Hi guys, I’m sorry you had a bad night and unexpected weather. Can I just say without offending I hope: it’s the first night of probably many that you’ll encounter bad weather, it’s just a sail, no big damage, no one got hurt. Use it as a lesson to be better prepared next time it happens. The sail can be repaired or replaced. Learn from this to prepare for the big things ahead of you. You got this. Keep up the positive vibes.
Emily your face told the story, and made my heart ache for both of you… it is these moments that you two “gift” those of us who weren’t there. Cole’s enthusiasm for his cereal and novel the next day was awesome.
I am sure you have already been given a lot of advice. As a seasoned passage maker when your short handed or in areas of where squall can pop up running a hard to handle sail like a spin is not advisable. Normal practice is the move to your easy to reef sails at dark some boat put in a reef just to be ready for moments like this. I am sure this will happen again but at night everything is harder. Since only the sail got hurt it is a great learning experience. Cheers.
I can relate. Going around the seas of North Carolina were brutal and I too was seasick, even with the patch! Its brutal and I do not look forward to that area this coming fall. Ugh. Heidi
Emily, sending you the biggest, warmest hug filled with love & hope. Cole, you are an amazing husband & I could see how much your heart was aching for Emily. We love you guys & praying for calmer seas. See you soon!
It's amazing how the bad days are overshadowed by the beautiful sunsets and a great sailing days.😁 Just finished a sail down the east coast of Australia. Started off with more wind than we wanted and ended with a great spinnaker run into Sydney Harbour. ❤
Sorry that you had the unpredicted night time wind storm. The rule of thumb is never to fly a kite or a screecher at night because you can’t see the weather coming. Glad you two made it through without any injuries. 👍❤️👍
So glad everyone is ok. I can imagine a very sketchy situation trying to wrangle the torn sail. Hope y'all got the rest needed in NJ and have smoothing sailing the rest of the way.
Glad to see that you are all doing OK. Dixie was probably not any better than Emily during that storm. Stay safe out there and enjoy your time in New England.
Wow a spinnaker blow out.. we felt the raw emotions as if we were actually there.. glad you're all obviously safe and in one piece but thanks also for making sure we were all there right along for the journey.. "Silver lining" - now you have an excuse to buy a new spinnaker, n it will be a nicely designed one with an Adventure Crews logo for sure.. btw we love the new merchandise, will grab some to support the you both and the new spinnaker project 🤓
I had a similar experience on my last sail from marathon to Cape Coral. Main sail was fully up. I furled in the head sail. Storm developed and I couldn't reef in time. Shredded the main sail, and unfortunately it wrapped around the backstay so I couldn't drop the sail. Once at anchor, I climbed the mast in 20 knot winds to cut the sail down. Not a fun experience to do at midnight while solo sailing.
When you guys are in New England, don't forget to go diving for clams and scallops . We are loads with them. Even steamers and razor clams you have to dig for those
I wish we could've left when y'all did! We are sailing 24 hours from Brunswick GA to Charleston SC to pull into the marina to wait out the impending storm. Our eventual destination is the Chesapeake Bay and Virginia. Really watching the weather to see what happens! 🙏🙏🙏
We are thankful we left when we did and we are not to be worried about the storm this year. Last year was enough for us for a little while lol. Hope you guys are safe and out of the way. Cheers
Good job guys. Do Tortola to Jamestown and back and always reef the main and won’t head anything more than a jib at night. Many next days I wish I had let her run but pop up squalls remind me why. Don’t want to be on deck reefing or messing with a sail in weather out there at night. Take what it gives you and run conservative at night. A great learning experience on your first passage. I’m sure you had many. Congrats to you both! Looking forward to your reports from New England!!
Ahhh that is brutal, sorry guys. We got hit by the outer banks as well, out of nowhere last week. 35 knot winds sustained for 2 hours. In the middle of the night, really tossed us around and caught us by surprise. Been on the boat a whole week now too, lol
Calm seas never made a good sailor. what you go through today, will prepare you for tomorrow. Great video guys, keep your chin up. You got through it, none the worse for the wear. At least you have to courage to try, how many people live with regret because they were too afraid to fail? (raises hand partway). Cheers from Texas.
Wow just watching this one. I don’t like it when my Emily is sick. When we come to the Bahamas that boat will need to be in shallow water. That water scared me to death and I am on my couch. Be safe you 3.
If you are actually living your life there is going to be a fair bit of adversity. It's how you deal with it that counts. You guys will be fine. Hope your sail is repairable. Hope you keep heading North. Florida and likely Georgia are about to take a pounding. Safe travels
Oof! Expensive sail to break! Sorry guys! We just spent $11k on sails ourselves, as our main looked like a ghost ship sail by the time we hit Chesapeake. Sailing: The most expensive way to go anywhere for "free"! SV Saguaro
Yo! I was just thinking about you guys the other day! We need to catch up..maybe see you in the Chesapeake? Yes, dropping it off tomorrow to try and get it fixed...praying hard! - Cole
Sure thing! our boat is currently at salt ponds marina (highly recommend) and we're RVing for a little while. Will be back around Oct to collect our new sails and slap on a very quick bottom paint and head back to bahamas! @@adventurecrews
Glad you guys are ok. This is a video I can’t show the wife. Trying to interest her in life on the water and this wouldn’t help at all. Emily, you looked terrified. Hope you have recovered. Looking back we’re there signs to help you next time? Donate for a Dream
Honestly we now have learned our limits with sails but as for a 1000nm crossing this just seems to go with the territory and now having the confidence we have after these storms we feel more prepared for the next.
