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Ahh! We love it here already. 💕👍

@@sailingjaygo i hope to Indonesia

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Hey Shan. Amel Super Maramu. Although, you can experience awesome times in many different boats. If you are a complete novice as you say, please go to any sailing club & ask to go out on a boat. It can be life changing & it is definitely not about the boat (in my opinion). Good luck mate. 👍.

It does not surprise us at all about getting your kids to leave. It is just wonderful.

Thanks Alan. We would rather not sail in this weather if possible! 👍

Great place but with challenging weather sometimes. I think this may be why the kiwis are such great sailors. 👍

I unknowingly caught it in Port Vila but didn’t show symptoms till at sea. Dee was trying to not catch it from me once I got sick. Didn’t work though. Rob.

@@sailingjaygo oh so sorry, from the video it sort of sounded like covid just popped up in the middle of the ocean, lol! Glad everyone is ok now!

No worries. All good. 👍

That’s definitely two words you could use. I can think of a couple more as well. 😁👍.

Only two of us on board & filming stuff is further down the list than managing the boat & enjoying ourselves. I am amazed at how much Dee does capture on camera though. Rob.

Some people are prone to it, some less so. Some not at all.

Thanks for your comment Franklin. Just a couple of points though. Heel angle was not excessive for those conditions. Bare poles in that wind & those seas would be almost the same. Reducing sail further would have been a pointless exercise considering we had about the size of an Opti sail as mizzen, no main at all & a tiny (think 420 jib) amount of genoa out. This was enough to make headway. The companionway point is more a judgment call of mine & I would make the same call again in similar conditions. Some boats are more exposed than the SM in that regard. Lastly, with regard to tacking. Tacking through 140 degrees in that sea would DEFINITELY have had us going backwards. (Not our first rodeo. Been sailing for 50yrs, including at world championship level). Luckily we are generally able to avoid sailing in these conditions but sometimes you get caught if you do it for long enough. We were a heartbeat away from heaving to that night. 👍.

@@sailingjaygo 140 degrees is not backwards, 180 is.

Yes Franklin, I understand the difference between 140 & 180. When you allow for leeway made in those conditions as well as the northbound current, I assure you that tacking would have been one of the worst possible options. (And it would have held us in atrocious weather for another 24hrs). By the way, I am not having a go at you, I am just giving our rationale taking into account our experience, knowledge of our boat & of course knowing that area very well.

Thanks David. Yeah, we were wondering where everyone was! It was great having the place to ourselves. 👍.

Not always like this though! 👍

Very true Richie. 👍

Maybe not as much a croc I suppose! 😁

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Hey Steve, We missed loads of places that are awesome. Dee just wanted to give a taste. How is that H14T of yours going? Didn’t see you at the Nationals!

Hey Coleen, I can’t comment on the boat you speak of as I have not seen it. There is plenty of info about the Amel construction technique out there but no, we have not published photos or videos of this as Dee’s videos are more about our experiences. Rob.

That would be a bit wild, especially with windward tide. Often it gets so rough that the big tour boats go the long way around & through Hook Passage.

Yes it was a little wild. The down wind run was awesome up past Hamo

I bet! 👍

Hey Leanne. As you know, swimming with George is Dee in her element! Rob. 💕💕💕💕

@@sailingjaygo certainly is, our mermaid ❤️

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Thanks Paul. Moody are a very solid boat, that’s for sure. We have seen quite a few in the South Pacific.

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Thanks mate. It is a beautiful part of the NZ coastline. Amazing how quickly the weather changes. If you stay in close though it seems you can avoid the worst of it.

@@sailingjaygo Funnily enough I received advice from a number of people to stay well out if it blows NW, like about 30+ nm offshore where it's often more settled and less violent. We wanted to see the coast though. Castlepoint lighthouse all lit up with the surrounding lights at 1am looked incredible, while seeing the locals buzzing around in their small tinnies off Stoney Bay (well South) in 40 knots just reinforced it was a normal day on the water for them!

Not being a local, I would not have been game to go out wider. We were concerned about the fetch if we went wide.

Hey Cec. No, she doesn’t have gyro. That would more likely be found on a yacht more oriented towards racing. Jaygo is most definitely on the cruising side of the spectrum but I could certainly see the benefit as we steer by autopilot 95% of the time.

Lol. Had to go back & see what you referred to. 👍.

Thanks Jim. All true mate.

Hey Al, yep the ketch rig gives loads of options & we love it, especially when the breeze gets up. As far as the dodger goes, the hard dodger on the Amel is particularly robust. If it went, I suspect we would have other pretty serious issues as well! Regarding your point about heaving to; We VERY nearly took that option. 👍.

Hey David, the 50 may be able to run as you describe, I don’t know. However, many newer boats still have a faster VMG if gybing downwind. It was all a bit of fun though & I am not sure if the Amel 50 owner was trying too hard. 😁. See you in SE Asia on your Kraken. 👍.

Hey Mark. I measured the blue line the way I rig it & it is actually slightly longer than the way described in the SM manual so functionally it operates the same way. The added benefit is that it keeps the decks clear. It can’t put any more load on the rig than in the way described in the manual. I don’t see a downside but nonetheless I did consult other owners (including one that you & I both know of and would consider an expert) before Dee posted this video. It actually did work as designed when we accidentally backwinded the Genoa, causing that line to stretch & the pole to swing in. Thanks for your input, I really value it & your experience. Rob.

@@sailingjaygo Hi Rob, I'm a little confused as to how your method of rigging can make the fore guy (blue) slightly longer. At 1:03 on your video, it shows your setup, the excess line on the deck, and the cleat on the coach top just forward to the dodger that it should be fastened to. This would clearly be a longer line if fastened to the correct cleat. (looks like you have something else fastened to it) If you look at the blue line you will also see when attached to the correct cleat, the line markings put on by Amel to aid the pole setup align with this cleat. Not sure who you might have shown this to who agreed it is correct. I'm sorry to say, that person misled Dee.

Hey Mark, yes the original Amel whipped line markings are still there. The line is definitely longer the way I have been rigging it. I measured it both ways. It also worked exactly as designed when we stuffed up & backwinded the Genoa. The blue line stretched & the pole immediately came in. NB. I am NOT advising anyone else to do anything any particular way. We never do on Dee’s videos. We only show what works for us.

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Definitely no buyers remorse. We love our SM (apart from the fact that the Amel 50 is in a totally different price league). 👍

Hey Paul. I am very interested in where you get your information that a few Amels have been dismasted in similar conditions? I know of only two Super Maramus ever being dismasted other than in a collision. Bear in mind almost 500 were built between 1998 & 2006 & many have traveled huge distances across oceans. I wonder if many (any?) other brands have this reputation.

@@sailingjaygo it was Sailing Aquarius, they made a few video's about it on RUclips.

Thanks for the reply Paul. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. I know of two such dismastings . One being Aquarius & one being Crusader. This is why we explained how we rig our lines. I am pretty sure I know what happened on Crusader but I honestly don’t know what caused the dismasting of Aquarius & obviously am very keen to understand what he has learned. Thanks again.

@@sailingjaygo I believe Aquarius rigged their poles incorrectly as you have. The rigger in one of their videos speaks of accidentally jibing putting stress on the mast - most likely due to this. If their insurance company figures this out, it's highly probable they will not get paid as it would be considered a policy violation.

Hey Mark. Appreciate your comment. I replied to your other comment on the video relating to this issue. I won’t say anything on the Aquarius dismasting but I hope I clarified in my other response to you. Thanks again.

Hey Wally. No. The Amel SM deck is faux teak. Just gelcoat in the mold. Super pragmatic.

Lol!! Dee is just a BIT competitive hey? PS. She loved your comment John.

​@sailingjaygo, made a rod for your own back. Anything less than winning is now unacceptable lol.

Haha. Gotta take the wins when you can. Many a world champion has won a regatta without winning a race in the final though. Consistency is the key! 😁😁👍👍

Definitely can be! 👍

Wow. Thanks. 👍

Thanks guys. You two are going to have an awesome adventure together. 💕💕

Hey Peter. When the wind is that strong it doesn’t swing much at all. We basically trim the sails & set the course to put the least amount of load on the gear as possible. Hard to believe, but you can get the boat into a bit of a rhythm when you get the wave angle & sail set up right. You still get the periodic really big waves that knock you off balance though. Nighttime, you are sailing by feel & instruments.

Thanks Matthew.

Thanks Steven. Maybe appeared chill because we were both sick? 😁. I must admit though that neither of us panic when under pressure & this helps a lot.

Thanks Radu

We do eat quite a lot of fish, but never take more than we need and are hyper-conscious of waste. Each to their own I suppose. With regard to our boat, we seriously feel privileged to have her. The Amel Super Maramu is a seriously great boat designed for the type of cruising we do. The coastal cruising is relatively easy and can be done safely and comfortably on many different designs. Open ocean sailing in bad weather is a totally different proposition and it is at those times we feel safe on this boat.

@@sailingjaygo Vielen Dank tolles Schiff ich gucke weiter euern Kanal😁😁😁

thanks mate. Hope you enjoy

The weather system was an “East Coast Low” with wind & waves coming from the South. As the wind increased we furled the main totally & sailed under heavily reefed Genoa & heavily reefed mizzen. This has the effect of still keeping the boat powered up, but massively opening the slot. Our course was about 70 degrees to wind & swell. We could definitely make no headway pointing any higher. We did also start the engine once we encountered the Northbound current to ensure we made it into the Lee of Moreton Island. All boats & crew are different though. This is just what worked for us & our boat in those conditions. Thanks for your great question & generous comment.

Thanks D.M. for such a generous comment. 👍

Hey Cooper. She is a 1998 Amel Super Maramu.

Thanks Gregoire. They are great boats. We feel privileged to have her.

Cheers back at ya Dennis. 👍💕

Most yachties capture rainwater for drinking. 👍

Thanks Bill. Appreciate the comment. Definitely right about the lesser of two evils. 👍