ep54 - Sailing Antigua - Hallberg-Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay - Dec 2018 

Very cool video, in a resolution it deserves... Thx for the extra effort... And happy new year.

Happy new year for you too! :D

Can come help clean our bottom. Marc & Susan s/v Gandalf3

Wow, thank you!

Roger, glad you like the videos. We love making them for people like you who really love sailing.

Looks like you are binge viewing :) Enjoy!

Thanks for the great comment. Yes, we have learned alot about shooting and editing in the last 12 months. Maybe we should pull some of those earlier ones. They dont get many hits anyway. We will continue to improve .... especially now that Oana is in charge!

Paul, to be honest very few of the islands are overrun with tourists. But of all of them, Antigua probably has the most. But most remain in their all inclusive hotels. And the others arrive by cruise liner by the thousand, but then leave after just a few hours. So when driving around you are correct, you really dont see many tourists

Thanks .... yes its a pretty good adventure if you can stand the down sides.

Glad you enjoyed it Chuck

Great comment! Love your You Tube photo!

Glad you enjoyed it guys. We love sharing with people like yourselves. Happy New Year to you both

Thanks :)

Yes we heard that later. Wow, eh? Maybe we should get us one of those! :)

Glad we are cheering up your winter there!

Yes thanks Brad. We had a fun time at a beach bar called Salt Plage on St.Kitts. A couple of videos time!

Hmmm I think you are all getting to know me too well!

We looked for Delos on Falmouth and English Harbours where they were supposed to be - but couldn’t see them.

The First Mate (and Captain!) is very appreciative of this comment. Oana was a little "aware" of her own voice on the camera to start with (non of us like the sound of our own voice, right?) so a comment like this goes along way. Thanks. Oana is Romanian and Bucharest is now home for us.

I second that 😊

@@SailCloudyBay Think her voice and narration is very commanding and clear and strong. Does a great job of narrating some of the passage making details , speed, instruments etc. while you are busy riding the bow anchor and getting some of those great shots of this awesome HR54 pounding smoothly and quickly through the seas..that sail to Antigua on previous episode was some of the best!

Michael Douglas thanks I agree with you. And Oana is getting better and better at it. It’s hard for me to compete these days!

Hahaha! I knew it! I knew that Oana is Romanian! You know how? I got that very same accent! And..... I was born in Bucharest too in Berceni pe bulevardul Metalurgiei. Dumnezeu sa va binecuvinteze si sa va ocroteasca wherever you go! Salutari!!!

Tell her to gimme the camera and I'll fix that for you! There are plenty of shots of Oana in our other videos. Just recently Oana has been doing most of the filming. We'll ahve to try to get that balanced.

Hmmm, did I say that? :)

Thanks!

We have filmed catching fish in previous videos. But its not to everyones taste to see. In these leeward islands we have to be careful with reef fish from the top of the food chain. Many are toxic. Also, the Sargasso weed runs down the line and fowls the lure about every 5 minutes! But now that we are inter-island sailing again and have the fridges working correctly we will be starting to get that hook in again. There is nothing quite like a good Mahi Mahi on the BBQ!

Dunno.

@@SailCloudyBay I'll keep hoping for more, because your videos have brought me much joy. And I mean everything about them, including the both of you, not just the beautiful destinations and fantastic sailing. I am sure it takes considerable effort and time, and I cannot thank you two enough for creating and posting the videos you have on YT today. I have watched nearly all of them more than once, and that cannot be said for any other YT creator (or creators). Thanks for the reply!

My understanding, from the gib authorities is that this is the official Gib ensign.

David, our drone is a DJI Mavik Pro

We are using a GoPro6 with lots of stick-on fluffies around the microphones to stop wind noise. Occasionally we put it on gimbal, but the software stabilization within the camera itself is pretty good in the GP6.

Its a DJI Mavic Pro. An absolutely brilliant piece of engineering.

Following an event where another yachts dragged its anchor and collided with us in New England, we had to strip that bow section of the teak gunwale to repair it. Unfortunately the product we used to "varnish" the gunwales is not easy to repair (Ceolan) so in Antigua we stripped the entire gunwale. Then we had a choice to revarnish or leave natural teak as it had been when we purchased the boat. The Antigua weather (often raining) meant that realisitically it was going to take a long time to get the necessary 8-10 coats of varnish on. And, in this climate of intense UV, any varnish on the boat would need non stop attention, likely needing re-coating 2-3 times a year to keep it looking Bristol. So right now it is natural teak and gradually going to that silver colour. Soon it will all be the same colour all over. Each day we look at it, we miss that varnished look. But we have to be practical, otherwise we will be doing more maintenance than cruising.

@@SailCloudyBay Thank you. Though it would have been some sort of slight damage as it's odd that hr piece looked different. Thank you and great editing. BTW Antigua looks amazing.!!!!

It was indeed pretty quiet. We expected this to be the busy time, but no. Yes, the Italian in Jolly Harbour was indeed very good. Tried it only once though.

Joel Delamirande we’ve got that sorted in the more recent ones.

thanks Andria. The Drone is a DJI Mavic Pro

@@SailCloudyBay Thank you! looking forward to more videos!

clearly we are meant for a marine life without tires!

I agree, we need to get Oana in the video more! Tell her to give me the camera occasionally!

Ha ha .... good suggestion. Its a sign that we should stick to non-land travel :)