The LAKE MICHIGAN Crossing | Sailing Soulianis - Ep. 10
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- Опубликовано: 5 апр 2018
- It’s our FIRST OVERNIGHT PASSAGE! We set sail across Lake Michigan, leaving in the middle of the night to ride the fading winds of a storm. Kirk’s dad arrives just before midnight to join us for the trip.
The sail starts out with 15+ knts on the nose, and 5’ waves which drop to a couple feet by the next afternoon. We fly our spinnaker for the first time ever.
Lauren struggles with seasickness while Kirk and his dad have a ball sailing. After arriving at a marina in Pentwater, Michigan, we crack a bottle of whiskey to celebrate the 100-mile journey.
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Lauren & Kirk
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That young lady has my vote for best Y.T smile....!
Her smile is nice but you must not have seen Sierra's from Tula's endless summer
A nice swim usually helps me when I start to get sick. If I feel it coming on, I’ll get overboard as quickly as possible. Ten minutes makes a huge difference.
Always amazes me how BIG Lake Michigan is!! 😳
It is large! Especially when your bobbing out in a little boat in the middle of the night. :)
Your midnight sail reminded me of my first nighttime cross country flight. The dark was so calm, peaceful, there was no traffic, the landscape was surreal... Marvelous!
No matter what the Up's or down's are Lauren alway's has a smile on her face
Beautiful having your father on board...
A little whiskey doesn’t hurt.
It was a trip neither of us will forget :)
To be sure, Lauren doesn't give off supermodel vibes (more Sarah plain and small) but when she smiles... Light radiates from her face ☺️. You're a blessed man, Kirk.
🙄
Great video. Thank You.
GOOD JOB, CONGRATS AND MANY MORE HAPPY SAILS...
This es a\exactly what I hope to do some day is buy a sailboat and sail the Great Lakes. We spend most of the summer there on the Silver Lake sand dunes, and spend time in Pentwater. Great videos. Still watching the rest of Michigan sails.
Lauren try driving the boat the first few hours. Always helps me for some reason.
Blue Steal! A rum drink to take the edge off! Dad along and a wicked cool spinnaker! Don't worry everybody yes everybody gets seasick. The ocean will be easier with longer period waves. Epic Episode! Thumbs way up!
Thanks, James! Lauren is happy to report she hasn't been sick since.
Agreed. True offshore will be better, even in monstrous waves.
The votes are in the crew and I have voted you the luckiest guy on these sailing vlogs.because you are with the most attractive lady here . Respects keep the vids comming.
Lots of important “firsts” on your trip. Congratulations!!!
Good job guys. Keep them coming. We know it's a lot of work and we really appreciate it. Thanks.
Thank you, Steve!
My uncle used to fly metal pie plate on his mast. Apparently it gave the radar signature of an aircraft carrier.
That's weird I happen to be drinking tullamore dew while watching. Good choice
Such a lovely couple. A sail that had everything, a great experience for you both. Always enjoy watching the episodes...well done.👍
It was a great first overnight passage. Cheers!
Thank you for another great video :)
When I felt seasick being on top and seeing the horizon always did the trick.
brother I love your boat it's so clean
Hi, well done ! you got me following you advantures. be safe !
Love you guys!
I've ridden through Pentwater many times on a motorcycle. Nice to see it from the sailboat side!
Great Lake Sailing!!! The Best in the World!!!
She looks really happy
Get some Sturgeron 15 on EBay. No side effects, then gradually reduce dosage to nil over a few days.
Easier to sock the Kite if you collapse it 1st. Let the sheet go completely and go like a demon on the sock. With practice, a piece of cake. If wind picks up also run square to take the pressure out of it.
Great Vid, enjoy.
Mucho Gracias ....keep on sailing, nice to see real videos ..
Safe Journey
Thanks John!
Boy, do I ever feel remiss for not having commented for awhile! Kirk and Lauren, you are truly living the dream. Not only that, your videos are the absolute best of their type. Please keep them coming!
No remissness necessary, Bruce! ;) Always a pleasure to hear from you. Looking forward to popping into Racine this summer to see you again!
Nice boat. Nice couple. Nice father. Cheers for more adventures afar.
enjoying your videos, good looking boat
Don't worry you're going to get use to it.
After a while on a boat, you're not going to be sick anymore. Your "inner ear" will be used to the motion of the boat. But then careful to landsickness :o)
Yes! All three of us experienced heavy land sickness the first night after this crossing. It was the longest any of us had spent out on a boat.
something that helps me when i get land sickness, is after you make a long passage, when you get to a slip etc to stay onboard the boat for almost a day or overnight.. if i step on land to soon from being out, i start swaying, but as soon as i step onboard, im normal
Lol
Good for you guys!!!
Thanks Leslie!
enjoyed the posting, and an awesome whiskey to finish off your day.
Everyone gets a bit sick at some point,don't feel too bad Lauren.
I'm enjoying your videos⛵️😊
Thanks, Wayne :)
Got me with the blue steel 😂
great Ep....looking forward to more like this please. Safe and Happy sailing ....
Thanks! We have plenty more we're working on :)
Very cool the first of many, I hope!
Love your videos....looking forward to the next. Fair Winds.
Thanks Kelly!
What a great video ! ! You guys are a beautiful couple ! We love your videos....keep them coming
Thank you Mr C.
Not at all. Enjoy!
Loving the video guys, like how you don't sugar coat things and are very honest, a great quality to have 👍🏼
Thanks! We’re trying to keep it real. :)
I just discovered your channel and thought the port background looked familiar. Love your videos and good luck in your travels!
Just found you two about 5 vids back. I thought I sensed a midwesternish Grt. Lakes sensibility in the first video. So, I checked the playlists AND found Lk. Michigan series. Great videos! You made me very happy when you sailed to our sandy side eastern shore to Pentwater! It is one of the "home ports" for us. I'm now a subscriber. Thanks for the well produced/edited videos. You are a great duo/team!
Dang!!! That is some fine whiskey.
Looking forward to the next upload. All the wonderful ports around Lake Michigan!
Hey Bruce! Your profile photo with that hat makes me giggle every time I see a comment from you :)
Right on, Kirk and Lauren! It was taken at South Shore YC right as we were getting all tied up after a Trans Michigan race in 2003 or 04. Great times and smiling faces! The warmest hat EVER!
Congrats on getting your sea legs. I agree with your father that nothing is as beautiful as sailing unless your sailing with your home.
You guys are a lovely couple. Keep sailing. Push yourselves to sail in conditions just a little bit more than your comfort level. Eventually, you will be able to handle anything.
Thank vfsurgpa! Good advice! Yes this was definitely out of our comfort zone at the time. We've continued to do as you say and already feel like much more seasoned sailors :)
What a great video of your first crossing of the Lake. So sorry there was sickness but having wristlets or drugs will keep you feeling much better. Glad you Dad was along as well. Would have been a rough trip without him.
Congratulations. I thought of you guys the last time I drove from Chicago to Port Washington. Fair winds.
Thanks Jethro!
very cool.
Just binged watched all your videos and really enjoyed them, just happen to catch your Lake Michigan crossing title in the Up Next section out of the corner of my eye. You two are naturals in front of the camera and make the videos very enjoyable to watch, keep up the great work. Hopefully you two are way down south somewhere warm since winter doesn't want to leave Michigan, its snowed the past few days, had enough.
Thanks for watching! We are currently anchored in Florida awaiting a storm front coming in this evening. We have a lot more episodes in the works documenting the trip south!
I wanted to say I'm new to your Channel I've been watching since you bought the boat and I have to say kudos to y'all very happy for you do a bunch more of that rough selling and rough ocean waters and you'll get rid of that seasickness it's the easiest way at least that's what I found when I was young congratulations on your new boat and completing your first Open Water Crossing in your new sailboat
Thanks very much, Ernest!
Y'all can check that Box✓! Way to go, it was great Kirk's Dad could go along!! Sorry you got Sea sick Lauren, not a good feeling at all!!
Y'all keep on rocking the free world!
I'm going sailing tomorrow, it been forever since I been sailing, can't wait!!
Fair winds!
I'm from the Pentwater/Muskegon area! There was a shot of Pentwater in your intro video and I had to watch and find out if I was right haha. Awesome to see that you came around here, and I'll definitely keep watching to see what's next!
Another great video guys. Sorry to hear Lauren learned about sea sickness the hard way. It’s good to see that you have found a solution. I remember the last one I was seasick the second worst thing that could happen was that I was going to die. The worst thing was that I wouldn’t.
As to whiskey, the Scots certainly call theirs “whisky” and not “Scotch” so you’re on safe ground. If you like the peaty ones like Ardbeg, our favorite in the cockpit at the end of the day is Lagavulin 16. It will stand up to the salt spray you’re feeling and tasting now that you’re off the fresh water. (It is also Ron’s destination on his pilgrimage in Scotland in Parks and Recreation.)
Thanks for the recommendation we'll have to keep an eye out for that Lagavulin.
Great video!
Great Video Guys !! - Love how you celebrate ....its really the only way to do it. (Life time Single Malt Fan) Can't wait for the next episode. I used to only get sick when I would go back on dry land.
Cheers, thanks for commenting!
What a great video ! ! You people are fantastic and are a beautiful couple ! I love your videos, your living my dream, all the best From Robert UK London.
Love watching you guys! We had a boat in New Buffalo for 15 years. Lake Michigan is great, but I must say sailing on ocean is completely different. Nothing compares to jumping in the water in Lake Michigan . Have fun
Believe it or not sailing the Great Lakes ain't much different than the ocean other than you run into bigger storms on the ocean
I'm from the Pentwater area and was really pleased to see this episode! I found your channel while researching sailing the great lakes with the idea of eventually heading to the gulf.
Keep em coming! Subbed :)
We loved Pentwater!
Great job guys
Thanks Mitch!
Never done it on a sail boat but we have crossed lake michigan on our 20ft Mark Twain I/O like the boat at 13:05 thanks for sharing your trip awesome video
You kids are a ridiculously handsome couple! Lauren carries Kirk a little but I'm sure some female fans would disagree!! LOL. Love the videos guys. Don't worry about the sea sickness, it gets better. Congrats on the crossing!!
LOL, thank you.
Lyn Pardey always was seasick the first couple of days of their many trips during their circumnavigations. Glad sea bands and Bonnie are helping.
Inspirational! Lake Superior is very similar.
awesome guys
Great video realy enjoyed it, can't wait for your next one 😀
Cheers, thanks Lee!
“Giant seas” ? Happy days... enjoy!... fair winds!
That's awesome! I'll keep following the adventure. I'm gonna buy you guys a beer to celebrate your journey.
James! Thank you so much! That is so cool, you just made our day. Mind if we use it to buy a bottle of whiskey? We've got a few good recommendations in the comments down below we'd like to try.
Dont worry seasickness is a rookie thing, it goes away as you spend more time on sea. I grew up sailing and i’m able to sleep inside with 12feet waves.
If you’re feeling sick try:
1. Def being outside
2. Steering
3. Looking at the horizon
They say the only real cure for seasickness is to sit under a large tree, lol!
Nice to see Great Lakes Sailing. Lots to see and do. I recall the first time I flew Manitowoc, Wi to Ludington, Mi in ~20 minutes. 20 hours must have been something for the first time in a boat.
Yes it's been a dream of mine to sail Lake Michigan since I was a kid. It was so very cool to be able to finally do it aboard my own boat. - Kirk
Whiskey, the perfect cure for seasickness lol
Great video and boat. Built just East of where I live and I love the lifestyle!
Cheers, thanks David!
ya'll guys are pretty cool awesome video hope to see more
Thanks! We're working on the next one as we speak. :)
Wow 20 hours Lake Michigan must be some lake. Great video. Thank you very much for sharing.
It is the 5th largest lake both by volume and by surface area in the world!
If the Great Lakes were salt water, they would be seas.
That's why they call it a Great Lake. There are four shared between the US/Canada and one within the US. Google map the Great Lakes.
roughly 25% of the worlds fresh water here
That's a great sea worthy yacht. I watched the episode where you bought it and it seemed to me a smokin deal. Nice family who you bought it from. To me the boat almost looks new and the winches and stainless work sparkle. I truly think you could make it down through the Panama Canal and across the Pacific to Polynesia, Fiji, New Zealand and Australia.
Can't wait to get my boat on lake michigan! I live in escanaba
Love your channel - we are three years in and out of Racine as well. We did our first crossing last year (over to Ludington) last year as well and had a blast. Keep it up and we’ll see you out there !!
Awesome! 💙 Fair winds to you!
Good stuff!
Wow, I though Shaun and Julia had a nice Tartan, yours is gorgeous.
Thanks Joseph!
Nice choice in Whiskey
You’ll get used to it Lauren. Might take a while but you won’t get sick after you spend some time on the water. Happens to everyone.
Thanks for the kind words :)
Don't worry about being seasick. When I was in the Navy many years ago a good friend who I had been stationed with at an air station got stationed aboard the same ship as me. When he came aboard the ship was at the end of a major overhaul in the shipyards in Portsmouth, VA so he had been aboard for 5 months before the boat had water under her keel again. Our first cruise was finally scheduled for 3 days to test the work done by the yard and conditions were dead calm. The minute the ship left the pier he got seasick to the extent he was incapcitated for the entire 3 days. The Navy was officially considering giving him a sea duty exemption. But my friend refused it and finally overcame his seasickness in the next few weeks. I sometimes think that the anxiety of doing something you've never done before and the excitement can puncuate your nerves to the point of seasickness. Also, there are some key things you can do to avoid it. One is keeping busy so you mind isn't on feeling bad. I heard you say that you couldn't lift a finger to help. That's when I would have put you to work and kept you busy doing something.....anything! Also, being below isn't a good situation either, get up on deck and keep your head looking out at the horizon and not at things up close. Lastly, never ever ever lay down and close your eyes. I'm sure you will get over your seasickness and eventually never have to think of it again. Good Luck! and congratulations on your first crossing guys!!!
awesome watching you guys take off south. as i'm in Alaska, it is starting to look like springtime here. i have lots of relatives and friends in ft myers if you need anything
Hey thanks for the offer. We’re going to head over to Fort Myers Beach to do some work on the boat. Replace the alternator and raw water pump, change the oil and a few other odds and ends. So we’ll probably be hanging out there for a week or so.
Beautiful boat, and a beautiful couple. Kirk, take care of that one, never has there been a more perfect woman. I'll be following and cheering your adventures. FW&FS.
Guys, try a spinnaker pole, set on the windward sheet, don't forget the uphaul and downhaul on the pole. When dowsing the spinnaker, you need to ease the sheet just a little more, the sock (after starting) should be relatively easy to lower then. but good job and the first real sail.Fair winds, Paul
Hi Paul! Thanks for the tips. Yes, we've learned quite a bit since that first attempt at flying the spinnaker. Easing the sheets does make a huge difference. Not having the halyard wrapped once around the forestay makes things a little easier too. Oops!
Unfortunately the boat didn't come with a spinnaker pole and it hasn't been on our immediate "must have" list. We did find a spinnaker "tack/bridle" which we've since used quite successfully to pin the tack of the sail to the forestay and fly like an asymmetrical.
Hahaha, yes we all make those mistakes, thanks for the no harm done chuckle. See you in the Pacific sometime. My yacht Apollo 6 is in for some maintenance and repairs. Paul
Just upgraded from a 25 ft Irwin 10-4 to an Ericson 32-2. This is the Summer we cross. We will make sure to stay away from the giant tornado thingies.
Great to see some fellow Midwesterners out here on sailing YT. 🙏 Happy sailing!
You've got a cool dad. Love your channel please make more vids.
Lol thank you. We’re working on it! Pops says thanks too :)
This is quickly becoming my fave sailing channel. I appreciate the smoothness in your videos, the transition from one shot to another, the music is so nice and it's just a very relaxing time. I love Canadian whiskey. Don't care for Tennesee Whiskey of any kind but don't know if I have ever had Irish whiskey. I may have to try that. Congrats on the crossing and the remedy for seasickness.
Hi Lynn, thanks for watching! We're really working hard to put out quality over quantity. Cheers!
Eat apples to prevent sea sickness. On a cruse 40 years ago, on the SS Rotterdam, they had a barrel full every day on every level -- for that reason. Haven't seen them since.
good tunes :)
The Queen's Cup race has left Milwaukee on Friday evenings for Muskegon or Grand Haven for decades :D
With good food like that you’ll be ready for the sea of cortez.
Good area to practice, but watch out for the short fetch. Enjoy, good choices all the way around...
SV. Venceremos, out of San Diego
You guys made Pentwater more beautiful than it is. Congrats
Pentwater has a certain charm. It may be that we arrived by boat but was a perfect little boating community.
Whoop whoop!
Seasickness:
1) Everybody gets seasick at one point or another.
2) First journeys are the worst, you will acclimatize.
3) If you can be at the helm.
I get super sea sick at a very specific movement, the corkscrew. Never dink the night before or eat anything touch on your stomach. I can't eat anything in the morning. gravel only works if you take it ahead of time, when I feel sick even a little its too late. Those wrist bands seem to work. Pot or various THC medication stuff works very well. best to be at the help in control, oh and never go below deck!
dont go below.. or you will blow 😄
Классные ребята!
Flying the spinnaker ,, WAY TO GO!!!!! Captain Anthony Tartan 264
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"You cook good rabbit friend" (old movie quote - two mountain men who are strangers briefly share some time together). I tried your Awesome breakfast sauce and then copy cat your egg roll over. Both were Yum! Yum! Next time I will be sure to add the bell pepper and maybe some green onion to it as well. I also make my hollandaise with sour cream and spice fluid so it is very similar.
MIchelle uses bonine when it gets super nasty in the Gulf at work in the winter time. She, being an engineer, doesn't have the luxury of seeing out the window. But I feel she has it better because the bridge sways and pitches so much being so high up! Congrats on the crossing!
I ran out of Bonine recently and was using Dramamine Non-Drowsy because I had it on hand. I'm pretty sure there's no chemical difference, but I want to say Bonine worked better for me ;)
Sailing Soulianis I'm sure there isn't much difference, but she likes the chewable part of it too. Some of it your body can absorb through your mouth. Nice if you are having trouble keeping things down(like a pill)!