Exploring Block Island | #29 | The Beauty of Driftwood | #30 | DrakeParagon Sailing Season 2

[@sailingcruiser25]

Great video! Love the longer format on this video. Much more entertaining to watch this than anything on TV. Thanks again.

[@MrKewlhanz]

Well whataya know.....another tidbit of a day in the life of 2 of the most blessed people on planet earth.Thanks a heap for the double feature too!10 minutes of film goes by in the blink of an eye when its on the most fasinating subject I know of.I tell ya,whatever kind of day I am having...no matter the stress level...I can turn on some cruising footage and it all just melts away.Layer by layer it just disappears.The only thing that works better is watching my 2 boys peacefully sleeping after a day full of learning and physical exhaustion.I know that I was a seaman in my previous life.I just know it.I hope to return to the sea someday.But with my injuries I would need a good crew to swab the deck and hoist the main sail.But I am a superb navigator,fisherman and cook.Plus I have 20 of carpentry and mechanics experience.So I am confident I can run a ship and guide my crew to make the constant necesary adjustments.Anyway,I got a real good chuckle from your notion to take a pic of yall by the boat trash sign,lol.And I dont think I have noticed the sail on your dingy before.Is that new?I bet your wishing you had that during the long row in NY.I could tell that that was an exhausting row.Against the wind AND against the current.ugh!Anyways,if your ever in arizona I would be honored to cook for you and host a bit of rest on land.I have done ALOT of traveling in my day and find it difficult to relate with people who havent ever been anywhere.When I do get the chance to visit with fellow nomadic souls the time just flies by.Even though I dont travel anymore(due to injuries)when I get the chance to hear others' stories I get a energy boost.I dont know how to explain it but I am sure you know what I mean.Take care of yourselves as always and I cant wait to see more of your voyage!

[@RaginCajunsail]

Awesome stuff and funny too! Boat trash...ha! Loved it!

[@merlindsbest]

And don't think I've said it before but man Paragon is a beautiful boat and home. Such elegant and Sturdy lines. New production boats look so flimsy and cheap compared to the westsail 42s. Still waiting for an in depth tour. Now I'll get off and leave some space for other comments. But I definitely know what boat I want when I'm ready to sail the world one day b

[@drakeParagon]

Joshua Jones Hi Joshua, when the day comes when you are ready to look at boats then please let me know! It would be awesome to see you in the same anchorage someday.

[@trapman2000]

Great video. i can wait for spring to get back on my 12' sailboat. very relaxing and really enjoying teaching my 7 and 11 yr sons how to sail.

[@SailLife]

Yay, a double feature! :) Thanks for sharing yet another awesome video. In a little over a month, I'll be leaving for the US. I don't think I'll be able to make it to Block Island, but the place looks amazing and is on my list for a future visit. Great job capturing what it's like there before the tourists arrive! As always I'm eagerly awaiting the next episode :)

[@drakeParagon]

***** Hi Mads, Jorge and Susan just visited us in Ireland for a week and they are looking forward to meeting you in NYC! :)

[@SailLife]

DrakeParagon's Real Cruising Life That's super cool :) I'm sure you guys had a lot of fun :) I'm very much looking forward to meeting Jorge and Susan. I'm crossing my fingers that I'll also get to check out their awesome Southern Cross 28 while I'm there :) I hope spring and a bit of sunshine have found it's way to Ireland :)

[@hnsail7598]

DrakeParagon's Real Cruising Life Thanks for another awesome update. Sorry Mads, you diesel heather is nice, but theres just a romantic notion with burning wood that speaks to our soul. We love wood burning fireplaces, stoves, and Hornos (yes we built an earthen oven to test it out ad it was awesome). Hopefully we have the pleasure of crossing paths someday. Heather and Nav.

[@SailLife]

H N Sail To be honest I feel the exact same way ;) I've been heating my house these past seven years primarily using a woodburning stove :) That was actually the reason I went with the Refleks stove with the window in it (that is not base model). At least that way I can still see the flames :) When I eventually get a bigger boat I'll be adding a wood burning stove for sure! Sadly I won't be allowed to use it in the marine I'm in right now. Using a wood burning stove is not permitted (I'm not sure why). I would love it if our paths crossed! :) Fair winds, Mads

[@no8do]

***** please do contact me when you get here... i am waiting to put the boat in the water this or next week. if you are interested...you can bring it up with me from maryland (annapolis area)

[@jimh.5286]

"BOAT TRASH ONLY" I thought it was very nice, the way that they welcome boaters.

[@JimFariello]

Cup of coffee, computer and a good video to watch in the morning. Thanks for sharing your adventures. It is always nice to escape into your world.

[@YaniT991]

110% agreed Jim!! That is until we win the lottery and get our own boats (....and they invent pill to fix all our creaky joints......) ;-)

[@drakeParagon]

Jim Fariello Thanks Jim, We're working really hard on the next several upcoming episodes. In next week's episode we sail to Newport! Thanks for sailing with us,

[@chipdance7016]

block island seems like a wonderful place to visit. Hopefully someday we'll make it there ourselves. Thank you for sharing. Love your videos. Keep them coming.

[@stevecarney7833]

Your videos are really well put together and always fun to watch. Thanks very much.

[@AllMyHobbies]

Great video. I like the new length very enjoyable to watch

[@TonyGariepy]

I love it when Monique talks all "nautical", then looks embarrassed.... and if you boat where it's cold, the fire is where I would be... great setup!

[@lifeislikesailing]

Looks like a nice place, thanks for taking us with you. :)

[@billbye1432]

love thaat little "cod stove" yes i read and enjoyed your blog also. i still want a Flicka or a dana; have for many years. thanks for Block Island. Actually i'm speechless; and fresh lobster love that lobster.

[@debraguarino1323]

Awesome video and I love the wood stove. I never thought I'd have a wood stove on a boat but it sure looks cozy. (Rethinking) Can't wait to sale the house and get back into the crusing life, really miss it.

[@drakeParagon]

Debra Guarino Here's to the cruising life! :)

[@3DSAILOR]

I have been enjoying your videos and eagerly awaiting your arrival in my home waters. Block Island is my favorite place of all time. FYI you can anchor in Old Harbor. Many boaters use the Mediterranean style and run a line to the breakwater as to not swing near the few moorings. There is a great story behind that statue you show at 7:25 - "B.I.'s 'Rebecca' stands proudly at the intersection of four Old Harbor roads. She was erected in 1896 by the local Women's Christian Temperance Movement, which hoped to curb the consumption of alcohol on Block Island. Ironically, restoration experts have concluded that Rebecca is in fact Hebe, cupbearer to the Gods, which may explain why tea-totalling never caught on, at least not on BI." Thanks for sharing...

[@drakeParagon]

3DSAILOR I had no idea that that statue had such a history. If we ever film Block Island again then we will have something in there about it.

[@merlindsbest]

Made my night. So glad I'm a patron! Highlight of my week seeing as I don't watch tv.

[@drakeParagon]

Joshua Jones Thank you for sailing with us and for helping to make these videos possible Joshua! We've been working really hard on the next episode. Looks like it will be 30+ minutes long! See you next week! :) - Drake and Monique

[@christopherpeterson1400]

great stove you have .. we have a old potbelly stove... love it

[@drakeParagon]

christopher peterson I used to have a potbelly stove on my last boat a Westsail 32. When that thing was going it was way too much heat for my little sailboat! :) But I loved it. Do you have your potbelly stove on a sailboat? Or on land?

[@christopherpeterson1400]

In my antique 1942 70ft tugboat, astoria oregon...i love following you videos.

[@christopherpeterson1400]

Bluetugtuna.com, fb,twitter,

[@billhewitt]

Hi Drake & Mo. I really enjoy your videos, they're inspiring to me to see what you are doing on a DIY basis. I do all my sailing in the Great Lakes (Mostly Georgian Bay) on a Beneteau Oceanis 350. I really liked your episode in Season 1 of the Hull and would love to see a tour both above and below decks. Thanks again, looking forward to next Tuesday.

[@drakeParagon]

Bill Hewitt Hi Bill, We'd love to make a detailed cabin tour of our home Paragon someday. We have filmed about a dozen other cruiser interview and boat tour series over the past year and are looking forward to editing that footage too. I look forward to the day that we can film our own boat! There is a little bit of a deck tour in our video Bermuda Nightmare Part 1 - kzbin.info/www/bejne/oXPMqYN6oNekirM

[@symbolsandsystems]

Did you carry much wood with you voyaging or just collect drift wood?

[@tkemble9]

That was a wonderful video.Thanks.

[@drakeParagon]

Tom Kemble Thanks Tom, we're working hard on the next episodes. Next up, we sail to Newport!

[@MultiMitchell77]

another great video ,double feature really enjoyed this !

[@drakeParagon]

arron mitchell Thanks Arron, We appreciate the comment and are working really hard on the next episodes!

[@MultiMitchell77]

well thank you Drake for the reply , yes i truly enjoy watching what you guys are all about and how you live your lives,i look forward to your videos truly i do ! i don't know if you have ever been to the west coast to the San Juan islands North of SEATTLE or not But if you ever get the chance i really recommend this !

[@jerrykelley4470]

I always enjoy your videos,great to see places in the off season.Heading to Ocracoke to get the cottage ready for the season.

[@drakeParagon]

Jerry Kelley We loved staying in Okracoke! We were there so early in the season, literally months before any other cruising boat would be arriving. So someone from the Ocracoke Currents website came out an interviewed us! Check it out :) www.ocracokecurrent.com/53865

[@MaverickSailing]

Y'all must have been on a date to go to the beach! Thanks for sharing Block Island with us!

[@drakeParagon]

Maverick Sailing Thanks for sailing with us Maverick!

[@davidnormandin5428]

That building is /was the SURF Hotel 1920's style always spent one night off the boat just to see some old friends who were the seasonal residents.

[@drakeParagon]

How cool! I'd love to see the inside some time...maybe if we're there during the regular season one day. (✿◠‿◠) ⚓-Monique

[@jimm22n]

Drake & Monique, love ALL the videos & this double feature was FANTASTIC! Keeps my head focused on life besides WORK so I can go CRUISE later (Just over five years till retirement!) Yea! Thanks, Jim btw, be careful with that saw near your leg!

[@drakeParagon]

jimm22n Thanks! I'll be more careful with the jig saw when cutting driftwood. We've spent the winter in Ireland where all of the gas stations and grocery stores sell peat for burning in a fireplace or wood stove. It's been inexpensive to buy and has a wonderful smell.

[@UweBehrendt]

You always come up with the greatest stuff , Thanks for the history lesson. I always learn something new Up here in Vermont the ice is finally off the upper lake but the lower is still quite solid.. Another month to go

[@drakeParagon]

Uwe Behrendt Almost there! :) Soon the ice will melt on the east coast of Greenland which will make it possible for us to sail into the settlement of Ammassalik.

[@mqtAdam]

"jigsaw: eye protection!" ::proceeds to cut with knee as base:: bahah! Thanks for the vids, always fun!

[@ronaldjohnson2056]

Drake you are on the island the right time of year you not getting run over loved april may sept. an october you not getting run over. your tour was great been a long time since I been there.

[@drakeParagon]

Ronald Johnson Thanks for exploring Block Island with us. Did you like Newport too? We sail there in our next episode.

[@BFerry10]

I love the wood stove. How long have you had it? You could do a video just on the stove design, installation, and maintenance.

[@drakeParagon]

BFerry10 We've had our Little Cod wood burning stove for a few years now and love it. It was a huge job to demolish the space for it down to the bare hull and then design and build out a new area for it, including all of the heat shielding. But it was well worth it.

[@MrkStphn91]

whats the deal with 2 episodes in one video and id love to see a tour of the cabin quarters because of the wood burning stove footage if you get my drift

[@gutenachtgeschichten4717]

12:23 nunchaks? Maybe Mo meant a bō? (Michelangelo uses the nunchaks, Donatello uses the bō). The nunchaku s a traditional Okinawan martial arts weapon consisting of two sticks (usually wood), each connected at one end by a short metal chain or a rope. A bō is a staff weapon used in Okinawa. Bō are typically around 1.8 m (71 in) and used in Okinawan martial arts.

[@itsjojo4]

Wow, you guys know hot to make living aboard look fun. I love, love, love, love that stove! Omg! Do you feel that is safe to let run when you sleep and how long does it burn unattended?

[@drakeParagon]

itsjojo4 Burn time all depends on the amount and type of fuel that we're burning. We are comfortable with there being smoldering coals in the stove when we go to sleep, and in the morning I've been able to start a new fire from those coals. But I would never leave the boat unless the stove was cold.

[@SVLOKEE]

I really like that little stove...that has me thinking...normally I use the "Little Buddy" propane heater, but the burning some drift wood is a good idea.

[@drakeParagon]

Lo Kee I used to use one of those Mr. Buddy heaters. Driftwood, or scrap wood from a carpentry shop, or even buying wood (or peat here in Ireland) is much cheaper than those little propane bottles. :)

[@BBK107]

Your Woodstove - looks and sounds great, but how much heat are you getting out of that stove and it looks as though you could put a teapot on top?

[@drakeParagon]

We're using that wood stove for all of our cabin heating this winter, and occasionally to also boil water in a kettle, or cook in a little skillet. The first thing I do when I wake up is to empty out the ashes from the previous day's fire, and start a new one. Then we keep adding wood or peat to it all day long. It provides more than enough cabin heating for the salon and dinette areas which is where we spend most of our time on the boat in the winter.. But I close the doors to the forward head and aft cabin so we don't have to heat those areas too. The stove is called a "Little Cod" and is made by Navigator Stove works in Washington State (www.marinestove.com) We bought ours with the "CONICAL DRUM SMOKE HEAD" chimney that sell as an accessory and had a lot of problems with it on windy days where the wind would go down the chimney and blow smoke into the cabin. Then we replaced it with an H-style chimney from another vendor and it has completely fixed that problem. If you have any more questions about it please feel free to ask. :) -⛵Drake

[@BBK107]

Thank you for the information...currently watching S02/EP#47. I'm looking at a 1985 43'HC Full Keel. Any thoughts from your end on this vessel? Thanks - BBK

[@joez9839]

One of the joys of living aboard is you can do the cool stuff when nobody else is around. My folks had a trailer at the beach and they would spend weekends there. Us? We'd go to their house, chill, literally, with A/C, do the laundry and whatnot when the marina was inundated with boaties. We planned most of our trips for the spring and fall and enjoyed near empty anchorages. btw, why would you want to burn salt-saturated wood in your stove?

[@stuart1648]

What a nice day

[@cannon12pdr]

Hey Drake where are yall really at? I saw the drone one off the Scottish coast. Have you made it to the med yet?

[@drakeParagon]

John smith Hi John. We've spent the winter in Ireland editing our videos and are just about to push off to sail back to Iceland and Greenland again. We've never sailed in the Mediterranean but we have some friends who are having the most wonderful time sailing there - s/v Kismet - they have been publishing their videos on kzbin.info

[@bigdhaunter9521]

Love the stove! Does the top get warm/hot ? (Can it be used to keep coffee/ tea warm?) Always looking forward to your videos, fair winds and following seas.....

[@drakeParagon]

BigD haunter We love our wood burning stove for heating the cabin. Yes, sometimes we even boil water on the top, or heat corn tortillas. More info at www.marinestove.com

[@itchybrother5854]

Love the wood fire place. What kind is it?

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

I think it is a Little Cod, but especially curious of age as they've been around for at least a century. Where have I been?

[@momoparagon]

Anthony Strawbridge You're absolutely correct! It is a Little Cod and we've had her for about five years now.

[@momoparagon]

They are made by Navigator Stove Works in Washington state and are wonderful to have aboard the boat!

[@johnh.8906]

Hay Drake and Monique, Very nice video. Thanks so much. Where are you guys now? John Huntley S/V Soulmate

[@drakeParagon]

John H. Hi John, We've spent the winter in Ireland and are about to push off to sail back to Iceland and Greenland.

[@chucklanham1]

Drake think of how much money you can save by being two months early to all the touristy spots. LOL

[@TonyAnschutz]

Now that you have been using the wood stove for a while how do you like it. Is it worth the effort? Messy?How often do you use it. I am mostly tropical but when I start heading up to colder latitudes it looks like a great option. Or would it be easier to get a diesel stove ? Less mess and work but fuel burning? Always love your vids!!!

[@drakeParagon]

ScubaTony Anschutz Yes, I absolutely love it. It was a huge job to install, but I have always thought that it was worth the effort. It can get a bit messy and I often use our vacuum cleaner to clean up the ashes that gather around the intake vent. I also often spend time scrubbing the inside of the glass so that we can see the flames better. We also have a hydronic diesel boiler that sends hot water to radiators throughout the boat for cabin heating and we love that too. We can the boiler at sea and when we're running the engine those radiators can also reuse engine waste heat. There are many other advantages to the diesel boiler heater over the wood stove, but on the flip side the wood stove can be more economical, requires much less maintenance, doesn't require electricity, and is much simpler. If the boiler ever fails it might be beyond my ability to fix, but the wood stove will probably always work. :) Diesel Boiler Heater Website: itrheat.com/products/hurricane-heating-systems/models/hurricane-ii-combi/ Wood Stove Website: www.marinestove.com

[@TonyAnschutz]

DrakeParagon's Real Cruising Life WOw! That is a great idea. Never thought of using a boiler heater. As long as the motor is putting out so much heat anyway why not put it to use? thanks for the input on the stove. Makes good since. I do love teh smell and atmosphere of a wood fire for sure. Just wondered if in your experience it was worth the drawbacks of Mess and extra work. As always looking forward to your next vid!

[@ronaldjohnson2056]

Yes especially the 12Meter Cup Races have good time while your their an may the weather be with you. sail too Boston once only,

[@sailawaygirl15]

Love the feet by the fire. :)

[@captrichgalbraith2553]

Hi Guys, I really like your wood burning stove. I'm looking for one for the classic wooden Dickerson 35' ketch I'm restoring. Could you tell me the manufacturers name and where you got it? Keep the videos coming. I'm living vicariously through you til I get out there and head for the islands.

[@drakeParagon]

Capt Rich Galbraith Navigator Stove Works in Washington state - www.marinestove.com - happy sailing!

[@Bra55Monkey]

What up with the weird interlacing effect?

[@drakeParagon]

GhillieLand We were filming with the best quality camera that we could afford at the time. With the help of our Patreon and PayPal supporters, we're hoping to upgrade our camera equipment to bring you awesome high resolution footage that will knock your socks off.

[@YaniT991]

The salt in driftwood may be pretty hard on your firebox unless you have some super-duper rust free miracle firebox......

[@drakeParagon]

YaniT991 I'm not too worried about it.

[@BangStickky]

lol...eye protection......You're gonna open an artery cutting wood while using your thigh as a brace!

[@harryshrubshall01]

Drake..Please have the wood on a flat surface and not your leg when using a JigSaw. Severing a nerve in your leg is a harder fix than wood in the eye mate. Cheers and fair winds.. Hazza Downunder,,

[@momoparagon]

@Bang Stick - Ha! That's exactly what I said! We'll need more than tweezers to patch him up if he slices his femoral artery...