FIRST OVERNIGHT SAIL…AN EPIC FAIL!!! EP-56

[@tabbycowley5825]

always a learn. Failure is a wonderful opportunity to look at learns, attitudes. You have a fab attitude, and are always open to learn so a win xxx, and thank you for sharing those learns with us xxx

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Hey Tabby. Yes that is very true isn't it :) thanks so much for your kind words :) Cheers xxx

[@thelastunicorn5746]

Reminds me of the movie captain Ron. At least we still have our trusty compass😂😂😂. Love you guys

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

😂😂😂 I need to watch that! Everyone says to! Thankyou 🫶🏼🫶🏼

[@trevhedges]

Cheers guys..

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thanks Trev 😄

[@vernholmes7940]

Excellent episode! Next time you catch a tuna, when you grill tuna steaks, cook a few extra to make tuna salad the following day or so. It's is great.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Good idea 😆 I’m not big on fish so probably wouldn’t eat it with salad either but Jase loves it!

[@bobsmith-lw7cy]

Ok guys, a bit of cockpit discipline, get those halyard tails tidied up. Once the sails are set coil everything up and get them off the cockpit floor. If your tacking it is easier to get Janie to helm while Jason do the sheet handling. Both of you need to spend more time on the helm. Get a feel for the boat. The trick is to ease, ease, ease then reef. You both need to learn how to plan a trip properly including overnight and you need much more experience before you think of tackling an Atlantic crossing. Read, study and practise. Learn to sail. You are obvious rubes, not a dig just being honest. You must learn and accept your limitations. Sailing is wonderful but the sea must be respected.😊

[@kenlarkin6380]

Good advice. Ocean's are unforgiving and don't care about ignorance or experience.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Hey Bob 😊. We usually do tidy up the lines and put some back inside the line bags or up on the cockpit seats, our main halyard is notoriously long so it really needs to be trimmed. Sometimes their are times where we’re tacking straight out of the bay back and forth and haven’t had time yet to tidy them up You’ll see in a future episode, our next 2 day and 2 night passage we planned much better and did it successfully. Our episode’s are about 3.5 months behind so always when we read comments from episodes we’ve just posted we’ve already learnt so much since that time and are feeling much more confident I know we didn’t plan well for this overnight passage, We planned it horribly. Unfortunately we couldn’t leave the boat for 3 days in vlore as we were already checked out of the country, I was sick and we had no real food to prep, we didn’t plan shifts, I think we didn’t really believe it was going to happen. Anyway we’ve learnt loads since then and of course the Atlantic isn’t planned until over another year away of full time cruising We know how to sail 😅 how can you not after a year and a half full time on the water, of course every new situation brings new learning experiences and you never stop improving and learning new little tips and tricks and each area/sea brings new weather systems to get used to, This was one of those situations Thanks for your advice 😇

[@andytaylor97]

Great video… don’t listen to the bay sayers…. You learn through experience and I think the mark of good skippering is knowing when to adopt the alternate plan. By turning back, you guys did that and should be commended. Well done 👏🏻

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thanks so much Andrew ☺️ It Wasn’t a very nice comment from the other person 🙁 so it’s nice to hear that from you, cheers 😄

[@chasepuzon6893]

Keep on having fun and filming it’s great

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Oh thanks so much Chase 😄

[@solargreen]

I just started watching you. I will follow you, good luck

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thankyou, we hope you enjoy 😄

[@SVImpavidus]

Your autopilot has an auto-tack facility built in. Just push the auto-tack button and the boat will tack as you deal with sheets and lines. Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Ah yes we’ve since discovered that and it’s great!! First we didn’t realise it steered you back in so we were still steering in with the degree’s buttons and then wondering why we had gone too far back the other way and Then we tried the next time without doing that and it was perfect! Much easier than trying to steer ourselves 😅thanks for the tip. Cheers

[@ji6050]

Oh. A couple more days in her. Nice.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

😆

[@327365hp]

Awesome adventure! Congrats on the overnight!

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thanks so much 😄

[@edkleinstuber2119]

Having a good time is a must! Good call returning to port. Stay safe and thanks for taking the time to post. Ed

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Hey Ed 😄 for sure! I agree! It still totally sucked in the end anyway but probably not as bad as it would’ve been that second time trying 😅 thanks so much! Cheers ☺️

[@seanrice1222]

Hey Friends, I’m proud of y’all. Keep after it. Nice thumbnail, Big love ✌️

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Hey Sean 😄 thanks so much! 🫶🏼

[@ryanewbank9271]

Just found your channel, well done! Outstanding video.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thanks so much Ryan 😄 glad you enjoyed! Cheers

[@dinkydani2108]

Loved it! We had a super tough time trying to go North on the Albanian coast too that we ended up just motoring most of it so kudos to you guys waiting for the weather to sail it!

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thankyou ☺️🫶🏼

[@simonhantler8062]

the old saying “gentlemen dont sail to windward”

[@sailingcitrinesunset4065]

Nice video! I love Montenegro 😁 Look on the bright side when its time to sail across the Atlantic it's the old saying "sail south until the butter melts" then it's usually a downwind sail across to the Caribbean.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thanks Nigel 😆 Hahah love that saying!!

[@markbernier8434]

I think you said it all when you said you had not planned properly for an overnight sail. Once you have a system that works for you going then it will not be such a big deal.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Hey Mark 😄 For sure!! 😅 we’ve since completed a day two passage about 3.5 months later than this episode and it went great! Even enjoyed it Much better planning! And much more suitable weather Sometimes you learn lots from the fails first 😆 cheers 😊

[@tonygraham2684]

Quality vid guys 👌 Did u visit dubrovnik on your travels ?

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thanks Tony 😆 we sure did! We go there soon 😉

[@markwoods4574]

I’m surprised you didn’t do a night sail coming over from Australia ?

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Hahah we didn’t come over from Australia by boat, We’d be pro by now if we did that 😮 we bought the boat in Greece and have just travelled the med so far! But we’ve done a fair few countries so far, but because it’s fairly close together we haven’t really had to do an overnight sail yet. But we will be continuing to deliberately do them to gain confidence 😆

[@Maxtcee1]

Big Boy Jason where you guys at now

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Hey Mate, We're in Greece again in real time, but all will be revealed eventually on why :D

[@tomm9427]

Another great video guys, Nice to see you aren't pushing it too hard. Doris wants to know, If you had AUS$1.8m to spend on a boat, what would you get?

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thanks Tom 😆 yeah it’s not enjoyable, can handle it for a few hours but doing an overnight in it, no thanks 😅😬 Ohhhh that’s a great question! To be honest I’m not entirely sure as we haven’t looked at boats in that price range 😂🙈 but we have a friend with an Outremer and it’s a beautiful catamaran 😍😍

[@tomm9427]

@@gsail6600 Nice Cat. It was a conversation with the wife last night, Someone we know has £1 million Sterling to spend on a boat. Ours would be a Leopard 50.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Oh yeah I love the leopards also 😍 but I think after owning a mono we’d love to buy a performance catamaran if we could 👌🏻

[@tomm9427]

@@LeadingtheEscapade well, if I win the Euro lottery tomorrow, I'll buy you and Jason a performance cat, as long as you keep giving me my Monday episode fix.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Hahahah can’t say no to that 😜

[@thomasthornton5737]

😄👍👍👍❤

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Thanks Thomas 😆

[@ji6050]

Anyone that knows it's going to be 30+ on a holiday is well. Looking to maybe end it. Tacking in that is a bad idea. 15. Another day in her, surely won't make much more difference.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

Hahha yeah never fun! Would prefer to wait it out til another day especially travelling for 30+ hours in it 😅

[@JonMadsen70]

:)

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

😆😆

[@greenebank]

Why do you go to sea when all u do is whine? Learn to trust your vessel, or stay ashore… all we old sea dogs have a HEALTHY respect for the sea, trust in your self, the vessel, and LISTEN to the skipper

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

I’m not whining at all, I’m telling my audience how I’m feeling and what the conditions are like…that’s the whole point of a vlog to chat to the camera . Plus We’ve only been out here full time for a year a bit and all of that comes with time

[@sallyjane8392]

What a knob, from one old seadog to another I think your comment is very rude and uncalled for. We all have to start somewhere and these Guys are out there doing it, challenging themselves and learning as they go. Keep your rude comments to yourself. Most people would be too scared to even venture out a harbour let alone sell up everything, fly across the world and buy a boat. Encourage and teach from your lavish armchair rather than criticise and whinge. No one is making you watch or comment so please be kind.

[@LeadingtheEscapade]

@@sallyjane8392 thanks Sally ❤️

[@marioracicot3699]

Well, i know you are a couple of months behind in the vlogs, but I’m a sailor, and i wouldn’t go out with 40kn in my face. I mean…it’s just painful.