THE STAIRCASE LOCK- Our Biggest Challenge Yet! | French Canals | Ep 100
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- Опубликовано: 1 окт 2024
- For our 100th Episode we're celebrating with the biggest challenge we've faced since crossing the Atlantic Ocean: a 7 Lock staircase on the French canals.
The Canal du Midi is full of challenges, but nothing quite like this staircase lock. Check out the video to see how we manage it!
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“Nick’s having to do everything by himself”, she says as she dangles over a precipice keeping the boat from hitting the side of the lock with sheer leg power.
Terysa Vanderloo, you are some kind of woman. And that’s an understatement. You are smart, game, courageous, encouraging, confident, and not a bitch. Such a hard balance to pull off. I learn so much from you.
Also that handle idea was pretty great, Nick. I guess after you guys have built an A frame and dismantled your mast you can pretty much do anything.
I’m a better person for having followed your channel for a while. That sounds overly dramatic, but it’s true.
Jennifer, your comments are always so kind and thoughtful. Thank you
The fact they did that without (on video ;-) ) yelling AT each other put a huge smile on my face while watching it. What a great testament to a partnership under such a stressful situation!
and dont forget she's easy on the eyes :-)
I think Nick was the most stressed.
Yeah she's so calm despite the situation.
You are such a nice couple. That is what makes this channel attractive.
I've been watching them for about 2 years, and they're an genuine as they come! Their livestreams are always really open and honest too. My fav. RUclips couple, let alone sailing couple :3
This is such a treat. Thank you for going the road less traveled. Stressful at times, but great fun to watch.
If your relationship survived this you should be good for another 50 years or so 😉
C Mosca so much truth in this comment. Brilliant.
Such a great episode. Had no idea about the canals and locks there! Simply amazing.
Relationship building exercise!!! You two are an amazing couple!
You need the corkscrew dog tethers as stakes
A bit of a stupid land dweller question: Why haven't you wrapped that protruding mast end in a couple of blankets and some cheap 5€ pillows? It can then accidentally touch the wall without damage... and you throw the trashed cheap pillows away...
We did my friend. There were old towels inside those buckets.
Would it be fair to say that this insane set of canal locks will be a one-time life experience? Haha. Whew. It was nerve wracking just to watch!
Check that off the list of something I will never try. Not in a sailboat for sure.
@Janice we'd love to do the European waterways again at a more leisurely pace, perhaps in an actual canal boat/barge. But not for a very long time- for now, we're very happy sailing on the opens seas!
Even the plant looked pretty tense. Think I saw it trying to point Nick to port.
F@ck me, thats Heart Attack action just waiting..................and spectators to boot. Well done guys.
Try doing that with an catamaran :-) .
That would be easy - you would only need fenders.
Exciting, to say the least... well done
Congratulations on your 100th video - keep the great content coming please
It looked so daunting at first 😱😰, I don’t think I’ve seen Nick look so serious before! 🧐 On the plus side Nick’s improvisation was stellar 🤓 however, I did get a little worried watching him get a little too engrossed when he started sharpening the spade handles. It must have been hard ground on the banks of the canal, he could have had somebody’s eye out with those beasts! Did he have a nightmare the evening before about vampires or something? 🧛🏼♂️🧛♀️🧟♀️🧟♂️.
You’ll both look back on this and be able to enjoy it later on. I think Nicky n Jason will be soo jealous of you both. Top job 👌, give each other a pat on the back and, wait for some more bumps in the adventure. 👍
Congrats on your 100th ... Nick, You don't look a day over 90 !! ...
You two are so entertaining and so inspiring, I have watched all your videos and look forward to the next 100 (and more) with bated breath !! Good Luck and Thank You !!
"Where's our applause?" indeed! sorry the audience didn't show it's appreciation for the entertainment. Looks extremely stressful. I will have to remember to throw in a "my love" in such a situation! Thanks for sharing.
2 BIG Thumbs up for a awesome job going through those locks! Great video and a fantastic couple! Terysa it is Always a good time for a cold beer! Enjoy!!!
GR8 footage guys. Man that looked stressful to me ! Especially with all that shiny fibreglass just waiting to be scratched. Still an amazing adventure though.
Now..that's the way to experience your final days with one hull.
If I was in a position where I saw somebody needing a hand as you guys did, even if I didn't speak a particular language, I would certainly offer to assist. Even you Nick. I'm originally from Scotland.
I've been following you guys for a while now. I enjoy your videos. Thanks.
Always love your videos - this one WAY TOO stressful. Certain you love this adventure. I would never go through this hassle with a sailboat. Bless you for sharing. Thanks
Great video again.
But it's amazing that you filmed while in that difficult task.
I think in Therysa's role I would had left the camera somewhere along the locks.
Why on earth did you not just invite a few well bodied individuals for a boat ride up the locks?? Seriously I help out all the time at locks; people are always willing to help@ locks
Just saying.
Fairwinds from the @captains.chair
That was scary and exhausting to watch you two go at it, getting through those locks. Hopefully no damage to the boat. And hopefully no injuries, aside from Nick's thumbnail. You guys were fortunate that no one was on the opposite side of that long tunnel. Congratulations on your 100th episode!!
Having gone through the Caledonian Canal a couple of times, flights of Scottish Locks seem much easier to Navigate & more laid back (Scotland more laid back than France! seems weird). That said take out the complication of the Mast on the deck and it would certainly have been an easier task. At least the French keep the gongoozlers back - in Scotland you have to fight your way through them bowline in hand. Given you were also filming at the same time you did a fantastic job
I am going to go check my blood pressure after watching this. I can't imagine how high Nick's must have been!
Also- try turning the chisel around next time. The long flat side goes up. The angle goes toward the wood. You should have more success next time.
We did 116 locks while doing the America’s Great Loop but nothing quite that challenging. Very beautiful video.
The speed at which the water gushes in takes your breath away and almost compromises your boat handling. Important never to rush even if the lock keepers yell at you. It's a major challenge two up and in an 8m boat you're toast if you get intimidated. With the tourist boats it's very challenging and the keepers hate any rafting unless it's all changed since 2003.
Looks like bow thrusters would be well worth it for that passage!
This is why narrowboats have centre lines - they make all the difference. I must have single-handed through staircase locks a hundred times.
But then narrowboats don’t have any clutter on the superstructure getting in your way when stepping on & off with a line tied thirty feet in front of you, or a delicate mast sticking out of the front. They are also built to withstand gentle (and not so gentle!) contact with other boats, lock gates, and stone walls.
I’m very relaxed when I lock through staircases in my narrowboat: I wouldn’t sleep for a month if I was asked to take a blue water sailing boat through one.
Huge respect to you for doing this. I recommend yoga, whiskey and therapy to help the recovery.
Happy 100th. Fantastic episode. Seriously surprised fellow boaters on the motor boat, having around 7 on board did not offer assistance. Also, Nick... what happened to the "Fork handles" very expected joke there while Teresa was explaining what you had used to make your ground pegs? You just lost a couple of kudos points for letting that one slip by.
I have navigated quite many locks to date and I found those 7 locks to be more challenging than the one I went thru. The rounded wall on your starboard side made the passing more challenging because of the mast extending forward. Also, there was also quite a bit of current in between locks, that should'nt be. Cheers
It was funny to watch your struggle with the locks :) It reminded me and my baby while we were new into those too.We are nowhere near as experienced in open waters as you guys but we live and go canal boating in Holland and around, and such situations are daily practice for us :) It takes a while to get used to them but after that they are just fun! I love your videos - New viewer/follower.
Who thought of doing this? Did you ever dream of what you were about to put yourselves through? Well i'm glad you didn't think so long that you might have talked yourselves out of it. Look what you would have missed, an adventure that you will never forget and we got to see thru your eyes (camera). Thanks guys, even though I thing you two are just a little bit crazy.
Really sucks that all those people in the background wouldn't help out. Lazy turds, you got it done and they look like fools! Great vid.
You 2 are amazing! Not sure I could have made it through the locks without a gallon of whisky to calm the nerves. I'm also hoping to have the chance someday to see if I can, that looks like an amazing trip.
Staircase lock probably the most horrifying thing on a canal. The people watching we call gongoozlers. Now a tunnel that is 100 metres is not a tunnel it’s a bridge hole try doing the blissworth tunnel at 2800 metres or the braunston tunnel at 1800 but with a slight kink in it so you have to be careful not to hit the side and also two way traffic. The blissworth takes you about 50 min to get through in total darkness apart from your small lamp at the front. Anyway great videos can’t wait to see Carcassonne love the town when’s the in September and we fell in love with it!
Thought of you guys when I heard the news of the terrible California boat explosion. Your focus in the reviews about life raft placement and ease of deployment. Why, in the main cabin, isn’t there a switch or cord to pull that would immediately release a life raft into the water already tied to the boat? That way if the boat was on fire or in distress you could get out and not waste time accessing the life raft and inflating it? Even a private aircraft (Cirrus) has a switch to deploy a parachute in an emergency! Would it also not be wiser to make the cabin access hatches larger? Thx and be safe!
We love your channel! You handled that situation so well, both of you! You communicate to each other in respectful ways, even under extreme duress. I wish mainstream TV featured healthy couples like the two of you over the yelling/fighting low-class couples they usually show, who shower each other with contempt. Another reason we don't have cable. My main thought through the whole ordeal was, 'why don't these bloody onlookers offer a friggin' hand! One hand, to catch a line, that's all! jay-sus, people!!'
Hahaha, thanks mate. In all fairness onlookers can do more damage by mishandling a line than good.
Always love your explorations, you should have rented a narrow boat and done a few locks in England before France. All in all a fine example of good team work and exploration. Thank you for sharing the good, the bad and the ugly of touring in a sailboat where no sailboat should really be.
Whew!!!!! Great episode guys ❤️ from NC
What is the fucking point of doing this. Why don't you guys do it with kayak. I believe it's so stupid and was hoping your boat cracked up or break apart in pieces, so dumb. It's like people who go fishing for sport, they catch the fish and throw it back. My thought is why stress a fish by catching it if you're not going to eat it.
What a wonderful video....thanks !!! :)
Holy shit-with-an-audience. Well done folks.
WOW . . . just Wow. They yell to each other, almost go horse, undergo stress and still manage to smile and laugh. Nick, I think this women is a real keeper; that might be the understatement of the day! Great vids as always “guys”. Thank you.
One gets the impression that had your boat have been old and battered the experience would have been a lot less stressful!
This was a real blast watching you go through this canal system. Something to see sheep grazing along the side of a sailboat. Happy Trails.
I'd say you did a great job filming especially win you add in the fact that you were handling both lines running up and down and filming and all at the same time it came across pretty good we got a good view of what you were doing
Ship the mast next time
That was good to witness, fore warning wise. Do you think that using two lines together (bow and a springer) using the engine in slow reverse to keep the boat against the wall would work in the staircase?
I am shocked that none of the people watching offered to help. I would have at least offered to help if I was there.
what a great change from all the same old same old island hoping vides out there I really love this . this has got me putting a plane together to do the same sail I love this . keep up the great vids guys
All those people watching and none of them offered to help. Damn. Wish I had been there.
Congratulations, that is one hell of an achievement
Hmmmm,.... ,maybe , next time, I'd take the bus? 😉😁
Seems to me there's a job opening for line handlers there, hard to believe no one is taking advantage of the clear need... New business venture for someone wat would u have paid for two estra hands?
hy n nice video i drive with my camper ad wine yard and drink buy and sleep thair pasion on france i love it
Great show as always. Thanks guys. Love your work.
That is amazing. Enjoying your journeys
Terysa you were the best I like how you keep a cool head. after all Nike is a Bloke.
Oh... My... Gosh!!! I was yelling at my screen to those people to get off their asses and offer some help!!! Unbelievable! Nice job you guys.
Haha, it really is better to just do everything yourself than trusting inexperienced people to help you. But an offer of help would have been appreciated nonetheless!
Well, you know, spectators spectate not participate.
Wow! what an incredible accomplishment! With that kind of freeboard and overhangs, kinda points out why canal boats are shaped like they are...
A bit more breeze might have really complicated things!
As fascinating as this was, I'm wondering if you would
a) recommend taking a sailboat through these canals, and
b) why you didnt hire some assistance from locals.
What a great vid! Thanks!
Yes on hiring a local hand. When "another channel" went thru the Panama Canal, they were _required_ to hire sufficient hands to make the passage.
I don't think i would attempt all the locks as you two have
Nick has the skills to be a successful vampire Hunter, should the need ever come up, congratulations on the 💯! You guys did a great job and always fun to watch!
Wow! Felt your stress. Great teamwork you two.👍😀
Great edit. The stress was palpable. Well done!
Hey guys , you should have bought "fork handles" (4 candles - 2 Ronnies) to tie up to.
Never sailed through a vineyard , but I am trying some of their product right now
Really great boat handling skills!
Nick's shirt was "clean" at the beginning and very sweaty at the end. Evidence of the effort! Well done!
Great video. felt I was with you. Just in the process of buying a Southerly 110 in UK from John Warne in Chichester - he mentioned you were on your way back. Brought my Najad (now sold) back from Med the long way via Biscay but with a 2.1 mtr keel didn't have much choice. Looking forward to the new adventures with a swing keel.
Awesome mate.John is lovely. We will be bringing the boat back next year to sell her. We ran out of time this year.
🥴 Wow that was stressful for even us viewers 🥴
Awesome teamwork
I’m having a very hard time finding your Vlogs and Episodes in order. You seem to have many far out of order. Any tricks to help me out so I catch them all? I don’t want to miss any of them. It is so refreshing and interesting. Thank you! I love your videos! Thank you so much!!! I love your content and find myself living vicariously through them! Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhh.............
Hey Leanne,
Try this link....
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It’s everything in order from episode 1.
That settles it. 1. I’m going to get anxiety tablets from the doc tomorrow 2. I’m not going through the French canals. 3. You are going to breeze the Panama Canal 4. You guys are ice cool. Great vlog guys.
Hahahahaha mate. Go easy on those pills 🤣🤣🤣
WOW. Stressful Episode. I had a drink for you on this one!!!! LOL HAPPY "100"
Having some Primarius from Oregon watching this right now!
Do you have the ICC and the CEVNI?
Tony & Susan here, Really stressful lock climbing , we sympathize with that type of ordeal and salute you for keeping it together.
Thanks! It was a challenge but we managed!
"Try and go slowly my love" epic.
Awesome video! That was pretty amazing to watch you adjust to the challenges. Thanks for sharing.
Great job working together.
Great job guys. 👍
the bystanders know what's up; they're there for some entertainment!
also i know all too well the enhancing frustration of a captain trying to contain the situation and the deck hands feeling like they're not capable enough
Haha fair point mate. The deckhand does however know exactly what to do at all times 🤣
Nice video Ruby Rose! Cheers from the channel islands California
Other than being short one hand, that does look like a lot of fun. Great video
Well DONE! great Vid!!
Congratulations on episode 100, and what an episode it is! Great job! Glad we had beers while we were watching!
good work. was the other boat in your docks tying up each time or just using thrusters and engine to hold their place in the dock?
They were tying up. 😀
Open seas and blue water is why I watch - vicarious living through you!! But now I want to go on a whole additional set of adventures thanks to your inland voyage!! So interesting and different. Thanks for sharing!!
Nerve wracking to say the least, good thing you're in wine country 😂🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷
I need a beer after watching that and I don’t drink. Great job. 👍👍👍
WOW! Nice work, guys! You deserved a case of beer after that!
or 6 lol!
what do you think your measured airdraft was with your mast/bimini rigged this way?
It was exactly 3m. If you watch the first canal episode we talk about how we came to decide on the draft to have
Brilliant team work guys - you kept your cool and supported each other too. I had to laugh at the "plucking thumb" - I've got one of those too and for the same reason as Nick! :)
Four candles...... I mean fork handles!
Fashioning stakes out of those handles, was brilliant. It is funny how much anticipation and stress is transmitted through your camera to us. I am glad that you didn't experience any damage.
Wow, that was amazing. Great job with the 7 lock staircase.
France is just beautiful. I visited the region some years ago and seeing it from the water is very cool.
Omg. That was scaryv
Great boat handling
I would have been sh**ing my trousers.
Oh and there are 3 types of "fun". Type 1 is enjoyable when you are doing it, type 2 is enjoyable in retrospect, and type 3 is completely unenjoyable. :)