If you are using the waterproof barrel as your grab bag, consider getting a handful of cheap single cell LED torches - if you turn one on and place it inside the barrel it can act as a great hands free source of illumination inside the life raft and can also be floated externally as a location beacon.
Erik, in Dutch we have a saying: ‘At the plumber’s, the tap is leaking’. A safety instructor with such an old liferaft would be a good example 😄. The fact that you’re so open on your own mistakes however is the big plus of your videos. It invites the viewer to be open to himself as well when it comes to the risks of offshore sailing and the mitigating measures he should take. Many thanks! Looking forward to the footage of your new adventures!
that be my luck ... boats sinking . pop life raft get in and it's leaking .. did farming .... anything can and will happen and at the worse possible time ...
Your a reminder why Vikings are faint familiar to the heart and souls to Inuit. Perfect for navigating. Inuit Ukiutatumi will be there to greet you with warmth hospitable welcome.
Good video. I have to tell you a story of real event. One fellow I know had a fire on their sailboat while sailing single handed in the British Channel. After the moment he discovered the fire he had no time to do anything but press the distress, cut the life raft free from the deck and jump to the sea with it. There he watched the boat burn and sink. Help came within an hour but boat was lost. So I think fire is the worst thing you can have in your boat. Especially in fiberglass one. And in those cases all the equipment must be available very fast! I wish you all the best for your journeys! Got the t-shirt for Christmas! It’s awesome!
Impressed that the old zodiac still inflated! Thanks for being so open about what you do, where you’ve made mistakes and how you are preparing for this epic journey. You’re one of a kind Erik.
I know your m.o is to make videos with "no bullshit just sailing", but i must admit I thoroughly enjoyed your change in tone at the start of this video, your "bullshit" is incredibly interesting to hear about, mate!
I dont exactly know how you just showed up on my utube but love your work! You need to go on National Geographic. Boy this is way better than the cable television! 4 sure!
We're same age. When I was in my mother's womb I was asking god "let it be Norway!". When the day finally arrived I opened my eyes and I was in the Mİddle-East! I am not feeling grateful for that! At least internet is discovered by humans and I can follow your adventures Erik! Fair winds!
From my humble camping experience, for liferaft perhaps add fast energy moral boost of fruit boiled sweets and a Mars or snickers bar, even maybe those hand body warmer packs that heat up when opened , great vid 👍🙂
Good idea about the hand warmer packs! Our raft has these so called survival food bars. Tastes like a cross between a candle and lard. My dogs love them. We also put in some space blankets, glow sticks and flint and steel, for the desert island scenario.
also, remember: only use the liferaft if your boat is REALLY sinking. In the fastnet race 1979, 24 crews went into liferafts, but only 5 boats actually sank. As long as the boat is still floating, it is usually a better place to be than the liferaft.
Thanks Eric. Better a safe smuck than an unsafe one! All the equipment we buy and hope we never need. Luckily I'm a warm weather sailor but ever so good to revise safety procedures and seek help when and if help is needed. You are looking good! Best wishes.
You can be 100% sure of only one thing if you have to abandon ship.....Nothing will go as planned. From the Minute you realize the moment has come,... It will be all improvising from that point forward. But you Sir, Will be 100% fine. Looking forward to the Greenland trip!
what a beautiful route to greenland. i just stumbled upon your channel. you had me at "im just here to relieve you from snorkeling in the bahamas videos."
Can you image trying to do all that is bad seas...finally make it in the raft, with all your survival stuff...then hear a hissing! Oh vey! Lesson learned, thanks!
The best sailing channel on the Tube. This Viking has huge balls. Half expected to see him take an axe into the raft just in case he washes up on some strange land and has to battle his way to safety.
Most informative episode, very factual and well presented. I enjoyed hearing about your maritime background and the important work you do now, making the sea a safer place for you pupils. Thanks for sharing and looking forward to tour adventures to Greenland.
Well done, sir! This video has been the most important and informative,for me, so far. How long does it take you to properly abandon ship? 2,3,5,10 minutes? That was a LONG checklist you've shown. Your experience is invaluable, sir, to you and others. Far be it for me to critique you or give advice, but one thing I would say is to make sure you ALWAYS sheath your knife after use! Not saying that caused the leak in your raft but it's all I kept thinking of while hearing that dreaded hissing. Again, well done and thank you. May God keep you.
And all along I thought a Viking survival suit was a leather jerkin covered by chain mail ... seriously though you have a fantastic channel much enjoyed by myself, a 17' O'Day DS1 sailor. Even though I'm only sailing on lakes I've taken your safety considerations seriously and have outfitted my DS1 accordingly, including a wire rope cutter and an air horn with a bugle as backup!
Nice one Erik. Seen some real horror stories with life rafts and have spoken to survivors of the ‘79 Fastnet as well as lost a good sailing buddy, Glyn Charles, in the Sydney Hobart of ‘98. You can’t be too careful out there. Andy UK
Brilliant! You hear so much about safety equipment and what you do in emergencies but never actually see how a life raft deploys or whats in it. Great video. Thanks
Aye m8! Very nice to see a bit about your background and profession. And very cute to realize that NBJS's hard core man can be a bit shy and don't want to be seen when doing security check. I think this was a lot of useful information. Important to update security stuff. Keep it up! Looking forward to next episode.
Great video, thanks! I thought your comments about someone seeing you testing survival equipment was funny. "Hey, it is someone in a boat....I bet they wonder what the F*** is going on here....oh, it is just Erik....".
Such a great video breaking it all down. So informative. Erik - anchored in the middle of nowhere, filming. “I feel like a schmuck!” Great sense of humor too.
Hi Erik, thank you so much for this informative video. I have be sailing near the coast for 8 years and never saw a crash course in rescue equipment like this. All the best to you and for your awesome Trip. Best regards André
Hi Erik, by watching your video there comes a moment that show us how to cut the wires. When i look very closely it looked like you touched the wire with your new tool by accident. Maybe it is good to look at your wire if averything is still allright. Maybe i was seeing it wrong but just want to name it. ;)
Everytime I watch your videos it makes me think of ancient mariners sailing the seas without any of the fancy equipment we have today. As impressive as sailing seems right now (and it does look very impressive and adventurous), the people back then had balls of steel. Anyway, this new adventure seems like it's going to be a lot of fun. Good luck with all of it and I'll look forward to your next video!
Erik, thank you for sharing details about your work and background. You aren't just some crazy thrill seeker who is risking your life on the open ocean. You are a specialist in safety and survival and thus every blue water sailor out here can benefit from your expertise. You are giving the rest of us a standard of safety that will no doubt save lives. Looking forward to your trip to Greenland. Thanks for the excellent video quality.
LOL. "Looking like and alien and hoping not to get abducted on this day."!! Hilarious! Thank you Erik for the entertainment...Love your story...Fair Winds! ALOHA FROM MAUI
Maybe do a follow up Part 3 video? How to manage stress levels when your yacht has sunk in Force 10 at night in winter in the Arctic Circle 400 miles from nearest land - you've deployed and evacuated to your knackered old one cell inshore life raft only to hear a very loud hissing noise above the ocean roar...
BTW I like your videos very much and look forward the next episode around the Norwegian Sea and hope you make many, many more. Maybe a trip via Murmansk to the White Sea?
thank you for sharing your safety preparations! Did you think about making Tessi unsinkable with filling parts of her with foam or buoyancybags? Would´nt that prevent you from having to enter the liferaft if much water comes in? And will you tether yourself with lifelines when going on foredeck when heavy seas? I know, there are many philosophies how the best strategy is when worse things happen… Great Video!
use rugby and footballs very tough and cheap£4 or less,have 25 cost very little from bargain stores£50 delflated fit in 2 holdalls.dont think eric will live long enogh in that thin suit he needs full arcticversion on top get them very cheap decommissioned oilrigs etc ,he should know forget beer small flask hot chocolate + 1 of coffee drink them on watchbut always 1 fulland readywith bag of sandwiches,this is thearctic he will be sailing hypothermia can happen very fast.
You are still the best Norvegian Tourism Minister ever. I think no sailor can resist to your beautiful vidéos and uncommon adventures ? I hope one day to have a boat prepared to visit Norway... Keep the spirit, change nothing and "merde" (good luck in french slang) for your Greenland trip in July... Vous êtes le meilleur ministre du tourisme de Norvègien à ce jour. Je pense qu'aucun navigateur ne peux resister à la beauté de vos vidéos, de la Norvège et de vos aventures hors du commun. J'espère avoir un jour un bateau équipé pour visiter la Norvège... Ne changer rien et "merde" pour votre "Longue Route" de cet été !
You are an amazing traveler via water. you conquer what most people fear. You have shown the beauty of the places I've never seen and wish to go to. Your professional video is purely outstanding. Thank you!
Hey Eric .... How amazing that the passing person did not bother to make contact or show any interest in your situation while you were testing your survival suit and equipment .... does not bode well for your future adventure I'm afraid .................. now't so funny as folk!!! as we say here!!
Always excellent videos and huge respect for your philosophy NBJS!!! you are right to test equipments, but if you have a big problem you will have wind, see and your own boat versus you. I think all yours experiences in thoses rough sees give you possibility’s to manage situation with skill and mental. Stephane from France
Scary how quick the leak happened in the raft and how difficult a repair would be in the kind of conditions one might expect in a survival situation. I did the full suite of GWO offshore training once as an offshore cable consultant. The dangling and drowning as we called it was really hard for me as an office monkey. I am not sure if I could do it now at 57!
Happy New Year Erik. I guess its always that feeling one gets when the afterthought gremlins come calling . It happened to me last year when i decided to use an older Zodiac cadet and after deployment and paddling it the floor let go . That became an incredible sea anchor . The chambers all held but the floor . wow. It turns out the glue didnt keep up with the age . Now i must mention the zodiac didnt see much use since early nineties and fabric looked like new but that doesnt matter if the glue wont hold it together . I fixed it with a glue called * final fix* , comes in a kit and includes new pvc stripes for reinforcement . Pain in the but (to stretch the floor tight enough from the outside and inside) , i will see again next year to see if it holds up to a force enough for 2 a dog and a 2 hp Suzuki .
Erik, hello from latitude 58, in Juneau, Alaska. I live and sail in Alaska's fjords. Glad to see you bought a new life raft, given that the old one developed a leak after you deployed it! This was a good video on your safety equipment. Glad to see you're taking this seriously prior to your Greenland trip! I'm envious. I wanted to make a couple of recommendations. I also have the Garmin InReach (mine was made by DeLorme, prior to Garmin buying them out). I use it for texting my wife when I'm out of town and out of cell phone range, up in some small fjord or bay here. I also use 'jacklines' or safety lines on the foredeck and I use those and take the InReach with me when I single hand and have to go forward in rougher weather. I snap the InReach to my life vest. Also, see if you can buy a handheld VHF that's waterproof and has the DSC feature on it. I noticed your mounted VHF has the DSC on it but not your handheld unit. That's an important feature to have in case you have an electrical issue or fire and your mounted VHF radio doesn't work any more. Lastly, I noticed you're using a Raymarine ST 1000 or ST 2000 tiller pilot for an autopilot for your wind vane, as backup. You can get a remote control for those Raymarine tiller pilots, from 'Madman Marine'. I have a short video that shows how this guy's system works. Will share the link below. Either way, thanks for your good videos. Since we sail in somewhat similar conditions and latitudes, I really appreciate your videos! ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9nUFnCgm0cM.html
Thats a lot of upgrades and safety equipment Erik, I think you overlooked the anchor, perhaps you should consider upgrading it to A Rocna or Mantus style....
Nice on Erik! Most of us never test their equipment, mostly because of the cost. I was even dumber sailing without an EBIRP nor liferaft but then I never went further than 100 miles offshore.
Hi Erik, You are amazing and as a sailor I take a lot of inspiration from you. Proteins such as meat take a lot of water from the body to digest them. I think that it is safer to take into the life raft food which is more carbs and less proteins. This way your body needs fewer water and you increase your chances of survival! Love you from Israel💪
Be careful Eric I worked on a deep sea trawlers fishing of Iceland and Greenland its a very tough environment, but with your experience and safety knowledge is admirable I wish you good luck and calm seas
Hi Eric. thank you very much my friends for the video clip it was amazing again but there were also a few things that confused me a little bit. and there were a few articles who I personally think are very important missing from your grab bag. Most of the things that you showed are exactly the things that I am carrying in my grab bag very re much the same. one of the things that I was missing was a laser pointer strong edition those things work amazing if there is an aircraft flying in your area And they have not seen you yet you can point at their air aircraft for 2 seconds !!!!!!!!! Absolutely not longer it is incredibly annoying and a little bit dangerous (Really don't point it longer) but it works 5000% better than a big Flashlight and it also works very very well if a big ship is passing you Within a range of 15 km they work amazing And there is a second advantage. I hope you will never experience it. but it also works very well if you are scared of Pirates Caribbean style. The second thing that I was really missing is a Sailing kite those things work very well at the moment that you are in your life raft and you Need propulsion. It only needs to be a Small sailing kite of something like 5 square metres very small model. I have two different kinds on my sailing boat one for emergency if my mast would break. Then I can use the small one 5 Square metres in very high wind conditions and I can use the big one 35 square metres in very low wind conditions then you'll always have propulsion. the third thing that I was missing is a diving balaclava those things are amazing especially when you are wearing an emergency suit they really really work very very well keeping your head warm and if it is possible diving shoes for your situation when you are in the emergency life raft And the last thing I realised when I had written this already three times a small all hand water maker very important. A lot of the things that's are necessary depends on what kind of a trip you do. if you are sailing very close to the coast it's not really necessary to have a water maker. but if you are doing a crossing of the Atlantic Pacific or something like that and things go wrong there is a very good chance that you will be waiting to be saved for many days and sometimes weeks and then those kinds of things get very very important. Would love to do a weekend survival course with you I think that would be incredibly interesting there are probably a few things that I could learn from you and there are probably a few things that you could learn from me that could be very interesting for your channel Thank you very much for your video clip I have shared with it a few times because I think there is a very big amount of very important information can't wait for the next video greetings your friends from the Netherlands Andre Stapert
I ordered a laser pointer for my life raft and it was seized by customs. They sent me a threatening letter saying if I do it again I'm off to jail. I later had legal advice that it was allowed because a master of a vessel can carry any object including guns to ensure the safety of his crew or vessel. That is in our waters. Of course you can buy a specific high power rescue lazer which is safe to point at aircraft. Only $650 more than the one I ordered.
@@philgray1023 thank you very much for your response it's kind of funny because I had a little bit of a similar experience 5 years ago they did not seize it but they threatened to the end result was an angry Luke and a lot of irritation but they left because it was not illegal in the European Union
You must have mentioned what you do for a living before but I missed that video. Now it all makes sense how you can make these exciting and difficult trips. You are one tough man! Bless you for being a ResQ expert.
Dear Sir, thank you for putting all this effort to film and share all this knowledge you have as a professional mariner and rescuer with us. Your videos are very educational for people like me, a newbie in sailing.Keep up the good work and take care of your self because the environment you sail no matter how beautiful, it really wants to kill you on every chance. Greetings from the warm Med and Greece.
Great vlog Erik. The leaking air was a great reminder to not rely on your liferaft to be ok, get it checked , i will be . Really enjoyed hearing about your work experience , which relates very well to all your sailing experience and, gives me more confidence you will be ok this summer :))
