An utterly soul destroying discovery. However, you worked fantastically together as a team and overcame every element stacked against you! Exceptional job incredibly well executed - if nothing else that certainly deserves another follow/subscriber. My last boat, I had it so much easier - a fully encapsulated ballast!! 😊
Thank you for your kind words. We felt pretty sorry for ourselves for a couple of days but we are fortunate enough to be surrounded by some real experts. They walked us through the job and in the end its proven to be an invaluable experience!
Your carefree spirit and ability to enjoy life's simple pleasures are truly inspiring! You bring such joy and spontaneity to every adventure, making even the most ordinary moments feel extraordinary. And I'm Floating Village Life.
@@geroldglocker5276 But that is something entirely different. You can't go around calling a banana for an apple, because you chose to interpret it as such.
a modern radar like a H20+ at night is waaaay more effective than visual light acquisition and will also light up dark/non lit objects. I have tested my radar against a single man in a wooden dugout canoe ....still spots them. In very rough seas it is less effective but so is visual for the same reason. The modern radars not only plot objects but also track and show speed, bearing, and CPA just like AIS.
Funnily enough it really depends on the anchorage. We’ve noticed different anchorages will grow fouling at different rates. Even weirder than that is that the color and consistency of the fouling changes from anchorage to anchorage. In this case we had left our dinghy in the water for a week while visiting relatives
Great video... At 4.40 with you on a starboard reach, you can see a shroud or side stay turnbuckle flapping around. Yup, you have a loose rig... Did the engine hydraulic with sea water... It happens... Most things can be fixed... Well done for getting going again...
Thank you! You're exactly right on both diagnoses. We had just re-rigged the boat and our rigger warned us that it would need a re-tune in the near future... but by Guadeloupe we had totally forgotten about that (our fault). With the engine, we ended up re-running our exhaust hose plus adding an anti-siphon valve to our raw-water intake. Thankfully the problem hasn't happened since. We appreciate your encouragement. It's been a humbling journey with many lessons to learn
A riveting watch guys! Love the slightly longer format with just boat life clips! More please! (Note - that’s the Commonwealth of Dominica for those of you that might confuse it with the other Dominica)
