By far the best sailing video I've seen so far and I've watched hundreds of them. Thanks for not forcing us to listen to music.You narrated it magnificently with your relaxed sharp wit. You have a great boat and it was like being there with you. Looking forward to seeing more of your creations.
Some people get very busy editing and making "video productions" rather than simple cruising videos, keep them simple , I also liked Nathan's deep analysis of the events.
I had just happened by looking a few things up henceforth the profile, but anyway My Wife, Daughter, and I really get a kick out of your videos and have enjoyed your adventures and humor! We are newer in the bigger boat arena have had lots of smaller ones, but are making a go of it trying out the live aboard and traveling life! We have been looking into all the areas people share with on here getting ideas on where to point the compass to! Are you planning to continue in any sort of loop or are you just hanging in the S Pacific for a bit? That is what our eventual goal is anyway to just get lost around some Atolls away from the busy side! Really enjoy all we see and am slowly working our confidence up for the long run! Anyway thanks for sharing your times it helps greatly with ideas, and seeing others make the passage makes me want to put the hammer down and get going, hopefully soon! Thanks!
You need to watch the entire series of sailing with Tim and Nathan . They might be easy to understand , but multiple cans of old Milwaukee make the conversation most interesting . Nathan is a philosopher second only to Plato . every part of the boat has a name . These guys seem pretty cool , and would be a blast to go sailing with . they are very laid back , hum wonder why ?
"....like driving across the US at 8 miles per hour".......Nice analogy. Poor Nathan, he seems like he got dragged into this... I could be wrong but what's landing on the boat everyday is almost enough to sustain one human.....assuming he likes squid and grilled flying fish. Your day by day reports and issues with equipment and how you deal with them really tell it like it is. Can't wait to get my own boat.....
As soon as you started picking up bait from the deck and explaining how meat lines work, you had me hooked. Yeah, it's a pun, whatever. Anyway, subscribed.
Loved your video. Too many seem to think that folks just know all there is to sailing, fishing, and living aboard. I REALLY enjoyed the learning and your humor is great. More on fishing would be awesome. Types of lures, more on constructing a meat line. And what the heck is the thing on the back of the boat with the twirling rope? Is that some sort of generator? I had thought it was some sort of fishing apparatus. Awesome.
Yep - Aquair generator. Tows a prop about 150ft/30m astern which twists the rope and so turns the genny. Gives about 1 amp per knot. Works well. But makes a mother of a tangle if you catch your fishing line in it! At anchor, take the rope off and put air prop blades on and hoist it up in the rigging for a wind genny.
smacksman1 We used to use all 150 feet of rope and that was a huge problem, we lost about a knot of speed at hull speed and recovery was a mess. Now i use about 40 feet of rope and it works much better. I also don't have the wind turbine feature as at 100W max it just isn't worth it.
Slick52921 Ha ha 'recovery was a mess' - too right! We tried several methods to tame 'the snake' but in the end just stopped the boat so the rope hung vertical and the turbine prop had stopped turning. Sailors HATE stopping the boat! We estimated we lost about a quarter to half a know using it but we were a slower boat than yours.
Hi Tim/Nathan, I didn't think I would, but I've now watched the entire serious of Days 1-16 all over again as I really enjoyed it the first time and actually found that I picked up stuff I missed the first time around. Sailing is something I look forward to in the next few years once the youngest graduates and we're empty-nesters. I was hoping that after subscribing that there might be some new video of additional travels but that doesn't seem to be the case. What happened? Please don't tell me that sailing got old and you decided to do something else... Even so... A few questions if you don't mind as I don't seem to get this info in my reading. 1. Do you know of any good internet forums dealing with sailing. There's a lot out there... many appear to be full of wannabies that answer questions when they themselves don't seem to really know. 2. what kind of boat is Slick T-Rocketship? (Make/Model), 3. What are the things you totally dig about the boat, what would you wish was different?, 4. Consumables - You guys made a pretty friggin log trip and I'm wondering what your consumables might have been like. Food / Water, did you have a "catchment" system for fresh water? etc? 5. What did you learn that you wish you had known ahead of time? I LOVED that time seemed to melt away. Trying to keep track of what day it is and then "It doesn't matter..." was friggin awesome. I so look forward to that. If there's any other insights that stick out in your minds, I'd love hearing about it. Thanks a bunch.
Shane Stapley Shane, did i ever answer all this? i have access to youtube for the first time in a long time. If i didn't just send me an email, sorry, got lost.
Great video, guys! How much extra gear do you take for such a trip and is there any more or less definitive list of backup/spare gear to take on transoceanic trips? Thanks for all the great tips!
+junk can i read through a lot of books for recommendations. the short answer to how much gear is - a lot. Bring consumables like oil and fuel filters, oil etc. if you think something can break - it will and the parts won't be available in most the world. Check out the blog, www hardlyanythingworks com.if you are thinking of sailing around send me an email and we can discuss.
+Freddie Mullins Fishing has changed a little. By the end of the trip we were using two large reals with 120 pound dacron and a 6-8foot leader. The reals are hard mounted to the pulpit and there were no poles.
Don C lots of fees. I think it has changed since i was there though. When i visited in 2012 it was around 800 dollars for a boat the size of Slick. You had to hire an agent and it was a huge amount of bureaucracy. This allowed you to only go to three anchorages.
+Ben Coles Yes, it is, sorry about that. At the time i uploaded it i was in the South Pacific where i was paying about a dollar a megabyte to upload. RU-vid won't let me replace the video with an high res version. Perhaps i should upload another anyway.
Slick52921 ahh, you must mean for the chafe. What seems like enough never really is, plus with all the rigging it gets pretty ropey on the boat. so, no, is probably the real answer, but i am not sure how possible it is in the areas where the chafe was the worst.
Who the hell cares about some stupid flag. Give me your flag and I'll wipe my ass with it right in front of you. If you want to attack me, it would be the last thing you ever do.
