Caught a tuna, at least. Slick's crossing of the Pacific took 19 days total. Lots of sailing, fishing and information about crossing the ocean. Slick is a 1984 Beneteau First 38, from Slick's Adventure, www.hardlyanythingworks.com
This is an awesome video! These are the first videos I see the really show you what a passage is like! It makes it real. Awesome! Thanks for the videos!
Hey men, I really enjoyed our trip! very intertaining and filled with adventure! where to next? Only this time. before we start, fix that rigging and the care of the chaffing!
Thanks for the video slick. Sound like you did some time in the Navy with the SAM awards and channel fever. Any ways kick ass video, I now have a new name for duct tape----slick sticker. Bobby
Yeah I did 20 years on the pond flying in LAMPS Helicopters. I did a short tour on a sturgeon class sub, oh wow. Im searching for my own cruiser now in Savannah. I cant wait to go on my own deployment that doesn't include working BSP's, fire drills and duty the first day you pull into port. A couple of my cousins were nukes, they left the Nav like big foot was chasing them. Yall have fun man, I look forward to watching more trips, you guys are cool as shit. see you out there one day Bobby
Awesome videos slick thanks for you guys serving the country I'm guessing the navy that is a fine benetaeu first I'm looking at buying that excate boat fixing to leave the civilian life and cruise the blue water maybe we can cross paths one day 😎⛵I' grew up cowboying in east Texas and working the oilfields people said it was all talk when I tell them im buying a sailing yatch and going to head to South America cross Panama Canal into the South Pacific Ocean 🌊 so I've came up with a name that I believe fits me and my boat "Ocean cowboy "🤠🤠⛵⛵hey thanks again it was great sharing my story and if you ever need a hardworking mate hit me up I'm gamed thanks
Well, raymarine has gotten me all the way to thailand and then i shipped the boat to turkey. There has only been one actual "failure" and that was of the autopilot drive on a 550 mile hop from Palau to the Phillipines. It turns out it was just full of carbon dust. Otherwise stuff is just wonkey sometimes.Go to my website hardlyanythingworks and email me from the contact and i will answer your questions about RM as best i can. Otherwise i am out of characters for the reply here.
what do you do with the boat, and do you fly home? How's all that work, and get a better camera for us ex-sailors that never blue water, thanks for the free trip and honesty. "Blue Water Prison" would be a title I would think for a chapter at least. Steve Callahan's book is also recommended. maritime lawyer/diver retired 57.
SassyHershsey SassyHershey most of the camera issues are because i had to reduce the size of the videos for uploading from french polynesia where there is limited internet. I have thought about uploading the full size vids but they are enormous.
Nice vids... Thanks for filming and posting. Was the autopilot powered by the wind generator and the water/drag generator? How did that work out? What autopilot do you have and what generators are those?
the tow generator generates about 5 amps at 6 knots and then an amp more for every knot after that. its made by ampair, the wind gen is an airex. the autopilot is raymarine servo-mechanical. the tow-gen is just enough to power the autopilot, chart plotter, ais, instruments, occasional radar and house lighting. hope this helps and if you have any other questions just let me know. thanks for watching.
I use an iridium sat phone and UGRIB, a free program from NOAA. But there are issues with gribs, so do some research on them before you trust them. I also have an ssb receiver to get weather fax, but i hardly ever use it.
What I've been hearing is some pretty intimidating shit about Raymarine, and I'm just wondering if you'd care to elaborate, because I'm a little concerned right now.
