed the vid cheers, reminds me of the esat coast of NZ way back, 40 odd yrs ago leaving Auckland heading south against a nasty southerly, we stopped in Pt Underwood - top of the Sth Island of NZ, 2 weeks of the same crap you put up with, in at 28 Ft'er
Great episode 👍 thank you!
Wow! Scary stuff there. Glad you all made it out of that weather safely.
Whoa Drake that was quite a wild ride sorry about the roque wave further complicating matters, glad I could come along for some of it, hang in there Mo
I'm glad no one got hurt. It's been a while since I last checked in, I got some catching up to do. I have no doubt being sea sick 🤮 in those conditions is miserable, I hope Mo is feeling better in the next video. Good video. 👍🏻
Got me thinking about the vent to my own engine room if I were to get hit by a wave that big. I think I'm gonna have to make some adjustments down there. Thanks for the warning.
Seriously, why does Mo even make these transits... She's a trooper, but totally not cut out for outwater passage making. I just fly my wife (with similar sea sickness issues) on ahead now - saves me looking at a sick useless miserable person for days, or weeks!
Well I think you're going to be surprised when you watch some of the upcoming episodes. :)
- Drake
Great video! Poor Mo! Your phones and camera batteries all require DC to charge. Using your AC wall-wart type chargers is rather inefficient. You might consider installing some 12 VDC outlets and use simple USB converters, like you would use in a car? Just a thought...
Real sailing for sure.
i love your videos, you show what I call 'Real Sailing' where its not just half naked women and warm sandy beaches and that's it. You actually explore the world, including the cold places.
Pretty rough slog that, not comfortable point of sail in that wind. Look forward to the next one. Andy UK
great video,...feels like being there live.
Keep up the good work gang ! Great episode
Well done
love the videos! wish they came out more often!!
great video
Thanks!
Wow, epic........
Nature is wonderfull and hard at the same time.
I've sailed on your boat many times with a previous owner. The helm is very very heavy. It always felt to me like a lot of friction in the system and I'm not surprised your autopilot has trouble keeping up.
On another topic, Xantrex inverters are garbage. They fail at the slightest abnormality. I've been through two of them and never again. Get something else.
Same experience with Xantrix. Had the ProSine 2.0 and had two of them fail. Have and Outback Power inverter now, so far so good...
It sounds like a thermal protection issue on the hydraulic steering.
If it's powered by an electric motor, it may just need the positives and grounds cleaned.
Run from this expensive marine inverter.. yes, they are nice, but you can have 2 or 3 of the (solar) off-grid type for the price of one. Also, not a bad idea to have a 500w one just as a spare for the camera/laptop/etc charging...
on my hydraulic autopilot I had to reduce accuracy (can't remember proper terminology) but it allowed boat to drift off course before correcting. This put less of a load on the autopilot motor and hydraulic pressure. End result my AP stopped kicking out...
Sorry to hear about the inverter loss, that is a lot of money! These guys saved me a ton of money finding a battery UPS for my CPAP machine. DIY Solar With Will Prowse - he does some solid reviews on inverters on TH-cam and he has free forum website. HoboTech also does solid reviews and is the reason I use Jackery as a battery backup / UPS for my CPAP machine. I live in a house so my little solar panel is a novelty but if I get to go van life or sailing I will just buy whatever these guys have tested and recommend.
Damn that’s a nightmare. Read Seaweed Pirates again while you rest
Oh man you all just look so totally beat with one thing after another. Hopefully in the days following you got a bit of a break from the fates!
Good video, don't turn back to the weather station
HA! :) Someday we'll return there.
Few know how physically demanding it is under these conditions...your stomach muscles hurt from being thrown around...and then when you get in you are land sick for a day or two.
I'll never forgot how exhausted I was after single handing through the worst storm back in 2009... I literally slept for 2 days after dropping anchor in Bermuda. Bermuda Nightmare... th-cam.com/play/PL8B41C65A91938955.html
Great video!
Wow! Now you're doing it man. Seems like yesterday we were in Oriental together! the videos, the story the experience from far away is bristol!!! Hold fast brother.
Hey Ralph!!! :) We miss Oriental and our friends there so much. I dream of the day that we return!
@@drakeParagon the present, be present! Gods speed!
@@ralphe9668 HA! Yes of course. When we get back to Oriental, I'm sure we'll miss Stornoway too. :) Please say hi to everybody and we'll see you soon! :)
@@drakeParagon I'm in Saint Thomas building a new boat! I'll keep pumping the algorithm. cheers
Saint Thomas! Nice! Congrats.
Thanks for another enjoyable episode. 👌 I realize that this is all over a year back, just wondering where Paragon is now? According to MarineTraffic you are in Stornoway Scotland but the last position was 16 moths ago.
Yup, the pandemic really changed our plans. Paragon is still in the Scotland.. We're planning to sail back to Faroe in the spring. Then spend the summer sailing Faroe, Scotland and Ireland. Time for a new real time update video.. Here's the last one:
Real Time Update • Covid-19 + More
th-cam.com/video/nkIsRauBq68/w-d-xo.html
Thats why i dont sail in high latitudes now
Mo is one tough gal. If I got that seasick you wouldn't find me at sea. I'd be a hemp farmer LOL
Omeomy guy 's
We've finally gotten to the storm sequence you were telling me about some time ago. That's one tough boat! Mo, I feel so bad to see you completely knocked out when you go to sea, I was wondering if that's ever something you were able to find a cure for or manage? Every time you're underway, I get Mo withdrawal!
Everything changed after we found these magic sea sickness pills that you can only get in the Faroe Islands. Looking forward to publishing the Uk-Faroe Svalbard-Norway-UK episodes someday. :)
- Drake
@@drakeParagon SOOO Glad to hear. I remember when I was a young kid, I LOVED flying but due to a problem I had with my inner ears, I'd almost ALWAYS get air sick (oddly I'd been on many boats at that age and wouldn't get seasick), it had to do with the pressure change. Later in life, that sickness went away, not sure how or why, maybe my ear canals got larger as I grew up? Anyhow, that's great news! Great video as always!
@@drakeParagon What are those pills called? thanks!
It's called Koffinautin, and you can buy it in most gas stations in the Faroe Islands. It's the best seasickness medication we've found, and we've tried them all. But we have not been able to find Koffinautin for sale anywhere outside of Faroe yet.
- Drake
@@drakeParagon Thanks Drake. I did some googling and found a photo of the label. It looks like it contains diphenhydramine hydrochloride with some caffeine, which is basically benadryl plus caffeine. It may be that Mo responds to this antihistamine better than the ones used in other seasickness medicines. What a great find!
Get to Land and be careful.
You're lucky the distances are so short the North Atlantic is a small place. Where we sail its a thousand miles and some to go anywhere.
Phil and Lynda
Hi Phil and Lynda,
We would love to sail out there in the Pacific someday. We just want to go through the Northwest Passage to get there. If we see you in the same anchorage someday it would be wonderful to have you over for a glass of cheer. I'd love to hear some of your stories! Wishing you fair winds, calm seas, and safe weather window passages.
- Drake
p.s. Yes, here are some of our Atlantic sailing leg distances. The Faroe to Svalbard trip was the longest.
Saint Martin to Bermuda (890 nm) to Boston (700 nm)
Newfoundland to Greenland: 850 nautical miles
Greenland to Iceland: 650 nautical miles
Iceland to Faroe: 575 nautical miles
Faroe to Svalbard: 1100 nautical miles (most of that voyage was 300+ nm west of Norway)
@@drakeParagon we were both in Stornaway at the some time, I regret we only said a brief hello to each other. It would be great to catch up sometime.
Phil and Lynda
@@drakeParagon A few legs from this end, NZ to Rapa 2200, Gambia to Chile 3700 South Georgia to Cape Town 3000 the average run is 149nm per day no motoring no weather imfo. We are heading south on Thursday to Fiordland and Stewart Is for 5 months, see you when you get here we have a car and a mooring for you
Phil and Lynda
We will be looking for you out there. :)
Ok, we're on a way! :) Have a great a sail to Stewart Island and see you soon.
- Drake
Those rogue waves are a wild phenomena, sometimes can steal the energy from the surrounding waves ; you get a smaller than average sea state wave before and after a rogue. Was the current against you?
Tough going. Tropical trade wind sailing must seem appealing in comparison.
Yes, I loved spending a winter sailing all over the Bahamas, and then 6 years of winter seasons sailing all over the Caribbean + 2 wonderful summers anchored in Venezuela. Sometimes I really do miss those fabulous warm temperatures, sandy beaches, and trade wind breezes. But still, I in no way regret sailing up to Greenland, (or Iceland, Faroe, Svalbard/Spitsbergen, and Norway). It's been a great adventure.
I also talked a bit about this in S5E52 - "Summer in Greenland or Winter in the Caribbean?" th-cam.com/video/iMBo-vca9TQ/w-d-xo.html
- Drake
@@drakeParagon Greenland has been a great adventure indeed and I'm sure one you will rightly look back on with great pride. If we wanted the easy life, we would never become cruisers that's for sure. I hope you make it down here to the South Pacific one day. I'm sure you'd love places like New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji, Vanuatu etc. I particularly recommend Vanuatu as a culturally fascinating and spectacular place to sail.
Not sure what’s going on with your boat. I was driving our RV in forty knot winds last week through Arizona and the road remained flat. Get better Moe!
you must get 3 continuous hours of uninterrupted sleep . 3 days with out that can and does cause psychotic episodes. 4 hour shifts. makes for more alert and less exhausted
Most of my previous long distance offshore sailing was single handed, where I would sleep for 15 minutes max for days on end. Yes, exhausting. Dooable, but man did I sleep when I got to my destination. I couldn't have done that without my Watch Commander watch alarm -> th-cam.com/video/SjH9-3QMu6s/w-d-xo.html
Nasty
makes me wanna play sea of thieves lol... so cool tho hope for save travels
What do sailors do if both captain and crew are bedridden with seasickness? Do you just take the sails down? Do you set auto pilot and put up 10% sail only and pray? Storytime people!
I know the hydraulic autopilot problem was 7 years ago, but my guess would be the rudder position sensor at extreem angles or rudder. Was I right?
We never fixed it. The CPT autopilot became our primary autopilot, and we got another CPT as a backup.
CPT autopilot? Lots of problems or you happy with it? Would you recommend it? Am on a 34ft monohull 11,000lbs displacmemt
Absolutely happy with it. Our CPT autopilot has been steering us everywhere since 2013. :) We are a 42 foot full keel double ender and weighed 39,000 lbs the last time we got weighed in the travel lift. Not too long ago our CPT steered 100% of the way from Scotland up to Svalbard, and back, and through some really awful offshore weather.
It was a really tough sail and the CPT handled everything like a champ:
An 1100 nautical mile offshore sail straight to Svalbard in the Arctic Circle
th-cam.com/video/F6NZJgroiE0/w-d-xo.html
You need a backup obviously
Originally the CPT wheel mounted autopilot was our backup for the hydraulic RAM autopilot. Later on the CPT would become our primary autopilot, and we got a spare CPT as a backup. One of the great things about the CPT autopilot is that if any part of it breaks at sea, that part can be very easily and quickly swapped out with a spare without any special tools or knowledge. Literally, any part of it can be swapped out in 5 minutes or less.
- Drake
Where were the mountains in the first 10 seconds of the video?
That was an iceberg.
@@drakeParagon damn that thing looks like it’s own country!!
Doesn’t sound amazing. Hope you can fix everything at Reykjavik.
Well done you guys and gal.....cpt pilot website info please....i seem not to find many infos online regarding model and prices in europe. Be safe fair winds
Thanks Patrick, Here's the CPT autopilot website. cptautopilot.com
I would recommend emailing them at info@cptautopilot.com or calling them at USA +1-831-687-0541 to ask about pricing and shipping to Europe. Tell them Drake sent you. :) Be safe and fair winds. :)
Why are watchs do short?
Ideally, we like to have 3 people on a watch rotation, 3 hours on and 6 hours off. But if we have only 2 doing watches, then of course the on watch duration is the same amount as the off watch. I think 3 hours usually works best for this, and then as conditions get worse and watches more exhausting we sometimes have shortened the on/off watch time, all the way down to only 15 minutes.
How do you watch for icebergs at night?
Radar, and a high powered spotlight can help a lot. But if we were really worried then we might heave to and drift at a very slow speed until daybreak.
Im looking at a CPT for my 46ft trimaran how long have you had it? and how would you rate it? ... why did the pins break...it didn't look like the weather was that rough
I had a CPT autopilot from 2009-2016, then replaced it with the new and improved CPT model. I still have the original, now a backup ready to swap out with the new one if I ever need to. I have sailed over 40,000 nautical miles on offshore passages with the CPT autopilot doing all of the steering. I think it’s a fantastic product. It’s affordable, reliable, easy to install, easy to use, draws very little power, and I greatly appreciate knowing that if it ever did break down at sea then I could just swap it out with a new one within minutes. The shear pins are designed to break if the autopilot ever gets overloaded to prevent any serious damage. This has happened to me only a few times. Broken shear pins can be replaced with spares in minutes. I suspect that the shear pins may weaken over time (many thousands of hours) and maybe that’s why they broke at that time. We had sailed with those pins for a couple of years already in all kinds of conditions. Most recently we sailed from the Scotland to Faroe to Svalbard directly and went through some awful weather. The CPT did great throughout the whole trip and back and the sheer pins never broke.
A hellacious 1100 nautical mile offshore sail straight to Svalbard in the Arctic Circle
th-cam.com/video/F6NZJgroiE0/w-d-xo.html
You might want to check out the other questions about the CPT autopilot that are answered in their FAQ @ cptautopilot.com/faq.php
Thanks for the reply ..ive heard great thing now from several people,,,i was hoping to be able to hook it up to a chart plotter but i dont think that is possible ...anyway im gonna get one soon .thanks again ,,,great channel...have you ever been to the west coast of vancouver island?...thats where im at, great cruising and fishing here while i fix up my 46.5 momar trimaran Dakota...cheers!
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110 volts? Need to dump that stuff if you’re cruising internationally.
We now have a 110 volt shorewpower hookup and inverter, and the same for 220, including a 220v/32 amp hookup for on demand hot water.
Why no windvane Drake ?
We didn't get to film it, but we were having problems with our Danish Aries wind vane. On my previous boat I sailed for many thousands of miles with an original English Aries "Lift Up" vane. I loved that wind vane! I'm still trying to find a used Aries Lift up vane to replace the one we have now.
:)
Crickey, everything sounds so sad and miserable. Young lad staring into the camera lens looking so depressed. Hey, the sea gets rough and wet. Why did they go?
because people like us are pasionate about sailing. we understand life isnt all about being comfortable, but we also understand we live way more than yall stuck on land. we see the world
I think I can speak for all of us when I say that we went for the adventure, had the time our lives, and would do it again in a heartbeat.
- Drake
When I switch on a video and in like the first few mins I get an advertisement I switch it off.
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Thanks again for joining us on this adventure and fair winds to you!
Your loss, then. I'm going to get preachy, but we're getting excellent content from them that we can all learn from as sailors, and we're getting it for free! Surely that's worth a few seconds of adverts for whatever pittance that earns these guys?
So 20 mins int the video you'll us about the wave??? We don't even see it ??
Thumbnail was a lie 😂
@@ItsOnlyNiall Thats why I dont watch this shit channel anymore
with background noise cannot understand young man
Hi Philip, Please turn on the captions by clicking the CC link in the bottom of the window. It takes forever, but we always type them in.
- Drake
:)