Gale Warning | Ep. 222
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 17 ก.ย. 2024
- Plagued by light headwinds, my plan to round Nantucket Light and then head for Maine is now utterly foiled. To make matters worse, the brisk northeasterlies in the forecast have prompted a gale warning from the National Weather Service. What to do? Carry on, or turn back to Buzzards Bay?
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Sir, a poet, learned, humble, erudite, and best of all; ONE HELL OF A SEAMAN!!
The glassy calm before a blow, tense and eerie. Important decisions to be made. You captured it well.
You demonstrated a great paradigm for living. Collect as much information as you can, make a decision, and then prepare for the worst. When you know your craft, and you know yourself it certainly helps. I hope you will share the outcome, I am looking forward to it.
Oh don't worry, Charlie, more adventures to follow ...
Thanks for sharing your true feelings in anticipation of the Gale. Only time I've been caught out in one was before any satellite Wx in 2005 coming back from Bermuda to Charleston - so I did NOT know it was coming & was mistakingly have a ball going faster and faster down wind until I realized the wind was now up over 25K and how the F*#K was I going to get the sails down - I managed but boy it was NOT fun! From then on it's been reef early and reef often for sure.
As always. You get Ritchie Ruthie ready and she’ll handle the rest. Great video Kevin.
As Always Kevin delivered. BEST in the sailing channel business.
Foreboding video Kevin. That’s why I love sailing. The chin must always be ready to take it on…
Really liked the “mood” music with what nature was conspiring…
You are hard core my dude. A true sailor.
Love the thoughtful preparations for the gale. Matter of fact mindset
Great video series. A true sailor and an inspiration. Stay safe👍
A tale of both extremes. Becalmed and a Gale. 😮 How appropriate for an engineless sailor.
The make or break decisions of a sailor, Wow! Fair winds!
You can definitely see the trepidation that comes with these decisions when you have skin in the game. I was also thinking of how wonderful it is when we can see into the future with weather forecasting, even though in times, like with this video, when ignorance my serve up a little bliss. Thanks again for another chapter.
Hi Mike, yes, in the past they might have been blissfully ignorant, but then a lot of ships were lost as a direct result of said ignorance. Forewarned is forearmed.
I most enjoy sailing videos that actually sail as the bigger part of thier channel, real and good...blessings...m
Of course how to sail oceans is one of the best for me...blessings...m
Thanks Michael, good to hear that you are enjoying the content.
Be safe
Just checking in Kevin. I been very busy last few months. I sold my vacation home in Florida since we spoke and looking for property along the Tennessee River in Alabama. The west coast of Florida has just got stupid crazy. To much traffic for this Indiana farm boy. A nice quiet place along the Tennessee River in Alabama or Mississippi is a better fit for me. I’m at a point in life where I don’t want to be around people. Sad I know…lol. But so many people was moving to the Bradenton/ Sarasota area. The biggest housing development in the US is Lakewood Ranch in Manatee County. It would take a hour to drive the 6 miles from my house to the beach on Anna Maria Island, then you could not find parking. I hated giving up my boat slip on the Manatee river out my back door, but it would take me a half hour to drive 3 miles to Walmart when traffic was heavy. 1200 people a day move to Florida, that’s just crazy to me. Property is cheap in Rural Alabama even on the river, and you can find areas with no neighbors for a miles.
I had some free time this weekend and I been Binge watching your channel to catch up. Congratulations on hitting 30k subscribers. You was under 200 subscribers when I found you. I shared your channel with all my friends and sailing groups on Facebook. You still have the best and most pure Sailing channel on TH-cam. You was the first and only channel I ever donated to a tip jar. You was the first sailor to actually teach me something about sailing. Not just showing T&A. You showed everyone a guy can sail the world in a 30-32ft full keel boat without a engine. You showed me a guy don’t have to be a millionaire to make dreams come true. You have been a true inspiration to me and many others Kevin. Once we get moved south I plan to buy a Sailboat and keep down on the gulf coast. Split my time between River Life and living on a boat, maybe sailing to the Bahamas in the winter months. On a small 28 foot Bristol Channel Cutter. I have a Broker looking now, but the ones he finds seem to be in the Pacific Northwest or California. Transporting one to Texas is crazy, and I’m not confident enough to bring one through the Panama Canal alone. But I will find one on the east coast. I’m not in a hurry.
Thanks for the inspiration Kevin. You helped me with advice when I was buying my first sailboat (Allegra 24)a full keel trailer sailer. Nothing I can’t do or fix around the farm, but sailing had me worried I’m not going to lie. I have alot to learn. But because of you I’m ready to give it a try on a bigger scale. Who knows, I may sell the River property and go to sea full time. But property is a investment for me. I may rent out the property to fishermen this way I always have a home base if I can’t live on a boat someday.
Fair Winds Kevin.🇺🇸🦅⛵️
Aw shucks, thanks for that Joe. I should think West Florida is now beyond stupid crazy, being in the path of a major hurricane. Bristol Channel Cutters are great boats, would be a fine choice. Feel free to send an email if you want to bounce any ideas off me about a new boat and cruising plans.
@@howtosailoceans1423 I believe I have your email. I will contact you soon. Fair Winds Brother
One of your best yet. Thank you
Good luck......
The best laid plans of mice and men - the aqua version.
1:03 Fog bow ahoy!
Interesting fog bow there.
Sitting and waiting for the blow and rethinking the decision to go around to nantucket light versus directly off Monomoy must have been difficult.
You made it!
A really useful insight into nature’s ability to frustrate the plans of even the most experienced and competent sailors. Enjoyed it, and always enjoy Ruth Avery with her hull down (from my couch, I know…).
You have a lot more patience than me. I would have a hard time without a engine during the doldrums. This season has been tough to plan trips in the Northeast , short weather windows. I really enjoy your adventures.Brian
.P.S. 100% for your dodger comments
Yeah, dodgers are popular for a reason.
Never seen you so disappointed
Frustrated more like. Yeah, weather did not do what it was supposed to. Sounds like you've been having some of your own adventures.
Cliffhanger!
ahoy there! Some days shit just happens, no way round it. Hope all went well!! Great vid. That calm was spookie.
That was great. Really enjoyed your thoughts about the situations.
Oh the joys of sailing.
Nice editing on this video. Thanks.
Great video with real sailing as always. We are waiting in Sao Miguel for a new thermostat for our refrigeration, luckily this island is self-sufficient in fresh produce and dairy. So we are eating well.
Excellent! Are you at anchor or at a marina?
That looked like it was going to get exciting.
Yeah, it was.
Batten down the hatches!
Kevin I aspire to be you!
Hope you got some good footage of RA shrugging off the graybeards!!!
Hello and thankyou, waiting for the sea n wether that seems to plot against you is a real thing, oh the treacherous sea, wel done
Could you put a pulley at the end of the bowsprit with a line a bit more than twice the length of the bowsprit? then attach the yankie to one end of the line and pull the other end so the foot of the yankie goes to the end without you having to go there, reverse for retrieval might make you a little safer if you get caught with a sudden wind shift or may just mean you can use the yankie a bit longer. Maybe something to ponder and fiddle with when at anchor.
I've seen that on some gaffers with very long sprits. They have a loop around the sprit with parrel beads so it rolls out smoothly to the end of the sprit on an outhaul, then rolls right back inboard once released. Possibly. In the mean time I continue to venture out there ...
@@howtosailoceans1423 I first saw that arrangement on some racing trimarans that had wave piercing bows that were too narrow to walk on, and then later on cat's and tri's with prodders (basically a retractable bowsprit) but it really doesn't natter where you take your inspiration from👍
Now that you are moving, is your destination still the 10-mile journey?
yuk...
Love your boat and your content buddy. But ultimately, for me, no matter how you try to rationalize or romanticize it...life without an engine sucks.
Keep your head up, and keep on truckin.
Do you use your barometer at all Kevin? Didn’t notice you entering it into your log. Cheers Steve
I always note the barometer in my log. Since I still could pick up VHF weather, I relied mostly on that.
Is that a rainbow shaped cloud behind you in your first seen?
Probably a rainbow from the fog/haze.
Hurricane is building off Florida
Indeed, two major hurricanes in the North Atlantic now forecast.
@@howtosailoceans1423 you be safe out there
Mate just tried to find you patron.not easy what's it under
There's link just below the video. Thanks!
How long did it take for the seas to build height after the wind got strong?
Not long, a few hours. Often the worst waves occurs when the gale is subsiding.
don't pretend to be scared. We know better
Lol.
Did I miss something, did you get Baby Ruth back, or is she the new Baby Ruth?
That was prior to her abduction ...
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Oops, sorry Kevin.
First time I’ve ever seen you look genuinely nervous and concerned on camera. I’m sure it turns out ok but your pit of your stomach must have been very active.