Ep 14, Contessa 26 Surviving Hurricane Lorenzo in Horta

Ep. 14 Making my Contessa 26 ready for the arrival of Hurricane Lorenzo. The aftermath that Lorenzo left. If you are wondering what I've been up to when not sailing Wave Rover check out my other channel: Rover's Rest / @roversrest
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[@sargintrock2538]

I love yer no-nonsense, no drama approach to sharing yer love of sailing and expertise with us!

[@samaipata4756]

I hope you took an Alberta flag along, the way things are going here back home, we all might follow your tracks and leave CANADA! Enjoy your videos very much, you did a great job in refitting and ship shaping your boat. Wishing you fair winds and the very best!

[@norml.hugh-mann]

Yeah, fore-go your 2000 dollar payments for good ole bootstraps that America is relying on to weather the pandemic Have it the best in the world and your crying?? Boo freaking hoo

[@mikec8679]

He says to a guy who sailed out of PEI LMFAO. Hry buddy im going to guess you werent born in Alberta and moved there for the money like half the people who are there now... so MOVE again.

[@JohnMiller-ub8dy]

@@mikec8679 Spoken like a true liberal who sucks up all that Ottawa gives and passes judgement on others . There is born every minute .

[@donbyers1448]

Good preparation, glad you and Wave Rover came through in excellent condition. Informative video of the conditions, enjoyed very much.

[@RoversAdventure]

Thanks very much Don I'm glad that you are enjoying them.

[@robertweisskopf]

I am really surprised you didn't remove the solar panels. They are two very big sails

[@Siravingmon]

Me too. He must have had his reasons

[@legend343]

Well done 👍 all your preparation paid off. Good to see she and you made it through without any harm. Thanks for sharing Warren s/y Legend

[@normanboyes4983]

Quality video (along with all your others) and you have produced a great record of your big adventure in a small but perfectly formed vessel. Well done on your preps for the hurricane - you made your own luck.😀👍⛵️

[@RoversAdventure]

Many thanks!

[@tophatter15]

Well done!!!! Great u and Wave Rover are ok! Cheers from Australia 🇦🇺 🍷🍷🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@clayfarnet970]

I came across your channel today and find your content to be very interesting. You've coved a few things I've never heard about...like the storm lines behind the boat. I'll do my research. I subscribed and will be following along on your journey. Fair winds...btw, I love your boat and the way you fitted her out. 👍👍👍

[@RoversAdventure]

Jordan Series Drogue is the name of the storm gear that I made. You will find a lot of info on line

[@sargintrock2538]

@@RoversAdventure I first heard of that trick from Tristan Jones.

[@BumBahKlat]

Go wave rabbit go!!! Always good to have crew!

[@RoversAdventure]

Wave Rabbit gets a lot of attention.

[@thebear6529]

Scary stuff. Keep safe!

[@paulmadruga9786]

Glad to know you and your boat came out okay through the hurricane. Enjoy the beautiful island and the people where I was born. Have a gin at Peter’s Cafe Sport.

[@RoversAdventure]

I have so many happy memories of Horta

[@surfallday6583]

I had a few in late June.Tasty drink.

[@oreilly1237878]

They are wonderfull boats.

[@garycoker27]

You did yourself proud and wave rover of course:)

[@PhiLeo7973]

Whatever you used to mount those solar panels must have been fabricated from drop forged titanium. I surely expected them to be launched into low earth orbit. Fair Winds. Always be safe. Phil

[@RoversAdventure]

I build an oversized aluminum frame and I think that has given them the added rigidity.

[@dreed7312]

Glad you're lightening the boat. Wish you had a waterline painted so I could advise you from my armchair.🤗 A lighter boat won't pull so hard on the mooring lines.

[@Mikinct]

I noticed you left the Solar Panels on- those become airborne pretty fast in a hurricane.

[@RoversAdventure]

I really secured them well and I would have removed them but the water tight connection would have to be cut. I couldn't get the water tight connectors that I wanted to use in time before I left.

[@Inkling777]

You might look into using Anderson Powerpole connectors. They're incredibly versatile and will be waterproof if you wrap them in electrical tape. powerwerx.com/anderson-power-powerpole-sb-connectors

[@SleepyBoBos]

Man, you've done a brilliant job on this boat!

[@ladyrita3667]

wow what an experience!!

[@johngungortekin453]

Good job buddy🤙🤙

[@edwardfinn4141]

We were in Horta and Lajas the year before Ed, from Newfoundland....

[@xfoxtrotwiskeykilo995]

Wave WABBIT !!!! CHEERS love the channel !!!!

[@JakeHolman78]

Nice video. So out of curiosity, why not sail for Portugal when you saw that the storm was going to hit?

[@pierremitham2964]

Wow thats one heavily modified Contessa! dog house and looks like lots of ports have been "deleted"

[@supershane1960]

I was surprised to see you left the solar panels out. More surprised that they were still there on your return and they hadn't moved. Must be something you know that I don't. Those photos of the other port were shocking. Good thing you left when you did or your journey may have ended there. Anyway, great job, great adventure, looking forward to the next one. Cheers for now... ;-} Just curious, you may have already said it but am wondering what it is that stuck under the Tiller?? A blue bag of some kind??

[@clarkewi]

Great vids.

[@MrA1582000]

Could the solar panels not be removed?

[@carlkenyon9432]

Wait , earthquakes ,volcanic eruptions ,and hurricanes !! Great place !

[@nealeburgess6756]

How did the debrief with Wave Rabbit go? Was he traumatised?

[@RoversAdventure]

Nothing seems to phase Wave Rabbit, I think that's why he makes such a great ship mate.

[@bitweb8279]

don't you like your solar panels?

[@DFMurray]

"Secret recipe" Oh Please. We all know what that means on a sailboat. A pinch of every spice that's left lol

[@RoversAdventure]

Exactly!

[@BreezyRider66]

I could see something in this video of your windvane steering, how it works with the trim tab on the rudder and how the movement of the vane is trannsferred to the trim tab. It would be interesting to hear more about it...

[@RoversAdventure]

I keep meaning to do a video about it and I will soon.

[@Olaz1]

sv Delos painting spotted at 10:47

[@Mikinct]

Where did you leave from on passage to Canary Islands?

[@RoversAdventure]

I left from the Port of Horta in the Azores

[@TheTaxman45]

Excellent videos! I’m very curious about your typical day at sea? When do you sleep? I’ve read about two people on a voyage where someone was always on watch. What do you do when solo? What alerts you about collision danger or changing winds while you are sleeping?

[@RoversAdventure]

@@TheTaxman45 Great questions and I get asked alot about that. I will definitely try to cover those questions in better detail in upcoming videos.

[@Mikinct]

Solar panels still onboard?

[@RoversAdventure]

They are and I just came through another gale on route to the Canaries. Got hit by a couple of rogue waves that put water in the cabin but the panels are doing fine.

[@Mikinct]

Sailing Wave Rover you’re the guy with water tight entry- how did water eventually get in? Any ports open.

[@RoversAdventure]

@@Mikinct It wasn't secured from the inside as I never had an issue with it opening before. The new SOP is secure the hatch in heavy wx

[@Mikinct]

Sailing Wave Rover you sir are very brave & gaining experience every trip. There’s a saying- if it were easy everybody would be doing it.

[@RoversAdventure]

@@Mikinct Thank you very much for the kind words.

[@snapstring3134]

👍

[@mikec8679]

You named your Dinghy Bud The Spud? Its kind of the perfect name all things considered. Your wife put some PEI taters in your stews?

[@RoversAdventure]

Absolutely

[@Taylor314T5]

Such a shame to see a beautiful harbor destroyed or damaged by a storm.

[@Andre-hi9xn]

All the islands are volcanic with "sleeping" volcanoes that can erupt at any time, then it is a seismic zone with an average of 320 records per day, as if that were not enough, on top there is the anticyclone of the Azores, which, makes storms from Greenland to the far south of America or Africa, such storms are normal in the Azores, and that was not even strong. All nine islands were hit, Flores was the most devastated, that picture does not do justice to the damage, because, it was much worse than we can see, today everything has been rebuilt, but they are already waiting for the next one, what is not normal was to have been at that time, it is usually in winter, storms can last weeks, 5, 6 or more! One thing is certain,the weather is uncertain, in the same 24 hours, it is possible to have the four seasons of the year, the sea can have waves 60 meters high.

[@MiguelGadu]

Its LAJES not Lajas.

[@gregarioussolitudinist5695]

it is so awesome how Americans stole all the correct way of pronouncing words then watch the rest of the English speaking nations contort themselves into crazy shapes to say them differently. HERBS Herb.

[@Garryck-1]

"Stole"... hmm.. funny way to say "mangled".. I guess that's an American thing too...

[@jayhershey7525]

So what, about thirty miles an hour? Get off of that sorry-assed kilometer shit!

[@ptsmith4660]

what an ugly boat .. I would not be caught dead in such an ugly boat

[@Garryck-1]

That 'ugliness' is what ensures the occupant doesn't end up dead. And that makes it beautiful.

[@bigchief4044]

Pt Smith, 🤣

[@burtvincent1278]

If you think that's ugly you should see mine.