Ep009 Stormy Sailing in the Mediterranean: Big Seas & Gale Force Winds

March 2017
Out of season sailing in the Mediterranean can mean big seas and gale force winds...
We sail from Gibralter to Calpe, Mediterranean Spain, experiencing both of the above along with discovering some beautiful anchorages along the way. (sorry about the shaky camera work and wind noise...it was very windy and our camera is a bit crap!)
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[@tombourret6674]

My wife and I owned Helene, a Trintella 40 ( same hull as your Victory, but finished out by a Dutch yard) from 1976 to 1981. We left San Francisco in 1978 on a 2 year voyage to Mexico, the Marquesas, the Societies and the Hawaiian Islands. Returned to SF in 1980 and started our family. Finding your videos brings back sweet memories. A great boat for ocean voyaging, and great to see you carrying on the dream. Enjoying the music too!

[@williamlilliott2433]

Don't show any fear young lady. It makes the captain nervous. You seem extremely capable in slightly heavy seas. Be proud of that and take water over the gunnels with a certain nonchalance. I think between the two of you, the boat is in good hands. Does my heart good to see you wearing safety harnesses. Rarely see that on the other channels. You have a wonderful boat and good crew. Take good care of both. You'll learn to love the heavier seas in no time.

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

William Lilliott Thanks William!

[@markbuskens6070]

Still great 5 years later👍👍👍

[@MonoTodd]

"Shaky Camera work" makes it genuine and "ReeeeaL" !!! Thank you for an Xxxcellent video ! I just wish that MORE of these professional video bloggers would point the cameras MORE @ the sailing and less @ their faces !!! It smacks of narcissism !!!

[@wallywombat164]

Thanks for the coffee and the look around town.

[@highvibe4839]

Lovely to watch your Chanel, refreshingly normal, down to earth British couple.. Keep it up, glad I'm not the only woman that gets fearful on board yachts!

[@pujabelgian]

Kristen Fletcher .. Well said.. exactly What I was thinking!

[@torlandmusiq]

I notice how when one person comments about something on KZbin everyone just jumps on the bandwagon.To each its own!! Im listening with headphones and haven’t had any problems with the music. Great content!!

Nice boat, nice video and very cool music ( Sisters of mercy ) ...;-)

[@BrassLock]

I live in a land-locked tropical city, where the only water to see is a river and some reservoirs. Just subscribed and look forward to a "virtual escape" on your yacht from time to time.

[@ianwest8987]

"drink gin and play cards" great comment, I love it. safe travels, you're the best!

[@clarkkent772]

You guys are gutsy. Can’t believe the swells. Have a good one. 👍

[@Nozzall]

You can do that with a Solent rig because the headsail and jib are so close together on the fore deck. Then you open them up into a butterfly configuration and drop the main sail when you have a following wind. It asks like a kite to pull you forward through the water.

[@enriqueocanaguerrero356]

Sois los dos admirables y encantadores.Imprecionante como vais resolviendo los problemas que os van surjiendo.Mi mas grata enhorabuena, felicitaciones pàra los dos.Un poco tarde, pero he ido visualizando las diferentes singladuras "ufff que envidia sana".Soy de Algeciras, pero llevo viviendo en Vigo 45t años.Tengo un Puma 23, barco no comparable con el vuestro, pero es una joya "para mi elbarco mejor del mundo".Os deseo mucha suerte y toda clase de parabienes.Abrazos para los dos. ¡¡¡buena singladura!!!! os seguire.

[@suspectalien246]

Loved the anti rolling butterfly gadget never seen that before high on my list of things to do keep cruising cos you'll hate it when you stop

[@williambunting803]

I just love the cockpit and poop deck on Bora Bora. It is a fabulously liveable boat from what I can see.

[@grahammewburn]

I'm loving this adventure you're having. Cheers Gray Logan river Queensland Australia

[@bs9zz]

Enjoying your videos and learning a lot. Great music.

[@donnanhuggler8451]

Nice rig! 2 excellent captains on one boat!

[@derekgardiner8466]

Nice down to earth couple and really fancy a ketch now.

[@billhanna8838]

So the Med keeps you busy , Fit , Tanned & happy = Fair winds & a very merry Xmas .

[@larou14]

Very very nice video, thank you for all ! 👍❤😎

[@christopherpeterson1400]

Great to have you guys back. Bluetugtuna seattle

[@eaunan]

Idk the reason YT put this video in my recommendations list again, but I can say this for certain: I really miss your posts. 💛👍💯

[@christip20]

That wind @ 15:00 sounds exactly like a West Texas sandstorm, except much more fun and cleaner! 🤣

[@123whatyousee]

Living the dream! Really cool and I love the support for the Delos crew in your down time

[@fannyschmeler223]

Keep your hands back from winch when sheeting in/out , give it 18" on the tail . What a life though , well done guys from a fastnet storm 79 survivor :)

[@srqlisa7881]

wow that was some rough waters there. smart keeping that safety line. Can't believe that one boat came so close to you all. happy sailing

[@Abebe345]

Great to watch. Nice job and happy travels.

[@silkyjones2626]

I dont know doodly about sailing, but I LOVE your boat.

[@themountainway8781]

Thanks for that lovely trip down memory lane. You have a lovely ketch; we had something similar but older, a 38' Atlantic Power ketch called "My Fair Lady". Cheralie and I left Plymouth in September 1996 and arrived off Formentera one year later after wintering in Lagos. I was looking for somewhere to address my PTSD problems after 20 years on the front line in the Royal Marines. Espalmador was the perfect place and we spent the best part of the next 4 years in this region. After 18 years aboard our son Tom had outgrown his bunk and Cheralie had had enough. We sold the ketch from San Antonio to a very nice German, who took her to Fleetwood (!) and we moved ashore into a small casita one mile inland from that great free port, where we now live. I don't miss the boat because, as your film shows so well, the Med can be a right bitch. Give me the Atlantic any day. We lived the dream. Now it is time for other dreams to come to fruition. Fair winds and following seas.

[@robertkacala]

love Formentera !!! best mediteranien spot

[@boblipka8676]

Q

[@kj3rd2657]

Thanks for all of your videos and keep safe out on the water.

[@sailingdevonscoast]

And now we've caught up, we love your videos guys, keep em coming!!

[@BEEBEE159]

Great video. I really enjoyed it. You make it look so easy.

[@thisgarbageiscoralgable.88]

....................... Great video and great music ! This brings back a lot of good memories... ~One of the best things about sailing is clearing that last marker and cutting the engine..... Thank you for sharing your adventures ! ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

[@selfishcats123]

凄く仲良しで、楽しそうなクルージング動画　有難う！

[@Kewonerdk]

If you don’t get wet, cold, a bit bruised and get at smile in your face it’s not sailing. I normally sail the Scandinavian waters year around and love to sail in skagerak, so maybe I’m to used to this kind of weather witch seems normal for me. 30+ wind and 40+ gust is when I feel I’m sailing and living.

[@kz4506]

Hi just picked up your vids from here and having a look , good sailing for a motor sailor gets along ok weathers been ok for you well done many thanks

[@gdfggggg]

A cheeky little outboard on that tender would be a bonus.

[@danielselby5511]

thank you. cool video. I like near the beginning you can see delos on the tv.

[@inchskater]

Unpopular opinion: I don't mind the music at all. Great video!

[@mikenewzealand4525]

I like your 2 sails on one furler idea!

[@vivianbond7449]

we use to ride the waves in are fishing boat back in old day s to and good on you folks free as the wind :)

[@debdoyle119]

You guys have a great channel. You actually sail.

[@clairedavey8988]

Brilliant video once again. *******

[@davelambrick3207]

Sitting her watching you sitting there watching Delos .. Life is good lol .. Love your channel and the fact that you use a map is nice .I am jumping on for the journey .

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

Dave Lambrick haha cool, thanks very much!

[@MonoTodd]

No "maps" on boats, charts ! ;)

[@thisgarbageiscoralgable.88]

........................ Great video & great music ! This brings back a lot of good memorieen..... ~One of the best things about sailing is clearing that last marker and cutting the engine...... Thank you for sharing your adventures ! ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

[@charlie.charles]

Absolutely fantastic! What a lovely adventure and thanks for bringing us along with you. Some of miss it more than others ;-)

[@timothyberg7081]

Sailing Tangaroa brought me here.

[@DavidGilesColorado]

I do a lot of sailing in the Gulf of Mexico and it does blow me away the amount of trash there is offshore. When those plastic grocery bags get sucked up in your intakes you will vow to always chose paper over plastic.

[@bertoverweel6588]

You have a beautiful boat , great video as if we are on board!!

[@eduardojerez695]

good my friend ,the history is very intresting good luck, from chile

[@cobrasvt347]

Nothing like a 20 degree heel 🤘

[@wanagiandme]

#svborabora another great video been following you for a while and your part to blame I'm now buried in boat work and Smiling ear to ear well most days lol

[@helenrichards7452]

This is her Dad typing, I remember sailing through the Med. on a Navy ship 641 ft long 85 ft at the beam. Being tossed about, can only imagine being on something less then 59 ft long

[@stefanomoretti3664]

sailing vesselscan be steadier in strong winds, where sails act as stabilizers to the rolling motion.But it's not fun.

[@barbaramcdonald5557]

I envy u two but very happy for you two . How wonderful it is to have a dream and follow it . I like your music but to high I’m old so pay me no mind .i would love to sail at least once in my life , but don’t see it happening maybe next time around love you both hope you stay in love as you live in paradise ..❣️

[@fifich6953]

Compliments to S/v Bora Bora..😊. Shortly me and my man shall quit the comfortable life by moving on board our 411 Oceanis and in a couple of years begin our trip if not before. Unfortunately, I'm doing it a bit late... In your way of thinking, but I believe we're never to old to do anything it's just a case of being able to escape from responsibilities that have cropped up in life.... We cannot programme to perfection. Anyway 'Bravo', and compliments for good nerves.... Something I'll have to work on 😉.. But the holistic natural resource concept is also another side of my interests too. Who knows with all these wonderful videos from fellow sailors, we'll be able to add one more. Keep safe and godbless all at sea!😊

[@22alisaxni]

This type of motorsailer, has very nice configuration of sails and rigging.👍💪🚣

[@CGCampbellJr]

Most of the time, watching videos by Delos and others, they'll be in large seas and the cameras don't do them justice. Watching this one, I don't know how you did it, but gee whiz, it looks like the seas were absolutely humongous. Well done. New subscriber here.

[@robertferrara9336]

33knots isnt a gale snow flake

[@familyatsea3621]

I was thinking the same thing!

[@stuarthinds848]

Stumbled upon your vid by accident looking for La vagabonde. Highly enjoyable and I've now subscribed, tho I'm not keen on the backing music. We're yachties in Duquesa Spain looking to do the same trip next year. Keep safe. Stuart and Carol

[@johnnyohness]

Sounds like we have a right wing POS in our midst. Trump talk.

[@nomansland120]

I absolutely agree, this is the first time I've seen waves this big on youtube. The way the boat is moved around just further illustrates that these are some serious seas. Never seen seas like that on Dellos/Vagabonde etc..

[@Grounded4]

I have covered this route skippering vessels from 8m. to 39m. and such heavy seas are extremely rare here. Why not wait a day or two?

[@qafmbr]

Oooh, paella, yum.

[@eugenybelaev9567]

Прекрасный вид из прекрасной яхты. Ребята, вы молодцы! NICE.

[@javier2378]

Vaya par de descerebrados! Haciendo fuego en la playa, cuando está prohibido, y una de las veces parece incluso que en un parque natural protegido. Vaya respeto por el entorno natural! Paletos!

[@sailing_SV_Lovisa]

very nice down to earth realistic and natural episode - new subscriber here from Sweden - cheers :)

[@champagnediligent8671]

sister of mercy nice choice of music!

[@TwaneVoglsinger]

Great journey .. hope to follow in your sail tracks some day.

[@92fsoakcreek]

Called: A flopper Stopper. If you have two spars, then one on each side. :)

[@walkerrari8887]

no need to keep cutting music in all the time rather listen to you guys than that music... you guys are interesting keep up the good work

[@000001willy]

I thoroughly enjoyed this video because it showed the two of you in action in a variety of sea states both sailing upwind and with the wind and the challenges of being in different anchorages, some sheltered and some not and how uncomfortable it is to stay in a rolly anchorage, which impacts on how well you are rested. I sometimes wonder when sleeping in such conditions you wouldn't sleep better if you had some type of hammock set-up down below. I think it would help reduce the motion or the sense of motion.

[@rasheedmasthan6779]

Brilliant.

[@setsbin]

I love your story ⛵

[@michaelchartres]

Hello You Two. I liked your video but it convinced me I made the right choice. I headed NORTH to the Baltic instead of the Med. It was more pretty, much cheaper and the weather much better. I have friends who did what you have done and they hated it so much (they were VERY good sailors by the way) she went home by plane and he put his 39 foot boat on a lorry to take it back to the Netherlands. I have sailed the Baltic since 1963. The season is shorter but the enjoyment multi fold. Try it and let me know. Best regards Michael

[@WaRich202]

Hopefully me and my future wife can do this one day !! Good stuff

[@qatarsailor7727]

Nice boat, nice story 👍

[@nicholasforman1195]

You are clearly able to confidently deal with changing sea states which at times looked a bit more than just on the bumpy side.Engaging stuff and thank you for sharing..I wonder who owns the sub?

[@LindsayInManassas]

I must really like your videos because I speak with a British accent now.

[@numberplateguy8511]

Great video

[@TopUKPhotographer]

OMG. Thank God for the harbour!!

[@stevenmiller9403]

Love it you guys are the coolest. If you decide to go to the azores islands I'll finance for a ride home

[@gkelly941]

Lubberly to have those fenders outboard when underway, and also leaves them susceptible to loss from chafe or coming untied. Otherwise, a great video of what appears to be a great sailing adventure. Looks like a great boat for this kind of a trip.

[@haanity]

Great videos! You got a new subscriber from Greece!

[@jimbigner5902]

Looks fun

[@garyleonard4009]

Just subscribe, what a great boat. Thanks for sharing👍😀

[@gogs1468]

Yes, that lookes a tad rough

[@bobmenorca1]

We were just ahead of you!

[@drewsisson5023]

Very nice thanks for sharing

[@philskype101]

sailing the med in season can mean big seas and gale force winds!

[@raf55555ful]

Bel video !

[@steveaustin7764]

great vid.

[@MrPaulcoster94]

Beautiful guys I'm more down near port camargue . Haven't experienced rough sees yet in med to scared

[@pulpopower]

Nice video, keep up the good work :)

[@herveriou3467]

Great videos. Thank you. What guide do you use to plan your trip?🙏

[@sailingsvborabora8712]

Herve Riou. Sorry for the delay replying. We use the imray rcc pilots. We like them and they are pretty up to date. They are expensive, we were lucky that family gave us some as leaving gifts. Other than that, Navionics and imray passage charts with the harbour detail for major ports. Thanks for watching.

[@g.gordonwoody645]

Well done. You da bomb! We're in.

[@terryharms235]

Great vid, thank you so much for sharing Terry

[@familyatsea3621]

Does the mizzen sail up at anchor help a lot? We swung all over, especially with wind against current.

[@freddywulf2024]

LOL! Capn Breeyan saying stuff on the TV in back of shot from SV DELOS !

[@literati21]

Yeah. But where does the music come from?

[@miacondia6032]

Good stuff

[@derekauret8574]

thank you

[@fiddlesticksbessette398]

make some rubber hose's about 1 1/2 ft.long and where your ropes hang over the boat for line's,fender's,etc.Have the line's inside the hose,soit'll save the rope's from rubbing on edge of boat.the rubber will protect the rope's,.always keep mayonase in the fridge,or it can make you very ill,and you could even die,mostly at sea.just sayin.''Nice boat,and Fair wind's Mate

[@grahamsmith8122]

Trick is to not carry to much sail when coasting. Dont miss out on North Africa, you can do Europe by Motorhome when your old. Sail Safe.

[@TheGrinddcore]

Dont you expect piracy there?