I really love all the pure sailng content. Sweet standing rig on Seet Ruca! Thanks bunches, guys!
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
Hi Jelly-John :-) Thanks for watching and commenting. Glad to have you sailing along with us!
@edkleinstuber21193 жыл бұрын
Great to see you again. Thanks for taking us along.
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for being here! It means a lot 😀
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
Great to see you too!!!
@nancygladieux75983 жыл бұрын
Great video. It has a little bit of everything. I loved the footage of the dive. Spotted sting ray is so cool.
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@DeeferDiving3 жыл бұрын
Love this video guys.... Spesh Nora telling us she's never been stung!
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
We miss our favorite dive shop!!!!!
@tarpon222 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. The instructional content added is wonderful
@SailingSweetRuca2 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the wonderful comment Ogie :-) You made our day start with a smile. Have a wonderful day as well, cheers!!!
@chuckprichard36913 жыл бұрын
Chafe. This is a good reminder to prepare for chafe.
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
LOL! Chafe does suck!
@ellenbellemore71333 жыл бұрын
Great video! I enjoy following your adventures!
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
Yayyyy! Thank you Ellen. We love it that you are adventuring with us :-)
@Salty805562 жыл бұрын
I am still catching up one video at a time, so I am a bit behind. I only say this now, because I want to wish you a fantastic anniversary. Your adventure is so very cool, and the 3 of you make a heck of a family, as well as a crew. Congratulations.
@SailingSweetRuca2 жыл бұрын
Take your time catching up! We are glad to have you sailing along on the adventure!
@markzieg35933 жыл бұрын
Nice lion fish haul!!! Dang there were some big boys in there
@nancygladieux75983 жыл бұрын
Drone shots are awesome
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
Glad you liked them. We are getting better as we go with it. The drone is a big learning curve.
@crashthewaves96363 жыл бұрын
Nice you had the fender marking your anchor. Because dyneema lacks stretch, its a poor choice as an anchor rode. I'd also suggest you put out WAY more snubber on your anchor chain! I put out 10-15 ft in usual conditions, and up to 20ft if heavy winds are forecast. This allows the needed stretch to occur to avoid the chain getting shock loaded, and force being applied to the windlass. I dig the inner forestay set up. I'm going to install a similar set up myself!
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
Right on about the about dyneema. We had a bag full of it sitting around from our old checkstays and couldn't resist testing it as an ultralight anchor rode to see what it could take. We do have the proper chain/nylon combo. The dyneema ended up being too slippery to hitch a snubber on. Good advise on the snubber!!!
@sailingcitrinesunset40653 жыл бұрын
Old timers used to use a snubber up to 40ft long in bad weather.
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
@@sailingcitrinesunset4065 Are those old timers still using CQRs also? Maybe in a big storm with lots of room and scope, but we would likely move to a better location if that was called for. In normal conditions and/or crowded anchorages too much stretch in the system can cause an excessive amount of sailing at anchor as the boat rubber bands forward. Ideally we like just enough to take shock loads off of our hardware.
@sailingcitrinesunset40653 жыл бұрын
@@SailingSweetRuca I was referring to storm conditions to the 40ft snubber. A 6 metre swell and a short snubber will pull your anchor straight off the bottom
@anthonybeck23843 жыл бұрын
nice work - very entertaining
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
Thanks so much Anthony! Comments like yours really motivate us :-)
@GregoryLongs2 жыл бұрын
Such a good boy!
@SailingSweetRuca Жыл бұрын
:-)
@Tomm9y3 жыл бұрын
With those wide side decks, have you considered some barber haulers for the head sails? They are great for improving control of headsail shape.
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
You have a good eye for sail trim :-) We do use outside leads to a snatch block the toe rail often.
@RichieKeane Жыл бұрын
Hi great video, do you have staysails that reef? any issues with running two cars on the same track when flying stay and headsails? thanks and stay safe
@SailingSweetRuca Жыл бұрын
Thanks. Our staysail doesn't reef but it is a good idea. We have a separate storm staysail. When flying two headsails generally we set up the jib on an outside lead to open the slot, no problems with extra sheets in cars on the same track.
@haydenwatson79872 жыл бұрын
When I forget to pull up the outboard before sailing, I pull it as tight to the mothership as i can and then use a long boat hook to grab the handle on the cowling to lift the engine. Sometimes i can get the boat hook to come out of the cowl but often it just locks onto it and needs to finigh the trip back there.
@SailingSweetRuca2 жыл бұрын
Great idea! Will have to try that trick!!!
@drchill88372 жыл бұрын
What size dyneema did you use for the inner forestay? I've been planning on rigging something similar on my 424. Any concerns about chafe? Do you have some aft lower shrouds from the same point on the mast where the inner forestay meets it? To keep the mast from bending/snapping?
@SailingSweetRuca2 жыл бұрын
Hey Chris! Would have to check the notes for the diameter, it is either 9mm or 11mm SK99. It has a SK99 chafe/UV cover as well. So far, no problems which chafe. We do have running backstays which attach at the same point, and are required when using the staysail. You don't see the running backs often as normally they are tucked up forward and out of the way.
@rickpyne Жыл бұрын
Just one question..re your inner Dyneema inner forestay, did you put a casing on the forestay for chafe??
@SailingSweetRuca Жыл бұрын
Yes!
@superwag634 Жыл бұрын
Make sure you always use windward runner when on staysail in strong winds. Otherwise you risk bending your mast out of column with the inner forestay and then you have major trouble
@sailingcitrinesunset40653 жыл бұрын
Only use 3 strand nylon for anchor rode not dyneema.
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
What about 8 plait?
@sailingcitrinesunset40653 жыл бұрын
@@SailingSweetRuca The more the stretch the better.
@jonunya3128 Жыл бұрын
yeah, I don't like fish cooked with the head on either. thanks for the video!
@SailingSweetRuca Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment :-)
@norav83 жыл бұрын
Aaaahhhh loved this one!!! Such amazing memories and great dives we did with you guys, it was so much fun! Looking forward to the next episode! (Thanks for the feature of my epic lionfish stung 😆)
@nancygladieux75983 жыл бұрын
Love the dive with Nora and Gary, I love my lion fish earings
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
Yayyyy!!!! So much fun diving with the best Lionfish Hunter in all the world!!!!
@hagaiabeliovich42763 жыл бұрын
I don't get it. You left the boat in the Azores, you went to race in Chicago, and suddenly you're back in Graneda? I lost the time line. Plus, your AIS is showing you as being in the Azores! Please explain.
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
We totally understand. In real time, we are in the Azores. We are behind a bit in editing our footage, but wanted to give a real time update while we were in the US. We starting editing about 1 year behind, but have caught up to less than 6 months behind, and hope to one day be shooting and editing in the same week. We in real time we sailed from Grenada in April - St. Maarten in May - Azores in June We then flew from Azores - to US in July for racing, then flew back to Azores in August where we are now. We will be showing all of this in the next few episides. But first up next will be some major boat work to prepare for our crossing and some more fun in Carriacou. Real time updates are available on our Facebook, Instagram, and Patreon. Thanks for watching and commenting :-) We do think its pretty cool that you found us on AIS :-) That will always be up to date. Also on our website there is a tracker w/ predictwind map so you can see a current conditions overlay and live boat speeds when we are underway.
@hagaiabeliovich42763 жыл бұрын
Ah... Now it makes sense. Thanks for the explanation! Waiting for the Cabo Horno episode
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
We can't wait either! We will get there!
@roncanizares99663 жыл бұрын
Congratulation on your anniversary! How many years was it? The audio garbled that part.
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Ron! 9 years. Thats crazy seeing it in writing :-)
@roncanizares99663 жыл бұрын
9 years? Yikes.! You must have started dating when Kate was a junior in high school.
@kylejazwiecki7143 жыл бұрын
Great video! Really liked the sailing content and the rig setup. That inner forstay seems like the ticket for heavy air. I was thinking it was too much sail area for really heavy wind, and then you guys said that too. Have you considered a storm trysail instead of a 4th reef? Pros? Cons? Just curious. Thanks.
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kyle. Keep your eyes peeled for more updates on this topic in future videos. We aren't done testing and trying new sail configurations.
@tahirsargin8236 Жыл бұрын
👏👏👏
@eyeofchorus63133 жыл бұрын
Where's sailing with Thomas; I guess you just missed him.
@SailingSweetRuca3 жыл бұрын
Must have?
@rickpyne Жыл бұрын
Forget about Fourth reef..get a trysail
@SailingSweetRuca Жыл бұрын
Stay tuned ;-)
@superwag634 Жыл бұрын
Except the king of heavy weather sailing Skip Novak says exactly the opposite to you. 4th reef is boss on his boats which live at Cape Horn. Trisail is a hazard to set in proper storm conditions
@rickpyne Жыл бұрын
@@superwag634 Skip's sails are made from very heavy dacron and designed to have a fourth reef. While Sweet Ruca's sails are made for lighter conditions so lighter weight Dacron, not designed to take the loads that can be experienced in these high latitudes. Why risk blowing out your only M/sail and breaking your boom. yes it is very hard to put up a Trysail, having had to do so two years in a row returning from Hobart in winds exceeding 50kts,this is why you prepare and practice...