ep51 - Bermuda, waiting for weather window - Hallberg-Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay - Nov 2018

[@cleeshann1928]

I just Love the way you two go visit and see the places you go, and take all of us with you and narrate the whole way. Thanks so much!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Very happy to hear you like all aspects of our videos and editing. We are striving to get better with each one. And such encouragement like your comment really helps us with that endeavor.

[@bill4nier]

One of the best tours of Bermuda! Thanks for sharing. Fair winds. 👍👍👍👍👍😊⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks Bill, glad you enjoyed it.

[@scotchie187]

Thank you for visiting and exploring my Island. Hope you enjoyed you stay!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks. We really did enjoy Bermuda. Would like to visit again in a warmer season though!

[@andrewwalker7093]

Glad you got at least a little bit of sun. It changes the whole experience. Excellent shots, especially the drone footage

[@SailCloudyBay]

We understand the weather in Bermuda Nov-April is pretty variable like this. As it gets "clipped" by the huge Atlantic weather systems that roll of the US coast heading to bombard Europe ... But, it was actually a refreshing change after the chilly Chesapeake and also a good climatization for Antigua. We did love the island. One of the nicest we have visited ... certainly in the top 2.

[@rasheedmasthan6779]

Very Nice Video

[@yeelinli1]

really enjoyed your video , what a beautiful Island Bermuda is , some idyllic beaches ,a great watch thanks

[@SailCloudyBay]

Glad you enjoyed it Howard. It is one of the most beautiful islands we have been to.

[@petermcgill4230]

Loved the tour of Bermuda. You’re such a pleasant couple.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks Peter, much appreciated comment. We are blushing now :)

[@rhondasmith9072]

I lived in Bermuda in 1957-1965 my mother Evelyn Stevens her maiden name was born there I went school at Dellwood we live at Sunnydale on Pitts by road my father worked for Herbie Bierdmen I think that's the last name made concrete blocks sure liked it there loved the video thanks..!!!!

[@jon759]

@@rhondasmith9072 Close, no d, Bierman.

[@jwrappuhn71]

You sure do know how to make a great vid Glenn, thank you for the upload.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Oana has to take all the credit for this one. Since upgrading our editing program to Adobe Premier Pro she is doing all the editing - and doing a great job I will agree.

[@kevindarrell2504]

I'm glad you enjoyed my hometown...do come back soon😀

[@SailCloudyBay]

It really is a beautiful island. Its in the top 5 of all the islands we have visited. Couldnt live with the cost of living there though!

[@MrDano1000]

I was sailing my 1982 Norseman 447 Shakti from St John back to Cape Cod for the summer. Cleared into Bermuda. on by birthday 6/15. Visited the Church @ 5:30 in this video . Walking around a lady seemed to appear from nowhere. She put her harm next to mine, said you and I are the same color. I explained that I was a charter boat captain, and spent much of my time in the sun. She told me a story. When she was a teenager riding the train to school, she fell in love with the conductor. She told me that I was his twin. After a while when I processed what had transpired I looked for her and she was now where to be found. True story, around 2010.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Dano 1000. hmm that’s interesting. Quite a story! We loved Bermuda. But would have liked to be there in June rather than December.

[@MrDano1000]

@@SailCloudyBay Thanks for the reply. Sold shakti to a couple from Australia, from Peakes Yacht yard in Trinidad. I am living in Duxbury Ma now. While working in my vegetable garden I got bit and contracted Lyme Disease. Moving through it with the help of a ND. Hope to be back out there again soon. In the mean time loving your content, Thanks so much. Blessings D

[@Pires1954]

Very entertaining video as it is usual. Congratulations. You are one of my favorite channels. Safe trip to your new destination.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks Antonio. Glad you are having fun sailing along with us.

[@MrTrapper28]

The noise from the stern slapping against the water we call it…the Swedish slap! It can be quite loud!

[@lorimollymay]

Awesome video! We enjoyed the drone footage. Bermuda is so beautiful ☀

[@SailCloudyBay]

Yes it sure is a beautiful island

[@richardbland5241]

Beautiful video of the island. May I ask...what drone do you have? Congratulations on having such a lovely boat. Watched many of your posts of C.B underway with full sail...nice! 😉

[@ricardopassarelli6015]

I once tied up to that same dock after a Bermuda race. Good memories. In St Lucia now. Maybe see you around if you come to the Caribbean.

[@SailCloudyBay]

What is your boat name? We will look out for you.

[@mikemather-pike5403]

So well done. Thank you.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks. Comment much appreciated by Oana who does most of the filming and all the editing. Its her "job"!

[@yorukkizigeziyor]

Very beautiful 😍👍

[@harveyg845]

When you cant see it in person, find a great video. Great video guys !

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks ... good comment :)

[@lat24north]

We were in Jolly Harbour this week looking at a boat for sale .. we arrived home to the cold last night (Toronto) and thought we’d stay in and catch up on your latest video and saw you are now in Antigua. Would have been great to meet you guys, we love your video’s ... getting better all the time...the drone footage of Bermuda was fantastic. Merry Christmas and fair winds from s/v Refuge.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Aww thats a shame, that we missed each other. Our videos are always about a month or more behind (well, Oana is doing an excellent job catching up now), but our blog on SailCloudyBay.com is posted every day. So ... did you buy the boat? was it in the marina or yard? Merry Christmas to you too.

[@paratrond]

Just another amasing interesting educational video from you two. I love it. The weather little bad?🤣 here we got 10 below zero🎄and almost Christmas, quite nice😁. Keep warm. Thanks for you sharing another quite great video

[@SailCloudyBay]

Hmm -10 that would indeedmake Bermuda feel tropical!

[@Aequitas-sailintothesunset]

A skirt like a fender hull protector curtain made from heavy tarpaulin wrapped around the stern might reduce the slapping , worked for us ☺️

[@SailCloudyBay]

Good idea .... may try that. Though we have found that a) being tired enough and b) good ear plugs both kill the lapping annoyance.

[@Aequitas-sailintothesunset]

Best earplugs I’ve found are the ones made of pure wax , u can get them in the UK in Boots ... much cheepness, but they cut out all the noise

[@thezohan1960]

Thank you.

[@akathesquid5794]

Love Bermuda, roof modified for water collection by law I think? limestone natural anti-biotic chemistry I believe, no one dies from it ;-) BOESHIELD T-9 = magic elixir of the sailing gods. Impressive production quality and content. Thank You, sincerely. The Squid.

[@SailCloudyBay]

The Squid .... :) glad you enjoyed it. Yes T9 is fantastic stuff, even if a bit pricey

[@jon759]

Not law. Ingenuity by necessity. No lakes, rivers or such to rely on for fresh water.

[@johnshoureas1629]

First to comment on my favorite you tube channel.

[@peterwager6938]

Hi, it’s a large yacht, perhaps you could move to the fore cabin to escape the lapping noise, failing that perhaps rum could be your friend. The morning might not be so bright though.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Peter, if it’s really bad I do escape to the mid cabin but Oana always sticks it out with ear plugs in the aft. True... after a good rum evening any lapping does seem to disappear as soon as ones head hits the pillow! We do giggle about the first night on the boat, in Gibraltar. We get into bed and it’s perfectly quiet except for a very occasional lap on the Stern. Oana says “what’s THAT?” And I explain to her it’s wavelets lapping on the hull and that she will get used to it. “No I won’t!” She replied. And she never did :). Ear plug are her friend.

[@ricardopassarelli6015]

The roofs are to catch rain water for cisterns.

[@jamiemcneil9462]

I find the extremely leaky Hallberg Rassy unacceptable. Should never happen, especially on a boat that costs the amount of money as this one. The entire V Bert being soaked is just ridiculous, and all the other on deck hatches being leaky is something I could never put up with. I have owned 3 blue water boats, currently an Amel 55 and never have I seen any leaking from any where. Further telling is the back fixed port leaking that is over the aft state room. When I saw that Hallberg Rassy only used a strip of some kind of tape instead of a proper sealer/adhesive product. Scares me to think about how the rest of the boat is constructed. However I think the world of you two. Great videos, and you are great sailors!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Jamie, it was entirely my fault that we had ( a small amount ) of water into the v-cabin. I left the vent open! Its true that Amel are very water tight yachts and renowned for it as well as their sea-keeping qualities. Its no wonder you see so many Amels doing Ocean cruising.

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

Bermuda is such a beautiful destination......The people, culture, cleanliness, etc make it a great place. Very expensive and the weather is iffy/hit or miss November-April, but one of my favorites...And it is your British territory......lol...Safe trip to next destination....PS...Have you guys ever done a video on who you guys are? What you did before cruising? How long you intend to do this for? Life after cruising, etc?

[@SailCloudyBay]

No we haven't done a video like that. Maybe we should now that we have a small following. Our original intention for the videos was to let family see what we are up to and how life is on a cruising yacht. And for our own memories. But it has got a bit bigger than that now. We both previously worked for the same company, Schlumberger, an International Oilfield service company that had us living all over the world. Our last place was Dubai for 4 years. I took early retirement there in 2016 and Oana took forced retirement (forced by me!) and we bought Cloudy Bay. I have owned several smaller yachts in my time but sailing experience for Oana was racing our J22 in Dubai. We miss racing. This cruise will take as long as it takes for us to get around the world. Maybe 5-6 years. Oana would prefer it quicker! but also doesnt want to miss anything. She likes the travel aspect, I like the sailing. Life after cruising? we settle and buy a property somewhere in the world that we like the most. Right now that would be mainland Greece. And of course, down-size on the boat.

[@MOTORVESSELFREEDOM]

@@SailCloudyBay Thanks for the thoughtful answer.........It would be kewl to do when you have down time crossing on a passage.......Thanks again for sharing y our journey

[@akathesquid5794]

@@SailCloudyBay Thanks for the context. No better way to explore potential retirement neighborhoods than this. Now I get the ease at which you approach systems engineering and maintenance. I opted out of the Schlumberger lifestyle 34 years ago (had a "better" local offer as a mech/materials engineer) so I understand how you got here. Good for you. Carry on. Keep focus on informing family and representing cruising life, the recipe works for me as an observer. All the best. The Squid.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Very interesting to hear that. I wonder where you were with Schlumberger. All those years ago "Wireline" was THE company. It all got horribly big in the last decade. I loved the early days but should have got out earlier before I was hooked by the pension. I ended up doing 31 years! Great life, they really looked after me. But very glad to be retired ... and relatively early.

[@AdventuresonTour]

Just found your channel great videos... So sad to see the America's Cup cat just laying abandoned like that..

[@SailCloudyBay]

Glad you are enjoying our videos - feel free to spread the word!

[@jon759]

Not abandoned, now a showpiece. Commonplace for something like that. By next race it would be obsolete and no longer competetive, also to the fact that the stresses those boats go through, their integrity is compromised. In short they couldn't survive another race season, the price for speed. Far better a showpiece than the alternative. Destruction.

[@Dusty10]

No one can resist tube music

[@wynnroberts5388]

Why did you suffer so much water ingress. Great video of Bermuda, thank you.

[@SailCloudyBay]

In the forecabin, we always have the cowl reversed. But with the dinghy in front of it, waves tend to splosh off the dinghy and down the cowl. We know this, so I normally close that vent when we have the dinghy on the foredeck .... but I forgot this time! In the aft locker, there are rubber seals all around the hatch that work just great .... for rain. But motoring the last mile into Bermuda, against big seas we got a wave that flooded all the decks, including the aft deck (unusual). So I'll have to get Oana to lock me inside the starboard locker and see where the seal is not sealing. I'll wait till she is in a good mood, or I might never be let out!

[@wynnroberts5388]

Thanks for the reply, a clear, full and still succinct, explanation as usual. I look forward to the video of Oana giggling to camera with the key to the aft locker evidently in hand!

[@SailCloudyBay]

For sure she wont miss the opportunity to film that!

[@joshw7129]

Hi, one more question. when you heave to, do you opt to ease the main or pull it all the way in close hauled? curious bc I have seen both methods work. Thank you for the content

[@SailCloudyBay]

Usually each the main Josh

[@joshw7129]

@@SailCloudyBay you 2 are my hero’s Love the vids and thank you for the answer

[@jorgeconcheyro]

This is more like Cloudy Bay speed, thirty odd knots... hahahahaaaaa Cocky!!!! Love it!!!!. Hey Glen, did you find the rest of the rubber pieces from the old water pump propeller??? I've seen them clogging water lines. Cheers!!!!

[@SailCloudyBay]

I did a reverse flush on the system with Rydlime and nothing came out. All seems to be OK.

[@michaeldobson8859]

How did the forepeak cabin get wet?

[@SailCloudyBay]

Michael Dobson with the dinghy on the foredeck waves on the deck were hitting the dinghy then filling the forecabin vent with water. Seals on the vent also had a problem. Since solved.

[@davidwalker2781]

Where were you docked at, in Bermuda.?

[@SailCloudyBay]

George Town main harbour.

[@rayrussell2735]

Beetlejuice was is the yard while you were here too... Was wondering how many boats would share that name (from the movie)...

[@SailCloudyBay]

Oh, really? I missed that!

[@ronaldgallagher6335]

Is the name spelled “Betelgeuse”? This may be the same boat I saw in Bermuda in the spring, If it is, I made the mistake of pronouncing the name the same way you did when talking to the crew. 😂 one of them got very upset and corrected me stating “it’s pronounced bettlegise”. It’s a star in the constellation Orion. I politely apologized and moved on. I suspect by their quick and defensive response that the mispronunciation happens a lot.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Ronald, I’m certain they do get that a lot. I’d also never heard of the constellation and wondered why they didn’t just spell it Beetle-Juice!

[@ronaldgallagher6335]

Sail Cloudy Bay 😂😂😂 By the way, stumbled across your channel. I liked this episode. I’ve been to Bermuda a few times on sail boats and haven’t seen much while there. I’ll have to check out your other vids. Sail on...

[@Tomm9y]

When mooring alongside a concrete quay would you consider using a hull cloth? It protects the hull from scuffs, dirt and scratches created by the fenders. When there is a lot of movement even soft fenders will roll and transfer grit to the contact with the hull. You can buy ready made hull cloths or make your own to suit your boat. When you have gone to the trouble of getting your topsides polished it seems worthwhile protecting them. www.plastimo.com/en/jupes-de-coque-9283.html

[@SailCloudyBay]

Yes, we really should get us one of those. I guess we have not till now becasue we so rarely moor against such a wall. Certainly not by choice.

[@michaeldouglas6872]

Have you been able to do anything since this period for your aft hatches /lockers and forward locker to make it more weather proof/leak proof..is that normal for these lockers to get wet and leak for HR's..or just due to wear and tear and age/seals etc. ? just curious.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Michael Douglas yes it’s just age of seals. I replaced them all and no leaks since.

[@billcurless1400]

What vessel are you sailing? I see it’s a center cockpit, who is the manufacturer and the length?

[@SailCloudyBay]

Bill, Cloudy Bay is a Hallberg Rassy (Swedish) 54ft from 2008

[@Piccolo_Sun]

great vid what is the name of the drone? the footage is stunning. is it waterproof?

[@SailCloudyBay]

Its a DJI Mavic Pro. Its not waterproof and we dont intend to try it! That said, one day, inevitably, we will splash it.

[@steenkigerrider5340]

Do you happen to know the type of the "Gale" yacht next to CB? I got the impression that it had a couple of captive winches hidden away somewhere.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Swan 66

[@steenkigerrider5340]

@@SailCloudyBay Thanks, I thought it might be a Swan but wasn't sure.

[@petertorrey236]

Good day! I was wondering...do you ever feel restricted by your draft in places like the Bahamas and the Caribbean? Enjoy your channel immensely and you are quite the sailor...I am learning from you and will make my boat purchase soon! Do you have any suggestions? ...am enthralled by the Amel 55.

[@berniekelleher9229]

Sailing to Panama ? When do you plan on arriving as we are going to be there - we have an HR 48 currently in Europe for the winter. If timing is right in Panama we might be able to show you the city.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Probably by the end of 2019

[@SailCloudyBay]

Probably by the end of 2019

[@berniekelleher9229]

@@SailCloudyBay Will follow you until then - Plan on making the Atlantic crossing in 2020 -

[@ianthehunter]

The driveway at 31:47 is the entrance to my Mother-in-laws house.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Wow ... that was some driveway. We were desperately tempted to go down it! If only we had know it was you in-laws, we could have gone for tea :)

[@matrixi4i]

Very nice . Crossing the Pond in November ?

[@SailCloudyBay]

Nope. We crossed the pond (Europe to Caribbean) in Jan'18. We are heading for the Panama canal and Pacific now.

[@waynemazan7485]

very painful ..... sorry

[@SailCloudyBay]

Not sure what you are referring to .... ?

[@josemarialardiesagoiz1603]

La subtitulación traducida és muyyyyyy mala, és una " GRAN MIERDA"!!!😡😡😡😡🤮🤮🤮🤮🤮 Disculpen la expresión, pero és la verdad!! No tiene sentido nada la traducción a lo que dicen en inglés al español! Aparte de tódo ésto...me gústan sus videos de travesías!! Saludos y un abrazo desde España🇪🇦😉🫂👍😎🙋‍♂️

[@Dusty10]

Ruins it for me

[@SailCloudyBay]

Well, the only music is during the drone screen. You prefer it totally silent? because there is no audio from the drone. You are the first to say you dont like this track. Other than the drone we have zero music in our videos.

[@kennethchristensen7]

your production values and choices are just fine. excellent videos. very entertaining content.