E40: Preparing a 27 foot Boat for a Solo Pacific Crossing

[@deosee]

So happy to have found you. I am disabled so I am living vicariously through you. Enjoy. Deo Trinidad and Tobago

[@NAVIGATOR600]

WISHING YOU A SAFE AND PLEASANT PASSAGE !

[@aqueousmoments]

Your videos are the best. Thank you.

[@brianhurt3801]

Just working in Michigan and U tube and enjoying watching you conquer the world ,a piece at a time ,

[@mattthewanderer5029]

A couple of minutes of sanity in a mental time! Thank you! 😘

[@specialty_k]

I agree!

[@paulfreer1302]

Good luck Hippie

[@stinkintoad]

You played it very smart getting out of Panama when you did!

[@fredosson2638]

Fair winds and happy days to you sailor! Thank you for sharing your adventures, you're a gem of a human and it's a good world that has you in it!

[@dave-vf7sm]

You should ask your family to make a calendar with pictures of you and the people you meet and the places you have been😁 would make you some pennies and be a cool keepsake of your adventures 👍 stay safe and keep smiling

[@lifewithglee]

Lovely video. Well done for escaping Panama. I'm motorcycling Argentina and got yanked out of the hills to the city for "isolation" and been stranded for 72 days. The latest news is until August. Stay Free... I can almost smell the sea from your boat in my basement :)

[@davie261]

You are probably safer than most of us. Keep following your dreams and we will follow your travels.

[@sailboatcarrabarra3114]

Fair winds and Polynesian pickles !

[@tomheim8976]

Nothing better than light winds and calm seas I hope you have a GREAT sail across the Pacific!

[@Bikerbob59]

Love your thinking. Cheers from Canada.

[@johnarcher8090]

So Happy to hear you are safe, well stocked (need more eggs the next time you get a chance...) and HAPPY. the look on your face made my day. LOVED the video of the open ocean. Stay safe, enjoy the journey, and God Bless😇

[@stevemajic2958]

You are SO INSPRING!!! THANK YOU!!!

[@tophatter15]

Stay safe and enjoy it all. Cheers and best wishes from Australia 🇦🇺

[@boxertwinjeff]

Fair Winds, enjoy the passage & stay safe.

[@anthonynewman5998]

Your an inspiration to todays youth! I have a tip on your videoing! Slow down when panning around it takes out all the jerkiness etc. Slow and smooth, Just like sailing :) Fairwinds brave lady.

[@markbuker8947]

I was always taught...slow is steady, steady is fast🤙

[@robinorosz8020]

I was in a character boat on the coast of San Diego and not far from an island a storm brewed up real sudden.Every one went below deck,and held on to something. The tour guide that the Pacific Ocean has the worst storms on the face of the planet. So be careful out there in your little boat! Good luck!😁

[@kz4506]

Crazy but a good feeling leaving more vids out of your face are good we can still hear , and someone mentioned charts , all you sailors rely on iPad iPhone imagine if the sat lite goes off your lost and thousands more think charts , read Them for backup check back and confirm , someone out there is tryout to hack it , Ian like you I phone navonics twice round the globe , I would lay a chart and every two days do a long/ lat, those garman kits are with in half a mile at worst , so carry on you take us back with your adventures

[@Curiosity-NZ]

All of us sailors do not rely on Ipads and Iphones. I have and always will use the good old paper charts and navigation instruments. A majority of sailing people are the same. My navigation instrument suite consists of : sextant, quadrant, astrolabe, backstaff and numerous other ancient instruments. I have circumnavigated twice with these and I am presently planning a 4 year plus circumnavigation.

[@Curiosity-NZ]

@Sri Yantra I am referring to my use of very early navigation instruments that any navigator from the 1500's to the 1800's would have been familiar with. The sextant is still used today.

[@janmarie7660]

Thanks for sharing, it's a great break in a grim time.

[@blairguinea1337]

Holy take it easy, love your style n calm nature thank you

[@henriquehenrique733]

Good wind... I 🙏 for you here in Brazil...

[@matpat2981]

T'y for sharing your beautiful adventures, but moreover, congrats for crossing the big blue. Bons vents

[@unclebob6728]

You are the Bernard Moitessier of your generation. Take the Long Way!

[@Kit2Canada]

I look forward to hearing about your arrival in FP, my boat’s anchored in Tahiti, goodness know when I’ll be allowed to fly back there.

[@michellegaeb2291]

Panamá is so strict that women can go out Mondays, Wednesday and Friday, Men can go out on Tuesday and Thursday only for 2 hours. We can’t go out from 7pm on Friday until 5 am on Monday. Total lockdown on weekends or holidays. Very sad 😢

[@gulgaio]

OMG ... Just saw your BUKH episode. I am struggling for now 2 years with a DV10 here in Denmark where it comes from. I bought a 29" boat just before Corona - we got one decent trip out of it, and then the motor died on us. Hoping to get it running this summer - until then, I will have to be watching here and dreaming of what will be :) .... Thanks for a great channel!!

[@SkyPilot54]

Live your Joy Sista'

[@stalkmoe]

Such a calming voice you can tell me a story anytime Holly❤️

[@1werewolf]

Good luck...I intend to go to French Polynesia next year....something is calling me....

[@allensuchy1639]

Love your videos you got me motivated to get off my ass and get going. Leaving North Carolina late summer to Florida and on to the Bahamas. 🇺🇸

[@CaptainSeaCelt]

Good Luck Holly & Safe Passage...Bon Voyage

[@samdemello6103]

Holly you are such a clever woman to plan your exit out of Panama.. Hope you have an awesome Pacific crossing !!! ARRR !!!

[@adventuremaniac]

This video is literally a time capsule record to that insane period of COVID. The only thing missing is zombies chasing after you. "This is incredible. This is better than drugs." LOL.

[@edwardschmitt5710]

Really cool and interesting.

[@SkylinersYeti]

I am not sailing but often travel beyond cellular range. I have a inreach mini it gives my family peace of mind to know that I am safe.

[@RaphaelOertel]

Sometimes the audio is difficult to hear, but for the rest this is a great sailing channel! I think I like this solo sailing channel so much because it makes me feel more connected then others. Thanks for sharing your life on the boat and adventures!

[@jessehorner4972]

I spent 2 weeks on Contadora Island. It’s a beautiful place. They filmed the Survivor TV show there!

[@pespisheros]

Hello from brazil, I follow your channel. You are awesome. It has a lot of courage and fiber. Hugs and good winds. Ps: go to maupiti, it's not far. The distance is close, when you dream.

[@bryonensminger7462]

It's a good thing to start out with your boat a little overloaded with food and water cause the Pacific is outrageously huge and if you lose your wind for a week or so it could get ruff if you dont have enough food

[@JonBuhagiar]

You are the best!

[@sausage5849]

Wind Hippie, probably too late once you read this but those lightning connectors on iCrap devices are notorious for getting lint in them and stopping them from charging. You may be able to blow it out or fish it out with a tooth pick or some other non conducting item if it does have lint in it.

[@fatasford]

So right

[@gardnep]

And a tech charged me $50 before I found out that trick

[@pmnfernando]

get some paper charts . its not good seamanship to go to sea without all the navigation tools you can. yes it may sound old fashioned to mention charts but, they will get you thru one of those days when everything is out the window. the objective is to go from A to B, safe and enjoying the passage. have a nice trip!

[@stephenburnage7687]

Especially in Panama, where a lightning strike can detour electronics in a heartbeat.

[@chrcook01]

Good Luck Chickie !

[@sailingcitrinesunset4065]

Good luck with your crossing

[@mikedulien1369]

Many world circumnavigators varnish their teak and then paint over it with white paint which they remove when the trip is concluded

[@gordonbrown5901]

Why?

[@Onlinesully]

Gordon Brown to protect the teak at sea perhaps

[@captainandthelady]

Great video but just a word of caution. Don' bring cardboard onto you boat.. You could be bringing cockroaches or their eggs aboard. Or other insects for that matter.

[@vertcaver]

I've had great success with using Boric acid powder to kill off roaches..

[@barb-9352]

So so good to see you! I will takre the doldrums out at sea any day to being here with rioting, curfews and so much craziness. I am going to be on a sailboat do or die one day. I'm a late bloomer in life but I know what I want. Have a wonderful journey till next time!

[@sednasails4947]

Man I wish I was excited like that but mine turns to fear! On my Catalina 22 no problem..but I got a Lancer 30 and Ive been struggling mentally 😔

[@legend343]

Sedna Sails Lots of sailors get scared, possibly more apprehensive when going offshore, I know I certainly do. So don’t let it get to you, just take small steps👍⛵️⚓️ Warren s/y Legend

[@peregrinegrace8570]

The way to be comfortable on your bigger boat is to get out on it as often as you can . Every day if you can. No engine, just try to sail everywhere, even to your mooring. I only put my engine on in an emergency or at the last second. Keep sailing till the boat shrinks and all its ways and systems are easy. This is the same with any fear , keep going there, rest in it , then it passes and you find freedom.

[@oscardakota2876]

Sedna Sails I hear you. Sometimes I start engine up and leave it on (in neutral )and don’t use it, but it’s running in case.

[@thedudeabides1953]

It was probably the same when you first drove a car. You'll get past this too.

[@gardnep]

Great idea to use digital degrees for your coordinates. Latlongs are so confusing and easily mixed up. Keep safe.

[@calvingarrett3245]

Hello there hope you are doing well enjoy your videos when I see them it makes me want to get a boat and learn how to sell myself anyway God bless be safe stay healthy. Watching from Roseville California USA Ray Garrett that's about 40 miles east of Sacramento California off of interstate 80

[@necoonengut6099]

Good Luck! My Thalassa :P The winds will be get chanse for you.. İf no wind, i, will blow your route. Smack, smack, smack ;P

[@michellegaeb2291]

We have been on lockdown here in Panamá 🇵🇦 since April of 2019....... hopefully in 2021 we will be released.

[@leannecuster1490]

I love that rum it taste like caramel so good.

[@veiko23]

Glad that you got out from lockdown but why French Polynesia? There is Pitcarn Island and no lockdowns there...

[@co4x4]

Havent been here in a while...holy crap congrats on the subscriber count. Much luck on your South Pacific crossing. Cheers from Denver Colorado!

[@thatguy2408]

Not a patron so this is a request you can immediately discard. But may I suggest a windscreen/cover for your go-pro? Very difficult to hear your awesome musings sometimes.

[@harbrbum]

Fair Winds!

[@useless8989]

Stay safe young lady.

[@PeterGrimes59]

Goodonya Holly. Love your vids 😊👍

[@bryanwhat2268]

Hay Tish Your Awesome!

[@atschris]

Hope you took enough fresh water with you!

[@varieze117pj7]

Good vid. Thanks.

[@ianmac86]

Well done girl. 👍🏼 I share your aversion to stressful situations and envy your solo-sailing abilities. Your simplistic laid back approach to your videos is awesome. Thank you for sharing and stay safe.

[@Onlinesully]

hi. are you out sailing also or on land somewhere ?

[@randymcmeekin1955]

Great video - have to ask. As you sailed away from Panama you commented on the beautiful sunrise (it was beautiful) but the sun was off your port now. So it seemed you were headed ESE, not west. Have a fantastic trip and fair winds!

[@gkupatadze]

Nice video. Just a little concern - cardboard boxes from local stores can mean cockroaches on the board later, it might worth to rearrange stuff into plastic and bags.

[@stephenburnage7687]

It is very common in the tropics for cruisers to repackage everything before loading food on board. Cockroaches are a pain on board (as are termites)

[@cmurph321]

Is this when you did the livestream with Nike and Maria (and Barry in the comments!)? That's how I learned about your channel and swit swoot, I'm all caught up.

[@johnrathbun3028]

Hello Holly, this is John again. Well things are really crazy here on the Mainland. I'm from Michigan and we are on lockdown and I got let go from work because I'm old and I can't keep up with the younger ones. Nothing I can do because I didn't have my 90 days in before the covid 19 blessed us. But anyways I decided to move to Florida to get closer to sailboats. Now that I'm in the southern part of Tennessee the govener decided to lift the lockdown status. But that's okay because I'm not getting any younger and I really want a sailboat. But I just want to let you know that I still think your crazy for doing what you are doing but I still love your commitment. You remind me of me. And I hope one day I will get to meet you and party with you. I hope you don't give a shit about partieing with a old man. So keep the wind in your sails and I wish you the best!

[@pauljohnson9542]

Is it just me or does anyone else find this post a bit creepy?

[@38below39]

Take care out there // hope you stocked up on beer and toots hehehehehehheeheh

[@fatasford]

Be safe little one

[@ken-uq6qo]

What is the manufacturer of Gecko? What equipment do you have for solo travel? Great adventure keep sailing!

[@billyslaironair8860]

How do you buy a sailboat, I mean how do you get this license to sail, also, your videos are the best because you show Independence and you don't make it dramatic by adding music and drone shots so thank you

[@CaptKwame]

You don’t need license. A little money a lot of desire and learn, learn, learn and learn. Don’t buy into the notion that you have to have the latest and the greatest in a boat. Go with a strong well found sound small boat. Don’t get bogged down with acquiring the latest that you see advertised in the magazines. Skills learnt are more value then gimmicks. the Pardeys said it best, go small, go now.

[@billyslaironair8860]

@@CaptKwame that's made my day, thank you alot, stay safe out there

[@Onlinesully]

Capt. Kwame That's just the advice for people. For sailing and for life.

[@stephenburnage7687]

Insurance is often a more difficult issue but depending on where you sail, you can avoid that too.

[@adrianenzner4751]

Hi Holly, only just caught up with all the videos lol. Have so enjoyed following your adventures. Looking forward to more. Keep safe. From sv Moonriver in the Solent UK x

[@roryvonbrutt7302]

omg...... Awesome, a video. You are amazing. Panama would drive me insane, just watching you having to deal with that place freaks me out.... Beautiful sunrise sailing away nice I bet you are stoked I am for you as you are

[@brucemarkey7177]

Those coordinates show just south of Panama, is that accurate? Go Holly!

[@RAEckart22]

Her Instagram shows her leaving from Las Perlas 5/31/20. Above coordinates probably just prior.

[@marekkonieczny8492]

Fair Winds... :) :) :)

[@stephenburnage7687]

Good for you girl. We are one season behind you (in a 34 ft boat).

[@wojomojo]

Did you have any concern that you may be harboring COVID-19 and may get sick on the way? I surely hope you are doing ok, just wondering about your state of mind when leaving Panama!

[@christopherwalter2722]

Current lat and long still in Panama? That's to bad. Was hoping for a great crossing

[@ghostwriter1016]

Enjoy the videos. Be safe out there.

[@sailingcloud9295]

take care of your skin plz and have lots of fun

[@SailingMelody]

This is awesome Holly thanks!!!! We’ve just got ourselves a Great Dane 28, very similar to your boat and will be setting sail full time as soon as we can. We know you’re already a fan of our channel and have enjoyed and commented on our episodes in the past but I’m not sure if you’ve seen our latest episode so here’s a link to episode 5, we’re way behind you but you’re a massive inspiration!!! Lots of love from the Bennington’s at Sailing Melody kzbin.info/www/bejne/qGjRpImVd56Ah6s

[@spencer6145]

Bon Voyage!

[@solrac7782]

what kind of backstay tensioner system do you have?

[@jackparrett1240]

Perils home of the Panama red

[@chrishill9715]

An independent-as-F**k woman, solo sailing in a small boat across the Pacific, and a slightly rough narrative of it - what could be better? This is some of the best stuff on YT, IMO.

[@thetruthnothingelse5033]

Thank you for sharing you voyage, very interesting are you sailing around the world? If you vacum pack your veg they Will STAYING fresh for a very Long time. British nuclear subs do that, they can be out for six months

[@janmarie7660]

I think I signed up as a patron, or at least I meant to, but now your patron page seems to have disappeared. What's up?

[@hooligan6a]

Will all you clowns stop giving this girl unsolicited advice, she is a very good sailor and knows what she is doing.

[@Onlinesully]

I'm sure a lot of them mean well, and some are perhaps seasoned too.

[@jandtlivinglife3130]

Nice of you to give the "clowns" unsolicited advice.

[@Onlinesully]

JandT LivingLife good reply

[@colinboniface194]

I make the cords Peru. Heading for Trujiilo.... Nice part of the world...

[@johnvititoe6051]

Why were you sailing EAST?

[@Mark_Lacey]

When in the video?

[@johnvititoe6051]

Mark Lacey At the beginning, in the morning, sailing INTO the sun. Doesn’t the sun still come up in the East?

[@kranzonguam]

From Panama City, you can go east. The Pearl Islands are to the south east. It looks weird, but check it on Maps...😁

[@dawnhornsby7215]

Awesome 😍

[@gregoryclark3870]

More Americans need to travel very important

[@fmagalhaes1521]

@windhippie What apps do you use on your Ipad for navigation? I ask as I am a bit old school as I have a sextant.

[@urabus7875]

nice

[@peregrinegrace8570]

Its good to keep up with your journey , thank you. I have my boat back after two months of it locked in a yard. UK. This whole episode is just made up mayhem , its ridiculous and borderline fascist. Dont get isolated , we need each other so much more now. Ive got hugs for everyone, love isnt deadly . Getting my wings back is a revelation. Sailing is living Fair winds pretty.

[@AthelstanEngland]

Couldn't agree more. A ridiculous worldwide over reaction.

[@schaeferfilm]

strongest woman ever

[@styx85]

I love your content, Holly, but pleeease pay more attention to your audio levels while editing :)

[@chriscoralAloha]

Not easy with all the wind. Levels are completely different every time.

[@Mark_Lacey]

I'd be more concerned about her not having any navigation back-up than friggin sound quality on her video LOL.

[@styx85]

@@chriscoralAloha It can still be fixed, or at least improved, during editing.