Crazy Offshore Solo Sail: 3 Days Battling Lightning and Storms! | Sailing Sunday Vlog. 264

[@catebushell8507]

That was a doozy. I know how tiredness can get to you and with all that weather. You did great Ryan.

[@SailingSunday]

Thanks!!! Yeah I was definitely stuffed. I was kicking myself at the end in that 76knot storm... Im usually so good at anchoring and i remember thinking that i should drop more chain out and dig it in properly, but I was so tired i was like, it should be ok theres nor more storms predicted.... boy was i wrong!!!

[@wesailwillow]

Good on ya Ryan. You did so well. Tough situation to be in alone. Great video. Cheers!

[@SailingSunday]

Thanks so much! Thanks for watching! Yes next time I’m going to get a few people onboard and make a fun trip of it… it wasn’t very much fun out there in that weather alone haha

[@kristaready8812]

That was crazy!! 😮 I'm so happy you're safe and now your a new daddy. I'm thrilled for you two and can't wait to see the baby back on the boat with you 🤗💞

[@SailingSunday]

Thank you so much!!! Yes I almost saw my life flash before my eyes with a few of those close lightning strikes out there thinking, why now…. I’m literally just about to be a dad 😂

[@guyburton9475]

Great video. Crazy stuff at sea but your experience got you through... well done.

[@SailingSunday]

Thanks guy! Haha yes experience or stupidity haha. I really should have waited for a better weather window but I didn’t want to miss the birth of our first child so was sailing to a timeline which they say we should never do!!! 😂

[@trevhedges]

Epic stuff, thanks guys! 😊

[@ianmiller5779]

I remember talking to you through that trip. You really did it tough by yourself. Congratulations.👏

[@SailingSunday]

it sucked..... HAHA

[@gillian2769]

Fantastic job Ryan even though it was fake..lol..WTF Congrats to you,brittni, Jackson and new little geezer.. all the best, keep those positive vibes ❤ G&G

[@SailingSunday]

Yes I told him to go offshore alone for 3 days up the east coast in September then get back to me lol... THANKS! We're super stoked, we can't wait to get back on the boat with him as a happy little family!!! :)

[@RickFuhrmann]

My friend, you have no idea how much respect I have for you, becoming a new dad sailing around the world with your wife. And then giving your time to Boy Scouts for America, all around rockstar. Hope you guys don’t give up the sea. I hope I meet you guys out there someday🌴⚓️😎

[@SailingSunday]

oh man thanks, you're too kind! We'll won't be giving up boat life, we're actually looking to upgrade the boat, It's just too hard to sell SUNDAY... Everyone we know has breakdowns and issues out on the water an SUNDAY has never let us down, everytime we go to sell we get cold feet and back out......!

[@lotusdolphin]

Ryan, I’m just really grateful that you’re OK the boat’s OK and you’re back in the marina safe.

[@SailingSunday]

Thanks! haha yeah I was so stoked pulling into that marina! lol

[@RichardSwinton]

so glad you are good Ryan. you years of experience are what helps to keep you safe. cheers

[@SailingSunday]

Thanks mate!! That and a tether :) haha

[@colinboniface194]

That anchor surely paid for itself during the storm... Nice editing job Ryan...

[@SailingSunday]

@@colinboniface194 thanks!!! Yeah I was so mad at myself though because I anchored in pouring rain and I remember laying in bed checking the weather they all said clear skies predicted. I was so tired and knew I had minimal chain out, anchored on the edge of a valley and the reviews said it was bad holding in soft mud… Our anchors so good and I just hadn’t slept in 3 days and thought well it’s going to be clam tonight, there’s nothing around me I’ll just re anchor in the morning.

[@lotusdolphin]

Man, I can’t believe you got so much footage in that hectic hectic passage. I was so nervous. I’m so glad that you’re OK boats OK all is good. Really anxious to see you guys back together. I’ll be watching. Thank you so much. Sending love from LIZ in California.

[@SailingSunday]

Oh man thats awesome to hear because there was so much worse to film but I usually have to get everything safe and sorted first before I grab the camera and thats if I grab it! This really was a horrible passage, but there's still alot of down time to film when you're alone out there lol. Yes next weeks video we are back together, its so awesome, im editing it now and its really exciting :)

[@leehoffman3604]

You made it! Congratulations. Now, we will see if congratulations are in order for next week. Good luck, Dad.

[@SailingSunday]

Woohoo!!! Next weeks video is awesome, can't wait to share it with you guys :)

[@MrFroglips69]

Groovy episode. Very cool of you working with the Boy Scouts of America. I was a cub and boy scout leader for my son Nick growing up.

[@SailingSunday]

@@MrFroglips69 thanks! It’s so awesome, I really enjoy teaching the kids, it really rewarding! 😀

[@chhindz]

I pulled in to a Boy Scout camp at channel 5 in Keys, at first they told me it's private property, when I told them I was life scout they became very hospitable and told me to come on in.

[@DanielTiffany-o8i]

Good on ya mate 👍. Crazy wind glad you made it through.

[@SailingSunday]

Thanks, yeah it was crazy! The east coast of the US is full of surprises in hurricane season!!! lol

[@kellyscott7165]

Wow! Well done Ryan!

[@SailingSunday]

Thanks! It was an interesting sail haha.. We always said we would never sail to a timeline and always to weather. but this time i found myself thinking Brittni could give birth anytime now and I need to get back to her...... I literally finished my last job after working 3months straight and left about 30minutes later after refueling! lol

[@SVImpavidus]

Mate thats the nuts! Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid

[@SailingSunday]

@@SVImpavidus This sail literally had everything from waterspouts to beautiful sunrise to 76knots back to sunshine again 😂

[@RecepBilalLaliboz]

Good job, you are the best 💪

[@SailingSunday]

haha thanks mate, I was lucky to have our friends on Salacia Star sailing nearby for reassurance. I also I had help from another friend at NOAA who gave me updates on those waterspout storm cells while I was out there!

[@sv_ventolines]

Good video. You handled that well. I see you are in my favorite boat yard on the east coast.

[@SailingSunday]

Thank you! Awesome, yes its wicked there, we got lucky with some of these hurricanes that passed through this year!

[@sarascott2217]

Glad you made it safely we have been watching you sailing since you started and I don't think I have ever seen you look so scared especially by yourself all good now

[@SailingSunday]

haha, yeah I was a little nervous! lol. At the time I was just like S*****T but you just kind of deal with it, but I was defintely shaken up a bit afterwards lol

[@silverark2693]

A sailor must always be prepared for the Sideways Show, and you had a doozy with that snubber/chain/anchor situation. I can just see you running forward after you gained some ground. Yikes, and well done! I'm a 7:1 kind of fellow all the time, don't care, won't drag, try not to be in crowded anchorages. What fun!

[@SailingSunday]

Yes! haha. It probably would have been scary and funny to watch at the same time, I was in my underwear and just like, its ok i'll just pull fwd between the breaks in the wind and pull up some chain from the helm then run up front to undo the snubber quickly and dump more chain, it will take 5 seconds, but every time I pulled fwd and like a dozen attempts later to pull the chain up the windlass would just slip all that chain back out again and the snubbers back under the water. I couldn't tighten it anymore the wind was just so strong. I have a snatch lock type snubber, so I physically need to undo it from the chain. So anyway yes I was motoring fwd, running up fast to try pull it up with the remote in the bow and undo it quickly before it pulled back again and I could only see about 1' infront of me with horizontal rain and the boats heeled right over lol, It was crazy, and the rain was like needles hitting me all over my body LOL!!! If anyone could have seen me it would have been so frustrating and funny to watch. I have a picture of my anchor tracks somewhere its a huge ZigZag backwards towards shore! I might try find it and post on facebook lol

[@silverark2693]

@@SailingSunday good thing you take it all so well, and when it's done and dusted off and it's alright, why not! I met you at the Langley Costco. That was a good day. BTW, the pics of Brittany pregnant in the video are really fine. Well done!

[@SailingSunday]

@@silverark2693 omg no way! We are back in Canada and just went to Costco for the first time since then the other day, and was literally just talking about you! Haha!😆 Thanks mate, she’s done so great through her pregnancy, before and after. She was back trying to help with installing solar panels a few days after birth 😂

[@davidperham897]

Hi RYAN, HAPPY ALL TURNED OUT FOR YOU. AT THE START THE NOSTALGIA WAS GETTING TO YOU AND FIRST TIME TO SEE YOU A TOUCH EMOTIONAL. YOU HAVE A LOVELY WIFE & A NEW BABY TO LOOK FORWARD TO SO CONGRATULATIONS FROM 🇨🇦 Canada EH ! 🇨🇦Cdn. Dave

[@SailingSunday]

Thanks mate! Glad you enjoyed it! I have to be honest, the storm in the Atlantic crossing was way worse, but being tired and alone knowing I haven't seen Brittni for 3 months and shes heavily pregnant made this passage as a whole worse lol :)

[@TracyMugridge]

Well done on getting through that! I would have been crapping myself!

[@SailingSunday]

@@TracyMugridge it wasn’t much fun, the storm at the end was a little scary, but at the time you just block it out then when it’s over you’re like “wtf just happened!?” 😂

[@carltontweedle5724]

Sailing is great until the brown stuff hits the fan. But it makes for great sailing scary yes but when you come out the other side the beer tastes great.As long as its cold fridge broke crap.HAHAHA.

[@SailingSunday]

haha yes very true!!! At the time I was like, well this sucks... But you're right, when you arrive at your destination and sink that first beer its like heaven! Until you get woken up at 5am from a 76knot storm...... haha!

[@carltontweedle5724]

@@SailingSunday Back in the 80s I was in the South Atlantic about a 100 miles off the Falklands on a RFA tanker. Was told to go up ditch gash you could back then, opened the water tight door one foot on the deck next second hanging over the rail. Lets just say my back side was twitching. Was lucky wave wash me back onboard. I love and hate the sea but will always respect it.

[@cindycornog8006]

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[@SailingSunday]

Thank you! :)

[@jonathanscott550]

Great video and so happy no damage or serious damage occurred to the boat or you. Looking forward to next week's video you finished this video in a what the hell happened , but we've to wait until next weeks. Stay safe mate cheers

[@SailingSunday]

@@jonathanscott550 This boat is so good, she’s never let us down I say to Brittni as long as i’m strapped in, Im 100% safe! Well, I feel 99% safe!!! There’s always that 1% 😂

[@jonathanscott550]

@@SailingSunday Like you said there's that 1% and that 1% only needs to show up once to make it 100%. Yes your boat has been a great boat to bring you so many safely sailed NMiles.

[@SailingSunday]

@@jonathanscott550 haha yes so true! Damn that 1% lol

[@jonathanscott550]

@@SailingSunday 😆 🤣 😂

[@lizcampbell6978]

Holy SHIT 😳

[@SailingSunday]

yeah it wasn't a fun passage this one lol

[@MethosFilms]

Put out 5/1 instead of 4/1 of chain. Your sailboat weighs way more then mine and I always out out 5/1. Haven’t dragged yet. Like your channel I’m new to ya. Subbed.

[@SailingSunday]

@@MethosFilms thanks mate!! Yeah we usually do that too! 😀. What’s funny is that it was pouring rain when I anchored and I knew I didn’t have enough chain out, I knew I anchored on the edge of a valley and I knew from the reviews it was soft mud and bad holding…! I was just so tired and all the weather apps said the storms were over with clear skies. Boy was I wrong….. they say the most dangerous times are when you’re tired in calm weather. I should have gone back out before I went to sleep and anchored in properly when it was calm 😂

[@MethosFilms]

@@SailingSunday I hope to see u guys next year. Gonna try this KZbin life again lol.

[@dennispatrick4999]

Baby update?? How is Jackson handling the competition? 😂😊😅😮

[@SailingSunday]

Coming soon!!! Next weeks video kicks things off for the next chapter in our lives!!!! lol :)

[@tjairicciardi9747]

nothing says welcome to America like 70+ knots of wind. glad you rick and lou are all ok. 31,000 subscribers, chances are there are a few folks on east cost of US that would happily help if needed in future verses solo sail. Even a novice to keep watch while you get some much needed rest might be worth consideration.

[@SailingSunday]

Yes, I know, I enjoy the challenges but think now I might bring a few onboard. It will definitely be more fun, I get pretty lonely on these solo sails now haha :)

[@trevhedges]

6:36 you actually have a boat behind you at this point.. not sure you knew?

[@trevhedges]

Oh okay you knew, you had them on radar.. my mistake

[@trevhedges]

On its Rick & Lou, i know them…. Feeling i should have watched all before commenting anything…

[@SailingSunday]

Haha! Yea it was so cool, they left a few days before me but stopped at a few islands and waited for me to catchup! It was so nice having them out there close by.

[@maxifenix9979]

Come on...

[@joeanco1993]

She does make a beautiful PG woman.

[@TracyMugridge]

Who’s she? Put your specs on and go and find your manners Perv!

[@SailingSunday]

@@joeanco1993 she’s beautiful ❤️

[@SOLDOZER]

Fake sailing channel drama like all the others.

[@SailingSunday]

@@SOLDOZER If sailing in 20-40knots for 3 days alone offshore dodging massive storm systems and dragging anchor in 76knots is fake sailing, I don’t think there’s any pleasing you… 👍

[@SOLDOZER]

@@SailingSunday Yeah, so scary. Thats why you grabbed a camera instead of taking care your safety and the situation first. Like that boat that just went up on the reef. Instead of handling the situation, they grabbed a camera. More interested in creating drama than their safety. And the other channel in the Caribbean who got "boarded" at night while asleep. Instead of handling the situation, they grabbed a camera. And the other sailing channel who said they were hiking alone in the remote jungle in Asia, when in reality they were on a guided group tour. FAKE FAKE FAKE FAKE.....fake drama for views and likes! 90% of sailing channels are 90% BS. Notice theres no drama on Sam Holmes channel or Wind Hippie's ? Because they dont create fake drama. 95% or sailing you are fixing something that broke or theres nothing going on. So all these sailing channels have to make up BS to get views.

[@SailingSunday]

@@SOLDOZER mate, you obviously didn’t watch the video, I just took you through a raw 23minutes of a 3 day offshore passage up the east coast of USA in August/September lol! Where did I run scared for the camera, which was the last thing I grabbed... Either watch the whole video or go out there yourself alone for 3 days mid August and then talk to me about me about real sailors, actually go live on a boat for 365days a year for 6yrs crossing oceans to different continents sailing over 40,000nm and then get back to me lol

[@ianmiller5779]

@@SOLDOZER It never fails to amaze me. There is always someone like you that comes out from under a rock and says something REALLY stupid. Some advice......"It’s better to keep your mouth shut and appear a fool than open it and remove all doubt". Grow some balls and get out there yourself. You might find it an education. The difference between you and Ryan is that he has the courage to actually do some sailing. I would describe you as WEAK WEAK WEAK. You sit in your slip while playing with yourself and sinking the boots into good people who are making excellent entertaining videos. You are a coward. You disgust me. Don't bother watching Sailing Sunday. They will not miss you.

[@sailingladyaquitaine]

@@SailingSunday don't worry Ryan, he's got a 20 second video of sailing into the sunset 😂