ATLANTIC OCEAN RESCUE - Our Recap // Sailing Coco #82
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- Опубликовано: 26 фев 2022
- Our sail across the Atlantic Ocean was a little scarier than expected. We were on the home straight, everything was going smooth and then it happened..... We spotted a single handed French sailor LOST AT SEA. Having being stranded at sea for 3 weeks and dismasted for 3 days with no engine, we spotted his dismasted yacht being thrown around by the fierce swell of the Atlantic.
After countless times of trying to summon the help of the coastguard from various Caribbean islands, each time we got a refusal of help. We knew it was up to us to get the lost sailor to safety. That was the only thought in all of our minds as we battled through 6 meter seas with 40+ knot winds. "If this was in the UK the RNLI would have been here - a sentence we would constantly say to each-other"
After a sleepless night, we all battled against the odds to rescue this stranded sailor.
Whoever says that catamarans are not a "seaworthy" "blue-water" sailing vessel needs to watch the video. Coco our Fountaine Pajot Lucia 40 done everything we would expect from a seaworthy blue-water sailing boat.
We are happy everyone is safe. At the end of the day, we are all in this community together, and without each-other, where would we be?
Thank you ALL for watching our last two videos, we are blown away by the amount of views and supportive comments we have received. We never expected so many people to be invested in the rescue story of the stranded sailor we found on our Atlantic crossing. We have received a lot of questions which may have not been clear in the last two videos so we thought we would do a recap on the situation and what we could have done differently if we were ever to find someone stranded again in the middle of the Atlantic 🙈 hopefully not!!
Thank you soo much for all your tips on how we could have done things better if there is a next time, we have taken it all onboard and discussed it this week.
Soo if you would like to join our recap, maybe grab some tea and biscuits and join in with our conversation.
We hope to see you next week on our less dramatic adventures!! Hope you all have a great Sunday!
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Again thank you so much for watching our last two videos and for all your supportive comments!
We have had over 60,000 views and with that you get 60,000 different opinions on how things can be done. We have read each comment and taken why you have all said onboard. Thank you.
The sailing community it’s truly amazing!
To the new subscribers- welcome, to the existing supports - thank you!
It's an experience that you will hopefully never repeat in your cruising career. And by the way, I would have offered him assistance too, in the way you did.
I really enjoyed this!! Guys ignore the rude ones!! Congratulations on the award. Well earned... ✌🏼💗😊❣️
I can sail and have raced yachts dozens of times. Bottom line guys, you did an amazing job! David could have capsized and gone under at any time. People criticising you would have folded like a chocolate fireguard if they were put in your position. You stepped up and bloody good on you. People are judged by their actions - words are cheap. David was a liability on the water. He actually put you and your family at risk!
Take care
Thanks so much! Comments like these really mean a lot! LOOOL Chocolate fireguard - love that!
Thanks again and have a great day!
👏👍🏻
@@SailingCoco Wise is the Chocolate lifeguard - for he acts NOT in haste. Let's review what happened and educate future sailors on the dangers of taking certain actions. Should we not offer better/safer alternatives? The next heroic young couple may quite literally "loose their heads" trying to emulate these actions. In my view the professionals (Coasties and towing company personnel on the radio calls) should have been more forthright about the dangers of towing. It would have been the right thing to do. David was either very poorly schooled or very thoughtless regarding his responsibilities as a solo open ocean sailor. I have shared proper towing procedure in another comment on this post not as a criticism but in hopes of preventing a reoccurrence of the same tragedies I've seen throughout my 75 years. They say that there are somewhere between 1 and 10 million boats on the ocean bottom. Most as a result of making the same mistakes the others made and failing to learn from them. Good luck to you both and continue to learn and ask questions - especially during trying times. I'm very happy to see you safe.
I am flabbergasted that you felt you had to explain yourselves to viewers, explaining why you did what you did. It bought tears to my eyes and made my blood boil all at the same time. You did a fantastic job under difficult circumstances. Be proud of what you did, you are answerable to no-one, least of all people who were not there.
Btw, I loved the pink PJs. It wouldn't have mattered if you'd been bollock naked, the most important thing was that you had your life jacket on.
Well done guys, we love you ❤⛵
Ahh that's so sweet!! I think we took the negative comments too much to heart after reading everyone's super supportive comments this week!! We will ignore them next time and not pay any attention!!
Hahaa thank you for your lovely words and we will be sure to catch up on your vids once we get to England next week! Signal has been a real issue over this side but we're back in England for a week to go to some weddings and pick up a 4G booster 🤞
Happy sailing ⛵
So the guy you saved didn't even find you to meet up and say "thank you"?? 😳 You guys did amazing under the tough circumstances and saved the guy's life! I don't know how people can criticize you.Been watching your channel from the start, love your authenticity and you being "yourselves" 💜 Happy travels!
Ahhh thank you sooo much for your comment! So nice to hear you've been watching from the start!!
It really was a shame that we never got to speak to him!!
Thank you again for your message, it was so lovely to read ♥️♥️♥️
well done guys. unfortunately the internet is full of know-it-alls, and it can be bloody frustrating to say the least. you did a stellar job, I'm not sure everyone would have persevered like you did after so many rope breaks and in that swell. You saved that guys life, no doubt.
Hey guys!! Thanks for the message!! I guess you guys must know the feeling with your channel!
After receiving so many positive messages on this vid we’ll try not to second guess ourselves next time! Cheers for the lovely message and best of luck with your work!! You guys are doing great!!
Hey, you guys are just brilliant, you all did a marvellous job under pressure not knowing what was going to happen , I take my hat off to you, we can all look back on our lives and think we could have done it differently, but would it have been a better outcome. No ! You got the guy home , well done 👍
Thank you! You are so right there! Certainly going to look at it different now I have read your comment - thanks! Like you say. He is home and everyone is safe!
Absolutely, I could not agree more. A lot of couch sailors might feel to give unasked advice but once in such a situation the only thing that counts is the result. Well done!
@@sy-ronja3613 Thank you SY Ronja!! Appreciate it!!
I haven't read the comments but I really hope you guys didn't feel you needed to defend yourselves. You did a great job in a highly stressful situation!
Thank you so much. We didn’t realise we were doing that until all the nice comments we received on the recap video! Think when people questioned the safety of the crew and sailor it got to us more than we thought as we usually try and think of safety first! But yes we’ve realised we shouldn’t take it to heart so much! Thank you
Not all heroes wear capes!
Sometimes they wear pink unicorn pj’s!!! 💗 xx
Hahaaaa 🦄💕 xxx
Your boat is not a purpose designed vessel for heavy sea rescue work. As you said it was a huge learning experience for yourselves. Yet you stepped up, managed the situation, especially the risks, and you succeeded. Nothing shouts success like success. It was the right decision to leave him on his boat given the choice to rescue the boat as well as the sailor shown by the need to rejig the lines - multiple transfers between the boats would have resulted in injury for sure. You and crew deserved that award big time. Well done. Umm, the pink jammies were cute...
Hahahaa thank you for your message and compliment on the jammies!! 😄🦄
Really appreciate your message and glad it all worked out okay in the end! Was a big learning curve for us all!!
Cheers!
Having been in the same position rescuing a couple of boats and a man overboard in the Cook Strait NZ, don't doubt yourselves! He may be embarrassed but He has you to thank for his life! you did what others would of a. ignored, b, bottled it or c. did what you did, you guys should be proud of yourselves. Now the adrenalin has passed please don't second guess yourselves, safe trravels
Thank you so much for taking the time to comment and share your experience! Think we took it to heart when it came to criticism on the safety of our crew but it’s great to hear that so many people would have made the same decisions as we had made at the time! Thank you
Good on you guys. You did it all correct. Leaving David on his boat was the correct thing to do. Towing an uncontrolled boat is very risky for smaller boats. Preventing a tow rope from breaking is worthy of some thought and experimentation, but you have to work with the material you have at hand, so well done. As for using your anchor chain to tow another boat, I wouldn’t do that. Your anchor chain is for the safety of your own boat. To redeploy the anchor chain would put that at risk, so not a thing to do. Use the other boat’s anchor chain, but he didn’t have one if I heard that correctly.
Thank you so much. It’s so great to read your comment and think that we made some good decisions at the time. It’s good to hear about the anchor chain as we had never thought about using it before but was advised it a lot since the video! And yes that was correct, he didn’t have an anchor or anchor chain!
You did a good thing. Everyone was safe and apart from losing the cushion there was no damage. You don’t have to second guess yourself. You did a good thing, be proud.
Thank you! Yeah you are right! The main thing is everyone being safe! Thanks ❤️
@@SailingCoco You should be super proud!!
@@olavthyvold2288 Thank you Olav!
Awesome job! Please ignore any criticism you receive on here. You saved the life of a fellow seafarer! Can’t believe he didn’t even approach you to thank you and compensate you for the fuel. Give yourselves a pat on the back. May fair winds always be in your sails!
Thank you so much! Really appreciate your lovely comment ♥️
Stay strong guys, you really did a marvelous job saving David. 100%. Please ignore the negative messages, not worth your attention! Focus on the positive and Enjoy!
Hi, Thanks for your comment! We will defo ignore the negative comments in the future! Thank you for your kind message!
Well done to Guy, great job. you can only ever do the best you can with the equipment and knowledge you have and you did that. Today you have more knowledge than yesterday but not as much as tomorrow. Keep up the great work. We are enjoying your adventure, waiting for ours to start....
Thank you so much! They are great words to remember and remind ourselves. Without the use of google we did the best we could at the time 🙈
Well done on the rescue. You put together a riveting pair of videos and gave a rare insight into what can happen at sea. Also, those pajamas are ace, snore away in them with pride.
Hahahaa thank you!! Maybe they will soon to be available to buy soon!! 😂🙈
Language barrier apart, The guy should have come and thanked you guys for rescuing him. You guys are brilliant.
Thank you so much Garry!!
You absolutely followed the right protocol. Well Done. Ignore the idiots out there, they are just jealous of how you rose to the challenge with no reservation. Go Coco!
Thank you so much! Sometimes you just need to hear that reassurance! Especially when people tell you you were careless and didn’t consider the safety of the crew.. your message made us feel a lot better, so thank you!
@@SailingCoco no worries. I watch your Channel eagerly... Looking to buy fp in next 18 months. Love the lucia. We will be solent to start with. Keep up the good work.
I think you guys did an amazing job getting him and yourselves back to safety. There will always be negatively comments out there. Just ignore them.
Be safe!!
Thank you so much! Have a fantastic day!
My guess is the line snapping prevented your cleats from ripping out or breaking. I think a drouge off the back of David's boat might have helped some with the snatching, but you did what was possible given the lack of a means to communicate. The cruising community thanks you, even though David did not.
I wouldn't worry about people with negative comments, you made the decisions you did and should be proud to stick by them. The people who made them have probably never been in a dangerous situation in their life. We done to the crew of Coco
Thank you!! We will definitely ignore next next time after reading all of these amazing comments!! Thanks so much for all your support as always 😊
And here I thought the pink outfit was girly rough weather gear. The were great emergency turn out gear! You all did great with what you had and your experience with towing. Don't let the arm chair sailors depress you. may you always have the wind at your stern.
Hahaha maybe Musto should create a new line ☺️ would love a sea full of pink unicorn sailors!!
Thanks so much for your comment and we def won’t listen to them next time!!
You've made your goal of 10,000! Good for you. You've proven your seamanship and your humanity with this latest crossing. Now you'll need to navigate the turbulent seas of public opinion. I'm an ol' cowboy from Montana - been on a sailboat once, by accident - so I can't speak to that. I do have a wander lust and sailing channels have satiated that a bit. I follow quite a few. Dellos, LaVagabond (early years), Nahoa, Zatara, Parley, to name a few. All of them at one point or another have dealt with plus and minus of comments. For me, I'm just grateful that you document and invite us along for the ride. Thru you we, the viewers get to see and vicariously experience things and places we are not ever going to get to any other way. Keep telling your story - and keep in mind, an open forum like this is a magnet for second guessers, most of whom are not doers. Keep doing, you kids. Your doing great!
Thank you Colin! We are so surprised and grateful by all the kind messages we’ve been receiving recently!!
We love those guys! Glad you enjoy watching the sailing vids and joining us all on our journeys! Really appreciate your message and will not take the negativity to heart next time!! Thank you for the support 😊
You guys are amazing!!!!!!! Don't listen to any negative comments. You helped a guy in distress, you put yourselves at risk !!!! Well done !!!!!
Thank you so much!! Appreciate it!! ♥️
Thanks for the follow up, Glad to see the recognition by ARC with the award! - hope to see some videos on the towing recommendations, I do not believe I have seen any.
Also I would add the Pajamas on your site for sale! - kinda do a spin on the whole discussion around them! - as for David, Can’ t imagine his state of mind after the experience, glad he is hopefully feeling safe and hopefully settled. Survival Gear on the Seas vendors hopefully reach out to you, as it would be a great pairing, Enjoy your time in the Caribbean !!
Yes we hope to get a tow line rigged up in the UK and will bring it with us when we go back soon! Will show you guys what we come up with!
Hahahaa that’s a great idea!! We’ll get that sorted too!! 💗🦄 coming soon!!!
Yes hopefully David is feeling better after all that! Can’t imagine the trauma he must have felt!!
Wow. You saved him life. That was an amazing job. You deserve millions views. 🙏❤️ Be safe! Greetings from Turkey
Thank you so much!! Really appreciate it!! 😊♥️
You guys are spot on. You applied the law of the sea. You found a seaman in trouble and assisted him to the best of your ability. Everyone was safe. The best possible outcome.
Yes this is very true, it all ended well in the end!!
Your videos of the rescue were amazing. Never 2nd guess yourself - you saved a life at sea - well done crew of Sailing Coco. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you! We are glad you liked the videos! Its nice to receive such amazing comments from you guys!
I'm a German naval architect and can assure everyone that the cleats and clamps surely must be calculated for such case. At least for the displacement of your own boat plus a safety factor of 2 minimum. Only one thing I'd done differently is the type of line, a braided line typically has not enough stretch to balance the inconsistent pull disturbed by the waves. But if there's no other line that's the way it is. Hope you'll have a towing line onboard from now on sufficient to tow at least your boat. Check out rules of Lloyd's register for example for dimensions of towing lines, you'll be surprised what an fat line is necessary.
Hi Andre, that’s great to know!! Thank you for your reassurance! It felt like it was strong enough when we rigged up the bridle!
Yes we will do, we’re heading back to the UK soon for some weddings so we hope to make one up there and bring it back with us! Will show you guys what we make! Thanks for letting us know about the rule of Lloyd’s register too! We’ll check it out!
You guys did a great job, you saved a mans life.
Thanks a lot!
Thank you for another interesting video ,I am trying to give "David" the benefit of the doubt as to why he has never contacted you, but he might just be the sort of person who takes things for granted and lacks any feelings of empathy for his rescuers or people in general.. Anyway congratulations on our award and stay safe ..:-)
Yeahh it is a little hard to understand but at least we did all we could do!! Maybe he'll find the videos some day and find us!!
Thanks for the message and stay safe too 😊
Well done. You should be very proud of your response.
Congratulations on your well deserved award!
I'm glad to hear that David is alright. At the very least he should send you all a really nice card on Christmas and your birthdays.
Hahaa yeah we would have loved that lol!! At least we know he's okay and thanks for the congratulations 😊
well done COCO, Congratulations, go ahead!
Thank you so much!!! 😊
First off may I congratulate you all on the rescue of the French sailor that you did. Please take no notice of the bad comments that you get, they haven't got anything better to do. I was in the Royal Navy for 18 years as a Leading seaman, when we ever did towing of other naval ship we used a hurricane hawser, That is 60 foot of 3inch rope with soft eyes at each end then cable at 30ft and then another length of 3inch of rope with the same eyes. you could make you own Hawser up with say 20ft X 2 inch X 2 with soft eyes in and 20ft of anchor chain in the middle. a shackle for your soft eyes to connect the rope to the cable. Hope you under stand what am getting at. Good luck.
Thank you so much!! We are heading to the UK in a week so we’re going to get the line made up and bring it back with us so this is really helpful! Thanks for taking the time out to explain it to us!
@Sailing Coco your more then welcome. Looking forward to more videos.
What brave, good people you are! Good sailing!
Thank you so much ❤️
Well done guys he is a very lucky guy,as you said no epirb or flares.
Thanks! Yes no EPIRB or Flares, the basics for a ocean passage! Thanks for your comment Stephen means a lot, have a great day!
What a well done recap. It is clear that the decisions you made were well thought out given your knowledge, experience, and the immediacy of the situation. As far as using chain to tow anything on land or sea - beware that if the chain snaps (and it can unfortunately) the recoiling chain is capable of putting a hole through most anything. Thanks for taking the time to put this video together.
Thank you for your support and thanks for highlighting the danger of the chain, it’s a good point and maybe something we will avoid using if unnecessary!
Hi Sailing Coco. Bravo Zulu to you!!!! You brought him home and you brought his home home!. You persevered in tough conditions. Anyone who criticizes you has never been there. Lessons can be learned but, full respect to you two.
Thank you so much Olav!! Appreciate it!
Great job guys! Saved a life for sure...perhaps David though he was being saved by Pink elephants?...lol...😎
Hahaa yeah! He's probably still searching for the pink elephants to thank 😂
Just started watching and binged quite a bit. You guys are great and seem really genuine. Is nice to see something a bit different in a really crowded vlog space and I think your videos are really nicely done. Huge congrats on a really good bit of seamanship, there are always going to be know it all clowns who will pick holes… not many would have the presence of mind to stay calm and see the job through. Looking forward to watching more videos!
Ahh thank you John! So glad you’ve enjoyed going back on some vids and think they’re a little different, that’s so nice to hear! 😊
Thanks so much for the supportive message! After received so many amazing comments we’ve realised not to take them to heart next time!!
You were there. We just saw a video. You guys did the right thing and it worked out. Case closed. Great job!
Thank you! 😊
you did the correct thing by NOT USING THE ANCHOR CHAIN in rough seas. the rope snapped because the weight became to much, when using a chain in those condition THE CLEATS would become the weak points and would of ripped out
Thanks, that's great to know! Would have been much worse if the cleats became the weak points!!
Amazing job guys. So many would have left the boat behind. When towing you could get the boat being towed to chuck out a stern line with a few knots in it. They will stop his boat surfing down the waves and turning sideways. Anyways in the end you made it and that in itself says you did something right. David may not have known you were trying to hand him over to a more suitable towing vessel the coast guard. In any case the most important thing is you did what makes the world a great place, the good shines bright in some of us. Well done and happy sailing.
Listen, hindsight is always 20/20. You did the most amazing job in the most stressful moment of your crossing. Don't listen to any of the haters or rude commenters, tell them all to take a long walk off a short pier.
Thank you so much, it's much appreciated!!
I found you RUclips channel recently and I’m very touched by your story and adventure. Great job guys. Great job 👏🏻
Thank you! Sorry we haven’t been posting! We will be back soon with posting to our full schedule!
To me, first of all: We, the sailors on this planet, have to say: Thank you for rescue a helpless stranded man on the ocean. This is, we all should have done in this situation.
And to me, you did a great job. Because he still is alive and no one suffers a serious injury. So I have to say: Well done! - Bravo 👍👍👍👍
Everything I wrote yesterday, please don't got it as a criticism. I'm for 4 decades captain of a 800 t Trawler. I'm drilled in maneuvering such situations as save as possible.
Now I know, my hint with the anchor plus chain was a fail, because the damaged vessel don't have one. sorry for that.
Fair winds to you and your family.
Thanks Kuno!! We didn't take it as criticism at all, we really appreciated it!! We love hearing advice and especially as you have so much experience with it!! The sailor in this circumstance didn't have an anchor but we never knew this was a way we could tow so will definitely give it a try if the similar situation arises in the future!! Thank you again!!! 😊
@@SailingCoco It will work, pretty well. But even this practice comes to a Limit, if weather will be too bad or waves are too powerful. Nobody will be in the surroundings of a freaking anchor and its chain. 😉
You guys are amazing!
wow, you guys did amazing, real heroics, well worth an hour's watch
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Brillant, bravo, respect 🙏... I love your videos guys. I have some catching up to do. About this David guy, wtf! 👎. The least he can do is to thank you. Probably a cigarette smuggler 😄 🤣 , no time for a thank you note, he had to run (with the funds raised). Anyway, forget about him. You did a great thing.
Heyyy Bernard!! Great to hear from you!! So glad you liked it! What a crazy ride we've had 😂
Lol don't think we will hear from David anytime soon but nevermind, glad we were able to help!!
Thanks for the message and hope you're keeping well!!
I think the best learning is doing. You have learned lessons by doing what you thought needed to be done and it worked out, end of story. Would you do everything exactly the same should the situation present itself again, probably not. But then, would any of us be able to say we would after facing such a critical moment in life.
I have spent time catching up with your sailing adventures, started at the beginning after watching the rescue videos. While you may cringe at it I’ve enjoyed it. You have seen such beautiful places and been through so much side by side. Thanks for sharing your journey.
Ahh thank you so much Rick! Your message touched us! So glad you’ve enjoyed watching from the beginning. Your comment did make us realise that we have done a lot already actually! It’s been a crazy ride but we love it! 😊
DAVID got lucky...I was impressed that you saved his boar as well as for many that is their home and everything you own. You did put your boat at risk but its your boat and your morals... and given experience now and seeing that David made a bunch of money and left the boat you might have not put your boat at risk as if something had gone wrong you would bear the cost when you did not go out to sea unprepared he did. So I guess saving the person and leaving the boat behind is best over risking your boat for his but I still think it was very honorable you risked things to help a stranger. I do think on your end it was brave and kind of you.
Yeahh I think we would assess the situation differently next time and maybe not worry about the boat, especially if we had to tow through the night again! But it's hard to know what we would do as I guess it's all circumstantial at the time!
Thank you so much for your lovely comment, we really appreciate it!!
you did what was needed and learnt a lot from it...all's well that ends well
Yes very true! Thank you!
You did an amazing job out there guys, without your intervention and determination to get him to safety who knows what would have become David. We had to tow another boat to safety in high seas a couple of years ago (albeit for only a couple of NM) so I kind of understand what you must have gone through! Love the videos, so real and down to earth!
Ahh thank you so much!! Really appreciate your comment!! We will be sure to check out your vids when we get some good internet sorted!!! Thanks so much for your lovely comment!
Three weeks how many bloody cigarettes did he have on board ???🤠 Once again well done folks 👍👍👍
Hahahaa at least he was prepared on the provisions front 🙈
Thanks a lot!!
Pro tip for the heros, when you travel to the tiny islands in the south pacific bring things to give to the islanders because they are so remote its hard for them to get things. Possibly a small gesture of honor for the chief of the island. Some will personally give you a guided tour of their volcano.
Thank you for the tip!! We would love to explore the islands some day! But for now think we need to stay away from the long crossings 🙈
Good Job 👍
Thank you!! 😊
You need the second Flip Flop Alfie!
greetings from germany!
HAHAHA!! 💯well spotted!! 😂
You were amazing. You helped him, save his life and save his boat. Happy ending. All the negative comments are irrelevant because they were not there. Any good feedback could be considered for the future. My best wishes for you in your voyages to come.
Thank you so much for your support! You’re right it all ended well in the end!! Thank you 😊
Bloody good Show. Top Effort. Ignore the haters, you were there. They were not. May the wind always be behind you.
Thank for the great comment and support Mike! Means a lot! Take care!
You guys were awesome in helping a stranded sailor ,, I binge watched your videos and loved all of them .. Keep doing what you are doing :) Be safe and I am looking forward to your next videos ..
Ahh thank you Mark! So glad you enjoyed our other videos! Thanks for watching 😊
Hats off to yous all, yous done the best you could for the gear yous had 👍
Thanks a lot!!
Nice humble people you guys are!
Thank youu
Great job thanks again u guys are great group
ahh thank you so much!
You guys were great when it counted the most. I watched to learn from your experience and be better prepared in the event something like this ever happens to me. Thanks again for sharing.
That's great, glad it has helped watching as it has helped us also! Thank you so much for the support 😊
You did a great job and it was super cool to see you get that award! Well deserved. You were cool under pressure when you haven’t experienced towing before. Your boat is beautiful - Newly subscribed fam here can’t wait to see your videos!!!
Thank you so much Tracy! So happy to have your onboard! Hope you enjoy our vids and thank you for the compliment!! 😊
Chapeu ! Tahkyou forse benig true seemen and Men in so difficoult situation.
Thank you so much! Appreciate it!
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you guys did a awesome job .
Thank you so much!
You made just great! And you did the right thing, to save life!
Thank you!!
you are grate pepol super done so happy super top
Thank you!!
Good on you, you did a fantastic job.
Thank you!!
Made me imotional!! ARC+!!
Haha! Yes the ARC+ team are an amazing bunch of guys! They certainly gave us and everyone else who crossed the Atlantic with the ARC a warm welcome!
After your month on the Chesapeake come up the Hudson through the canal up to Lake Champlain into Canada and I will be more than happy show you around Montreal and up to the Great Lakes. Safe journey Yvan
Ahh that would be fantastic, we would love that!!
Thank you so much! If we don't make it this year then we definitely should next! 😊
The offer is open at any time, just a little suggestion, don't come up in February. Cheers
You guys are legends! All your decisions were spot on. So many things could have gone wromg and you had your boat and crew to consider as well. If you had collided it could have been disastrous. You were calm and thinking creatively and carefully considered all your options in very difficult conditions. So we'll done! Wishing you safe travels! F
Thank you so much again!! Means a lot!! ♥️♥️♥️
Well done to you both.
Thank you!!
You guys did everything right at that very moment you did every single thing correctly. As we are watching our adrenaline's up and we comment like we're there. I think that happens when episodes like this are watched..
Besides he wud not have left his boat unless it was sinking.... So!! I love how y'all pulled together an rescued a person in real trouble... Thanks for doing what you did... Grateful for ppl like y'all in our world ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Thank you so much Donna, that is so sweet of you! Your comment means a lot!!
Great job, and don’t listen to the negative nit pickers sitting on their couch at home….you did amazing and by all means probably saved his life, David on the other hand..should have come out to you guys and hugged you for the ride you gave him…
Thank you Daniel! We won't take them so seriously next time after seeing everyones comments here!! Really appreciate it!!
You did a great job, you were there, we were not. In the moment with the time you had, you did awesome.
Thank you so much Dean!!
Hello to you both of you and congratulations on your little award you got and recognition for what you did that was awesome you deserve that. As far as any suggestions or ideas I would not know anything I can say that would help I used to be involved in search and rescue in the mountains for some years growing up. But nothing to do on a boat like what you all did I think you handled it very well getting close enough to observe the condition of the guy in the boat and coming up with a plan. If anybody had any negative things to say about it I don't know why because they're not the ones out there and six or eight foot waves going up and down chancing on having a collision with another boat and sinking it's a lot different watching what you did than being out there and actually doing it you cannot just jump in there and do something without making a plan and you handle that very well. And it's good to know that the guy was okay. I can't believe you sold his boat but I guess he had enough of the ocean life LOL. Anyways God bless you both stay safe and healthy. Watching from Roseville California USA. And I have much respect for what you all did take care now.
There's always someone who knows better but are not there what you did was in the true spirit of sailors and needs applauding you are correct the other yacht should not of put to sea with absolutely no safety equipment endangering himself and others, hope to meet one day and buy you a beer. fair winds
Thank you so much Colin!! Hopefully we'll catch you some time and you can have a beer onboard!
You guys did an absolutely marvellous job, your achievement is beyond any criticism! Your actions definitely saved David.. I see his boat is a Dufour 2800. I have the same boat. They are, basically, a family coastal cruiser, very light (the 2800 refers to the weight of the boat in kilos). They are a great little boat, but they are not made for ocean crossing. Also they were all equipped with inboard diesel engines, I wonder what happened to his. Anyway, congratulations on getting across the Atlantic, not being last and towing David to safety.
Thank you for the info on the boat, it is really interesting to know! I wonder what happened to his diesel engine too!! Didn't realise he had one, maybe he just ran out of fuel.. apparently he was stranded for 3 weeks without the mast not 3 days according to someone in the comments who translated it for us!
Thanks for your kind words also!!
Can't believe the guy didn't come and thank you! Too embarrassed maybe...but certainly rude!
Yeahh it is a shame! Hopefully he reaches out soon!
You guys helped and he survived thats epic
Thank you!! Guess that is all that matters in the end!!
I've watched the whole thing and have nothing but admiration for you guys. As for David who can't even be bothered to say thanks al I have for him is pfffft!
Hahaa hopefully he's got the message!! Thank you so much, appreciate your comment!!
@@SailingCoco As he doesn't speak English let's hope he gets this. Quant à David qui ne prend même pas la peine de dire merci al j'ai pour lui c'est pfffft ! (Apparently pfffft is the same in French, who'd have guessed.)
No need to explain your actions, you guys did well, really well. Keep smiling and enjoy your travels x
Thanks so much Ros! We will do!! 😊
Wow, well done guys. At the end of the day you saved a life and as for the comments on what you did or didnt do it's no good second guessing as every one would tackle the situation differently. The fact it was your first time at towing, with what I seen you did a great job. Again well done for keeping your cool too
Hey Gary, yes that's very true!! Really appreciate the comment! Thank you!!
Well done your two Top job don’t worry about it
Thank you!! 😊
Heroes.every God damn one yous.good on yous.
Thank you! We're blown away by all of your support!!
Guys you are all absolute hero’s , you did amazing under real pressure and saved the guy and his boat.. if any insurance company refuses you cover for saving a guy then name them…
Thank you, really appreciate it! And yes, I'm sure we won't be knocked off our insurance if they ever saw the video as some people have stated 🙈
I think you did as well as you could, it's the Frenchman who was under-prepared.
Hey guys, amazing videos. My wife and I were on the edge of our seats after the first video with the broken-down French sailboat. We're in Washington D.C. so if you end up in Annapolis, Maryland, and would like a guided tour we'd love to show you around! Thanks for the videos! ❤⛵️
Hey! That sounds like a great idea! We plan on sailing around Annapolis for a month or two! We will defo be in touch! Would love to get you guys onboard for a few beers too! 👍🍺
That you thought of helping a fellow sailor is the golden rule of not only a good day sailors but good human beings. Yes, do learn from your experience and know that should you ever need help you will meet others like you.
Thank you! Yes I guess helping in any way is all that's all that matters in the end!
Obviously you did very good.
Thank you!
Great job
Thank you!
Well done!
Ignore the negative idiots, they weren't there!
Take good care! Cheers from Guam! 🇬🇺
Hahaa thank you!!
Guam looks beautiful! Hope to visit one day!!
Thanks for watching! Cheers!
Another great video guys, also nice to see you picked up another 1k+ subs in the lat week. 😀
Yeah we cannot believe it! It's been so great hearing from everyone and being so interested in our story 😊
Thanks for the support!!
Yah will Bless you for what you have done, Yah will repay you back for this great help of Kindness. May the Seas carry you in Safety wherever you go😇
Thank you so much!! 😊♥
Great job. I am not sure that I would have been as kind in that situation.
Thank you!
Guys, it's a credit to you all for your actions during the crossing!! We are currently in the final four years of saving to enable me and my family to buy our own cat to start our life on the ocean. A question if you don't mind: what do you guys use as a source of income to sustain your lifestyle? we have currently got 3 houses which we rent and I am hoping that will be enough to support us for our new adventure, but if there are any other options which you guys use that could benefit us, it would be met with great appreciation?
Your videos are perfect the way they are, true and raw, that's is what makes watching them so much fun, Plus educational. We will keep following your journey and maybe one day sail alongside you.
Hey Mike!! That's great to hear that you and your family are working towards your cat!!
We started a photography business 9 years ago which is still running with our team (only on weekends since Covid but it suits us more as there is less stresses with being open less) so we both take a small wage from the company each month (just over £1k each) which we try to live on one and save the other for a rainy day. We also have two properties that we rent out. We find that the cost of living on the boat is far less than living in London, especially is you stay at anchor! We tried to make this boat as self sufficient as possible (with the washing machine, water maker & generator) to avoid having to go into marina's regularly unlike our last boat which racked up the bills!
Happy to answer any other questions if we can help in any way!!
Good luck with the boat plans and keep in touch! Will be great to see you at sea sometime!!
Hey Mike!! Been thinking about your question and £2000 a month is definitely more than enough to sustain living comfortably on the boat!! We've been speaking to friends and that is their max monthly budget too. I also remembered our friend has a website with so much great info on this! She and her partner lived on a Lagoon 42 Catamaran for a year and tracked their monthly expenses and it was always under 2000 Euro's! Here's the link if you'd like to look 😊 frompennytomany.com/category/monthly-expenses-all-blogs/