Sierra, I love how you nip it in the bud, politely. Billy contradicts you. You don't skip a beat and say maybe not when I was awake @19:22. Such grace. 😘 Thanks for sharing.🎣
It’s so good to see you guys with life preserver on. It drives me nutty on some of these other RUclips Sailing channels, and the people never have any life-saving equipment on ever. scares the hell out of me. Looks like another cool place you found as always. Thanks for bringing us all along.
I enjoy watching your videos you have such detailed explanations of what you’re doing and where you’re going. Your explanations of the operation of the boat and the sails with a lot of the details is so important. You and your lovely wife make a wonderful couple. I truly hope you’re enjoying this as much as it appears.
It appears to me the blocks are not installed properly. if you install a 90 degree twist shackle to the broken traveler block, the sheet leaving the block will align towards the side without causing force against the side of the block. Turn that block 90 degrees an reinstall the sheet through the blocks so that they all align up properly. Doing this will change the block pullies on the traveler to the horizontal position and both blocks will now be in horizontal position. Everything will line up with no friction or rubbing of the sheet. I know they make those shackles because I had one on my boat.
I love that your B & G chart plotter is behind the window in your salon. Those exposed to the elements of electronics on our flybridge always degraded in the weather. The swivel mount makes it so easy to use.
It appeared that the trip there was nice uneventful and safe. Great video, thanks for sharing. I always look forward to your videos, even knowing that you post weekly, I always check a few times during the week--just in case.
No matter what you do, you will continually have failures of those Lewmar blocks. We've been through many of them. To the point where Lewmar is no longer allowed on the boat. They are just crap product. As they break, change them to Harken or Antal (or probably anything other than Lewmar).
We’ve had similar disappointing performance w Harken. During mast/sail development on A-cats, load cells were used on the mainsheet and repeated Harken Carbo block failure at just over 50% of their published working loads were experienced (dynamic loads were taken into account). Bottom line, don’t believe their numbers and oversize critical systems. Great video as usual!
I once had a house in Bocas del Toro. I had to explain to my caretaker that 8:00 meant 8:00, not 8:30 or whenever he chose to show up. I also found that just because a worker agreed to do a job did not mean he would ever show up to do it. They seem to have an aversion to saying no.
I was just watching your first couple of videos on Tula. You two have come along way and Jetty was just a pup. I started watching you channel when you got Never land.
There are a lot of sailboats of your size Billy that have fuel polishing and straining systems on their boat. SV Zatara is one. You should know by now that you are on latin country time. They are in NOOOO hurry to do anything...lol
The Kuna are really wonderful people if you spend some time with them. We charged phones and gave them fresh water weekly. Beautiful islands, almost south pacificish... "S/C Reality"
Love this video and this channel! The dolphins leading you to port is cool. I've heard one reason they do this is because it provides them safe passage. They have blind spots above their heads, behind their dorsal fin, and behind their tail and "leading" a boat from the bow protects their blind spots and makes them feel safe from attack. I've heard many other reasons too like, opportunistic feeding on discarded bait, the wake from the bow makes travel more efficient and so on... I'm curious, why do y'all think dolphins swim in front of ships?
Be careful in Colon. When we were there waiting to go through the Canal, two separate cruisers were robbed coming back from the store, one at knife point and one at gun point. A policeman who happened to be nearby shot the one attacker. At the market, there were a bunch of 20 something young men in black pants, white shirts and machine guns guarding the cash registers…not very inviting. Find a taxi driver and stay with them…they know the layout and how to remain safe. Panama City was not as bad.
I'm wondering if that first wooden Panga was a Jeff Spira 21 ft. Tiburon design. Those are built using conventional lumber that you would use to frame a home. I know a guy that put a 115 hp on his and with an open throttle, he can push that boat to 35 knots.
Lol, "I had a bite of your hotdog". "You had half of it". Billy thinks "yeah, a bite". 😂😂😂 My wife will say "I'm full, do you want the rest of it". I get it and it's one bite left. 😂
The reason you guys are catching small Tuna is your not running deep enough, when you trawl for surface fish you catch the small ones because they feed closer to the surface because the bait is smaller. Try stopping in a spot where there is a big drop off in depth and runn your line about 300-600 Ft deep and use bait closed to the size of the tuna your catching. Happy fishing
Which is a good thing because they don't have the tackle to catch anything much more than about 10 pounds. A tuna will exert much more than it's weight.
Billy, I think you are the most knowledgeable fisherman among the sailing channels so you might know the answers to these burning questions. What kinds of fish swim in schools vs loners? I know you’re on passage and don’t want to turn around, but if you did, and made several passes through an area where the rest of the school. Would it be reasonable to expect to catch others. Also, I wonder for loners who aren’t in schools how close you would have to get to them to let them be aware of your lure.
Blackfin tuna in Florida have a bag limit, no size limit. 2 per person or 10 per vessel whichever is greater… Obviously we are not in Florida but if there are no set limits where we are we still like to make sure we are in that range because most counties do not have the resources for the research, education, and recourses that FWC and NOAA have to inact and implant the size limits. Our other go to resource is The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT). Which does not have specific, detailed rules for blackfin tuna in the same way it does for other tuna species like bluefin tuna or yellowfin tuna. So with that in mind we were well within our own established quota to do our small parts to not aid in the over fishing issue. Smaller tuna have less potential for mercury and since pelagic fish is one of our main recourses for food that is a pretty big deal for us. Blackfin tuna also reach sexual maturity and are able to reproduce between 1 to 2 years and at around 12-16 inches. Which also means that these ones even though they are smaller than what most people think of when they think Tuna should have already had the chance to aid the population. We care about the ocean and everything that lives in it and we always try our best to do our part to keep her thriving.
Sierra, I love how you nip it in the bud, politely. Billy contradicts you. You don't skip a beat and say maybe not when I was awake @19:22. Such grace. 😘
Thanks for sharing.🎣
Sierra is a real trooper! Best BetterHelp add on utube sailing.
It’s so good to see you guys with life preserver on. It drives me nutty on some of these other RUclips Sailing channels, and the people never have any life-saving equipment on ever. scares the hell out of me. Looks like another cool place you found as always. Thanks for bringing us all along.
Definitely with you on this one! I just wish they would wear the crotch straps... otherwise they may as well not bother...
I enjoy watching your videos you have such detailed explanations of what you’re doing and where you’re going. Your explanations of the operation of the boat and the sails with a lot of the details is so important. You and your lovely wife make a wonderful couple. I truly hope you’re enjoying this as much as it appears.
Love to hear y'all are going through the canal, excited to see where that takes you!
Be safe and may God continue to bless you.
It appears to me the blocks are not installed properly. if you install a 90 degree twist shackle to the broken traveler block, the sheet leaving the block will align towards the side without causing force against the side of the block. Turn that block 90 degrees an reinstall the sheet through the blocks so that they all align up properly. Doing this will change the block pullies on the traveler to the horizontal position and both blocks will now be in horizontal position. Everything will line up with no friction or rubbing of the sheet. I know they make those shackles because I had one on my boat.
I was just saying the same thing then saw ur post 😂
Great video the dolphins are always amazing 😊
Beautiful scenery, amazing adventure, prayers for smooth sailing!
I love how Jetty barks at the dolphin.
Love your videos! Travel safe.
Another great video guys 😻
Enjoyed this one. Stay safe.
Thank you for sharing your stories.
I love that your B & G chart plotter is behind the window in your salon. Those exposed to the elements of electronics on our flybridge always degraded in the weather. The swivel mount makes it so easy to use.
It appeared that the trip there was nice uneventful and safe. Great video, thanks for sharing. I always look forward to your videos, even knowing that you post weekly, I always check a few times during the week--just in case.
No matter what you do, you will continually have failures of those Lewmar blocks. We've been through many of them. To the point where Lewmar is no longer allowed on the boat. They are just crap product. As they break, change them to Harken or Antal (or probably anything other than Lewmar).
We’ve had similar disappointing performance w Harken. During mast/sail development on A-cats, load cells were used on the mainsheet and repeated Harken Carbo block failure at just over 50% of their published working loads were experienced (dynamic loads were taken into account). Bottom line, don’t believe their numbers and oversize critical systems. Great video as usual!
GOOD JOB
Couple of real adventure’s can’t wait for the next one
Great video….thank you for allowing us to live vicariously through you…..
Keep on cruising you guys. Good luck.
I once had a house in Bocas del Toro. I had to explain to my caretaker that 8:00 meant 8:00, not 8:30 or whenever he chose to show up. I also found that just because a worker agreed to do a job did not mean he would ever show up to do it. They seem to have an aversion to saying no.
I was just watching your first couple of videos on Tula. You two have come along way and Jetty was just a pup. I started watching you channel when you got Never land.
Love you guys! Best cruising channel by far on RUclips.
There are a lot of sailboats of your size Billy that have fuel polishing and straining systems on their boat. SV Zatara is one. You should know by now that you are on latin country time. They are in NOOOO hurry to do anything...lol
The Kuna are really wonderful people if you spend some time with them. We charged phones and gave them fresh water weekly. Beautiful islands, almost south pacificish... "S/C Reality"
Always enjoy your videos! ❤❤
Hellooooo Billy, Sierra and Jetty 🐕👋😊😎
A Canadian who loves travel with u ❤
Love this video and this channel! The dolphins leading you to port is cool. I've heard one reason they do this is because it provides them safe passage. They have blind spots above their heads, behind their dorsal fin, and behind their tail and "leading" a boat from the bow protects their blind spots and makes them feel safe from attack. I've heard many other reasons too like, opportunistic feeding on discarded bait, the wake from the bow makes travel more efficient and so on... I'm curious, why do y'all think dolphins swim in front of ships?
The surf did good. I guess y'all were excited to the the waves!
Watch out for those logs. Stay safe. We love y'all, GO JETTY GIRL. 👍🏻💕🐾🍖
Maybe turn the traveller block so the pulleys are horizontal instead of vertical, it looks like is threaded 90deg to the traveller end blocks?
Your light green Colorado shirt is the best..!! ❤😊
Hey! You caught some TuÑa in CartageÑa. Lol. 🤣
Love from Utah!❤
That fresh tuna sushi looks fantastic!
Be careful in Colon. When we were there waiting to go through the Canal, two separate cruisers were robbed coming back from the store, one at knife point and one at gun point. A policeman who happened to be nearby shot the one attacker. At the market, there were a bunch of 20 something young men in black pants, white shirts and machine guns guarding the cash registers…not very inviting. Find a taxi driver and stay with them…they know the layout and how to remain safe. Panama City was not as bad.
Buy Garhauer if you are able. Best quality, best price too!
Props to Seawind at least they're not like leopard in thier warranties
I'm wondering if that first wooden Panga was a Jeff Spira 21 ft. Tiburon design. Those are built using conventional lumber that you would use to frame a home. I know a guy that put a 115 hp on his and with an open throttle, he can push that boat to 35 knots.
Thankyou
Those little tuna are the safest to eat...little or no mercury.
Be careful on the beaches there are crocs
I haven’t read all these, but is there a limit on the size of these little tuna and are these a different breed or these tuna get bigger and bigger?
Is there a good way to add some protection from impact for the sail drive?
Totally amazed at Billy's nautical knowledge for being so young.
Lol, "I had a bite of your hotdog". "You had half of it". Billy thinks "yeah, a bite". 😂😂😂
My wife will say "I'm full, do you want the rest of it". I get it and it's one bite left. 😂
The best way to sail at night with the stars out
"You had it, I just had a bite." " You ate half of it."
The reason you guys are catching small Tuna is your not running deep enough, when you trawl for surface fish you catch the small ones because they feed closer to the surface because the bait is smaller. Try stopping in a spot where there is a big drop off in depth and runn your line about 300-600 Ft deep and use bait closed to the size of the tuna your catching. Happy fishing
Which is a good thing because they don't have the tackle to catch anything much more than about 10 pounds. A tuna will exert much more than it's weight.
We are having the same issue (and mainly catching skipjack!) how do you get the line down? Weight and live bait on a rod?
I just love how you called Jetty a person 😂
Perhaps not Tetris - but Sokoban?
Do you guys have a FLIR camera? Would it help at night with debris etc.
Nice!
I'm not a fan of mini keels. They push water which slows you down and don't really act as a dagger board. I prefer dagger boards.
First here.. Watching from the Philippines
I seen an ear bud . That will translate any language to English.
Billy, I think you are the most knowledgeable fisherman among the sailing channels so you might know the answers to these burning questions. What kinds of fish swim in schools vs loners? I know you’re on passage and don’t want to turn around, but if you did, and made several passes through an area where the rest of the school. Would it be reasonable to expect to catch others. Also, I wonder for loners who aren’t in schools how close you would have to get to them to let them be aware of your lure.
Watch for crocodiles
Hi be careful jetty girl 😊
Small fish
这是我想要的生活🎉
Finally hitting the pacific side
What do you roll your sushi in?
@tomz7714 They were using nori - dried seaweed squares.
Island time
Do you ever have any concerns about pirates or bandits in these remote anchorages?
No.
Many yachties go to these islands! ❤️
If it broke get a stronger one maybe get some costume build one's
Next time…stay a bit longer in Aruba…I gave the Jetty Cookies to my own dogies….1 Fool and a Boat…Aruba! Safe Sailing!
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You are one beautiful lady , my lady remines me of you so much , she is just as preatty as you and loe her very much !
Another thing broken on a sailboat . 😅
Not up to spec
Is it hot Billy. 🤔
lol sorry, insensitive. Good video.
🫵😃.
How old is Jetty now? I see a white muzzle.😮
如何帆船组队！
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I do not like raw fish.
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I take you guys are still on the Atlantic side of Panama. Do you plan on going through the canal to the pacific side? Keep the good stuff coming guys.
Pay attention. Yes.
Use those tuna as pitch baits or drag baits...clearly what the larger fish are feeding on...match the hatch
Looks like you left Columbia just in the nick of time.
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Can't you bribe these Port Captains?
Lots of language courses available on line. Spanish is not too difficult for English speakers. 😮
Low UV composite block
Definitely not reinforced
You seem like a maintenance guy with a log
Couldn't have been due to the lack of lubrication
Welcome to S American practicality 😅
Skipjack nasty!
We're in the process of looking for a Corsair 880. Do you suppose I can get away with having 10 people on board for a short sail?
Looks very crocky.
To small
Blackfin tuna in Florida have a bag limit, no size limit. 2 per person or 10 per vessel whichever is greater…
Obviously we are not in Florida but if there are no set limits where we are we still like to make sure we are in that range because most counties do not have the resources for the research, education, and recourses that FWC and NOAA have to inact and implant the size limits.
Our other go to resource is
The International Commission for the Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT).
Which does not have specific, detailed rules for blackfin tuna in the same way it does for other tuna species like bluefin tuna or yellowfin tuna.
So with that in mind we were well within our own established quota to do our small parts to not aid in the over fishing issue.
Smaller tuna have less potential for mercury and since pelagic fish is one of our main recourses for food that is a pretty big deal for us.
Blackfin tuna also reach sexual maturity and are able to reproduce between 1 to 2 years and at around 12-16 inches. Which also means that these ones even though they are smaller than what most people think of when they think Tuna should have already had the chance to aid the population.
We care about the ocean and everything that lives in it and we always try our best to do our part to keep her thriving.
Thank you for such an informative reply! 👍
My husband and I *really* enjoy your channel. Wishing you many wonderful adventures in 2025. ❤, Hilly
I wonder how the Panamanian people will treat you due to our new President!
Chinese or US navy ships?
Why y'all catching juvenile tuna?
Dinner!
@SyCoPath716 atleast your screen name makes sense. Rural minded Americans with literal toddler mentality
I'm not sure why that local sounds like "drug kingpin" to me
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