Thanks Jay... Its how i look everytime i know i have to open that tool box. I honestly dont understand how a normal person could engineer something like that. Ryan
Another critical issue for tethers is whether or not the hook meets the mountaineering standard for side loads. One of the findings from one of the clipper race deaths was that the tether hook released under side load when the crew got washed over.
Exactly Peter, Being a former mountain climber i'm well aware of those ratings but even with the best mountain gear the side load rating is always way less that the vertical and horizontal load ratings. the key is to en sure your climp in system is good. Ryan
Hi guys, great video. We bought a double inflatable kayak, Advanced Elements, for use on our live aboard catamaran and it has been amazing. We use it more than the dinghy. It works for us as we have spaces to store it when underway; inflated, semi inflated or fully deflated. So inflatable kayak is a big hit for us. And in case you're wondering, we don't get any kickbacks from Advanced Elements, we're just very happy with it. Cam and Jan, SV Fallado.
17:44 - I had the same problem with my socket set. I just got a thin piece of foam, cut it to fit inside, and closed it up. It's been working for over 25 years. No need to sell a perfectly good set of sockets. Although, I do agree with all the engineering that goes on in making the sockets and case, they could have done a better job getting them to fit more snugly! ;-)
Thanks for a very useful video. I would say my experience of Sunbeam panels was very different. I put two panels on my boat and fixed then to the deck with the supplied 3M patches and then connect them to the moonbeam MPPT controller and they worked brilliantly the two panels output 100 watts on Christmas Day in the Solent. Hardly a sunny location. They also kept the batteries fully charged and ran a small fridge all summer. So I was very pleased with them. Brexit has made them much harder to get and more expensive in the U.K. So I was glad I got mine 2 days before Brexit.
Solar panels: On land, I have 100 watt framed 35.6 X 25.9 inch solar panels. ( smaller and stubbier ). While yours are premium, it seems that smaller are less likely to break and less of a catastrophe if you break one or two. A circumstance where you would break one is a rope with a hard end tossing around. On land, the very cheapest panels I could buy were stubby 100 watts. Most of the savings came in shipping. The gods shined on me. I didn't crimp MC4 connectors. I soldered them.
Excellent Videos. Very Informative! Regarding your harness 'tethers', try placing Dyneema Soft Shackle(s) on certain strong-holds (such at tubing on your steering binnacle) to make it easy for any size tether 'carabiner' to quickly clip into. We installed Dyneema Soft Shackles on the hand-rails running across the top of our canopy (Gemini 105Mc) so we may clip into and then onto the next, while always staying tethered. Thanks! Franklin Viola
Lover,loved loved this 20 minutes of pure entertainment. Thanks for that, So enjoying you guys, and good to see that Ryan has lightened up in front of the camera.
Sophie, I am confident you are the best cook of all the cruisers! Yeah! FYI Sophie & Ryan, the U.S dollar sign $ goes in front of the number, as in $2,000. However, the U.S. Cent sign ¢ goes behind the number, as in .25¢. :¬) Webhead USA
Another great video with technical boat stuff . I like that . Funny potato bag story and hilarious seasick glasses . I saw your post about the negativity against Ryan , there will always be haters and jealous people . Very easy to break down or judge someone from behind your anonymous pc . Introvert extrovert , fat thin , gay or transgender , etc . Thatmakes this world so beautiful. We are all flesh and blood people with genius and limitations . Stay yourself and just do your thing !!! I love it and can just feel that you are a great sailing couple !!! Greetings and love from Belgium
„They don’t work for me but they are funny so I keep them!” Sounds like something my wife would say about me. 😂😂😂 The tools are always that way, get a lightweight toolbox and it saves room compared to the big plastic cases they came in.
I got a tool set (very little more $ than Ryan spent), the box has snap in holders for the tools. I haven't had the experience of opening them to an exodus of sockets and wrenches yet; down side, sometimes it is difficult to remove a tool from the holder. When it fails I'm getting heavy duty roll up tool holders. Fatty Goodlander says that you can just clean 'em, throw 'em all in a tool box, spray with wd40 and shut the lid. As a marine mechanic (USN), what I found was you only really use a few of tools you get in a set, and complete sets ended up in somebody's car trunk. On the engineering plants I operated and maintained, we needed mostly 1/2", 3/4", 13/16", 7/8", 15/16" plus a few odd larger sizes. REALLY large. When I became responsible for purchasing such things, I only bought the ones that we needed, in bulk. If you know what you need, that's all you need. How many of us use a 3/8" socket?
For electrical connections look up dielectric grease. I'm surprised how many videos I see of cruisers doing DIY electrical on boats (salt water environment???) without using this. It's a non-conductive grease that you put on electrical connections (usually) before you make the connection. Then when you twist, crimp, screw down to make the connection the grease gets pushed out of the way so you get the normal electrical connection, but surrounding it is a grease that keeps out moisture and air - so no corrosion. I have a tube of it that's at least 40 years old that I bought for outdoor connections, it's never caused a short. There are sprays that you can put on afterwards. (What I think I'd do is go around with contact cleaner spray, give a good spritz and then after it dries spray on the after dielectric coating. Some say petroleum jelly. What you need is something that's not going to drip out of the connection when temperatures rise. So nothing else, sure. Here's a tip for sea sickness cures: Bonine, Dramamine and ginger. Fresh air, take the helm, look at the horizon - or total darkness, warm blanket fetal position, bucket. Don't look at anything close up on the boat. Everything else is total BS. For Ginger I got the capsules. Okay. Fresh ginger - yes it works but difficult to eat raw. Ginger candies (easy to make) very tart but works the best. I was on a powerboat in Ireland in 8 foot seas with 15 other tourists. One candy each, no one got seasick. Hope the electrical tip is useful. A bit off topic but I looked it up today and realized I should've been seeing this grease on every boat electrical fix it, so I thought I'd pass it along.
I know I’m way late, but the solar panels won’t work well in shade if you string them all to the same controller. You need to use microinverters on each panel or use multiple mppt controllers if you expect some to be in shade when others are in sun.
Great video segment. Our hit so far is a Dometic electric toilet. I left the Le Vac hand pump in the line for when there are electrical problems and that works very well (you have to add the flush water for that separately). We haven’t got to the personal gear yet but we will start with your jacket suggestions and the personal AIS.
The potato bag story i will remember, who ever knew you could peel a potato in a bag. Thanks for this video, found the whole thing useful. Cyber hugs and happy sailing.
Just a quick note on the tethers - I loop mine through whatever I want to be tethered to and hook it back on my harness. Most of the time, it provides more than enough length to move around. It's particularly good on jack lines, as it cuts in half the distance it allows to the side (i.e., it's less likely to leave you dangling over the edge of the boat.)
About the Spinlock tethers - you're supposed to tether the hook to the webbing/line. So you run the clip through/under what you're tethering to and then you clip it to the tether line.
I have the Navi Safe LED lights for my dinghy as well, but I got the combo that includes the bow light. The base of the bow light glues on to my Hypalon dinghy and is rock solid, the light detaches easily so you can stow it. I have no complaints about the lights themselves, they are very bright and run forever on the standard alkaline batteries (always carry some fresh spares anyway). My only gripe is the plastic vertical pole that supports the stern light, it is just crazy flexible and just bounces all over the place even in mild chop. I run a 6HP outboard on a 10.5 ft Achilles, so maybe I have a little more power and speed than Ryan & Sophie have. Anyway, the mount for the pole that you can notice in the video is supposed to be mounted toward the top edge of the transom and the pole consists of 4 sections that you screw together and they quick attach & lock to the transom mount. While it looks pretty it waves around wildly and I was seriously afraid it would just snap off at some point. So I took the transom mount and lowered it way down, essentially just shy of same length as the bottom section of the pole. Where the mount was previously located near the top edge of the transom I used a PVC tube clamp and a plastic backer to keep the spacing and it secures the entire length of the bottom pole section. Now the entire pole is supported better at two points, the only concession is that I actually have to leave that bottom section of pole in place and screw on the remaining three sections plus the light. I actually ditched one section of the pole making it shorter, but it is still taller than outboard but not taller than the helmsman running the motor tiller. So a concession or two was made but it sways and rocks about 1000% less with this set up. If I was cruising full time and never deflated and stowed my dinghy I would take the time to fab up a fiberglass or stainless steel pole that was tall and much more rigid but not necessarily detachable. As long as the LED light comes off to prevent theft I'd be happy.
Hi Kraken, we have the combo as well. I just have not gotten around to putting the rest of it on the Dighy. I dont think we go fast enough to have the issues you do with the pole but i can imagine the problems. Ryan
Good and Interesting vlog. On my novice to day skipper course our instructor had mixed views on the use of tether lines. He told me his friend drowned when he fell overboard attached to the yacht by his tether line. Basically the yacht just dragged him along under water as he could not release the line. Kong tether lines are now on the list.
The best way to wash dishes whilst moored is to put them into a cage or mesh container and hang them overboard - feeds the fish and crustacea and cleans them really well - just rinse afterwards with fresh water. Detergent free and environmentally friendly.
great video guys, before you ditch the new socket set try using a peice of yoga mat in between the two sides it will stop them rattling loose, also while we are on tools the best thing you can do for your tools is wipe them over with some lanolin spray before you put them away very cheap protection from the salt environment
Many yachting and RV channels have had the same problem with your original panels. I mean the misrepresentation of power rating. The arch solves the solar problem really well. One question about the 4G booster. How much are you guys spending on 4G data when away from your home Port? Seems like it would be a heck of an expense. Thanks for sharing.
We have our home (sweden) phone plans still. These work throughout Europe so the expense is not too bad. When we go across the pond it will be more of an issue. we will keep you post on how it works out. Ryan
@@RyanSophieSailing if you're still using the digital yacht 4g extender, should be easy enough to pick up a local sim in the Caribbean, depends a bit on where you go but I think all major destinations have 4G that's fast enough to upload YT videos in a reasonable amount of time (reasonable being hilariously subjective, for me it'd be 8 hours :D)
I really like watching yous videos and this one on hits and missea.. Just purchased a similar boat to yours, a second hand Oceanis 43. You guys are great. Sophie, you always seem so pleasant. Ryan already seems so chill. Take care.
Super cool episode I laughed a lot and enjoyed the self deprecating humor. Great that you can share things that went well and those that did not meet expectations. A great help to the cruiser community. I think you guys could add an additional solar array to your arch if you turn the panel parallel to the length of the boat a bit cantilevered off the super cool arch you had built. I have seen a couple of the other popular cruisers on you tube do this and it seems to work well. And super stoked that you can run Sophie's hair dryer to help her keep looking amazing as always! Love that electric outboard! So cool how you two are focused on safety , safety, safety on sea with polar seal and the dingy.
Hi David, Regarding the solar on the arch. I thought about this but the panels will hang over a lot... i dont really like that idea in high winds.... this way they are much more secure. ryan
Similar issues report from Free Range Sailing with flexible solar panels. They compared them with hard panels of the same rated capacity mounted side by side. The flexible panels only provided around 50% of the older fixed older panels.
Y’all continue to be my favorite tubers. Ryan, do you know what type of bike is on your t-shirt? Keep making these types of videos. They informative and fun. Thanks for sharing. Keep having fun. 👍🙏👍❤️👍😁🍺
One thing about the Torqeedo is the steep price of a larger or backup battery and the fact you can't plug in an even bigger external battery like a smallish LiPo With your expertise in lithium could you build us a cable with the appropriate plug and electronics to do the job? ;) You would sell quite a few. It is fine for use as a tender but the occasional longer excursion would give you some range anxiety
What country is Sophie from? Ryan is surely from here in the U.S. How did you meet? The glasses for seasickness I have never heard of. Great idea. I've never sailed but I want to. Very nice of you to make a video like this because it can save people a lot of money.
I had two inflatable kayaks similar in price to your two foldups, they kept leaking and companies warranty was not any good. So I now have two inflatable paddle boards similar to yours and love them. I added four D rings to each so I can attach seat backs I kept from kayaks that I got rid of. Seats fold out of the way so if you get tired of standing or it gets rough you can raise the seat back, sit and paddle your way home.
Fantastic information video guys. We would agree with everything you said. Other than Ryan looks good in them glasses. Perhaps a water squirting flower, a bit of smiley makeup and some big floppy shoes. Mabey a new career path? Second thoughts dump the glasses!!!! Sail safe guy's. Ant Cid and the pooches xx
Great video , very concise and informative , and amusing,I didnt realise how expensive safety equipment is , but good to purchase the best and they should last, Fair winds and sailing
Hi Howard, Yes. Safety equipment is ridiculously expensive, and you dont even get a lot of joy out of the gear. But i can say, based on my years climbing mountains that some day youll be happy you spent the money. - Ryan
That was a great video with excellent and funny präsentation. How about Sails? Do you have a Gennakersystem or a winganker or such and how happy are you with them?
Something I was told at a show by a solar representative, location of the pannels is important. Each pannel needs to be in total sunlight. If there is a shadow (from a boom, sail, rigging ect.) crossing the pannel it will significantly reduce the pannel's output. That was some time ago maybe it has gotten better, but check. Nice to have stainless steel tools (but even stainless steel will rust in salt water, more often the harder alloys needed for tools) making up your own tool box (actually several for differnet jobs, like engine room, electrical, plumbing and special jobs, like a feathering prop service kit) Plastic boxes (fishing tackle ?) that keep the water out are good and you can oil tools in the box. Just make sure water, condensation ect, does not get, or stay, in the box and it has a sturdy latch so a dropped box does not have you spending the rest of the day fishing, tools out of the bilge. Good steel tools with a modern hard coating that protects them may be a good choice and they are ferrous metal so they can be picked up with a magnet (a big one and a smaller colapsable one (auto parts store) are useful) during one of those "fishing expeditions". Just don't store either near the compass. A local home building supply store will have plastic socket holders to keep you sockets organized and so they don't "wander off". You can get different colors to separate SAE and metric sizes. (maybe not as big a deal in Europe) For grabing small items in hard to reach places look for "alligator forceps" they, and regular forceps, are handy in your tool box and medical kit. For range finding you can get hunting/shooting lazer range finders too. They can have a longer range than the golf ones, but can be hard to use if there is a lot of motion on the boat.
I m smiling the hole time except when I am laughing at Ryan dead stare you guys are a blast. About tools one thing when buying battery operated tools get brushless no brushes for the salt water to corrode they will last linger. Allan
Excellent video as always guys. I love your channel. I’m in the process of buying a 1994 Moody 38, could Ryan tell me ore about his Lithium battery company? I have a lot to upgrade on the boat and lithium is a priority as I will be doing the ARC. Stay safe
I really applaud you guys for wearing the life vests when you’re not on the hook. The modern vests you have are so comfortable these days that you hardly notice them so there should be no excuse. I sail a 70’ offshore racer which although gets up to quite a lick... I’d still wear the vest if we were bimberling at next to no speed. People need to wake up! Nobody intends to go overboard but s.h.1.t happens, and your chances of rescue in one piece go up massively. WRT the Spinlock tethers - they’re really intended for use with jackstays or the rated hard-points. Their load rating is one of the highest, maybe more relevant when offshore at 20+kts boat speed; but if you were to use some of your deck rail furniture you can clip it back on itself to form a loop arnd the item as a temporary fix, but you probably knew this already. You are both setting a really positive/modern example...bravo. Your attitudes to safety is spot-on, not just with the vest; but in general. Keep raising the bar!!! 👍🏻
Great points Ian. I almost bought the spinlock jackets, but got another very good make. After 3 days wearing them they start to get real old in the comfort stakes. Next time ...
Hi Ian, The life jacket thing is so hard. I get why people dont wear them... there are so many days you just want to sit in the deck, in the sun and the waves are flat. But things happen, most the time when the weather is good so we make this choice, though we have to remind eachother from time to time. The spinlock tethers... the biggest issue we had with them is the mouth and the ability to open them one handed. The Kong just work a lot better with that respect. With all tethers you have load issues if the tether gets a side load, there are some big accidents where this has happen but i dont think this is a kong or spinlock issue but a general limitation of the design. My personal goal is to create a better boating/ sailing culture with regards to safey and decision making. We all wear safety belts in cars (but this took years of work) we can do better with boats. Ryan
scenes of a marriage 😂 Sophie: Ryan, let's a talk about your (wrong) decision making at ... Ryan: Sophie: Let's talk about our probably ... Sophie: The misses are either Ryan's decision or in best case "our" misses. Collective responsibility makes the life easier 😂 OK, let's get serious. Really informative/useful hit/miss list. This is what I'm missing on some other sailing vlogs. Just one question to the hit/miss list: how could you evaluate the IAS personal beacon, since you never used it (in a real scenario) 😉 (real scenario = 7 Bft, close reach, 2-3m waves, probably you don't see the person at the moment he is going overboard) The percentage of MOB, which have been found/rescued is ridiculously small. I don't know, if an AIS personal beacon dramatically increases the chances of being rescued. I hope at least. The only person I (personally) know about, who (half) went overboard in a storm on the North Sea, has been "rescued" by the safety tether (and probably jacklines). A lot of bruises, in worst case you break something, but alive and on board.
Hi Jason, you raise a very valid point regarding MOB and personal Beacons. I look at MOB in the following way. 1. YOU, you are the first line of defence. Keep your butt on the board, one hand on the boat and one for your job. If YOU fails then its on to your gear. 2. tether to hold you close 3. life jacket - in case person is knocked out or something else. 4. People on the board 5. MOB beacon. The reason we got the MOB beacon is because Sophie and I are short handed. So 1. hopefully it will wake the off watch person up and 2. it allows the person on the boat to run around and do things without having to keep a eye on the person (in theory ). With a crew of 10 one person could watch and point. We should do a full test with one some day and see how it goes. Let me think about how we would do that. Ryan
Hey guys. Why didn’t you guys purchase a hard bottom floor inflatable? I watch many TH-cam channel and find they have hard bottom inflatable as they have davits too and don’t pack it away every time!
So many sailors say their walk on solar panels were a waste of money. It's good to hear sych feedback.
Sophie is a great Meryl Streep! Great energy!
Sophie's laugh near the end was worth the whole video. You are going to need more fans.
Thanks Mark! Ryan
The best part to me was Ryan's face when he opens tool box. So hilarious!!!
Thanks Jay... Its how i look everytime i know i have to open that tool box. I honestly dont understand how a normal person could engineer something like that. Ryan
Another critical issue for tethers is whether or not the hook meets the mountaineering standard for side loads. One of the findings from one of the clipper race deaths was that the tether hook released under side load when the crew got washed over.
Exactly Peter, Being a former mountain climber i'm well aware of those ratings but even with the best mountain gear the side load rating is always way less that the vertical and horizontal load ratings. the key is to en sure your climp in system is good. Ryan
Thanks, Sophie and Ryan, for your very interesting advice on what equipment to buy and what not!
Hi guys, great video. We bought a double inflatable kayak, Advanced Elements, for use on our live aboard catamaran and it has been amazing. We use it more than the dinghy. It works for us as we have spaces to store it when underway; inflated, semi inflated or fully deflated. So inflatable kayak is a big hit for us. And in case you're wondering, we don't get any kickbacks from Advanced Elements, we're just very happy with it. Cam and Jan, SV Fallado.
17:44 - I had the same problem with my socket set. I just got a thin piece of foam, cut it to fit inside, and closed it up. It's been working for over 25 years. No need to sell a perfectly good set of sockets. Although, I do agree with all the engineering that goes on in making the sockets and case, they could have done a better job getting them to fit more snugly! ;-)
Thanks for a very useful video. I would say my experience of Sunbeam panels was very different. I put two panels on my boat and fixed then to the deck with the supplied 3M patches and then connect them to the moonbeam MPPT controller and they worked brilliantly the two panels output 100 watts on Christmas Day in the Solent. Hardly a sunny location. They also kept the batteries fully charged and ran a small fridge all summer. So I was very pleased with them. Brexit has made them much harder to get and more expensive in the U.K. So I was glad I got mine 2 days before Brexit.
Solar panels: On land, I have 100 watt framed 35.6 X 25.9 inch solar panels. ( smaller and stubbier ). While yours are premium, it seems that smaller are less likely to break and less of a catastrophe if you break one or two. A circumstance where you would break one is a rope with a hard end tossing around. On land, the very cheapest panels I could buy were stubby 100 watts. Most of the savings came in shipping. The gods shined on me. I didn't crimp MC4 connectors. I soldered them.
Excellent Videos. Very Informative! Regarding your harness 'tethers', try placing Dyneema Soft Shackle(s) on certain strong-holds (such at tubing on your steering binnacle) to make it easy for any size tether 'carabiner' to quickly clip into. We installed Dyneema Soft Shackles on the hand-rails running across the top of our canopy (Gemini 105Mc) so we may clip into and then onto the next, while always staying tethered. Thanks! Franklin Viola
Informative, educational and entertaining. Just like the BBC!! Love your videos - keep them coming.
Ryan, your greatest 'Hit' by far is Sophie.
I watched the socket set opening clip so many times. omg
Great to see you have crouch straps on your pfds so many don’t have or use them
Sophie yells at me a lot for being lax about wearing them. But yes, they are a necessity and they should be worn. Ryan
Lover,loved loved this 20 minutes of pure entertainment. Thanks for that, So enjoying you guys, and good to see that Ryan has lightened up in front of the camera.
With the tehter lines - just go around the tube and clip it into the line :) works for me :)
The seasickness glasses is my absolute favorite, it looks like Alastor "mad - eye" Moody from Harry Potter ... 😂😂🤣
Sophie, I am confident you are the best cook of all the cruisers! Yeah! FYI Sophie & Ryan, the U.S dollar sign $ goes in front of the number, as in $2,000. However, the U.S. Cent sign ¢ goes behind the number, as in .25¢. :¬) Webhead USA
Awesome video, well done
Girl, you are very intelligent and have a great sense of humor. This boy found a treasure. I hope he values it. God bless you both.
Another great video with technical boat stuff . I like that . Funny potato bag story and hilarious seasick glasses . I saw your post about the negativity against Ryan , there will always
be haters and jealous people . Very easy to break down or judge someone from behind your anonymous pc . Introvert extrovert , fat thin , gay or transgender , etc . Thatmakes this world so beautiful.
We are all flesh and blood people with genius and limitations . Stay yourself and just do your thing !!! I love it and can just feel that you are a great sailing couple !!! Greetings and love from Belgium
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Thanks for your words Marc! Very Supportive! Ryan
„They don’t work for me but they are funny so I keep them!” Sounds like something my wife would say about me. 😂😂😂
The tools are always that way, get a lightweight toolbox and it saves room compared to the big plastic cases they came in.
I got a tool set (very little more $ than Ryan spent), the box has snap in holders for the tools. I haven't had the experience of opening them to an exodus of sockets and wrenches yet; down side, sometimes it is difficult to remove a tool from the holder. When it fails I'm getting heavy duty roll up tool holders.
Fatty Goodlander says that you can just clean 'em, throw 'em all in a tool box, spray with wd40 and shut the lid.
As a marine mechanic (USN), what I found was you only really use a few of tools you get in a set, and complete sets ended up in somebody's car trunk. On the engineering plants I operated and maintained, we needed mostly 1/2", 3/4", 13/16", 7/8", 15/16" plus a few odd larger sizes. REALLY large. When I became responsible for purchasing such things, I only bought the ones that we needed, in bulk. If you know what you need, that's all you need. How many of us use a 3/8" socket?
CB radio, 12 volt chest freezer...always run on ECO mode, 36 or 53 CC four cycle outboard motor.
For electrical connections look up dielectric grease. I'm surprised how many videos I see of cruisers doing DIY electrical on boats (salt water environment???) without using this. It's a non-conductive grease that you put on electrical connections (usually) before you make the connection. Then when you twist, crimp, screw down to make the connection the grease gets pushed out of the way so you get the normal electrical connection, but surrounding it is a grease that keeps out moisture and air - so no corrosion. I have a tube of it that's at least 40 years old that I bought for outdoor connections, it's never caused a short. There are sprays that you can put on afterwards. (What I think I'd do is go around with contact cleaner spray, give a good spritz and then after it dries spray on the after dielectric coating. Some say petroleum jelly. What you need is something that's not going to drip out of the connection when temperatures rise. So nothing else, sure.
Here's a tip for sea sickness cures: Bonine, Dramamine and ginger. Fresh air, take the helm, look at the horizon - or total darkness, warm blanket fetal position, bucket. Don't look at anything close up on the boat. Everything else is total BS. For Ginger I got the capsules. Okay. Fresh ginger - yes it works but difficult to eat raw. Ginger candies (easy to make) very tart but works the best. I was on a powerboat in Ireland in 8 foot seas with 15 other tourists. One candy each, no one got seasick.
Hope the electrical tip is useful. A bit off topic but I looked it up today and realized I should've been seeing this grease on every boat electrical fix it, so I thought I'd pass it along.
Loved, loved, loved this vlog !! Bookmarked it for reference as we countdown to our boat soon. Great upbeat dual presentation !! ✨🧡✨
Thanks Richard! Ryan
I love the Ryan show!
Do not throw those potato bags away ! They are actually quite nice to use to wash dishes with at sea . Especially while soloing .
I know I’m way late, but the solar panels won’t work well in shade if you string them all to the same controller. You need to use microinverters on each panel or use multiple mppt controllers if you expect some to be in shade when others are in sun.
Great video segment. Our hit so far is a Dometic electric toilet. I left the Le Vac hand pump in the line for when there are electrical problems and that works very well (you have to add the flush water for that separately). We haven’t got to the personal gear yet but we will start with your jacket suggestions and the personal AIS.
The potato bag story i will remember, who ever knew you could peel a potato in a bag. Thanks for this video, found the whole thing useful. Cyber hugs and happy sailing.
Good that some can materialize their sailing dream with much much less. Both on gear and boat size/age.
Just a quick note on the tethers - I loop mine through whatever I want to be tethered to and hook it back on my harness. Most of the time, it provides more than enough length to move around. It's particularly good on jack lines, as it cuts in half the distance it allows to the side (i.e., it's less likely to leave you dangling over the edge of the boat.)
Lots of useful gouge!
Ryan could use the sea sickness glasses as a waterpass....
About the Spinlock tethers - you're supposed to tether the hook to the webbing/line. So you run the clip through/under what you're tethering to and then you clip it to the tether line.
I have the Navi Safe LED lights for my dinghy as well, but I got the combo that includes the bow light. The base of the bow light glues on to my Hypalon dinghy and is rock solid, the light detaches easily so you can stow it. I have no complaints about the lights themselves, they are very bright and run forever on the standard alkaline batteries (always carry some fresh spares anyway). My only gripe is the plastic vertical pole that supports the stern light, it is just crazy flexible and just bounces all over the place even in mild chop. I run a 6HP outboard on a 10.5 ft Achilles, so maybe I have a little more power and speed than Ryan & Sophie have. Anyway, the mount for the pole that you can notice in the video is supposed to be mounted toward the top edge of the transom and the pole consists of 4 sections that you screw together and they quick attach & lock to the transom mount. While it looks pretty it waves around wildly and I was seriously afraid it would just snap off at some point. So I took the transom mount and lowered it way down, essentially just shy of same length as the bottom section of the pole. Where the mount was previously located near the top edge of the transom I used a PVC tube clamp and a plastic backer to keep the spacing and it secures the entire length of the bottom pole section. Now the entire pole is supported better at two points, the only concession is that I actually have to leave that bottom section of pole in place and screw on the remaining three sections plus the light. I actually ditched one section of the pole making it shorter, but it is still taller than outboard but not taller than the helmsman running the motor tiller. So a concession or two was made but it sways and rocks about 1000% less with this set up. If I was cruising full time and never deflated and stowed my dinghy I would take the time to fab up a fiberglass or stainless steel pole that was tall and much more rigid but not necessarily detachable. As long as the LED light comes off to prevent theft I'd be happy.
Hi Kraken, we have the combo as well. I just have not gotten around to putting the rest of it on the Dighy. I dont think we go fast enough to have the issues you do with the pole but i can imagine the problems. Ryan
Yeahhh fishing video !!!!
Good and Interesting vlog. On my novice to day skipper course our instructor had mixed views on the use of tether lines. He told me his friend drowned when he fell overboard attached to the yacht by his tether line. Basically the yacht just dragged him along under water as he could not release the line. Kong tether lines are now on the list.
Yeah, thats a risk with these Stuart. With the kong lines there is a quick release which can avoid it. Ryan
Brilliant - both useful and entertaining!
Great topic as usual. 👍👍👍
Guiding and giving useful information I love watching 👍
Love it guys!
Really enjoyed that. Going to buy the teathers!
Great hits & miss. A serious subject, but you managed to make it have some not so serious/funny parts also. That's why your Channel is so awesome!!!
Thanks Wade! Ryan
Love this video guys, it’s very useful 👍🏻 Btw, I want a video showing the potato bag at work 😂 Cheers!
We will take this under advisement Alberto - Ryan
Love you guys !
You guys are just brilliant the glasses just killed me, fantastic video.
WOW, things are expensive. Things are in euros and pounds. To the CD it is min two time more. Sophie you model the seasickness glasses well. Cheers.
Thank you! Keep up the great work.
The best way to wash dishes whilst moored is to put them into a cage or mesh container and hang them overboard - feeds the fish and crustacea and cleans them really well - just rinse afterwards with fresh water. Detergent free and environmentally friendly.
The plant. It just sat there, staring at me.
Ohhhhhh... well.... the plant, might have some bad news coming about that. - Ryan
great video guys, before you ditch the new socket set try using a peice of yoga mat in between the two sides it will stop them rattling loose, also while we are on tools the best thing you can do for your tools is wipe them over with some lanolin spray before you put them away very cheap protection from the salt environment
"Buy our lousy kayaks" is not what they teach you in Marketing 310!
Many yachting and RV channels have had the same problem with your original panels. I mean the misrepresentation of power rating. The arch solves the solar problem really well.
One question about the 4G booster. How much are you guys spending on 4G data when away from your home Port? Seems like it would be a heck of an expense. Thanks for sharing.
Generally speaking if you buy a local SIM card (pre-paid) you're looking at about a euro per Gb of 4G data, sometimes more, sometimes less.
We have our home (sweden) phone plans still. These work throughout Europe so the expense is not too bad. When we go across the pond it will be more of an issue. we will keep you post on how it works out. Ryan
@@RyanSophieSailing if you're still using the digital yacht 4g extender, should be easy enough to pick up a local sim in the Caribbean, depends a bit on where you go but I think all major destinations have 4G that's fast enough to upload YT videos in a reasonable amount of time (reasonable being hilariously subjective, for me it'd be 8 hours :D)
I really like watching yous videos and this one on hits and missea.. Just purchased a similar boat to yours, a second hand Oceanis 43. You guys are great. Sophie, you always seem so pleasant. Ryan already seems so chill. Take care.
That's awesome! Thanks for the lovely comment, it is much appreciated :)
I love it. Fun and even helpful list!
Phenomenal video! Cheers
Super cool episode I laughed a lot and enjoyed the self deprecating humor. Great that you can share things that went well and those that did not meet expectations. A great help to the cruiser community. I think you guys could add an additional solar array to your arch if you turn the panel parallel to the length of the boat a bit cantilevered off the super cool arch you had built. I have seen a couple of the other popular cruisers on you tube do this and it seems to work well. And super stoked that you can run Sophie's hair dryer to help her keep looking amazing as always! Love that electric outboard! So cool how you two are focused on safety , safety, safety on sea with polar seal and the dingy.
Hi David, Regarding the solar on the arch. I thought about this but the panels will hang over a lot... i dont really like that idea in high winds.... this way they are much more secure. ryan
Absolutely LOVE Sophie. You guys make a good pair.
The seasickness glasses are great for your career as Nono Mouskouri and from your CD record sales you become millionair! Best buy!!!!!
hahaha
Similar issues report from Free Range Sailing with flexible solar panels. They compared them with hard panels of the same rated capacity mounted side by side. The flexible panels only provided around 50% of the older fixed older panels.
Y’all continue to be my favorite tubers. Ryan, do you know what type of bike is on your t-shirt? Keep making these types of videos. They informative and fun.
Thanks for sharing.
Keep having fun.
👍🙏👍❤️👍😁🍺
No idea what type of bike it is... think i bought the shirt at old Navy (of all places) - Ryan
Great video!
Really enjoyed the info, thanks
DAMN……….I’ll need 100 grand above and beyond the boat!!!
One thing about the Torqeedo is the steep price of a larger or backup battery and the fact you can't plug in an even bigger external battery like a smallish LiPo
With your expertise in lithium could you build us a cable with the appropriate plug and electronics to do the job? ;)
You would sell quite a few. It is fine for use as a tender but the occasional longer excursion would give you some range anxiety
Love this video, very helpful and inspiring, thanks for this, love the funny moments with Sophie demonstrating the items LOL
Thank you so much for sharing your experiences guys. Safe travels and God bless :-)
What country is Sophie from? Ryan is surely from here in the U.S. How did you meet? The glasses for seasickness I have never heard of. Great idea. I've never sailed but I want to. Very nice of you to make a video like this because it can save people a lot of money.
That was super fun! Really enjoyed it!
Agree with the Spinlock tether line, I find it a bit odd they designed it that way too. Sometimes feels a bit like a two-handed operation.
One of the best most informative videos ever!!
I had two inflatable kayaks similar in price to your two foldups, they kept leaking and companies warranty was not any good. So I now have two inflatable paddle boards similar to yours and love them. I added four D rings to each so I can attach seat backs I kept from kayaks that I got rid of. Seats fold out of the way so if you get tired of standing or it gets rough you can raise the seat back, sit and paddle your way home.
Bill... cool idea. Ill need to look in to this :) Ryan
Lol, mash potatoes. You guys, I love this
video.
seasickness glasses definitely
the best. Hope to see them on you Sophie on again.
Fantastic information video guys. We would agree with everything you said. Other than Ryan looks good in them glasses. Perhaps a water squirting flower, a bit of smiley makeup and some big floppy shoes. Mabey a new career path? Second thoughts dump the glasses!!!! Sail safe guy's. Ant Cid and the pooches xx
Great video , very concise and informative , and amusing,I didnt realise how expensive safety equipment is , but good to purchase the best and they should last, Fair winds and sailing
Hi Howard, Yes. Safety equipment is ridiculously expensive, and you dont even get a lot of joy out of the gear. But i can say, based on my years climbing mountains that some day youll be happy you spent the money. - Ryan
Thanks guys, Ryan like the glasses my friend - Sophie you do tend to get away with murder at the best of times. 😈
Enjoyed the episode....very informative and helpful information for other cruisers
Thank you for the succulent, and, everything else, of course.
Hahah, thanks Peter. Ryan
That was a great video with excellent and funny präsentation. How about Sails? Do you have a Gennakersystem or a winganker or such and how happy are you with them?
Oh, now I get it. 13:25. And brainy too.
Entertaining and informative! That socket set looks about as organized as my hubby's set!😂
Not sure if that is a compliment or not :) Thanks for the comment thought! Ryan
what do you consider "too close" when a boat parks too close to you?
Something I was told at a show by a solar representative, location of the pannels is important. Each pannel needs to be in total sunlight. If there is a shadow (from a boom, sail, rigging ect.) crossing the pannel it will significantly reduce the pannel's output. That was some time ago maybe it has gotten better, but check.
Nice to have stainless steel tools (but even stainless steel will rust in salt water, more often the harder alloys needed for tools) making up your own tool box (actually several for differnet jobs, like engine room, electrical, plumbing and special jobs, like a feathering prop service kit) Plastic boxes (fishing tackle ?) that keep the water out are good and you can oil tools in the box. Just make sure water, condensation ect, does not get, or stay, in the box and it has a sturdy latch so a dropped box does not have you spending the rest of the day fishing, tools out of the bilge. Good steel tools with a modern hard coating that protects them may be a good choice and they are ferrous metal so they can be picked up with a magnet (a big one and a smaller colapsable one (auto parts store) are useful) during one of those "fishing expeditions". Just don't store either near the compass. A local home building supply store will have plastic socket holders to keep you sockets organized and so they don't "wander off". You can get different colors to separate SAE and metric sizes. (maybe not as big a deal in Europe)
For grabing small items in hard to reach places look for "alligator forceps" they, and regular forceps, are handy in your tool box and medical kit.
For range finding you can get hunting/shooting lazer range finders too. They can have a longer range than the golf ones, but can be hard to use if there is a lot of motion on the boat.
I m smiling the hole time except when I am laughing at Ryan dead stare you guys are a blast. About tools one thing when buying battery operated tools get brushless no brushes for the salt water to corrode they will last linger. Allan
I had two friends get killed in a dinghy at night in Spain.
Try Sunpower maxeon.
Excellent video as always guys. I love your channel. I’m in the process of buying a 1994 Moody 38, could Ryan tell me ore about his Lithium battery company? I have a lot to upgrade on the boat and lithium is a priority as I will be doing the ARC. Stay safe
Those glasses looks really good on Ryan. At least they have a purpose now 😂🤣
Oh no..... no no no. Ryan
I really applaud you guys for wearing the life vests when you’re not on the hook. The modern vests you have are so comfortable these days that you hardly notice them so there should be no excuse. I sail a 70’ offshore racer which although gets up to quite a lick... I’d still wear the vest if we were bimberling at next to no speed. People need to wake up! Nobody intends to go overboard but s.h.1.t happens, and your chances of rescue in one piece go up massively.
WRT the Spinlock tethers - they’re really intended for use with jackstays or the rated hard-points. Their load rating is one of the highest, maybe more relevant when offshore at 20+kts boat speed; but if you were to use some of your deck rail furniture you can clip it back on itself to form a loop arnd the item as a temporary fix, but you probably knew this already.
You are both setting a really positive/modern example...bravo. Your attitudes to safety is spot-on, not just with the vest; but in general. Keep raising the bar!!! 👍🏻
Great points Ian. I almost bought the spinlock jackets, but got another very good make. After 3 days wearing them they start to get real old in the comfort stakes. Next time ...
Hi Ian, The life jacket thing is so hard. I get why people dont wear them... there are so many days you just want to sit in the deck, in the sun and the waves are flat. But things happen, most the time when the weather is good so we make this choice, though we have to remind eachother from time to time.
The spinlock tethers... the biggest issue we had with them is the mouth and the ability to open them one handed. The Kong just work a lot better with that respect. With all tethers you have load issues if the tether gets a side load, there are some big accidents where this has happen but i dont think this is a kong or spinlock issue but a general limitation of the design.
My personal goal is to create a better boating/ sailing culture with regards to safey and decision making. We all wear safety belts in cars (but this took years of work) we can do better with boats. Ryan
scenes of a marriage 😂
Sophie: Ryan, let's a talk about your (wrong) decision making at ...
Ryan:
Sophie: Let's talk about our probably ...
Sophie:
The misses are either Ryan's decision or in best case "our" misses. Collective responsibility makes the life easier 😂
OK, let's get serious. Really informative/useful hit/miss list. This is what I'm missing on some other sailing vlogs.
Just one question to the hit/miss list: how could you evaluate the IAS personal beacon, since you never used it (in a real scenario) 😉
(real scenario = 7 Bft, close reach, 2-3m waves, probably you don't see the person at the moment he is going overboard)
The percentage of MOB, which have been found/rescued is ridiculously small. I don't know, if an AIS personal beacon dramatically increases the chances of being rescued. I hope at least.
The only person I (personally) know about, who (half) went overboard in a storm on the North Sea, has been "rescued" by the safety tether (and probably jacklines). A lot of bruises, in worst case you break something, but alive and on board.
Hi Jason,
you raise a very valid point regarding MOB and personal Beacons. I look at MOB in the following way.
1. YOU, you are the first line of defence. Keep your butt on the board, one hand on the boat and one for your job.
If YOU fails then its on to your gear.
2. tether to hold you close
3. life jacket - in case person is knocked out or something else.
4. People on the board
5. MOB beacon.
The reason we got the MOB beacon is because Sophie and I are short handed. So 1. hopefully it will wake the off watch person up and 2. it allows the person on the boat to run around and do things without having to keep a eye on the person (in theory ). With a crew of 10 one person could watch and point.
We should do a full test with one some day and see how it goes. Let me think about how we would do that.
Ryan
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Great video, very informative, thanks for doing it
LOVED the video..
Not buying any potato bags until higher latitudes for sure. check.
hahah... yes. Maybe we will create a Ryan and Sophie branded potato bag :) Or not - Ryan
I could see you to on let's make a deal show lol
Hey guys. Why didn’t you guys purchase a hard bottom floor inflatable? I watch many TH-cam channel and find they have hard bottom inflatable as they have davits too and don’t pack it away every time!
Because we love our takacat :) Ryan
I subbed just to see ryan wearing the glasses again =)
Loved this video...but I waited the whole video in hopes that Sophie’s blow dryer would have been noted!! It should have been on hit list...lol
Valid point.... we missed this :(