What GEAR Do You NEED To Go CRUISING? | Sailing Wisdom 

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It’s true about the tethers. We generally clip in on the high side so that we would not in fact fall overboard. It’s always a risk, however, and that’s why during heavy winds, we clip in with the shorter length tether. Thanks for the input!

I removed your previous comment about our number, but yes, that’s us! I just don’t want it to be thattttt easy for anyone to search our exact position.

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Best of luck with your adventures!!

Love that composting head made the list! That definitely would be on our extended one 🙂

That is terrifying to think that someone not only puts themselves in that kind of risk but also their family! We always clip in and we plan to live long lives :)

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@@RiggingDoctor some people have loads more money than sense unfortunately. Keep up the great work

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Best of luck with your purchase!!

Thank you, glad you enjoyed them!!

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Thanks for the input :)

It seems that everyone who is happy with their autopilot has a raymarine unit. Seems I bet on the wrong horse when I bought a Garmin unit!

So glad you’re enjoying the vids! Thanks for watching :)

You will be unstoppable! Sails for the light and the heavy wind, as well as a system to keep you going in the right direction ;)

If you would share this video anywhere we would be much obliged!!

I had to look "paucity " up, for I have never used this word. Thank you. Also the content by these wonderful people is always great! Cheers Jeff

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I know! If they fall over they are done for!!

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I’m starting my second abandoned boat now!

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Fishing equipment is a great suggestion. There's nothing like fresh fish to supplement the diet, especially 30lbs. of fresh yellowfin tuna!

David Maisel we got a fishing rod now!

I have seen them and wanted to give them a try

Towed generators *are* still made.. but we tend not to use them around Australia very much because the sharks treat them as chew toys. Gets expensive after a while.

@@Garryck-1 Very true. I was amazed at the teeth marks on the shaft when I pulled it in before Saint Helena.

We sailed through some heavy fog in Spain and radar would have been nice!

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We just did that too!

Glad you enjoyed it! I believe the brand names are all in the video either verbally or visually, but if we’re missing one, please let us know!

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@@RiggingDoctor Really do love your stuff. I had a Hydrovane crossing the Indian Ocean - rigged a little tiller autopilot to it... So in no wind it would steer - very little power useage - had a big fancy Raymarine autopilot - v v expensive - die on us crossign the Mozambique channel.. so love your work..

Good simple wind steering, it just works :)

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@@RiggingDoctor Try forward scan sonar...

I looked into them before we left because of that very fear. Back in 2013 after watching “All is Lost” (terrible movie, how did someone who does everything wrong get to be sailing in the Indian Ocean?) It turns out that cost aside, Forward Looking Sonar only gives you a few seconds warning that you are going to hit. This is because ocean waves shorten the range. If you are in glassy calm, it will see farther, but if you have enough wind to sail, the waves will cut its range all the way down. It’s a great concept and I’m sure that the movie helped boost their sales! The truth about containers is they usually sink rather quickly. They are designed to fill with water and the only way they can remain floating is if their cargo is buoyant enough to keep the 5 tons of the empty container afloat, plus the weight of the cargo inside. If you do the math, 1 gallon of water weighs 8 pounds, so 10000/8=1,250 gallons of volume to keep the empty container afloat. 1cu ft is about 7.48 gallons, so about 167 cubic feet of absolute buoyant cargo is needed to keep the container awash. Most cargo is heavy and it will sink, but if it does float, the collision will usually occur on the stem of the boat, which is also one of the stronger parts of the boat as it is designed to resist pounding into waves. In the end, it becomes a numbers game. It’s a very big ocean and you are two tiny objects out there. We saw many large forms of debris out in the ocean. Huge buoys that broke free, a tree turned upside down with the massive trunk sticking above the surface just a foot, to large fishing floats. We never altered course and we never hit them as we sailed. Some got close, but never a collision. I would be at much greater peace of mind if everything out at sea had AIS on it, but it’s a calculated risk that we have chosen to take. Good luck and don’t lose sleep over floating containers, sleeping whales is the bigger problem!

@@RiggingDoctor Hit them both , Container (Just underwater) of Otago coast in NZ ,Road up & stopped , Lucky flat water 5 to 8 knot. behind , Didn't see it , No damage reported it , Was covered in wied & small mussels . A big male Orca of the 3 kings in the Tasman sea , 45knot gail , big seas , We were only making a knot or two forward when crash , bang , I swear it was a sleep & got a bigger fright then us - fairwinds. Oh you didn't mention a 'good set of binoculars' a must .enjoyed your posts

bill hanna ouch! Good thing you made it through both encounters ok!!

While trying to be green, we aim to minimize our usage of non renewable resources. If our batteries are low, we would rather wait around on a sunny day than run a generator for a few hours. That being said, some things simply require a fire and we just try to keep it to a minimum. Over the past 2 years of full time cruising, we have burned about 20 gallons of gasoline and 40 gallons of diesel. The biggest consumer of our gasoline has been our outboard motor, and the diesel is only burned in our heater. We burn “road diesel” because it has a lower sulfur content and is less horrible than “off-road diesel” which produces more soot. 60 gallons of fuels over two years equates to about 30 gallons per year. That is still a considerable amount of fuel used, but far less than the average cruiser who has crossed an ocean.

You are catching up to our current videos!

I cheated and jumped ahead on best and worst videos. Bummer on the auto pilot and I really liked the dingy you lost at sea.

We have an Origo alcohol stove/oven and love it! Got it used on Craigslist

No! Please don’t say or think that. If they go broke tomorrow? It might offer an “emergency” button but not one that is monitored by any emergency services. Nor can SAR aircraft home on to the signal. It requires the “operations centre “ to call others for you an EPIRB is an EPIRB.

@@WadeAbout It's highly unlikely Garmin is going broke tomorrow.. The inreach and the EPIRB can compliment each other nicely or be used independently. If an emergency does arise, if both are available, they should be used in conjunction with each other. They both have their strengths and weaknesses.

What’s your favorite place to go in the Chesapeake?

@@RiggingDoctor I cruise between Bohemia River and Tilghman island. My favorite spot is Warton Creek.

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Cool about the Furuno Radar! Glad you enjoy the videos! Try this link to the Patreon: www.patreon.com/riggingdoctor Thanks so much for your support!

That’s what we have! We call it our sat phone even though it’s more of a sat-texter

Yes, old original pre AIS antenna works great with the splitter from Vesper.

We have jacklines on both sides of the deck and we always clip in to the high side. If we fall, we still stay on deck

Nope! It does it’s own weather and it sucks. You can pretty much only rely on the wind direction and atmospheric pressure

It works great and it displays the other boats on the phone in the navionics app. Glad you found the video helpful!

When I’m older, I look forward to an electric windlass. Pulling up the anchor with our manual windlass is a workout!

Drew Wilkins that’s a really good idea for where to put it, thanks, I’ll start doing it that way! In rough weather, both clips are in use but when it’s calm I only use one and need to keep the other out of the way.

Very good point! We always clip in on the high side so that the tether just barely reaches the leeward side.

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That’s a great idea! Thanks for the tip!

It is the one I have :) Davis Mark25

When we do run it, it’s on deck. We never go to sleep with it running, but we also have carbon monoxide sensors in the boat just Incase! With it outside, the exhaust is never a problem