BOAT LIFE: We're Taking A Break From Sailing (This Is Why)

[@adventurecrews]

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[@dwyernr]

All the best to you guys as you sort through your next steps. Hope our paths cross at some point! Keep on smiling!

[@marylouwebster370]

Welcome back to FL. Enjoy your next 3 months. Glad you didn’t go with the Buick. Was happy to hear you will continue your videos before heading back to the Caribbean. Good luck with your repairs. Thanks for sharing❗️

[@adventurecrews]

Thank you! Will do, we have some awesome videos coming!

[@Luke22022]

Welcome back to FL! This was an interesting episode. Have a great week.

[@adventurecrews]

Thanks! You too!

[@HeidiandFranny]

Hi guys! We got our port clutch rebuilt as well. Getting it out and in isn't that bad but the rebuild can be tricky and requires a machine shop with presses. A great test you can do when on the hard is to lock in forward and reverse and try to turn the prop if it turns your clutch is bad. Also, when you do your saildrive maintenance look for brass and metal at the drain plug. If a finger dab is sparkly that is another sign. It is a bit expensive but you'll be so happy with them working well next time out. Enjoy your time away. I hope we can catch up with you at some point. Safe travels.

[@adventurecrews]

Thank you guys!!! Yes, hope to see you soon!

[@freedomwanderer]

Maintenance is part of owning anything, cars,houses, boats. Great job guys.

[@adventurecrews]

You got that right! Thank you so much

[@Offthehooksailing]

We had shifting issues on our Helia, lasted a year. Just before tearing apart the transmissions a Mx guy at wanted to look at our props, which where a year old. Coincidence, they were taking too large a bite in reverse and prevented us shifting back into neutral. FYI. Something to check. Great job out there, to see a young couple doing this lifestyle is an inspiration. Maybe we will see you out there!

[@haydngill8036]

Love your guys videos. Hope you got to enjoy our lil slice of heaven in Grenada. Big shoutouts to you guys

[@Kerryday11]

I'm so glad you didn't go for the Buick that guy seemed shady. Enjoy your Chevy and back on land. God bless you both!! 😊

[@adventurecrews]

Thank you!!!

[@walterj115]

I have a dream - to sail around the world with my dog and experience life on the open sea. But there's one thing I’m missing - a sailboat. I can’t afford one, but I truly believe that with the right boat, my dog and I could create unforgettable memories, exploring new places together. If you have a yacht you no longer use or need, I’d be forever grateful if you could consider giving it to us. We promise to care for it as our own, and it would mean the world to us. Thank you for reading!

[@adventurecrews]

Hey Walter! We had the same dream and you too can save up your money to do this, just like we did! We have meet people sailing with $20,000 a year budgets and people with $20,000,000 a year budgets and the best thing about it, they both have the same view of the sunset!

[@martinmontero4935]

Come back soon to D.R. there's still so much to see. 😊

[@cynthiasumpter8966]

Great news.. it is dangerous out there ,, learning experience for us .. watching 👍🏾💦👍🏾

[@iCitizenTube]

22 min into this and i still dont know what is “too dangerous out there” click bait for an intensely boring video.

[@adventurecrews]

I guess you missed the part of a Cat 4 hurricane?

[@easternsuneasternsun171]

​@@adventurecrewsBeing you were 40 miles away from the hurricane and only experienced 30s knot gusts technically did you really go through a cat 4 hurricane . ?

[@julesmoto9022]

@@iCitizenTube thanks for saving me some time

[@AmazingGrazeAcres]

Not all heroes wear capes. I figured this was some silly clickbait.

[@countryvideo]

@@iCitizenTube It’s not boring at all. They are just being honest about the realities of embarking upon this kind of lifestyle. They are simply illustrating the fact that it is nothing like living in a home on land. Normal living for most of us is very predictable and planning ahead is relatively stable. But in the exciting and adventurous lifestyle they have chosen changes almost every single day. There are so many variables involved that their lives are subject to unpredictable changes with each passing hour. We plan our lives ahead in terms of months and years. But the direction of their lives can change in a matter of minutes. Now don’t get me wrong. Overall, the positives are more than equal to the negatives. But all of the negatives only serve to magnify the impact that of all of the positives have upon the quality of their lives.

[@geniksonthego8963]

I used to have a 2011 Equinox LT, i loved it.

[@adventurecrews]

praying this things does good for us!

[@michelleelmore1875]

Love you guys 🧡💖

[@numberoneduchess]

If you plan to leave your boat regularly, you might consider buying a couple of electric bikes that you can keep on the boat. It would give you transportation wherever you are. Just a thought. Enjoy your downtime.

[@JuniorBoodram]

Safe journey back home

[@adventurecrews]

Thank you!

[@bamabldr66]

Guys I got my 2012 Traverse in 2020 for $9995. AT Terry Thompson Chevy in Daphne, Alabama with less than 75 miles so the Equinox is great but my life isn't really good right now. I have faith as well and God Bless yall! My Traverse is now paid for with 1 leak and running strong! -Cliff Fairhope, Alabama USA 🇺🇸

[@adventurecrews]

Equinox family! 😂

[@geniksonthego8963]

@@bamabldr66 I would take the equinox any day of the week, but I wasn't a fan of the traverse' design. Having to fold down seats to access the back ones was odd, my bro in law had one. But the equinox, she ran well and was great on fuel. It was just too bad that the hail damage wasn't repaired properly on mine and when I took it back for the roof leak, it was full of mould, so they bought me out. I now drive a GMC Sierra and I love it.

[@patmccarthy4019]

Sorry to hear you’re quitting sailing. I enjoyed your videos very much,,, Reminds me of a Jimmy B song ,,,🎶🎵” it’s been a lovely Crews”🎶

[@adventurecrews]

Until next cruising season

[@Sara.Josefine]

14:21 we clean ours out after every use and have never had a problem with it stinking 🙈

[@adventurecrews]

After every use….ahhhh

[@rainfinger]

Great video! Next summer you should sail to Spanish Waters, Curacao. Life is good, during hurricane season with a dedicated community of cruisers.

[@adventurecrews]

Hey @Rainfinger you commented this in another video I believe and I started looking it up. This looks like a great place for next year. If you have any recommendations or contacts please email us

[@rainfinger]

You won't regret coming to Curacao. It is arguably one of the best hurricane holes on the planet.

[@BondSailing]

Soooo many questions!!! Really appreciate your sharing closing up boat. Ours is closed up now and in projects. Why Stuart? Might DM you as we grew up in Martin County and headed back soon to prepare to sail this winter. Enjoy life back in US!

[@adventurecrews]

Stuart was just to stop and see Cole's sister. What questions do you have? Happy to answer them here. Gotta get this comment section going LOL

[@BondSailing]

@@adventurecrews so many logistical question like what/where did you get those vacuum bags and do you have a preferred laundry detergent that’s clean or easy to store on boat? Fav boat items, vacuum, etc?

[@adventurecrews]

So we are actually trying out new detergents as we speak while here in FL. We're really loving the detergent sheets because they work really well and don't use any plastic in the packaging. www.amazon.com/dp/B094TXL3R6?ref=t_ac_view_request_product_image&campaignId=amzn1.campaign.2SUE4C8JWRFMG&linkCode=tr1&tag=emilykinzer-20&linkId=amzn1.campaign.2SUE4C8JWRFMG_1724343713593 These vacuum bags have worked really well for us so far: amzn.to/3WV2odY We absolutely love our Dyson. Expensive but totally worth it! amzn.to/3SZc5a8 We have a bunch of boat lists here in our Amazon store: www.amazon.com/shop/theadventurecrews If there's something you still are wondering about that you don't see let us know, I'll have give you my recommendation! We try to keep it updated because we get questions all the time. :)

[@SailingPauHana]

I'm curious if it's possible to shift your transmissions by hand at the engine/transmission rather than the helm?

[@adventurecrews]

Yes, but did not do anything until there was a load on the props

[@jackdbur]

​@@adventurecrewsParlay Revival just replaced their 60 series with rebuilt 50 series because theirs crapped out a year after being rebuilt.

[@wayofthewarlock7113]

Hello! My wife and I have been watching your videos for a couple months. We are booking a charter in the Abacos on a Leopard 42 thanks to you guys. 😃. We just saw in one of your videos and Emily said “ how to convince your wife”…my wife is all in and she wanted me to ask you “how to convince my husband?”. 😃. Great videos guys.

[@adventurecrews]

Ahahaha that’s easy! Give him a beer at about 3pm in a beautiful anchorage, then after he takes a few sips…just simply ask him if he would rather be back home in his office? That L42 is beautiful you will really enjoy it! Please tell Cruise Abaco team you saw our video. Cheers - Cole

[@Ole_Lige]

Why are you guys leaving for 3 months ? Will sail drives be fixed before you leave ? If not, you have to wait to test the repaired sail drives ?

[@adventurecrews]

Just taking hurricane season off and yes they will be fixed when we get back and then we will test it all out before heading back north

[@JuniorBoodram]

Don't worry it will fix

[@adventurecrews]

Thanks!

[@dvfr750f]

Hey y'all, I met you in Palmetto before you shoved off. How is it traveling to new countries with your dog? Dan

[@adventurecrews]

Hey Dan it certainly adds an additional layer of logistics but we wouldn’t trade it for anything, I think she loves traveling as much as we do!

[@SailingRoam]

Highly recommend replacing the shower sump box with a whale pump. Works great and NO MORE SUMP!

[@adventurecrews]

Yes that is what we want to do, have you done this? do you think we can put it in the same location?

[@SailingRoam]

@@adventurecrews We did it on our last boat and will do it when we put our current boat back together (currently torn apart for a huge refit). As long as the current spot is below the shower pan level you should be fine.

[@adventurecrews]

It’s on the list of projects for when we get back

[@geniksonthego8963]

Lol bathtub with my kidneys cut out. You crack me up!

[@adventurecrews]

LOL

[@jjprinsloo4046]

Like your content, love the boat. You guys need to go tour the factory in Cape Town South Africa. I am headed there on 9/15. Have family over there. Think we need to plan a safari? Would make great content for your channel....😅

[@adventurecrews]

We would love to do that!

[@jjprinsloo4046]

@adventurecrews Great, will stay in touch.

[@mergatroidlou]

For MUCH better rental car rates, rent through TURO. It is car rentals by owners, like VRBO, but for cars.

[@adventurecrews]

We actually looked that up and it was still going to be around $5,000 for 3 months!! We were getting a surcharge for an airport pickup AND because we didn't already have car insurance.

[@louhand]

I have been sailing for 37 years out of Sheepshead Bay Brooklyn, New York. I'm no expert on engines or transmissions. However, it appears that both transmissions failed simultaneously. The odds of this happening due to normal wear and tear are pretty slim. My thought is that there might be something that you may be doing while shifting from forward to reverse that may have caused the problem. Are you letting it idle in neutral for a while to slow the engine down before slamming it into reverse or visa versa? Just a theory. I know that when you are in panic mode in a tight situation you have to avoid some impending disaster, there's a tendency to rush things a bit.

[@adventurecrews]

Unfortunately this started on the starboard engine as we were going through hells gate last summer and did not start on the port until we were back in the Bahamas. Port engine was not nearly as bad as the starboard but a started relying on it more and more as we made our way south.

[@louhand]

@@adventurecrews I have been through Hells Gate several times. I bought my O'Day 23 and later my O'Day 30 from Nichols Yacht Sales in Mamaroneck. I had to go through Hells Gate down the East River. You have to hit it on high slack tide and ride the magic carpet escalator as the water empties south on the Ease River. That is not a place to experience any kind of engine trouble.

[@adventurecrews]

No kidding!

[@JuniorBoodram]

When ever u come to trinidad let me know

[@adventurecrews]

Not sure if we will head that way

[@seanrhone5306]

Question - Why not make the run from Grenada to Shelter Bay Panama instead of hunkering down?

[@adventurecrews]

Another week at sea but might be thinking about it next year we shall see

[@jackdbur]

Get rid of the 60 series sail drives go to the older 50 series parlay revial has just done this! The cone clutches in the 60s are just bad news!

[@SailingDreamOn-uw4tw]

What did you do with your dog?

[@VWJawbreaker]

Buying a car in Florida is an adventure these days 😝

[@adventurecrews]

No kidding FB Marketplace is so sketchy and full of spam!

[@VWJawbreaker]

@@adventurecrews at least you found something. Enjoy your time in Florida, it’s brutal this summer.

[@adventurecrews]

Thank you!!

[@JuniorBoodram]

Good luck ok

[@juliaparks06]

Hi great content 😊 Have y’all considered doing the great loop at all ???

[@adventurecrews]

Haha we talk about it all the time..but it typically goes a little like this....Cole- "We should do the loop in a Leopard power cat one day!" Emily- "I am not swimming in that water...why would we do that?" LOL and that's about as far as it goes....

[@rickcreel3657]

Get an AIRTHEREAL ozone maker because it will clean out the mold and make your boat smell fresh. If you have a toothache or gum infection the air or water it produces will heal all infections. These ozone makers use American or European power sources of 110 to 220 volts. You will never smell cleaner air.

[@adventurecrews]

Interesting! We will have to check it out!

[@jtechie3]

i SAY sailing the ocean is dangerous, why don't you turn to lake sailing, this is what we do day sailing maybe a over night camp with a boat pulled up to a beach, i would get a small hobie getaway before i quit sailing!

[@adventurecrews]

Sounds way to easy lol 👍

[@BoeWalls]

Hogs don't sweat.

[@adventurecrews]

😂🤣 this one does

[@BoeWalls]

@@adventurecrews you ma’am are no hog but touché.

[@adventurecrews]

LOL thank you

[@jaydonphillip3591]

I am actually Grenadian 🇬🇩🇬🇩

[@jaydonphillip3591]

Nothing is going to happen.....

[@browardcline2210]

should have rented uhaul think there like cheap

[@adventurecrews]

lol

[@AlsinoFerreira]

😎

[@janaferreira8882]

❤

[@MB.540]

stop your never ending commercials :)

[@JuniorBoodram]

I guess u back home

[@tomthomas6066]

Big mistake leaving meat!

[@adventurecrews]

I hope not but we'll find out soon!

[@salahmeghraoui6193]

where is dog

[@adventurecrews]

If you watch towards the end of the video she flew home with us

[@mljones99]

a grand for a paint job? maybe in 1983 unless you want it to flake in 6 months

[@adventurecrews]

lol ok maybe more like 2-3k

[@LenB4830]

click bait

[@adventurecrews]

Well we did stop sailing once we got there…did you at least like the video? We think it had some good information in it. Thanks for watching!

[@julianbatcheler9970]

@@adventurecrewsquitting means permanently. I just don’t get click bait. IMHO it has the opposite effect now… it losses you people. Honesty keeps subscribers. Something like ‘The ups and downs of the cruising life… why we hit pause’ Would be much better… IMHO. I was a journalist and used to write headlines.

[@LenB4830]

@@adventurecrews I doo like your videos , but you aren't quitting sailing

[@adventurecrews]

I am wish it was that easy, look at the majority of the sailing community, they play the T&A game. I don’t like click-bait either but we did say define within the first 30 seconds of the video and while I wish you were right, the data says other wise as more "new viewers" are watching this video for longer. We watch the data very closely.

[@SnowBird-dp3th]

😳

[@tnllifeunedited9165]

🤠👍

[@adventurecrews]

Thank you

[@amypeterson8659]

Click bait, just click bait…

[@adventurecrews]

But did you watch?

[@svnautidreams]

Click bait garbage! 👎🏻

[@adventurecrews]

Hope you have a wonderful day! Thanks for watching

[@judithrigby]

Oh, WOW!!! HAPPY to hear you are heading back home!!! Apparently, it's getting too DANGEROUS out there on the sea!!! GOD BLESS YOU BOTH!! LOTS OF LOVE.❤❤

[@svnautidreams]

😂