The combination of your high level racing skills, your choice, preparation and maintenance of an excellent boat in the J46, your teamwork character and personalities, that all contributes to good sailing. I think particularly your shared experience and love of racing mid size keelboats for multiple days is a huge contribution to the range of skills and your ability to plan. Your familiarity with very advanced weather information and routing software improves the odds in your favour. Your competence enables the videos to show more of the sailing, navigation, the voyage, the experience, that it would if lurching from click bait crisis to crisis. The unwelcome breakages, failures, rudder event, are enough drama, although there will be a range of viewer opinions! Interesting that the J-Boat pedigree has a presence at the southernmost Yacht Club with several J-24's moored. The brilliant design of the J-24 resulted in it beating 30 foot boats when lauched in the 1970's. That excellent design has carried throught the more recent J-Boat designs, including the J46. I wonder if the more recent designs are as suitable to such two-handed offshore expeditions.
Hey Guys, Congratulations on your Cape Horn experience.. My wife and I circumnavigated the Pacific twice, but that was in the previous century. I envy your coming adventures in Beagle Channel and beyond. Wonderful sailing and cultures await you in the South Pacific. The finest people in the world live in Polynesia and NZ. Stay warm!
Thanks for sharing your adventures. But I'm baffled by people sitting at home safely questioning your boat, your route, etc... Anyone who sails the horn shorthanded is my hero. Props to J boats and those that sail them!
I'm a racing & cruising sailor, & I've got to say that I have been getting a bit bored with all the Panama canal transits, watching your exploits has been a breath of fresh air for me, & also your obvious joy of a sailing. very much looking forward to the beagle channel & West Coast of south america.
Sweet Kate, years ago read that people with organized desk had disorganized brains so had to keep everything neat. I thought the lines were for Rosy to lay on. When sailing a beach cat in a Twister, noticed that tramp got lots of lift even when the sails were fully dumped. Roxy, your pets are amazing.
Such a great channel for redefining what post covid, double handed sailing, can be about. Kind of the, 'No Bullshit Just Sailing' version of couples sailing. Muy bueno!
Kate don’t beat yourself up over the “Burned Out Starter Incident”. The year my Dad purchased a new Cape Dory, I was sailing back to New Bedford from Nantucket through Woods Hole. We were going with a tide of 6 knots so we needed power for steerage. I started the Yanmar and because of salt in the ignition switch, the spring failed to return the starter from the “start” to the “on” position, resulting in a burned out $700.00 starter… Luckily it was still under warranty… But that was the last time I ever relied on a spring for functional control without verification…😂😂😂 I think Dad wrote it off as “Young and Inexperienced”… Now… Old-And-In-The-Way p.s. You both are doing Awesome, keep up the Good Work..!!!!!!
Really good segment. A couple of good questions and observations... but lots of questions from people who don't know much about sailing, or watching your channel, or know that you have a racing background, etc. etc. etc. AND, you guys are really nice about everything! Thank you very much.
For sure! They are craftsman, journeymen, master sailors!! They make working at sea look simple. It's like brushing your teeth or wiping your butt. When you doing something repeatedly, even the strainuise jobs look like it's leisurely done? These guys are definitely pros!!!
The thing about how when someone is good or very efficient at what they do. They always make that thing look easy. or effortless. Plus they work well together.
I agree with your explanation of the balance of speed as an asset to avoid heavy sailing conditions and the slowly grueling slugging it out causes. It’s clear to me your knowledge and experience in planning weather, routes and current and adjusting the sail plan before it’s an issue makes it look easy to the inexperienced . I think your boat looks just fine with untidy lines , the real issue is your two people on a 46 ft hull you do what is required to sail effectively and safely no need for Flemish coils ? I think you two have executed your adventures really well , I love watching you two!
Thank you. I've said this before but your trip around Cape Horn is why I began following you. Looking forward to more unique vids from a unique channel and people.
Impressed by the amount of planning it takes for such a trip. Much skill needed to face incredible conditions you and the boat face. What stories you will be tell when you get you get back home. Thanks for sharing your journey ❤
I had a question for ROXI.... "Roxi, do you call the running rigging ROPES , LINES or Lieshes? " ...and how is life aboard SWEET RUCA with two hoomans?
Haha! Roxy says they are ropes, because that's what dogs play tug of war with! She also says life on board is great, I especially love my personal RIB which I command them in. As long as my humans keep bringing me to new BBQs all around the world I am a happy dog!
Totally love you guys. Two great captain thinking heads ‼️ I know m I know only one captain on board, yet the talents of both of you shine brightly. Great answers to questions.........again,experience shows. Huge THANKS for a very authentic "sailing" channel. ✨🌊💨🏝️👙🌞✨😊
Thanks guys for exposing the horne. Im from that area (Argentina) and always have a hard time telling hollywood driven people that the cabo de hornos is not so bad. Great videos and thanks again. Hope one day we cross our pass and share some cool stories
Well done and some good answers there. As an ex-racer it's nice to see you dismiss the full keeler tank requirement and "cats are not safe"/blue water boats only stuff - Chances are that a crew will break before the boat anyway and any well prepared boat can do it. I get why you want the performance and like tweaking for that extra .5 kt and if that's what you like then it just comes down to how much comfort you are willing to trade in return. Good job.
Great comments. I fully support your comments and also coming from a racing background my boat has very similar characteristics and love her ocean capability with high daily mileage. Keep up the good work with the videos.
Y’all are AMAZING! Thank you so very much for taking the time to answer all those questions with full transparency and kindness. Much respect for the way y’all treat all viewers. Looking forward to seeing what’s next. Staying turned.
You guys surely make it seem very easy, at least . .Lifelong sailor here. CONGRATULATIONS !! That is some really fine sailing. A welcome contrast to all the bar-hopping, beachcombing videos that happen to be filmed on a sailboat. Refreshing to see some real technical sailing with a more technically advanced boat. Certainly changes my opinion of J's. I think you have put to rest the qualms some express about "true bluewater" boats. I think the lesson here is that a bluewater boat is what you make it to be. Some will go in nothing less than an Oyster/Amel, others seem to do just fine with 30+ year old Pearson. I'm somewhere in between that. Well done !! Very well done !! I am curious how you found the transition from Great Lakes sailing (which I understand is no piece of cake) to open ocean sailing. I'm based in Maine, and I ask because I once helped a very experienced Great Lakes sailor off of a mudbank where he got stuck because no one had told him about the 9 foot tides. Poor fellow was absolutely mortified .
Thanks for the Q and A video. Really have been enjoying watching your adventures and your editing has been great. Saw a clip you showed and there was a trampoline (Catamaran) ????? Fun to hear how you got on or just used that boat. Sorry not a Patron but have been a longer time Subscriber. Curious, if you even know yet, where in the Pacific you'll be going. Guess have to continue to wait and watch. Thanks for sharing with us your "sailing" and not just traveling you are doing. Looking forward to seeing what's next! Fair winds and following seas.
Hey I love you two and Roxie of course, am Happy to see that you are exploring and writing about the Fabled "HORN" I caught the Cat reference, Coool... I will hold a comment for a future episode,,,,, Could be that you have the Next Horn in mind ?Oh, and Catch some Fish !!! (Smiling)
Wow, great episode and we are slowly getting less freaked out about blade rudders on "bluewater" sailboats. We are loving your sailboat. My dad always said, partly joking but with more truth than we care to admit, that "if it looks good it is likely to be good". Yes there are exceptions, appearances are surprisingly important. Your sailboat looks great and just seems to sail "great". Hard to say why, but right away we were attracted to how it looks when sailing in adverse conditions. Steady, safe, solid looking. We started by looking at a 37 Alberg ie super bluewater, but that one rolled so terribly and was slow and super small. We are almost certain we not want a modern design like yours. Your rudder issue was not a big deal in the end. As long as we can make it to shore, then we don't care if a repair is needed. BTW, is that repair an insurance item that they reimbursed you for?
I was thinking the same. I would think that them being proven pros that insurance would have to pay for damages if they have insurance for comprehensive claims.
Sailing season is about to end here in the northern Europe - so its is time to get up to speed with what you have been up to. Again excellent content and great positive feeling you two. You and Alluring Arctic are the best sailing channels in youtube - good job!
Adding to the line discussion at 11:44 I've seen more "organized" lines often get tangled and held up when they need to run than lines just thrown or placed hand over hand in the cockpit. Sometimes the lines just want to do what they want and forcing them to be more neat and tidy creates more problems. It's a relatively common thing to throw the end of a line that looks tangled down the companionway or even over board (depending on circumstances) to have it untangle itself.
Chicos, un chileno que ha navegado por ahí los saluda...muy contento que consiguieran su objetivo. FELICIDADES. Los sigo hace ya un tiempo y me caen muy bien. Referente a las cartas de navegación, si hablan con la Armada de Chile o con otros marineros, podrán obtener de seguro las cartas oficiales y la información que si está debidamente registrada y actualizada, así evitar algún problema indeseable. Sugiero hablar directamente con la gente. De seguro los ayudarán. Buenos Vientos !!! Saludos ✌️💥⛵️
Although I am not familiar with the prevailing winds and current, I see that Easter Island & Pitcarin Island are in route to french Polynesia. I've never seen them visited by cruising folks. Not sure about the anchorages there though. Still it would be cool to meet the descendants of Fletcher Christian of Mutiny on the Bounty fame.
Most RU-vid sailors go for melodramatic exaggeration. Many of my trips are uneventful. I hate skeg rudders and loath full keels. Why would you choose technology from the 1920's or before? Do you drive a model T? I like lighter boats with spade rudders and fun keel. Lighter doesn't have to mean weak. My boat is two to four times ABS in all the important places and has a displacement length ratio of 90. It's strong and it's fast and it's safe. Speed is safe. More weather windows are available and bad weather can be avoided.
I’m an old US Navy guy, who is going to sail around the world in a few years. I don’t want to disrespect anyone, so please accept this as instruction. A rope is steel cable. A line is what landlubbers call rope. No disrespect intended. I took your use of “power through ” as push through. That may have been why Jo Mi asked the question as to, did you use your engine.
Breakage and drama do not need to go hand in hand. I think that the two of you, perhaps because of your racing background, handle things in a professional manner. Racing is a "never quit" sport, it's "what now" rather than "Oh No!" It looks like you have both been through emergency breakages under someone else's command a few times and that person also knew how to be calm and just work things out as needed. You have been frank about being scared in certain situations but no panic. Not many years ago, Cape Horn was the way you got from Atlantic to Pacific. It is hard, yes, but cargo went around there all the time. The old two and three masted schooners where bigger than 42 feet, but not anywhere close to even 50 year old cargo vessels.... and they did not have weather maps or GPS or good charts (and plotters). I don't know if I will ever need to decide which way to get from A to P but by then the NW passage might make sense. For now I will be happy if we make it all the way around Vancouver Island in this life. :)
@@rentiap Juan Fernandez is better value and is not far off the northbound coastal route. Inshore northern Chile is very much a route less traveled. LATAM operate a daily 787 service from Santiago to Isla de Pascua. Not really isolated these days.
Racers; apologizing for turning on a motor. Who cares. The discussion of the rudder was good; could be a good boat with a hard dodger. Great videos. Much better to cruise the Begel Channel; that shallow draft will be nice. So smart to cruise the area while you are down there rather than punch upwind in horrible conditions with no views. Enjoy Chile. Good call.
Love your journey. It is all about the adventure. I couldn't care less about boobs and butts on some other channels. You two are doing a fantastic job on a Grand Adventure. I cannot wait to see more around Patagonia!!! Fjords!!! I want the next video now!!! :D I know. Next week. Teasing with icebergs and dolphins. Love it!!!
There is a luck factor when you talk about collisions with sea life or UFOS. A few years back a J boat hit a whale off of Baja and sunk within minutes. The rudder was torn off creating a massive hole.Luckily, all survived. Then there's the killer whales munching rudders off Portugal and Spain. Again, luck luck plays a factor.
The comment about the cat sailing in that area , maybe you should not compare what I think is going to be your experience on another controlled rounding , in the shelter with somewhere to run , the question of 40s and 50s sailing the other side is going to be different, listen to the sailors on ggr the Atlantic side in the same latitudes is totally different, alot calmer , and this is in the open water .
Please do not become a boat repair channel. I see so many channels that are becoming NOTHING but boat building, upgrades, repairs, and visiting restaurants and bars with very little sailing and exploring other countries and islands. I have no idea how many times I have seen boaters install water makers.
Were you expecting them to wait for really bad weather so you can sit back like the couch potato that you are and see if they make it or not? No skin off your nose, is it now!
I had a friend that would neurotically tie stopper knots from hell and coil a-holes into my halyards to the extent they COULD NOT run free when needed. I couldn’t break him of the habit so we just quit inviting him.
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