I don't mean to sound harsh or insulting but hope to offer a little constructive criticism. I find your recent episodic opening drone shots way too long and a little to cinematic, especially with the music played during the sequence. I realize it may be due to lack of content in getting started in youtube land. Also, I understand you've had issues and are best supported in the USA with hardware. But, isn't this the third time you've crossed to Bimini over the last year or so? Are you paying the Bohemians each time for checking in? I hope not. I really enjoyed the episode where you were going for it come hell or hight water only to find you back in the US the next episode, I believe. Hmmm......
Well I appreciate your criticism. Yes this is my 3rd time in Bimini which makes 7 crossings across the gulf stream. Yes I was back in the usa after reaching Bimini last time.why? Because of a bad graphics card. I crossed back fixed a few computer issues fixed my dingy reprovisioned and now I'm in Bimini again. This time to go forward into the Bahamas. This is a real sailing channel where things go wrong. No tits and bikinis here bud just real sailing with real problems: Yes, I've been paying the fees I have no choice. I hope you see this as me being committed to this channel. I could have lied. I could have made some BS story to save face. But no I'm being honest with my content. It's a truth vlog. As for my long cinematic shots I wish to capture the feeling of sailing off onto the ocean. Your the only comment complaining about a cool drone shot! 100k people viewed my last video no one complained. To be honest I don't care. I make videos that I think are cool and tell a story. Have you sailed 4000nm? Made 130 videos spent your entire life savings 6 years of my life thousands of hours of editing a small fortune in video gear and for what? A few hundred dollars a month? Respectfully sir I appreciate your comment I hope you see that I'm just trying to make this happen and entertain people.
One more thing. Speaking truth. I didn't like the video either. Seems like I've made this video so many times so maybe I was not feeling the edit. Sometimes I get choked up and excited after exporting a new video. I watch it over and over alone in the saloon down below drinking rum and trying to figure out how to make a better one next time. You win some you loose some. My favorite video is one that no one watched. It's strange you think a video will do good and it flops. The key is to feed the beast. TH-cam is a beast that must be fed or parish. However maybe your right I'll tone down the cinematic a bit. I'm am a cinematographer by trade. I work on film sets. I see it thru those goggles. Regardless I'll try harder.
absolutly no apologies expected captain, some of us have been at the helm, getting max freaking scared is something you live and hopefully survive, your never going to upload that, the weeks and months of only the wind and waves for company? its another life few will ever live, a lot tougher than living ashore i know that for certain
@rusty-oc2tj the reality of being out here.. well said Captain. The day I use a beautiful woman in a thumbnail give me heck... I'm not ou6 here to scam my way into a BS youtube career out here on the ocean..
Captain Michael, we love the episodes of your sailing journey! Especially the high arial drone footage, that captures the sunset, sunrise, massive view of the oceans beauty. Keep following your dreams!
“It wouldn’t be wise to go out into the ocean with the hull in that condition. So, instead of careening or hauling out, I’m gonna do ANOTHER half-assed repair. After all; you can’t be too cautious!”
What was fantastic to see you actually planned this crossing accordingly and left very early in the morning so you didn’t arrive after dark and Bahamas Certainly took you quite a few tries to learn that lesson
New here, and this is the first video I checked out. For the record.. I freaking loved the cinematic shots of the boat from the drone. It really brings things to scale, and just shows how small you are in all that vastness. Really cool channel. Look forward to watching more
Micheal,I appreciate you cleaning your hull. Jmo,,,I would wear gloves and cover all orfaces.The smallest cut can result in a serious infection.Also those tiny living organisms can enter the body thru any unprotected area.
Read one of the comments about the drone shots. Dude, awesome shots, keep it up. I tried TH-cam channel when sailing 1800 miles. Very hard to do. Keep up the good work brother. Eventyr
Thanks brother and captain. It's sucks to be alone in paradise. However I have a plan. It will make sense in future videos. Everyone expects failure. This is my third time here. Third time is a charm. Don't believe everything you see on the internet...
Well Capt. Back in the Bahamas. Gotta love it. On another note, most epoxies will cure under water. We have used west system mixed with a thickener to do temporary underwater patches with good success. The surface does need to be pretty cleaned of all bottom paint and roughed up. Just mix it up on a piece of plastic and slap the whole hot mess on. After curing you can usually peel the plastic off. Looking fwd to the rest of your adventure.😅
Man! Thats an expensive catamaran! What was the OAL and beam? I’m on a 80’ Lazzara motor yacht. Captain and engineer. We are in the Great Abaco. First week after our crossing I have had a stern thruster, winless, freezer, water maker, and a few other things stop working on me. I have been able to fix everything so far. Now one of my generators is leaking fuel at the pump. Trying to source some special Orings in Harbour town. Hahaha crazy how boats just keep constantly working. Sea strainers clogging up…. Jet ski won’t start… running a yacht is sooooo much work man.
I haven’t heard very good things about that putty… hopefully it works better for you than it did for the other folks. Other than that, I’m glad this trip to Bimini “stuck”!! Get it?!? Stuck?!? Nvm… I’ll show myself the door, lol!!
Haha! It will hold she is all sealed up from the inside. Fingers crossed. Big long passages into the wilderness of the Bahamas coming up.. I hope she holds..
@@HailNjord both of the folks I personally know said it failed to adhere and when it came off, the whole plug fell out like it never actually stuck to the substrate, even after cleaning and scuffing the hull before applying it.
sailing solo near the edge of the world you must guard against a mob, trail a nylon floating long line with knots, rig it to a rudder haul over, you go in you have that last possible grab to pull her bow into the wind, you are on your own
I would be more at ease with a galvanized carriage bolt the same diameter as your failed thru hull with large stiff rubber gaskets with maybe some 5200 on both sides compressed by double nuts on the inside of the hull. I'm concerned your wooden plug is going to fail you.
I looked up some videos and products for recovering a drone from a moving boat. Looks like there is a handle that you can buy that's about $15. You strap it to the drone and you can catch it with that. Once caught you rotate the drone upside down quickly. That will shut it off. Other advice people had was to turn off the collision sensors or fly in sideways.
I'm go8ng to make a net one day and fly it into it. For now this is my only drone. I have strict rules and have been burned in the past. This is number 3! Rule #1 no rum and drones!
solo near the edge of the world its all on you mister michael, make a mistake they will find your empty boat somewhere near greenland, my fear would be a mob, give yourself one last option, trail a nylon floating long line with knots, rig it to some sort of rudder haul over, you go in you grab that line and pull her bow into the wind ev will circle around and pick you up, im sure there are several ways you could rig ev to start doing circles if you left the boat,other wise you are playing a dangerous game,
Thanks mate! Practice makes perfect! Sometimes I get choked up while editing. Sometimes it flows together. God I love doing it! If I could just find a way to do this full time! I pray everyday and ask for this one thing. There is nothing more satisfying than uploading a good video.. but you never know youtube is a gamble.. a casino Sometimes you get lucky..
michael do you have a high flow hand bilge pump? cannot depend on electric, i see a whale gusher on amazon 17 gals per minute depending how scared you are🤯 im going to put one on my boat for sure
I've been so lucky to have support. I'm out here alone anchored in Bimini with maybe a months provisions wind against me but I will find a way. I'm holding fast at this moment. When things are easy sailing it always worries me.. But I'll take it. I'll find a way. I'm making plans now. Thanks for this comment. Good timing. So much negative comments get to me sometimes. I appreciate your words more than you know...
Nice vid, are you backing your anchor down? My bruce have a hard time setting in sand sometimes so I have a delta for that.. but my delta drags in mud when I get to 2000rpm🤗. Maby u already have a vid on these matters? Thanks for posting 🎉
How much fuel did you have for the crossing? I didn't know you crab into the current when crossing the gulfstream? What anchor do you have? Have a safe trip.
my concern was not because another viewer cautioned you, no that was two of us seperately thinking the same at the same time, please note that in your ships log
Another awesome video Mike! Just curious I'm completing my repairs on my 34' to head over and want to get an Autopilot. It appears yours works great. Raymarine? Thanks!
@@sailingEV888 Mike, learn some sheet to tiller auto-steering. Cheap, simple, non-electric and effective. I can email you something on it if you're interested
Hey Michael, I wanted to send you some beer money for making it back across to the Bahamas and congrats on that. I went on to your patron but it wanted a monthly payment. I didn't want that. Do you have a cashapp so I could send it.
I have a PayPal address? I don't have cash app. My PayPal link is paypal.me/michaelpotts888?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US Or you could do a superthanks on youtube? Thanks Captain. I could use some beer money. Much appreciated!!
I don't mean to sound harsh or insulting but hope to offer a little constructive criticism. I find your recent episodic opening drone shots way too long and a little to cinematic, especially with the music played during the sequence. I realize it may be due to lack of content in getting started in youtube land. Also, I understand you've had issues and are best supported in the USA with hardware. But, isn't this the third time you've crossed to Bimini over the last year or so? Are you paying the Bohemians each time for checking in? I hope not. I really enjoyed the episode where you were going for it come hell or hight water only to find you back in the US the next episode, I believe. Hmmm......
Well I appreciate your criticism. Yes this is my 3rd time in Bimini which makes 7 crossings across the gulf stream. Yes I was back in the usa after reaching Bimini last time.why? Because of a bad graphics card. I crossed back fixed a few computer issues fixed my dingy reprovisioned and now I'm in Bimini again. This time to go forward into the Bahamas. This is a real sailing channel where things go wrong. No tits and bikinis here bud just real sailing with real problems: Yes, I've been paying the fees I have no choice. I hope you see this as me being committed to this channel. I could have lied. I could have made some BS story to save face. But no I'm being honest with my content. It's a truth vlog. As for my long cinematic shots I wish to capture the feeling of sailing off onto the ocean. Your the only comment complaining about a cool drone shot! 100k people viewed my last video no one complained. To be honest I don't care. I make videos that I think are cool and tell a story. Have you sailed 4000nm? Made 130 videos spent your entire life savings 6 years of my life thousands of hours of editing a small fortune in video gear and for what? A few hundred dollars a month? Respectfully sir I appreciate your comment I hope you see that I'm just trying to make this happen and entertain people.
One more thing. Speaking truth. I didn't like the video either. Seems like I've made this video so many times so maybe I was not feeling the edit. Sometimes I get choked up and excited after exporting a new video. I watch it over and over alone in the saloon down below drinking rum and trying to figure out how to make a better one next time. You win some you loose some. My favorite video is one that no one watched. It's strange you think a video will do good and it flops. The key is to feed the beast. TH-cam is a beast that must be fed or parish. However maybe your right I'll tone down the cinematic a bit. I'm am a cinematographer by trade. I work on film sets. I see it thru those goggles. Regardless I'll try harder.
absolutly no apologies expected captain, some of us have been at the helm, getting max freaking scared is something you live and hopefully survive, your never going to upload that, the weeks and months of only the wind and waves for company? its another life few will ever live, a lot tougher than living ashore i know that for certain
hey mabe you could risk ev and yourself sailing the drake passage
@rusty-oc2tj the reality of being out here.. well said Captain. The day I use a beautiful woman in a thumbnail give me heck... I'm not ou6 here to scam my way into a BS youtube career out here on the ocean..
Captain Michael, we love the episodes of your sailing journey! Especially the high arial drone footage, that captures the sunset, sunrise, massive view of the oceans beauty. Keep following your dreams!
“It wouldn’t be wise to go out into the ocean with the hull in that condition. So, instead of careening or hauling out, I’m gonna do ANOTHER half-assed repair.
After all; you can’t be too cautious!”
What was fantastic to see you actually planned this crossing accordingly and left very early in the morning so you didn’t arrive after dark and Bahamas
Certainly took you quite a few tries to learn that lesson
About to cross the Great Bahama Bank! I'm hoping 1st time!!
New here, and this is the first video I checked out. For the record.. I freaking loved the cinematic shots of the boat from the drone. It really brings things to scale, and just shows how small you are in all that vastness. Really cool channel. Look forward to watching more
Micheal,I appreciate you cleaning your hull.
Jmo,,,I would wear gloves and cover all orfaces.The smallest cut can result in a serious infection.Also those tiny living organisms can enter the body thru any unprotected area.
I appreciate the heads up! He'll I'm already a sea creature there is nothing they can do to me now...
Yea wear gloves, and a brick chisel is the best for scaping
You're the best! Mikey !!
Epic drone shots..!!!! Well done!
Read one of the comments about the drone shots. Dude, awesome shots, keep it up. I tried TH-cam channel when sailing 1800 miles. Very hard to do. Keep up the good work brother. Eventyr
Thanks brother and captain. It's sucks to be alone in paradise. However I have a plan. It will make sense in future videos. Everyone expects failure. This is my third time here. Third time is a charm. Don't believe everything you see on the internet...
Life is magical with Michael Potts 🌟🥰👍
Well Capt. Back in the Bahamas. Gotta love it.
On another note, most epoxies will cure under water. We have used west system mixed with a thickener to do temporary underwater patches with good success. The surface does need to be pretty cleaned of all bottom paint and roughed up. Just mix it up on a piece of plastic and slap the whole hot mess on. After curing you can usually peel the plastic off.
Looking fwd to the rest of your adventure.😅
Thanks for the tip. This is great info! Cheers captain!
Man! Thats an expensive catamaran! What was the OAL and beam? I’m on a 80’ Lazzara motor yacht. Captain and engineer. We are in the Great Abaco. First week after our crossing I have had a stern thruster, winless, freezer, water maker, and a few other things stop working on me. I have been able to fix everything so far. Now one of my generators is leaking fuel at the pump. Trying to source some special Orings in Harbour town. Hahaha crazy how boats just keep constantly working. Sea strainers clogging up…. Jet ski won’t start… running a yacht is sooooo much work man.
Wow id be taking that out of the water and rebuild the bottom end of that boat
Award winning drone shots! Thank you for taking us on your trip.
No worries the drone does its work well. Still have 1000's of NMs left!
Good video and editing Michael. Thanks for posting. I look forward to seeing you in the Exumas.
Great drone shots
If you slacken your topping lift off your mainsail would set better
Mike....jacklines !!!. If you fall overboard single-handed, you're fish food. You need a proper harness, light and MOB beacon.
I haven’t heard very good things about that putty… hopefully it works better for you than it did for the other folks. Other than that, I’m glad this trip to Bimini “stuck”!! Get it?!? Stuck?!?
Nvm… I’ll show myself the door, lol!!
I was wondering about that putty also. Does it adhere to a surface or does it fill the shape of the hole and act as a plug?
Haha! It will hold she is all sealed up from the inside. Fingers crossed. Big long passages into the wilderness of the Bahamas coming up.. I hope she holds..
@@HailNjord both of the folks I personally know said it failed to adhere and when it came off, the whole plug fell out like it never actually stuck to the substrate, even after cleaning and scuffing the hull before applying it.
Get some Splash Zone. That's the stuff you want for that kind of patch...
sailing solo near the edge of the world you must guard against a mob, trail a nylon floating long line with knots, rig it to a rudder haul over, you go in you have that last possible grab to pull her bow into the wind, you are on your own
Happy you made it safely!
Thanks for the great video ! It is appreciated !
I would be more at ease with a galvanized carriage bolt the same diameter as your failed thru hull with large stiff rubber gaskets with maybe some 5200 on both sides compressed by double nuts on the inside of the hull. I'm concerned your wooden plug is going to fail you.
I looked up some videos and products for recovering a drone from a moving boat. Looks like there is a handle that you can buy that's about $15. You strap it to the drone and you can catch it with that. Once caught you rotate the drone upside down quickly. That will shut it off. Other advice people had was to turn off the collision sensors or fly in sideways.
I'm go8ng to make a net one day and fly it into it. For now this is my only drone. I have strict rules and have been burned in the past. This is number 3!
Rule #1 no rum and drones!
music is vibey, i like it
solo near the edge of the world its all on you mister michael, make a mistake they will find your empty boat somewhere near greenland, my fear would be a mob, give yourself one last option, trail a nylon floating long line with knots, rig it to some sort of rudder haul over, you go in you grab that line and pull her bow into the wind ev will circle around and pick you up, im sure there are several ways you could rig ev to start doing circles if you left the boat,other wise you are playing a dangerous game,
100%....no sign of jacklines....playing with fire....MOB would be a hell of a way to die
I agree guys thanks for saying this. I'm going to take your suggestion. Cheers mates. My true digital crew looking after me..
i always have a PLB on me. It will bring the CG to within a 100 yards of you. ACR version $325, pretty cheap and effective
Nice vid!
Your home away from home 🎉
You've really stepped up your editing game
Thanks mate! Practice makes perfect! Sometimes I get choked up while editing. Sometimes it flows together. God I love doing it! If I could just find a way to do this full time! I pray everyday and ask for this one thing. There is nothing more satisfying than uploading a good video.. but you never know youtube is a gamble.. a casino Sometimes you get lucky..
totally agreed, but as long as your loving it, It def. shows in your videos. The ruthless TH-cam, eventually will find and stick with you. Cheers
@@sailingEV888 nice vid, good luck out there. btw is a black flash frame in the first cut (0:17)
michael do you have a high flow hand bilge pump? cannot depend on electric, i see a whale gusher on amazon 17 gals per minute depending how scared you are🤯 im going to put one on my boat for sure
i would be happy to see a few more shinny patreon stars to help keep ev in deep water where she belongs
I've been so lucky to have support. I'm out here alone anchored in Bimini with maybe a months provisions wind against me but I will find a way. I'm holding fast at this moment. When things are easy sailing it always worries me.. But I'll take it. I'll find a way. I'm making plans now. Thanks for this comment. Good timing. So much negative comments get to me sometimes. I appreciate your words more than you know...
Nice vid, are you backing your anchor down? My bruce have a hard time setting in sand sometimes so I have a delta for that.. but my delta drags in mud when I get to 2000rpm🤗. Maby u already have a vid on these matters? Thanks for posting 🎉
I want to rent a tub and pull all the best anchors in different bottoms. Do a real test! That would be a cool video..
How much fuel did you have for the crossing? I didn't know you crab into the current when crossing the gulfstream? What anchor do you have?
Have a safe trip.
I have a Bruce anchor. Fuel was 5 gallons of diesel. Yanmar 2qm20...
my concern was not because another viewer cautioned you, no that was two of us seperately thinking the same at the same time, please note that in your ships log
Noted
Another awesome video Mike! Just curious I'm completing my repairs on my 34' to head over and want to get an Autopilot. It appears yours works great. Raymarine? Thanks!
Raymarine do not make my model anymore. However it's fantastic! I'll go hydrolic with my next sailboat.. Also a hydrovane is crucial offshore
@@sailingEV888 Mike, learn some sheet to tiller auto-steering. Cheap, simple, non-electric and effective. I can email you something on it if you're interested
Hey Michael, I wanted to send you some beer money for making it back across to the Bahamas and congrats on that. I went on to your patron but it wanted a monthly payment. I didn't want that. Do you have a cashapp so I could send it.
you can register, then cancel when the total gift amount goes through
I have a PayPal address? I don't have cash app. My PayPal link is
paypal.me/michaelpotts888?country.x=CA&locale.x=en_US
Or you could do a superthanks on youtube? Thanks Captain. I could use some beer money. Much appreciated!!