Well yeah, now of course you need to teach us all to use a sextant!

What about a storm-mainsail?

You two certainly are the Real McCoy.... congratulations on the new yacht, is just amazing well thought out. Built for professionals... Cheers and stay safe eh !!

Loved this. A period of gales that would convince an old mariner to swallow the anchor - your off West and over the Biscay.

Cameron-sur-mer also has the port house. The challenge is to sample each bottle ‘till you complete a wall. There are three walls.

yeah, a proper astronomical navigation tutorial would be appreciated!

Just a note form a loyal viewer, looking at your videos for years on end, I realised that this channel did stay on my watch list. Can’t say that to other channels. Thanks for sharing ❤

"Music" in a technical explanation really is a PAIN!!!

There’s no such thing as Orca whales. 😂

Such a pretty boat. I would love to hear more about how you are using her systems, the way she is performing, feeling at the helm, etc. A sailor's perspective. I imagine a lot of your viewers are sailors and would love to hear about the boat. Safe travels.

Missing your grace at the Toronto Boat Show but we are so glad you are happy!

Good to see you back.. fair winds

Great to see somebody who can still do celestial navigation. I have tried it. It's not easy and I never had a real teacher other than books.

Did you learn the Song about the priest on Camaret and his physical specificity ?

I love the James Horner music. 😃

I suggest you buy a micro-serrated kevlar scissors.

POURING BEACH IN THE WATER WILL DISWADE THE ORCAS WITHOUT HURTING THEM THEY WONT LIKE THE TASTE and it is better than being killed by the orcas

Thankyou 👍 good luck

Thank you for the new video! Please tell us how you fought the Orcas. Some people pour Ferry or machine oil into the water. Some throw firecrackers into the water. Tell us how you managed to pass through the waters with the killer whales. I hope your yacht's rudders were not damaged!

Ty cheers from Vancouver Island, watching u so long am still lovin it. Keep it up EH!

Wellcome to Portugal!

Lovely great sail.... I hope everything with the boat is working out as well as she looks. You have created a Masterpiece. I have to look back to see if you put Radar in? Lisbon will be cool....

Your boat is truly beautiful, I have an observation , maybe you can comment? Two sailing channels I watch and a third I on occasion have had new catamarans build. All had significant teething problems and one was totaled. Your boat seamed relatively trouble free. Are catamarans more prone to issues verses a monohull?

Good to see you under sail again.

Would love,to hear how the new boat is preforming……I never ask this question of a multihull for obvious reasons.

Regarding the Orca...turn off your ultrasonic depth sounder. They don't like it, it could very easily be painful for them. This pod has simply learned how to do something about it. What other reason could they possibly have?

Great video, boat is looking fantastic.

Türkçe çevirileri teşekkür ederim sizi yıllardır takip ederim Türkçede bir deyim vardır yaşlı köpeklerin yeni oyun öğrenmesi zordur benim gibi belirli bir yaşa gelmiş insanların Ye dil öğrenmesi zordur sizin ve eşinizin sayesinde tecrübelerinden yararlanıyoruz iyi ve mutlu seyahatler

Trivial but saw bottle and wondered if Canadians also do HP brown sauce??

Hola 👋 .. bonito barco que tengáis una feliz navegación .

Sure Paul... ready to learn all sailing skills...: nav, splicing, knots, galley, you-name-it... Fair Winds...

Beautiful boat! it really seems to be performing well for you. FairWinds and Following Seas throughout its life with you.

Can't wait to see the Caribbean leg!

Great boat design. You looked comfortable at the helm in those high seas with nasty weather!

Music SUCKS! Very annoying

Always wonderful videos. Thank y'all.

I learned celestial navigation aboard TeVega that is now called DEVA. It's a 165 ft. gaff rigged schooner. I started learning my stars and purchased the Star Finder 2102-D & Star Finder Book Kit. I still need to do more study to get proficient at using it. I was using a very nice sextant but need to get my own. The plastic ones work but it's best to have the nicer ones if you use them all the time.

Haven’t heard anything on the hybrid motor system. Did I miss an episode?

It's been years since we have seen an episode of Distant Shores. As fellow Canadians we used to watch you travel series on cable TV and then lost touch. We are glad to catch up with your videos once again. Great video. How often do you publish? We are also following my cousin who has been circumnavigating the world for about 7 years. They are nearing the end of their journey having just made it around the Cape of Good Hope to Capetown. And also following another Canadian young couple sailing around the Indonesian islands. Happy sailing

I discussed the region's orca attacks with a marine biologist "expert" in the matter and he rejected my hypothesis. The dominant ones are that the orca are retaliating for a past event - collision with a boat, or for humans fishing. These animals are extremely intelligent and it's possible, but I feel not likely. Too much anthropomorphisation. My hypothesis is that it's play - and in nature all play is just rehearsal and learning of important skills, so it's extremely serious. Orcas predate on large sharks and your rudder is as vertical as the tail fin of a big shark. When they catch a big one, they flip it upside down and this incapacitates the shark as it loses control over its muscles in that position relative to gravity. Shark "meat" tastes bad and the orca don't eat that. Sharks have no bladder and don't pee. The uric acid is resorbed into their muscle tissue and humans know how to cook that meat in order to loose the bad taste. That cooking doesn't work under ocean water. As shark liver and brain stay free of the bad taste and contain essential nutrients in the orca's diet, that's what orca eat and leave the rest that tastes bad to other aquatic carnivores. What to do when an orca chases your boat? Hopefully before the alpha female - biggest, strongest, most experienced, lead teacher position - in the pack grabs your rudder, shut the engine down and/or bring all sails down. Just float. Stay silent and make no "panic" sounds. The orcas lose interest and swim away.

Great video! I’m so glad so watch your interesting and experienced passages again!

What is the boat like after sailing it a while now?

4:35 - I guess the "dolphins" are of the Harbour porpoise species (Phocoena phocoena) - 1.5m long and 53 kg. The common name in Dutch translated to English is "pig fish" maybe either because of the taste of the meat or the sound they make when they blow out air in surfacing to breathe. Being a porpoise means they're technically not dolphins. But, e.g. orca are dolphins. They are all cetaceans.

3:32 - nice low angle brings the beautiful profile out very well. Beautiful boat.

Thank you for the new video! The new yacht is magnificent. We live in Tennessee, and the closest thing we have to a sailing adventure is your video. As we watch this in late Jan., we know you are somewhere in the Caribbean, enjoying the mild Winter weather.

Always a pleasure seeing you two enjoying the ocean and far off places. Celestial navigation is a great skill. Which sextant do you use and how often do you use it? Enjoy the sail south. 👍🏻

I have crossed Biscay several times without incident. My first time in the seventies it was a bit different. On my Contessa 26, no GPS, no AIS, no Radar, no autopilot, no hot water or creature comforts. We hand steered with the tiller from the Island of Guernsey to Vigo. Little freeboard and constant face fulls of Biscay keeps you awake. At least there was no Orca threat back then. Two years ago we came north but after Gibraltar we went way offshore outside of any recent Orca activity. At least we were on a more modern confortable vessel. Bon Voyage for the big crossing.

I postulate orcas primarily attack boat rudders because they resemble fins. What better way to disable a fish than to injure a ventral or dorsal fin

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