On a 2002 Pacific Cup race in my 30’ sailboat, our rudder post got weakened by storm force 10 winds (45-55 knots) and 30’ waves and finally broke off and was lost...1000 miles from both the US and Hawaii. The emergency rudder brackets fractured after 4 days and we resorted to a make shift spinnaker pole and emergency rudder attached to it. It was sketchy at best. My wife arranged for a Manson container ship to bring us another J-24 rudder, in case we lost out ‘contraption’. We were met at 2 am, no moon, wind and waves. The lee side of the ship (800’) provided some protection from the wind and waves, but the under current almost pulled the boat into the ship as we maneuvered to get supplies and the mast was only inched from hitting the superstructure of the ship. At first the ship only slowed up, but we couldn’t keep up, so they so had to stop. We were very lucky not to get tangled up and lose the mast with 450 miles left to limp sail to Oahu, Hawaii. We made it to Oahu finally adding 9 days to the crossing. Out of 4 sailboats with broken rudders we were the only ones that made it. One was lost at sea (abandoned), and two large sailboats (55’ & 70’) were towed back to Los Angeles. There was no turning back due to the weather for us, the others were closer to LA because of the staggered starts several days apart; we were further along the route as a result. 😎
awesome ! keep up the good work , glad the response is so enthusiastic with the ship . It probably breaks the monotony of the daily grind aboard . Well executed !
Does that count as a required training that the ship was going to have to do anyway ? If not, I would have to imagine it wasn't cheap for the ship to do that.
Sometimes the ship needs to wait upon re-enter the harbour for flood tide (otherwise too shallow). If we happen to be in the neighboorhood on that specific moment....😉
Доброго дня! Супер!! Смачної кави!!!
Cheers, thanks for watching! :-)
Awesome video. Really impressed it sound real 👏👏👏👏
Thank you for the nice compliment! We tried to keep it as realistic as possible, except for that smile on our faces!😁👍
Very good looking training.
Thank you!😊👌
Another high quality video from you! Best regards from Spain.
Hello, it has been a while since our last video due to Corona, but we are very glad that we could do something special now! All the best!!👌😊
That was great.
Oh yes, it was! Hope to do this again!😊👌
Ça fait plaisir de voir une nouvelle vidéo de vous!.. on vous suit avec beaucoup de plaisir depuis la Suisse🇨🇭.... à bientôt
Hello Swiss' friend! Thank you for sticking with us during these difficult times. Took us a while before launching a new video. 👌😊
So great to see you both again, albeit virtual. Super video.
Hi Phil! Thanks! It was due to Corona that we couldn't shoot what we wanted. So hopefully things will go smoother again...😊💥💪
Well done !!! Especially that jump into the water 💦! 🥶💪
Haha, thank you! That is why we do it for!😊👌
thumbs up to everyone!
Cheers Damian!👌😊
So this is how its done...never seen that before :D
We neither! First time with a dredger! What a day!😁👍
On a 2002 Pacific Cup race in my 30’ sailboat, our rudder post got weakened by storm force 10 winds (45-55 knots) and 30’ waves and finally broke off and was lost...1000 miles from both the US and Hawaii. The emergency rudder brackets fractured after 4 days and we resorted to a make shift spinnaker pole and emergency rudder attached to it. It was sketchy at best. My wife arranged for a Manson container ship to bring us another J-24 rudder, in case we lost out ‘contraption’. We were met at 2 am, no moon, wind and waves. The lee side of the ship (800’) provided some protection from the wind and waves, but the under current almost pulled the boat into the ship as we maneuvered to get supplies and the mast was only inched from hitting the superstructure of the ship. At first the ship only slowed up, but we couldn’t keep up, so they so had to stop. We were very lucky not to get tangled up and lose the mast with 450 miles left to limp sail to Oahu, Hawaii. We made it to Oahu finally adding 9 days to the crossing. Out of 4 sailboats with broken rudders we were the only ones that made it. One was lost at sea (abandoned), and two large sailboats (55’ & 70’) were towed back to Los Angeles. There was no turning back due to the weather for us, the others were closer to LA because of the staggered starts several days apart; we were further along the route as a result. 😎
Hi Paul, That is one hell of a story! Glad you and your crew made it! Cheers!
nice to see you again - missed your great movies. regards from Kiel Canal // MAtz
So nice to hear that people haven't given up on us during Corona. Cheers Matz!😊👌
Glad to see you back with another awesome video!
Thank you for your kind words! 😊👍
Super cool to have such a network to train!!
Thank you! Yes, this was something special, thanks to the fact that we keep a good contact with the RIO crew. 💪💥😊
awesome ! keep up the good work , glad the response is so enthusiastic with the ship . It probably breaks the monotony of the daily grind aboard . Well executed !
Cheers Klaus! We even got the offer to call them again if we want to train this again! 😊👌
So glad your'e back !
Thanks! We have not sat still, but it was difficult to shoot content due to Corona. Thanks for sticking up with us!👌😁
Good job crew 👍🙂
Thank you!😊
Tof! En dat allemaal zonder zwemmen 🤣🤣
Does that count as a required training that the ship was going to have to do anyway ? If not, I would have to imagine it wasn't cheap for the ship to do that.
Sometimes the ship needs to wait upon re-enter the harbour for flood tide (otherwise too shallow). If we happen to be in the neighboorhood on that specific moment....😉
@@Northseakayak Thanks, well it made for an interesting video
is this a new Cetus for you? what are the build particulars?
Hi Jamie, This is a new Cetus MV in expedition kevlar-carbon infusion lay-up.
@@Northseakayak Nice! My Cetus MV will be here at the end of June, cant wait!
mooi gedaan
Molto bello il kayak verde, che modello é?
Cheers Egido! This is a P&H Cetus MV in expedition kevlar-carbon infusion lay-up .😊👌
Ah what!!! You got to be kidding? Dam there goes my VHF call sign when my Midways arrive and I get my radio licence ,🥺🙄😏
Hahaha, yes, we started with that callsign after buying those DAG Midways. Sylvie's callsign is Midway2, so that's also taken!🤣🤪 Sorry!😁👌
@@Northseakayak let me guess, the other 2 guys are 3 & 4 🙄🤔 lol. I'll come up with something,
@@Northseakayak try sea-nymph lol .
@@slabbyrider8665 yes indeed, back in the days we had someone in our team with Midway3 callsign. 😁
@@klausjensen9150 where do you come up with such brilliant ideas?!🤣🤪
Domme! Ik had iets langer moeten kijken 🤣🤣🤣
Wij die niet nat worden? Onbestaande!🤪🤣