We are huge fans of trio travelers. We have watched 10 or more channels and never found anyone we liked till I found your channel. So much information. Would like to see you sail with trio travelers.
Hi Jake! Thank you for the kind comment and for joining our journey! We'll check out Trio Travelers! Glad you like the videos....more to come! Stay safe!
Interesting video, great range of topics covered. Your two boys certainly appear to be enjoying the new lifestyle, it is going to be an amazing adventure for them to experience.
Thanks Alan! The boys are loving the adventure and are learning so much outside of their school curriculum! Thank you for joining us. Hope you continue to enjoy the videos and stay safe! Andy.
This is May to Sept weather. Something to get use to. Hope you up graded your anchor chain and when I put up my anchor I rinse it off because nothing worse than the smell of the chain hold after a few weeks. When it rains like that I collect the rain water and wash and rinse while it raining Walk around while it raining with a brush on a stick and do a little cleaning. Also my wind generator is very quiet no hum or whine.
Hi Rob, we did upgrade our anchor chain and I agree on the smell....we almost always spray the chain as we're bringing up the anchor. We've also wash the chain hold regularly. :-) Regarding the rain....when it was pouring in FLL, we collected over 70 gallons of water. We did just what you said with deck brushes cleaning the boat but only while it's raining. As soon as the lightening shows up, we're headed inside! Thanks again for your comments and suggestions and for joining our adventure. Stay safe! Andy
Hi Catherine! We not only take the school curriculum seriously but the opportunity to teach the boys through the experiences this adventure brings. Everything, everything is a teachable moment. Why are tides higher here than there? Why does the moon affect the seas? Why are there different jelly fish in the north than the south? It goes on and on and on and we are loving seeing both our boys soaking up tons of information while enjoying this life experience. :-). Thanks for coming along on the adventure with us!
The mousing wire on the anchor shackle ought really be back around the bow of the shackle. As you have it around the pin it might get too much abrasion especially if it gets into the mud! But pleased to see that the shackle is moused, all of them on board should be for safety. Keep safe and keep filming, regards from England.
I left California last September 2019 & moved to Georgia. What I have learned is that those squalls are pretty normal for every afternoon in the South. I would just start to plan for them if I were you. Coming from Cali we are not used to that. As a matter of fact, we really aren't used to water falling from the sky at all. I am slowly getting used to rain every afternoon and lots of thunder and lightning. I am starting to expect it as a matter of fact! LMBO! Welcome to the South! Now I just need to get the sailboat/new home. ;)
Hi Sallyjane! You are right we aren’t used to the rain and that much of it at all. I did live in Orlando for 3 years so I’ve seen some crazy rain storms but it is definitely different when you’re anchored or sailing! The good news is that our color radar system shows these weather systems (squalls) coming so we do have time to prepare. Thanks for joining our adventure. Stay safe! Andy and the crew 😁
Quick tip on filleting any tuna if you cut a line down the center and then you get a top and a bottom fillet without the bloodline in it. Makes for a much easier time and substantially less fishey taste
Thanks John! We are loving the Leopard 45 and both Maki and I are so happy to be able to share this life experience with Oliver and Lukas! All the best and stay safe! ~Andy and the crew
It’s all good and covered under warranty 😁👍. Thanks for joining the adventure….stay tuned for more sailing videos and our new epic adventure OliLuki 2.0!
Great seeing the family! Thanks for the shout-out on our virtual school program. I don’t know if you saw but we went to a Mako Virtual TH-cam channel to keep our families informed. Have the boys check it out and see if the recognize some of the other students. Take care and stay in touch.
Hi Dr. Hunt! We'll check out the Mako TH-cam channel.....the boys will be excited to see the other kids! :-) Boy did the world change since we left on this trip. All the best and stay safe! ~Andy and the crew
I didnt see the link for Captain Kevin King and the Southern Charm Charter service anywhere. I would love to have them in my charter service list if possible. Great to see that Leopard is honoring their warranty and making those repairs for you, great service with a great boat makes the dream so much better!!! The storm you experienced is very very normal for Florida. I grew up in Fort Lauderdale, boating up and down the ICW, and afternoon squalls/storms are normal all year round, more frequnt from May-October in the wet months and not as frequent in the winter dry months. You learn to get used to them, do most of your work and activities in the mornings and hunker down and relax in the afternoons, lol. Weather prediction is just that, a prediction, several models are avaialble so use them all, the more info you have the better. Actualy real time conditions will ALWAYS be different than the predictions, so in planning I alwasy add 10 knots more of wind to the prediction. And the LEADING edge of all stroms will be more powerful and way higher than the prediction, which is usually an average of the entire storm. Also, check out The O'Kellys, th-cam.com/users/nickokelly Nick is a former professional meteoroligist and has alot of tips for sailors. He and his wife sail a Leapord 50. God Bless You and Your Family. Stay Safe and Keep Smile'n!!
Welcome to south Florida. Expect "sun showers" nearly every day. A "sun shower" is when you are standing in a torrential down pour and the skies are clear. You can sometimes watch as a wall of rain approaches you and flies right past you. The saying, "If you don't like the weather here, give it a couple of minutes" rings absolutely true for south Florida. I have been enjoying your videos since you started! Stay safe out there! Cheers, Olli
Thanks Olli! I lived in Orlando for 3 years and was used to the 3 pm down pours or the very spotty heavy rain showers but it took till the start of Spring for me to remember that 👍 thanks for joining our adventure and stay safe!
This just made my quarantine Saturday night! Another great episode guys. Looks like you're nicely settling in on the boat. I'm curious how loud it was during the storm inside the cat? The Leopard 50 is a BIG boat. Personally, the size of yours is absolutely perfect for a sailing couple with kids. That Mantis swivel is a big improvement over the old one - and what a score with that found anchor! Lol. Thanks for sharing and be safe out there.
Other than the thunder it wasn’t loud inside at all. At the helm it was a different story but that’s to be expected. It was a great experience and pretty cool to see how the color radar can “see” these squalls coming. Take care and stay safe! Andy
Predict Wind and other weather services will show you the overall weather picture for the day. They don't really give you a minute by minute forecast, particularly for things like squalls and pop up thunderstorms. They can't. In South Florida from May through October it's a given that there will be some thunderstorms between 3 and 7 pm. It's impossible to predict exactly where they will be and when they will happen because they're generally not associated with an organized weather front. They pop up on their own based on local conditions and then fizzle out as the sun, which supplies the energy for them, goes down or they move out to sea. Local forecasters with experience in the area can generally tell when the conditions are ripe for some of those storms to get into the strong to severe range and will give warnings that the big national services might not. You will experience similar situations once you get out to sea on passage. The forecast will call for 8-12 knot winds off the beam in your area but the actual conditions are 25 knots directly on the nose with some short steep chop. It happens all the time. Your job as skipper is to take all the information available to you and build a plan based on your best guess as to what will happen based on that research. The other half of your job is to always have a backup plan ready to go, in case the weather does turn out to be 25 knots on the nose. You missed a bit of a learning opportunity during that storm. You were mostly ready to do something if your anchor dragged. You were on watch, you started your engines. But then you stopped. Take those opportunities to practice your emergency maneuvers under less than ideal conditions. Pretend your anchor was dragging and go through the motions of resetting it. It's much different and harder to do in a storm than on a sunny day with a light breeze. You don't want your first time doing that to be during a true emergency. Practice doing it at night as well. You'd be surprised how much darkness changes things. Better to learn that in semi-controlled situations than when your adrenaline is pumping and you need to do the right thing NOW or face damaging or losing your boat. With the wind and rain it will be much harder to communicate, than you're used to. Plus you have your helm station nicely zipped up, further frustrating your efforts to talk to each other. Do you have hand signals you both agree on worked out? That's the only way you'll be able to "talk" under difficult conditions. I'm not completely familiar with your chart plotter, but I couldn't tell if you had an anchor watch set on it. That would give you a good idea as to when you are dragging. Also, practice taking sights with a handheld compass to known, fixed landmarks. If the angles start changing, you'll also know if you're dragging. Keep sailing, keep learning and have fun.
Hi Brian, Wow! Thank you for taking all the time to write your insightful comments, I really appreciate it. You are absolutely correct about it being impossible for weather services to predict the weather conditions in ever single area...that I came to know when I lived in Orlando for 3 years and it was pouring rain at my house and not at my friends just 2 miles away. That and the daily 3pm(ish) downpour :-). The beauty on our boat and others equipped with a color radar is that you can "see" weather systems including squalls that are blowing through although during a sailing trip in the Pacific we were hit with a microburst that didn't even show up on the radar so to say being on a boat is a "fluid situation" is an understatement :-) Regarding emergency drills, hand signals etc....we have done drills as a family for a variety of situations (will show in a future video) and although we can't practice every situation that life may throw at us, general preparation is absolutely key. Both Maki and I worked in the airlines as Flight Attendants and have gone through "crew communications" both in normal and extreme situations and are very used to doing our pre-departure emergency equipment checks. We bring our airline training into our family sailing adventure, implementing some of the same procedures. In the case of the squall that blew through our anchorage. Our main reason for starting the engines was to be able to maneuver our boat in the event another boat in the anchorage dragged or lost their anchor hold. I won't say it's impossible for our Rocna anchor to drag but the chances of that happening seem unlikely. That said I wanted to have the ability if needed for us to let out more or all of our chain / rode so that we can move our boat away from a boat dragging or drifting towards ours. As you wrote, practicing these procedures or ways of communicating within our family crew is critical and we treat it with the same weight as that of our airline days of training and annual recurrent training sessions. For the anchor alarm, I will need to dig around in our MFD to see if Raymarine has an alarm built in however I do use the AnchorPro app on my phone which does alarm me if our boat moves outside the set geofence that I've set. We will be doing a video that shows how we prepare for departure from the cabins to the galley and all exterior running and standing rigging as well as engines. In addition the plotting a course to our next destination, secondary and even third options to dock or anchor if needed and weather, weather, weather. The weather modeling analysis is something that I've really come to enjoy and learn more about. Anyway thank you very much for taking the time to share your thoughts and such good information and thank you for joining our adventure. We hope you continue to enjoy the videos and take care.....stay safe! ~Andy and the crew
24:55 do u think that it depends on the brand or quality of the caulcking or sealant used on that forward windows.? 3M...DOW.. 2-what is the material of these windows? 3-why 10 days to cure the sealant?
I believe the caulking brand used is 3M. The windows are not glass (weight being a big reason why). I want to say the windows are made from Plexiglas base for the marine application. We were told it was recommended to allow the caulking to cure for 10 days to assure it had completely cured since the boats movement could displace the window. They used a very large amount of caulking when reinstalling and since we wanted to make sure it was 100% set and waterproof. So far all good!
Weather forecasting isn't an exact science! Prior to sailing, you've been most concerned with temperature and when bad weather arrives, the easier of the weather variables to predict. Wind intensity is another story because the computer models have many more variables to take into account. That's why there are more than a dozen different computer models, each one assigning more or less importance to the variables. If the weather prediction service you were viewing used one of the other computer models, the predicted wind speed might have have been spot on for that time and place. After awhile, you will probably learn to compare multiple prediction services and weight your actions accordingly. Just be thankful you knew when the squall was arriving and were able to make preparations such as turning on the engines for a storm that could have been much worse than it was.
Totally agree with you. We have a variety of weather prediction services in use now and it's super interesting to see how the prediction models overlap or don't and why. Captain Richard and other Captains we've spoken with have been an incredible resource. The color radar we have onboard also clearly shows squalls or other systems rolling in.....again all great stuff to master and make use of. Thanks for the comment and for joining our adventure. Stay safe! Andy
Awesome! This is going to be great watching you guys grow and improve... From the family, boat, video editing this is going to be fantastic. Learn to dive on your anchor and you would have caught that. Might actually save your life one day or keep you from paying for someone else’s boat damage. When even changing that swivel tie it off first. It drops in the water and hits dirt you will never see it again. When doing anything tie it off first so if you drop it, it stops right there. You guys are doing great and one more tip, let the ppl see you catch and release every once in a while it will go huge with subscribers.... AWESOME START, ENJOY YOUR LIFE...
Thank you so much for your comments! I have taken the time to dive the anchor at some locations but in Lake Sylvia the visibility is near zero so I didn't go down. Regarding changing the swivel etc...great tip! Changing this swivel I was actually doing it on our dingy so we lowered the anchor into the dinghy and then changed it out. I've also heard from other boaters to hang an umbrella upside down under the area being worked on so it catches anything accidentally dropped. Regarding catch and release.....great tip , thank you. So far we've only shown the fish we have caught and kept but we have caught nearly a dozen Bonita's and a few Barracuda that we've caught and released. Anyway, great tip...thanks! Thank you for joining our adventure...hope you enjoy future videos. All the best and stay safe!!
Hi, congrats on the new yacht. You were talking about the storm, I'd like to suggest using the MyRadar app along with your other wind and weather apps. I'm not a sailor yet but I'm studying by watching a lot of TH-cam videos.
Thanks David, I'll check it out. Our Raymarine Color Radar is also a phenomenal tool to see approaching squalls etc. It's fun to learn all this and apply it to our sailing adventure. Thanks for joining the journey....hope you enjoy the videos! Stay safe! ~Andy
In the Tropics, you will often get afternoon thundershowers that are this intense. You can almost set your watch to them in FL. These storms appear out of nowhere and are usually gone just as fast as they arrive. The reason this happens is due to the sun beating down on the water and/or land all day creating convection currents that move hot humid air close to the ground up to higher altitudes where the air is cooler. As the air cools off the higher it goes, and as the humidity in the air gets higher, it can no longer contain that moisture and it falls as rain. This process creates high winds and sometimes lightning. Thais is a completely different process to that of a frontal system. Frontal systems can be readily predicted, but what you experienced cannot since it all depends on how hot the surface gets and how much moisture is in the air. That being said, you can expect these kinds of storms on an almost daily basis while traveling in the tropics during the summer months.
Thanks! I lived in Orlando for 3 years and just forgot about the daily build up of humidity and the 3pm daily downpour! We love this weather though and looking forward to traveling through the tropics. Thank you for your comment and joining our adventure. Stay safe!
You should reach out to the okellys on Sailing Clarity another you tube channel. Experienced, they have a leopard cat in the same waters and he is a meteorologist by profession.
Hi Scott! We have watched the O’Kellys channel even before we took delivery of our boat and will probably see them at some point as we’re headed in the same direction. Thanks for the comment and suggestion. Hope you enjoy the videos. Stay safe! ~Andy
We are blessed and grateful to be able to share this with Oliver and Lukas. They LOVE being out here, are soaking up everything they see and experience, are learning about oceans, cultures and different places. All good stuff! Thanks for joining our adventure! Stay safe! Andy
Free (solid and great brand) anchor is always good 👍. Just thinking... y'all haven't even really got started yet. But, you have your own unique charms that set you apart from the rest. I do love the music diversity and always on point. Volume has been perfect. Oh, and the remote mic is brilliant! Andy was clear and not drowned out by the storm. 👌 Also, the various cut scenes, stills and fade ins/outs are your own "signature" editing styles. I'm loving it guys ❤️🤙
Again thank you Curt. We have to give credit to Maki who does all the editing and most of the music selections. She and I review music together as well as all the scenes from a story telling view point but a lot of it is her. She said she really wanted to learn editing before we even left California and we think she's really doing a great job! Before we set sail we watched other sailing channels too, partially to learn and in part to escape our hectic land life living vicariously thru others. We want our videos to fill gaps we felt existed on other channels showing the nitty gritty of doing this sailing adventure thing.......hopefully everyone can take away some useful info along with some entertaining moments! Thanks again for coming along with us and all your kind and thoughtful comments....we really appreciate it! ~Andy
You should consider increasing the size of your anchor by two sizes up for stormy weather a reassured hold. The one you have is the recommended size however it is not significant enough for stormy seas.
I looked at going up at least one size from the Rocna recommended size however the larger anchor won't fit. Other new Leopard 45 owners have tried. That said, we love our Rocna anchor and we've actually anchored not only in stormy conditions but inlets that have had incredible tidal currents and we haven't budged an inch (so far :-). Anyway thank you for the comment and thank for joining our adventure. Stay safe! ~Andy
It may have seemed scary but it was a just a squall. 23 kn should not be any kind of problem for your even never anchor in an anchorage with good holding. The water was choppy but there was no wave height there. You're going to face much worse. You should practice what you'd do if it hit 40 or 50kn and you needed to get off that Lee shore. Pulling up the hook would not be the best choice. I'd let it out to the bitter end, tie a fender on the anchor rope as a buoy, and cut the rope. You can come back for it later.
Thanks Adam! You’re right it was just a squall or front blowing through. Crazy that it went from Palm Beach down to Miami where we were anchored and with such force. 30knots by us but our friends had over 45 knots just North of Pompano Beach. The color radar showed it coming and the Rocna anchor had no issues at all. Thanks for joining us. Hope you continue to enjoy the videos and stay safe! Andy
Hmmm, just asking.... Maybe somebody can invent a system like that - an anchor buoy beacon fender thingamajig , that lives under the trampoline or that center beam that house the chain. In an emergency, you hook it on when you reach the end of the chain and it deploys automatically. Hope people have back up anchor and chains!
I shook my head when she was holding a spinning reel upside down.... Most spinning reels have a handle than can be removed and placed on the other side. Unscrew the cap opposite the handle and switch it. Spinning reels belong under the rod not above 😂
The Mantus is a great anchor as is Rocna. After sailing with and speaking with other Leopard owners we decided on the Rocna. That said we really like the Mantus products and have several of their other products on board.
Nice, put one in the storage locker. Try Freckle Math, Dream-box, and Read180. I used them for remote learning with my grandson. Google classroom is good to use with Ms Julia is she likes it. There are lots of home school apps out there to. If the hat sinks to the bottom, use your anchor to pull it up, lol. Not Weather Channel was it? No will be pulling you anchor up with theirs will they? Use your old swivel on the anchor you pulled up for a rear anchor when you need it.
Thanks for your comment and suggestions! The boys have enjoyed "meet ups" with the teacher and school friends. We now have two extra anchors! Thanks for joining our adventure and stay safe!
Thanks for sharing. Just a heads up. In the US the charts are really good. But but not 100% and it only gets worse around the world. Do NOT put all your trust in the electric chart. I’ve had instances where it shows me in the centre of an island when I’m 2 miles away. Another where it shows open water where there is actually a very large island. Or even in a well known marina and the gps shows the boat 200 feet inland. Use all the info you have available, radar, charts (paper too) depth sounder, forwardscan if you have it. When they don’t match. When things seem amiss. Then pay attention. 😊
Hi Lucas, thanks for the great notes and comments. We do use multiple systems and lots of redundancy to cross reference all our navigational information especially as we begin to travel outside the U.S.! Thanks again.....stay tuned....more videos coming very soon!
We’re blessed to have a good looking mom,wife, teacher, on-board doctor mom and editor wrapped up in one 😁. Thanks for joining our adventure. Stay safe! Andy
It was a good and very unexpected catch. That said our Rocna 33kg has been a phenomenal anchor thus far. We have NEVER dragged or even moved a foot from where we dropped it. We anchored in Georgetown, SC where we experienced a king tide that had a tidal flow of over 7 knots and we didn't budge. I can't say enough good about our Rocna anchor. The "catch" of the anchor we pulled off the seabed floor was an 88lb anchor and although a great anchor, it physically won't fit on our boat.😩 Next time we'll need to catch a smaller anchor 😜. Thanks for joining our adventure!
I'll check it out, thanks. I followed the instructions from Mantus but I can't imagine more seizing wire would hurt in any way. Rather have more and be safe right? Thanks for joining our adventure....stay safe! ~Andy
@@sailingsvoliluki6938 just my advise I build docks,warfs, bridges, and ferry and cruise ship terminals and thats a number one rule when we use marine lock nut shackles
Hi Timothy, it's not really a handheld mic...normally we have it clipped on the side of our GoPro but because of the storm and how loud the rain and wind was, I held it in my hand. Anyway the product is from Rode (Rode Wireless Go Microphone System). Stay safe!
Hi Earl, the interior boat tour is coming.....actually today or tomorrow! We waited to do both the exterior and interior tours of our boat until we had time to live and sail aboard for this summer period so we can not only give a boat tour but also give our feedback on factory and or aftermarket options. We're not some super yacht by any stretch of the imagination but even the Leopard 45 is a complicated and sophisticated cruising sailboat with lots and lots of systems aboard. We wanted to provide as much real life experience and feedback so those who may be thinking of doing something similar to our journey will have solid information to help them make their decisions and bring their dream to reality! Thanks for joining our adventure! More videos to come! ~Andy
Thank you Joseph. We are having to adjust our sailing plans due to the virus so at the moment we are sailing along the East Coast of the U.S. and will adjust our destinations based on which countries open their borders to sailing vessels. Thanks for joining our adventure and stay safe!
Hiyee👋🏼👋🏼. I was wondering how long Maki works with the boys for homeschooling in the morning? I just watched a video of Sailing Uma who out the same anchor device on....how funny is that!! I know they love theirs. There is another channel I watch called Saling Zahara that maybe the boys would like....mom dad and they have 6 children on their cataraman. Great family. Can’t wait for your next post. Ohh PS the dad gives good advice on different things for the boat too. Bye 👋🏼👋🏼
Hi Sandy! I work 3 hours daily with the boys as long as I can keep them focused. I need to keep it fun and keep them engaged as you saw on the video. We also adjust the schooling schedule depending on our sailing traveling schedule. Overall they are doing great and understand there are days we need to work hard and others we get to play. Being on the boat there are endless opportunities to learn as we see dolphins or sharks swimming in front of the boat or how or why the weather changes, currents etc. we are blessed to share this with our boys and the TH-cam videos is our way to share it with other families. Hope you enjoy them😊. Maki
Wow! Your video and editing skills went to a new level on this one guys! Great job Andy and Maki! Bonus anchor too! Don’t get rid of it. You made find yourself wanting a spare for another set of squalls like you had, or doing a Bahama mooring! Nice video, thanks for sharing your journey. So glad I subscribed. Looking forward to more. :-)
It must be depressing to buy a brand new boat then having to keep taking it back for warranty issues. However to be fair to Leopard some issues are only going to show up after some use. Since you are moving about and the boat is flexing
Hi Glenn, we knew going in that new boats aren’t like buying a new car and even the most expensive yachts have warranty issues right from the start. We didn’t mind hanging out in Dania Beach because many issues were taken care of right away and we learned a lot about our boat. It’s all good. Now that we’re out sailing there will be other things that pop up which we’ll have taken care when we’re back in FLL. Thanks for joining the adventure. Stay safe!
I have really enjoyed your videos. What a nice family! If you should find yourself in a lightening storm you should put your phones, iPads etc. in the microwave or oven. It acts like a faraday cage. Also, don't touch any metal. I have never heard of anyone getting hurt inside the cabin of a boat. Thanks again for your videos.
Hi Kathy, Thank you for your message and suggestions. Funny, well ok not so funny but we were in a marina last night and a massive lightening storm came through that lasted well over and hour. Having sailed now from Florida to the Chesapeake Bay it wasn't our first lightening storm or the first time that we've unplugged everything (for the most part) and put our mobile devices in the oven. Just a part of the great journey :-). Anyway, thank you for joining our adventure......hope you continue to enjoy the videos! Stay safe!
You can suscribe to Chris Parker email. He and his team from marine weather center will send you daily weather reports including squall activity, thunderstorm etc. Also theres some Radar apps that you could download to your phone or tablets. The one that I use most is RadarScope. We are a live aboard family of 4 from Chile In a Seawind 1260 sailing the US East Coast, so, not used to this afternoon storms either. Be safe and fair winds!
Thanks José! I do know about Chris Parker. I am actually on his e-mail list and also have his book which is a great read but thanks for taking the time to share. I'll check out RadarScope thanks. We do have a great color radar system on board which I have been using regularly especially with all these East coast squalls that blow in so quickly. Congratulations to you and your family for cruising! Enjoy your beautiful Seawind. Perhaps we'll catch up with you all at some point. Headed to the Chesapeake Bay pretty soon! Safe travels and fair winds! ~Andy
Hello, Please, put subtitles in Spanish, it is very easy and so you can reach more audiences and understand the complete and clear messages. Thank you.
Cut out the repetition and your vids will be great. You said the same thing on several subjects several time. Editing is your friend. Keep up the vids. They are very enjoyable.
Do you have weather radar? Perhaps you need to get some traning on radar picture interpretation and weather tracking Aviation private pilot has books on weather and enroute foercasting
Hi Mark, we do have color weather radar and have now taken time to train on that, the Raymarine MFD and multiple weather prediction programs and are of course putting them all to use daily! Thanks for the comment and suggestions. Stay safe and thank you for joining our adventure! ~Andy
Actually our boat is solid and very well built but we are highlighting some of the warranty issues so people have a glimpse of reality when you buy even a new boat. When we were in the marina, a 5 million dollar yacht had all kinds of issues including their engines. We're happy that Leopard stands behind their product and has addressed all of our warranty issues. Anyway thank you very much for joining our adventure. hope you enjoy the future videos and stay safe!
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Great watching you. Glad you number each video. Fair wind and following seas
We are huge fans of trio travelers. We have watched 10 or more channels and never found anyone we liked till I found your channel. So much information. Would like to see you sail with trio travelers.
Hi Jake! Thank you for the kind comment and for joining our journey! We'll check out Trio Travelers! Glad you like the videos....more to come! Stay safe!
wow free anchor..!! be safe brother and family ..and happy sailing to all of you..!!
I've lost an anchor before but never caught one! You are living a charmed life. Really.
Interesting video, great range of topics covered.
Your two boys certainly appear to be enjoying the new lifestyle, it is going to be an amazing adventure for them to experience.
Thanks Alan! The boys are loving the adventure and are learning so much outside of their school curriculum! Thank you for joining us. Hope you continue to enjoy the videos and stay safe! Andy.
loving your families adventures! thank you for this...much needed
Hi Tom! Thanks for joining our little adventure :-). Hope the videos bring a little happiness into your day! All the best and stay safe!
This is May to Sept weather. Something to get use to. Hope you up graded your anchor chain and when I put up my anchor I rinse it off because nothing worse than the smell of the chain hold after a few weeks. When it rains like that I collect the rain water and wash and rinse while it raining Walk around while it raining with a brush on a stick and do a little cleaning. Also my wind generator is very quiet no hum or whine.
Hi Rob, we did upgrade our anchor chain and I agree on the smell....we almost always spray the chain as we're bringing up the anchor. We've also wash the chain hold regularly. :-) Regarding the rain....when it was pouring in FLL, we collected over 70 gallons of water. We did just what you said with deck brushes cleaning the boat but only while it's raining. As soon as the lightening shows up, we're headed inside! Thanks again for your comments and suggestions and for joining our adventure. Stay safe! Andy
It is great you all are taking their school work seriously. This is the model for homeschooling.
Hi Catherine! We not only take the school curriculum seriously but the opportunity to teach the boys through the experiences this adventure brings. Everything, everything is a teachable moment. Why are tides higher here than there? Why does the moon affect the seas? Why are there different jelly fish in the north than the south? It goes on and on and on and we are loving seeing both our boys soaking up tons of information while enjoying this life experience. :-). Thanks for coming along on the adventure with us!
The mousing wire on the anchor shackle ought really be back around the bow of the shackle. As you have it around the pin it might get too much abrasion especially if it gets into the mud! But pleased to see that the shackle is moused, all of them on board should be for safety. Keep safe and keep filming, regards from England.
Hi Roger, I followed the instruction from Mantus on the wire but will take a look. Thanks for watching and sharing your suggestion! Stay safe! ~Andy
Funny with the doubl anchors ⚓ 🤣
I left California last September 2019 & moved to Georgia. What I have learned is that those squalls are pretty normal for every afternoon in the South. I would just start to plan for them if I were you. Coming from Cali we are not used to that. As a matter of fact, we really aren't used to water falling from the sky at all. I am slowly getting used to rain every afternoon and lots of thunder and lightning. I am starting to expect it as a matter of fact! LMBO! Welcome to the South! Now I just need to get the sailboat/new home. ;)
Hi Sallyjane! You are right we aren’t used to the rain and that much of it at all. I did live in Orlando for 3 years so I’ve seen some crazy rain storms but it is definitely different when you’re anchored or sailing! The good news is that our color radar system shows these weather systems (squalls) coming so we do have time to prepare. Thanks for joining our adventure. Stay safe! Andy and the crew 😁
Quick tip on filleting any tuna if you cut a line down the center and then you get a top and a bottom fillet without the bloodline in it. Makes for a much easier time and substantially less fishey taste
Awesome! Thanks for the tip Jared! I’m passing it on to Maki and the boys....the fishing team aboard OliLuki 😁
nice to see you guys settling into your new life
Thanks John! We are loving the Leopard 45 and both Maki and I are so happy to be able to share this life experience with Oliver and Lukas! All the best and stay safe! ~Andy and the crew
I’m glad I found your channel as it was beginning. Very interesting to follow your journey to the open seas.
Thanks for joining the adventure Angela! Hope you enjoy the videos! Stay safe !
Thanks for sharing. Can’t believe two windows have to be replaced so soon omg leopard….
It’s all good and covered under warranty 😁👍. Thanks for joining the adventure….stay tuned for more sailing videos and our new epic adventure OliLuki 2.0!
Great seeing the family! Thanks for the shout-out on our virtual school program. I don’t know if you saw but we went to a Mako Virtual TH-cam channel to keep our families informed. Have the boys check it out and see if the recognize some of the other students. Take care and stay in touch.
Hi Dr. Hunt! We'll check out the Mako TH-cam channel.....the boys will be excited to see the other kids! :-) Boy did the world change since we left on this trip. All the best and stay safe! ~Andy and the crew
Although your close to the coast during storms life jackets exit plan...its about routines...good luck loving the channel
Thanks Nash!
I didnt see the link for Captain Kevin King and the Southern Charm Charter service anywhere. I would love to have them in my charter service list if possible.
Great to see that Leopard is honoring their warranty and making those repairs for you, great service with a great boat makes the dream so much better!!!
The storm you experienced is very very normal for Florida. I grew up in Fort Lauderdale, boating up and down the ICW, and afternoon squalls/storms are normal all year round, more frequnt from May-October in the wet months and not as frequent in the winter dry months. You learn to get used to them, do most of your work and activities in the mornings and hunker down and relax in the afternoons, lol.
Weather prediction is just that, a prediction, several models are avaialble so use them all, the more info you have the better. Actualy real time conditions will ALWAYS be different than the predictions, so in planning I alwasy add 10 knots more of wind to the prediction. And the LEADING edge of all stroms will be more powerful and way higher than the prediction, which is usually an average of the entire storm.
Also, check out The O'Kellys, th-cam.com/users/nickokelly Nick is a former professional meteoroligist and has alot of tips for sailors. He and his wife sail a Leapord 50.
God Bless You and Your Family. Stay Safe and Keep Smile'n!!
Thanks Michael. Here's the Kings website. All the best and stay safe! ~Andy whatthekingsdidnext.com/charter/
Great content guys! please keep it coming!
You got a secondary anchor for free. Good on ya!
Thanks Richard! 👍😁
@@sailingsvoliluki6938 We just ordered our 45L. Delivers in Feb after Miami boat show. Enjoying your outfitting videos. Enjoy.
Welcome to south Florida. Expect "sun showers" nearly every day. A "sun shower" is when you are standing in a torrential down pour and the skies are clear. You can sometimes watch as a wall of rain approaches you and flies right past you. The saying, "If you don't like the weather here, give it a couple of minutes" rings absolutely true for south Florida.
I have been enjoying your videos since you started! Stay safe out there!
Cheers,
Olli
Thanks Olli! I lived in Orlando for 3 years and was used to the 3 pm down pours or the very spotty heavy rain showers but it took till the start of Spring for me to remember that 👍 thanks for joining our adventure and stay safe!
This just made my quarantine Saturday night! Another great episode guys. Looks like you're nicely settling in on the boat. I'm curious how loud it was during the storm inside the cat? The Leopard 50 is a BIG boat. Personally, the size of yours is absolutely perfect for a sailing couple with kids. That Mantis swivel is a big improvement over the old one - and what a score with that found anchor! Lol. Thanks for sharing and be safe out there.
Other than the thunder it wasn’t loud inside at all. At the helm it was a different story but that’s to be expected. It was a great experience and pretty cool to see how the color radar can “see” these squalls coming. Take care and stay safe! Andy
glad you guys are ok! loving the bread machine too!
We love the bread machine and Maki is a pro at making fantastic breads! Hope all is well, stay safe and hugs from the whole crew! :-)
Predict Wind and other weather services will show you the overall weather picture for the day. They don't really give you a minute by minute forecast, particularly for things like squalls and pop up thunderstorms. They can't.
In South Florida from May through October it's a given that there will be some thunderstorms between 3 and 7 pm. It's impossible to predict exactly where they will be and when they will happen because they're generally not associated with an organized weather front. They pop up on their own based on local conditions and then fizzle out as the sun, which supplies the energy for them, goes down or they move out to sea.
Local forecasters with experience in the area can generally tell when the conditions are ripe for some of those storms to get into the strong to severe range and will give warnings that the big national services might not.
You will experience similar situations once you get out to sea on passage. The forecast will call for 8-12 knot winds off the beam in your area but the actual conditions are 25 knots directly on the nose with some short steep chop. It happens all the time.
Your job as skipper is to take all the information available to you and build a plan based on your best guess as to what will happen based on that research. The other half of your job is to always have a backup plan ready to go, in case the weather does turn out to be 25 knots on the nose.
You missed a bit of a learning opportunity during that storm. You were mostly ready to do something if your anchor dragged. You were on watch, you started your engines. But then you stopped. Take those opportunities to practice your emergency maneuvers under less than ideal conditions. Pretend your anchor was dragging and go through the motions of resetting it. It's much different and harder to do in a storm than on a sunny day with a light breeze. You don't want your first time doing that to be during a true emergency. Practice doing it at night as well. You'd be surprised how much darkness changes things. Better to learn that in semi-controlled situations than when your adrenaline is pumping and you need to do the right thing NOW or face damaging or losing your boat.
With the wind and rain it will be much harder to communicate, than you're used to. Plus you have your helm station nicely zipped up, further frustrating your efforts to talk to each other. Do you have hand signals you both agree on worked out? That's the only way you'll be able to "talk" under difficult conditions.
I'm not completely familiar with your chart plotter, but I couldn't tell if you had an anchor watch set on it. That would give you a good idea as to when you are dragging. Also, practice taking sights with a handheld compass to known, fixed landmarks. If the angles start changing, you'll also know if you're dragging.
Keep sailing, keep learning and have fun.
Hi Brian, Wow! Thank you for taking all the time to write your insightful comments, I really appreciate it. You are absolutely correct about it being impossible for weather services to predict the weather conditions in ever single area...that I came to know when I lived in Orlando for 3 years and it was pouring rain at my house and not at my friends just 2 miles away. That and the daily 3pm(ish) downpour :-). The beauty on our boat and others equipped with a color radar is that you can "see" weather systems including squalls that are blowing through although during a sailing trip in the Pacific we were hit with a microburst that didn't even show up on the radar so to say being on a boat is a "fluid situation" is an understatement :-)
Regarding emergency drills, hand signals etc....we have done drills as a family for a variety of situations (will show in a future video) and although we can't practice every situation that life may throw at us, general preparation is absolutely key. Both Maki and I worked in the airlines as Flight Attendants and have gone through "crew communications" both in normal and extreme situations and are very used to doing our pre-departure emergency equipment checks. We bring our airline training into our family sailing adventure, implementing some of the same procedures. In the case of the squall that blew through our anchorage. Our main reason for starting the engines was to be able to maneuver our boat in the event another boat in the anchorage dragged or lost their anchor hold. I won't say it's impossible for our Rocna anchor to drag but the chances of that happening seem unlikely. That said I wanted to have the ability if needed for us to let out more or all of our chain / rode so that we can move our boat away from a boat dragging or drifting towards ours. As you wrote, practicing these procedures or ways of communicating within our family crew is critical and we treat it with the same weight as that of our airline days of training and annual recurrent training sessions.
For the anchor alarm, I will need to dig around in our MFD to see if Raymarine has an alarm built in however I do use the AnchorPro app on my phone which does alarm me if our boat moves outside the set geofence that I've set.
We will be doing a video that shows how we prepare for departure from the cabins to the galley and all exterior running and standing rigging as well as engines. In addition the plotting a course to our next destination, secondary and even third options to dock or anchor if needed and weather, weather, weather. The weather modeling analysis is something that I've really come to enjoy and learn more about.
Anyway thank you very much for taking the time to share your thoughts and such good information and thank you for joining our adventure. We hope you continue to enjoy the videos and take care.....stay safe! ~Andy and the crew
Hey that's where the Miami Boat Show was. Looks like we missed you by a few months. Keep up the good videos!
Look forward to seeing you guys out on the water! Stay safe :-).
24:55 do u think that it depends on the brand or quality of the caulcking or sealant used on that forward windows.? 3M...DOW..
2-what is the material of these windows?
3-why 10 days to cure the sealant?
I believe the caulking brand used is 3M. The windows are not glass (weight being a big reason why). I want to say the windows are made from Plexiglas base for the marine application. We were told it was recommended to allow the caulking to cure for 10 days to assure it had completely cured since the boats movement could displace the window. They used a very large amount of caulking when reinstalling and since we wanted to make sure it was 100% set and waterproof. So far all good!
Weather forecasting isn't an exact science! Prior to sailing, you've been most concerned with temperature and when bad weather arrives, the easier of the weather variables to predict. Wind intensity is another story because the computer models have many more variables to take into account. That's why there are more than a dozen different computer models, each one assigning more or less importance to the variables. If the weather prediction service you were viewing used one of the other computer models, the predicted wind speed might have have been spot on for that time and place. After awhile, you will probably learn to compare multiple prediction services and weight your actions accordingly. Just be thankful you knew when the squall was arriving and were able to make preparations such as turning on the engines for a storm that could have been much worse than it was.
Totally agree with you. We have a variety of weather prediction services in use now and it's super interesting to see how the prediction models overlap or don't and why. Captain Richard and other Captains we've spoken with have been an incredible resource. The color radar we have onboard also clearly shows squalls or other systems rolling in.....again all great stuff to master and make use of. Thanks for the comment and for joining our adventure. Stay safe! Andy
Awesome! This is going to be great watching you guys grow and improve... From the family, boat, video editing this is going to be fantastic. Learn to dive on your anchor and you would have caught that. Might actually save your life one day or keep you from paying for someone else’s boat damage. When even changing that swivel tie it off first. It drops in the water and hits dirt you will never see it again. When doing anything tie it off first so if you drop it, it stops right there. You guys are doing great and one more tip, let the ppl see you catch and release every once in a while it will go huge with subscribers.... AWESOME START, ENJOY YOUR LIFE...
Thank you so much for your comments! I have taken the time to dive the anchor at some locations but in Lake Sylvia the visibility is near zero so I didn't go down. Regarding changing the swivel etc...great tip! Changing this swivel I was actually doing it on our dingy so we lowered the anchor into the dinghy and then changed it out. I've also heard from other boaters to hang an umbrella upside down under the area being worked on so it catches anything accidentally dropped. Regarding catch and release.....great tip , thank you. So far we've only shown the fish we have caught and kept but we have caught nearly a dozen Bonita's and a few Barracuda that we've caught and released. Anyway, great tip...thanks! Thank you for joining our adventure...hope you enjoy future videos. All the best and stay safe!!
Hi, congrats on the new yacht. You were talking about the storm, I'd like to suggest using the MyRadar app along with your other wind and weather apps. I'm not a sailor yet but I'm studying by watching a lot of TH-cam videos.
Thanks David, I'll check it out. Our Raymarine Color Radar is also a phenomenal tool to see approaching squalls etc. It's fun to learn all this and apply it to our sailing adventure. Thanks for joining the journey....hope you enjoy the videos! Stay safe! ~Andy
You are the only one I know that anchor's and makes a profit 😂
Maybe Jimmy Hoffa will come-up the next time?
In the Tropics, you will often get afternoon thundershowers that are this intense. You can almost set your watch to them in FL. These storms appear out of nowhere and are usually gone just as fast as they arrive. The reason this happens is due to the sun beating down on the water and/or land all day creating convection currents that move hot humid air close to the ground up to higher altitudes where the air is cooler. As the air cools off the higher it goes, and as the humidity in the air gets higher, it can no longer contain that moisture and it falls as rain. This process creates high winds and sometimes lightning.
Thais is a completely different process to that of a frontal system. Frontal systems can be readily predicted, but what you experienced cannot since it all depends on how hot the surface gets and how much moisture is in the air. That being said, you can expect these kinds of storms on an almost daily basis while traveling in the tropics during the summer months.
Thanks! I lived in Orlando for 3 years and just forgot about the daily build up of humidity and the 3pm daily downpour! We love this weather though and looking forward to traveling through the tropics. Thank you for your comment and joining our adventure. Stay safe!
Liking your videos and your story. Are we going to see a boat tour sooner than later?
Hi Sarah! A boat tour is in the works and will be coming. Stay tuned 😁. Thank you for joining our adventure and stay safe!
I hope you went back and safety wired the shackle and body of the swivel.
Done and done :-) but thanks for the comment! :-)
You should reach out to the okellys on Sailing Clarity another you tube channel. Experienced, they have a leopard cat in the same waters and he is a meteorologist by profession.
Hi Scott! We have watched the O’Kellys channel even before we took delivery of our boat and will probably see them at some point as we’re headed in the same direction. Thanks for the comment and suggestion. Hope you enjoy the videos. Stay safe! ~Andy
What a great experience for your kids. They will look back on there childhood with the fondest memories.
We are blessed and grateful to be able to share this with Oliver and Lukas. They LOVE being out here, are soaking up everything they see and experience, are learning about oceans, cultures and different places. All good stuff! Thanks for joining our adventure! Stay safe! Andy
Free (solid and great brand) anchor is always good 👍. Just thinking... y'all haven't even really got started yet. But, you have your own unique charms that set you apart from the rest.
I do love the music diversity and always on point. Volume has been perfect. Oh, and the remote mic is brilliant! Andy was clear and not drowned out by the storm. 👌
Also, the various cut scenes, stills and fade ins/outs are your own "signature" editing styles. I'm loving it guys ❤️🤙
Again thank you Curt. We have to give credit to Maki who does all the editing and most of the music selections. She and I review music together as well as all the scenes from a story telling view point but a lot of it is her. She said she really wanted to learn editing before we even left California and we think she's really doing a great job! Before we set sail we watched other sailing channels too, partially to learn and in part to escape our hectic land life living vicariously thru others. We want our videos to fill gaps we felt existed on other channels showing the nitty gritty of doing this sailing adventure thing.......hopefully everyone can take away some useful info along with some entertaining moments! Thanks again for coming along with us and all your kind and thoughtful comments....we really appreciate it! ~Andy
You should consider increasing the size of your anchor by two sizes up for stormy weather a reassured hold. The one you have is the recommended size however it is not significant enough for stormy seas.
I looked at going up at least one size from the Rocna recommended size however the larger anchor won't fit. Other new Leopard 45 owners have tried. That said, we love our Rocna anchor and we've actually anchored not only in stormy conditions but inlets that have had incredible tidal currents and we haven't budged an inch (so far :-). Anyway thank you for the comment and thank for joining our adventure. Stay safe! ~Andy
Did you notice it looked like the swivel failed on that anchor you 'found'
Yes it definitely failed. Sad for whoever owned it.
Andy, what make was the old swivel?
Dnihilist unfortunately I don’t know. There is no branding or marks on it at all. I kept it as a spare.
It may have seemed scary but it was a just a squall. 23 kn should not be any kind of problem for your even never anchor in an anchorage with good holding. The water was choppy but there was no wave height there. You're going to face much worse. You should practice what you'd do if it hit 40 or 50kn and you needed to get off that Lee shore. Pulling up the hook would not be the best choice. I'd let it out to the bitter end, tie a fender on the anchor rope as a buoy, and cut the rope. You can come back for it later.
Thanks Adam! You’re right it was just a squall or front blowing through. Crazy that it went from Palm Beach down to Miami where we were anchored and with such force. 30knots by us but our friends had over 45 knots just North of Pompano Beach. The color radar showed it coming and the Rocna anchor had no issues at all. Thanks for joining us. Hope you continue to enjoy the videos and stay safe! Andy
Hmmm, just asking....
Maybe somebody can invent a system like that - an anchor buoy beacon fender thingamajig , that lives under the trampoline or that center beam that house the chain. In an emergency, you hook it on when you reach the end of the chain and it deploys automatically. Hope people have back up anchor and chains!
Great idea Sam! Luckily we have backup anchor rode and chain. 😁. Thanks for joining our sailing adventure! Stay safe and hope you enjoy the videos!
I shook my head when she was holding a spinning reel upside down.... Most spinning reels have a handle than can be removed and placed on the other side. Unscrew the cap opposite the handle and switch it. Spinning reels belong under the rod not above 😂
Lol me too
Great thanks for the tip and watching so closely 😁👍. Hope you enjoy the videos and stay safe!
Why didn’t you go with the matching Mantus Anchor?
The Mantus is a great anchor as is Rocna. After sailing with and speaking with other Leopard owners we decided on the Rocna. That said we really like the Mantus products and have several of their other products on board.
you should do a boat tour!!!
It's coming! Stay tuned :-)
Nice, put one in the storage locker. Try Freckle Math, Dream-box, and Read180. I used them for remote learning with my grandson. Google classroom is good to use with Ms Julia is she likes it. There are lots of home school apps out there to. If the hat sinks to the bottom, use your anchor to pull it up, lol. Not Weather Channel was it? No will be pulling you anchor up with theirs will they? Use your old swivel on the anchor you pulled up for a rear anchor when you need it.
Thanks for your comment and suggestions! The boys have enjoyed "meet ups" with the teacher and school friends. We now have two extra anchors! Thanks for joining our adventure and stay safe!
Thanks for sharing.
Just a heads up. In the US the charts are really good. But but not 100% and it only gets worse around the world. Do NOT put all your trust in the electric chart. I’ve had instances where it shows me in the centre of an island when I’m 2 miles away. Another where it shows open water where there is actually a very large island. Or even in a well known marina and the gps shows the boat 200 feet inland. Use all the info you have available, radar, charts (paper too) depth sounder, forwardscan if you have it. When they don’t match. When things seem amiss. Then pay attention. 😊
Hi Lucas, thanks for the great notes and comments. We do use multiple systems and lots of redundancy to cross reference all our navigational information especially as we begin to travel outside the U.S.! Thanks again.....stay tuned....more videos coming very soon!
I wish my teachers looked that good
We’re blessed to have a good looking mom,wife, teacher, on-board doctor mom and editor wrapped up in one 😁. Thanks for joining our adventure. Stay safe! Andy
A good catch, the anchor you caught is 50% more expensive than yours you have and three times stronger than yours.
It was a good and very unexpected catch. That said our Rocna 33kg has been a phenomenal anchor thus far. We have NEVER dragged or even moved a foot from where we dropped it. We anchored in Georgetown, SC where we experienced a king tide that had a tidal flow of over 7 knots and we didn't budge. I can't say enough good about our Rocna anchor. The "catch" of the anchor we pulled off the seabed floor was an 88lb anchor and although a great anchor, it physically won't fit on our boat.😩 Next time we'll need to catch a smaller anchor 😜. Thanks for joining our adventure!
Tie wire on anchor swivel should be doubled or even quadrupled up for safety. Just a single wrap will chafe off
I'll check it out, thanks. I followed the instructions from Mantus but I can't imagine more seizing wire would hurt in any way. Rather have more and be safe right? Thanks for joining our adventure....stay safe! ~Andy
@@sailingsvoliluki6938 just my advise I build docks,warfs, bridges, and ferry and cruise ship terminals and thats a number one rule when we use marine lock nut shackles
Looks like you got a free Rochna as a spare. I hope you kept it!
What is the handheld mic that you are using?
Hi Timothy, it's not really a handheld mic...normally we have it clipped on the side of our GoPro but because of the storm and how loud the rain and wind was, I held it in my hand. Anyway the product is from Rode (Rode Wireless Go Microphone System). Stay safe!
Lekker man lekker
Hartelijk dank Gerhard!
So glad this video doesn't have 7 adds on it.
Hi Tyler, TH-cam automatically puts ads based on the length of the video and few other factors but working on to reduce the amount of them. Stay safe!
Ok, you dropped your anchor and got 2 of the same. Do you think you can repeat it with ... beer ?
hahaha one can only hope!
Why haven't you done a boat tour?
Hi Earl, the interior boat tour is coming.....actually today or tomorrow! We waited to do both the exterior and interior tours of our boat until we had time to live and sail aboard for this summer period so we can not only give a boat tour but also give our feedback on factory and or aftermarket options. We're not some super yacht by any stretch of the imagination but even the Leopard 45 is a complicated and sophisticated cruising sailboat with lots and lots of systems aboard. We wanted to provide as much real life experience and feedback so those who may be thinking of doing something similar to our journey will have solid information to help them make their decisions and bring their dream to reality! Thanks for joining our adventure! More videos to come! ~Andy
Nice info about homeschooling. When will you start your circumnavigation???
Thank you Joseph. We are having to adjust our sailing plans due to the virus so at the moment we are sailing along the East Coast of the U.S. and will adjust our destinations based on which countries open their borders to sailing vessels. Thanks for joining our adventure and stay safe!
Hiyee👋🏼👋🏼. I was wondering how long Maki works with the boys for homeschooling in the morning? I just watched a video of Sailing Uma who out the same anchor device on....how funny is that!! I know they love theirs. There is another channel I watch called Saling Zahara that maybe the boys would like....mom dad and they have 6 children on their cataraman. Great family. Can’t wait for your next post. Ohh PS the dad gives good advice on different things for the boat too. Bye 👋🏼👋🏼
Hi Sandy! I work 3 hours daily with the boys as long as I can keep them focused. I need to keep it fun and keep them engaged as you saw on the video. We also adjust the schooling schedule depending on our sailing traveling schedule. Overall they are doing great and understand there are days we need to work hard and others we get to play. Being on the boat there are endless opportunities to learn as we see dolphins or sharks swimming in front of the boat or how or why the weather changes, currents etc. we are blessed to share this with our boys and the TH-cam videos is our way to share it with other families. Hope you enjoy them😊. Maki
Wow! Your video and editing skills went to a new level on this one guys! Great job Andy and Maki! Bonus anchor too! Don’t get rid of it. You made find yourself wanting a spare for another set of squalls like you had, or doing a Bahama mooring! Nice video, thanks for sharing your journey. So glad I subscribed. Looking forward to more. :-)
Thanks Chad! Hope you enjoy future videos. There’s lots more to come. Stay safe! Andy and the crew 😁
Thank you Chad ! Hope you continue to enjoy the videos! All the best and stay safe! Andy and the crew.
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2:37 Am I the only one who lean forward to listen to his secret?
It must be depressing to buy a brand new boat then having to keep taking it back for warranty issues. However to be fair to Leopard some issues are only going to show up after some use. Since you are moving about and the boat is flexing
Hi Glenn, we knew going in that new boats aren’t like buying a new car and even the most expensive yachts have warranty issues right from the start. We didn’t mind hanging out in Dania Beach because many issues were taken care of right away and we learned a lot about our boat. It’s all good. Now that we’re out sailing there will be other things that pop up which we’ll have taken care when we’re back in FLL. Thanks for joining the adventure. Stay safe!
wow
I have really enjoyed your videos. What a nice family! If you should find yourself in a lightening storm you should put your phones, iPads etc. in the microwave or oven. It acts like a faraday cage. Also, don't touch any metal. I have never heard of anyone getting hurt inside the cabin of a boat. Thanks again for your videos.
Hi Kathy, Thank you for your message and suggestions. Funny, well ok not so funny but we were in a marina last night and a massive lightening storm came through that lasted well over and hour. Having sailed now from Florida to the Chesapeake Bay it wasn't our first lightening storm or the first time that we've unplugged everything (for the most part) and put our mobile devices in the oven. Just a part of the great journey :-). Anyway, thank you for joining our adventure......hope you continue to enjoy the videos! Stay safe!
You can suscribe to Chris Parker email. He and his team from marine weather center will send you daily weather reports including squall activity, thunderstorm etc. Also theres some Radar apps that you could download to your phone or tablets. The one that I use most is RadarScope. We are a live aboard family of 4 from Chile In a Seawind 1260 sailing the US East Coast, so, not used to this afternoon storms either. Be safe and fair winds!
Thanks José! I do know about Chris Parker. I am actually on his e-mail list and also have his book which is a great read but thanks for taking the time to share. I'll check out RadarScope thanks. We do have a great color radar system on board which I have been using regularly especially with all these East coast squalls that blow in so quickly. Congratulations to you and your family for cruising! Enjoy your beautiful Seawind. Perhaps we'll catch up with you all at some point. Headed to the Chesapeake Bay pretty soon! Safe travels and fair winds! ~Andy
Hello, Please, put subtitles in Spanish, it is very easy and so you can reach more audiences and understand the complete and clear messages. Thank you.
Cut out the repetition and your vids will be great. You said the same thing on several subjects several time. Editing is your friend. Keep up the vids. They are very enjoyable.
Do you have weather radar?
Perhaps you need to get some traning on radar picture interpretation and weather tracking
Aviation private pilot has books on weather and enroute foercasting
Hi Mark, we do have color weather radar and have now taken time to train on that, the Raymarine MFD and multiple weather prediction programs and are of course putting them all to use daily! Thanks for the comment and suggestions. Stay safe and thank you for joining our adventure! ~Andy
I apologise if anyone gets offended by this, but you're not homeschooling. You're schooling from home. There is a BIG difference between the two.
Are you going to sell that anchor? It should be not less than 1500.
Keeping it for now :-)
Awesome content! Have a look at our channel and sub if you like our content
Yet another in a long list of Leopards with bad workmanship. Such a shame to see the demise of what used to be a solid brand.
Actually our boat is solid and very well built but we are highlighting some of the warranty issues so people have a glimpse of reality when you buy even a new boat. When we were in the marina, a 5 million dollar yacht had all kinds of issues including their engines. We're happy that Leopard stands behind their product and has addressed all of our warranty issues. Anyway thank you very much for joining our adventure. hope you enjoy the future videos and stay safe!