Weevil's cant be kept out of grain an flour by sealing it up. The reason is that the adult weevil lays its eggs on the grain while its still on the plant. The eggs are in the bag when you buy it. They then hatch, dig in to one grain an live there a while before you ever see them. They are edible and harmless so its normally not an issue. But for long term storage, you need to kill them and the eggs. The two standard ways is with cold or heat. You either put your grains an flour in the freezer for 3 days before putting them in to storage, or you put them in the oven on the lowest setting for a while before putting it in your storage. Per Iowa State University, 3 days below freezing or 15 minutes above 140 degrees F, kills all stages of weevil life cycle including eggs.
Yes I realise they're already in there, putting them in containers is more to help stop cross contamination. We're thinking of experimenting with vacuum packing rice as we have a vacuum sealer, not sure if weevils can still thrive in those conditions. I like the freezing idea though, we could try freezing for 3 days before storing as well.
@@svfairisle They can. You need a stronger vacuum than a vacuum sealer can produce. They can also chew through those bags. The companies doing it for a living use mylar bags in buckets, flooded with nitrogen and then vacuum sealed with an industrial vacuum sealer. I believe people have had luck using oxygen absorbers in vacuum sealed glass mason jars. Others put bay leaves inside. Not aware of anyone outside forum's saying either work though. I would vacuum seal them then freeze them. I would use jars over bags but that is not as easy. Losing a bag every now and then may be worth the space savings of not using jars.
Good quick thinking and reacting on that Tasmanian devil block! Love Cartagena. Never been but have lived vicariously through many sailing channels. Great to see James and Anna and their little one.
Steve, truly remarkable reaction‼️ You definitely are carved out of the wood which makes a great sailor and competent captain! Wishing you guys fair winds and always safe sailing!🫶👍
Albacore tuna, also known down under as the chicken of the sea. Loved the orchestral piece but can't recall the title. Thanks for sharing and as usual brilliant editing.
I have been with you guys since Covid days. Your videos are always top notch, sailors adventurer’s and great storytellers. Which is all great but honestly deep down I’m here always watching Fair Isle, she’s what I’m most focused on. Beautiful boat and so well taken care of. The series on the aftermath of hurricane Beryl was outstanding…great storytelling. Be safe out there and fair winds to you and Fair Isle Thanks for letting a dreamer follow along 😊
We sailed the passage from Cartagena to San Blas in the biggest seas I have ever sailed in but, I must say, without either incident or much sleep. But that was merely the discomfort before the joy of San Blas - you’re in for the kind of mind-blowing treats you won’t easily forget. You have been warned. Have an utterly fab time.
Great video as always and so glad Steve acted so fast to bundle you out the way. The right thing to do for sure. Weevils are definately in the flour before you bring it home. The best way to stop them is to freeze the bags for 24 hours before you store it away. I also vacuum bag my unopened bags until I need them. This works for flour, rice, pasta, some biscuits you’ll just have to experiment. Most fried goods can carry weevils but the vacuum bagging prevents cross contamination. Most plastic containers do not keep the little critters out forever.
What a horrible thing to happen, and well done for avoiding injury. But most of all, Steve, *very* well done, *twice* over - those fish were truly impressive! 🤗
Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet wishes to emphasize that to insure safety at sea, the best that science can devise and that naval organization can provide must be regarded only as an aid, and never as a substitute for the good seamanship, self- reliance, and sense of ultimate responsibility which are the first requisites in a seaman and naval officer The imperitive in your voice was amazing and necessary. BZ Sailing Fair Isle!
Clark’s Adventure has a great solution to deal with weevils. He uses CO2. His episode from 3 years ago is called “Killin’ weevils and preserving food with CO2”. Fair winds and following seas. Take care. Good episode.
CO² is a heavy gas and can settle, same as propane. And the CO² doesn't do much to the eggs. The larva, yes. Absolutely. But you almost have to wait for the eggs to hatch for the gas to kill those. But a really great idea, especially if you have a large quantity of grain/flour to deal with.
Thank you, Steve & Judy - fantastic filming and content, as always! When you visit the San Blas islands, would you try to visit an island there called Carti Tupile please? Why wife spent some time there as a missionary 40 years ago and she’d love to see how it’s changed. Thank you for all you do. Best wishes to you both, Simon
Watching what unfolded in those dreadful two quick seconds… We see that: what was quite obviously much more potent than the flying (killer) block… was the immediate, reflexive love and caring between skipper and crew … husband and wife…. Saved the day. And touched us all.
Glad u weren’t injured !! WOW what glorious sunset & city lights at nite. Brave to travel in dark. Looking forward to tour. Thank U so much for sharing your lives with us 🇨🇦 ❤
There is no shame in returning to a safe Anchorage because the weather is just not right. Many moons age (1986) when on route from Samoa to Tonga we returned not once but thrice and ended up with a good passage. Once we got to Vavau the horror stories of boats leaving the same time fully vindicated our decisions. So good on you. Hope you enjoy San Blass and beyond. Cheers Peter.
I cannot eat canned tuna either, lots of vomiting, but fresh tuna my body doesn't mind. Love fresh tuna. I am thinking it's something in the can tuna preservatives. Try it and see is same for you! So proud of you Steve, rescue her and protect her like you did. Love it. True captain! And Yes love love love James's tutorial videos, I did stalock rigging due to his rigging videos.
Dinghies tend to disappear in the San Blass ( Lemon Quays) when we where there! It’s the outboards that they want, they try to sell the dinghies back to you after some days, but you never see the outboard motor again. Hopefully things have improved since we where there!
Thanks for the warning, we tend to lock the dinghy to the boat with the same long plastic covered wire cable we use ashore if we're not lifting the dinghy on deck.
We've found that the old trick of putting a couple of large Indian Bay leaves in rice/ grain containers seems to discourage and kill weevils. It's cheap and definitely worth a shot. Cheers from DnA in Oz.
You being in Aruba reminds me of some stories I read that you might be interested in reading. They were dispatches written by Hunter S. Thompson when he was the Central & South American correspondent for the National Observer. The stories are funny and relevant at the time (early 1960s). They had titles like "Why Anti-Gringo Winds Blow South of the Border" and "Democracy Dies in Peru but No One Mourns its Passing". His first stop was Aruba and his stories from there are hilarious. I'm sure that your experience there was much different. I read them in a book named, "The Great Shark Hunt".
Hi Guys, great video. The tuna were actually Blackfin Tuna - look very similar to an Albacore which you'd catch on the other side of The Atlantic or in The Med! 🤓
@@svfairisleYou see the long pec fins on Blackfin too. On an Albacore the fins would extend beyond the anal fin. You got the closer look but I’m doubling down 😅
Wrestling the mattress is a nightmare, I’ve got batteries under mine and the solar stuff so will be looking into this as I have more potential storage it’s just so hard to get too ❤
great catch on that renegade car!…another very dangerous situation that can be easily taken for granted …regarding starlink …we must remain patient …i think comms will improve once they get the death ray capability up and running properly… exciting travels ! cheers!
On the seam to flip the mattress over in half: couldn’t you put two seams in as a cross? That way you could access all your storage depending on how you flip it? ( May be at additional price but just a thought)
We use Epifanes on the doghouse all the pretty bits around the cockpit. It has the best look and if you keep on top of it (hard to do in the tropics) will stay looking good. The toe rails, hand-holds, eyebrows etc are all International woodskin, which doesn't look as shiny but wears better especially for places where ropes and things rub it as it just wears away and can be patched where varnishes that dont breath would blow and require fully redoing. You cant underestimate how damaging the sun is, our topsides are looking absolutely awful again despite enormous amounts of work in the last year. If your gelcoat is not in excellent condition it will go bad quick in the tropics. We are going to have to paint ours.
@@svfairisle thank you, I screen shot it. My boat is currently on the east coast of florida, having her shipped next month to home port and she needs her bright work done, desperately. Thanks again.
We don’t wear life jackets as a default. Usually if sailing off shore or at night I wear one, or in bad sea conditions. Sea conditions in this situation would normally warrant me putting one on and if I were working on deck and we were continuing I would have, but we had just turned around, heading for the bay and frankly it’s too hot to wear a life jacket for the sake of it! Just my opinion
Can you turn the bottom of the car 180° then if it did come loose gravity would help retain the part longer giving you more time to detect the problem? Wishing you all the best
You need to freeze (hard freeze. Not at 31° (-.5 metrics). At least down to 10° (-23 metrics) for 3 to 5 days. This is the only non-toxic method of storing flour or grains, including coffee, uncooked. Simple thing. Toss whatever you bought in the freezer and forget about it until you need it. Bonus is it will also now keep longer when returned to room temp.👍🏻
Your night entry to Cartagena with modern electronics makes me realize how incredibly capable sailors with only paper charts or nothing like Don Street, the Hiscocks, Pardeys, Roth's and many more were. Don Street's vessel Ioaire was engine less.
Steve, We run our Mini of our Allpowers r2500 (because you had one) high current USB-C outlet. Between the out socket and the 'mile long!!' Starlink cable we have an in line voltage step up converter which delivers 20V at the end of the cable into the Mini.
That's interesting whats the name of the step up transformer? We gave our r2500 to Judys brother as a thank you for bringing out our rigging to Montenegro in his campervan. I've now plumbed the dish in on the back arch, actually the super long lead was only just long enough! We're powering from the little Victron Phoenix inverter which works well but isn't the most efficient
I thought that when using most loctite type products you put it on the thread before starting to screw it in, not around the head of the bolt or machine screw.
Hi from S Africa, new to your channel . I love listening to your English accents . Nice that you showed your food prep as well . One question , “ has anyone else said that your music is too loud ?” And, gentle classical would be nice.
Did something break or did something unscrew and come loose? I have been looking around our boat lately and have found several important fasteners that were loose and almost to the point of being dangerous.
Just came loose, amazingly the pin didn't go overboard. i've caught one coming loose a couple of times before, regular checks on a boat are very important, the check I did the night before that we showed in the film I was waylaid by sorting out the stack pack and actually didn't finish my check properly on the ports side, big miss!
@@svfairisle well you cant catch them all. I have been using a drop or two of blue loctite on any fasteners that I find loose. Glad no one was hurt. It makes me want to put a low friction ring with dynema attached to our genoa track and run the sheet thru the ring and then the car so if it did come loose it could only move about a foot. We have a 1300sqft genoa and the sheets are under really high load. Certainly could not hurt putting in a safety limiter.
A constant heel is really not a problem, you get used to it. So if the wind is on the beam and the sea not too heavy you can have a very comfortable sail heeled over. Our crossing wasn't that comfortable as the wind was dead behind and there was a large swell that was more on the beam so the boat has a constant roll which is very uncomfortable. We whinged about it a lot in our Atlantic crossing video! th-cam.com/video/hc4qZ8_AG-Y/w-d-xo.html
Yes. At the moment you can still toggle priority on, which you have to do when more than 12 miles offshore. For the channel it'll probably be okay without. You're limited to 50 Gb in priority before paying per Gb but it works fine, we used it right across the Atlantic with the standard Starlink and the mini can do the same.
We spent 6 weeks in Cartagena including a quick haul out. Christmas and New years in Cartagena was amazing. The restaurants in old town set up tables in the streets for dinner and families come out to celebrate. What an amazing city!
Sometimes the edit works out like that in a short clip, not ideal I know. We've just spent the afternoon with Anna filming her teaching yoga, she's going to be a star!
I was surprised to see you on the foredeck, just before night fall....... with only two of you on the boat..... and you didn't have a lifejacket or a harness to the lazyjacks. You only get to make one mistake, as youre not a cat with 9 lives !
In benign conditions like that I don't usually use a life jacket or a harness, I find them too restricting and not necessary if Judy is in the cockpit. If shes asleep I try not to go on deck and if I do I take precautions.
Yes, a big miss checking the car, and very nearly catastrophic. But fantastic reflexes and instincts protecting Judy. That's like a heavy sledgehammer, flinging itself about faster than most people could swing a sledge, by the looks of it. What was worrying though was seeing Steve, not just putting yourself between Judy and death - as you needed to - but then chasing the car and tackling it. Maybe that was the best and safest way of getting it under control, but I hope that you've both done a thorough debrief about it. Perhaps you could have depowered the car by bearing away, or bearing up, or taking the sheet in... Or maybe putting your body weight on the line was the best option to get it under control. You know your boat better than anyone out here in internet land, of course. I'd be interested to know how you'd deal with a similar situation, having done the analysis of this one.
I have to admit my initial reaction was to loosen the sheet to drop the car down, I did this for literally 2 seconds before working out it just gave it the sheet more scope to throw the car from side to side. So pulling back on the sheet and tightening it as much as i could by hand (it was still around the winch) pulled the sheet tight enough that the car ran down and was safely at the bottom. I did this as far into the cockpit as possible and leaning back so was a reasonable distance from where the car was flayling around.
I had a similar thing happen in a squall off the Philippines recently, too much sail up, downwind, a bit of error on the steering, broach, big heel, lots of noise, bang, the 30 year-old Genoa car disintegrated and broke off the track; I think I furled the Genoa and let out the main very quickly to get things under control. Later I put two reefs in the main and two in the Genoa and used a snatch block and spare preventer line to pull the Genoa sheet down and in to give us performance. Luckily Lewmar were able to supply two new cars, plus a new traveller set based on photos and measurements. Lesson for me was to stay reefed down when squalls are around, and expect the cars to break under stress - I became much more aware of the danger zone downwind of the main sheet traveller car through this incident, although it didn’t break.
Weevil's cant be kept out of grain an flour by sealing it up. The reason is that the adult weevil lays its eggs on the grain while its still on the plant. The eggs are in the bag when you buy it. They then hatch, dig in to one grain an live there a while before you ever see them. They are edible and harmless so its normally not an issue. But for long term storage, you need to kill them and the eggs. The two standard ways is with cold or heat. You either put your grains an flour in the freezer for 3 days before putting them in to storage, or you put them in the oven on the lowest setting for a while before putting it in your storage. Per Iowa State University, 3 days below freezing or 15 minutes above 140 degrees F, kills all stages of weevil life cycle including eggs.
Yes I realise they're already in there, putting them in containers is more to help stop cross contamination. We're thinking of experimenting with vacuum packing rice as we have a vacuum sealer, not sure if weevils can still thrive in those conditions. I like the freezing idea though, we could try freezing for 3 days before storing as well.
@@svfairisle They can. You need a stronger vacuum than a vacuum sealer can produce. They can also chew through those bags. The companies doing it for a living use mylar bags in buckets, flooded with nitrogen and then vacuum sealed with an industrial vacuum sealer. I believe people have had luck using oxygen absorbers in vacuum sealed glass mason jars. Others put bay leaves inside. Not aware of anyone outside forum's saying either work though. I would vacuum seal them then freeze them. I would use jars over bags but that is not as easy. Losing a bag every now and then may be worth the space savings of not using jars.
I just use the flour as normal and consider them as extra protein supplement!
@Clarks-Adventure has an episode where he discusses controlling them with co2. The lack of oxygen kills both those alive and any that hatch.
Nice reaction and save re the flying block! Thank goodness you reacted so quickly. 💥
Marvelous as always, enjoy!
Good quick thinking and reacting on that Tasmanian devil block! Love Cartagena. Never been but have lived vicariously through many sailing channels. Great to see James and Anna and their little one.
Steve, truly remarkable reaction‼️ You definitely are carved out of the wood which makes a great sailor and competent captain! Wishing you guys fair winds and always safe sailing!🫶👍
Albacore tuna, also known down under as the chicken of the sea. Loved the orchestral piece but can't recall the title. Thanks for sharing and as usual brilliant editing.
I have been with you guys since Covid days.
Your videos are always top notch, sailors adventurer’s and great storytellers.
Which is all great but honestly deep down I’m here always watching Fair Isle, she’s what I’m most focused on.
Beautiful boat and so well taken care of.
The series on the aftermath of hurricane Beryl was outstanding…great storytelling.
Be safe out there and fair winds to you and Fair Isle
Thanks for letting a dreamer follow along 😊
We sailed the passage from Cartagena to San Blas in the biggest seas I have ever sailed in but, I must say, without either incident or much sleep.
But that was merely the discomfort before the joy of San Blas - you’re in for the kind of mind-blowing treats you won’t easily forget.
You have been warned. Have an utterly fab time.
Great video as always and so glad Steve acted so fast to bundle you out the way. The right thing to do for sure.
Weevils are definately in the flour before you bring it home. The best way to stop them is to freeze the bags for 24 hours before you store it away. I also vacuum bag my unopened bags until I need them. This works for flour, rice, pasta, some biscuits you’ll just have to experiment. Most fried goods can carry weevils but the vacuum bagging prevents cross contamination. Most plastic containers do not keep the little critters out forever.
What a horrible thing to happen, and well done for avoiding injury. But most of all, Steve, *very* well done, *twice* over - those fish were truly impressive! 🤗
Excellent film as always, nice to catch up with Zingaro.
Keep up the great work, we thoroughly enjoy your work ❤️
Commander in Chief, Pacific Fleet wishes to emphasize that to insure safety at sea, the best that science can devise and that naval organization can provide must be regarded only as an aid, and never as a substitute for the good seamanship, self- reliance, and sense of ultimate responsibility which are the first requisites in a seaman and naval officer
The imperitive in your voice was amazing and necessary. BZ Sailing Fair Isle!
Pleased to see you are progressing as a fisherman! Love tuna
Love you guys and your show.
Im 👍sorry, forgot to say Judy your ok, and Steve’s reaction saving you from serious injuries
Always a great video and neat to see James with his family
Clark’s Adventure has a great solution to deal with weevils. He uses CO2. His episode from 3 years ago is called “Killin’ weevils and preserving food with CO2”. Fair winds and following seas. Take care. Good episode.
Clark's full of good ideas. Sadly we have no Co2 aboard, don't share his love of fizzy water!
@@svfairisle You can put all the rice and flower in the freezer for a few days and voila no more bugs..
CO² is a heavy gas and can settle, same as propane. And the CO² doesn't do much to the eggs. The larva, yes. Absolutely. But you almost have to wait for the eggs to hatch for the gas to kill those. But a really great idea, especially if you have a large quantity of grain/flour to deal with.
Not Funny 😂 signing out. Was stressed enough and still not OK with Lauren Landers. Congrats and thanks about your cyclone report and reward 🎉
Thank you, Steve & Judy - fantastic filming and content, as always! When you visit the San Blas islands, would you try to visit an island there called Carti Tupile please? Why wife spent some time there as a missionary 40 years ago and she’d love to see how it’s changed. Thank you for all you do. Best wishes to you both, Simon
We will look out for it
Great video. I think you guys are the classiest boattubers on the internet. Thanks for sharing❤
Watching what unfolded in those dreadful two quick seconds… We see that: what was quite obviously much more potent than the flying (killer) block… was the immediate, reflexive love and caring between skipper and crew … husband and wife…. Saved the day. And touched us all.
Glad u weren’t injured !! WOW what glorious sunset & city lights at nite. Brave to travel in dark. Looking forward to tour. Thank U so much for sharing your lives with us 🇨🇦 ❤
There is no shame in returning to a safe Anchorage because the weather is just not right. Many moons age (1986) when on route from Samoa to Tonga we returned not once but thrice and ended up with a good passage. Once we got to Vavau the horror stories of boats leaving the same time fully vindicated our decisions. So good on you. Hope you enjoy San Blass and beyond. Cheers Peter.
I cannot eat canned tuna either, lots of vomiting, but fresh tuna my body doesn't mind. Love fresh tuna. I am thinking it's something in the can tuna preservatives. Try it and see is same for you! So proud of you Steve, rescue her and protect her like you did. Love it. True captain! And Yes love love love James's tutorial videos, I did stalock rigging due to his rigging videos.
I did eat the Tuna. No bad reaction 😊. Bring it on!
Dinghies tend to disappear in the San Blass ( Lemon Quays) when we where there! It’s the outboards that they want, they try to sell the dinghies back to you after some days, but you never see the outboard motor again. Hopefully things have improved since we where there!
Thanks for the warning, we tend to lock the dinghy to the boat with the same long plastic covered wire cable we use ashore if we're not lifting the dinghy on deck.
Judy, did you not know to always choose the lesser of two weevils🙂
😅
It’s ok to keep your flour and rice in the freezer if you have room . We were always thrown product away because of the those pests.
We've found that the old trick of putting a couple of large Indian Bay leaves in rice/ grain containers seems to discourage and kill weevils. It's cheap and definitely worth a shot. Cheers from DnA in Oz.
Great video!
You need a small clear visor between the hard dodger and the bimini for easy protection of the helm.
Best wishes)
You being in Aruba reminds me of some stories I read that you might be interested in reading. They were dispatches written by Hunter S. Thompson when he was the Central & South American correspondent for the National Observer. The stories are funny and relevant at the time (early 1960s). They had titles like "Why Anti-Gringo Winds Blow South of the Border" and "Democracy Dies in Peru but No One Mourns its Passing". His first stop was Aruba and his stories from there are hilarious. I'm sure that your experience there was much different. I read them in a book named, "The Great Shark Hunt".
Thanks for the tip
Hi Guys, great video. The tuna were actually Blackfin Tuna - look very similar to an Albacore which you'd catch on the other side of The Atlantic or in The Med! 🤓
This deep in tropical waters you would expect Blackfin rather than Albacore, but look at those pectoral fins, definitely looks like Albacore to me.
@@svfairisleYou see the long pec fins on Blackfin too. On an Albacore the fins would extend beyond the anal fin. You got the closer look but I’m doubling down 😅
Cranbrook..... and now....... in Cartagena!! And of course, everything inbetween. Enjoyed every moment and video. Glad you're both OK. Cheers!
It's a bit warmer in November than Cranbrook for sure!
Great seeing James as well, the landlubber
I predict he won't be boatless for long!
Wrestling the mattress is a nightmare, I’ve got batteries under mine and the solar stuff so will be looking into this as I have more potential storage it’s just so hard to get too ❤
great catch on that renegade car!…another very dangerous situation that can be easily taken for granted …regarding starlink …we must remain patient …i think comms will improve once they get the death ray capability up and running properly…
exciting travels !
cheers!
On the seam to flip the mattress over in half: couldn’t you put two seams in as a cross? That way you could access all your storage depending on how you flip it? ( May be at additional price but just a thought)
it's an idea
Mum taught me a really nice tuna stew recipe from Basque region. Good sailing video 👍
Your varnished wood work always looks good
yes very inspiring, makes me want to find out what he is using so can repeat on my boat.
@goofy4birds probably something to do with dry warmer climate
We use Epifanes on the doghouse all the pretty bits around the cockpit. It has the best look and if you keep on top of it (hard to do in the tropics) will stay looking good. The toe rails, hand-holds, eyebrows etc are all International woodskin, which doesn't look as shiny but wears better especially for places where ropes and things rub it as it just wears away and can be patched where varnishes that dont breath would blow and require fully redoing. You cant underestimate how damaging the sun is, our topsides are looking absolutely awful again despite enormous amounts of work in the last year. If your gelcoat is not in excellent condition it will go bad quick in the tropics. We are going to have to paint ours.
@@svfairisle thank you, I screen shot it. My boat is currently on the east coast of florida, having her shipped next month to home port and she needs her bright work done, desperately. Thanks again.
In that case this may help... th-cam.com/video/8Ddj3cRFRmw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=t1h3RLt2rnllHCWt
I love your video, love watching people sail, and you SAIL! Just a quick question, your not wearing Life Veats? And love your choice of music ⚓️👍😎
We don’t wear life jackets as a default. Usually if sailing off shore or at night I wear one, or in bad sea conditions. Sea conditions in this situation would normally warrant me putting one on and if I were working on deck and we were continuing I would have, but we had just turned around, heading for the bay and frankly it’s too hot to wear a life jacket for the sake of it! Just my opinion
Can you turn the bottom of the car 180° then if it did come loose gravity would help retain the part longer giving you more time to detect the problem? Wishing you all the best
You need to freeze (hard freeze. Not at 31° (-.5 metrics). At least down to 10° (-23 metrics) for 3 to 5 days. This is the only non-toxic method of storing flour or grains, including coffee, uncooked. Simple thing. Toss whatever you bought in the freezer and forget about it until you need it. Bonus is it will also now keep longer when returned to room temp.👍🏻
A good method if you have a freezer that can go that low. Most on boats don't.
You have to tell the lure what fish you’d like to catch before casting. Did you not know this? Fishing 101. 😂
Your night entry to Cartagena with modern electronics makes me realize how incredibly capable sailors with only paper charts or nothing like Don Street, the Hiscocks, Pardeys, Roth's and many more were.
Don Street's vessel Ioaire was engine less.
Yes it's a completely different ball game now, even in daylight an entrance like that would be nerve wracking before GPS. I don't miss those days!
What really boggles my mind is how mariners like Drake managed to sail down here with a fleet of square riggers and lay siege to the city
So amazing for sure with a square and the wrong winds.
Great to hear.
Glad that you were not hurt. Cartagena, a wonderful place to be as is Colombia, an amazing country and friendly people. Good coffee, great golf.
Apparently your the only ones that are actually sailing
Apparently most yt sailors don't know how to sail to windward and tack to get somewhere.
Steve, We run our Mini of our Allpowers r2500 (because you had one) high current USB-C outlet. Between the out socket and the 'mile long!!' Starlink cable we have an in line voltage step up converter which delivers 20V at the end of the cable into the Mini.
That's interesting whats the name of the step up transformer? We gave our r2500 to Judys brother as a thank you for bringing out our rigging to Montenegro in his campervan. I've now plumbed the dish in on the back arch, actually the super long lead was only just long enough! We're powering from the little Victron Phoenix inverter which works well but isn't the most efficient
@@svfairisle FARSENSE USB C to DC Adapter
When you were entering Boca Grande, I was surprised to see on the chart a green marker on the port side of the channel.
Ha! Yes, this side of the Atlantic it's back to front for us!!! Red right returning to land (not to sea)
I thought that when using most loctite type products you put it on the thread before starting to screw it in, not around the head of the bolt or machine screw.
You put it on the thread yes. The pin for the car has one threaded end.
Hi from S Africa, new to your channel . I love listening to your English accents . Nice that you showed your food prep as well . One question , “ has anyone else said that your music is too loud ?” And, gentle classical would be nice.
Musics very subjective, on the whole we get very positive comments on the mix, can't please everyone!
The aluminum versions of the double sheet cars ie. Merriment, Nico Fici etc have a set screw under the sheaxe.
Did something break or did something unscrew and come loose? I have been looking around our boat lately and have found several important fasteners that were loose and almost to the point of being dangerous.
Just came loose, amazingly the pin didn't go overboard. i've caught one coming loose a couple of times before, regular checks on a boat are very important, the check I did the night before that we showed in the film I was waylaid by sorting out the stack pack and actually didn't finish my check properly on the ports side, big miss!
@@svfairisle well you cant catch them all. I have been using a drop or two of blue loctite on any fasteners that I find loose. Glad no one was hurt. It makes me want to put a low friction ring with dynema attached to our genoa track and run the sheet thru the ring and then the car so if it did come loose it could only move about a foot. We have a 1300sqft genoa and the sheets are under really high load. Certainly could not hurt putting in a safety limiter.
Judy safe, cool.
Awesome you are back on Star link?!!
Hi, regarding your Atlantic crossing, whats it like heeling for three weeks? Is there a video about it?
A constant heel is really not a problem, you get used to it. So if the wind is on the beam and the sea not too heavy you can have a very comfortable sail heeled over. Our crossing wasn't that comfortable as the wind was dead behind and there was a large swell that was more on the beam so the boat has a constant roll which is very uncomfortable. We whinged about it a lot in our Atlantic crossing video! th-cam.com/video/hc4qZ8_AG-Y/w-d-xo.html
Great video…can not wait for the upcoming history lesson. Steve, you are a hero
Will starlink mini work on a cross channel ferry or middle of north sea?
Yes. At the moment you can still toggle priority on, which you have to do when more than 12 miles offshore. For the channel it'll probably be okay without. You're limited to 50 Gb in priority before paying per Gb but it works fine, we used it right across the Atlantic with the standard Starlink and the mini can do the same.
Crikey that was a lucky escape
What date range was this filmed?
Last two weeks. Our videos always show what happened in the previous fortnight from the last episode, we post in real time.
You guys are amazing! Thanks for the continuous awesome content. ❤
@@svfairisle Thanks! We were wondering which of the storms was brewing when you filmed.
We spent 6 weeks in Cartagena including a quick haul out. Christmas and New years in Cartagena was amazing. The restaurants in old town set up tables in the streets for dinner and families come out to celebrate. What an amazing city!
You can kill weevils by putting a ball of cotton wool soaked in alcohol in the container.
Hey folks, as an observation only, James's partner wasn't really consulted or acknowledged in the meeting.
Sometimes the edit works out like that in a short clip, not ideal I know. We've just spent the afternoon with Anna filming her teaching yoga, she's going to be a star!
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I was surprised to see you on the foredeck, just before night fall....... with only two of you on the boat..... and you didn't have a lifejacket or a harness to the lazyjacks.
You only get to make one mistake, as youre not a cat with 9 lives !
In benign conditions like that I don't usually use a life jacket or a harness, I find them too restricting and not necessary if Judy is in the cockpit. If shes asleep I try not to go on deck and if I do I take precautions.
A que no saben porqué Cartagena de Indias está tan fortificada?...sii!! para protegerla de los piratas ingleses!!
Ha! yes, but we would never call Drake a pirate!
Love your show. BUT, please get rid of the music. Nothing worse than that horrid noise. Nothing like the peace and quiet of the wind in the sails.
Yes, a big miss checking the car, and very nearly catastrophic. But fantastic reflexes and instincts protecting Judy.
That's like a heavy sledgehammer, flinging itself about faster than most people could swing a sledge, by the looks of it.
What was worrying though was seeing Steve, not just putting yourself between Judy and death - as you needed to - but then chasing the car and tackling it.
Maybe that was the best and safest way of getting it under control, but I hope that you've both done a thorough debrief about it. Perhaps you could have depowered the car by bearing away, or bearing up, or taking the sheet in... Or maybe putting your body weight on the line was the best option to get it under control.
You know your boat better than anyone out here in internet land, of course. I'd be interested to know how you'd deal with a similar situation, having done the analysis of this one.
I have to admit my initial reaction was to loosen the sheet to drop the car down, I did this for literally 2 seconds before working out it just gave it the sheet more scope to throw the car from side to side. So pulling back on the sheet and tightening it as much as i could by hand (it was still around the winch) pulled the sheet tight enough that the car ran down and was safely at the bottom. I did this as far into the cockpit as possible and leaning back so was a reasonable distance from where the car was flayling around.
@svfairisle it was very well done, brave in all senses of the word. And proof that 'love will save the day' is not just a platitude.
I had a similar thing happen in a squall off the Philippines recently, too much sail up, downwind, a bit of error on the steering, broach, big heel, lots of noise, bang, the 30 year-old Genoa car disintegrated and broke off the track; I think I furled the Genoa and let out the main very quickly to get things under control. Later I put two reefs in the main and two in the Genoa and used a snatch block and spare preventer line to pull the Genoa sheet down and in to give us performance. Luckily Lewmar were able to supply two new cars, plus a new traveller set based on photos and measurements. Lesson for me was to stay reefed down when squalls are around, and expect the cars to break under stress - I became much more aware of the danger zone downwind of the main sheet traveller car through this incident, although it didn’t break.