Sailing to the Galapagos Islands - Chase the Story 35
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- Sailing to the Galapagos Islands - Chase the Story 35
With the anticipation of leaving for the HUGE Pacific Ocean crossing weighing on all of us, we set out for the magical Galapagos Islands. Alas, the Pacific doesn’t live up to it’s name and we have to fight our way south and nearly end up in Ecuador! But, just as our spirits are down, a pod of jumping dolphins comes to cheer us on!!
After quite a struggle, Tasha and Liam catch a massive male Mahi Mahi and we devour sushi for days to celebrate. Even a biblical rain storm couldn’t get in the way, and the crew decide to take a promptu shower to make the most of the free water.
We hope everyone enjoys this story; it's got a few ups and downs, but the crew grew as a team and got through it, and we were happy to knock off a few miles nearer to our goal - the magical Galapagos Islands.
Happy sailing everyone!
Tasha, Ryan & the Cheeky Monkey Crew
(Chase the Story - A Sailing Adventure)
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Very nice in all in all aspects. Thank you for sharing.
You guys are awesome! Thank you.........
Love all the fun stuff on deck and in port but the technical stuff having to do with the actual sailing and navigating is a big bonus.
+oceandrew Glad you enjoyed it! We like to mix things up a bit, and we got feedback to add some more of the sailing aspects when at sea.
Thank you for the escape it was awesome
I really thin people who sail eat the best most days, even when food stocks are low, sailors can whip up something grand. Now I'm craving Sushi for breakfast! lol
Thank you so much for sharing your adventures with us. I absolutely adore watching your videos :) Fair winds always
+Gav Stain Thank you!!!
Have to agree with many of the comments posted, love how you guys share on all aspects of life on a sailboat. And you guys know all too well anything fun or exciting will have its challenges, but hey in a few miles 😉 you come to that island where the water is crystal clear blue for 50-100 feet and when your touch that white sandy beach, you'll have to pinch yourself to make sure your not dreaming. And all those challenges just melt away! Sail on-sail safe! 👍👍 ⛵⛵⛵⛵
+bill4nier Absolutely. Challenges are fun, and part of that is overcoming hardships or obstacles along the way. Glad you're enjoying the journey :)
union jack is upside down! Ryan, shame on you. good video , thanks
the chase is on...miss u guys
jolly good stuff !!!!!
From here in Canada your latest vid made me wonder if the isolation is tedious or inspiring or even noticed at all. Love the stories. Thanks loads.
+Dale Graham Thanks Dale. It's an amazing experience to be at sea for a while. Just before heading out, it's easy to get a little nervous, but once underway, you get into a new rhythm and are able to appreciate the silence (and social media/news detox!)
sorry to see the poopy weather, glad to see the new post, i get worried when you don't check in for a while, fair winds and safe travels
Good stuff guys!
These are the videos I love the most, seeing everyone and Cheeky Monkey boat out on the water working with the elements and seemingly always finding something to smile and laugh about.
Nice camera and production work. I loved the 'snapshot' of the catch, helps keep the video interesting. And the DOF work from time to time to mix it up.
Thanks once again for sharing yet another great story of your journeys. Hoping to splash our boat in a couple of weeks and join you. Sorta. A few thousand miles east of you. But in spirit anyway....
+John Fox Thanks for the feedback John and for following along with the journey. Hope all goes well with getting your boat back in the water!
Sail , fish , sushi, dolphins , call sheep ,,,,, repeat :) amazing !
I like the easy sushi roller and the part on the ginger mahi mahi in coconut quinoa..that sounds awful. So no more polywogs all trusty shellbacks. safe sailing..
+Ariel N (A) Alas, no, at this point we still have two polygons onboard. But Neptune will get a call soon to let him know :)
+Chase the Story Sailing
lol. sounds great. by the way easiest way to cook mahi mahi sprinkle with lemon pepper bake. works with salmon also.
Thanks for the tip!
Union Jack Flag upside down!! Guys You have the British flag up the mast with the U.S. Stars and Stripes upside down. Flags are flown left to right. As such the Union Jack (or Union Flag if it's on land) should have the thicker part of the white cross leading in a clockwise direction. It's true that many people don't realise that there is a front, back, top and bottom to the British flag. Love the videos. Im in Portugal on my boat and hope to do the same trip as you guys. Cheers.
Hey Cheeky Monkey, it was so looong since the last video I was beginning to worry about your where about. Then I realized, hey your at SEA!! As usual a great video. Love the "click" of the pitcher. I'm on Ryan's side as far as the push-ups are concerned, go Ryan!! Here's too better weather and safe journeys.......Mike
+Michael Bolton Thanks Mike!! It's one of the prerogatives of being Captain, the crew can complain as much as they want, and I'm completely within my rights to ignore them :) - Ryan
Amazing story, worth of chasing!!
Oh im so happy when your vids come out.... i hyperventilated when i saw the new vid...live you guys.
+Leo Weller Breath in to a bag, slowly and deeply. I've seen people do that on TV and it seems to work :)
Nice fish :)
Loved all the sailing footage and appreciate learning more about the challenges going to windward in a cat. Yet then doesn't Ryan insert a gorgeous sunset clip and the trials of beating seemed to melt away. Well, from my armchair skippers perch that's how it appeared!
Thanks Cheeky Monkey for the ride along. Today, Summertime will sail in the Fingerlakes and though we won't catch Mahi, we will throw the kids overboard & swim, listen to music and enjoy the waning days of summer.
+Harpo Marx It's amazing how quickly you forget the rough days at sea once the sun comes back out and the wind/seas start to follow again!
Thanks for continuing to share your journey with us! Hoping for better sailing in the pacific.
nice fish
Great work guys. The sailing work was great to see. More of that in upcoming vids would be awesome!
Just want to let you guys know that I truly relish this awesome situation where you can carry hundreds (thousands?) of virtual crewmembers with you, who can share (some of) the experience of blue water sailing. I have been through the Panama Canal three times now! lol).
At 70 now, I have (literally) missed the (cruising) boat, but have at least spent 3 months in New Caledonia - (Please don't bypass it, check out Catamaran Impi's vids for proof), have owned a couple of small yachts (J24 and Holland 1/4 tonner), done over 30 weekend charters in big cats and monos, and currently make do with a Hobie Tandem Island trimaran, but my heart is still out in that deep blue sea.
Keep the brilliant content coming, I am having a ball
Tony
+Tony Stott That's quite a sailing resume Tony!! Glad you're enjoying the journey and we'll make sure to check out New Caledonia.
Thank you Tasha and team! We were getting desperate to get the next story! Always soo fun to watch, even if it seems this passage may not have been as smooth as the Atlantic grossing!
Great update! We are looking forward to seeing what you guys come up against. We will be there soon!
Awesome video as usual :)
Love the new video
nailed it again.........nicely done.......u guys rock!!!!! Keep'em coming if ya plz
Great camera work!
I liked the video where they rolled the sushi and the camera did not move. That cabin was surely rocking. That was a clever camera setup.
nice, you guys hauled in some of the best eating fish this trip
Hey Guys!!! Many time since you uploaded your last video... Incredible land... seascapes!! and the Dolphins... WOW, Excelent viedo
What a journey and all that rain! I am soo looking forward to seeing all those dolphins as we're sailing along soon. Great video guys!
+Gone with the Wynns :) thanks guys!!
+Gone with the Wynns Been following your education in cat sailing...I have a feeling you'll be on our tail soon. Keep at it - you're doing great! -Tasha
pro camera work
loved the sailing
i request you do a vid with just sailing , weather and no music !
i like all your vids but the sailing is the best !
i second this. I really enjoyed this video because of the raw sailing footage
Nice trip...
Just found this channel a few days ago and realised today there is no part 36 yet :-( , damn I caught up already! Anyway inspirational stuff, I am green with envy, may there be some favourable winds coming your way and look forward to next instalment
A wee bit about Flag Etiquette. Never fly a national flag above that of another country, in some places you may be fined for this. Your Union Jack is up-side-down (a sign of distress). There is no need to fly them at sea when not in the sight of land.
I love your videos. Fair winds and smooth seas.
Keep it up
Hello nicely done fishing skills have improved ;)
questions 😜 fixed camera in "crows nest", where did ya get that t shirt T with that lure on back, and isn't it worth the gloomy days to have sunset and sunrise's with fish a jumping a God sign of his love for the sea💚💜
seems like daggerboards on a cat are crucial.
+villan a few cats have them, but most don't.
Hi Guys, Just love your videos so please keep em coming they're great!! One thing I wish you would include more of is the financial end of things. What these trips are costing, how you budget and so forth. I am re-fitting a 35 year old 26' saiboat to go off solo sailing. I have no illusions that I'm ever going to sailing around the world, but I can see myself running the east coast with the seasons and a trip to the Carribean or even Panama. Which I think is a bit of a stretch for me. How did you decide on a multi-hull sailboat vs a mono hull? Well I guess that's enough questions for now. Should you ever get up my way I hope you'd stop in and say hello or I can come out to visit your boat. God Bless and good luck! Bill S.
+spinnaker5514 Thanks for the comment Bill. We did the east coast of the US on our old boat. You can check out the story here: turftosurf.com Budget-wise, there are some blogs out there that do any amazing job in tracking their spending to the penny, so you should be able to find one or two that can give you an idea of expense going down the ICW and to the Caribbean.
Ryan, I realised that I left a question on here from an old google account. It was about the choice of a Cat or monohull. I've deleted the old account and its deleted the conversation! Anyway. Thanks again for answering. I do remember what you said so no need to repeat ;) and Fair winds to you all. Catch you out there sometime. Sooner rather than, later I hope.
Sailing conditions looked a little more challenging, how long did it take to get to the Galapagos?
I noticed the camera re-focus on the person who is talking. Pretty cool tech. What Kind of camera do you use to make your videos?
+Kyle Mello That's manual focus. I don't know if the technology has arrived yet to give you DOF and then focus on who is talking! But it would be pretty cool if it did!
If the wind was coming out of the SE why didn't you just start heading SW on a beam reach instead of motoring? Or were you worried about then not having favorable wind direction into the Galapagos for the second leg?
+Dan Cordell No - the wind was coming out of the South West. I think I said that right in the video, no? Maybe not?
Never mind the cats, we want more . . . please :)
You need to take down that torn Union flag and replace it with a proper sized Red Ensign and have it flown at the stern. This looks so damn tacky.
/Fair winds and following seas.
+Eric Tacky (or tatty) it may be, but Cheeky Monkey hails from New York, so won't take too kindly to having the Ensign flown from the stern! There aren't many people in the middle of the Pacific to see your flags anyway, so we might start taking them down, as we're getting through flags way too quickly.
In that case fly the Stars and stripes. I assumed it was English since you are English and also the skipper.
/Fair winds and following seas.
Ps, stay safe out there.
that dolphin call would get you mobbed by sheep in nz
i like how you guys do you filming and what you do on trips
i may not have the money to give you but i like what you do on board i had a 28. San June i had to sell . in californit and never got the boat in the water
Sorry for my bed english ... I am using the translator .
I have watched and signed up to track all videos .
I would like to know how do to navigate at night .... you use autopilot ? Relay at the helm ?
Good winds.
+Marcelo fidallgo Sailing at night is the same as sailing by day - we point the boat in roughly the right direction set the autopilot and watch movies :) There's not much to hit out there at sea and it's either fixed (so on charts) or moving (and therefore has lights on it).
Thanks for the answer...
I have more fun facts about the navigation itself and I think it would be cool a program showing how things are in the boat , if direct use the generator, where the gas is to cook etc ....
congratulations on the channel , do not miss this video.
In the future I want to buy a saba 50 and follow the same path as you.
+Marcelo fidallgo that's a lovely (and large) boat!
Union flag is upside down.
I see others have said this, but Union flag upside down but at sea it should be a red ensign
+Rohan Border Terrier I'm not expert (clearly - I don't know what way up the flag goes!) but the flag is just a way to say 'Brit on Board' as the boat hails from New York, so doesn't a Union Jack work ok?
+Chase the Story Sailing I'm sure Ryan knows the etiquette but flags up halyards should really only be courtesy flag of the country you are visiting. I don't think there are rules for indicating nationality of crew.
Do you have a cunningham on your main? Just wondering.. that along with outhaul, vang and traveler adjustments, as well as hauling like the bejessus on the jib sheet tension, could give you something like 10%+ better pointing angle with little more leeway.
But.. Im sure the Capt knows all about it :-)
Guess Im just curious.. do you have a powered vang as well? I would expect there to be a hydraulic vang on a rig like yours. Fair winds!
+Timothy Zyg no. No vang or Cunningham. I don't believe be ever seen them on cats. Don't know why! Don't overestimate the captain though - I know nothing!!
Cats do not need vangs, monohulls have vangs. Helia 44 has a 20' wide traveler so you just move the traveler and the main sheet will keep the boom tight. No need to have a vang to pull the boom down. None of the cats I have rented ever had an adjustable Cunningham. In this video you are reefed. Your reefing downhaul line is a Cunningham that is adjustable. One trick I have learned going upwind in these cruising cats is to move the traveler 1' upwind or so to position the boom to be on the centerline. You can point a little higher with the boom on the centerline and the only way to do this is to travel upwind a bit. You guys are awesome!! Please keep the excellent videos coming.
***** Cats do not need vangs? Why so? Richard Woods seems to think they are a valuable safety feature. To quote:
"You should make use of the full beam of the boat. I don't use a kicking strap; instead I always use a 4:1 preventer on the boom and a barber hauler on the genoa. That's why leech telltales and jib woollies are the best "go fast" instruments you can have. The preventer also helps stop sail chafe. The boom vang rope is the only one on board in which I don't tie a stopper knot. That way if I have to gybe and release the vang in a hurry, it can run out freely.
A boom vang is also a good safety feature. I have a friend who didn't fit one on his 43ft catamaran. He tried to prevent a gybe all standing and broke his wrist. As he was 300 miles from land at the time and had a young family on board it was a distressing and painful experience for them all."
okay its official, whoever plays that guitar is a red hot chili peppers fan (like me!)
I love what you are doing, and I wish I could do it myself today - and I will do it someday - but, what is the point of raw fish and cooked rice in a pre-processed wrap? I mean, seriously, couldn't you just cook the fish and rice together and wrap it in a hand made tortilla (made from pre-processed flour)? HAHA I just don't get the point of raw fish if you have to cook the rice anyway.
Just seen this. I think you will find the UK flag is upside down.!!
Why do you guys squirt alcohol in the fish's gills?
+Christopher Calvo It does to a fish as it does to a human - numbs life ;)
It looks like you had an easier first few days than we did out of PC but then you got hit with the downpours. You all looked a little tired. Sailing from PC to Salinas Ecuador had the most adverse winds and rain to date. We tacked at about the same place you did because the winds and swells got too strong and direct to motor. Can you guys carry that much extra fuel? How many jerry can gallons do you have compared to your tanks?
We don't carry a lot of extra fuel because our tanks are so big. We carry 500 liters in our tanks and for long passages we have 100 liters we carry in jerry cans. That trip was definitely tiring but still relatively comfortable on a cat
Hi there. Can you tell me how a cat sails compared to a monohull on an ocean crossing? I'm really torn on what to choose. Im going to be single sailing and living aboard. I love the idea of space that you appear to have but i do love single hull sailing. You can tell i have sailed on a cat. I have been told that its an uncomfortable motion ? I suppose i have to compromise somehow but would love to know your thoughts.
Loving the story. Hope to meet you out there some time.
+Steve Winn I'll give this answer my best shot (I'm no expert, but have owned two boats, one a monohull and one a cat). A monohull rolls from side to side for longer while a cat bounces more as it will stay, at the end of the day, pretty darn flat. Some people prefer the roll, and some people prefer the bounce. But, if you're lucky, you'll prefer the bounce, as it seems everything else while at sea on a cat is better: everything is on the flat so you can leave things on tables/surfaces, the extra space etc. is all awesome. Where, I believe, a monohull is clearly better is in marinas (as a monohull is cheaper and there are a lot more options for monohulls) and when day sailing (as the thrill of sailing is much greater on a monohull). But this is just by initial thoughts on the subject. I'm sure there are a lot more people out there who have a lot more to say on it! Ryan
Thank you for taking the time to reply. I'm off to do my coastal tidal on another mono very soon. I'll have to get myself some Cat sailing and then just go for it one way or another. I know the marina issues and wonder how realistic it is to this that I can anchor, fee free for a lot of the time? I'm thinking that for a once a year ocean crossing, I could cope with the bounce for the more common, much shorter passages. By the way after writing this, I almost immediately found your wife's blog which pretty much answered a lot of details for me. You make a great team!!
i agree wholeheartedly. Will see what i can afford when it comes to pull the trigger. either way, fair winds and hope to bump into you sometime. Cheers. Steve
Just taking the Mahi out of the water will kill it. Why waste the Alcohol?
+Quarter Godwin We gather it's a much more humane way to go.
1) You really musn't fly the (British) union flag from your spreader - it is actually illegal as it is the flag for a commissioned Royal Navy warship only. You should fly a red ensign.2) Especially better not to fly it upside-down (around 8'35")! ;-)