Timing The Tide Thru The Lochs of Scotland | Step 304
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Not sure how to put this. You guys are one of the biggest most amazing success stories I can think of atm. To think of where you came from, no sailing experience, what you started with, a boat most would see as a goner, what you did with it, probably making it better, more seaworthy, than new, the design with the space available, the absolute cleanliness and organization, the eco friendly electrical makeover, and just the sailing/traveling you've got under your belts now. You have totally opened my eyes to what is possible with even a smallish boat. Your travels to the North have absolutely put you in a different class. You are two very special people. Thanks!
Absolutely agree!
O P
Nailed it.
Well said 👍 I absolutely agree with you beautifully put… and to me, this couple (Dan & Kika) is one of the most amazing people of the world in our life time. Smart, well-educated, very handy, artistic, bright, healthy, young couple, who love each other. Every step of the way, they have built their very own success story.
Scotland has a lot of history but I love how you adorn each other with care, affection, and strength of character. May you have all the light and love in this world.
You went right past my office, in Kyle of Lochalsh 🥰
Never thought of a machete as being a must have sailors tool. But now I know! Gives more meaning to the word “choppy“ Thanks!
and have a lanyard on it and around your wrist
never not go without one, and make sure its always sharp. It will help a lot when catching nets too and unfortunately there are plenty of nets adrift.
@@phuketbungalowinfo2757 Sad but true. It's a crying shame! My wife knew a fisherman who had fished all of his life from his teens into adulthood in Punta Gorda, Florida. All net fishing was banned and they were given enough money to go to school to learn a new trade. It was beautiful there the way my wife talks about it.
The plan for the machete is opening coconuts. The reality is weeds and nets!
@@MrJhchrist haha, ok but i actually opened more nuts with it as cutting any other stuff 🤣🤣
While watching the wind indicator getting fixed, I was impressed all over again with what a great team you are.
oooooh Oban and the western Isles, I can see Whisky tasting in the future :-)
Really strange seeing your perspective of Scotland so far through these videos! I work on the ferries you seen in oban and around the west coast
Don't get much more synonymous with the Western Isles than Cal Mac ferries :-)!
The earth belongs unto the lord and all that it contains, except the Kyles and western Isles: those are Caledonian Macbrayne’s
I love how dolphins like to show themselves to people they come in contact with as they travel.
They have been following UMA from the beginning.
So refreshing to see a sailing channel that actually sails
I love the snap of the sail when it fills with air, like the acceleration...
Love the sail attitude. The first ten years of my sailing life it was with no motor. Sail or nothing. I still think that way 35 years later.
May I ask, what length is your yacht/s? And is their a limit from your experience?
@@Mumbo_Jumbo_Kiwi.1
32" the only limit is in and out of marinas, some of which are completely impossible and some are only possible in favorable wind. But since I was moored in a bay I always sailed off the mooring ball and into anchor or another mooring ball. Marinas are definitely a problem with no motor.
@@vandbaxelrad6902 I sailed with a skipper who had a perpetually broken down engine. He would reverse out of his slip under sail. He did have the advantage of a race crew. Also met a French bloke who actually swam his 28 footer into marinas in New Caledonia. Just swim, alter the rudder and push. I think you need the right conditions for it and a level of knowlege and skill that many of us will never attain.
@@philgray1023 when winds, tieds and currents are cooperating anything is possible. When not... you can have serious problems even with 1000hp engine.
17:20. That perspective of the tack; Awesome. So smooth. Fine sailing there, sir.
I'm here for the Scottish dolphins! One day maybe we will get over there, I think Saoirse needs to visit Ireland too.
Don't miss the Orcas off Ardnemurchan either!
Saoirse definitely needs to visit Ireland, you'll be very welcome !!
Scotland is magic. People to. Can't wait to go back there. How cool it must be to sail amongst dolphins.
My home waters. Perfect sailing areas. Tidal bits, fun detailed navigation needed. Great scenery. Lots of anchorages and places to get on a pontoon if dry stop wanted for provisioning.
Welcome to sailing our wonderful West coast of Scotland and our famous tidal gates. A magical place.
Back in 2012, I traveled through Scotland on a 53ft Bruce Roberts sailboat with my family. I was 6…maybe 7 years old but now I’m 17 and turning 18 next month. Watching your videos really brings back good memories!
Bonny - scratch that - Balmy Scotland! Nothing like a little rainstorm while you're fighting wind and current.
Can't believe you bypassed Tobermory on Mull, a lovely spot. Great episode though!
Welcome to Scotland our home turf. Impressed tacking through the Kyles of Rhea. Look forward to next episode. M & P
The narrow section you came through is called Kyle Rhea and it's always best to come through there at slack tide or, at least, having the tide with you - as you discovered! I spent all last summer sailing around that area and have spent the winter at Craobh Haven ("Croove Haven") just south of Oban, where I have converted to electric propulsion! I will shortly be heading up to Stornoway so it was cool to see your experience there.
Sea kayaking that route is 'interesting'.
Interesting.... electric propulsion. That was my first ever sailing harbour with borrowed 23 ft boat and very experienced helm showing me the sailing detail for cruising as opposed to dinghy sailing. i e. Make a passage. Plan it. Sailing is magical.
I was surprised at the time that you decided to sail though Loch Alsh and Kyle Rhea. Now I see you encountered the currents and overfalls that many avoid. You managed it very well, Such a shame you didn't have time to linger and coast hop. So many beautiful and interesting places you sailed by. After spending so much time visiting every nook and cranny of Norway it seems strange to me. It was odd to see you sail past Skye which is so dear to me and never even mention it by name. Nice to see a step of sailing. Those are my favourites.
I agree, it seems very odd
Yeah I'm a dumb American and even I know this area is overflowing with history (and Scotch).
I am amazed this wind thing lasted as long as it did given the environment.
Yeah you would think that it's internals would be potted or encapsulated.
Me too. A cheaply-constructed plastic piece of junk. Like everything these days.
@@mirror1675 & expensive to boot
@@billhanna8838 yeah you got that right, £400-£500 here in the UK. only aviation related stuff is more expensive than boat stuff. They think that all sailboat owners are wealthy, MOST definitely are not.
Glad to see im not the only one having trouble getting the battens past the lazy jacks when lifting the mainsail :-)
For sure you’re not alone on that one 😃
Funny. After months of watching you on all your travels, now you are in waters I know.
Started watching you guys about the time you decided to go electric I thought the channel would be about 2 young architects doing Habitat for humanity type stuff. Now I forget you even went electric lol listening for the engine noise that never comes. Sail on.
Another groovy sailing adventure. One of the most original sailing shows on RUclips. Stay groovy and stay safe.
Oh I love Stornoway! I am Canadian but was lucky enough to do one of my teaching placements at the school in town. Stayed for three weeks and absolutely fell in love with it!🥰🥰🥰🥰
I would suggest that the solder connection should last the life of the battery - which, given it is trickle charging from the solar panel and is lithium, should be a very long time indeed. Probably something else will go wrong before that. No need to change the connector, that is more for the convenience of assembly at manufacture, your solution is probably better.
You have covered the joint in shrink-wrap, that's really all you would need.
pro tip: I make the cuts in the positive and negative wires at different lengths, with opposing cuts on the receiving cables, such that the solder joints are off-set from one another. In this way, even if the shrink-wrap fails in some way, you are not going to have the one touching the other.
I would be inclined to glue the door shut with a little silicon, which will also hold the battery in place if you do it right. You will not suffer any further leakage then, though you will need to be sparing, so that you can get the door open in the future.
that green shrinkwrap around two AAA cells screams Ni-MH to me.
@@_f355 Exactly what they are.
@@_f355 The same thing as in our cordless landline phones right down to the connector.
@@_f355 I've got 18650 cells that look like shrinkwrapped... and a LiFePo battery for a small RC helicopter that looks very similar to what they have, down to the connector, except mine looks like three cells instead of their two.
Hot-glue gun for the WIN!
My wife and I started watching you guys a few months ago and have been watching both your current videos and slowly catching up on everything else, from the beginning.
By a really odd coincidence, last week we watched the episode where you installed the transducer, and I wondered aloud if the tiny battery/solar panel would give you trouble in northern climes. I commented to her that I wondered how that three year-old battery was holding up and considered writing a comment and asking, but decided it was too late.
“I guess we’ll watch and see.” Lo and behold, in the very next NEW video…it failed. It was kind of surreal.
It also goes to show they are probably becoming expert in electronics repair. When you think about how many individual circuit boards and solder points are on that boat it makes your head spin. I recommended DeOxit spray because it not only deoxidizes but leaves behind an oil seal against moisture/air.
Always a pleasure to watch you sail UMA!
It's great watching you sail, Dan you make tacking look like childs play, or that you could do that in your sleep, wait, I think you've done that too! Stay safe!
Just think about how many times they have tacked since they got that boat. I suppose they could almost tell you given all their progress is captured on GPS devices.
Ah Scotland, my second home for 17 years and such mixed memories of joy… and opposite of joy! Can’t wait to be back! 🇨🇦🏴
You create, manifest, such a gorgeously real adventure.
Finally somewhere I’ve been.. Oban is always our jumping off point to catch the ferries to the outlying islands.. love these videos
So wonderful, I had the luck to be at Oban, Mull and Staffa (!!!) twice (1985 and 2014). Great sailing - tacking in these narrow channels - no motoring. I liked the thumbnail very much. Happy Easter from Berlin to wherever you are at the moment.
Another week has passed and your in the land of my family and friends . Enjoy your stay ,oh have some fun with the food the single malt and the hills .
Angus.
We were in your situation and arrived at our island too early after an overnighter. My wife was at the helm and she simply hove to. It went incredibly quiet and the gentle rocking sent me in to a really deep sleep. We rocked about a mile downwind before sunrise.
We’ve done that a few times… but LOTS of traffic around Oban. And honestly plenty of light to make it in without any stress
👍. Nice to see some proper sailing.
In summer Scotland is beautiful 👍
Ah, the Isles of Skye and Mull - a beautiful part of western Scotland that I know well from many diving trips. Wish you could have stopped in at Tobermory on Mull, probably the prettiest town in the Western Isles.
Yep they missed the Mishnish :-(!
@@tomriley5790 Indeed! Spent many a good night in there!
Hey guys. Dan, your seamanship has reached boss level. And it was great seeing Kika maneuver the boat from the dock. She is definitely getting much better at it. Great episode.
damn ive been off so long i didnt even notice your back in europe. gotta go back and watch 2 months of episodes. ohh well this is the best way for me to enjoy my sunday. Appreciate you guys tons. be safe and keep doing your amazing journeys.
I could see that you were coming into so current caused turbulence. Good job my friends. The last time I think Kika was up the mast on coming down she did a dance with the silks in a bare stockyard I think. The dance was amazing and cold as blazes.
Nice seeing you sail past so many places I know, Skye Bridge, Kylerhea, near Glenelg
I lived in lochgoilhead for 3 years, beautiful place one of the only places I would go back to live in. Can’t wait to go back to visit.
Loved the footage of the dolphins, seeing Scotland through your eyes is great.
Thank you for the adventures, and this episode’s shots of the porpoise along side the hull.
Have to ask - THE Robert Perry?
Should have labelled this one Tacky, Tacky, Tacky. Fun to watch. Don't know where you're currently located so hope you have a happy Easter. As always... stay safe. :-)
Thankyou,peace fellow babies.
Love watching the dolphins..never gets old.
Pity you didn’t get to Fort William, you could have gone up Ben Nevis the largest mountain in Scotland
Riding along in sailboat in the fiords north of Vancouver, I learned a bit about fighting tide rush and flow.
Like rivers, often there are back currents and eddies if you stay close to shore. ...Not always possible when using the wind & tacking.
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The winding channel into the Princess Louisa Inlet, (by Malibu) is a narrow, two way river that peaks with whitewater rapids. Very cool.
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Thanks for another excellent video
Your sailing skills are well documented with each video. Your explanations of the how and why make your channel very interesting. Good job.
You sailed passed my favourite, magical Isle of Mull. Hope you got to see some of it
My ancestors are from Scotland, more like the northeastern coast, city of Wick. We have a castle there. I would give anything to go there. Best of luck stay safe.
I was literally talking about the topic of being up a mast last night as a rock climber. I saw your prusik knot on a second line and it helped to explain what is always a concern for me when I see people going up a bosuns chair with no second safety. Good on you for doing things properly!
bosun chairs freak us out! No safety in those things.
Welcome to the UK.
It is always awesome to be joined by dolphins, no matter where in the world you are, keep an eye out for porpoise too, there's a huge population on the west coast..
So cool to see you sail boating through areas I've traveled by land. Thanks for the joy you two add to life!
Hello from Washington state. The current is just like sailing the San Juan’s. Love your adventures!
OMG did that VLOG bring back some memories!. To bad you guys didn't stop off at Portree or Tobermory, but if you visited everywhere you would never get anywhere😜
Reminded me of sailing Seattle up the inside passage north.
I love tacking upwind solo. that anchor chain was crazy.
Ah, the highlight of my week... Breakfast and a movie!!!
I really hope you guys are able to come back and give the west coast of Scotland the time and attention it deserves. It is such a stunning place. Awesome video as always.
Loved that vid. Took me back to my passage through kyle rhea last year on way back to the clyde from portree. Lok forward to your next video.👍👍👍
Thanks so much. Loved this one. 🎉
"Who thought you'd be doing gardening?!" - made me laugh so much!
You two are so good at this, all the uncertainty of youth is in flight in front of your travels
You sailed by the isles of skye and Mull some of the most beautiful places in the UK. If you ever get a chance I would recommend a visit
GREAT TO SEE YOU GUYS SAILING ROUND MY HOMELAND, BRILLIANT, BEEN WATCHING YOUS SINCE BOAT WORK IN ENGLAND,,
“Like a baby in a crib”, might be a bit of a Freudian slip there….👍👍👍👍
Loved mine
Great video but I was hoping you would sail into the bay surrounded by the Cullen Mountains I was hiking there and recollect seeing a ketch anchored in the clear blue waters surrounded by the black gabbro rocks of the mountains ohh all glacial carved and there is this small freshwater lake perched above the loch, just a magical place!
Love Scotland for sure. Ardfern is pretty cool too. Love the pub and locals for sure.
When I was around 8, 1964, our family ferried out of Oban to the Isle of Coll for Holiday. Remembered swimming in the Gulf Stream that flows around that island. Very strange, it was very warm.
Love that you guys sail EVERYWHERE! Kudos to you. Cheers
Always so efficient. Brilliant.
Excellent, welcome to Scotland...Cead mile failte...a hundred thousand welcomes!
😂 You told " wind and tide against" - I thought to anchor - a few moments later you take down the sails. 😀
so inspirational
My favorite episode.
Goodmorning guys!
Another great passage, thanks. Brings back such good memories of Scotland. Can’t wait to see Oban I as there 30 years ago cant imagine how it has changed..
Great to see you in my home waters. Note to self Lamancha is missing a vital piece of equipment. Must get me a machete. 😀👍
Thank you.
Really lovely video! Glad it stopped being windy and wet long enough for you to get up the mast - I always wonder if it's just trying to lure you out! Great title :-)! Brings back lots of good memories of the west coast of Scotland, ubiquitous Cal Mac ferries, the tides in the Kyle Rhea, Ardnamurchan Point. One of my favourite parts of the world on a warm sunny day there are few places more lovely!
That soldering iron tip has seen better days. I recommend one of those little foil balls to clean it and to regularly re-tin your tip every chance you get. You may need to get a new iron or replace the tip on that one.
Yeah, I've had that one since I was a kid. Still works for my needs.
So many of the finest, most fun, most informative vids both of you have made.
I am requesting one more. At a dock, in calm, sheltered water, or while also moored to land, I would like to see a spring scale used in a line to measure lbs of thrust (or pull), and also remind viewers of boat's make, model and displacement. It might not be completely scientific, but at least it gives a starting point, to have some idea of the lbs of thrust ratings and how much might be required. As thanks, I am once again binge watching, while I wait for better weather to sail in Nova Scotia.
I thought B&G instrument is made better. But thank you for another pro quality video. Looking forward to seeing how it looks in the daylight ☺️ Greetings from Seychelles 🇸🇨👋
Hello to you both,at sea we used a material called Denso tape(I am not sure of the spelling)it came on a reel, it was gooey,but worked 100%.we used it to seal deck lights and other such fittings.thank you for the video.Roly🇬🇧.
i've been watching you be cold for months now and am happy it's you not me. the views are amazing, your work is superb, and it's always a pleasure to see what's new.
i can't understand why you haven't leathered your wheel though. admittedly a days work but if you do that your bare hands will be much happier than gripping that freezing cold metal. if it's hard o find the raw material, just buy a kit to make it easier. it's a two person job so you guys wil be perfect for it. you will never regret doing it, even in tropical climes.
Always nice to have a machete onboard!😅
I slept at the base of Lews Castle in my pack tent a few years back. Beautiful grounds with plants and trees from around the world.
My day got better seeing your post.
A great video to start my Friday in WA state, thanks!
The Kylerhea straits are notoriously difficult to navigate due to converging tidal streams. Glad you didn't try that at night on a Spring Tide: that's a rollercoaster. Great to see you in Scotland finally. Are you plannnig the Crinan canal and Clyde coast, or is it down Kintyre and onward to Ireland? Fair winds and lang may yur lum reek!
Sorry,they are long gone, passed through here in Ardrossan when that COPout bollcks in Glasgow was on.
You finally made it to my home country.!
Beautiful video again. Those porpoises seemed to like having you around, but a few were trying to tell you 'Say hi to Neptune, you're heading into his drunken bar room, where he drinks and starts to spin around...don't eat too much, he hates when folks who have spill spent food on his ceiling of the bar.'
As a former Alpine Mountain Guide I feel it is important to point out that the method used here to go up the mast is typical of climbers. The prussik knot is used to climb a fixed line and has many, many applications in self rescue situations. Here the climber wears a legit harness (I also hate bosuns chairs). She also uses a prussik on an entirely separate fixed line so that at any time if the system or pulley/block she is being hoisted on fails she will be caught by the prussik back up attached to her harness. This knot can slide nicely when not under load as seen when the climber descends she just pulls it down with her hand. In a sudden load however, this knot will jam on the line and stop a fall. This is the kind of redundancy that saves lives. I am also pretty sure that the belay station has some extra gear near by or a method in place to transfer the belay load from the windlass/winch to the belay persons body or another focal point to lower the climber even if the dam winch jams or 'bad things' happen. You don't have to be a climber in order to benefit from adapting climbing methods to going up the mast. Great video at the end of an epic northern crossing. :D
Nice fix on the wind transducer...I like the soldered connection better than any "water proof" plug any day.
hi, hope you two are well. lovely to see you