Northbound for Early Birds

[@JR-fd8eq]

The account of the saloon and the hair cut was very comical. Made me laugh anyway! James

[@furphyman]

Had the same experience many years ago. Bought a rechargeable hair trimmer

[@robertschaper5737]

It seems the most severe impact of current conditions on your situation is the end of open-mike nights for a while. Love watching. Be well.

[@alapikomamalolonui6424]

Sheltering in place from place to place might be THE BEST way to do sheltering in place, yeah!? :) Best to yaʻ Kev. Stay healthy and safe ʻīlioʻaukai..! 🤙

[@chhindz]

I stayed Walberg creek about a week Almost sunk boat cutting too close to St Catherines Il. Coming in

[@RVLifeNOW]

The anchorage off of No Name harbor is a "Slow, Manatee" area but as you say, the sport fisherman boats don't care. I'd love to have had some torpedoes when we anchored in that spot. How hard it it to cut hair??!! Yet they just can't catch on and only know one way. I finally gave up and spent $10 on electric hair clippers. Nice vid. Have a pleasant trip north.

[@howtosailoceans1423]

Nope, they don't slow for manatees or sailboats. Yes, one of them did go by while I was aloft putting the siezing in and I had some rather negative thoughts about them then ... Couldn't believe that "hair stylist". I assume he's more diligent with the ladies' hair given that he's still alive.

[@claudechirico5429]

Nice sailing, engine or small outboard would be good addition. Wish you would wear a PFD while up on the deck

[@FitOutPost]

"Phew! This engineless sailing stuff is a lot of work" @ 4:35 is exactly what I thought. ;-)

[@nialloconnell5895]

Great stuff as usual Kevin, love the hair !!

[@patricklaine6958]

Another great one Kevin, but when you get as old as I am, I think an engine might not sound too bad for weighing anchor, and getting the main up. :-)

[@jacorin]

Morning Pat.

[@howtosailoceans1423]

I know, I know, engines do have their uses, but us purists are a very stubborn bunch ...

[@jworldwide904]

Until the engine breaks down. :)

[@Retro-Future-Land]

@@jworldwide904 Exactly, then you have a tricky repair job on top of all the other stuff that needs doing.

[@SteinVarjord]

Stay stubborn! :-)

[@eddie1v]

Really enjoyed your close up routing plan. Really brings me along for the sail.

[@georgecanakis1075]

Hahahaha kevin you should make the barber pay you lol. Great video how come going back so soon.

[@simonmakinson]

Good to see you back Kevin, we’ve missed you the past few weeks! I do enjoy your chin-up attitude & the ease you seem to have sailing. Safe passage as always & keep the videos coming. It’s pretty grim everywhere at the moment, including Uncle Sam, so it’s nice to watch some enjoyable, relaxing & educational videos. Take care, Simon.

[@howtosailoceans1423]

Hopefully this virus insanity will abate soon. Thanks for stopping by, Simon.

[@southerntexashomestead5028]

The good news is you wear that style well. Next time you can do it yourself and keep the $30. for beers. : ) Just wanted to say, I have just purchased a sailboat minus the inboard engine. You have inspired me to pursue this adventure. She is docked near Deltaville on the previous owners dock. The pandemic has interfered with my plans to move her & the previous owners are gracious in letting her stay put till the world regains some sensibility. If we should cross paths I would like to thank you in person over a sundowner for all the wonderful videos you have shared over the years. Fair winds & following seas ~ S/V Cork

[@redbird1824]

The very last scene there when you are offshore is about the right distance to stay away from the big cities.Especially a couple months from now.Hope you were not hurt too much from the stock market crash.Beautiful sailboat!Double ender;tan bark sails wind vein steering,full keel heavy displacement perfect!

[@sailingin-tuitionwithchuck]

Thanks sharing another great addition to your videos! I hope to see you in bay one day!

[@vincentswerkes8637]

I have always like single handing. Weather my Ericson 28+ or the J42 I managed while the owner was away. Watching the end of your video I noticed the starboard winch has a problem with the stripper. Lookers as if it didn't get put back together correctly. Have a safe sail back Captain Vincent

[@howtosailoceans1423]

You mean on the self-tailing winch?

[@vincentswerkes8637]

Yes the self tailor . The plastic part "stripper " in the slot is not installed correctly.

[@vincentswerkes8637]

There's a slot behind the feed arm that the stripper ring fits in to keep it from moving.

[@howtosailoceans1423]

@@vincentswerkes8637 OK, looks like I'll have to check out a vid on self-tailing winches. It seems to work OK, just the same.

[@richardbohlingsr3490]

I hope you have good weather heading North. I'd say you got a pretty good clip job for $30.00. At least it should be awhile before you need another one.

[@TheBeaker59]

I'm a fan of the No2 all over personally, as you say low maintenance :) but as others have said a cheap buzzcut kit and DIY save the 30bucks. My mother used to have handshears trouble was they were blunt or something because it pulled out half the hair.

[@cnc75adventures49]

Beautiful weather👍👍

[@stump383]

Good video good sir! Wish you could do them weekly! Thanks for what you do!

[@reloadncharge9907]

Enjoyed this episode Kevin....how everyone’s plans have changed! Will be following your trail up to the Chesapeake....make sure you drop some crumbs. Good route planning....as usual. Fair winds, stay isolated and safe, thanks, Andrew @ St Augustine.

[@sailinghooponopono2457]

Nice update Kevin, don't worry it'll grow back...

[@utrubeuser]

Thanks Kevin. Great video as always.

[@jimbigner5902]

Looks like a good exercise routine.

[@dan5641]

Hey Kevin - Out of all the KZbinrs I respect you the most (just installed the Vmax Batteries). I’m getting ready to cast off this summer and I still don’t get why full-time cruisers sail 500nm if they don’t have to. I have sailed from NY to Bermuda, and up and down the East Coast from New England to Norfolk in my 32’ Morgan. I always tried to be in an anchorage by 4pm (be it because of a sundowner or just to make sure I’m settle by sundown). Why is it that the cruisers sail 500 nm in one stretch if they don’t have to? I’m just trying to prepare myself as much as I can and I don’t have an answer for this one. Hope to buy you a beer in Norfolk in November.

[@howtosailoceans1423]

Depends on where you are going, and how much time you want to take traveling. Going from the US east coast to the Caribbean, for example, almost necessitates going offshore unless you want to do a lot of windward sailing and not arrive there until March (having left in November).

[@Peteamareet]

Great post as usual, I just wondered why the refreshing lack of reference to coronavirus? Hey, good to hear the music again Kevin.

[@howtosailoceans1423]

I'm trying hard to remain in complete denial over coronavirus ...

[@andrewparry1474]

You spoiled it :-0

[@msf60khz]

Great video, especially anchor work. Reefing line caught on boom support - I once had it catch behind by hood and could not get free. I had to round up and take the jacket off!

[@howtosailoceans1423]

Good thing it didn't carry you over the side ... ah, the joys of sailing

[@flightplan1000]

Thanks, stay safe...

[@Bradley_Clark]

Great episode, thanks. Always interesting to watch your route planning. How are you finding "supposedly good" anchorages along the route? Do you have a coastal cruising guide? thumbed

[@azoresmarine]

Obrigado

[@achosenman9376]

Great vid as usual Kevin. My other half is a Barber. We set up a shop 4 years ago. I run the business for her and she and her team do the cutting. Getting qualified as a Barbers takes another two years training after you qualify as a hairdresser. As they say, never insult the person holding the cut throat...😉

[@robertrioux7409]

Kevin, why the early departure from the warmth?

[@ajax1137]

K- I put a tip in the jar, with a message. Safe travels.

[@Skarletbloom]

You been sailing a long time and I've got to thinking you ever gonna make a mount on the stern for that Solar panel lol you keep moving it everytime you stop somewhere. Feel like that'd drive me nuts over time.

[@howtosailoceans1423]

I've thought of that, but double-enders make for a tough engineering project.

[@susanl435]

I very much enjoy your videos but I am confused. In December 2019 didn't you depart the NOAA Dock in Norfolk, Virginia and sail to Bermuda? Did you make it to Bermuda? Where did you go after that? Wouldn't it be easier if you numbered each episode so we could more easily follow your progress? Keep up the good work. I too am a gaffer!

[@howtosailoceans1423]

No, I've never docked in Norfolk. Yeah, I probably should number each episode, maybe when I reach 100 I'll start doing that ...

[@DowneastThunderCreations]

Another outstanding video, Kevin! I enjoyed coming along for the ride. I'm curious to know if you are anticipating an early start to hurricane season this year, hence the early voyage north to the Chesapeake.

[@howtosailoceans1423]

No, it has to do with my plans to go across the pond over the summer, assuming this coronavirus thing goes away..

[@DowneastThunderCreations]

@@howtosailoceans1423 I sure hope this Coronavirus can be nipped in the bud before long. I'll be quite interested to see the route you choose to make your crossing.

[@harmseberhardharmseberhard9908]

@@howtosailoceans1423 hi Kevin, of course we all hope, that corona will not interfere with our travel plans. But it will. As a physician I'm quite sure, that the virus will change all our plans for more than a year. The US and Europe will not act as radical, as the Chinese government could do to stop the spreading of the disease. And a vaccination will not be ready for use in less than a year. That means: unfortunately the borders will stay closed for at least one year either direction. I planned to sail from Germany to England this summer. But I doubt very much that I would be welcome on British shores these days.

[@914va]

Nice hair bro!! Will you be heading thru Solomons at one point?

[@howtosailoceans1423]

Right now that depends on coronavirus and some other factors. Making plans to head across the Atlantic this summer, we'll see what happens.

[@dougfairweather]

Just wondering about your tiller steering... Just seem to have rope and 2 rubber cords. Do you balance the boat and the rubber cords just keep it steady? Can you tell us more?

[@howtosailoceans1423]

The shock cords and the lashings serve to dampen tiller movement when I have the self-steering windvane engaged, which is a trim tab on the end of the rudder along the the air paddle you see astern.

[@craigrelan2346]

another good example of REAL sailing off the anchor. BZ

[@brucebaldy]

I enjoyed it, but, am curious about your vessel. Self built? Wide in the beam like a Willard, does it have a deep blue water keel ( waterline looks low), seems very stable.

[@howtosailoceans1423]

She's a Gilmer 31, which is a partially completed Southern Cross 31. The previous owner finished her, though I have since modified both the rig and the interior.

[@brucebaldy]

@@howtosailoceans1423 it's beautiful ship.

[@bonniecavanaughsvcontent3565]

Hi Kevin, will you be stopping in Hampton Virginia, were currently still by fort Monroe and old point comfort marina, not in the marina... just outside of it, we blew a head gasket on the old perkins diesel... so now waiting for my payday to change that gasket then we were headed south... let us know if your going to stop into Hampton, we'd love to pick your brain on spots to stop going south... we're going to hit the Dominican republic and maybe Puerto Rico... and then Grenada... fair winds my friend... and would love to know how to use that app windy for off shore and open cpn... thanks, we sure could use your expertise... since it will be my first trip down the coast...

[@jsonnichsen]

You gotta get your own hair clippers.

[@reloadncharge9907]

Enjoyed the eposode, good route planning, see you in the Chesapeake! Thanks, Andrew @ St Augustine

[@danajohnson3799]

How do you sleep, how often do you sleep, while underway?

[@howtosailoceans1423]

So long as I am well offshore I sleep an hour or two at a time, mostly at night. I'll probably get 6 hours or so of sleep, total, per day.

[@Toby1030W]

hello today I tried pulling my fortress anchor by breaking it out with just the main on my catalina 27 in the Potomac river and I could not get enough speed to apply enough force to break it lose. Any suggestions on how to make this processes easier. I love engineless sailing and spend less time fixing my A4.

[@howtosailoceans1423]

In mud, just pull the rode up taught and wiggle/sail around a bit. Everytime the rode starts to slacken, pull it taught again. Eventually it will pull out of the mud, at least that's what I've found.

[@MiQBohlin]

Aye m8, may I ask if next season is planned to be like the last years - Chesapeake to Carib and back again? Or, do you plan any longer trip? 🎸

[@howtosailoceans1423]

Longer trip--across the Atlantic, actually, but now it depends on what happens with this virus.

[@MiQBohlin]

Wow, I had a feeling something likely was in your mind. My guess is that Covid-19 has blown over by then.

[@gking5522]

You got my usual haircut. Well, at least on the part of my head that still has hair! But as Debra Winger said to Richard Gere in the movie "An Officer and a Gentleman: "It'll grow out in a couple of months". ;8

[@formulaforwardmotionincorp6943]

🚢

[@robfraley4210]

My wife has been cutting my hair since about 1985, Before that I cut it myself from about 1975 minus a few time I looked for a barbershop 💈 And only found hair sollons too, Said enough of That Sh💩💩t and did it myself, haven’t paid for a haircut 💇 inDecades 😎👍✅

[@jacorin]

$30 for a crewcut?? holy shit that's expensive.

[@petersongallery]

So update us ... where are you now? You must be somewhere to post the video methinkd :)

[@howtosailoceans1423]

Beaufort, NC

[@petersongallery]

@@howtosailoceans1423 Ok Good on ya look forward to you getting back to the bay. (my old home sailing grounds) Fair Winds

[@rwess]

Singlehanders always shear their own noggins. You will soon... 😶

[@millzee60]

Not being hampered by COVID-19? I don't know what will happen to UK ports but I've been told the French ports are already closed.

[@howtosailoceans1423]

Hoping this will all go away in a month or two ... we can still sail in the States, luckily.

[@paulputnam2305]

💪😎👍

[@bodhi47]

"I come not to praise the Barber, but to bury him"? stay well

[@Retro-Future-Land]

30 bucks for a haircut?! Even London isn't that expensive! Did you get a rub-down with a dolly-bird thrown in for that price?!

[@howtosailoceans1423]

Nope. For the same price I could have bought the clippers and done it myself ...

[@SteveWrightNZ]

mean haircut

[@m44um44u]

You look better with short hair.

[@m44um44u]

And if you had asked me, I would've only charged you $20.

[@charlie6751]

Wow 30$ for a chop such a ripoff I can't afford to visit the US those are the times a ship mate comes in handy

[@stonetoolcompany3649]

great haircut ;-). Seriously, I have been cutting my own for quite a few years now... when you wear a hat, who cares? It doesn’t look bad though (to me). Please do some logistical stuff .... that is shore logistics. How do you get to the grocery store, hardware store, etc. I don’t see a bicycle, and on the map it looks like the stores are well away from any dinghy access. Bus? Walk? Rental car? Bum a ride?......

[@howtosailoceans1423]

That's a good question, in fact I'm dealing with logistics issues right now (in Beaufort, NC), one of which was getting a wifi connection to upload this video ... I'll put that on the list of vid topics.

[@elbob3631]

i might have to go engine-less - my outboard was stolen ....:( - obviously the thief needed it more than I did. such is life.

[@mister_ray]

Horrible audio on this one. Lots of echo.