Yeahhhh, hahaha, never thought my footage would make it trough the cut :). Liz and Jamel definitely had the coolest boat on the race :). I'm seriously thinking about joining the race with my boat this year as well... if they allow me in!
Here is my favorite quote, it is by deceased singer/songwriter Harry Chapin...it is my favorite. Reminds me of folks like you...kinda long, but worth reading!!! My grandfather was a painter. He died at age eighty-eight, he illustrated Robert Frost’s first two books of poetry, and he was looking at me and he said, “Harry, there’s two kinds of tired. There’s good tired and there’s bad tired.” He said, “Ironically enough, bad tired can be a day that you won. But you won other people’s battles, you lived other people’s days, other people’s agendas, other people’s dreams. And when it’s all over, there was very little you in there. And when you hit the hay at night, somehow you toss and turn; you don’t settle easy. It’s that good tired, ironically enough, can be a day that you lost, but you don’t even have to tell yourself because you knew you fought your battles, you chased your dreams, you lived your days and when you hit the hay at night, you settle easy, you sleep the sleep of the just and you say ‘take me away’”. He said, “Harry, all my life I wanted to be a painter and I painted; God, I would have loved to have been more successful, but I painted and I painted and I’m good tired and they can take me away.” Now, there is a process, in your and my lives, in the insecurity that we have about a prior-life or an afterlife, God- I hope there is a God. If He is- If He does exist, He’s got a rather weird sense of humor however. But let’s just- But if there’s a process that will allow us to live our days, that will allow us that will allow us that degree of equanimity towards the end looking at the black, implacable wall of death, to allow us that degree of peace, that degree of non-fear, I want in.
I grew up in English Harbour ... 14 years .... and I learnt to sail in Falmouth... it's a bit heartbreaking watching this video.... things have changed since the 60,s...70,s and 80,s !
As a viewer, I love seeing that the Founders All Day IPA made its way all the way to the celebration in Antigua - now you know you are celebrating when you haul out the good stuff. Grand Rapids guy stuck in Akron Ohio - love watching your videos. Used to be a power boater, but you guys make sailing look so fun. Been checking out sail boats, or do I buy property back in West Michigan? That's my delima.
You guys rock so much fun good friends lots of lots of fun truly the way life should be uncomplicated no stress and no drama and it's kind of cool seen you drinking an absolute you guys Rock Vegas bill
I'm a true lover of sailing just for the hell of it! I grew up racing Naple Sabot's. Then raced a Laser as well as other small boats. I also crewed and delivered larger sailboats and lived aboard TeVega which is now called Deva for 11 1/2 months. Then I got into racing catamarans. I had several Hobie catamarans, a Tornado, a Nacra 5.8 with a spinnaker and three Nacra 5.8 catamaran's. I'd love to build a Schionning cruising catamaran like your planning on doing and sail the tropics. I've seen many people race but they weren't into it. The only reason they got involved was because of there parents. I told my parents that I wanted to race a Naple Sabot and so they got me one and I was hooked. Then I out grew that boat and got a Laser with the sale of my Sabot and my two part time jobs working a newspaper route and working at a meat department. I started sailing when my dad built me my first boat that he got the plans for from an issue in Popular Mechanics. I started sailing before I was in Kindergarten and before I knew how to swim.
That was a lot of fun to watch. Great camera work as always and total improvement on drinking to windward. Love to watch that boat knife through the water. Party on !!!
Hello MJ Sailing, May I suggest that you have a read at the MARPOL convention please. The MARPOL convention is designed to prevent pollution at sea. Basically, it prohibit throwing anything in the water when close to the shore (3n.m on some conditions, or 12n.m). You can google "MARPOL placard" to find a document summarising the law. Once you have the placard, find the column "special areas" (second column from the right), the Caribbean area is a "special area" under the MARPOL convention, and go to the line "Food waster not comminuted or ground" (you were going to eat the fish, hence why the fish leftovers are considered food waste). in the intersection box between the line and the column, read "discharge prohibited", or in other word, don't throw it over board. Basically, when you threw the left over of the fish back in the water, you broke the law. Please remember the sea is NOT your trash bin. Thank you.
There should be a big sailing channels get together... Make it a year or two out so you all can make plans to be in the same vicinity at around the same time.
You have no idea how close so many of us have come!, lol. Uma even invited us out to see them way back when they were in Ft. Pierce, but we didn't get the chance to make it up from Indiantown (40 miles away).
The boat I crew on here in South Africa did Antigua sailing week after that year's Cape to Rio race, she is a Simonis designed Robertson and Caine built 63' ocean racer called Warrior, fast boat, averaged 10 knots across the Atlantic, hope you enjoyed it. Safe sailing
I'm so sorry that I had to watch the video where you lost your brother that had to be devastating I just lost my very closest and dearest friend my aunt unexpectedly I was just planning a trip up to see her the 1st of November that she will be in my heart for my last breath have fun be safe
Good point. Sail because you love sailing. Anyone can get to any destination by other transport, so why not simply take your average plane instead of sailing? The destination should be the extra gravy!
That must have been so amazing. You guys looked like you were having a lot of fun! I keep dreaming of the day I am able to break loose from the shackles and take my boat out for some open-ended far-away sailing (after I build some more confidence and skills, of course - lol). Great vlog!
Thank you Natalie! You'll get there one day, both on the water and being confident. :) And yes, this is still one of the best times we've had on the water to date!!
Love Nelson's Dockyard. A little bit of history, my many great grandfather served under Lord Nelson. As I was walking around the yard on my visit I realize I was walking in my many great grandfather's footsteps.
Kevin- Very cool bit of history for you. This place sure gets the imagination stirred up about what it must have been like for those soldiers and others around them. Matt
My wife and I spent two weeks in Antigua for our honeymoon, other than Shirley Heights I think you've already pointed out all that Antigua has to offer.. North end of the Island had some decent snorkeling though.. Great job in the race thus far..
We were really surprised by the contrast of the North and East side of the island. Very dry and brown vs the green tropical look of the south and west. Still, a pretty cool and historic place to sail. Matt
22:22 - we've got that same HUGE float! We toss it off the back of our ski boat on lake travis. Amazing way to double the space on board! (costco for those wondering!)
Oh! My bad. Her comment was funny though. I definitely wouldn't want to trifle the girl that ran her university sailing club. I mean, serious props to Liz for that! BTW - Matt's talk about people loving to sail vs sailing as an ends to a mean for cruisers was eye opening.
It's crazy how fast pleasure cruising leaves cruisers too. That's not to say there aren't enjoyable passages along the way, but it's very rare that you'll get to a spot, drop anchor, and then go out for a sail and come back to the exact same spot. I can get it if you're in one area for a long time, but when we first started we never stayed in one anchorage for more than 5 days anyway.
Yes, they were quite good and quite dangerous. ;) Oh, and you sound like you would be perfect for 'Chase the Race'!. A catamaran/party boat that goes on the water during the races, so you get a front row view to the action while sitting back and enjoying a cocktail. www.sailingweek.com/chase-the-race/
Great that they have cruiser classes. The heavy Rival would be great in the decent looking winds. What’s with the mainsail reef on the finishing run you could have made up those 10 sec!!!!!! What do you think of racing to hone your sailing skills ? Cheers Warren
I think we learned how to do a few more things efficiently while racing, but then also realized that we don't necessarily need to take them into cruising because we don't need to gain a few seconds here or there, lol.
I think the divisions tended to stick together at the parties because you know the people and boats in your division, but there was some mingling between classes, lol.
MATT, RE : REAL SAILORS... A real sailor, an experienced old salt, after a lengthy ocean passage, once the boat makes it's next port O' call, while the rest of the crew is anxious to go ashore for some R & R, the real sailor prefers to stay aboard. Filling out the ship's log, stowing gear & performing ships maintenance all the while looking forward to getting underway again. !
I've only met a few people that ACTIVELY cruise full time (year round) that will up anchor in a harbor for a day sail only to return to the same spot a few hours later. We've done it to go see a beach, snorkel, fish, make water or some other need/reason, but never just for the joy of sailing for a few hours. Once we're stuck in a place for a few months for hurricane season or winter, then we'd go out just to sail, but that isn't active cruising in my book. Most cruisers traditional move the boat to a new location every week or two and that is enough sailing for them. But these two not only sail their dinghy everywhere, they up anchor on the big boat and just sail around a harbor for a few hours. To retain that passion is extremely rare once you've lived the life for awhile. They help me reignite that passion for pure sailing each time we hangout with them. Whenever we cross an ocean or do long passages, we're tempted to just stay at sea for a bit longer or jump back aboard and leave again; I think most people get that way after being away from it all for awhile, but to me, that has more to do with personality traits than it does making someone a sailor's sailor. And that part about stowing gear and maintenance is just basic seamanship and how it should be done :) Matt
Yeah, we shot a lot of it on a knock off GoPro (SJ CAM SJ6 Action Cam) and a Sony waterproof point and shoot since we knew it was going to be a wet ride. Audio and resolution were affected, but better than soaking the good camera :) Matt
The scenes of us out sailing also have us shooting with a TomTom Action Camera Bandit. Takes good quality photos if the camera is still, but the footage comes out very wobbly if you move it around.
Do you realize you people drink a lot more than most cruisers on RU-vid? You may not see but we do. A bit less emphasis on the drinking culture may attract a larger audience.
