Cruisers meet the ROUND THE WORLD race clipper fleet [Ep. 45]

[@justinhoward-m9f]

G’day Yvette and Darci, it was lovely to meet you……we have finished the race and all moving on, I’ll continue to follow your adventures….hopefully one day we’ll catch up somewhere.

[@sailing.supernova]

Hey man how was the rest of it? shoot us a message on Instagram :-)

[@antonpercel4158]

the comparisson is outstanding you two doing it wow with saftey im a power boat nut have a new respect for true sailors like you dudes

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks heaps :-)

[@wimkoens6780]

Darci and Yvette I am happy with the new cord, it is much safer, the blue cord was also too long and the way it lay on the table forms a coil and a coil gives magnetic energy, so also heat and that is dangerous, never a place a long cord in loops on or next to each other. If an extension cord is used, always unwind it completely.

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks for the Advice! there will be no more coiling haha

[@Musicismylove888]

Darcy is a real McGiver. He can fix anything. Great work to you both.

[@sailing.supernova]

He is really great! I don't even know how he comes up with some of this stuff :-)

[@jeanettealbrecht9542]

I love little coconut. She's a beauty.

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks heaps, there is lots of Coconut in the videos after this :-)

[@dantheman164]

Good idea on the shorter heavier cord. You never want to coil up the extension cord and plug it in. You actually create an electrical coil which will generate heat.

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks for the advice, There will be no more coiling haha

[@curtishyde1842]

I tell you straight up I intend to go back and binge watch from the beginning the two that I've watched so far very impressed

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks heaps, Alaska had some really cool video, we really want to go back there! hope you like the older videos :-)

[@IceColdGeico]

Ya, 16ga would not be big enough for an AC. Also, you had it coiled, which I believe will cause even more heat. I'd also check the gauge of the supply wire to the socket behind the TV. You wouldn't want that overheating. For the starlink, a couple of small guide wires to either side should suffice. Excellent video, thanks for sharing....although a little light on coconut content! 🤣

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks for all the advice, as you might have seen we used some of it on the starlink :-) Coconut was feeling very very bad with all the drugs she was on, but every video after this one has lots of Coco haha :-)

[@jackieb4516]

Great video! You folks always keep my interest. (I am an 83yo lady with varied sailing adventures: racing on lakes & charter cruising - Greek & Fijian Islands plus Canada. U.S. & Caribbean.) I wish you years of safe sailing. ❤

[@sailing.supernova]

Sounds like you have had some great trips! Thanks for the well wishes :-)

[@franbaas3403]

Greetings to you 3 from Coolum Beach and thanks for the videos!

[@Moolahmann]

Darcy is Canadian through and through yall. World take notice!!!

[@sailing.supernova]

:-)

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks heaps for the support :-)

[@erikav558]

Love you both and so happy you found Coconut...we'll be watching your awesome adventures, lots of luck

[@sailing.supernova]

We were super lucky to find her, she is just so cute and cuddly. and she just wants to hang out all day no matter what we are doing :-)

[@00Ben]

Your videos are so great! They feel really genuine compared to some of the other sailing videos I have watched. Thanks for sharing your adventures! :)

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks heaps for the kind words :-)

[@tlowe2502]

Thanks guys, GO COCONUT. 👍🏻💕🐾

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks heaps :-)

[@melanieford1269]

You guys are incredibly inspiring. You renovated a craft, sailed through dangerous weather and learned to fix engines, and, still seem to love each other. My husband and I were pistols at dawn over a new kitchen. Oh, and you rescue a dying cat, Lots of love from down under. PS, Yvette, is Sydney on your itinerary? 12:41

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks heaps for the kind words :-) It has been a very full 11 months but we both needed each other to make it happen so it could not have been pistols at dawn haha, maybe if we knew what we were doing more we would have stronger opinions on what the other is doing wrong haha! I used to live in Sydney! i loved it there, but as you may be able to tell i have the travel bug haha

[@stephenmurray9850]

Boat jobs are never finished, you just do the next one on the list. Thanks for the video.

[@sailing.supernova]

That's very true haha :-)

[@towardsthefuture4052]

great people to follow, they are genuine and I can't believe they're sharing their trips with the world!

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks heaps :-)

[@bert2526]

I've been following you for a while and it just gets better and better! Looking forward to episode 400! 🙃

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks heaps, we are really happy you like the videos :-)

[@brittjansen9737]

Yeah princess maxima is a childrens hospital in the Netherlands for children with cancer. Great cause to sail for! ❤

[@sailing.supernova]

:-)

[@erikav558]

Thanks!

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks heaps for the support :-) Coconut is doing well and eating lots, Yesterday was the first time we have had the sails up with her on the boat and she did really well, she doesn't mind her harness at all and just wants to hang out :-)

[@robertproctor-m5y]

PLEASE Tell us how Coconut is doing.

[@sailing.supernova]

She is doing great! she was on about 5 different drugs so she wasn't feeling to hot, but she is down to just one and putting on weight, we have got a bunch of food and tons of treats and toys, she is just staring to gain a bit of interest in her toys as she starts to feel better. We have a vet appointment for around a month from now, she may get her surgery then or she may still have to wait a bit. Right now she really just wants to cuddle all day so its been hard to get boat work done :-)

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

@@sailing.supernova 👍👌👏 2) Please adopt me. To eat and cuddle the whole day is my favourite too! 😁 ;-) Best regards, luck and especially health to all 3 of you.

[@sailing.supernova]

:-)

[@boardmandave]

Poor little thing abandoned like that I'm so glad she found you both

[@aussiejeroen]

Yep I agree Darcy, Starlink needs a couple of side braces to make it properly sturdy 👍💖 18:30

[@sailing.supernova]

it got just that :-)

[@tassiej3133]

Loved the trip around the Clipper race boat. Don’t think I could take the Southern Ocean in my stride these days.

[@sailing.supernova]

I bet you could do it! it just might not be as fun haha, they had some crazy story on that boat

[@koulamarkidis2145]

Nice vid guys! Nice to digitally travel with you!

[@sailing.supernova]

Glad to have you on board :-)

[@agip1787]

As cold air is heavy....you need to install the air conditioning unit higher up so the entire room can feel cold....

[@sailing.supernova]

We would if we could do it, We are working on getting a better AC that is built for boats, but the one we have now is doing really well :-)

[@levt7651]

4 stars for this. It would have been 5 if Coco made an appearance...just sayin'... LOL. Another great video, guys! I always look forward to Friday funday with Team Coco 😊❤😊. How is little Coco? You'll include her on next week's video, right? ❤Lauren

[@sailing.supernova]

She was on a lot of drugs and she was feeling really low, so we just gave her some good food and good pets. She will be in all other videos :-)

[@Ray.R-j4w]

Good day I've been binging your videos for a while I'm about halfway through I haven't noticed you guys ever talking about yourself what you did before you guys met and how you can afford to sail I wish you would do it

[@sailing.supernova]

We should make a video on our backstory, we are currently blowing through our savings right now a bit faster then we thought. at lest we are having fun :-) Hope you are liking the videos. if you have a question about a video just comment on that video and we will answer it :-)

[@carltontweedle5724]

I am a ex merchant seaman was down at South Georgia and the Falklands in 82 on a RFA tanker called OLNA. Went to ditch rubbish three decks up big wave hit ended up hanging on the rails over the side. Lucky a wave washed me back onboard. If you go down that far be very very careful with weather.

[@sailing.supernova]

That would be such a good area to explore! if we end up down that way we would play it extra safe :-)

[@TomBrownlie-ke8gz]

Please tell Coconut that uncle Tom, Nugget and Spazzy wishes her all the best 😻😻 And you guys!!! Well you guys it goes without saying but I will because you guys are way too cool and that Ausie accent is still doing it 😊❤ Just a old dude from Pender Harbour BC 😎👍☮️🇨🇦

[@sailing.supernova]

A bit late but we have passed on the message :-)

[@kimparkin5254]

Think about tinting the forward windows.

[@sailing.supernova]

We have a really dark tint on them, we are thinking about making covers for them :-)

[@sandybinbedford5512]

Could you show us some of your meal preps ?

[@sailing.supernova]

We will start putting some food stuff in the video and more about food prep before big sails :-)

[@paintbypixels]

There might be a switch for F/C in the battery compartment of the heat gun. :)

[@sailing.supernova]

We will check this out :-)

[@EnriqueDeQuesada101]

❤❤❤

[@sailing.supernova]

:-)

[@_Daio_]

Coiled wire will get hot under load, That's why a modern extension lead will tell you the maximum load when coiled and uncoiled. I'm not saying that cable Is adequate for the load, but most of the heat would have been generated from that coil.

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks for the advice :-) we will not coil from now on :-)

[@dantheman164]

PS- you want to check that your outlet itself and the wire to it is rated for the correct amperage. Otherwise you can damage your AC and overheat the wire in the wall.

[@sailing.supernova]

We have now. The new one is good to go :-)

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

👍👌👏 Yella woia (or is it yeller whya?). Anyway, I simply love 💚, love 💚, love 💚 how you speak respectively pronounce things. Don't ever let go this charming behaviour. 2) I'm not really interested in monohulls. I definitely wouldn't want all that aslant sailing and I cannot understand why anyone would want it. Nevertheless there are way more monohulls existing than comfortable and more spacey catamarans and trimarans. Best regards, luck and especially health to all 3 of you.

[@sailing.supernova]

I won't :-) We like Catamarans better to but its much easier to get out and travel on a mono hull :-)

[@Chr.U.Cas1622]

@@sailing.supernova 👍👌👏That's good to hear! 😁 ;-) 2) Maybe easier to get in and out of a marina etc. but very limited space and by far not as comfortable as a catamaran. And monohulls have only one engine. If it fails there's usually no backup. 2) 😱 Don't you give hearts to comments you like any longer? It's not just me but all comments under this video. 3) Don't you use your messenger anymore? Thanks in advance for answering. Sincerely yours.

[@leokaloper4132]

You gies learned a lesson. They're all monohulls and you being a catamaran could take a constant power generation from seawates using those rotors. If installed on the inner sides of the hulls, it would't interfere with fishing and the anchor.

[@sailing.supernova]

Yea we really want one but right now we don't have enough money to get one.

[@KeithCarmichaelInFL]

I didn't see any kind of liner/buffer between the solar panel power lines and the hole you drilled to bring them into the helm station. I hope I just missed it, but if not.... If those lines get chaffed you will have a real fire hazard.

[@sailing.supernova]

I put a bit of padding there, but i didn't get it on camera sorry about that! And good spot :-)

[@KeithCarmichaelInFL]

@@sailing.supernova You have an old boat, so I figured you knew. But, better safe than sorry!

[@sailing.supernova]

:-) that is very true :-)

[@janaferreira8882]

❤

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks Heaps :-)

[@vvgmhod4]

And how is your new little boatmate doing??????

[@sailing.supernova]

She is doing great! she was on about 5 different drugs so she wasn't feeling to hot, but she is down to just one and putting on weight, we have got a bunch of food and tons of treats and toys, she is just staring to gain a bit of interest in her toys as she starts to feel better. We have a vet appointment for around a month from now, she may get her surgery then or she may still have to wait a bit. Right now she really just wants to cuddle all day so its been hard to get boat work done :-)

[@sailingsjofagel]

The reason your extension cable got hot is because it was coiled up. You should never use a lead coiled with 240v/120v or it will surely heat up and possibly burn. Always unroll the cables when using them. Cheers.

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks for the advice :-) The short one is working well right now, but in the future we will not coil them up :-)

[@mattdouglas5570]

Those Australians are all over aren't they ,I've met some great ones I even had the pleasure of working with a bunch of them Boatbuilding in the uk all good not too many sheep jokes

[@sailing.supernova]

haha yea we are a fun people lol :-)

[@blade_347]

✌🏽✌🏽

[@sailing.supernova]

:-)

[@paulabes4220]

Where's Coconut?

[@sailing.supernova]

Sorry she was having a really low week with all the drugs she was on, We should have put an update in, She is off almost all of her meds right now, and looking/feeling much better :-)

[@paulabes4220]

@@sailing.supernova thank you I'm glad she is doing well.

[@sailing.supernova]

No worries :-)

[@jeffclarke1540]

Did you actually just say that boat felt like the titanic oh my God?

[@sailing.supernova]

Maybe i should have pick my words a bit better haha

[@EeeDee1]

everything is temporary unless it works

[@sailing.supernova]

haha so true!

[@cambriankuykendall9096]

Where is coconut 🥥 🐈 🐾? How is she?

[@sailing.supernova]

She was feeling real low that week so we didn't film her, she was on a ton of drugs, she is doing much better now and is doing really really well, she is in all of the videos after this :-)

[@RBean47]

What’s the length of the race boat

[@sailing.supernova]

It was 70 feet :-)

[@zerogo40]

Star link, I like your work but no need to cushion the brackets when its metal against metal, it will look much neater with out.

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks for the tip, its only a temp mount, in the next week or two we are going to do the proper mount and we will take the rubber out.

[@mareesamson8239]

What happened to COCO? She is crew right?

[@sailing.supernova]

She is the Captain now :-) She went on he first real sail a day ago and she loved it. She still needs a bit of time to heal but she is doing well and eating lots :-)

[@chasetonga]

Can Coco get off your boat while docked?

[@sailing.supernova]

She can but right now she just wants to hang out close to us and her food bowl, when we leave she just waits for us and gives us some mews and cuddles when we get back :-)

[@krisnace]

Great video guys, EXCEPT No video with Coco shame on you. Glad she's doing better. Darcy gonna have to get you a can of WHOOP ASS to keep you focused on task to get your stuff done LOL. What surgery does she need? Ok keep smiling and stay safe and God bless 🙏

[@sailing.supernova]

Are bad, She was feeling really low that week with all the drugs she was on, but we will have lots of Coco going forward :-)

[@spmbuiltin]

US Army Corp of Engineers was instrumental in the design and construction of the Panama 🇵🇦 Canal they were not oppressors of forcing anyone to build it for them….Kinda an ignorant comment to make considering how many Nations World Wide Depend on this passage!!!!

[@sailing.supernova]

We are not saying it wasn't a huge achievement in human history, But there was over 5000 recorded deaths on the project while the USA was in charge of construction, and many people lost arms and legs with nothing being given in terms of fair compensation, The Canal was built on the backs of contract workers with very few rights. again it was a huge achievement, but it came with a huge human cost.

[@_Daio_]

First....wooohoo

[@sailing.supernova]

Thanks heaps for the support :-)