Breaking Down During A HURRICANE...Hurricane Kay Mexico!! [Ep.19]

In this episode we encounter our very first hurricane. Join us as we make our way to our hurricane hole anchorage to ride out Hurricane Kay in the Sea of Cortez.
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Special thanks to our friends on ‪@LivinLaVidaGypsea‬ for the footage of Taku (Also pictured in the thumbnail)
Thanks also to our friends on S/V Belezza for the incredible drone footage!
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[@2daloo829]

The visual account of your experience here was very well done. You didn't rush through the shots and the light music and low key was very pleasing. Thanks!

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks! Nice to hear that :)

[@heff2908]

How did you come up with the name TAKU?

[@sailingtaku]

It's a long story maybe we'll explain it in an upcoming episode :D

[@heff2908]

@@sailingtaku I come from the land of the TAKU winds. and Inlet ect.

[@ETXChris]

Vocal fry... aka frog voice.

[@sailingtaku]

I get it most mornings.. 🐸

[@drewsky5577]

Gotta love the sea, teaches you to be humble and grateful.

[@sailingtaku]

Isn't that the truth!

[@martinbowskill5511]

Your not wrong good comment mate Marty Australia

[@jameshull6776]

Respect to you both, for not going down the over dramatised KZbin vernacular of sacred for our lives. It was clearly blowing with the rain and spray going horizontally but you both kept your heads and just got on with it, NO BS!!! That's why I subscribed. Hey great choice on the emotive music. It looks like you guy's have some talent , something that belies a lot of KZbin saying Chanels. Keep up the good work, I look forward to seeing your adventures unfold. Once again absolute RESPECT!!!

[@sailingtaku]

Hey James. Thanks for the thoughtful comment! We really appreciate that. Glad you liked the music and stoked that you decided to subscribe! See you next episode!

[@renehinojosa3849]

Me and my wife loved this video, and we are happy that you guys made it through safely through that storm, okay you guys be safe out there and we will see you on the next one 👍👍👍👍

[@sailingtaku]

So happy you both enjoyed the episode!! See ya next one :) !

[@braddobson2060]

Glad everything turned out OK I don't think I would have been smiling like you were. Be safe and enjoy

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks Brad! Sometimes you just gotta smile your way through the stressfulness haha.

[@FranklinGray]

Hurricanes are no fun. Well, the first one can be exciting, but after that, it's just uncomfortable with a lot of worrying. I've ridden out 2 cat 2s with the eye going over top and a few cyclones. Did get some damage in the first one where a boat broke lose and it's bow Td me leaving a hole 2 feet above the water line. I see you are catching rain water off the bimini so I'm guessing you don't have a water maker. I didn't have one in either of my cruising boats but I built in rain catching. At first I did it how you are doing it, running it into jugs but that got tiresome, especially me having to get up at 3 am to empty the jugs into the tank while it's raining so I can catch more. What I did, on my Hunter 376 I drilled holes on the gunrail near the cockpit, closed off the midship drain spot , and installed a water fill connection in the hole. Then on the inside of the boat I ran hoses from the connection to the tank. Then when I wanted to catch rainwater I would open the fitting, close off the other drain with a sandbag at the end of the gunrail so it all drained into the tank. On my current boat, an old Whitby 55, it already had the deck drains going inside the boat and out a thru-hull so I just installed a Y value so I could divert the rainwater into my tank. Due to how this was setup where it would also draw the dirt from the deck, I put inline filters. I lived off rain water this way for 6 years. Never had a need for a water maker after that. With that said though, I say because I know you are getting ready to cross the Pacific, I bought two 100 gallon water blatters for my crossing. I put one on each gunrail but the cap busted off about halfway. I still had 15 gallons in each blatter so I used that to fill my tank (60 gallons). It was just me so my water usage was very low but was really glad I still had what was left of those blatters. I also had 10 jugs which I never used. When I pulled into Marquesas Islands I had about 3/4 a tank of water and the ten 5 gallon jugs. Which means I used, just by myself and I'm good with water, about 50 gallons in 30 days. It's crazy because I thought I was only using about 1 gallon a day. So take plenty of water for the 2 of you.

[@michelled2234]

“Hold on” takes a whole new meaning! Crazy winds! Glad your anchor held and you were up and running after the storm!

[@sailingtaku]

Haha so true! Thanks Michelle :)

[@CruisingMeraki]

fabulous episode you guys! so glad you made it through safely!

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks guys!!

[@garyseven777]

Maybe separate the starter battery from the other system and put a low battery alarm on it?

[@sailingtaku]

That's a great idea! Thanks Gary!

[@LivinLaVidaGypsea]

THAT STORM WAS BANANAS! BUT THIS EPISODE WAS DOPE :).

[@sailingtaku]

Right!! Thank you guys so much for the footage! It also made for the best thumbnail 😍

[@edwardpardy7866]

New subscriber from Alberta! Best of luck and cheers from the Edmonton Yacht Club!

[@sailingtaku]

Hello! Awesome to have another Canadian subscriber! Thanks!!

[@mymicks]

That looks a bit hairy for sure. What a fun time to start having a starting / battery problem. 😱

[@sailingtaku]

I know right!!

[@perfstaas7188]

Hello : ) where was you secendary anker and WHY dedent you have a sailing-plan fore IF you boat-engine woodent start seens you where close to land? Sorry fore the spelling : )

[@christ.8547]

Nice job w/that FiD CuRT!!!✔️💯🆒🔛🕗👍🤺💦🤺💦🤺💦🤺🤺👍

[@daveholley2156]

Great filming considering the conditions ! You were anchored with a bunch of KZbinrs ✌️💙🎵

[@sailingtaku]

Thank you!! Yes it was pretty cool to meet everyone!

[@AllAboutSpray]

We've been waiting for this episode! What a wild experience, you guys just continue to conquer. Great ep!! Thumbs up for Kurt

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks guys! Big thumbs up for ya! See ya soon!

[@FTS-FamilytoSea]

That looks crazy wild ❤

[@roadboat9216]

Loved the Sea of Cortez. Spent 3 yrs sailing it and 1 yr in pacific coast coming up from Panama. Great people and cruising. Went up on the hard in Marina Seca during height of hurricane season. (Had to haul anyway). Enjoy and im glad that you made it through without any significant problems.

[@rmi813]

Great video. Thanks for posting. Be safe.

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks :)

[@michaelhensley4102]

Excellent video, the music during the storm was epic. When you were smiling before the storm, i knew that would change when the shit got real. Great job.

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks Michael!! Yes the smiles did eventually fade haha.

[@amandalowe9588]

Wild. Awesome video you crazy kids

[@sailingtaku]

😘😘

[@johnashby6024]

Hey thank you for sharing. Awesome footage. I am curious at about the 10:10 mark in the video there is a yacht with an interesting storm type sail setup, presumably to keep head to wind. I have never seen this before and would like to know more. Limited keel boat storm sailing hence question. Thanks. Best wishes.

[@sailingtaku]

Hi! It’s called a storm tri sail :)

[@gregpendleton4957]

That looked like a pretty bad storm y’all be careful out there.

[@sailingtaku]

Thank you!

[@josephgadoury1057]

A lucky man! Sailing the sea with an incredibly beautiful lady. Great idea to point out the other influencers on KZbin.

[@sailingtaku]

Thank you :)

[@suepeck2772]

Fantastic filming!

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks Sue! :)

[@christ.8547]

luv the music 🎵!!!!

[@mariovvv5639]

Wow brave

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks Mario.

[@daveg4963]

Holy smokes!

[@sailingtaku]

Right!! A little freaky haha.

[@raybetz7803]

Very excellently produced you two. I could almost feel the wind and waves with how you captured the storm. Well done.

[@sailingtaku]

Thank you very much!

[@r.williamcomm7693]

Your engine & your boat in general look spotless. It has to be a lot of work to keep everything so clean. Hope all is well for both of you. You look like a nice couple. Best wishes for a safe & wonderful life water & land alike. 😀👍

[@sailingtaku]

Thank you so much! :)

[@alee5240]

imagine that in this storm you are on the high seas and do not know how to lie down in a drift in order to rest and not jump out onto the rocks

[@sailingtaku]

😵😵

[@RogerOnTheRight]

"Chafing", not "chaffing".

[@sailingtaku]

Haha thanks

[@user-retsailor]

Awesome video and so happy for both of you. It's apparent you know what you are doing, from anchoring to hold through something like this to troubleshooting your starter issue to everyday issues you deal with. Great job; I'm really enjoying your videos !

[@patriciamurdoch7410]

love you guys!!!!

[@sailingtaku]

Love you!!

[@Cyph3rX]

I really wanted to hate on this...but damn. That was some incredible editing and whoever put this together has some real cinematic talent. I could not stop watching. Great work 👏

[@S.L-Sully]

Popped up in my feed this am. Beautiful content! Smashed that sub button and threw a 👍🏽💖 Now the binge watching starts!! 💯💯👏👏

[@sailingtaku]

Thank you so much!

[@Dew411]

Dude pretty scary 🏴‍☠😬⛵

[@sailingtaku]

Right!

[@suenes9424]

Wild wild video. Stay safe! ❤️S & D

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks you two! Hope you're doing great!

[@gregsullivan8956]

New Subscriber Thanks for the awesome content!

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks Greg!!

[@gregsullivan8956]

@@sailingtaku Welcome

[@trebledog]

Having lived thru many typhoons where I sail, It's odd to see her smiling when expecting a hurricane in a day or so. But it is their first on a mooring.

[@sailingtaku]

Smiling to keep the morale high :)

[@catothecensor]

In that situation you should immediately prepare the second anchor as a “safety anchor” and then try to fix the engine. Just my opinion. 😢

[@sailingtaku]

Hi Paolo. We mentioned in the video we had our secondary anchor ready to go in case of emergency. We were working during the storm to fix the engine. We just didn’t film much of it :)

[@MrZabow]

Hey. Try Montreal steak seasoning on the skipjack. It don’t fix it but it helps 😁

[@sailingtaku]

Good idea!!

[@justsomeguy6474]

Great music! :)

[@sailingtaku]

Glad you enjoyed it 🎶

[@AthelstanEngland]

First episode of yours I've seen and mightly impressed with how tidy all the wiring is.

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks!

[@DiabloSpearguns]

\Wonderful episode, great job with the filming and narrative

[@sailingtaku]

Thank you!!

[@waltervanderboor]

Can relate to the experience, the music made it sound more adventurous than our experiences… great video

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks Walter!

[@katherinevaux6244]

Wow love you guys

[@wanderlust_sailing]

Wonderful! Good winds and good bow!

[@sailingtaku]

😀😀

[@sailorjim7115]

Well done getting set up for the storm👍⛵️

[@sailingtaku]

Thank you! ⛵️

[@schoon111]

take the furler off...at least

[@sailingtaku]

We took the sail off the furler.

[@johndavidson6867]

Use the first 2 - 3 letters of your names

[@sailingtaku]

What do you mean?

[@johndavidson6867]

@@sailingtaku for the name of your vessel.

[@johndavidson6867]

@@sailingtaku after further checking I made the comment to "Breaking Waves", they were asking for name suggestion. I'm not sure it ended up on your feed, but I had just watched your video.

[@stephenchappell7512]

Stay safe you guys (in the correct sense of the term)

[@sailingtaku]

Thanks Stephen!