As I look outside it is about 10 F and snowing. For us that is a nice day in January. Two things come to mind as I watch this video, confidence and courage. Two great qualities that will take you far in life for sure. Best of luck on your adventure.
You deserve a ton of credit on what you are doing! I honestly could not have had the guts to do it when I was your age! Safe travels and hope this shake down sail is successful for you! Good luck!
I'm so happy to watch your journey unfold and appreciate your honesty and willingness to improve your skillset & how your approach to problem solving. Tye bucket and chain are a good improvised rocker-stopper. Keep it up
Good on you. I just did that sail nonstop from Marathon this past thanksgiving. I like the honesty in that ocean sailing isn’t comfortable but we do it anyway for the adventure. That is special place on the planet!
Thats a good jump from Marathon. I almost went non stop but I've discovered I'm not great at going without sleep so do it in stops so decided to take the long route
Nice work on the flopper-stopper rig with the whisker pole and bucket. I would suggest securing the inboard end of the pole to a strong point, then holding the outboard end up with a halyard. That way, the load from the bucket is taken up by the rig rather than relying on the pole cantilevering over the side, which makes it vulnerable to getting bent. Sail-on!
This didn't cross my mind but makes a lot of sense. Looking online that's how most are rigged up. Guess I got lucky I didn't bend my whisker pole doing this
King Mac's are pretty tasty grilled, especially when freshly caught, so a good - at sea - catch, clean and cook vid would be interesting to watch. Wishing you calm waters and fair winds ⛵🤙🏼
I'm excited to see you make it to the Bahamas dude in the future dude!! It's amazing over there. Incredible sailing, and you will learn lots! Keep pushing yourself to further horizons. You inspire me to start making some videos again 🤙
Enjoy your videos Damon , makes me wanna be there I’ve been to the Tortugas years ago flew out on a seaplane from Key West was out there for the day. What a great place went swimming and enjoyed the sun. It’s beautiful be safe. Take care you’re doing great Boat is coming together. JAY Newport RI .
Great name change! Good luck on this shakedown. Use your head and stay safe! Been a subscriber since your first video. I know you've learned alot, and are fully competent! Oh, also, don't forget to have fun!
Man I sure hope it's not as cold for you where you are right now as it is for us here in Northeastern Florida. Pensacola actually got snow... crazy! Was great to see you head out on the first big real test of the open sea. I had to laugh, I was listening to you talk and noticed your fishing pole behind you and was thinking ... I hope he's taking advantage of some good fishing grounds and then you bring in a beauty. Nice lol. Looked like it didn't turn out to be a bad run down there and it was great that you took us along for so much of the ride... love it. Enjoy!
It felt cold for us here but only got down in the 50s so can't complain. I saw some photos of the marina I stayed in back in Pensacola and they all had 1ft of snow on their boats! 50 didn't sound too bad after seeing that lol
🎉 Right on🎉!! Floral City Florida here.. Next time you are back up this way give me a holler… I’ve always wanted to sell I would love to go for a ride… I could help you with some maintenance on your boat I’m quite handy…. Love your videos Brother ! Can’t wait for the next one… ❤❤❤
Me and my wife will be there this summ6,to cold 🥶 now for us. We live in apollo beach, Florida. We can meet you and talk about the keys life at dinner which we will buy,to hang and learn more about Florida.
From what I've read, you can often go faster and be more comfortable going somewhat off of directly downwind, zig-zagging downwind towards your destination.
It depends on the sea state, but wing on wing is generally the most stable. If you can put following seas directly behind you, then it may be better to go on more of a broad reach and heel a little bit in to one side or the other.
Sometimes it feels faster to jibe (zig zag) downwind but in the end you're going a further distance side to side then just dead down wind. My boat does pretty well wing on wing and stays pretty comfortable too
@@damonrust it depends on boat, wind, sea state, etc, but many boats have enough of a speed gain on a broad reach over a dead run that they have an overall higher velocity made good despite the longer distance. The broad reach is also often more comfortable.
A lot of good tips and suggestions in the comments others have provided. I will add one more. Although securing a dinghy up on the deck is a bit of a pain, it is always a good practice to do so before heading out for an open-water passage. Dinghies being towed can swamp or flip and create a big problem for you. I once lost a dinghy while towing it because the glued patches that hold the towing rings in place tore loose on an overnight passage with significant wind and sea state. May my lesson learned now be yours. Best to ya. Cheers.
This was my first time towing it to see how it rode. It worked well ok but I have it up on deck for the return trip. Hoping to add a davit to the new solar rack soon
Great stuff! A fun learning curve and you have the right attitude. I'm sitting on a mooring in Miami with a similar vessel. One thing I did to avoid chafe on the headsail was to add a short line (1 foot) to the jib tack and attach the other end to the furling drum (if there is room at the head of the sail to go higher). This raised my jib enough to clear the bow railing stanchions and lifelines. Also, the inflatable towing attachment points will probably not last long under stress. Not many options there except to bring the inflatable aboard or have an attachment point on a rigid hull inflatable. My 2 cents. Keep up the great adventures, enjoy your youth, you are doing it right.
Good idea with the chafe on the fore sail. I think you all are right about the dinghy attachments, I put it up on deck for the return sail and am working on adding a dinghy davit to the new solar rack
Always turn off engine batteries when you're not using for extended times to prevent other systems from draining. Couple heavy duty bungee cords and balanced sails will help in place of autohelm battery issues
tip: better to do long gybes back and forth than running with a pole in traffic areas or solo, especially at night. It's much easier to avoid a ship that doesn't seem to have anybody in the bridge without having to deal with a pole. Besides, it's also more comfortable than the rolliness of DDW.
Makes sense in busy areas, there was hardly anyone else out so it worked well here but I could see the pole getting in the way in a close call situation
Nice Damon! I don't know if you know (or used) this trick; underway, I would clean my catch in a garbage bag. No blood on deck and everything is contained. Empty overboard. As far as your floppper stoppers, I used 2 mushroom anchors suspended over the side. SOOOO much more comfortable! Cheers!
Also, you have to keep those fittings on the pole lubed up good and not a bad idea to rinse them off after a sail. They can get really frozen up on you.
Tip: no need for expensive hardware or complicated preventers. Just pull in the topping lift to be snug where you want the boom height to be, then let the boom out a bit farther than you want it to be, then tie off a line to a midship cleat or toe rail snug, then pull the boom back to make all 3 lines tight. This of course isn't good if you are gybing a lot, but for most cruising where you don't gybe much, it is very safe. There are no dynamic loads and it's the dynamic loads (boom swinging back and forth yanking on the preventer) that causes failures.
Unfortunately my topping lift block has broken so I haven't been using it lately, it's lower on the repair list but once I get it fixed I'll try this 3 point idea. Makes sense that if it's fixed there's less stress on everything
So one thing and don't take this as a criticism, if there is some way you can get a muffler or something on your microphone to reduce the wind noise it would make your videos more enjoyable. Love seeing you out there and look forward to watching your sailing adventures and will see you at an anchorage somewhere someday.....
Please slacken the main sheet (and have it loose and ready to let out) when you raise the main sail if the boat is heading into the wind vie the engine it will allow the boom to self center and make clearing the lazy jack much easier.. also i think you said that was a printed motor mount,, you might consider attaching a line to the motor and a cleat just in case that mount breaks in rough seas, i would hate for you to loose that engine... keep it up what an adventure...!!
Keep tension on your furling line as you let out the genoa. If you leave it loose it can jam when you go to furl it in high winds. Ask me how I know this.
tip: Load up a tablet with movies and shows and a phone with music. Oddly, best to have shows and movies you've already seen but like re-watching because there are too many distractions and things you need to watch to be able to really focus on something new. You just need something to 'escape' and/or occupy your mind or you'll go nuts thinking about stuff. On my 30 day sail across the south pacific it's what stopped me from going insane (well, some say I was insane already for going alone). Also, get some bluetooth noise cancelling headphones to use for that and music. You'll be surprised how great it is to escape the sounds once in a while for an hour.
I had been just trying to rough it but starting to get bored of myself, I downloaded a handful of podcasts and shows at the Tortuga's and it's been a lot nicer on the way back so far with something to occupy the mind
You've just discovered the Flopper Stopper, which is just a generic term that refers to many different ways to use water resistance to reduce rolling. Lots of ways to make your own, just do a bit of research.
I will do some more googling on it and see what I can throw together with items onboard. It worked surprisingly well and makes the night a lot more comfortable
When low on power, no need to be running the GPS, or any of the other instruments except maybe the AIS when out there. Just get on your line then take a compass heading and then turn the GPS off. Of course currents can effect your heading but only when in big currents will it effect it much. Also, if your starter battery drained while you were sailing then you have a switch somewhere that is combining the two banks (house bank and starter bank).
I would put a disconnect in between an engine battery and your other batteries that way you always have battery to start your diesel engine and if worse comes to worse I would buy a small generator and a battery charger in a case of emergency you can always charge batteries up
What would be nice if you would have some videos on just a typical day on your boat like what you do ordinary things not just always working on your boat I mean working on your boat's nice to see the different things you do but let's just see what an ordinary day of life is for you
Power is everything. If you ever saw "Apollo 13", that's where it's going. I wish you could have built a DC generator. Lots of work, sometimes, to build an alternator generator. I saw RUclips boats run and run their big diesels for the alternator. Some of them did high RPM's. I'm guessing an old Danfoss boat fridge drinks about 3 amperes, steady. The time has come. You have to make a mechanical sail rope driven autopilot. You can't afford to run the electric toy on the wheel. It's only going to break soon or sooner. In storms, you're going to wish you took the outboard below so it won't fall and take a swim, and to get that barbell weight down below. If you can temporarily plug up drain holes with corks, you could suck up rain into buckets for dishes, for shower, laundry, and for washing the boat and bilge. I'd use a bilge pump taken up on deck. Given a choice between spoiled food and shutting off the AIS, I think food tastes better. Lead batteries have to hit 100% charged, regularly. Slumping them means sulfating and shedding plate lead.
Yep learning a lot on the the shakedown, you'll enjoy next week's video as the auto pilot did quit on me. Figured it would have worked better for the price, will have to research the sheet to tiller you keep mentioning
I was wondering if anyone would notice that, i had been using that fender at the dinghy dock and it had some growth on it so after dragging it for 2 days it cleaned most of that off for me
Hands are to sailors as feet are to soldiers. You gotta take care of them at all costs. I always keep many pairs of gloves on board. old fashion leather gloves for the anchor and fishing. It's so nice to just grab the fish and not get stuck with something or having the fishing line dig into your hands. West Marine sailing gloves are great but you don't want to get them wet like using them for the anchor chain or they will fall apart in no time and they are too expensive for that. Also, wet lines on wet hands will do in your hands in no time so cut the tips off of leather gloves for those times.
Very good point there, a sailor is almost disabled if you hurt your hands. I have a pair of gloves and will be sure to use them next time reeling in a fish
No, The Vikeings used to trail a long rope behind in case one got washed over .. I'm Vikeing decent🎉I just I'd hate to see you fish 🦈 poop. Dealeat but dont forget🎉
I heard this before and tried it when sailing with a friend. It is surprisingly hard to grab a line and then attempt to pull yourself in being dragged at 5knts. I just keep clipped on now so I don't have to worry about going overboard
Why don't you have your diesel engine so you can run it and it will keep your batteries charged up on days that you don't have sunlight to run your solar panels that can be done can it I think it can
I had been doing this but my alternator doesn't put out much current. I have ordered a larger amp alternator and charger so I can use it to charge the house batteries aswell
I love dogs more than cats but cats are better left alone while going onshore to handle errands. I had a cat while doing the canlife things for awhile. Then an ex girlfriend stole the cat!
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Your enthusiasm and youthful optimism is contagious and we thank you for infecting us with happy attitudes! Thanks and safe travels to you!
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Thank you!
That was definitely a Spanish mackerel. Nice catch! They are delicious..
He sure was, looking forward to catching another!
Thank you, well done, love seeing and hearing your adventures.
Thanks!
Great to see you sailing man! ❤
Nice job!! Love your videos! Stay safe!❤
Thank you :)
Awesome Video! Appears the boats handling well. Good to see..Look forward to your next! s/v Sir Vival H34
Thanks! Shes doing pretty good so far
Thanks for the video upload and all the information youve provided . Im a little jealous of your travels !
Thank you, I'm glad you enjoy them!
Smooth sailing brother!
Good video. Glad you got all the batteries charged up. Whew! Good job sailing, have fun. 👍
Thanks David!
Kid really proud of you. Nicely done
Thank you
I feel like I am learning along with you. Very fun!
Thanks!
As I look outside it is about 10 F and snowing. For us that is a nice day in January. Two things come to mind as I watch this video, confidence and courage. Two great qualities that will take you far in life for sure. Best of luck on your adventure.
Thank you, I appreciate it. We had a "cold front" of 50 here and everyone was freaking out lol
You deserve a ton of credit on what you are doing! I honestly could not have had the guts to do it when I was your age! Safe travels and hope this shake down sail is successful for you! Good luck!
Thanks Rafael, I really appreciate. It's taking some time to get here but nice to see things coming together again
I'm so happy to watch your journey unfold and appreciate your honesty and willingness to improve your skillset & how your approach to problem solving. Tye bucket and chain are a good improvised rocker-stopper. Keep it up
Thanks, being out here has made me learn I have a lot still to learn lol. Having fun doing so though
Happy Sailing ❤ Tortugas are amazing on a sunny day. Thanks for sharing
Good job getting there! Stay safe and have some fun! Art
Thanks Art!
Cheers Damon! thanks for the update on your solo adventure. Keep safe young feller, from Bob in England , UK
Thanks Bob!
I dunno if it counts when i watch the video several times!!??...lol....I think i'm liking sailing part of it!!!"...This is awesome my friend!!!
Good on you. I just did that sail nonstop from Marathon this past thanksgiving. I like the honesty in that ocean sailing isn’t comfortable but we do it anyway for the adventure.
That is special place on the planet!
Thats a good jump from Marathon. I almost went non stop but I've discovered I'm not great at going without sleep so do it in stops so decided to take the long route
Great adventure video! I like your style with the frequent updates. Hoping you have better weather soon!
Thanks!
Lake of the Ozarks, Laurie, MO here!!! Great Channel! Good Luck!
Hello to MO!
Hey Damon Good video Keep up the good work Be safe and smile
Thanks Sunny!
Another great video Damon and great sailing. Good to see those printed holders on the helm working out.
Thanks, they really did come in handy on this trip
Great video and update on things take care until next time 😊😊
Thanks Mark!
Awesome Damon, love it. And I like the name change, I think it suits you. Keep up the good work. And yes I will share this for you also.
Thank you! I am pretty happy with the new name too
Good trip!
Nice work on the flopper-stopper rig with the whisker pole and bucket. I would suggest securing the inboard end of the pole to a strong point, then holding the outboard end up with a halyard. That way, the load from the bucket is taken up by the rig rather than relying on the pole cantilevering over the side, which makes it vulnerable to getting bent. Sail-on!
This didn't cross my mind but makes a lot of sense. Looking online that's how most are rigged up. Guess I got lucky I didn't bend my whisker pole doing this
King Mac's are pretty tasty grilled, especially when freshly caught, so a good - at sea - catch, clean and cook vid would be interesting to watch. Wishing you calm waters and fair winds ⛵🤙🏼
Thanks, he was pretty good eating. I'll have to show frying one up if I catch more
I'm excited to see you make it to the Bahamas dude in the future dude!! It's amazing over there. Incredible sailing, and you will learn lots! Keep pushing yourself to further horizons.
You inspire me to start making some videos again 🤙
Thanks man! Hopefully it won't be too much further till the Bahamas and the videos are a fun way to keep track of where you've been
Enjoy your videos Damon , makes me wanna be there I’ve been to the Tortugas years ago flew out on a seaplane from Key West was out there for the day. What a great place went swimming and enjoyed the sun. It’s beautiful be safe. Take care you’re doing great Boat is coming together. JAY Newport RI .
Thanks Jay, it really is beautiful out there. I wouldn't have minded staying the whole month
Great name change! Good luck on this shakedown. Use your head and stay safe!
Been a subscriber since your first video. I know you've learned alot, and are fully competent!
Oh, also, don't forget to have fun!
Thanks for following along this far, learned a lot and still have a lot more to learn but luckily that's half the fun!
Man I sure hope it's not as cold for you where you are right now as it is for us here in Northeastern Florida. Pensacola actually got snow... crazy! Was great to see you head out on the first big real test of the open sea. I had to laugh, I was listening to you talk and noticed your fishing pole behind you and was thinking ... I hope he's taking advantage of some good fishing grounds and then you bring in a beauty. Nice lol. Looked like it didn't turn out to be a bad run down there and it was great that you took us along for so much of the ride... love it. Enjoy!
It felt cold for us here but only got down in the 50s so can't complain. I saw some photos of the marina I stayed in back in Pensacola and they all had 1ft of snow on their boats! 50 didn't sound too bad after seeing that lol
@damonrust Nice. I'm up near St Augustine and it got below freezing here for a bit...luckily none of that evil white stuff 😂
I caught a king that was almost 6 feet years ago off the Tortugas. Nice sailing
Nice catch, he was good eating
Love your videos!!
🎉 Right on🎉!! Floral City Florida here.. Next time you are back up this way give me a holler… I’ve always wanted to sell I would love to go for a ride… I could help you with some maintenance on your boat I’m quite handy…. Love your videos Brother ! Can’t wait for the next one… ❤❤❤
Thanks and will do!
Enjoyed your video
Interesting video Amigo!
Me and my wife will be there this summ6,to cold 🥶 now for us. We live in apollo beach, Florida. We can meet you and talk about the keys life at dinner which we will buy,to hang and learn more about Florida.
That'd be great, let me know when you get down here
Been there. It's awesome. Sorry your freezing your ass off. I would stay in the boat in a marina with short power keeping warm. ........😮
Cause your a dock queen, not a sailor.
Yes that would be nice but I enjoy being out in the elements. Adds to the fun
From what I've read, you can often go faster and be more comfortable going somewhat off of directly downwind, zig-zagging downwind towards your destination.
It depends on the sea state, but wing on wing is generally the most stable. If you can put following seas directly behind you, then it may be better to go on more of a broad reach and heel a little bit in to one side or the other.
Sometimes it feels faster to jibe (zig zag) downwind but in the end you're going a further distance side to side then just dead down wind. My boat does pretty well wing on wing and stays pretty comfortable too
@@damonrust it depends on boat, wind, sea state, etc, but many boats have enough of a speed gain on a broad reach over a dead run that they have an overall higher velocity made good despite the longer distance. The broad reach is also often more comfortable.
great sailing
A lot of good tips and suggestions in the comments others have provided. I will add one more. Although securing a dinghy up on the deck is a bit of a pain, it is always a good practice to do so before heading out for an open-water passage. Dinghies being towed can swamp or flip and create a big problem for you. I once lost a dinghy while towing it because the glued patches that hold the towing rings in place tore loose on an overnight passage with significant wind and sea state. May my lesson learned now be yours. Best to ya. Cheers.
This is why you get a hard dink like a Whaly or Mantus.
This was my first time towing it to see how it rode. It worked well ok but I have it up on deck for the return trip. Hoping to add a davit to the new solar rack soon
Also slows you down
Great stuff! A fun learning curve and you have the right attitude. I'm sitting on a mooring in Miami with a similar vessel. One thing I did to avoid chafe on the headsail was to add a short line (1 foot) to the jib tack and attach the other end to the furling drum (if there is room at the head of the sail to go higher). This raised my jib enough to clear the bow railing stanchions and lifelines. Also, the inflatable towing attachment points will probably not last long under stress. Not many options there except to bring the inflatable aboard or have an attachment point on a rigid hull inflatable. My 2 cents. Keep up the great adventures, enjoy your youth, you are doing it right.
Good idea with the chafe on the fore sail. I think you all are right about the dinghy attachments, I put it up on deck for the return sail and am working on adding a dinghy davit to the new solar rack
Excellent, I am about to add some tube supports to my bimini and attempt to use it to raise the dinghy.
I hope you post more videos more often that would really be great but I know you're a busy person
Always turn off engine batteries when you're not using for extended times to prevent other systems from draining. Couple heavy duty bungee cords and balanced sails will help in place of autohelm battery issues
tip: better to do long gybes back and forth than running with a pole in traffic areas or solo, especially at night. It's much easier to avoid a ship that doesn't seem to have anybody in the bridge without having to deal with a pole. Besides, it's also more comfortable than the rolliness of DDW.
Makes sense in busy areas, there was hardly anyone else out so it worked well here but I could see the pole getting in the way in a close call situation
Nice Damon! I don't know if you know (or used) this trick; underway, I would clean my catch in a garbage bag. No blood on deck and everything is contained. Empty overboard. As far as your floppper stoppers, I used 2 mushroom anchors suspended over the side. SOOOO much more comfortable! Cheers!
Good idea with the anchors, I am going to keep experimenting with the flopper stopper and hopefully keep improving it
tighten up the leach line on the headsail. Don't want it so tight that it hooks, but don't want it flapping either.
Also, you have to keep those fittings on the pole lubed up good and not a bad idea to rinse them off after a sail. They can get really frozen up on you.
Good idea, another maintenance item added to the list
We used a bucket flopper stopper in Cabo
Tip: no need for expensive hardware or complicated preventers. Just pull in the topping lift to be snug where you want the boom height to be, then let the boom out a bit farther than you want it to be, then tie off a line to a midship cleat or toe rail snug, then pull the boom back to make all 3 lines tight. This of course isn't good if you are gybing a lot, but for most cruising where you don't gybe much, it is very safe. There are no dynamic loads and it's the dynamic loads (boom swinging back and forth yanking on the preventer) that causes failures.
Unfortunately my topping lift block has broken so I haven't been using it lately, it's lower on the repair list but once I get it fixed I'll try this 3 point idea. Makes sense that if it's fixed there's less stress on everything
Run one line between the beaks on your whisker pole. It will make it easier.
That's not a bad idea there
So one thing and don't take this as a criticism, if there is some way you can get a muffler or something on your microphone to reduce the wind noise it would make your videos more enjoyable. Love seeing you out there and look forward to watching your sailing adventures and will see you at an anchorage somewhere someday.....
Thanks, I'll have to see what I can do about the wind
Please slacken the main sheet (and have it loose and ready to let out) when you raise the main sail if the boat is heading into the wind vie the engine it will allow the boom to self center and make clearing the lazy jack much easier.. also i think you said that was a printed motor mount,, you might consider attaching a line to the motor and a cleat just in case that mount breaks in rough seas, i would hate for you to loose that engine... keep it up what an adventure...!!
Keep tension on your furling line as you let out the genoa. If you leave it loose it can jam when you go to furl it in high winds. Ask me how I know this.
Good to know
Great video! What happened to the bird?
He ended up leaving later that day, hopefully he's doing fine
Great sail and nice fish!! Tasty?
Thanks, and very tasty. Probably my favorite fish I've caught so far
tip: Load up a tablet with movies and shows and a phone with music. Oddly, best to have shows and movies you've already seen but like re-watching because there are too many distractions and things you need to watch to be able to really focus on something new. You just need something to 'escape' and/or occupy your mind or you'll go nuts thinking about stuff. On my 30 day sail across the south pacific it's what stopped me from going insane (well, some say I was insane already for going alone). Also, get some bluetooth noise cancelling headphones to use for that and music. You'll be surprised how great it is to escape the sounds once in a while for an hour.
I had been just trying to rough it but starting to get bored of myself, I downloaded a handful of podcasts and shows at the Tortuga's and it's been a lot nicer on the way back so far with something to occupy the mind
looks more like a typical day sailing on Lake Superior.
It sure hasn't felt like the Keys down here lately. Windy and gloomy
As always a great video! What happened with the bird?????
He ended up leaving later that day, hopefully he's doing fine
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You've just discovered the Flopper Stopper, which is just a generic term that refers to many different ways to use water resistance to reduce rolling. Lots of ways to make your own, just do a bit of research.
Ye ol flopper stopper! I had 2 mushroom anchors I would suspend overboard. Worked like a charm on a 41ft
I will do some more googling on it and see what I can throw together with items onboard. It worked surprisingly well and makes the night a lot more comfortable
Coming into an unknown anchorage at night is dangerous! I would have hove-to outside
I doubt he intended to go into the anchorage at night. Seemed like he did just fine!
I got there right after sunset, wasn't the original plan but I could tell no one else was there so went in
@@cptkid570 I'm sure, and glad he was able to without issues. Just not something I would have done.
When low on power, no need to be running the GPS, or any of the other instruments except maybe the AIS when out there. Just get on your line then take a compass heading and then turn the GPS off. Of course currents can effect your heading but only when in big currents will it effect it much.
Also, if your starter battery drained while you were sailing then you have a switch somewhere that is combining the two banks (house bank and starter bank).
Good ideas, I would turn it off for a bit and just watch the compass heading. Worked in a pinch
Damon, this is a silly question but what happened to your bird friend??
He ate it.
He ended up leaving later that day, hopefully he's doing fine
you never gave us an update on lil homie stowaway- did he fly off or still with you- I legit lol'd when he was sprawled out chillin
Lol, he ended up leaving later that day
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I lived in Islamorada for 5 years, I loved the Keys but it just got too expensive. I live in Mexico now.
I agree, it's beautiful here but if I wasn't on the boat and had to pay rent it would be hard to break even
I would put a disconnect in between an engine battery and your other batteries that way you always have battery to start your diesel engine and if worse comes to worse I would buy a small generator and a battery charger in a case of emergency you can always charge batteries up
Great idea, I have added this to my project list
I would add a wind generator or two
Those are nice, but pricey
I've thought about it but haven't heard good things from those I've met with them a long the way
You need to get some bigger batteries; I could go three days on Battery power and I only had one solar panel.
But you eventually need to charge them. Better to have more solar.
I'm going both routes and going to add some more panels and batteries
What would be nice if you would have some videos on just a typical day on your boat like what you do ordinary things not just always working on your boat I mean working on your boat's nice to see the different things you do but let's just see what an ordinary day of life is for you
Unfortunately lately just working on the boat has been the daily activities. There is a lot to fix so that takes up a lot of my time
Where are you now, we are on our boat in Key West….
I'm anchored at Marquesas, will be sailing past Key West today
Power is everything. If you ever saw "Apollo 13", that's where it's going. I wish you could have built a DC generator. Lots of work, sometimes, to build an alternator generator. I saw RUclips boats run and run their big diesels for the alternator. Some of them did high RPM's. I'm guessing an old Danfoss boat fridge drinks about 3 amperes, steady. The time has come. You have to make a mechanical sail rope driven autopilot. You can't afford to run the electric toy on the wheel. It's only going to break soon or sooner. In storms, you're going to wish you took the outboard below so it won't fall and take a swim, and to get that barbell weight down below. If you can temporarily plug up drain holes with corks, you could suck up rain into buckets for dishes, for shower, laundry, and for washing the boat and bilge. I'd use a bilge pump taken up on deck. Given a choice between spoiled food and shutting off the AIS, I think food tastes better. Lead batteries have to hit 100% charged, regularly. Slumping them means sulfating and shedding plate lead.
Yep learning a lot on the the shakedown, you'll enjoy next week's video as the auto pilot did quit on me. Figured it would have worked better for the price, will have to research the sheet to tiller you keep mentioning
Hi,if your alone,and if the boat is mooving faster then you can swim...have a life cable on.
No.
I was attached to the boat with a cable
It’s called a jack line. Very important when solo sailing
Novice question, why are you dragging the fender in front of the dinghy?
I was wondering if anyone would notice that, i had been using that fender at the dinghy dock and it had some growth on it so after dragging it for 2 days it cleaned most of that off for me
Good idea
Did you leave the 350# anchor behind
I ended up winching it up and left it with a friend in case I come back next hurricane season
Did your bird friend make it?
He ended up leaving later that day, hopefully he's doing fine
Gloves are your friend. Don't go thinking you aren't a real sailor if you use gloves. I always use them when pulling in fish.
Hands are to sailors as feet are to soldiers. You gotta take care of them at all costs. I always keep many pairs of gloves on board. old fashion leather gloves for the anchor and fishing. It's so nice to just grab the fish and not get stuck with something or having the fishing line dig into your hands.
West Marine sailing gloves are great but you don't want to get them wet like using them for the anchor chain or they will fall apart in no time and they are too expensive for that. Also, wet lines on wet hands will do in your hands in no time so cut the tips off of leather gloves for those times.
Very good point there, a sailor is almost disabled if you hurt your hands. I have a pair of gloves and will be sure to use them next time reeling in a fish
and yeah, so many times, seems like most of the time, where I said to myself that I'm the only idiot to be out in this mess.
Lol I seem to do that a lot too
What happened to the your 1st mate bird lol 😜☠
Go away creepy guy.
He ended up leaving later that day, hopefully he's doing fine!
And instead of using WD-40 I would use what's called blaster it's a lot better than WD-40 in my opinion
No, The Vikeings used to trail a long rope behind in case one got washed over .. I'm Vikeing decent🎉I just I'd hate to see you fish 🦈 poop. Dealeat but dont forget🎉
I heard this before and tried it when sailing with a friend. It is surprisingly hard to grab a line and then attempt to pull yourself in being dragged at 5knts. I just keep clipped on now so I don't have to worry about going overboard
Think the makeral was a Spanish
Get on RUclips there's plenty of videos on there on how to play different types of fish
Why don't you have your diesel engine so you can run it and it will keep your batteries charged up on days that you don't have sunlight to run your solar panels that can be done can it I think it can
I had been doing this but my alternator doesn't put out much current. I have ordered a larger amp alternator and charger so I can use it to charge the house batteries aswell
you need a little dog.
I agree, I almost got myself a cat but wasn't sure how that would go
@@damonrust dogs smell better.
I love dogs more than cats but cats are better left alone while going onshore to handle errands. I had a cat while doing the canlife things for awhile. Then an ex girlfriend stole the cat!
@@ArthurEngle-fr2sr They deserve each other! Now you need a puppy! A puppy will never leave you!
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If you would shut up and just film yourself sailing.....that would be awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!