Hauling out for winter in Sweden 

Before heading back down in the spring you should totally take a leg via the Åland and Finnish archipelago, lots of neat places to explore and plenty of natural harbours for free anchoring! Very very nice sailing.

A bit surreal to see you in my tiny childhood marina. Welcome to Sweden!

Your heater isn't broken it has carbon build up. They are easy to take apart and clean . My heater had the same code and it was just carbon

Sleep tight, Pickle. Enjoy the break, Sam!

As I’m a RU-vid sailor, from a Landlubbing farmer family, I enjoyed the explanation about the starboard tack. I enjoy learning sailing info from your videos, Thanks Sam!

The white boat was very nice 👍

Sam finally turns on that motor. I think he is ready to get of that sailboat.

No Drama Just Serenity🙏

That shot of Pickle covered in snow was AWESOME! Don't worry, spring will be here before you know it! :-)

Sweet video, when you reconnect the wires to your mast maybe install quick disconnects. That way you don't have to cut them again. Looking forward to your next videos. Cheers.

Enjoy your break, Sam It’s thirty years since I did any deep water sailing. Your vids help me relive some of the best times in my life. Cheers!

The more I watch the more I love it

Man I just wanted to let you know how much I enjoy your videos. While others spend 30% or more of their time with drone footage, canned music, intros, pictures of animal life, and other stuff., your videos just jump right into it. That’s the way it should be.

Pretty clever to go on the hard in Sweden. Springtime and some of the worlds most beautiful women might make for a great start to next sailing season.

Sam its been great following your videos from you left usa, its been a great achievement for you. As for the yanmar cold start problem, if it were my engine i would aquire an eberspacher or mikuni diesel air heater glowplug and drill and tap a threaded hole in the air intake manifold and fit the glowplug in. Wire it through a relay from ignition circuit so it heats while holding key in crancking position and disconnects when engine starts. Probably a preheater element from an older tractor might be better as it wouldent draw as much current. Certainly would improve cold starting. Not been critical but would advice renewing raw water filter before it disentegrares and leaves u in the brown smelly stuff. Im a great believer in the 6 P,s Im preparing my boat for a cruise to orkney & shetland from the clyde this year. Enjoy your break.

A testament both to Sam's abilities but also the soundness of the Cape Dory. That boat has taken good care of you, Sam. There should be a known fix for your cold start issue. Our Yanmar always fires up on the first crank in temps down as low as 25 deg F, even after being winter stored for 6 months. I would talk to a Yanmar tech.

Sometimes I just sit in my chair and watch your videos and I am amazed that a local man is sailing the n a twenty eight foot boat. It just blows me away! You have accomplished a lot. By the way, a true Southern Gentleman never sails to windward in the ocean.

"Goodbye Denmark, we're going to Sweden" - too bad, hope you make it to my home country next season :-)

Rest well Pickle. See you next season. Thanks for sharing Sam!

Great video. If you don't mind giving out the information, what bottom paint did you use? It did a great job..

Hard to believe that little boat has all those miles on it. Great job 👏 Great videos

Thanks for showing the actual movement of the boat while sailing and the noise. Sailing is not a static situation on a smooth road or noiseless! Best wishes for fair weather.

What a season! Great stuff.

Let us know when you are back in the Gothenburg area, happy to lend a hand and buy you a beer! Your video simply pushing off the dock towards Hawaii was - the - watershed moment that made me buy a sailboat! Keep up the good and inspiring videos!

Sam, just started following your channel. I live in New Mexico. In the past 25 years or so I have made 5 trips to west coast of Sweden for sailing. I have been as far south as Kungsbaka and north to Grebbestad. I have an old friend that has a summer house near Lysekil. I understand how the North Sea can get. Fair winds and following seas. Steve

Battens in your H16 sail makes a big difference in speed. I know they're a pain to put in but you should do it.

Sam, I love your content.. and it's my dream to go sailing. I have plenty of money saved up to help out. Not buy my own boat, but to easily help out. I'd gladly be a crew mate if needed.

Excellent idea to change the oil now. Get rid of all the acids and crud you don't want to work on the bearings while the engine sits for months at a time.

Wow super clean bottom. You've been in cold water but you also crossed the Atlantic. Yeah... must be some good paint. Edit: do you remember the brand Sam? Thanks.

Thanks for all the good vids Sam. Take care Smooth Saling.

Well on the good side, cutting the wires gives you a chance to put on some sealed detachable connectors so you won't have to cut them again.

I had the same probelm with my diesel heater. its just a question of adjusting the fan. I put a washer or two under the screw that fastens the elctrical panel. That way the fan was adjusted a lot better to the sensor. The fan itself also had some casting residues, that initially rubbed against the sensor. I removed the residues with sandpaper and voila! A have no more errors...

I know it's kinda dumb, but I can't help feeling sorry for Pickle all alone in the cold. ☺️😁 I saw on Instagram you stopped by in Vienna. Hope you enjoyed the city. Thanks so much for all your great videos! Enjoy your days on land in the warm Florida weather. 🙂

It's been a great season of sailing! Looking forward to picking back up in May. Safe travels Sam!.

These videos are awesome. I've never sailed a day in my life but somthing about these videos are inspiring to a debt slave stuck in the system lol. Be safe man.

Sam thanks for the content enjoy your time on the land to recharge your personal batteries thanks for taking me around the Atlantic this past year I am landlocked in Northwest Pennsylvania and appreciated all of your videos good health to you.

we are going to miss the Pickle! but have a fun winter!

Sam, what a spectacular sailing season that was, well done, Eric the Viking has an awful lot of catching up to do to equal your ocean crossing explorations! Do you have any photos/plans or video of the fitting of your transom platform, they are so practical I think they should be on all sailboats where possible especially for singlehanders to assist boarding from swimming or dinghy’s! Does the wind vane operate beside it, they seem very close together? SkipRay.

My MD7a volvo was always a little underpowered for theCD28. Your sailing adventures have delighted thousands. Looking forward to more miles under ther keel for you!

Always bittersweet tucking the boat away for the winter. Looking forward to seeing the camping videos from Florida!

Wow! What a mighty wee vessel! I knew the numbers re her size, seeing her out of the water!? she's a brave and sturdy little ship. Have a great rest and Fair Winds come splash down!

Most sailing vloggers head for the tropics in winter. You and the “Sailing Uma” couple are the only ones marching to the rhythm of a different drummer.

My 2GM won’t start in the 40’s F. If I have electricity I heat fuel lines into injector with a hair dryer and point the hair dryer into the air intake. Starts right up

Love your content! Side note: The "Wind Mills" are called Wind Turbines lol. I'm actually going into the profession of repairing them, hopefully after some time I can buy a boat and do what you're doing. Love your content, keep up the great work!

I have a small John Deere tractor with a Yanmar diesel. It has an electric air heater that preheats the intake so when starting, the intake air is warmed. It starts very well, even when below freezing. Maybe you can find and retrofit to your situation. Just a thought.

I seem to recall that when you solo sailed to Hawaii, you had not sailed a boat on anything larger than a lake or a bay! I admire what you have accomplished. In SA to do similar you require to pass your captains certification. For this reason, I would like to buy a US registered boat which is exempt from this requirement. I am bright enough to pass these exams but after I was run down by a truck, I have lost the ability to write legibly which kind of limits me!

Thank you Sam for bringing us on your adventures. I have to thank the RU-vid algorithm for suggesting your channel. I didn’t know that I needed this, but thank you again

Thanks Sam , please keep posting and looking forward towards Spring when you sail again .

I like you'r video's. They are nice to watch because they are very calming.

If you are planning a leg in Finland after the winter, you are welcome for some sauna, wash, anchor and dinner in Pellinki archipelago

Thank you for taking us with you!

I can’t wait to see your Med adventures- something I aspire to do in retirement. I’ll be taking notes!

Sad you didn't have time to cross over to Thyboron and sail through Limfjorden in Denmark.... supposed to be beautiful. That's where I'm planning to sail this summer 🙂

Thanks for the season!! Always sad when it's time to put the boat on the hard.

Thx for a great voyage

The most inspirational Florida man ever. My new favorite youtuber

Love your videos !! seeing you on a Hobie brings back lots of memories... loved the rudders humming ..enjoy ...!

Thanks!

Good video and I'm looking forward to your winter adventures.

Sam, was taken aback when I saw that it was necessary to cut the mast electrical-wires. Anyway, do-not use simple spade quick disconnects unless you can 100% guarantee that there will be absolutely air-tight and no water ingress because they will quickly corrode. I would try and find some gas/water-tight locking connectors to permanently install (maybe in a watertight enclosure) if you feel you will ever need to disconnect in the future. If not, I would make strong mechanical connections with each wire (probably J-hooks since you don't have a lot of extra cable) then carefully solder each connection and then seal every wire and the bundle with fusion-tape--making sure you fill any air-pockets or voids (use plenty of tape and wrap the outside at least 6-8 inches each way from the splice). But whatever you do, the connections need to be gas-tight or you'll for sure get corrosion in the connections from constant sea-air and water. Q: Are you an Amateur (Ham) Radio operator; HF is a great communications medium and a good way to pass time when all your books, podcasts, and movies are stuck in the cloud--LOL? And if you lose your other electronics, it can save you in an emergency situation. When I was young I used to keep radio-schedules with several ships in both the Atlantic and Pacific. I would pass progress-reports, weather information and exchange welfare checks with their families using both voice and morse-code. This was all before modern GPS, and satellites were available. Really love your videos and your GREAT community of commentors--have learned a lot on you channel!

Sweet. I'm looking forward to off season Sam videos

Thanks for another great video Sam. I love being a bird on your shoulder.

I love the maintenance videos. Thank you!

Saving this for later after work! Love your sailing adventures. Jag lär mig svenska så exalterad inför detta äventyr.

Thank you very much for a great season!

I'd guess that an internal Crankcase Heater would be more effective than blowing hot air into the engine compartment external.

Cool pickle, warm Sam, have a great winter, put up a wish list, man! Great season of sailing!!!!

Looking forward to your Florida Bay/Everglades vids. We've camped/cruised our Hobie 18 from Tampa to Miami and all points between. Favorite ENP spots are Barnes Key anchorage, Rabbit Key, all the capes at Cape Sable, Flamingo, Highland Beach, Little Shark River into Whitewater Bay. SAiling the channels from Flamingo east towards Dump Key, Jimmie Channel, Captain Key and Crab Key. Watch the wind and tides so you don't get dried out in the upper reaches of the Bay. Good Luck, have fun

impressive and inspiring trip you have taken there. So you have to keep going when the heat and spring return.

Thank you for the journey Sam...

Welcome to Sweden! Don’t miss out on exploring the beautiful archipelago north of Orust when you’re back in the water. The Koster Islands are a gem worth the trip!

“I think I see some windmills or something” classic S H, thanks for taking us along ✌🏼❤️

Great review.

Always better to change oil end of the season. The microscopic particles of engine metals in oil makes it acidic which causes further corrosion

Sam, first time I saw you was in a tiny beach/kid dinghy? In southern California, and now you are in my neighbourhood!? (Zealand, Denmark) very cool! Have a good winterbreak bru.

Re: your water tank inspection port, I installed the same inspection ports on my water tanks. Remove the ports and reinstall, but caulk first. I used Butyl rubber tape. The screw top should have an O ring so that is probably not the problem. The leaks are where the port screws into the tank.

Great adventure Sam, thank you for taking us along. You have inspired me to get into sailing and for that I truly thank you. Looking forward to your next adventure!

Thx for all the posts.Its been great watching them all...

As for your diesel heater.. if its a Chinese copy you should probably carry two spares for it especially in colder climate. Or get the webasto version and have a little less worry. Maybe a aftermarket intake heater would help your cold start trouble. BD diesel makes one that looks straight forward to install.. BD Diesel 1041563 X-Flow Air Intake Heater Kit.

that's a really nice mast crane! my old marina had an old telephone pole with a makeshift boom. tricky even with a couple of people.

Sikaflex is your freind just give a good layer on the water tank and is good

Omg I’m literally down the fjord from you. My boat is on Tjörn at Wallhamn Marina. When you get back, there are thousands of anchorages, but I’m sure your Swedish friends will tell you 👍⛵️⚓️ Warren s/y Legend🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🇬🇧

When abouts are you planning on re-floating Pickled Herring? I enjoy your Vlogs and admire how you face your challenges. I was disabled in 1992 when a speeding truck wiped out my car after punching it into me, disabling me. I know that I cannot handle a boat much larger than 40 foot but you make smaller boats look easier to handle. I live in Zululand, South Africa and even in winter, the coldest it gets is maybe 18 centigrade. I get sea breezes warmed by the currents flowing South from the Equator so it is highly unlikely to ever snow here.

Very good video!

Hey Sam, I didn’t see you topping off your fuel tank. Hoping that you don’t have condensation in your fuel in the spring. That could be big problem.

love this, the closet I get to sailing is Sea of Thieves.

Yes please post the Hobie Cat and Glider rating stuff!

Sam: A lot of old school Direct-Injected Diesels....the owners would tap a hole in the intake to recieve GM style 9volt fast glow plug. Yes, those GM 9volt glow plugs get yellow real fast versus a 12volt glow plug. Usually in colder climates where people did that. Even Cummins then/now equip their direct-injected diesels with an Intake glow plug (just 1)...to stir up the air for extreme cold scenarios and cold-blooded engines. Just an idea for you to keep in mind. When time and weather allows....make sure to do as much preventive and necessary maintenance before you lower your boat back in the water. The water is no place to play Russian Roulette with stuff that needs to be looked at and fixed.

6:01 I'm always thankful when someone puts out a wind speed/direction flag like that! Thank you kind sir!

It would be supercool if you could visit Hallberg Rassy when you get back to Orust.

Sam it was great seeing you at the home depot if you ever need a hand I would volunteer

Like heaps Sam... Good one!

Sweden is popular. I only watch two sailing channels, and both of you are wintering in Sweden.

Hello Sam always waiting to see your next videos but you have to make more videos what are we supposed to do? We are going to be doing our nails waiting for your next season but it's all good it is ever break I guess I remember productivity for your consumers and one of your favorite fans I guess I have to wait like everybody else. Anyway Sam stay safe my friend God bless you and enjoy your vacation we'll be waiting.

Great end to your season. I've enjoyed the videos and looking forward to the coming season.

Sam, hands down you have the best sailing RU-vid videos. Hopefully one day you will earn enough from your channel to buy a slightly updated sail boat.

Sam now you are off the water get the wipers blades, go to a recycle center (Junker) and buy the whole kit.

Great job Sam thanks

Welcome to Sweden! Let me know if you plan to make a stop in Lomma this spring.

hey i cant wait to see your camping setup for the h16