Sheltering in place from place to place might be THE BEST way to do sheltering in place, yeah!? :) Best to yaʻ Kev. Stay healthy and safe ʻīlioʻaukai..! 🤙
The anchorage off of No Name harbor is a "Slow, Manatee" area but as you say, the sport fisherman boats don't care. I'd love to have had some torpedoes when we anchored in that spot. How hard it it to cut hair??!! Yet they just can't catch on and only know one way. I finally gave up and spent $10 on electric hair clippers. Nice vid. Have a pleasant trip north.
Nope, they don't slow for manatees or sailboats. Yes, one of them did go by while I was aloft putting the siezing in and I had some rather negative thoughts about them then ... Couldn't believe that "hair stylist". I assume he's more diligent with the ladies' hair given that he's still alive.
Good to see you back Kevin, we’ve missed you the past few weeks! I do enjoy your chin-up attitude & the ease you seem to have sailing. Safe passage as always & keep the videos coming. It’s pretty grim everywhere at the moment, including Uncle Sam, so it’s nice to watch some enjoyable, relaxing & educational videos. Take care, Simon.
The very last scene there when you are offshore is about the right distance to stay away from the big cities.Especially a couple months from now.Hope you were not hurt too much from the stock market crash.Beautiful sailboat!Double ender;tan bark sails wind vein steering,full keel heavy displacement perfect!
The good news is you wear that style well. Next time you can do it yourself and keep the $30. for beers. : ) Just wanted to say, I have just purchased a sailboat minus the inboard engine. You have inspired me to pursue this adventure. She is docked near Deltaville on the previous owners dock. The pandemic has interfered with my plans to move her & the previous owners are gracious in letting her stay put till the world regains some sensibility. If we should cross paths I would like to thank you in person over a sundowner for all the wonderful videos you have shared over the years. Fair winds & following seas ~ S/V Cork
Enjoyed this episode Kevin....how everyone’s plans have changed! Will be following your trail up to the Chesapeake....make sure you drop some crumbs. Good route planning....as usual. Fair winds, stay isolated and safe, thanks, Andrew @ St Augustine.
Hey Kevin - Out of all the RU-vidrs I respect you the most (just installed the Vmax Batteries). I’m getting ready to cast off this summer and I still don’t get why full-time cruisers sail 500nm if they don’t have to. I have sailed from NY to Bermuda, and up and down the East Coast from New England to Norfolk in my 32’ Morgan. I always tried to be in an anchorage by 4pm (be it because of a sundowner or just to make sure I’m settle by sundown). Why is it that the cruisers sail 500 nm in one stretch if they don’t have to? I’m just trying to prepare myself as much as I can and I don’t have an answer for this one. Hope to buy you a beer in Norfolk in November.
Depends on where you are going, and how much time you want to take traveling. Going from the US east coast to the Caribbean, for example, almost necessitates going offshore unless you want to do a lot of windward sailing and not arrive there until March (having left in November).
Great vid as usual Kevin. My other half is a Barber. We set up a shop 4 years ago. I run the business for her and she and her team do the cutting. Getting qualified as a Barbers takes another two years training after you qualify as a hairdresser. As they say, never insult the person holding the cut throat...😉
Great video, especially anchor work. Reefing line caught on boom support - I once had it catch behind by hood and could not get free. I had to round up and take the jacket off!
I have always like single handing. Weather my Ericson 28+ or the J42 I managed while the owner was away. Watching the end of your video I noticed the starboard winch has a problem with the stripper. Lookers as if it didn't get put back together correctly. Have a safe sail back Captain Vincent
I hope you have good weather heading North. I'd say you got a pretty good clip job for $30.00. At least it should be awhile before you need another one.
I'm a fan of the No2 all over personally, as you say low maintenance :) but as others have said a cheap buzzcut kit and DIY save the 30bucks. My mother used to have handshears trouble was they were blunt or something because it pulled out half the hair.
Great episode, thanks. Always interesting to watch your route planning. How are you finding "supposedly good" anchorages along the route? Do you have a coastal cruising guide? thumbed
I very much enjoy your videos but I am confused. In December 2019 didn't you depart the NOAA Dock in Norfolk, Virginia and sail to Bermuda? Did you make it to Bermuda? Where did you go after that? Wouldn't it be easier if you numbered each episode so we could more easily follow your progress? Keep up the good work. I too am a gaffer!
Just wondering about your tiller steering... Just seem to have rope and 2 rubber cords. Do you balance the boat and the rubber cords just keep it steady? Can you tell us more?
The shock cords and the lashings serve to dampen tiller movement when I have the self-steering windvane engaged, which is a trim tab on the end of the rudder along the the air paddle you see astern.
You been sailing a long time and I've got to thinking you ever gonna make a mount on the stern for that Solar panel lol you keep moving it everytime you stop somewhere. Feel like that'd drive me nuts over time.
I enjoyed it, but, am curious about your vessel. Self built? Wide in the beam like a Willard, does it have a deep blue water keel ( waterline looks low), seems very stable.
She's a Gilmer 31, which is a partially completed Southern Cross 31. The previous owner finished her, though I have since modified both the rig and the interior.
My wife has been cutting my hair since about 1985, Before that I cut it myself from about 1975 minus a few time I looked for a barbershop 💈 And only found hair sollons too, Said enough of That Sh💩💩t and did it myself, haven’t paid for a haircut 💇 inDecades 😎👍✅
Hi Kevin, will you be stopping in Hampton Virginia, were currently still by fort Monroe and old point comfort marina, not in the marina... just outside of it, we blew a head gasket on the old perkins diesel... so now waiting for my payday to change that gasket then we were headed south... let us know if your going to stop into Hampton, we'd love to pick your brain on spots to stop going south... we're going to hit the Dominican republic and maybe Puerto Rico... and then Grenada... fair winds my friend... and would love to know how to use that app windy for off shore and open cpn... thanks, we sure could use your expertise... since it will be my first trip down the coast...
You got my usual haircut. Well, at least on the part of my head that still has hair! But as Debra Winger said to Richard Gere in the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman: "It'll grow out in a couple of months". ;8
hello today I tried pulling my fortress anchor by breaking it out with just the main on my catalina 27 in the Potomac river and I could not get enough speed to apply enough force to break it lose. Any suggestions on how to make this processes easier. I love engineless sailing and spend less time fixing my A4.
In mud, just pull the rode up taught and wiggle/sail around a bit. Everytime the rode starts to slacken, pull it taught again. Eventually it will pull out of the mud, at least that's what I've found.
Another outstanding video, Kevin! I enjoyed coming along for the ride. I'm curious to know if you are anticipating an early start to hurricane season this year, hence the early voyage north to the Chesapeake.
@@howtosailoceans1423 I sure hope this Coronavirus can be nipped in the bud before long. I'll be quite interested to see the route you choose to make your crossing.
@@howtosailoceans1423 hi Kevin, of course we all hope, that corona will not interfere with our travel plans. But it will. As a physician I'm quite sure, that the virus will change all our plans for more than a year. The US and Europe will not act as radical, as the Chinese government could do to stop the spreading of the disease. And a vaccination will not be ready for use in less than a year. That means: unfortunately the borders will stay closed for at least one year either direction. I planned to sail from Germany to England this summer. But I doubt very much that I would be welcome on British shores these days.
great haircut ;-). Seriously, I have been cutting my own for quite a few years now... when you wear a hat, who cares? It doesn’t look bad though (to me). Please do some logistical stuff .... that is shore logistics. How do you get to the grocery store, hardware store, etc. I don’t see a bicycle, and on the map it looks like the stores are well away from any dinghy access. Bus? Walk? Rental car? Bum a ride?......
That's a good question, in fact I'm dealing with logistics issues right now (in Beaufort, NC), one of which was getting a wifi connection to upload this video ... I'll put that on the list of vid topics.