Making a long sailing sea voyage

[tevake]

I came across this video done by a pleasent English couple.

Making their way from Panama to the Marquesias. It's about 4K miles, one of the longest trips commonly done.

Lots of folks imagine all sorts of hard times doing passages. But this video is much like most offshore trips done in season. A good glimps at real offshore sailing. Enjoy.

If you like, they have follow on videos of their time in the Marquesias.

Cheers Richard

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=aOiBUUSsu_k

[Jolly Amaranto]

Yeah, great trip. I have been following another couple from Dallas, Texas who made the same trip. They are now stuck on Fiji due to the virus quarantine trying to get back to their boat that they had hauled out on Tonga in order to perform some maintenance while the cyclone season was in full swing.

[onewhippedpuppy]

Stuck on Fiji? Sign me up!

[Seahawk]

That was great - I admire a life of adventure.

Six Pacific crossings without sail - never got that far south.

Pity.

Oh, I almost posted the lyrics from. 'Southern Cross'...whew.

[tevake]

I also enjoy seeing people going out to experence the world and the adventures to be had Paul.
And yes C, S and N did so many great sailing songs. Wooden ships, wind on the water etc. Ive spent many night watches listening to them.

Stranded in Fiji doesn't dound too bad at all. Except if your boat is in Tonga 400 miles away. That would not be so great.

The folks in the video do a very good making their videos, well filmed and edited, good commentary and music. I'm glad y'all are enjoying them.

After the Marquesias they sailed on to the Tuamotus, stopping in at Fakarava, An atoll that I had some fun visiting with friends on their boat, on our way from NZ back to Hawaii.

Im looking forward to continuing to follow their trip on across the pacific.
A great way to spend these hot afternoons hold up in the AC.

Cheers Richard

[Jolly Amaranto]

The couple stuck in Fiji are still posting videos while they wait to get back to their boat. Here is their latest.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by tevake

And yes C, S and N did so many great sailing songs. Wooden ships, wind on the water etc. Ive spent many night watches listening to them.

I am not a sailor but I so admire those that set upon a great Ocean in small boats....especially those with knowledge and planning.

I have almost three years on the water, under power, on fairly small ships, so I love the pluck of the folks you and Jolly have referenced.

The Pacific, just so folks know, can get angry.

Great thread.

[Tobra]

Pacific, hah, that is a lie, can be an evil beeyatch.

I have always had a yearning for a good sized sailboat and a long trip.

[tevake]

Thanks for posting that "realities of boat life ". Video, Jolly.
Those folks seemed to be headed for a crash course in the demands sailing / cruising.
And yet they are now 1/3 of the way around the world. The luck of the innocent I guess.
Buy the boat, take a five day course, head out. Yikes!

I spent years in preparation for sailing across the pacific and still felt really cautious on my first passages.

The Pacific Ocean can get rough at times, especially in the southern ocean, where storms can travel completely around the world unimpeded by land, building in intensity as they roll along.

It's big and has three active hurricane zones. Large swells can radiate across the pacific from many directions.

I'll share a sea story with ya.
On our first trip out of New Zealand on Tevake, heading for Tonga, we narrowly missed being caught up in an extreme out of season storm ( became called the Queen's Birthday Storm) that rolled over a whole fleet of cruising boats doing a rally to Tonga. Many boats were damaged, crews were injured, some boats were lost with all of their crews. Even ships that diverted to offer aid were damaged. This was a whopper of a storm with hurricane strength winds at times.

As I said we narrowly missed this storm as we had departed two days ahead of the rally boats. And we're making pretty good speed which carried us clear of the dangerous parts of this event. Whew, we really caught a break on that one.

But a close brush with that sort of dangerous out of season storm does give one cause for ongoing concern.

On two other trips out of N Z. Heading eastward, so requiring southern routes for favorable winds, also brought brushes with big weather systems and attendant giant swells. It's routenly rowdy down there.
They don't call it the roaring 40s and furious 50s for nothing.

Cheers Richard

Ps. In thinking about it later, I may have shared that story here before, sorry.

[Jolly Amaranto]

Originally Posted by tevake

Thanks for posting that "realities of boat life ". Video, Jolly.
Those folks seemed to be headed for a crash course in the demands sailing / cruising.
And yet they are now 1/3 of the way around the world. The luck of the innocent I guess.
Buy the boat, take a five day course, head out. Yikes!

Well, they actually spent a few years poking around in the Bahamas and Caribbean before heading for Panama. And sometime luck will help overcome innocence.

A friend of mine worked with a guy who bought a boat in California and wanted to sail it home to Australia. My friend went out with him a few times off California and was scared to death vowing never to sail with him again. Fast forward a year or so and the guy contacts my friend from Fiji. His crew had abandoned him and he needed someone to crew for him. He decided that if the guy made it that far he would risk it. He went down and joined him and found the guy had become a competent sailor. They hit some bad weather on their passage to Christ Church and did great. He went ahead and sailed with him across the Tasman Sea where they really hit nasty stuff. He now really holds the guy in high regard.

[3rd_gear_Ted]

The Pacific Puddle jump is a group that gets together each February in Panama to sail as a group to the Fatu Hiva in the Fiji's.

Radio check in every 6 hours by all boats involved

Seriously, If you want to loose weight, the 6 hour helm shifts, 24/7 for 3 weeks works well.

[vash]

there is a couple on Youtube. wife is superhot and all she wears are bikinis. they are sailing the world. sponsored i think. she is that hot they got sponsors!!

[tevake]

Ok Vash. You know whats coming next, where is the link?

Cheers Richard

[daepp]

Vash - would this be her?

Nikki Wynn:







Their channel is linked to above.

[brainz01]

The Wynns are great (and good sailors), but I’m 99.9% sure Vash is talking about Elayna from Sailing La Vagabonde:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/08/09/47E2B46F00000578-5235611-image-a-16_1515402088707.jpg

Here’s a story about her and Riley, her partner/boyfriend/baby-daddy:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5235611/Glamorous-couple-earn-living-sailing-world.html

And here’s their YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdQjaSoLjIzFnWsDQOv4ww

And they’ve now got a 1 year old named Lenny.

The videos are admittedly pretty inspiring.


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[daepp]

YEP - I have watched their escapades as well, and she's rather hot too!

Originally Posted by brainz01

The Wynns are great (and good sailors), but I’m 99.9% sure Vash is talking about Elayna from Sailing La Vagabonde:

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2018/01/08/09/47E2B46F00000578-5235611-image-a-16_1515402088707.jpg

Here’s a story about her and Riley, her partner/boyfriend/baby-daddy:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-5235611/Glamorous-couple-earn-living-sailing-world.html

And here’s their YouTube channel:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZdQjaSoLjIzFnWsDQOv4ww

And they’ve now got a 1 year old named Lenny.

The videos are admittedly pretty inspiring.


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[Seahawk]

Sure. Hot. I am sure she is a great cook and...

This is a picture of the ship I did four crossings on, taken from Male in the Maldives.



You can see the SH-60B on the back. I have bikini pics

[tdw28210]

Blue water catamarans are really intriguing. And the Wynns create some really good content. Thinking about getting back into sailing. Did some crazy/dumb stuff with sail powered craft off the Outer Banks back in my early 20's.

[Sunroof]

I have been a sailor since I was twelve years old (over 60 years now) and had the pleasure of cruising and living aboard a sailboat (35 foot Coronado sloop) for three years. I have owned eight sailboats over the years and cruised the Bahamas, ICW and the Gulf, but never made a blue water crossing, aside from crossing the gulf stream.

Sailors are a special breed, but blue water sailors are on the top of that list because the risks are great, knowledge is demanded and having the right vessel is important. Their are dozens if not hundreds of books about blue water sailing from heavy weather sailing to how to deploy a drogue chute to sailing the farm (harvesting seaweed).

If you have an interest in sailing, some great websites are available that gives you great insight into everything sailing, voyaging and living aboard. Check out: sailboatownersforum, the magazines: Latitudes and Attitudes, Cruising World and Sail.

Once you sail, you are hooked and it becomes a religion!! Give it a try when you can.

"nothing but nothing beats messin about in boats"

Fair winds

Bob
30 Catalina Mark II
Georgia

[onewhippedpuppy]

Lots of respect to you guys who have made these epic voyages in relatively small sailboats. I like having a nice V8 or two on board, and even then wouldn’t have the stones.