Stir Crazy Sailing and Adventures - Episode 36 - Wind and More Wind Can Challenge Any Florida Sailor 

Great video !!! Thank you for taking me along 😊

Thank you so much for the amazing videos/exploits that have reached the Golden State. You must feel extremely happy.

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Hey Dennis You always thank us for joining ypu on this journey and I really think that I should be thanking you for the time you put in to bring us along. Alway look forward to the Stir Crazy notice of a new video. I have followed from the great lakes and will throughout. Hopefully we can "race" our Catalinas from one island to the next one day. Thanks again.

Happy New Year 🎉 We enjoy your videos very much and follow you from the start. Fair winds

Great video. Great job on preparedness. Merry Christmas! ⛵️⚓️🍻

Funny, like turning in an English essay, I always see tweaks i should have made before publication. My lines on the buoy were old - so I went to a marine supply store for new ones. Whew, I have never been so grateful for access to goods. Thank you for being Crew along on the way on this one.

Wow, Anne! Thank you so much for your kind support and wishes. The wind has not inconvenienced me yet for departure to the Bahamas but the rubber is meeting the road soon. I'll need fair winds from the south to cross the Gulf Stream. Fingers crossed 😊

Hey, David - RU-vid messaging is acting up and i can only see part of your response. Yes, a halyard/anchor lift to the deck could also work. Bigger fetch will generate larger waves, so i may need to try a few options - all of yours are good. Heading back out tomorrow - and may be on a buoy, so I'll mull over how all the new equipment can work best when the weather isn't. It's a journey, for sure - thanks again for joining me and the rest of the Crew, David.

Irrational optimistism, sailing, mtn biking…just found your channel but I’m in! We’ll be bringing our newly acquired Passport 40 up to New England next Spring…after that we’ll be on your trail to the Carribean and I’ll be taking notes on your bike rack b-c I am taking my 29’er and looking for singletrack on the way. Happy sailing…we’ll be watching!

Merry Christmas Dennis! Loved this episode…. Such DRAMA! lol. Best wishes on a safe and healthy new year!!

Heh! Tony - can't we all be a bit thick at times!? . . . 😅 I wish I could have gotten their faces clearly in the shot . . . Maybe an eye roll would have made it even better. Anyway, I'm glad you smiled- and I'm happy you are along and so kind in your appraisal. May all your boating adventures provide joy atop aaaaand sub surface. 😂

I love your boat brother safe travels hopefully we will meet on the water one day

I am happy - for sure - but that Golden State snow would be a nice seasonal change, too. Tahoe area seems to be the place to ski this year - and it's one of the iconic ski destinations I have not yet visited.

Dennis, good chafing gear, snubber, and perhaps using an all chain rode whilst on anchor might make you feel safer, and more importantly sleep sounder, well, not too soundly! Stern anchor sometimes helps with tidal situations? Since you have a radar system on board, I think you can set an alarm in the event the anchor slips and doesn’t set properly..

Thanks for sharing the videos, and have a Merry Christmas.

Glad you made it to Florida! Looking at the long range forecast I think you’ll be searching for warm weather for a while!

Merry Christmas! Hope to run into you out there someday! Thanks for the Vids!

I’m a fellow Catalina owner and just started watching/subscribed. You may consider dropping your anchor a few feet into the water to prevent the mooring lines from snagging/chafing. Place some chafing gear next to the chain. I look forward to future videos!

Hello Dennis, I'm heading south singlehanded on my Catalina 36 just a bit ahead of you - on a mooring in Vero Beach until after the holidays right now. If big wind is in the forecast and I'm on a mooring I've been flipping my 45 pound mantus upside down in the anchor roller. When the boat starts pitching better to have the rollbar pushing against the lines than have the edges of the plow cut into them. Hope to cross paths with you on the way south. Merry Christmas, hope there is a sailors potluck happening in St Augustine!

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