Really enjoyable mini documentary learned so much even from the comments!........ car tyre and chain both on the tender and also when doing overnight runs and the watch situation...... thanks again all the way from the east coast of England!!!
I don’t know why your recent post missed my observation , but it did till today . I don’t know if you realize that the comments has been disabled , but I am persistent , if nothing , Isabel really enjoyed your Senjero videos and have seen most of the other PBC videos as the subject really interested me. The real reason was to let you know about the comments being disabled ! Thanks !🤩
I was recently at RQYS for the flying fifteen nats but I didn’t know senjero was there I was so exited when I saw it, anyways great video keep up the good work
KOKOMO II at 11:39 (Reg Grundy's) was used by Sean Connery during recent visit...thus the ADDITIONAL sign right above that says "Dr. No"...so now you know.
More chain on that towing rope as it acts as a buffer, preserving the synthetic line from stress. Also more to the center of the towing lenght. A very nice type of boats, those Nordhavn.......
At 11.17, the sign that has Wally Muller name on it, the Wally I knew skippered his charter boat at full steam straight up onto the beach, just missing rocky outcrop - while blind drunk. The hostie came on deck to see what happened and Wally grabs her and throws her over the side, yelling at her to get the F*&^ing boat off the beach. His boat at the time was the 60 foot Coralita, the hostie was my friend and it was a joke for years to come around the waterfront. btw, the hostie managed to get back on the boat, the deckie got the boat off/while fighting Wally and luckily there were no paying passengers on board at the time. The Coralita got the nick name "Crown of thorns" (due to the reefs he hit) ahhh the 80's.....
Does someone have to be on the bridge constantly watching for other boats or hazards, or can you just set the autopilot and the boats just goes where the computer tells it to? I would assume someone is always on watch. Do you handle that in shifts? Just curious how it would work if you only had two people on the boat. If you were by yourself, would you have shut down at night to rest? Sorry for the long winded question, but this type of adventure seems fascinating to me. Thanks for sharing.
Chris Biggers You would always have someone on watch, if there’s only 2 people you would usually go for systems like 4 on, 4 off, so one can always get like 3h of sleep.
More chain on that towing line to get more elasticity. The towing line should be under water in its central part all the time and the chain in the middle of it.
