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@ericerven5456 Used plenty when working it hard during run in period & now seems to have settled at around 4.5l/hr in normal use.

Thanks Eric.

Thankyou S my gorgeous friend! D. Xxx

@pierrevanderdeure8164 Very true Pierre. “Horses for Courses” as they say. Conversely, racing an Amel around a racecourse on a weekend would not be much fun either! 👍.

@jackbarnes6929 Hey Jack, we suspect that most do exactly that. The problem is the inconsistency with the officials. Some allow things, some don’t. For some officers, I am sure it is a power trip. Others are really cool & use common sense.

@mclovin9578 Not trying to prove anything. I guess you mean rogue wave? Yes we have experienced rogue waves in the past, including in Bass Strait & no, we are not in the water in an instant. We take our risk factors very seriously but I suppose you have a different risk profile to us. We also have a boat we know well with regard to her handling characteristics in foul weather. We learn from every experience & with hindsight would probably make the same decisions again in the same circumstances. PS. Not many sailors we have met have experienced serious rogue waves. We have. I hope that makes sense. Rob.

@ Rogue (auto correct). I mean no disrespect. I know a thing or two about risk as I raced motocross for years. To me it’s kinda like racing without a helmet. 🤷🏻‍♂️ Not to belabour the point but there’s nothing more unpredictable than the sea and there are countless stories of masts snapping, rudders breaking etc that it just seems to me you’d want to take every precaution during rough weather. Again, no disrespect. In fact, the complete opposite. I have the guts to jump a bike 40 feet in the air but I’d never want to be more than 40 feet from land in a sailboat. Haha All the best from 🇨🇦 M

No worries.

@rockyfire101 Thanks Rocky. The knee is all good. Cleaned & disinfected it straight away. Just another battle scar now. 😁.

@rockyfire101. Thanks Rocky! 👍

LOL. Yes, we had a bit on.

@noellavery7481 Hey Noel, yes Dee is a legend. I just read your comment to her & she loved it. Rob.

Hey Tiho. No worries at all. 👍

Hey Stew. Definitely crocs in some areas but not in Balbulol (that we know about). It did not look like croc country there. We have however been in a few places in Indonesia that DO look like croc country so are pretty careful, like where we are now in Sumba as I type this! Indonesia had 150 croc attacks in 2023, so not something to take lightly. We consider ourselves comparatively “croc-wise” compared to some people we have met. We enjoy being in the water most days but don’t take what we consider as stupid risks.

@chippyjohn1 Yep. 53’ (16.4m) Amel Super Maramu ketch.

@sailingjaygo Looked up the specs, thanks. Do you feel it's big enough for the weather you have encountered, or would you feel more comfortable in a larger boat, say 25m?

@chippyjohn1 This boat is definitely big enough. For me, I certainly would not go any larger with just the two of us. The loads on anything bigger increase exponentially, even with a ketch rig where the loads are spread. In any size of boat, wind & sea-state like this is no fun. Seaworthness and the ability of the crew to manage the boat are way more important in my opinion. A safe centre cockpit also makes a big difference in foul weather. I believe the boat we have is one of the best blue water cruisers ever built, but smaller boats can be (relatively?) easy to handle if they are simple & well designed as the loads are way less. Please take what I say as my opinion only. Others may take a different view. We only present what works for us. 👍. Rob.

@raymondmendez8092 A drogue may well have been appropriate if we had turned & run with the storm. The boat was still handling the conditions so we continued on our course into Moreton Bay. Our plan B was to stop & heave to. Plan C was to run with it. 👍

@@sailingjaygo Now I understand why.... another question .. when you were "sick " .. it was sea-sick ?...because if it was ... that is the worst feeling !!! .. I've been there several times during my life time.. and you truly feel like jumping overboard !! .. the funny part is , when you feel better you dont have a memory of feeling sea sick !!.. weird !... be safe

@raymondmendez8902 It turned out to be Covid, caught in Vanuatu before leaving. Then Dee caught it from me. Rob.

@chippyjohn1 We have 75m of 10mm short link chain & 40kg Sarca Excel. We also have 100m of rope rode if required. Our chain is due for replacement & I will fit 100m this time. 75m is not enough for our boat in some anchorages here in my opinion.

@sailingjaygo thanks for the reply. Wad just researching chain and anchors and your video popped up. Enjoy your journey, I'm fantasising about building a yacht.

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@robertshoobridge1422 Wow. Thanks Robert for such a kind & generous comment. Dee makes these videos for her own enjoyment & for us to watch together when we are old (older?). It is awesome when others get info & enjoyment from them too. Thanks again for your kind words & encouragement. Rob.

@robertshoobridge1422 Thanks Robert. Really appreciate that you enjoyed the video although we are not keen to be in that weather again any time soon! 😁😁👍

@@sailingjaygo I can understand that, the wife and myself have been in a very similar sea state in our 40ft flybridge cruiser off the southwest coast of Tassie. The situation was a bit more tense, as we had our two young children aboard and my wife was was completely debilitated with sea sickness… you can imagine everything in the boat was going everywhere including the kids! In the end i had the wife and kids laying down on the floor in the saloon, and I had to steer from the flybridge because the windscreen wipers died and I couldn’t see anything. It really made me appreciate how easily things could go very badly in a situation like that, we had been completely caught out as nothing had been forecast, I was completely unprepared, had zero redundancy if I had a mechanical failure with the engine…. We would have been up on the rocks in minutes, Thankfully the sea gods were in our favour that day… I wish I had got some of it on film but that was the last thing on my mind while white knuckling in 6m waves haha.

Yep. Sometimes the difference between a bad situation & a tragedy is very small indeed. 👍

@petersalmon3908 It is a delicate balance I suppose. The culprits in this instance were older teenagers as well. You are right about (most of) the chiefs. I was totally bluffing, but it worked for us. What we did notice though was that most of the villagers were upset for us & embarrassed about our experience in their community. They know yachts will not visit if they get a bad reputation (word spreads fast in this digital world). There are so many other beautiful places with friendly & welcoming people in this country. Rob.

@@sailingjaygo Yes true the digital world has made things better - as those incidences don't go unnoticed (I didn't think about that ) I love most of S.E. Asia (there r a few pockets I will avoid) - But on the whole the people, the cultures and scenery are all beautiful & the food is wonderful. My last wife of 23 years was half Indonesian , such a beautiful person bless her soul. My new wife is Filipina as is our oldest daughter & the youngest 8 y.o. is Aust/Filipina. I hope to be returning to S.E.Asia from Aust. with my wife & children as soon as we find a bigger Catamaran 🙂Peter

@petersalmon3908 Sounds like you have a solid plan. Fair winds mate. 👍.

@leezettb There are definitely crocs in Raja Ampat, but not everywhere. This area is the most Southern of Raja Ampat and crocodiles are not as prevalent here. They are not known in this specific location. When we get further north there are absolutely places we don't swim (or loiter on the sugar scoop, or water's edge, or dinghy!).

@ we will be following you closely as we are wanting to get there one day in the future. Stunning spot, pity you had to exit in the dark 😱

@leezettb Leaving in the rain & pitch darkness absolutely tested our nerves & teamwork, that’s for sure. Glad you are getting info from Dee’s videos. We really are having a great experience here. Rob.

Luckily we don't have to deal with those conditions very often.

Thanks. 👍

@nextari Great question. I suppose anything is possible but I can’t imagine being in those conditions in an open cockpit although plenty have done so before. In that very storm there was a husband & wife in an open cockpit 38’ monohull out there as well. I spoke to him a few days later when they finally made it in to port. He said he lasted only 20mins outside before giving up. He couldn’t see anything & even though he was clipped in, he was in constant danger of being washed overboard. They hove to with a storm jib & locked themselves inside until the worst passed. They were both totally exhausted when I met them. I can’t comment on the Excess 11 as I don’t know this boat. A significant factor for us in choosing the Amel Super Maramu was for the safety factor given how we use our boat.

@@sailingjaygo Thanks! yes, at the point you go inside you have surrendered to the storm, possibly leading to further danger versus running from it as you were able to. Drifting beyond range of fuel capacity downwind is a concerning though. As a surfer, I can share one thing some sailors may not fully understand first hand. There is no fighting a wave, if one washes over you it's going to take you and do what it will. You are utterly powerless against that much water so never let it get to that point. I was very close to drowning when my surf leash wrapped a piece of coral in 3 feet of water and I was pressed flat with the current and could not move. When you try to lift your body even 10 degrees and cannot move it is very very frightening, you realize you are completely at the mercy of the current. Fortunately there was a pause and I stood up in barely waist high water but it was a sense of rolling the dice and getting lucky. In so many circumstances, we never realize how dangerously close we may be to peril until it strikes.

@@sailingjaygo One more story, an example of that, we were out in the middle of the Indian Ocean in January on a 50' ketch headed for Djibouti, from Sri Lanka. The wind picked up briskly and I went on deck to the forward mast to adjust the jib. There was something up with that mast mounted winch, it was buggered. As I began to crank, a gust of wind snapped the sail out and the 2' long crank shot right out of my hand like a bullet onto the deck, striking about 2 inches from my foot. The speed was such that it would have crushed bones. I could not possibly have seen that coming, and those events strike deeply when you are weeks out from land and your mind races through all of the possible outcomes. ...and if having a peg leg is _really_ going to increase your dock clout. 😅

Totally relate to that last sentence in particular. 👍

Out for dinner at Port Vila the night before we left Vanuatu.

Hey Steve. Good pick up. I suppose it is designed that way just for the visitors. Everyone seems to take that same photo at the harbour. 👍

Thanks Kath. 👍.

Hey Dirty Bird, yes petty theft is definitely something to be mindful of but it doesn’t seem to be a problem everywhere. Sadly the wealth gap is huge & sometimes the temptation is just too much. We don’t like it, but can certainly understand the motivation behind it, so try to mitigate the opportunity & temptation.

Thanks RP. Yes Jaygo is a really solid boat. 👍

Sorry Mick. Will try harder. 👍

Hey Jimmy. Yes we were very close to heaving to. That was our next option.

Plan B was heave to. Plan C was bear away downwind. Plan C would have kept us in the bad weather much longer.

Not at the time! 😁

yes 2 knts current in favour. the hull speed of that boat cannot do 8knts

Hey Bryan, the design hull speed is 8.62knts. We do that speed regularly in good conditions. 👍

Hey Charles, normally I agree with that statement but I make an exception for Boobies. They make a massive mess that really stinks & is a pain to clean up. Sorry but no free rides for them. 😁. Rob.

Thanks mate. 👍

@davylee88 Best advice I can give you under those circumstances would be (providing the hull is sound & a proven design) would be to find one with the big ticket items already done. ie. reliable & maintained engine, good sails & standing rigging in good nick. When refitting, there are so many things to think about but if you are going to live aboard, install largest fuel & water tanks you can! 👍.

@@sailingjaygo thank you very much . Best advice so far.

No worries.

I have seen quite a lot of boats similar age and size. Price doesn't seem to low.

Some older boats are actually better built than many newer ones & this will often be reflected in the price. Jaygo is 26yrs old & boats like this are not cheap. Good luck with your search.

Only fee is boat rego. There are anchoring time limits & restrictions on the broadwater though, especially south of Wavebreak island. Jaygo is 53’.

@@sailingjaygo thanks can u direct me to where info in time limit n restrictions? Thanks again

Google is your friend for this. See gcwa.qld.gov.au/portfolio-item/anchoring-and-mooring-in-gold-coast-waterways/ Managed by Gold Coast Waterways Authority.

@trailbarge12. Fair question! The Ballooner & Spinnaker are actually different sails. Certainly no agenda from us to change terminology but Dee put “Spinnaker” on the thumbnail because most non-sailors (& many sailors) don’t know what a Ballooner is. The main Ballooner on a Super Maramu has a bolt rope on the luff that goes up an extra track on the headsail foil & is used primarily for DDW sailing in combination with a poled out genoa. We also carry a traditional asymmetric spinnaker for reaching angles. To confuse further, we also have a loose luff Mizzen Ballooner that we fly from the mizzen mast & it is more shaped like an asymmetric spinnaker! I hope that clarifies. Rob.

Thanks

@billhanna5455 Yeah it was a bit surprising that we needed no headsail at all in those conditions. Maybe the current had a bit to do with it. We needed the full mizzen sheeted in hard to keep the bow where it needed to be. Didn’t even look like going close to head to wind.

@ojov Yes, in that instance the genoa was fully furled. The boat was well balanced in that wind & sea state with just the full mizzen. TWS was around 25 knots & only 1m - 2m seas. There was a bit of current heading downwind. Different conditions might require a different configuration but with the ketch rig there are plenty of options. 👍

Thanks Sumo. 👍

Hey David. Yep & Yep. It makes a huge difference when you trust your boat. 👍

Hey Charlie. She is a dead set tank. Makes us feel safe when the weather turns bad. 👍💕

Hey Juan, I learned to navigate WAY before GPS or digital charts existed. We also carry paper charts for everywhere we sail, just as a backup. We hardly ever use them apart from passage planning. You may notice in some of Dee’s videos that the corresponding paper chart is displayed under clear plastic on the salon table. I am looking at one as I type this. I don’t know anyone who navigates using only paper anymore. There is much more information on the digital charts. Do you only use paper?

Thanks!

Thanks Andrew. 🙏🏻

Thanks Alan. We do generally try to avoid weather like that if we can though. Thanks for your kind comment. 👍

Thanks Marcus. Staying dry & having trust in the boat certainly makes it easier than otherwise. 👍