I found you! It made me smile. You are an amazing speaker and being a scientist may have been a waste of your extraordinary talents. I enjoyed seeing you both last month and enjoyed our breakfast. Safe travels and keep these wonderful videos coming. They are really good!!!
Thank you, Franklin! I really enjoyed our chat over pastries in GA. After we parted company, did you have any trouble with the weather? We had many storms and it looked as though St Simons had it even worse!
@@svwhitetail Yes! I had 115 of chain out. The holding there is mud and shell. Not great. The next day we had a band come through. The breeze went from 6 mph to 60. All my electronics were off. It was a race between me and a million dollar catamaran to see who would get to the other side as the wind pushed our boats perpendicular to it. He beat me and it took till the next day to get him off the bank. The wind actually flipped his 13 foot center console inflatable. I think I dragged about 500 feet in two minutes. I did not want to hit the other shore so I started my engine and not knowing where my anchor was tried as best I could to keep the bow pointed into the wind. It worked. The rain was coming sideways and I could not see with my glasses on and taking them off just made it worse. When the storm passed I picked up my anchor and went back, but this time I put 215 ft of chain out. The next day and day after the storms brought 50 mph winds. What that wind does to my big fat condominium is violent, but 350 pounds of chain lying in the mud seemed to be the perfect amount. On my sail back to Cumberland I was supposed to have a breeze in the low teens. The breeze went as high as 30 knots on the beam. As you pointed out in the video, the weather did not match the predictions. By the way, going into St Simons I saw 29 knots and as you said, it was choppy. Not big but perfect to throw sheets of water over us. But we did it. I hope you have having a wonderful time. I also hope you tube makes a way for more people to see your videos. They are as good as anything out there…and tell Dan to smile once in a while. 😊
@@CinthyaFranklin I'm very sorry to hear that. As we traveled North from St Simons, the weather was pretty bad. On a couple of different days we had to stop in the middle of the day and find an anchorage because of the storms we could see approaching our location. One evening we had winds of about 40 to 45 knots, but our anchor did not budge. We were monitoring the weather keenly and it was apparent that your location was pretty much the bullseye for many of the worst storms. We were both hoping you'd been able to get out of there already. When we heard over VHF that boats were dragging in front of Frederica Yacht Club, I was thinking of you and hoping that you'd be safe. "350 pounds of chain lying in the mud seemed to be the perfect amount." - yes, that sounds like a very effective solution 🙂 The wind models around that time were all very inaccurate. Day after day we would see conditions in excess of what had been predicted. It seems to be much better, now, or maybe it's just because we are further North. Stay safe, Sir!
@@svwhitetail Mother Nature is a woman. 😬 I survived and no harm. We live and learn but in my 62 years I have never seen thunderstorms like these. I hope you will keep the videos coming. They are very good and you are a gifted speaker. I have truly enjoyed your videos. Next Saturday I will head back to Fernandina. From there I will overnight to Beaufort SC where my son will join me. From there we will overnight to Charleston and then we will back track to Beaufort where I will drop off my son. Life should be an adventure. We only get to do this once. No regrets.
Hello! I have enjoyed following your journey. My husband and I live aboard a B423 and are currently in Northwest Creek Marina in New Bern. We plan to make a trip to the Bahamas (our first in this boat) next Fall. I hope you continue making videos! Where is your homeport?
Hi, Gwen. Thank you for the encouragement! Our home port is Oriental, NC, but we're actually coming to Northwest Creek Marina for one month, later this week! It's been good to travel, but a few weeks in one place will also be welcome.
@@svwhitetail You must stop by when you get here, we are in slip F 37, SV Davali. We will be around until Feb 14. We have a car here if you need to run any errands. We would love to hear about your new electronics. Ours are hanging in there but it’s only a matter of time. Safe travels.
@@gwencoleman9439 That would be amazing, thank you! We have a car, but we have to collect it from storage in Oriental. Would be delighted to tell you all about our electrics; the navigational systems and the house systems.
I found you! It made me smile. You are an amazing speaker and being a scientist may have been a waste of your extraordinary talents. I enjoyed seeing you both last month and enjoyed our breakfast. Safe travels and keep these wonderful videos coming. They are really good!!!
Thank you, Franklin! I really enjoyed our chat over pastries in GA. After we parted company, did you have any trouble with the weather? We had many storms and it looked as though St Simons had it even worse!
@@svwhitetail
Yes! I had 115 of chain out. The holding there is mud and shell. Not great. The next day we had a band come through. The breeze went from 6 mph to 60. All my electronics were off. It was a race between me and a million dollar catamaran to see who would get to the other side as the wind pushed our boats perpendicular to it. He beat me and it took till the next day to get him off the bank. The wind actually flipped his 13 foot center console inflatable. I think I dragged about 500 feet in two minutes. I did not want to hit the other shore so I started my engine and not knowing where my anchor was tried as best I could to keep the bow pointed into the wind. It worked. The rain was coming sideways and I could not see with my glasses on and taking them off just made it worse. When the storm passed I picked up my anchor and went back, but this time I put 215 ft of chain out. The next day and day after the storms brought 50 mph winds. What that wind does to my big fat condominium is violent, but 350 pounds of chain lying in the mud seemed to be the perfect amount. On my sail back to Cumberland I was supposed to have a breeze in the low teens. The breeze went as high as 30 knots on the beam. As you pointed out in the video, the weather did not match the predictions. By the way, going into St Simons I saw 29 knots and as you said, it was choppy. Not big but perfect to throw sheets of water over us. But we did it. I hope you have having a wonderful time. I also hope you tube makes a way for more people to see your videos. They are as good as anything out there…and tell Dan to smile once in a while. 😊
@@CinthyaFranklin I'm very sorry to hear that. As we traveled North from St Simons, the weather was pretty bad. On a couple of different days we had to stop in the middle of the day and find an anchorage because of the storms we could see approaching our location. One evening we had winds of about 40 to 45 knots, but our anchor did not budge. We were monitoring the weather keenly and it was apparent that your location was pretty much the bullseye for many of the worst storms. We were both hoping you'd been able to get out of there already. When we heard over VHF that boats were dragging in front of Frederica Yacht Club, I was thinking of you and hoping that you'd be safe.
"350 pounds of chain lying in the mud seemed to be the perfect amount." - yes, that sounds like a very effective solution 🙂
The wind models around that time were all very inaccurate. Day after day we would see conditions in excess of what had been predicted. It seems to be much better, now, or maybe it's just because we are further North. Stay safe, Sir!
@@svwhitetail
Mother Nature is a woman. 😬 I survived and no harm. We live and learn but in my 62 years I have never seen thunderstorms like these. I hope you will keep the videos coming. They are very good and you are a gifted speaker. I have truly enjoyed your videos. Next Saturday I will head back to Fernandina. From there I will overnight to Beaufort SC where my son will join me. From there we will overnight to Charleston and then we will back track to Beaufort where I will drop off my son. Life should be an adventure. We only get to do this once. No regrets.
Hello! I have enjoyed following your journey. My husband and I live aboard a B423 and are currently in Northwest Creek Marina in New Bern. We plan to make a trip to the Bahamas (our first in this boat) next Fall. I hope you continue making videos! Where is your homeport?
Hi, Gwen. Thank you for the encouragement! Our home port is Oriental, NC, but we're actually coming to Northwest Creek Marina for one month, later this week! It's been good to travel, but a few weeks in one place will also be welcome.
@@svwhitetail You must stop by when you get here, we are in slip F 37, SV Davali. We will be around until Feb 14. We have a car here if you need to run any errands. We would love to hear about your new electronics. Ours are hanging in there but it’s only a matter of time. Safe travels.
@@gwencoleman9439 That would be amazing, thank you! We have a car, but we have to collect it from storage in Oriental.
Would be delighted to tell you all about our electrics; the navigational systems and the house systems.
@@svwhitetail Maybe we could give you guys a ride to Oriental? When do you think you will be arriving? The weather has been challenging!
That would be AMAZING, thank you. Plan to arrive tomorrow, but would likely not go get the car until the next day.