EVERYONE IS DRAGGING! The mother of all thunderstorms. S4:OFF-GRID

[@SailingHollyBlue]

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[@jorritt1]

Thank you. 🙏🏽❤️

[@gstaron7481]

Great approach towards kids (or anyones) anxiety. Honest and informative while also giving a clear presentation of what to do when others are in actual need (…and you know what to do). Impressively Stoic!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Literally only ever see him lose his cool when he’s hungry or trying to edit but being constantly disturbed hahaha! 🦋

[@aniabrandt7]

Ross is so calm& great with Josh

[@rosavalsangiacomo4804]

Happy to see that you set out the storm safely and without any damage. When I’m on the boat during thunderstorms I always feel anxious and pray that we don’t get stuck 🤞

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Us too! ❤️🦋🙏

[@NorbertKunstler-xd4xc]

OVERWHELMING LAURA BREATHTAKING BACK

[@NorbertKunstler-xd4xc]

VERY VERY VERY VERY VERY SPORTY LAURA

[@superblithiumpower]

Great video guys! We are happy you are enjoying your Super B batteries. We certainly enjoy having you as our ambassadors 😎 🔋🔋🔋

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Your batteries are total #gamechangers & you guys the most friendly, professional and helpful company we’ve had the pleasure of working with 🫶🏼. Thanks for everything! 🦋

[@davidorourke5795]

Apocalyptic is the only word to describe being out in a thunderstorm. Those kids are such troopers even though it is very scary!

[@SharkTrends]

Thank You! Your family is amazing!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thank YOU for watching ❤️🫶🏼🦋

[@cherylblackwell7329]

Hi you Five glad to see you weathered the storm 🎉 it’s scared stuff but you did it the boys held out well too.😊. Great video you really do explain well on what you are advertising well done. The bay gave you really good cover whilst it was blowing. Holley 😅 hope to see some of your Guided Tours Laura I enjoy seeing Villiage a churches Tavernas etc I love Greece all of you take care xx❤

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thankyou for the lovely comment Cheryl always great to get such fabulous and informative feedback. We appreciate you VERY much ❤️🦋🤗

[@SVTrinityTube]

Great video showcasing the trials of living off grid we were in Preveza Marina for this storm and it was still quite scary

[@jorritt1]

Exciting, terrifying and beautiful all woven into a lovely moment. You guys are just awesome. Loved the video. Thank you for the exceptional information about your battery setup 🙏🏽❤️

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Our pleasure! ❤️🦋🫶🏼

[@loisphillips5826]

Great video. Glad you weathered the storm. Broke my heart when Joshua was so upset😢

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Same here….very hard to see your children afraid or hurt. But it was good for him to learn all about lightening and since then we’ve been researching further ourselves ❤️🦋🫶🏼

[@somadevo]

Storms build confidence. Highest Blessings beautiful family

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Yes they do lovely ❤️🦋🫶🏼

[@angusmcdonald7944]

A very real video showing the emotions of a violent storm on board Holly Blue. I agree with you, Laura, about limiting gas aboard. A very well thought threw electrical system for the off-grid life. Love all your upgrades this year. Another well done video. 👍💯♥️🎥

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thankyou Angus you angel - grateful for your support as always 🦋🫶🏼❤️

[@SailingSVCordelia]

Can I ask how much your whole battety set up cost? These batteries are high end items. We'd love to move to lithium but these are way out of our price range, unless @superb would be willing to come up with a deal for us. Cheers, The Cordelians ⛵️🐾

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Prices vary dependent on your requirements and Super B will talk you through all of that so you get exactly what you need…we are very power hungry so for most 8 Nomadas might be a little much and although they’re not cheap - they are a worthwhile investment and 100% worth it 🦋

[@mfhex1398]

Saw your boat today. Enjoy Thaka, cozy little bay at Leas beach bar you chose there. Cheers

[@sailingspock]

Very nice video again !! And Laura my boat needs a good scrub down to ;) And Joshua listen to your dad it will all be fine !!😉

[@geof1954]

I love your videos and your adventures. Thank you so so much.x

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Our pleasure! 🦋🫶🏼❤️

[@LaDeee57]

Your family is beautiful! Many thanks for sharing your adventures!

[@dennismacdonald2003]

Great video, subscribed, cheers from Western Canada

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Welcome aboard!❤️🦋🫶🏼

[@justinrice8509]

Good job Captain!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

🫡🫡🫡🫡🦋🫶🏼

[@gramos9115]

I see soooo many boats around here just drop the anchor without digging it in ! just found you guys , watching out from Kefalonia 😁

[@SailingHollyBlue]

We’ve heard from some that they’ve seen anchors literally bobbing off the bottom! 😂. Hello 👋Kefalonia 🫶🏼🦋

[@TammyBillings-qt1ve]

Awesome video as always. Enjoy watching and learning about different cultures and lifestyles.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Glad you enjoy it! Excited to bring you more and more! If you have any suggestions for topics fire away we are always grateful for feedback ❤️🦋🫶🏼

[@robsadventures4653]

Wow fantastic clip and we'll done

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Many thanks🦋🫶🏼❤️

[@HopeOfJoe]

All I can say is that it's good dad was around during this storm. 😊 See you next time.✨ 🌊 💨 ⛵️ 🏝️ 👙 🌞 ✨

[@SailingHollyBlue]

You got that right!❤️🦋🫶🏼

[@sharonallen7431]

Glad you all weathered the stom, Aberlaki bay is well protected, we had similar last year but were round in Vathi; not very protected and lots of dragging anchors😮 loving your videos thanks for sharing xx

[@SailingHollyBlue]

We moved to Paradise bay in this one…just around the headland….and usually storms somewhat ‘miss’ Meganissi - but don’t think anywhere got away lightly in this beast!

[@toddmatteson9751]

Great video

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Glad you enjoyed it🦋🫶🏼❤️

[@kriskemp4952]

So great!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thankyou Kris! Best 🫶🏼from us all 🦋

[@thomasthornton5737]

😃👍👍👍❤ Another great video! Thank you from Seattle, WA (Northwest USA)

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thanks for watching! ❤️🦋🫶🏼

[@Paul-kz3by]

I love the places you guys show wish i was young again I would love to sail the seas

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thanks Paul! ❤️🫶🏼🦋

[@odhinnsrunes]

Ross to the rescue!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

There are good people in the world that would help anyone…land or sea and in just about any conditions - he’s one of them. Even if he scares the crap out of me doing it. Lucky 🍀❤️🦋

[@InterAstefanMechanic]

21:11 😄😆...

[@allanmorris4272]

Hi Ross how long and what size rope do you use when tying up to rocks when on a med mooring. I have just purchased a boat in Lefkada so ensuring I have adequate onboard, thanks

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Hi Allan, sorry for late reply…You want at least 40m. I’m currently using 60m of the yellow floating at Nidri Marine and 80m of navy mooring rope by Marlow both are 16mm-18mm. The Marlow rope sinks and is heavy and strong but doubles up as anchor rode as well . I will probably move towards another yellow floating line as Laura prefers the lighter weight… I use to prefer sinking. They both have advantages and disadvantages… I will probably do video on this one day to show this 👍

[@williamlilliott2433]

Looks as though you did everything exactly right. Love the Sunday suit but perhaps not with lightning in the area. You are way too beautiful to lose and your family would be lost without you. So, no unnecessary risks please.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Thankyou that’s very nice of you to care…but lightening will always look for the most direct route to ground and firstly that would be buildings on land…second would be land itself, 3rd through a mast to get down through the keel and last would be anything taller than Laura and there are ALOT of those hahaha! 🦋❤️🫶🏼

[@Kiwisail]

Very modern...guy holding camera make wife clean deck 🤣

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Laura just got fed up with waiting for the rest of us to do it 🤣

[@robinporter971]

Was that storm about 4 weeks back? We were on holiday in Kyperissia in the Pelopenese (not a million miles from you) and a squal came in like a tornado on the Monday afternoon!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

It was a week ago 🦋🫶🏼❤️

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

9:41 Presumably you mean 5 kilowatt-hours of energy. Remember power is measured in Watts and energy is measured in Watt-hours. If you haven't done one recently a video of your (electrical) energy budget would be very useful to many folks. Totally agree on the benefits of Lithium ion batteries (specifically Lithium Iron Phosphate) for off grid power/mobile use.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Correct! I didn’t realise I hadn’t said that 🙄 but I did know this 😉 we may do a video for energy budget once we have lived with the systems for a while 👍 Super B batteries are awesome! One less thing to worry about now…

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@SailingHollyBlue Thanks! The biggest question most people have for switching to Lithium is probably energy budget, so a video about it would probably be super helpful, especially after you get some more experience with them. Also insurance questions have been happening.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

👍 insurance is also on our list but we have some more important things to share first…

[@SailingHollyBlue]

@@LoanwordEggcorn watch out for that episode! 🦋

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@SailingHollyBlue Definitely will. Thanks again!

[@knickebien1966]

How many bad jokes have been posted regarding the lovely young lady and the two cats on board?

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Funnily enough none yet! Bit disappointing really as we like a chuckle and it’s important to not take life too seriously 🫶🏼🦋❤️

[@MrFroglips69]

Thunderstorms can be somewhat scary, but being sunk by a 100 foot blue whale jumping on top of your sailboat is worse. LOL!

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Agreed! Being stern-to is often a plus in these situations too because in most eventualities we are literally just a few metres from land! 🦋

[@eddieohearn17]

I’m a little confused do you mean connecting the batteries in series rather than parallel? Because the outcome is completely different.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Nope parallel…each battery is already 12v so the 8x combined “in parallel” only up the capacity not the voltage. Each Super B Nomada LiFePO4 battery has a capacity of 105 AH so we have in total capacity of 840AH. Considering 90% of this capacity is usable , it is massive gamer changer for us. In fact right now I’m cooking a roast dinner which we wouldn’t dream of doing before!

[@eddieohearn17]

@@SailingHollyBlue I knew this, but you need to specify this in your video so people don’t get confused and don’t screw up and destroy their equipment

[@gbsailing9436]

Man: "Oh honey,.. there's a storm coming..." Woman: "Right, Ok...let go go change into my sexy onepiece for the thumbnail...while risking getting hit by lightening..." Man: "Thanks gorgeous, I love you, you are so understanding." Woman: "GOD the things we do for love, sorry scratch that...KZbin."

[@SailingHollyBlue]

Try not to analyse/look too deeply into what was actually just a little bit of fun on a pretty grotty day…🦋🫶🏼🙏

[@gbsailing9436]

@@SailingHollyBlue Yeah...Ok.🙄

[@jesuschrist-alphaomega]

How do you deal with 2 cats on board? Food. Cat litter an their stinky business

[@SailingHollyBlue]

We catch fish (see last episode) for a large proportion of their diet and they have a covered litter tray with a little flip door at the front for their ‘business’ 🦋

[@jesuschrist-alphaomega]

@SailingHollyBlue thank you. But how much litter do you have to stock up on? That's not cheap and it's heavy a takes up a lot of space. Asking because we are looking to buy our first boat and we don't want to leave our cat behind.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

@@jesuschrist-alphaomega we keep around 2 bags of 5kg ‘self clumping’ cat litter that costs 2.99 euros from a good supermarket here…we use around half a bag a week because the clumping is so good and we waste very little of it….plenty of space for it 🫶🏼❤️🦋

[@jesuschrist-alphaomega]

@@SailingHollyBlue thank you so very much for taking time out of ur busy day to reply. Love your channel. Hope to be joining you on the water next season.

[@SailingHollyBlue]

@@jesuschrist-alphaomega no worries AT ALL - very happy to help out a fellow cat-loving cruiser. Hope to see you out there too 🦋🫶🏼🙏