Beginner sailors navigate the Great Sandy Straits! - Episode 17

[@cameronbest6380]

Awesome episode, congratulations on the flat heads, was just as stoked as you to see frothing to catch them

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Haha I still froth like a grommet! Cheers Cam!

[@DonutDean]

Thanks for another awesome video. It was Great to see you catch those flatheads . You two are sailing so well. I like the shot of us ,Live Louder in the background at Gary’s anchorage 😊

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

It’s always awesome to spot your boat! Nice to share an anchorage with you 😁

[@zeke14096]

You two guys are going to become great sailors Great episode 👍

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Thanks Zeke :)

[@daveamies5031]

Glad you found the source of the leak 👍 When I was young my dad's boat would have an intermittent leak which took ages for him to find, eventually we found it was a through hole above the water line, would only leak when healed over more than 20° on port tack, but as we were usually on deck in that situation It took quite a while to figure it out. Glad you didn't have a tricky one like that.

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Good to know Dave intermittent faults are always the hardest to trace!

[@brent3holland]

a couple of cheeky maneuvers to get into anchorage great work

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Cheers Brent 😁

[@Captkris24]

Way to go Josh! Finally catching and not fishing…lol. I laughed so hard when your net broke, sorry but I needed a good laugh!⛵⛵😊

[@johnd4831]

How funny. I just took a break while reading Ken Follett's newest novel "The Armour of Light" to watch your video and thought it funny to see a Ken Follett novel on your boat. That's a great read as are all of his novels. Enjoy your videos, you guys are great. Regards from Washington State, USA.

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

That’s Hilarious John! You’ll see plenty more in videos to come as Phoebe is addicted and now I am too! Cheers mate, Josh

[@micheldawes1]

@21:03; Hey guys! Loving your channel, have subscribed and rung the bell! Just a small suggestion. With a non-furling headsail, when sailing onto your anchor, leave your mainsail up and drop your headsail well before your arrival and tidy that away, so that it doesn't get in the way of your anchor chain. The benefit of this is twofold; firstly, the mainsail is self tacking, so you never need to worry about tacking when your choosing your anchor location and secondly, if you wish to, you can set up a preventer from the boom, forward to one of your bow (Or even mishap!) cleats and haul on it to back-wind the main, so as to help you back down on your anchor chain, to help set your anchor as well as possible. Hope this helps. Keep up the awesome work! Cheers, Mick (Sydney)

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Hey Mick cheers for the love and awesome tips! I had never figured setting the anchor using preventer and back winding the main and I always wondered, that’s awesome mate. Our sailing has come along way from when we started to hear in these videos and even now. Love learning so thanks for the tips

[@SimonStJohn]

Nail-biting stuff....by the seat of your pants (well, at least Josh has his on 😮). Cool video, frothin viewing 🎉

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Awesome Simon froth on!

[@charlesholt4097]

I was once told that one should leave engine in forward when sailing with it off. Yes it increases drag with a non folding prop but it also reduces wear on the bearings, stuffing box, etc.

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

When asked I will now tell people, “oh I always have it forward in gear because it reduces wear on the bearings and stuffing box. Yeah I learnt that from Charles”. Cheers for the tip mate!

[@stevecrombie5357]

Congratulations on the fish Josh. For Pheobes sake, maybe something other than a glass bottle for dispatching them. It really is always something on a boat. Josh looked pretty despondent at the end of this video. Your teammate is there for you Josh. Very supportive. PS: I'm catching up.

[@Stevos_HookedonRods4844]

Your on Fire Josh, 3 Krackin Lizards. Well Done

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Those flatties were great fish!

[@Stevos_HookedonRods4844]

Caught 5 myself today, they are a great feed @@Thenewkidsonthedock

[@mattn7415]

One minute your catching flathead the next catching a leak. Boat Life keeping you on your toes. 😁

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Yeah I guess the call it ‘versatile’

[@FTS-FamilytoSea]

Oh no thats scary when the bilge alarm goes off. Hope everythings ok and youre still safe x

[@whatscoldoing5627]

You are right about the Sandy Straights. If you haven’t run aground in the Sandy Straights, then you have not been in the Sandy Straights! Been there, done that!🤪🤣

[@nickviner1225]

Sorry to say I have been through four times and not hit bottom.

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Too tight!

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Oh well there’s always next time 😁

[@aaronxyz400]

Up the Babe Rainbow!! And nice flatty big dog

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Cheers Aaron!

[@elizaandalisa]

Great new kids on the dock bloody honest bloody great Marty Qld

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Cheers Marty!

[@gertboerman3666]

Hi guys. Simple and cheap trick to douse the headsail from the cockpit. Attach a thin line to the shackle and the end from your jib-halliard feed this line between the hanks and the forestay. Then through a small block on your bow and back to the cockpit. Possibily some blocks on the stantions. Give enough length when the jib is hoisted and secure somewhere where it can be reached from the cockpit. As a singlehander this works for me. Unlocked the halliard and pull the thin line. Easy. One other benefit is that you avoid your halliard flying to the top of the mast.

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Hey Gert, I have understood your description and will definitely give this a go! I can see it being very useful thanks heaps, Josh

[@gertboerman3666]

@@Thenewkidsonthedock Cool. Let me know wether it works for you.

[@bravofighter]

For safety’s sake, always imagine that your transducer is at the waterline. This will keep you from running aground. If your depth reading is 1.5 m and your rated draft is 1.5 m imagine that as running aground. The reasoning behind this is that shoaling and coral growth can jump up at you, and having a half-meter of insurance is worth it’s depth in 25 year old whisky.

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Good point! Our transducer is 600mm below the waterline but we run an offset in our chart plotter. So what we see is true depth which helps heaps when you’re watching the numbers go down!

[@deerfootnz]

Hot tip for bladder tanks....bed them on cheap foam camping matress pads. Chafe is what kills them...

[@elizaandalisa]

Good idea shud do the trick cheers n beers Marty

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Great idea! Will get onto that

[@stevesteel6066]

Can you do a filleting fish video? I’m clueless at that!

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Josh is still very new to it too, but get's better everytime! We'll do a catch and cook soon, eh?

[@kcidsirhc1169]

Got the dogz.

[@warrenmurchie6599]

It will always be Fraser Island. Now and forever.

[@Lana_Warwick]

Was that "learning by doing" also there with you in a cat? He gave u a mention weeks ago. @23:45 u tell him Phoebe, most guys just don't get the serenity hey. Those spider hose clamps are shit, loosen up or let go. Swap them out for spring claps, what you'll find under the hood of a car, automotive leaps ahead of marine.

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Hey Lana no we meet Vernon a little further up! Auto is great sometimes we find it just struggles to last

[@scottmcvey2558]

hey Mate, put in gear while motor off and sailing. no prop spin. Party on guys. luvya work

[@hardstandpete]

Only works with non hydraulic boxes

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Hey I have noted Scott cheers mate, josh

[@kenegan7649]

I got rid of my lazy jacks ...they were more a problem than usefull

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

There have been days, Ken

[@simonmaton]

Love your work folks but can't deal with the wind noise in the audio. As every school report I ever got said.. 'needs work!' :-)

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

DeadCat is loading

[@nickviner1225]

My neighbour at Cabbage tree Point caught one that weighed 17 pounds

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

That’s insane!

[@tnllifeunedited9165]

🤠👍

[@deanerasmus2868]

what happened to fraser?

[@d.Cog420]

@@southernfriedkiwi7726 what a stupid comment

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Google generally delivers more accurate answers than KZbin 😁

[@malcolmknauer7443]

Love your show doing well not trying to be a stick in the mud just look up rules while you're in your dinghy it can cost you believe me I know lol

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Cheers Malcom doing our best going between states can be confusing. It’s never a cheap mistake 😅

[@Ictblaze]

You should always call a island as used to known as.. coming from a islander.

[@TheRealMrCods]

Be very careful with the crab pots, Its illegal to touch or remove them. I strongly suggest you remove any reference to this and edit it out of this video. there are types of people that will dob you in just for giggles.

[@brettiredale]

Was in the mangroves today and saw 6 abandoned/lost/busted crab pots. Those grots need to take care of their stuff.

[@TheRealMrCods]

@@brettiredale I agree.

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Hey mate that’s a good thing to keep in mind, we will always retrieve waste from our oceans and waterways if we think it has been abandoned as these definitely were. Caught off the bottom with a fishing hook and filled with holes and mud. Not my target catch but it’s a keeper

[@TheRealMrCods]

@@Thenewkidsonthedock I hear you 👍

[@kj5905]

Quit adding photos over the “oyster shot”.

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Gotcha!

[@frozbiggins]

Luv ya content. But please put the bloody main up first. !!!

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

….Loading main up in future eps! It’s so funny watching how much our sailing has progressed 😆

[@bravofighter]

We say the same about sailors on the Hudson. If you haven’t run aground on a sandbar or mudflat, you’re full of shit. 😂

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

No better way to learn! 😂 Thanks for the comment

[@aaronnunn5240]

So may 23.. you wasted my time looking for you on the water then.

[@aaronnunn5240]

It's October

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Yep you’d need a telescope to see us now Aaron! Its safe to say we have been having plenty of rad adventures along the way that are coming up 😁 cheers mate

[@andymarr7610]

Hey Bud, more sailing. Tech talk not neccessarily your forte. Few shrieks. Keep learning. 👌🤞👍

[@brettiredale]

Constructive commenting is not necessarily.your forte Andy

[@Thenewkidsonthedock]

Yes it’s interesting I’ve always said it’s one thing to understand but it’s another to be able to explain and be understood. Practice helps 😁