STORM FORCE @ CAPE HORN [Ep. 108]
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- Опубликовано: 4 май 2023
- This is it! These are the conditions we sought to test us. We encounter FORCE 10 48+ knot wind gusts and heavy seas as we sail around Cape Horn to starboard. This is scary sailing, on the edge, and it is not for the faint of heart. You may get seasick. Don't try this at home!
#sailing #adventure #epic
This is the sailing we know you wanted to see when you subscribed.
You wanted to see if we were tough enough.
You wanted to see if we could make it.
You wanted to see a great adventure and sailing in extreme conditions.
We went looking for these conditions as we felt that choosing a calm weather window to round Cape Horn would be, well, disappointing, not to you, but to us. It would not be the challenge we were looking for.
We wanted to summit the Mt. Everest. Somehow, climbing that mountain on a sunny warm day with no wind and waves felt like selling ourselves short. We wanted huge waves. We wanted gale force winds. We wanted freezing cold temps.
Some may say seeking out these conditions is unsafe, or risky. Those people are not 100% wrong, but we say those people are living in fear. Don't be afraid! To experience true freedom is to live life without fear.
That being said, do not go sailing in these conditions without being well prepared and able to self rescue, do not put your life, your sailboat, and the lives of sea rescue personnel are at risk. We are both very experienced sailors and have sailed countless miles in harsh conditions while racing, solo sailing, and doublehanded sailing to prepare for this type of sailing.
Now enjoy a sailing video that we had lots of fun making. Click subscribe and come along for this awesome rollercoaster ride of an extreme sailing day!
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Watching the two of you work the sails and manage high winds is like listening to a finely tuned symphony. I admire you guys seamanship and skills.
Wow, that is music to our ears :-) Thank you Aytac.
SPOT ON!!!!
Amazing. Fine teamwork and coordination.
What a great adventure!
Magnifique
I admire the peaceful companionship. So supportive and feels good to listen to.
One of your best episodes, if not the best. What epic sailing. Congrats to the achievement. Cheers.
Big cimpliment 🥰 thank you! And thanks for following along 👍❤️
You're such a great team. Impressive communication skills from both of you. Great footage doing the jibe on the way down to the Horn. What an achievement. Congratulations!
You guys are so professional and fun to watch. Nice to see your accomplishments.
Thanks Chappy! That is such a nice compliment!
That was some awesome sailing!!! Hand steering around the Cape !! Well done!!
Fair winds ⛵️
Looked up this video as I was reading “The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny, and Murder”
Awesome book! Tough customers
Same
Me too! Ha!
😂...me too...
Add another one to the list!
"AWESOME KATE"👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
🥰🤙❤️⛵️
The dog is priceless
:-)
I just started watching….I hope he is clipped on during rough times?
We really enjoyed seeing the conditions you had to deal with, complimenting you both (and Roxy) on your success, being the first RUclips dog, rounding Cape Horn.
Thanks Rauf. Roxy is the true hero!
A great skipper, Curtis, looking after your Kate. Wonderful fun together even when tired.
Glad you enjoyed it
Congratulation! You are my inspiration! 🍾🥂🥂
What can I say but BOW WOW!!!❤
Another Amazing episode!
With Cape Horn behind you I hope you will find easier sailing conditions ahead!
Hat’s off to Sweet Ruca!!
👏👏👏
Thanks so much Tio! We still have lots of challenges ahead. Next is onto the fjords of Patagonia and exploring the glaciers.
Well, if you're gonna round Cape Horn, you don't want to do it in a light breeze! Thanks so much for taking us on the ride, totally spellbinding and exhilarating. Total respect and congratulations to all three of you! 👏👏👏
A couples' foto at the cape........... Doesn't get any better‼️🌊💨💨⛵️👍🏻
Truly Amazing Video
Thanks so much!
Well you two rounded Cape Horn. You now join an elite group who have rounded the Horn the "wrong" way. Robin Knox Johnson, Lyn and Larry Parker, Miles & Beryl Smeaton. Congratulations.
The wrong way indeed, but it was a wild ride! Thank you!
You forgot all the men that did it the first time racing. It was called the British steel challenge and my father was on board Group 4 skippered by mike Golding.
It's amazing to see pro sailors working together to create true synergy.
Thanks for the kind words 🥰 spread the word!
Amazing journey. Looking forward to my rounding of the horn..
Great bucket list check off
Definitely! ⛵️❤️🤙
I don’t know where to start, just wow! Have only recently been watching RUclips sailing videos, but of all the channels out there you guys are up there for the most exhilarating vlog I’ve seen yet, the smiles and passion you two through at that passage around the horn, was nothing short of an adrenaline fuelled, heart pounding, speeding boat spectacle. When the googles came out I was on the edge of my seat, you where there in the moment relishing all the sea could give. The two of you worked that boat like a Swiss watch, I’d feel so safe on board and in your hands, the luckiest pooch on the high seas, woof woof. Guys that was epic, congratulations 🤩
Very simply, 👍👍👏🙏.
Great Job.
Good team with great communication.
Thanks!
Congrats on Cape Horn. What a feat. Both of you are tough sailors.
Thanks David! It was a wild ride and we wouldn't have it any other way!
Amazing!
Thanks for sharing your incredible adventure around Cape Horn. As I sat watching this video I had a big smile on my face, I was so proud of both of you, GREAT JOB!!!
That's the best news. So glad we could make you smile 🥰 Thanks or sharing with us
Congratulations 👏 Cape Horn 🥳📯
Thanks!
Amazing ... congratulations on a true milestone. I enjoy your adventures. Please keep them going. I am 78 years old and you are doing things I wish I could. Keep sailing
Thanks Jerry. We feel so very lucky that we are able to share our experiences with you. Thanks for following along and thanks for watching! Congrats on 78 years!
All I can really say is awesome. The conditions are extreme. I can't believe that you are both smiling through all of that.A wonderful accomplishment, you both can be very proud.
Thank you! 🌎⛵️🥳👍🥰⛰️
Absolutely fantastic!
You two are one incredible team, love your hug and kiss at the Horn 👍🏻
Crying laughing cheering and on the edge of my chair you two are meant for this life on the open sea everything is possible love the editing and most importantly the love you have for each other and Roxy too ! If you keep doing what your doing you keep getting what your getting ! Thank you soooo much !
Wow! We are speechless at this comment. Humbled and grateful. We are so lucky to share this journey with you. Thank you for the kind words amd following along. Glad we could bring enjoyable entertainment. Cheers! And fair winds!
What an episode to stumble upon! The Cape! - Wrong Way! - 40+kts!!!!!! Just awesome sailing! Well done indeed!
Hi Bill! Welcome aboard. We are glad to hear you enjoyed it!
You two are really good together, thank you for taking us around the Horn x
Bacon & Eggs , Cape Horn & a northerly - Perfect .
We had a blast!
Incredible footage! 48 knots of wind... three reefs and boat speed 15.4 knots WOW! Congratulations! A super sailing effort! A grand accomplishment. WOW!
Congrats guys...that's a huge achievement.
I've been around Cape Horn too, though I was on the helm of USS Nimitz. We spent 2 weeks tying everything on the ship down. We were expecting seas of up to 60 feet, but got lucky and went right in between storms and seas were around 30 feet. Still, we were frequently taking water over the bow when we rolled I'd see nothing out the bridge window but grey sea in one direction, and nothing but grey sky in the other. I remember explicitly our captain coming on about 24 hours prior and stressing "If you fall overboard, the motor lifeboats are out of the question and the helo is on a 1-hour standby. Your life expectancy at this water temperature is 13 minutes. We will not stop."
I cannot imagine doing it in a small boat.
Awesome story, thank you Sir.
Superb, well don't indeed 👍
Thanks Richard!
Great video!
My God! I am so proud for you both! What an accomplishment! You came, you saw, you conquered! Way to go! Impressive!!!!!!!!!
🦸♀️🦸♂️⛵️ Sweet Ruca was the true star! Thanks for the nice comment! We are quite proud 🥹
Your communication, respect, teamwork and enthusiasm/excitement is so fun to watch. Congratulations on a fantastic adventure:)
Kate is all bundled up but with her great big beautiful smile. Great job a check of on the bucket list.
Lots of smiles that day! 🥳😁👍⛵️
She's impressed with you dude... you're getting lucky my friend !
J -- nice choice! The Ferrari of sailboats. :)
Man the communication you and your wife have together when setting things up on that boat and getting things and its place is amazing great job guys you guys make a great team
Lots of practice! Thank you for the kind feedback!
Risky; basically everything and everyone had to perform as planned. But I think J Boats owes you a free boat; or a sponsorship.
Aside from the risks taken, that was a relationship and, well, a how-to-be-a-good-person, skipper, and mate video I will watch again. If I’d seen it 20 years ago, it might have made all the difference. Well done.
Videos always make the wind and sea look less dramatic than it was in person. But 21:30 you can really see how the bow wave is getting atomized to the point it looks like smoke. Amazing.
True teamwork, and seamanship at its best. Tight lines.
Thanks!
What can I say ? If you’re looking for ocean sailing on You Tube then this is IT ! The Right Boat, The Right Voyage, and Best of all, the Right Crew ! Congratulations Captain Curtis and Kate !
Wow! That is the RIGHT comment! Thanks for the kind words Louis. We are touched! 🥹⛵️⛰️😁
White caps and surfing waves great action; with you all the way
Thanks James! It was definitely a wild ride!
It's not fair - Words can't express the joy you give with your Cap Horn rounding safely. Congratulations are far too light a word for the enormity of your achievements. Your both enrich your lives as well as people like myself view your fine documentary of the main event. Thank you, SV. Skoiern IV
Congrats rounding the Horn. Well done! Ye be sailors true now mates! The sea has claimed her share of souls there. God Bless and keep you. Fair winds and following seas.🤝👍
Thanks Mel! An experience we certainly wouldn't trade!
I am so happy for you guys, I almost cried with you Kate! But when Roxy came.... that did it! Thirteeeeen! ❤🐕
You're Superwoman and Aquaman! 🫶🏼
Roxy is the hero! Thinking of you down here!
There’s rounding the cape and then there’s “Rounding the Cape”. 48kn! Wow! Huge Congrats. 🎉👍So inspiring! A moment in life you’ll never forget and always look back on with immense pride.
Beautiful! Thank you so much.
Glad you like it!
Bad asses really bad to the bone! Words can’t congratulate this WOW!
Wow thanks Colette! ⛵️👍🥰🌎🤠🥳
What a thrill.. Congratulations, well done. It has been a fantastic journey to follow
Thanks Finn! We are just getting started, lots of miles yet to go around the world :-)
Very few sailing videos are so epic that you just have to re-watch it. This one is at the top of the list.
We agree! ;-)
Wow ,great team ! Great job !
Congratulations 🎊 👏
Thank you! 🥳⛵️
Congratulations! 👍💪🎉😊
Thank you 🙌
Wow, for a while there it looked like sweet Ruca was in the washing machine!
Waves coming from both directions!
You got that right!
Wow, two serious professionals working together perfectly. Cape Horn fought you, but you were calm cool and collected and succeeded. 🎉
Thanks Joel! We make a great team 🦸♂️🦸♀️
Cape Horn the Everest of sailors. Congratulations to you both. Thank God your Main didn't blow out.. Love watching heavy weather sailing and you certainly got it...Well done to you both and Roxy. Wishing you fair weather for the rest of your journey. Regards from Australia..
Thanks to our friend down under! Heavy weather is never good miles on the sails, but provides quite a wild ride!
Wonderful! Curtis, you are a true leader. Your knowledge and calm through adversity is to be commended. I am impressed with you and would follow you to hell and back. Kate, your emotion shows your passion and it is no wonder you are at the side of Curtis. Congratulaions to you both on passing Cape Horn.
Thanks for the kind words! It means a lot 🥰🥰🥰
Bravo!! Brought tears to my eyes. There are many of us who would love to do what you did but sadly will not be able to. I got to live vicariously through you. Congratulations!!
Thanks Bill! We are so lucky to share this with you! It warms my heart that you enjoyed it so much! Inspires me to keep editing. Thank you!!!
Excellent video ❤ good ⛵ sailing in extreme winds congratulations
Wow wow wow
Wild stuff
Well done
Thank you!
What a magical moment!!!! Congratulations.
Thank you! Magical indeed.
The most impressive utube sailing video ever! I was moved to tears of joy as you two beautifully sailed past the cape.
Not really, and when she says "baby" as in "it's Cape Horn day, baby". She sounds like a dude which is grotesque.
Us two old Great Lakes boaters had to have an extra glass of wine to calm down after watching!
Sorry Dean! Just like a nor'easter on Lake Superior 🤣 Thanks for watching
WOW!!!! Congats on rounding Cape Horn. The smile of happiness you both had on your faces could not not be missed. $*+ knots Wow!! You are Amazing
Should have read 48 knots plus 😆
Proper sailing Brilliant😂
Thanks Dwain!
Amazing! This is why I watch sailing channels. Congratulations on reaching a true milestone!
That was epic. You two said you were impressed by the other. I can't agree more. On the other hand Roxy now is one of a kind too. A unidentified terrier-mix sailing past Cape Horn from east to west.
Much respect to both of you and your brave Sir Doggo 💕💕💕.
Now THAT is some fancy sailing! Great job
Congratulations Curtis, Kate and Roxy! And well done for citing the great Joshua Slocum
Hi Pablo! Thank you! Stay well!
And you did it from East to West which is supposed to be the toughest way to round the horn. OK, you had a favorable wind window, but still. Hats off !!!
Some you tubers announce with big fanfare where they wish to go sailing one day, while few others just go and do it quietly.
Thanks! We just enjoy sailing is all there is to it. Lots of fun!
@@SailingSweetRuca Of course it's fun! You're preaching to the choir, dude.
@@feshfeshsailing529 Nice videos! The 12.50 and Pogos in general are awesome, bet you can hit 20+kts where SSR was at 15! Super fun!
@@curtisjazwiecki Awsome, fun and safe. Very safe as opposed to what most people would think.
Happened that I had to beat all night long against 43 knot wind to make into the Med through the Gibraltar straight.
Didn't have to touch the helm not even once.
The NKE gyro auto pilots are simply out this world.
OK, Captain Curtis just pointed out Cape Horn..... And showed us. Nothing can replace the smile on his face that he is confident in his mate, his boat and the combined skills that has him right where he is. B. R. A. V. O. ‼️🎉👍🏻
Congratulations!!!
Thank you! ⛵️🤙🥳
True Cruisers "Respect"
Thanks! Respect!
Extra, extraordinary sail and sailors!
Thanks! 🤩🥹
You two are so inspiring!
Thank you!
Congratulations Curtis and Kate. Wonderful achievement.
Favourite shot: bow cutting through he water. As mesmerizing as in real life. That could have gone on for 5 minutes and I wouldn't have noticed it. Thank you for the detail.
Thank you Colin! We are so glad you enjoyed and appreciate the positive feedback 🥰👍
Nice to see real sailing experience in action in conditions that require it. That is a challenge I always dreamed of taking (Cape Horn crossing). Stay safe and enjoying the adventures.
That was fun for the whole money😮😂
Envy, admiration, respect...what a great journey.
My Family loves you young legends.....keep on SAILING! cheers! Finn
Thanks so much Finn! Cheers to you & the family!
Just Wow. Would love to take that journey. As amazing as the day was, I'm so impressed with the preparation of both the boat and yourselves that made it possible. There are many ways it could have gone sideways, especially trying to go upwind in those conditions. Huge Admiration.
Thanks Mark for the kind words! The preparation is sometimes the hardest part!
Both of You, your experience and skill really is demonstrated in this video.
bravo!
epic sail.....
Thank you!
One other comment , I can see your dingy racing experience - so much sail trimming, I think you were even watching your telltails in 40kts with 2 reefs and managing your sail twist with the traveler. You can take the racer cruising but you can't take the racer out of the cruiser. 😀
You got that right! 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for the kind comment!
Excellent seamanship. Congrats!
Bravo!
👍🥰🤙⛵️
We think your Boat was Just as EXCITED and HAPPY as You were to go around that, Now for the rest of the trip around the World 🌎 it can say to ALL the boats it docks next too… Hey, have You been around Cape Horn.?? NO, What do you mean, NO.?? You have To Go do it man, … Your NOT a Real boat until you Do THAT… !!! 😎👍👌👏🥳
Hi Anna! We love this view from the boats perspective! She is quite the sailor! :-)
@@SailingSweetRuca yeah, we could just see her at the dock in Papeete , Tahiti saying that to her neighbors on either side while you go across the road shopping 🛍️ 🤔👏🥳
wow video!, here's to Sweet Ruca she's awesome!.. and cheers to you two (3?) add Curtis and Kate to an historic and impressive list of adventure and explorer sailors "Rounding the Horn"!
Sweet Ruca is the star! 🤩 Thanks for the kind comment!🥰
Well done, Mother Nature was going to make sure you would never forget rounding Cape Horn. 15.4 knts wow did I see that wright.
Cheers to you both.
You are right about that! Thanks!
Just amazing! Thank you…
Incredible, it is not everyday one gets to watch the rounding of the Horn. What an experience you had. Congratulations, but it does seem to say enough!
Thank you! Glad we were able to share the experience! 🥰⛵️👍