Change of Course: Our Unexpected Escape from the Abacos | PDG Adventures | S02E16 

Thank you! That is very encouraging. While our journey is mostly gorgeous, we also struggle with our own demons as we venture through. We are glad to share our highs and lows with you so that we give a more accurate picture of this sailing lifestyle.

Aloha! We hope to see you there! We are going to send a link to our Patrons for Jan 27th. This is our first one so we hope to have all the bugs worked out. 🤞🏼

Thank you!

Thank you! We definitely try and set the tone of the video to how we are feeling at the time, we really want you to "be there" with us as much as possible.

It was definitely a bit of a rolly passage. We estimate there were some swells in excess of 6ft but it's so difficult to tell when we're out there!

Thank you! We are keeping a close eye on the forecast. I think today is our last nice weather day in Normans Cay for at least another week. On the positive side, it gives us a chance to get some video editing done! Then we will be waiting for the ideal conditions to leave Normans Pond -super narrow and shallow.

We love this phrase!

@@pdgadventures I’m just glad I was able to enlighten you to that phrase on Patreon. Like I said. We used it too often in the Navy.

Paige had a coworker who was an Air Force vet who used it on occasion as well. Guess it's a military thing!

@@pdgadventures that’s cool. I didn’t know other branches used it as well.

Hi there! We ourselves are hunkered down in Norman's Cay, so just up the road so to speak! That's actually just Navionics with the satellite overlay active. We use it on a Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 as our primary navigator as the chart plotter we have on board is about a year out of date and seems to have a mind of its own sometimes, but it (the chart plotter) does have our AIS, Radar, and depth sounder on it so it's still good to have on hand.

If we are lucky! The trick is to capture it on camera!

I think it depends on the individual sailor, the charts of the area and personal preference. In our original planning (when we were thinking we would arrive too early) we were planning to go through Fleming Channel or through the Egg Island cut and we didn't want to try and navigate it in the dark. Also, with the sea state as it was, slowing down could've/would've produced a much more uncomfortable and possibly dangerous ride. So we opted to keep our speed up and head for the best, safest anchorage we could find and felt comfortable navigating in the dark. Catamarans can heave-to but with our rig having a self tacking jib it isn't nearly as still as a boat with a regular, non-self-tacking system. On our first overnight/offshore we hove-to briefly while we sorted out our plan and hoped for the weather to ease off (it didn't), and we found ourselves drifting in the very wrong direction and still getting beat up by the waves.

@@pdgadventures thanks for that detailed reply. Yeah I was kinda asking in general…. in abacos it’s tight and different than open ocean I suppose. So with self tracker it’s no good…. I wonder if a preventer on the tack would solve that? It’s a shame it doesn’t work so well for cats…. monos can get quite stable hove to (depending on particular boats though). Gotta say I have lots of respect for you two…. you have plenty of pluck and great attitudes. You deserve fair winds and beautiful beaches. I hope they come you way regularly. Thanks.

We agree. The ability to hove to is very important and we love the idea of attempting it with a preventer on the headsail. This would make it easier to wait out a storm or even wait for daylight. Thank you for your encouragement and the suggestion!