One fuel trick - if your tank is fouled, park one of your jugs close to the engine and jury rig a fuel pickup line from your filter inlet side into it. This will get you into harbor. Just remember that the engine pumps way more fuel than it uses, so the excess is going back into the tank. If you want to extend your range with this setup you need to also jury rig the fuel return line back into the jug.
great idea a 20L outboard fuel tank would be great for this, you could have it as a permanent back up. another fuel trick is always keep diesel tanks full, it is a warm fuel and condensation will occur (this is not a major problem but can be if your boat is idle or in storage. like waxy sludgy goop it will bite you in the ass)
I think that the fact you both give an actual honest account of your adventure gives the rest of us the opportunity to learn, I for one will be modifying some of my onboard procedures and stand back and having a realistic look at what may be required in a pressure situation, thanks for another great episode
After watching this with my wife I immediately hit the pause button and asked her what they (or us ) should do in those same conditions? You can make a whole video on what went wrong and what you are doing or going to do to not go through this again. What's most important is to learn from your mistakes and make changes that will mitigate the risk next time. Here is just a short list of what we talked about. 1) Always have Jack Lines installed when sailing off shore. 2) Never come up on deck with out your life vest on and 2 lanyards attached. 3). Install Wind Vane steering. Hydrovane Steering also doubles as full steering if you were to loose your ruddder and can be mounted off center on the stern. 4) Develop a more secure way to attach fuel cans to the boat/life lines. 5). When using your dinghy to move your sail boat, attach one dock line to a forward cleat on the boat to the forward part of the dinghy and one dock line to the rear cleat of the boat to a rear cleat on the dinghy. You don't have to hang onto the boat and this way with the dinghy you can steer the sailboat. This uses less energy for both of you. 6). Food.... a car doesn't run without fuel and our bodies don't function at their best without it and our minds don't make the best decisions without it. Make food ahead of time and be prepared to eat finger food in small quantities, something quick and easy. 7). When things get bad, tack off shore away from land and heave to. That will slow the boat down . Shorten sails if necessary. Go below, eat and rest, and then think of a better plan ... or stay heave to until the storm passes. 8) Dirt fuel. Extra fuel filters? Fuel polishing system? Day tank to send polished fuel to before going to the engine ? 9) If you have the necessary parts for cleaning the fuel you can do that work while heaved to. Just a few ideas that may make your future passages more enjoyable. We hope you'll address what went wrong, what you did right, what you did wrong and what you'll do differently ...next time? Thank you.
Your story of surviving OUR SCARIEST NIGHT AT SEA on the Shipwreck Coast is deeply moving and heartfelt. Your bravery and resilience in the face of danger are truly admirable. It's a testament to your strength and quick thinking that you overcame such a harrowing experience. And I am a floating village life from Vietnam.
Wow hectic. Congrats on getting yourselves through all the drama's. Wasn't luck, it was skill that you didn't realise that you had. You should be proud of yourselves. Cheers for sharing another great video.
"If in Doubt, Head out." Wise words. What doesn't kill you makes you harder.... Good Sailing, Safe Sailing. You live to tell another day. Well Done. Kiaora.
Good sailors learn from experience and circumstances ,y'all have certainly gone through something that will serve you both well for years to come God bless!!
Such a. learning experience, thanks for sharing your self-assessments too. The most impressive to us the viewer is how calm you both remained. Keeping your wits in a crisis will always serve you well. Great job!
Great to see you guys enjoying the sunsets, topical islands and all round relaxation of life at sea 😁 What a fabulous episdoe - some great footage, but the debrief afterwards was equally awesome. They say that disasters often happen from a confluence of events building on each other, and I can imagine the heart in mouth moment of being on the foredeck clinging onto the pulpit as giant greenies wash over you. As you said, load of lessons learned from this one, but it's all part of the adventure and you lived to tell the tale, so all's good. Big shout out to Hagar for coming out to help you through the pass. We've also been the recipients of a tow into an anchorage, and been glad to also repay the favour to others - it's what being part of the cruising community is all about. Thaks again for a great video - never a dull moemnt with you two!
Great episode! You deal with adversity like the professionals you are. Frankly, given where you have had to buy fuel, I'm surprised the dirty diesel demon didn't take control of your engine before now. Keep up the good work. Fair winds and following seas are unlikely on the west coast at this time of year, so we can only wish you safe voyage.
Thanks so much 🙏 Yeah I know right, honestly I think just the bashing churned up the tanks, it must have just been sitting dormant. Cheers, really appreciate it 😊
Hi Guys, Steve here from 'Steve Shier Does Stuff'. I am building a 53' flat bottom wooden river boat here in South Australia. CapDave is right. Very simple temporary fix re your dirty fuel issues. I have encountered the same thing while crossing lake Alexandrina in ruff conditions here is South Aus. Just divert your fuel inlet line into a jerry can and run your return line (if there is one) into it as well. Problem solved. For future proofing, keep a spare couple of lines in place ready. You can even put a T valve in your inlet line right near the engine so you dont have to mess around much to do it. Really enjoying your vids. Keep up the great work and stay safe guys. Cheers, Steve
We came down the west coast in our Duncanson 43 in 2002 and hit a wall of southerlies. 7 days without making any south (30 kts on the nose and 6m swell). Pulled into Exmouth for a break. 2011, coming back from Indonesia via Kimberly, ❤we had a beam reach all the way down the coast. Traditional thinking is always to get south before September. The wild, wild west coast. The single biggest reason we took our yacht to SE Asia after 30 years of bashing up and down the west coast.
Good job getting through some tough conditions. I don't think any of us expect you to film through that stuff. Glad you are both safe. Thanks for filming what you did and sharing.
Hey crew, this episode hit hard hey. Super gnarly conditions that pushed both you and the boat. Was rad to see you guys work together and pull through it despite all the challenges. Really valued your sit down chat at the end sharing the moment with Slim on the bow responding to the anchor crisis. Can relate to your experience of being forward with all that water coming at you and having your partner look on in terror from the cockpit. Also Soph helming whilst nano napping is a testament to how one with the boat you are. Stoked you are both recounting with a sense of gratitude and appreciation. Fair winds my friends! Josh
Hey legends, Stoked you connected with the episode; yeah, it was funny; we were so rattled by that experience that we never really mentioned it to the camera, but on further reflection, we thought it was an important part of the experience that we should share. Yeah, I'm sure we can relate to being dunked. It is not a fun experience, but I reckon it would have been just as freaky if not more for Soph, and it sounds like Phoebe. yeah her sleep steering while asleep was pretty impressive, I kind of just watched in ore for a bit when I woke up to her steering us along passed out 😂 Hope all is well over east! ⛵ Hopefully, we can manage to drop pick on the same island someday. Slim
HOLY CRAP ! What a sail..... As many miles on the ocean as I have logged, I have NEVER been in such a dire circumstance. You both did a heroic job getting through all of the mechanical failures and in such terrible weather....Wow. So very happy that y'all made it safely to anchorage. And as you have said, that sort of experience will never leave you and clearly will mean that you will be so much better prepared for anything you might face going forward. Bravo on making it and bravo just because ! I love you guys. Get things fixed up and keep plugging away and I will be waiting for the next update !
Good jobb getting through that situation! It is really tough mentally when you are forced to continue sailing when you have a planned stop that does not work!!
I set up some strong ropes on our tender (bow and stern) to tie on the side of the big boat when In calm anchorages and they come in handy for when we had to use the tender to push the big girl.
So scary! Reminder that boating is no joke. While there are plenty of times of absolute peace and joy, things can get terrifying in a heartbeat. You guys handled it amazingly! So glad you’re safe!❤
What a harrowing journey! If it makes you feel any better, we've all been there at one time or another... just part of being a sailor. I had my engine quit suddenly (unbeknownst to me, there were air bubbles in the fuel blocking the injectors) at dusk and in 4 meter short period chop while being blown onto a lee shore. I was hove-to but drifting towards the rocks about 1 km away. I had to bleed the air out (for first time ever) while the boat bucked like a wild horse, with a little flashlight between my teeth and a wrench in one hand trying to back those tiny bolts out. Amazingly, it worked and the engine started right up. I felt embarrassed for getting myself into that situation but it was a valuable learning experience. It sounds like you had a succession of learning experiences in one night! Well done for negotiating all those challenges successfully.
Excellent summary... Nothing more to be added to anything... Strong boat. Enough experience to know not to go into a dodgy inlet when things are not right. A lessor yacht would have holed when the anchor smacked the bow... Great boat obviously... I bet you slept well when the anchor finally went down... Best video yet... It's not always champagne and sunsets... Sometimes the sh*t does hit the fan... Well done...
Wowsers guys. You did good. And although so full on scary and exhausting glad uv got some valuable takeaways and handing them on. Stay safe - great if stressful video xx
Solid ep you two. What a hectic trip. Really glad you made it and thanks for being so honest and upfront about what went wrong. I really got a lot out of this one! Hope the next hop is easier. Also thanks for chilli proof or life I was starting to wonder Cheers legends
Hi Slim and Sophie Just watched your video andyou had my mouth watering for some of the Crays you managed to get hold of by diving!!!!!! It brings back so many memories of my youth growing up on the westcoast of South Africa!!!! We used to boil them in complete form and enjoyed the meat in the legs as well which one broke off the body!!!Promise you a tidy amount of the leg meat we turned into a salad with Mayonaise!!!! The body we gooked on hot wood coal by just turning it every few minutes!!!!!! Now living in Germany and miss the good old days!!!!!!Love watching your videos and your experience whilst Sailing and Studying!!!!! Wish you all the best and enjoy your lovely life!!!!!! Regards from this end of the Globe!!!!!Regards Helmuth
Gawd! Welcome to the west coast. I feel like apologising. But you both did exceptionally well, kept your cool and did the right things. Things do have a way of imploding all at once at sea and this experience is a classic example of that. So, lesson learned with no real harm done to you. Phew!! We're all mightily relieved. Can't wait for the next instalment. Cheers.
Great vid guys, we all learn from mistakes we have made over the years , you wont forget this one. Drain that fuel tank completely and get plenty of spare filters. Good luck with the rest of your trip south..
In my experience, a single problem almost always compounds into multiple problems at sea ... and usually quickly... Happy to see you solved all of them (at least enough to get you to anchor) and are learning from them. 👊🏻👊🏻 That post-disaster cockpit/deck/cabin is always a chore... Love that part. 😄
great stuff as always guys. Really nice to see you be open about the "mistakes" made while under pressure, happens to the best, so don't stress about any know-it-all's in the comments, and I think its a great reminder for people to be prepared
We're not superstitious either, but we kid you not, the morning after watching this video we were motoring out of our anchorage after having a drama free szn of sailing (thus far!) only to have our engine sputter and die as we were charting through the narrow passage. We immediately thru the sails up and thankfully were able to sail onto anchor and safe refuge without too much drama.. but we did find ourselves saying, "Dammit Slim and Soph"! Viewer beware this video is seriously jinxed ! 😅
Guys, great thinking about heading out, very old saying. Under pressure it is amazing what you forget, having a cockpit gives us also some false sense of security, we have the life jackets in the cockpit, but during the day we don't wear wear them. But come dusk they are on until the morning. As you said lessons learnt are life saving. So glad you guys are safe as we have got a few drinks too catch up on.
planned redundancy if it can be afforded is a necessity, having a larger tender engine is one thing I wish we would have done. great listening to you both
Please read this - I’ve had serious fuel contamination issue myself, and if your tank is badly fouled the only way to deal with it is to drain the tank, clean the fuel, hoover out all the sludge (yes, hoover!) with a wet and dry vac, wash it and rinse it out. How you will do this on a remote anchorage I have no idea but if you don’t do this it will recur again and again. I lost most of last season due to this issue and had to get a professional to clean the tank over the winter. If it doesn’t have an inspection hatch you will need to cut one using a good quality hole saw, and install a hatch. The problem isn’t just dirty fuel, it’s biodiesel - it is easier for bugs to thrive in. It also hygroscopic. They also no longer put in additives that help keep it at bay. Here in the UK it’s a major issue and we use an additive called Marine 16. They sell both a bug killer and a regular doser that prevents it forming. Please don’t take risks with this on a dangerous coast. You’re young and got your whole lives ahead of you - sorry to sound like your parents; I’m 67 so forgive me! I’ve been following your adventures and I just couldn’t bear to see you come to grief. Wait for a southerly wind and head for the nearest port to get this dealt with. And make sure you another boat comes with you. Best of luck!
Great - I'm headed to the UK now... Tips..? (besides the additive) .. I.e. Good marinas, bad marinas, fuel pumps.. etc. Can anything be done before filling up, or is it a complete unknown...? Thanks in advance.
The fuel is OK if you use it up quickly, but biodiesel just doesn’t keep well, and once you’ve got a bad case of diesel bug you end up with sludge in your tank. Some choppy seas and well, you’ve seen the results. Best advice is to use Marine 16 diesel treatment - there are loads of additives out there but this is probably the best.
Good wake up call! Thankfully you managed to get through this! Hopefully you have your engine and autopilot issues solved as well. I try myself to keep at least 1 jerrycan spare with different fuel from another supplier as backup, in case of dirty fuel, you should have one non dirty fuel and line up the system to pump directly from that Jerry. Enjoy your coming sails!
Mick!!! No way!! It's nice to hear from ya, how the bloody hell are ya mate? That is such incredible news! We will have to see if we can have a sticky beak online for her!
@@SlimandSophSailingNakama yeah guys I’m so happy everything thing is good I bought peregrine for $16;000 and have signed the contract she is mine now watching your last episode the Duncanson 34 is a beautiful sea worthy boat safe sailing cheers mick from sv Medina
@@SlimandSophSailingNakama hey you beautiful people I’ll send you some pictures of my beautiful Duncanson 34 just need your email address cheers Mick from sv MEDINA
That looked gnarly as guys...way to gnarly. Get hauled out so you can clean that tank and the enh=gines. Makes sure you also install a filtering system. Better those fixes than a whole boat fix.
So, it's not all fair winds and following seas. You'll have harrowing tales for around the campfire on the beach. Thanks for bringing us along, I think.
Hi Slim n Soph, I have never commented before but have watched all your episodes since Darwin. Congratulations on your honesty and maturity in your summary of the events in this episode. It is so good that you have provide the 'Warts and All' of this experience, and you can take away a host of positives from this single passage. We never stop learning from the ocean, as she is a tough teacher. Passages like that make you really appreciate the nice ones. I look forward to you heading South, and maybe catch up in Freo on Mandurah. Kinf Regards Mike
Thanks for the comment legend! So glad to have you following along 😊 And thanks so much for your kind words. That's it, gotta learn the hard way and this will make us appreciate the good days 😁
Guys, keep a length of fuel line handy and stick it into a jeery can and connect it to your engine so you can run your engine off your jeery can you may want a return line also
We considered heaving to and trying the Jerry option, but conditions were just a bitt to brutal to pull anything off at the time while hand steering in our small cockpit! haveing some spare fuel lines on board is certainly something we have considered after this coast
Hello Slim & Soph. Another great video. Yes you has a rememberable sail that's for sure. Engine, the auto sail, the anchor, and fuel jerry can jugs. cat is looking well, but didn't seem impressed being woken . looking forward to next video
Hi, love your work. This is an idea I have used in the past. Dedicate one jerry as an emergency supply, independent of main system. It can be done utilising the jerry's cap. The engines fuel system will isolated.
I did a 27 hour sail 2 years ago singlehanded. Lost the dingy, Autopilot broke so had to hand steer. Into the wind making one knot headway. Used apple watch on 15 timer to keep myself awake.
I carry power bars for emergency food . . Auto I am wondering if I can rig a tiller pilot on my emergency tiller for a back up ? Might work . They are cost effective , does not count on any other steering gear to work and you can store till needed . Pain in the ass to set up but if you need it it will be worth it .
Good stuff! You already knew the sea was like that, don't kid us. 😂 Had the diesel bug shit ourselves, self inflicted in our case, whole 2 days polishing the bloody stuff the hard (cheap) way afterwards... As far as the rushing fwd without clipping on when the anchor jumped ship goes, that's what happens. The sailing school safety stuff is great in a classroom, it's box ticking, in the real world there isn't time for it when things happen fast. Yes do the by the book safety, harness, personal beacon, etc. as a matter of course but do what the windjammers did, rig grab lines. From your solar arch/bimini thingy to the shrouds to the pulpit about as high again as the rails. From the pulpit to the mast, about goose neck height on the mast (may help your genny tack round the inner forestay too by lifting the sheets...) then if - sorry - when you have the sudden panic there is an extra set of grabs. I offer this as, being stuck ashore currently, if you go drown yourselves I'd miss your videos! Fair winds. Mike 'Amanita'
You are 100% correct purchasing a good tender and bigger motor. I scratch my head with all these other guys buying electric motors for the tender…makes no sense. Another channel I follow had the same issue but had an electric motor on the tender and the batter died. They had to get a power boat to come and get them. I’m pretty sure they are now going to go back to a gas motor. Love the show stay safe.
Judging by the outcome I reckon you can judge you’ve handling of that passage proudly, yes lessons learned remembering you kept the mast up, the people in, the rudder on and water out of the boat. Good on ya😎
Perhaps consider fitting an outboard mount to the stern of Nakama. So in a emergency you can easily slot the dinghies' outboard on. Much more effective propulsion than trying to use the dinghy as a tow boat.
Man, I can relate to this video so much. We got smashed at 0200hrs by a 45 knot sumatra (violent squalls that come out of the west with very little warning during the SW monsoon season in Malaysia) on a lee shore anchorage on the west coast of Tioman Island, Malaysia - an anchorage that was placid and calm for many days prior. We had 80m of chain out so we were being blown onto shore in an evolving swell. Long story short the keel touched bottom (sand) in the trough of an evolving swell and we immediately picked up anchor and high-tailed it offshore like a scalded cat and just headed to our next destination about 6 hrs earlier than planned. Four of us (two couples) handled it very well, I am very proud to say, but sh*t like this (and your hairy 2-handed situation on the Wild West Coast!) does happen and it makes you such better sailors, as a result. Well done Nakama. Cheers from SY Miss Foxy, Singapore.
One fuel trick - if your tank is fouled, park one of your jugs close to the engine and jury rig a fuel pickup line from your filter inlet side into it. This will get you into harbor. Just remember that the engine pumps way more fuel than it uses, so the excess is going back into the tank. If you want to extend your range with this setup you need to also jury rig the fuel return line back into the jug.
great idea a 20L outboard fuel tank would be great for this, you could have it as a permanent back up. another fuel trick is always keep diesel tanks full, it is a warm fuel and condensation will occur (this is not a major problem but can be if your boat is idle or in storage. like waxy sludgy goop it will bite you in the ass)
Cat was using the eyes. "Help, I'm been held hostage on this boat! These crazy ass uni students damn near killed us all" 😂
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I think that the fact you both give an actual honest account of your adventure gives the rest of us the opportunity to learn, I for one will be modifying some of my onboard procedures and stand back and having a realistic look at what may be required in a pressure situation, thanks for another great episode
Thanks! Really glad you can take something away from this 😊
After watching this with my wife I immediately hit the pause button and asked her what they (or us ) should do in those same conditions? You can make a whole video on what went wrong and what you are doing or going to do to not go through this again. What's most important is to learn from your mistakes and make changes that will mitigate the risk next time. Here is just a short list of what we talked about. 1) Always have Jack Lines installed when sailing off shore. 2) Never come up on deck with out your life vest on and 2 lanyards attached. 3). Install Wind Vane steering. Hydrovane Steering also doubles as full steering if you were to loose your ruddder and can be mounted off center on the stern. 4) Develop a more secure way to attach fuel cans to the boat/life lines. 5). When using your dinghy to move your sail boat, attach one dock line to a forward cleat on the boat to the forward part of the dinghy and one dock line to the rear cleat of the boat to a rear cleat on the dinghy. You don't have to hang onto the boat and this way with the dinghy you can steer the sailboat. This uses less energy for both of you. 6). Food.... a car doesn't run without fuel and our bodies don't function at their best without it and our minds don't make the best decisions without it. Make food ahead of time and be prepared to eat finger food in small quantities, something quick and easy. 7). When things get bad, tack off shore away from land and heave to. That will slow the boat down . Shorten sails if necessary. Go below, eat and rest, and then think of a better plan ... or stay heave to until the storm passes. 8) Dirt fuel. Extra fuel filters? Fuel polishing system? Day tank to send polished fuel to before going to the engine ? 9) If you have the necessary parts for cleaning the fuel you can do that work while heaved to. Just a few ideas that may make your future passages more enjoyable. We hope you'll address what went wrong, what you did right, what you did wrong and what you'll do differently ...next time? Thank you.
Your story of surviving OUR SCARIEST NIGHT AT SEA on the Shipwreck Coast is deeply moving and heartfelt. Your bravery and resilience in the face of danger are truly admirable. It's a testament to your strength and quick thinking that you overcame such a harrowing experience. And I am a floating village life from Vietnam.
Wow hectic. Congrats on getting yourselves through all the drama's. Wasn't luck, it was skill that you didn't realise that you had. You should be proud of yourselves. Cheers for sharing another great video.
Thanks so much legend! Really appreciate your kind words. Cheers for tuning in!
Love you kids! So glad you made it safely to Coral Bay. Safe travels. ❤
Cheers legend!
"If in Doubt, Head out." Wise words. What doesn't kill you makes you harder.... Good Sailing, Safe Sailing. You live to tell another day. Well Done. Kiaora.
Cheers David! Appreciate it legend
Wow. Amazing story. Love your positivity.
Thank you!
Thank goodness for your epilogue. And thank goodness you’re ok. Slim! Thanks for reminding us-your fellow sailors- how imperative the tethers are.
Good sailors learn from experience and circumstances ,y'all have certainly gone through something that will serve you both well for years to come God bless!!
Such a. learning experience, thanks for sharing your self-assessments too. The most impressive to us the viewer is how calm you both remained. Keeping your wits in a crisis will always serve you well. Great job!
@@janderson3786 thanks so much, so glad you enjoyed the viewing 😊
Time to reflect on the positives!! No hole in the hull! You’re together. We’re listening.
Was the biggest relief to see the hull free of damage!
Great to see you guys enjoying the sunsets, topical islands and all round relaxation of life at sea 😁
What a fabulous episdoe - some great footage, but the debrief afterwards was equally awesome. They say that disasters often happen from a confluence of events building on each other, and I can imagine the heart in mouth moment of being on the foredeck clinging onto the pulpit as giant greenies wash over you.
As you said, load of lessons learned from this one, but it's all part of the adventure and you lived to tell the tale, so all's good.
Big shout out to Hagar for coming out to help you through the pass. We've also been the recipients of a tow into an anchorage, and been glad to also repay the favour to others - it's what being part of the cruising community is all about.
Thaks again for a great video - never a dull moemnt with you two!
Great episode! You deal with adversity like the professionals you are. Frankly, given where you have had to buy fuel, I'm surprised the dirty diesel demon didn't take control of your engine before now. Keep up the good work. Fair winds and following seas are unlikely on the west coast at this time of year, so we can only wish you safe voyage.
Looks like diesel bug caught in the warm north.
Thanks so much 🙏 Yeah I know right, honestly I think just the bashing churned up the tanks, it must have just been sitting dormant. Cheers, really appreciate it 😊
Hi Guys, Steve here from 'Steve Shier Does Stuff'. I am building a 53' flat bottom wooden river boat here in South Australia. CapDave is right. Very simple temporary fix re your dirty fuel issues. I have encountered the same thing while crossing lake Alexandrina in ruff conditions here is South Aus. Just divert your fuel inlet line into a jerry can and run your return line (if there is one) into it as well. Problem solved. For future proofing, keep a spare couple of lines in place ready. You can even put a T valve in your inlet line right near the engine so you dont have to mess around much to do it. Really enjoying your vids. Keep up the great work and stay safe guys. Cheers, Steve
Hey groovers, when you get to Adelaide, give us a hoy.
We came down the west coast in our Duncanson 43 in 2002 and hit a wall of southerlies. 7 days without making any south (30 kts on the nose and 6m swell). Pulled into Exmouth for a break. 2011, coming back from Indonesia via Kimberly, ❤we had a beam reach all the way down the coast. Traditional thinking is always to get south before September. The wild, wild west coast. The single biggest reason we took our yacht to SE Asia after 30 years of bashing up and down the west coast.
Good stuff, something you will never forget.
Hectic! Glad you got in safe. Keep up the great work.
Good job getting through some tough conditions. I don't think any of us expect you to film through that stuff. Glad you are both safe. Thanks for filming what you did and sharing.
Thanks mate, really appreciate your kind comment 🙏
You guys are so amazing 🙈👏🙌
Hey crew, this episode hit hard hey. Super gnarly conditions that pushed both you and the boat. Was rad to see you guys work together and pull through it despite all the challenges. Really valued your sit down chat at the end sharing the moment with Slim on the bow responding to the anchor crisis. Can relate to your experience of being forward with all that water coming at you and having your partner look on in terror from the cockpit. Also Soph helming whilst nano napping is a testament to how one with the boat you are. Stoked you are both recounting with a sense of gratitude and appreciation. Fair winds my friends!
Josh
Hey legends, Stoked you connected with the episode; yeah, it was funny; we were so rattled by that experience that we never really mentioned it to the camera, but on further reflection, we thought it was an important part of the experience that we should share. Yeah, I'm sure we can relate to being dunked. It is not a fun experience, but I reckon it would have been just as freaky if not more for Soph, and it sounds like Phoebe. yeah her sleep steering while asleep was pretty impressive, I kind of just watched in ore for a bit when I woke up to her steering us along passed out 😂 Hope all is well over east! ⛵
Hopefully, we can manage to drop pick on the same island someday.
Slim
Great show. Glad you are still both smiling…
Phew, that was intense. Awesome video in difficult conditions. Well done on pulling through.
Love your energy. Great story telling as well seems to me you did the best you could in those circumstances, well done. John ⚓️👍🇬🇧😎
Certainly one of the most challenging adventures you two have undertaken. You two are awesome! Cheers.
HOLY CRAP ! What a sail..... As many miles on the ocean as I have logged, I have NEVER been in such a dire circumstance. You both did a heroic job getting through all of the mechanical failures and in such terrible weather....Wow. So very happy that y'all made it safely to anchorage. And as you have said, that sort of experience will never leave you and clearly will mean that you will be so much better prepared for anything you might face going forward. Bravo on making it and bravo just because ! I love you guys. Get things fixed up and keep plugging away and I will be waiting for the next update !
Good jobb getting through that situation!
It is really tough mentally when you are forced to continue sailing when you have a planned stop that does not work!!
Great episode
Cheers!
You guys just rock! ❤ i have so much respect for your sailing abilities and honesty. Crazy passage!!
@@katyvansteenhoven220 Aw! Thanks so much! Really appreciate it 😊
I set up some strong ropes on our tender (bow and stern) to tie on the side of the big boat when In calm anchorages and they come in handy for when we had to use the tender to push the big girl.
Glad you kept your brains. There’s a saying “expect to self rescue, no one is coming”.
Yeah where we sail we always assume we gotta do it alone, help is of course appreciated but wherever possible not relied on
So glad you were able to share this experience. Y’all did a great job. Keep up the adventures!
@@OxInTheWild thanks so much 🙏
So glad you lived through this! Wowza!!
Well done guys bravo ... am thankful you were ok and had your buddies step up to help ... as always thanks for your raw honesty in what you share
Our pleasure Marcus, yeah the guys on Hagar are legends!
Omg guy's!!! You handled this so well! I'm glad you both are safe and well, much love guy's
Cheers Danny! Appreciate it mate
You guys did a great job making that journey, pat yourselves on the back and keep on keeping on. Love your video's and best wishes. 👍
So scary! Reminder that boating is no joke. While there are plenty of times of absolute peace and joy, things can get terrifying in a heartbeat. You guys handled it amazingly! So glad you’re safe!❤
Well done guys, be careful out there and keep the exciting stuff coming. Love it.
Cheers mate
Well done for making it through. Lessons learnt and stands you in good stead for future adventures. Look after yourselves out there.
Cheers Ross
Your best video ever nakama plus u2 incredable sailors mentality & physically &mentally welldone so impressive cheers sailors very honest video
What a harrowing journey! If it makes you feel any better, we've all been there at one time or another... just part of being a sailor. I had my engine quit suddenly (unbeknownst to me, there were air bubbles in the fuel blocking the injectors) at dusk and in 4 meter short period chop while being blown onto a lee shore. I was hove-to but drifting towards the rocks about 1 km away. I had to bleed the air out (for first time ever) while the boat bucked like a wild horse, with a little flashlight between my teeth and a wrench in one hand trying to back those tiny bolts out. Amazingly, it worked and the engine started right up. I felt embarrassed for getting myself into that situation but it was a valuable learning experience. It sounds like you had a succession of learning experiences in one night! Well done for negotiating all those challenges successfully.
Great video
Well done guys, challenging times, you handled it with no problems. Thanks for sharing.
You guys are awesome!! Uni, sailing AND well produced RUclips videos!! Keep it up!!
Haha, we're trying our best!! Sometimes it's a lot but we try our best...😅 Cheers Mark
We can relate to all those things that happened ! Good to see you both still smiling !
Cheers legends
Excellent summary... Nothing more to be added to anything... Strong boat. Enough experience to know not to go into a dodgy inlet when things are not right. A lessor yacht would have holed when the anchor smacked the bow... Great boat obviously... I bet you slept well when the anchor finally went down... Best video yet... It's not always champagne and sunsets... Sometimes the sh*t does hit the fan... Well done...
Yay Chilli ❤well done guys on a hellish sail, you guys rocked it
Wowsers guys. You did good. And although so full on scary and exhausting glad uv got some valuable takeaways and handing them on. Stay safe - great if stressful video xx
Fantastic job, passed that test you both have the skills to go wherever you want.Great shots of the chaos.
Cheers Matt, always so hard to pick up the camera when it hit the fan but we glad we managed to get a couple shots
Solid ep you two. What a hectic trip. Really glad you made it and thanks for being so honest and upfront about what went wrong.
I really got a lot out of this one!
Hope the next hop is easier.
Also thanks for chilli proof or life I was starting to wonder
Cheers legends
Hi Slim and Sophie Just watched your video andyou had my mouth watering for some of the Crays you managed to get hold of by diving!!!!!! It brings back so many memories of my youth growing up on the westcoast of South Africa!!!! We used to boil them in complete form and enjoyed the meat in the legs as well which one broke off the body!!!Promise you a tidy amount of the leg meat we turned into a salad with Mayonaise!!!! The body we gooked on hot wood coal by just turning it every few minutes!!!!!! Now living in Germany and miss the good old days!!!!!!Love watching your videos and your experience whilst Sailing and Studying!!!!! Wish you all the best and enjoy your lovely life!!!!!! Regards from this end of the Globe!!!!!Regards Helmuth
thanks so much Helmuth, so glad to spark some fond memories, thanks so much for taking the time to leave a comment😄
that will be a night to remember glad you are all ok really looking forward to the next one best wishes shayne
Thanks heap, Shayne!! bit of boat work in beautiful places coming up!
YOU guys are legends along with your tow buddies. Cheers
Gawd! Welcome to the west coast. I feel like apologising. But you both did exceptionally well, kept your cool and did the right things. Things do have a way of imploding all at once at sea and this experience is a classic example of that. So, lesson learned with no real harm done to you. Phew!! We're all mightily relieved. Can't wait for the next instalment. Cheers.
Great vid guys, we all learn from mistakes we have made over the years , you wont forget this one. Drain that fuel tank completely and get plenty of spare filters. Good luck with the rest of your trip south..
Cheers Rick!
Great episode really exciting and realistic.
In my experience, a single problem almost always compounds into multiple problems at sea ... and usually quickly... Happy to see you solved all of them (at least enough to get you to anchor) and are learning from them. 👊🏻👊🏻 That post-disaster cockpit/deck/cabin is always a chore... Love that part. 😄
haha always a chore😂
great stuff as always guys. Really nice to see you be open about the "mistakes" made while under pressure, happens to the best, so don't stress about any know-it-all's in the comments, and I think its a great reminder for people to be prepared
@@itsConflan thanks so much, we really appreciate it! 😊
hardcore and epic guys. Clear the decks and lash Everything down, below...
Preprep the grub. And stroke a chilli for luck😊
I subcribed immedietly , Great action ! Real sailing , great tacking . Back in the good old days, before engines, style ,imagine no GPS as well .
Awesome, thank you!
Wow that was a shock
I just bought Hagar 3 weeks ago
Thanks for relating your experiences as I have many lessons to learn
No Way!! how epic, such a great boat! Hope you have the time of your life sailing her!
There's no day hopping along WA coast, Carnarvon/Shark Bay, Geraldton, Dongara, Perth
your adversities remind me of sailing across the pacific in 2010, you guys did well!!
We're not superstitious either, but we kid you not, the morning after watching this video we were motoring out of our anchorage after having a drama free szn of sailing (thus far!) only to have our engine sputter and die as we were charting through the narrow passage. We immediately thru the sails up and thankfully were able to sail onto anchor and safe refuge without too much drama.. but we did find ourselves saying, "Dammit Slim and Soph"!
Viewer beware this video is seriously jinxed ! 😅
Omg!!! We're so sorry!! 😂 That is not a funny situation but also kinda funny....sorry that happened to you guys! 😂
Guys, great thinking about heading out, very old saying. Under pressure it is amazing what you forget, having a cockpit gives us also some false sense of security, we have the life jackets in the cockpit, but during the day we don't wear wear them. But come dusk they are on until the morning. As you said lessons learnt are life saving. So glad you guys are safe as we have got a few drinks too catch up on.
Great vid. Crazy night. I have had moments like that. Passages like that will only make you huys great sailors. Great job.
Cheers Chris
planned redundancy if it can be afforded is a necessity, having a larger tender engine is one thing I wish we would have done. great listening to you both
Glad your ok.
Please read this - I’ve had serious fuel contamination issue myself, and if your tank is badly fouled the only way to deal with it is to drain the tank, clean the fuel, hoover out all the sludge (yes, hoover!) with a wet and dry vac, wash it and rinse it out. How you will do this on a remote anchorage I have no idea but if you don’t do this it will recur again and again. I lost most of last season due to this issue and had to get a professional to clean the tank over the winter. If it doesn’t have an inspection hatch you will need to cut one using a good quality hole saw, and install a hatch. The problem isn’t just dirty fuel, it’s biodiesel - it is easier for bugs to thrive in. It also hygroscopic. They also no longer put in additives that help keep it at bay. Here in the UK it’s a major issue and we use an additive called Marine 16. They sell both a bug killer and a regular doser that prevents it forming. Please don’t take risks with this on a dangerous coast. You’re young and got your whole lives ahead of you - sorry to sound like your parents; I’m 67 so forgive me! I’ve been following your adventures and I just couldn’t bear to see you come to grief. Wait for a southerly wind and head for the nearest port to get this dealt with. And make sure you another boat comes with you. Best of luck!
Great - I'm headed to the UK now... Tips..? (besides the additive) .. I.e. Good marinas, bad marinas, fuel pumps.. etc. Can anything be done before filling up, or is it a complete unknown...? Thanks in advance.
The fuel is OK if you use it up quickly, but biodiesel just doesn’t keep well, and once you’ve got a bad case of diesel bug you end up with sludge in your tank. Some choppy seas and well, you’ve seen the results. Best advice is to use Marine 16 diesel treatment - there are loads of additives out there but this is probably the best.
Crazy experience! Great job guys :)
Great Vid guys, lots of lessons learned, the anchor mishaps all things done that needed to be done to stay afloat thumbs 👍 up..
Cheers Peter!
Good work guys, always learning hey. 👍
Always 😂 Cheers David
Good wake up call! Thankfully you managed to get through this!
Hopefully you have your engine and autopilot issues solved as well.
I try myself to keep at least 1 jerrycan spare with different fuel from another supplier as backup, in case of dirty fuel, you should have one non dirty fuel and line up the system to pump directly from that Jerry.
Enjoy your coming sails!
Hi guys it’s Mick from Medina in American River I’ve just bought a Duncancon 34 called Peregrine can’t wait to get out there 👍
Mick!!! No way!! It's nice to hear from ya, how the bloody hell are ya mate? That is such incredible news! We will have to see if we can have a sticky beak online for her!
@@SlimandSophSailingNakama yeah guys I’m so happy everything thing is good I bought peregrine for $16;000 and have signed the contract she is mine now watching your last episode the Duncanson 34 is a beautiful sea worthy boat safe sailing cheers mick from sv Medina
@@SlimandSophSailingNakama what’s your email and I’ll send some pics of my Peregrine👍
@@SlimandSophSailingNakama hey you beautiful people I’ll send you some pictures of my beautiful Duncanson 34 just need your email address cheers Mick from sv MEDINA
great video you two, just subscribed and look forward to watching your adventure!
That looked gnarly as guys...way to gnarly. Get hauled out so you can clean that tank and the enh=gines. Makes sure you also install a filtering system. Better those fixes than a whole boat fix.
Well done, epic effort guys
Great episode. Such hardship.
Do you carry or use Fuel Doctor?
We have in the past, we will go over our battle with the fuel over the next couple episodes
So, it's not all fair winds and following seas. You'll have harrowing tales for around the campfire on the beach. Thanks for bringing us along, I think.
We certainly do not have a shortage of stories at this point😂
Hi Slim n Soph, I have never commented before but have watched all your episodes since Darwin. Congratulations on your honesty and maturity in your summary of the events in this episode. It is so good that you have provide the 'Warts and All' of this experience, and you can take away a host of positives from this single passage. We never stop learning from the ocean, as she is a tough teacher. Passages like that make you really appreciate the nice ones. I look forward to you heading South, and maybe catch up in Freo on Mandurah. Kinf Regards Mike
Thanks for the comment legend! So glad to have you following along 😊 And thanks so much for your kind words. That's it, gotta learn the hard way and this will make us appreciate the good days 😁
Great video guys. Clearly pretty hairy at times, but when the going got tuff the tuff got going.
Well done love your content.
Awesome to see fellow sailors helping you both out. Much love to you both ❤
sensational video guys. lessons learned, well done.
Much appreciated!
Guys, keep a length of fuel line handy and stick it into a jeery can and connect it to your engine so you can run your engine off your jeery can you may want a return line also
We considered heaving to and trying the Jerry option, but conditions were just a bitt to brutal to pull anything off at the time while hand steering in our small cockpit! haveing some spare fuel lines on board is certainly something we have considered after this coast
Hello Slim & Soph.
Another great video. Yes you has a rememberable sail that's for sure. Engine, the auto sail, the anchor, and fuel jerry can jugs. cat is looking well, but didn't seem impressed being woken . looking forward to next video
That’s what makes memories 👍👍
For sure
Hi, love your work.
This is an idea I have used in the past.
Dedicate one jerry as an emergency supply, independent of main system.
It can be done utilising the jerry's cap.
The engines fuel system will isolated.
I did a 27 hour sail 2 years ago singlehanded. Lost the dingy, Autopilot broke so had to hand steer. Into the wind making one knot headway.
Used apple watch on 15 timer to keep myself awake.
I carry power bars for emergency food . . Auto I am wondering if I can rig a tiller pilot on my emergency tiller for a back up ? Might work . They are cost effective , does not count on any other steering gear to work and you can store till needed . Pain in the ass to set up but if you need it it will be worth it .
Yes I lived on those power bars for 3 days bashing to weather once.
Good stuff! You already knew the sea was like that, don't kid us. 😂 Had the diesel bug shit ourselves, self inflicted in our case, whole 2 days polishing the bloody stuff the hard (cheap) way afterwards...
As far as the rushing fwd without clipping on when the anchor jumped ship goes, that's what happens. The sailing school safety stuff is great in a classroom, it's box ticking, in the real world there isn't time for it when things happen fast. Yes do the by the book safety, harness, personal beacon, etc. as a matter of course but do what the windjammers did, rig grab lines. From your solar arch/bimini thingy to the shrouds to the pulpit about as high again as the rails. From the pulpit to the mast, about goose neck height on the mast (may help your genny tack round the inner forestay too by lifting the sheets...) then if - sorry - when you have the sudden panic there is an extra set of grabs.
I offer this as, being stuck ashore currently, if you go drown yourselves I'd miss your videos! Fair winds. Mike 'Amanita'
Wow I know I would have died attempting to do what you did, legends.
Been watching weather intently, thinking of you guys.
Bigger boat ya’ll!
You are 100% correct purchasing a good tender and bigger motor. I scratch my head with all these other guys buying electric motors for the tender…makes no sense. Another channel I follow had the same issue but had an electric motor on the tender and the batter died. They had to get a power boat to come and get them. I’m pretty sure they are now going to go back to a gas motor.
Love the show stay safe.
Judging by the outcome I reckon you can judge you’ve handling of that passage proudly, yes lessons learned remembering you kept the mast up, the people in, the rudder on and water out of the boat. Good on ya😎
Cheers robert
Perhaps consider fitting an outboard mount to the stern of Nakama. So in a emergency you can easily slot the dinghies' outboard on. Much more effective propulsion than trying to use the dinghy as a tow boat.
Great job in a bad place, hope you get all your problems sorted
Man, I can relate to this video so much. We got smashed at 0200hrs by a 45 knot sumatra (violent squalls that come out of the west with very little warning during the SW monsoon season in Malaysia) on a lee shore anchorage on the west coast of Tioman Island, Malaysia - an anchorage that was placid and calm for many days prior. We had 80m of chain out so we were being blown onto shore in an evolving swell. Long story short the keel touched bottom (sand) in the trough of an evolving swell and we immediately picked up anchor and high-tailed it offshore like a scalded cat and just headed to our next destination about 6 hrs earlier than planned. Four of us (two couples) handled it very well, I am very proud to say, but sh*t like this (and your hairy 2-handed situation on the Wild West Coast!) does happen and it makes you such better sailors, as a result. Well done Nakama. Cheers from SY Miss Foxy, Singapore.
so glad you both are safe. What a nightmare.