Bornholm & mysterious stuff in the water

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[@kok67]

"Stuff" in the water is pollen from pine trees, that flyes out to sea during early summer. That can be seen a lot around the Baltic area and inside Danish waters at this time of year. Enjoy your trip 🙂

[@johantaube3022]

Can also be algeal bloom. It tends to be more "soupy" when clumping together on the coast, but looks quite a bit like that when spread out in the ocean

[@mytreasurechess]

Now that is really interesting when you think about it in the context of Amber jewelry, etc. Very likely that is how that is formed. Neato

[@pikkuporsas]

It’s almost certainly algae

[@russellthorburn9297]

I agree. I've seen pine pollen in the water many times and this resembles it perfectly.

[@stefflus08]

​@@mytreasurechess Sorry, the source of amber is resin oozing from the tree. As the Dothraki say, "Me nem nesa".

[@psychictampon]

i've never sailed a day in my life, and i've only been on the ocean once in my life... but dude, you make this so ridiculously appealing. Keep doin what you do.

[@JoeWayne84]

As someone who has deep sea fishes I’m large dual engine boats … the sheer balls to take a wind powered little sailboat into the ocean like this guy does is not even comprehend able. Truely you would have to just not care at all about your own safety to like he did a plus 20 day solo sail across the Atlantic and he did the pacific .. it’s something the camera can’t do justice for how sketchy the rough seas can be. And god forbid the mast break off and cause a catastrophic leak you would be in the middle of the ocean in a inflatable raft … hoping for a rescue . Engine failure also electrical failure and you would really be in bad shape if it were to happen in middle of the voyage . Idk but the amount of redundancy I would have to have to even think of attempting something like this the boat probably wouldn’t float after I loaded it up !! Hahaha I love this guys videos it’s about as dangerous a thing you could do in todays world.

[@bigvolvoa25d]

And me looking up types of sailboats and prices.. My previous marine experience was one them submarines I put baking soda into..

[@Tiki71]

You were sailing right over where the Nordstream pipeline got bombed in late September 2022.

[@everydayeverything]

It’s not always success. You keep it all in (good and the bad) which is why your channel is so authentic. Another well done episode, thanks Sam

[@hmspain52]

Nothing is more de-moralizing than having your sailboat go BACKWARD! LOL

[@Xenibalt]

@KESHER time to start rowing >.< lol

[@ExploringEarthEP]

I took my Keelboat 101 course last Friday/Saturday on a Dufour 45. Your lessons video from the other day was a great addition so I had a better idea of what was going on before I actually go onboard a vessel. Thank you Sam!

[@bryanbsa8094]

11:32 Don't think I didn't recognize your little musical ditty there at the end.😊👍 CATCHY !

[@FunsongsMusicByPeterRahill]

529th liking the chill adventure for the 2,824th time. 2:45 'oops...' 4:50 - okay, I've heard of tie-dyed... but this looks more like tide-dye...

[@jacoblewis2228]

It is crazy that he posted this video 2 weeks before the probable sabotage of the Nord Stream pipelines off the coast of Bornholm...

[@antandshell]

Please go south. Your making me cold 🥶❄️

[@Jerbear67]

Good stuff dude. Keep it up! If you ever make it to SF bay let me know!

[@Akvav1tix]

Its blue-green algea / cyanobacteria on the water. A typical kind of algea in the Baltic Sea. It is mildly poisonous so swimming is not recommended. If you drink it you would surely get some symptoms and also swimming in it will likely cause some reactions on your skin. For smaller animals and also fish it could be lethal.

[@ketch-2274]

I sail on a lake in northern Idaho and when it’s spring, early summer, the conifer trees are pollinating and when the wind kicks up you can see dust-like pollen blowing from the trees in clouds. When it settles onto the water the yellowish powder accumulates in patchy slicks that eventually churn into the first few feet of water looking exactly like what you’re showing. So for the yellowish streaks you’re observing to be pollen it would need to be the right season and there would need to be a source, like forests, that are upwind of your position. I was lightly anchored on a lee shore one day when I saw this yellow cloud coming toward me from the other side of the lake, it was yellowish pollen blown up by the squall that was headed my way. Had just enough time to start up the engine and pull up the anchor. Love your channel Sam.

[@stevelawrie9115]

Hammock looks the way to go Sam. [ edit ] Love your stove dial Sam. :)

[@ronaldbeck1762]

Sam ... look at the 2nd comment on my other post. Is that you ? Scam alert !

[@JBAutomotive794]

Glad to see your doing well Sam! Thanks for taking us along on your adventures 🍻

[@stevenlarratt3638]

Looks akin to algae plooms from reefs, the plants and creatures release their regeneration matter at an optimum moment based on lunar rotations to be carried away on the tides, hopefully to spread elsewhere and carry on their lifecycles.

[@Chebab-Chebab]

'Regeneration matter.'

[@justinb4510]

Creme of sum young reef

[@SpeedracerNo9]

@@justinb4510 😅

[@jonnenne]

It is probably something like that. Or maybe cyanobacteria. There isn't a tide on the Baltic though

[@ianlloyd-edwards8590]

We liked your beard, good disguise for the Southampton boat show. 😂 you walked too fast for us to say hi without looking like crazy followers. Keep the good work up. All the best.

[@SteifWood]

If there is ONE place you should visit (for a week?) sailing the Baltic Sea, it's Bornholm. Been there once, but it's soon two generations ago so I don't recall much. However, we also sailed to the tiny tiny island Christians Ø, and that I remember as a paradise for all reasons.

[@Guitorgpiano]

We always get bands like that in Maine, it's usually pine pollen, shows up even way off shore.

[@hnnssy]

Thanks, Sam, for another great video. This is very exciting and motivating. I am preparing to close on a sailboat. I hope to get familiar with the boat and improve my skill, and then take off on a journey. I look forward to the next episode for you (and in my new adventure).

[@brucemackenzie1283]

How'd you do?

[@chrisa7606]

Just found your channel, watched your video of 23 days alone on the Atlantic first, subbed, and am amazed to now see that you are actually very much nearby!

[@rhett7716]

watch his Hawaii voyage, its very cool !!

[@thelandtheseathesky]

Man your videos make me want to sail ASAP! Love these documentation-style videos and the one you made on how to sail. Can't wait to see more

[@stephenhenion8304]

Such a "Vagabond"!!! Being young and healthy and free....and on Sailboats!!! ..... I'm on the couch in New England..... and enjoying whatcha do...🌊🌊🌊

[@wizkeyjack]

That weird stuff in the water made me wonder if there are any like, sidegigs for sailors to take water samples for Oceanographic Research Projects or something? Hmm. Thanks for taking us along on all your adventures Sam! :j

[@hmspain52]

Not much sleep with the auto-pilot going ... wrrr ... wrrr ... wrrr ...

[@morecowbell20]

Funky music at the end. I'm guessing it was our host jamming. I liked it!

[@runstrong9559]

youre the first i wanna break my ' ' no cash to youtube ' ' rule for, so i leave a comment

[@GreentheGulf]

venmo or paypal him :) then no rules broken

[@bodywood]

Two tips 1. If you launch the spinny with your jib out you will hopefully avoid the wrap on the forestay 2. When reaching try to rig your sheet outboard as far as you can. A snatch block positioned on the toe-rail allows you to keep the slot with the eased mainsail open and keep good sail shape. Should be noticeably faster and more comfortable.

[@Kathleensailorgirl]

Love the jazzy tunes, thanks for sharing another great video ⛵️⛵️⛵️🥰

[@jamesgordon2289]

great video Sam, the Pickle looks majestic with the spinnaker flying

[@joshuapatrick682]

Don’t know how long you’ve had the hammock but it’s kind of a must on a boat…especially if you’re doing long voyages.

[@naroddyzmow5356]

Bornholm There is nothing there You should go Gdańsk for supplies Beautiful city and 1/2 price for everything

[@chhindz]

From my J24 racing days a twisted spinnaker will unwrap it self if you pull down on the center of the foot, not sure if It will work as well if also around the head stay.

[@davidc6510]

Sam's the man - with a sailing plan. Great video update and thanks for sharing.

[@paulholmes489]

Sams the man with the plan who jams while eating spam from a can talking to the cam 😮

[@mytreasurechess]

that's funny. I think of him as Sailor Sam 💯

[@bctruck]

@@paulholmes489 bravissimo!!!!

[@paulholmes489]

@@bctruck thank you! 🙏

[@saddletramp1979]

At 13:00 that sounds like a Sam Holmes original music piece.

[@__Philip__311]

4:40 Those long lines of discoloration in the water are most likely results of Langmuir Circulations/Spirals.

[@humdinger7275]

These keep getting better and better love this channel!

[@Qossuth]

Verrrry interesting that you showed up around Bornholm shortly before the US blew up the Nordstream pipelines. How long have you worked in intelligence? :) (Just kidding, sort of, I mean, if you'd come through a few weeks later, for all you know you and your yacht would have been sunk like those $12 hobbyist balloons the evil empire spent $2 million shooting down. With all that gas bubbling up, your yacht would have lost all buoyancy and sunk like proverbial stone.) Anyway, glad you're safe, etc. :)

[@enriqueleonalbani2527]

Saludos /cheers from Santa Fe city Argentina

[@joebrown1382]

Sailboat went backward, crazy. I like the boat under spinnaker. I think it looks cool.

[@keithsturcken1716]

What do you do about lighting strikes with aluminum mast? great video

[@fatheroffibereconomics]

So cringy, this culture of calling the self we and us. It takes power away from the self, stop doing it. Speaking better just shows you care about the customers

[@DavidPaulNewtonScott]

If you want to see my boat see arch ‘enntering limehouse basin’ mispelt with two nns, into KZbin.

[@SharonFoulston]

I hope you weren’t there when the gas was leaking from Nord Stream 1…….

[@joejuska5390]

If you stopped in Lithuania, which episode was it? No AIS?

[@Xenibalt]

dude i love your jazzy jams as much as i love your sailing

[@JERZEECOWBOY]

11:35 tired up to the wall, hella cool looking Pilot house ketch? rigged, motorsailor. Did you notice it?

[@safranpollen]

what boat do you sail ? the long keel looks like a hallberg monsun.

[@WilkoVehreke]

The mysterious stuff on the water might be sand fron the Sahara Desert.

[@radioroestig9638]

Hihi, it's fun to see your perspective on Bornholm, and also that you had good weather! Looks like it was a nice tour around Hammershus :) Great sailing up ahead!

[@SCBiscuit13]

You should visit Gdansk when you are in the Baltic

[@Chriscam2you]

Yep, looks like algal floatsum to me too. Love the videos Sam!

[@Finnmark4]

Has your boat ever been struck by lightning?

[@jamesknape2883]

Are you keeping the jib rolled out while setting the chute? If you do the chute cannot wrap on the forestay. Some sailors use a net or mesh jib just for preventing Spinnaker wrap. Very useful in the dark

[@samholmessailing]

No but i will try that

[@jamesknape2883]

@@samholmessailing I learned this from the racers who go to Hawaii in the transpac. At night the boat surfs forward and you can't see the chute wrapping in time. So they put up a safety net which can be as simple as a very large fish net. On your boat you can roll the jib out 1/2 way and not affect the chute. But I prefer it all the way rolled out when setting and dousing, especially in strong winds, but cruisers ussually don't need a chute in strong winds

[@perfectweather]

Great video, thanks 👍

[@spelunkerd]

It's fun to experiment with sail twist. With light wind, true wind speed is often faster at the top of the mast compared to wind at sea level. That causes a nonintuitive difference in apparent wind angle between the top of the mast and sea level! Velocity of the whole boat is the same from top to bottom, and apparent wind is the vector sum of the two. So, because of faster wind at height, your apparent wind angle at the top of the mast is more abeam compared to the more forward apparent wind at boom height. As you say, the solution is to create twist by loosening the main, pulling the traveler up to bring the boom back into line, loosening the vang or tightening the topping lift.

[@ssidde]

Perfect title for this weeks news about the gas pipeline sabotage

[@dmc9492]

Very inspiring Sam keep up the good work...😉🤙

[@islandboy50]

This is just a guess, but I think those yellow bands are plumes from Coral. It's their way of reproducing, they will rise to the water surface, to repopulate a new area of the ocean.

[@mytreasurechess]

does that make Pickle & Sam pollinators? 🐝🦋

[@jonnenne]

There aren't really corals in the Baltic. My guess is either algae or cyanobacteria

[@SHERULESTHEWAVES]

Hey! Maybe someone already said, but the green streaks are algae blooming. Unfortunately there’s a lot of that going on every summer in the Baltic due to eutrophication…

[@joshuapatrick682]

I would suspect it’s a form of Algae but I’m no marine biologist, to be in that kind of pattern though is interesting for sure.

[@grimyjersey6499]

You have to raise the spinnaker in the shadow of the main.

[@SomeGuyInSandy]

That red sky was fantastic!

[@jimkempton5568]

Not many things more enjoyable than drinking that first cup of coffee in the early morning while watching a new video from you Sam. Fair winds young man.

[@j.roberthard7146]

Hello Sam! In the Baltic from calm serenity to rough seas, lightning, navigation of ships and sleepless night. Your a good mate and I think well qualified for skipper. I played PickleBall this morning Sam and I think of your journey often when I'm going to the court. I will join up with Patreon to help your support. Cheers Mate, from Oklahoma USA.

[@hughburgess4168]

Great video Sam. Keep them coming!

[@michaelc.4413]

Bornholm famous for its smoked herring

[@frankdillon6127]

invent a auto steer that is quite and become a millionair!

[@GypsyTinker2012]

Why do we not hear water from your engine exhaust? It makes me so nervous :D

[@juhasalo7333]

The odd sfuff in a sea is cyanobacteria, do not swim in it

[@martinliedtkeFEB67]

Come to Wales Sam. 🍀

[@robseth9405]

The music gave it a Napolean Dynamite feel!

[@shanep5121]

Dumplings merge into one big dumple.

[@zummyizhere]

Sailing alone in waters seems like an appealing aesthetic at this point. Love the vids.

[@gever]

But what did you get at the grocery store?

[@grandsoleil56]

Merica gone n blown up the pipelines eh

[@Jonathanbaker]

How along are you in the uk for?

[@ronaldbeck1762]

Online for 27 seconds and I'm number 33 to up vote.

[@cheapcigs9772]

Rookie

[@janisspalvins677]

Thanks for nice video.

[@jaydubya4727]

I assume that intermittent buzzing while you were lying in the hammock was the auto pilot? That would drive me nuts pretty quickly. Maybe provide enough motivation to eat that frog and service the wind vane. Love your videos, Sam - out in the world keeping it real and sharing with your fans!

[@MrJhchrist]

I think the same every time I hear it. Then I wonder if it just seems annoying to me, here, in my annoying part of the world. I have to wonder if it was the thing steering for me so I could lay in a hammock while I cruised the Baltic, maybe it wouldn't be annoying at all!

[@jaydubya4727]

@@MrJhchrist Good point - the level of annoyance may be directly proportional to the comfort or satisfaction derived from engagement in the activity or, in this case, the lack of activity that results from hammock enjoyment.

[@SunshineSailing84]

Some people hate it forever, some people get used to it pretty quickly. The expensive solution is to install an autopilot below deck.

[@jonnenne]

I don't find it annoying at all in my boat. I just put it on, grab a few pillows and read a book or take a nap.

[@Sailingbad]

Your songs are the thing I look for

[@rustyhydrogen4283]

Nord stream pipeline leak

[@rodneycraft1005]

Good to see you back on your boat, Sam. Keep up the good work.

[@joebezrobotny5744]

autopilot is making a lof of niose 🤔

[@garrywagner7717]

Looks like volcanic ash?

[@mariajosemorenoguerrero8638]

Sam, caotain gadget! 😊❤

[@SailingMarieholmIF]

Great video, thanks for sharing. See you ⛵️

[@hugosvenstedt]

I'll be a fan on your boat Sam.

[@P61guy61]

Thank you for posting

[@DavidPaulNewtonScott]

Since you live on that boat do you feel like you have enough space I am going to build a boat and in Portugal it is desirable to have a boat no bigger than 45 feet. That is a lot of boat for one man to handle but I think it is OK with split rig. I have lived on a 23 foot and a 29 foot boat and it was fine but I think I would like the luxury of a 45 footer. Then again both boats were inefficient in their use of space.

[@darrenvarley105]

God I wish I had a sailboat. My Uncle had a huge sailboat and we used to sail Lake Ontario all the time when I was younger. We sailed the lake lengthwise twice (two week trip with stops) from Toronto to the Thousand Islands....best days of my life! Maybe one day.

[@bctruck]

I drove long haul for 40 years. Sunsets and sunrises like the one you showed, made me feel joy in my heart. That, and a job I loved doing helped me get through 40 years. I’m retired now, but if I ever win the lottery, I’m gonna buy a big sailboat (50-60 feet) and hire you to captain it and teach me how to sail.

[@todmills]

mysterious stuff in the water looks like pollen, at 720p picture quality.

[@r0498]

Do you just use your typical credit or debit card at these grocery stores?

[@samholmessailing]

Yes

[@randomradzz]

I didnt know that mr.beast have a sailing channel.

[@philgray1023]

That stuff in the water looks like Trichodesmium erythraeum, but I don't know if it occurs there. ?submarine holding tank flush?

[@corporalclegg914]

those waterborne bands are raw petroleum. it will look rusty, or like peanut butter & it’s usually from a leaky tanker or well leak. it takes a long time for it to be broken down enough to sink. I’ve encountered it like that many times & it’s nasty stuff. it sticks to everything, so I bet your hull & keel are/were coated.

[@JP-lz3vk]

Experienced sailor screws up putting up spinnaker. Maybe there's hope for the rest of us!

[@Gigantasy]

7:35 I’m getting sympathy seasick just watching Pickle pitch around like that

[@jerrysmith3515]

Is that motor noise from the auto pilot? Is your health holding up? I have never before heard of a sailboat going backwards. So do you intend to go back to America soon?