Nothing like a Mozambique Cyclone for some FAST SAILING! (Patrick Childress #37)

[@travelsandanimals1993]

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[@RVLifeNOW]

Well we are on Patreon now… not that we push it much!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you everyone...for leaving your comments, suggestions, thumbs ups and subscribes!

[@codyevans1436]

I watch all the sailing channels on KZbin religiously, yours is by far the most informative!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you Cody, we will keep working at it.

[@travelsandanimals1993]

cody evans This is Rebecca. Thanks for that very nice compliment! And thanks for watching! And for sharing with your sailing friends!

[@XTarantis]

Practical knowledge. Thumbs up.

[@AfricanFlightStar]

What a great teacher you were Patrick, such valuable insights you gave us all. You are so missed 😞🙏🏻 Our thoughts & prayers are with you Rebecca 🙏🏻

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thanks. Hope you will keep watching

[@JohnMiller-ub8dy]

Nice to follow a experienced crew , and nice clear video as well. Thanks for all you tips.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you for watching.

[@sonnylange3051]

Another awesome video. Patrick thanks for sharing

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you Sonny, for coming back to watch another one.

[@jacktaylor1030]

Hello Patrick Childress Sailing Crew, What an amazing breakdown of your latest rough water Adventure's, although it may be cold and horrifying at times, your descriptions are so real about what y'all experienced. I can just imagine being in your place as you sail this stretch of the world. I remember one time when I was coming back into Savannah, Georgia, after a day of fishing thirty plus miles out. A sudden thunder storm popped up full of lighting, and we had outriggers stretching high into the skies. The waves grew rapidly to 15+ feet or more. as the visibility dropped to 600 feet at best, and were right in the middle of a heavily traveled shipping channel. Thank goodness no ships came out of nowhere, it would have been difficult to get out of the way with such short notice. Thanks for awakening my fond memories I have, when I used to venture out on the Seas. Stay safe, plan well, and have tons of fun, Love Y'all.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Half the fun of boing out on the water is to be able to tell sea stories like yours. Thanks for tuning in.

[@RustyBaban]

thx you again ... you 2 are the best

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you, Rusty.

[@deltacx1059]

The "broom" on the mast is said to prevent strikes because the sharp spikes leak electricity into the air to reduce the electric potential.

[@SirPrancelot1]

Great stuff. So informative. I am not a sailor but even so.........perhaps one day! Ace tip about sailing in to an anchorage at low tide so that if you get stuck the tide will lift you off. So obvious but I've not heard it mentioned on any other videos. Fair winds!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Hopefully we can keep picking out those details and put them in videos. We now do things without thinking about them so I have to slow down and think what might be useful to others. Thanks for tuning in.

[@noelfaulkner6293]

Your Videos are so informative wise and helpful, this is the kind of stuff that really tells people what to look out for , thanks again x

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you, Noel, for watching.

[@abdulkkhan5095]

I noticed with Patrick's passing away , my interest in sailing died like dog. He was incredibly useful , inspirational and helpful to me. God be with you Patrick wherever you are. Your passing away is a tragic loss to the sailing world. We miss you sir !

[@RVLifeNOW]

Abdul. Thanks for your comment. Im sorry your interest in sailing died... maybe with time it will return. Definitely such a tragic loss..i still cant believe it myself.

[@bobrose7900]

Great video - always supremely informative and engaging - thank you!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you, Bob.

[@Smith5783]

First video I have seen of yours, much more informative than many other channels out there, now looking forward to seeing your past and future videos, subscribing for sure. Thanks!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you, Rhys, for joining us. Might want to start with the newer videos, as they are far better edited. When I started doing this, 18 months ago, I had to learn how to take a movie with a camera. Learning the editing process was a real challenge that took weeks to learn the basics. The early efforts have information but very shaky editing.

[@oceansquatch1481]

You two are world class sailors, great videos.

[@RVLifeNOW]

John, thanks for your very nice compliment. And thanks for watching.

[@airdad5383]

I find it interesting that you are riding the back end of the storm. First I thought you wouldn't want to go near it but you just want to get a free ride south. I like it.

[@RVLifeNOW]

That’s exactly right :) It was a little scary, hoping we wouldn’t sail TOO too fast and then get too close to the cyclone in Mozambique. But this passage, except for that short storm goes down as one of our best passages on a route that is traditionally pretty yuck. I feel very fortunate to have caught this cyclone just right, and had such an unusual wind to sail down the Mozambique Channel! -Rebecca

[@sicchuckie]

I don’t own a sailing vessel yet, but the coming in at low tide makes sense to me. Thanks, I hope I never forget that.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Every cruiser bumps the rocks now and then but some we know who were stranded on a high tide, was a sharp reminder.

[@steveburton5825]

@@RVLifeNOW LOL. I like to say there are seasoned cruisers that have bumped the bottom and there are seasoned cruisers that lie about it. :-).

[@robbylafont]

Love your channel Patrick...it’s like watching Brian Trautman from SV Delos on steroids (boat maintenance)....not sure why, but I love watching the maintenance/repair stuff....I do plan on getting my own sailboat soon....I also love the dynamic between you and your beautiful wife...she is a true salty sailor and makes a great navigator....fair winds...I’m so glad I found this channel...

[@kgstudio5352]

Patrick, I always have to grab a pen and paper when I watch your videos because you give such great advice! Best to Rebecca...peace & fair winds

[@RVLifeNOW]

Hi Kia, There are so many things a cruiser does every day without thinking about it. We try to slow down and think what might be useful info to help manage a sailboat. We followed good advise to sail up to Tanzania and had a great time there. S. Africa is proving to be a very good place to haul out.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Huge compliment Kia...thanks again! (This is Rebecca)

[@richardbedard1245]

I like your videos because they are informative, and I'm learning about sailing. It has really caught my interest. Watching videos that show bikini clad women on the beach only shows me where to go, not how to get there!

[@RVLifeNOW]

I love the bikini clad videos...not for the bikinis as much as for the personalities, and the places...they help me remember that sailing is not JUST about fixing and sailing your boat in exotic places, but also about being able to see and enjoy these exotic places once you arrive ;) Thanks for your comment, and glad that it is helpful. The more you can get the fixing stuff under your skin, and how to sail, the more time you will have to enjoy the exotic places! -Rebecca

[@SailingLearningByDoing]

Nice video, looking forward to visiting those places in a few years.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Originally, when sailing across the Indian Ocean, we were to go straight to Durban. We knew nothing of the east coast of Africa and it all seemed like Somalia to us. Then we started talking to S. African cruisers who said we had to go to Tanzania. What good advise those S. African cruisers gave us.

[@abdulkkhan5095]

Thank you so much Patrick Childress for your very informative tutorials on your KZbin.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you for watching, Abdul. I am happy the videos are helpful.

[@jimh.5286]

Like they say regarding weather and sailing and most other things, "Timing is everything!" Nice video.

[@RVLifeNOW]

In the old days, it was as much luck as anything. Now weather predicting is much easier and leaves fewer surprises.

[@reloadncharge9907]

Fun video as always Mr Patrick....informative...with teaching points that sailors can use on any coastline or landfall (arriving into an unfamiliar port at low tide...) across any continent. I enjoy seeing your wife participate whether as the narrator or navigator...you two make a good team. Thanks, Andrew

[@RVLifeNOW]

This is Rebecca...thanks for your nice compliment...I still have my hesitations and don’t like the constant presence of a camera...but the little bit of money that we make now from it encourages me I guess ;) And I like to support Patrick in this thing that he is very passionate about too. Thanks for watching, and again, thanks for the encouragement ;)

[@briank.6482]

Super informative channel, thank you for making these videos!!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you very much Brian...appreciate you saying so ;) -Rebecca

[@dariusseo480]

What a wicked sense of humor I suspect he had. What secretive guy he was too, I would've loved to have learned to have avoided big ship especially when in the mad dash, if it was pure luck so be it but I suspect you guys are too good.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Haha. Thanks for watching

[@clayfarnet970]

You guys are looking like professional vloggers now. Looks like a most interesting area of the world. You know you're off the beaten path when no other cruisers are around. Great job. Fair winds!!!

[@clayfarnet970]

Haha, the two words that came to mind were professional or seasoned. You guys may be a little salty, but you ain't seasoned...yet. 😂😂😂👍✌️ glad you made it safely.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Clay, thanks for the compliment. We have been trying to learn better editing techniques. It has been a long learning trajectory. We are definitely looking for the less crowded sailing areas. In a year or so, maybe Uruguay and the Straits of Magellan.

[@mike8939]

You guys are awesome! Thanks for sharing.

[@travelsandanimals1993]

mike hess Thanks for that! Patrick drives me crazy sometimes with this camera in his hand all the time, but compliments like this make it all ok :) Thanks for watching!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Ah thanks…

[@johnfoster3286]

You got the thumbs up. Keep safe and dont lose sight of the "It is written on the wall" overall scheme of things. best wishes to u Rebecca.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Good advice John

[@faqtum]

Another interesting informative, and fun video from one of my favorites you tube channels. Thank you good work!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Armando, what a great compliment. Thank you.

[@thadelmore282]

Great videos. Enjoy watching you both tell it like it is. Keep it up.

[@RVLifeNOW]

This is Rebecca...thanks for your kind words!

[@danielols1]

Great Video! Everything is so well presented!

[@travelsandanimals1993]

Daniel Olson Thanks so much! This is Rebecca from our other (tiny) KZbin channel ;)

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you

[@seahorse4479]

Loved it!Thank you.Great video as always.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you, Sea Horse....that would make a good boat name.

[@marceld6061]

Plenty of information here! Stay safe.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you, Marel. We will do our best. Thanks for watching.

[@glassman51]

Thanks so much Patrick you guys are terrific and I always enjoy your videos, not to mention I learned so much from you. Cheers

[@travelsandanimals1993]

glassman51 Thanks so much! This is Rebecca on our other Channel btw...Thanks for watching!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Glad to hear that…Thanks for watching…

[@MrA1582000]

Love your channel. Your experience is very helpful. Thanks for sharing.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thanks Mary for your comment and for watching!

[@coolbeans7274]

Lots of great information that may seem like common sense but obviously just experience. Thank You.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Joe, Like anything, once you do it a couple times, it does become common practice. Thanks for your comment.

[@somadevo]

Highest Respect

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thanks you Soma.

[@travelsandanimals1993]

Yes..thank you (This is Rebecca from our other channel ;). )

[@pateallan7764]

another great video.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you, much, Pate!

[@dutchglobetrotter4513]

I keep learning from your channel, keep up the good work.

[@travelsandanimals1993]

Dutch Globetrotter This is Rebecca...Thanks so much. Thanks for watching!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thanks for watching

[@billhanna8838]

Lost my bother off a yacht were you are , so all the planning is most important , some big seas further south , wind Against tide , nice vid.

[@travelsandanimals1993]

This is Rebecca...bill hanna Horrible about your brother...thanks for the reminder to always plan and be careful! Yes...I am nervous about what lies ahead!

[@billhanna8838]

@@travelsandanimals1993 With your well found yacht, modern nav, & weather info & most capable crew I Know you will have a great trip to Capetown & beyond , Fair winds ,

[@RVLifeNOW]

Sorry for your loss…Thanks for watching…

[@thesailingkiwi]

Another informative and fun video, thanks

[@RVLifeNOW]

Sailing Kiwi, always good to hear from you. Thanks for your very nice compliment.

[@lisadorenfest]

Looking forward to the next installment!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thanks...this is Rebecca btw...it may be 3 weeks or so but it will cover from Bazaruto down to Richards Bay... Inhaca was a real pain! We had to leave IN the storm because the anchorage became too unsafe! We made less than 20 miles in 24 hours...but at least it was safer out there than in the anchorage!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you Lisa for watching. My finger tips are so worn down from all this editing, I never realized the dangers of producing video. I used to have heavy, worker man, calloused hands from working construction but these finger tips just keep getting thinner. The next video might take a little longer to complete. I hope you are doing well!

[@davidc6510]

Great video!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thanks David. I thought it was too...but not one of our more popular ones for whatever reason. -Rebecca

[@dougmoore9230]

Nice to hear you are okay. Thought of you ever sine I heard of the big cyclone.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Doug, we had no idea how devastating that cyclone was till we got a couple emails of concern over the Iridium Go.

[@tpower7382]

great video, valuable tip heading in at low tide.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Once, a few decades ago, I ran aground on a full moon high tide. What a lot of work getting out of that mess.....never again. Thanks for watching.

[@louisseaman8455]

Regarding lightning strikes, as I have setup many Ham radio antennas, I've always found grounding a strange proposition. In amateur radio handbooks, you'll see spark-gap setups for grounding; ie. not having a continuous path to ground for an antenna or mast, but a 1/4"+ gap between the lead wire and the grounded side, and during electrical activity, you may see sparks jump that gap. I don't know if this would be good or bad for a mast, but it might be superfluous, as a keel stepped mast usually has continuity with a metal keel anyway, and a grounding strap is just adds a little extra capacity, ensuring the mast is connected to the keel. I guess grounding the mast is important because if lighting strikes, you don't want the most efficient path of the current to be through someone standing in the cabin, but it it still isn't clear to me that a fiberglass encased keel can create a good path to ground either. Anyway, unless I'm in open water where there is a possibility of a rogue wave, lightning has always been my biggest concern in bad weather.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Louis, that is interesting, a spark gap. I have never heard of that before. Gordon West always suggested a ground plane but then it seemed, he was suggesting just attach a ground to a bronze thruhull. Our keel is completely encased in fiberglass so there is no sense in attaching a ground to a keel bolt. Our ground is attached to the propeller strut where the zinc is. In the 44 year life of this boat, it has never been hit by lightening, even though it has been through a lot of violent lightening storms. In our next video, part 2 of sailing around S.Africa, I caught on video, a terrible lightening storm we went through. Once again, we were not struck. The only reasoning I can come up with is that a static discharge is dissipating from the mast through that strut, making our boat not attractive. Yet there are sailboats that have been hit 2 and 3 times. In about 2 weeks, watch that next video, there is some very impressive lightning and sounds of zzzzzzztt.

[@louisseaman8455]

@@RVLifeNOW I would say don't mess with "success". Electricity will seek the most efficient path, and that is why I've always been leery of grounding things. If you were ever struck, any wire you attached to some exterior point would likely vaporize, and any capacity that wasn't handled by that wire would wind up burning through the fiberglass anyway. So in a way, I think it's safer to have your mast insulated from the water since it may mean your mast isn't an efficient path and doesn't act like a lightning rod. For HF radios, (not VHF nearly as much) you do need a ground plane, as it acts as your "return path", completing the circuit created by the electro-magnetic radio waves, especially for TX since your amplifier needs to see a certain impedance to be efficient and not burn out because the impedance is too low, or not be effective because impedance is too high & RX isn't as sensitive to impedance issues as TX, but a good ground-plane does help with improve reception...and with regard to that, go with what Gordon says!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thanks for the information, I am a general Ham but still some of the concepts I need brushing up on.

[@jrovalinoful]

Another grt vid and advice

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you so much!

[@waynemazan7485]

Great video thanks

[@travelsandanimals1993]

thanks for that Wayne Mazan! This is Rebecca on our other channel by the way ;)

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thanks

[@whiggerhunter4268]

Would like to know what items should be stocked on board for bartering, since money doesn't have any value in these parts of the world and what's can a pair of sunglasses get you ?..

[@RVLifeNOW]

Sunglasses and hats do very well. Hand fishing line and lures. Rope, towels, old kitchen knives, mask and snorkels, fins, clothes, especially child sizes since most cruisers do not carry childrens sized clothes.

[@travelsandanimals1993]

Patrick Childress Sailing This is Rebecca. Crisp $1 bills do wonders too! We once came in to an anchorage in the eastern Solomon’s where the locals were waiving their local currency at us, desperate to buy the sheets and towels and any other household item we could spare...pots, pans, utensils, clothing. Some islands have NO stores and it’s a life’s ransom to get to their capital city far away on another island to go on that once in a lifetime shopping spree, but this is the exception for sure...many island, especially in the Pacific Islands have little available to spend money on! But remember...ALWAYS trade even if it’s an “uneven” trade...don’t just GIVE unless you wish for them to lose their pride and become like other “welfare state” islands that we know (Many American Protectorates for example). You may think you are being charitable to the less fortunate...and it may make you feel oh so nice...but it truly is not helping the culture there...

[@circumnavigation9386]

Excellent video

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thank you Circum Navigation and for your comment.

[@travelsandanimals1993]

This is Rebecca...form our other channel...thanks from me too!

[@mikeferguson2828]

Not sure where you guys currently are ? At the southern tip of Bazaruto across the channel to the open sea you have Benguerra island and it’s a great place to anchor. My favorite in this area. Just outside the mouth/ channel into the open sea is a rock formation called 2 mile with great scuba diving From there down to Inhambane (Barra) is the next spot to hide from southerlies if you need it. From Barra the next point is Inhaca island as a southerly hiding spot. Safe winds hopefully if you have not passed through we could meet up at Inhaca island. Rgards

[@RVLifeNOW]

Hi Mike. We did spend a day or two at Inhaca, moving around to the light house when the wind shifted. But as expected, the waves wrapped around the island and we found it better to be tacking against 25 knots than sitting in the swell under the lighthouse. That will be in the next video. Now we are safely hauled out at Zululand. Maybe still, our paths will cross.

[@travelsandanimals1993]

Hi Mike...when we were there I put a comment up, I think up on our Predictwind Positions Page...the only thing I could access without internet to try to let you know we were there...but alas you didn’t see it... sorry we missed you. my mistake for not writing down your info for when we didn’t have internet...it was sort of a messed up time in Inhaca...more about that in the next video...it wouldn’t have been very “social” if we did meet up with you there since we were chasing anchorages there at Inhaca for somewhere comfortable during THAT blow.

[@mikeferguson2828]

@@travelsandanimals1993 pity. When the southerly blows there is a nicely protected Anchorage at Santa Maria which sits at the bottom of inhaca. I was in Richard's bay 2 weeks ago (via road) returning from Durban. Enjoy your stay there. Some nice parks to visit nearby

[@jwrappuhn71]

Excellent vid ya'll, looked like a pretty hairy ride.

[@RVLifeNOW]

We haven't been in "real" ocean crossing weather for quite a while so we have to screw on the sea legs again. Thanks for watching.

[@steveburton5825]

Patrick, not sure if that was the mast connection but if it is I would take that ground off the through-hull because if Brickhouse ever did get a hit from lightning, it could blow that throughout right out of your hull. I've seen the damage that a direct hit causes and it will easily blow that to smithereens. Also, while I absolute agree on grounding the mast, be very careful to make sure that the cable is sized very large (looks like you have 0 gauge which should be O.K.) but also try not to have any big bends in it as the lighting will take the shortest path to get to ground and will jump when it gets to big bends with ease. That said, grounding the through hulls is the right thing to do for keeping down the electrolytic damage but I would make very sure it wasn't tied into your mast bonding. (I don't think you did that but the way you talked about them together in the video might lead people to do that) I also agree with your strategy on the witches broom as they put them on airplanes for similar reasons (although I've also flown on airplanes with them through heavy precipitation and had St. Elmo's fire jump 6" from the windscreen to my hands - looks really cool but don't do it wearing rings!). So sad you are leaving Tanzania... l loved that place too but you will love S. Africa as well. Nice seamanship with that channel... strong currents running against strong winds make for uneasy passages. Looks like you found some nice people in Mozambique too! (I haven't had that pleasure). Keep the white side up! You and Rebecca are awesome... love your channel.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Thanks for your input on the grounding. I have always been a little concerned about my grounding system. Not only does the mast ground go the prop strut but also the SSB radio grounds. The radio ground also goes to the thruhull. So lightening could possibly back up back to the radio rather then just dissipating into the ocean. With your motivating comment, after 12 years, I think I will move all SSB grounds to the one thruhull and leave the strut for only the mast ground. Gordon West says only a thruhull is needed anyway. I am familiar with the static dischargers mounted on the trailing edge of aircraft wings.....so maybe there is a correlation with that and a mast mounted witches broom. I just had an exchange with a sailboat owner who was once hit by lightening. His mast was not grounded so there really does seem to be something in the equation about grounding the mast. Thanks for you compliment!

[@Sailingintoinfinity]

Ok so I'm not crazy. I've heard of these warnings before that lightning can blow your thru-hull right out of your boat!!

[@johnrice4307]

Though, sadly, I believe that my seafaring days are behind me, I still love learning from you two 'kids'. I'm certain your videos have saved others' vessels and perhaps lives, as well. Thank you for producing and sharing them with us. I'm curious about the name of your vessel "Brick House", and wonder if it is a contraction of a phrase describing how strong and well-built she is--as in "built like a brick sh*t-house"? Or am I totally over-board and 'all wet'? Please,, keep enjoying your lives to the fullest. Best of luck to you all, from John.

[@RVLifeNOW]

John, sorry to hear your seafaring days are to be in the past. The same has happened to long time sailing friends of mine. I am in a rush to get in at least one more good adventure, like sail the Beagle Channel or Straits of Magellan….while I can. The Brick House name. There is the raunchy version and the child's version. Of course the raunchy version is too long to tell but part of it is that I was doing a lot of home repair and remodeling in Rhode Island. When Rebecca moved to Rhode Island, she became a very good real estate agent. We teamed up and started flipping houses, which is what got us out here. The song by the Commodores, Brick House also fits in there....a lot of black berry brandy on the ski slope and more after wards and dancing around to that song after a fun day of snow skiing...… The name of this boat used to be Yellow Rose. That is a soft name, like Petunia. The name had to be changed.

[@travelsandanimals1993]

Rick James Hi This is Rebecca. I don’t know what Patrick is talking about...blackberry brandy, and dancing...on the ski slopes of Killingtom to the tunes of the Commodores...hahaha... ...Clearly our boats names come from the story of the 3 little pigs...Lily, Rebecca and Patrick...with the Paper(?) House, the Stick House, and the Brick House!

[@johnnosprads5883]

You're going to love SA. It's a beautiful country to enjoy an abundance of wildlife and learn about our melting pot of cultures. Richards Bay is probably nearest to a plethora of game reserves. Consider that as it's probably an hour's drive to any from the Bay, which also has the largest coal port in the southern hemisphere. You're also entering a beautiful time of year with the weather. Whilst we do have a few cold fronts that run up the coastline bringing southerly winds and up to 3 m swell, the wind generally swings once the southeaster dissipates. Weather is cooling and northerly land breezes are a guarantee in the mornings as the sun warms the coastline. Be safe, its still a developing country, and keep posting these inspiring videos.

[@RVLifeNOW]

This is Rebecca...Already love it! And Richards Bay is just the right size for our personality! Thanks for watching!

[@annaaldridge1312]

Yikes! Was this the monster cyclone Idai that hit Mozambique middle of March?

[@RVLifeNOW]

This is Rebecca. Yes..it was that one!

[@RVLifeNOW]

We had no idea of the shore side devastation till friends started informing us, which we got their emails through Iridium Go.

[@chiefcliff]

Can you give more details or direct us to more details about the boat collision involving your friends? How did it happy? Thanks!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Our friends kept it very quiet, they were so embarrassed. They had already sailed once around the world. It was night, both were down below and whallop!! Ships do not keep a good lookout for us small boats.

[@cescfy4208]

I was sailing back to Barcelona from the Balearics i the 80`s and we were hit by a cargo boat despite having a radar reflector and our lights on.A Doctor friend of my father was on watch. He had been recently diagnosed diabetes. We think he either fell asleep or had a hypoglycaemic fit but did not react to the ship approaching until too late. We were born again because my brother in law (sister` bf at the time) jumped out of bed and turned the boat the very last second. Only the dinghy and back railing was destroyed. My father spent every peny to buy an alarmed radar and no more single watch ever again. The cargo ship did not stop or even answer our radio calls.

[@travelsandanimals1993]

Cesc FY This is Rebecca...amazing story...glad it didn’t have too horrible of an ending!!!

[@RVLifeNOW]

We have cruising friends who simply vanished. I do wonder if a ship collision might have been the cause. I have had ships steer out of our way but far more often, they don't know we are there. Happy to hear your encounter was not the disaster it could have been.

[@rolandvandenbrouck4988]

patrick al die jaren uw wetenschap en nu nieuwe die denken ik kan het , ik hoop dat ze het begrijpen

[@RVLifeNOW]

Sorry..google gives a poor translation so i dont quite understand what you said...thank you for watching! -Rebecca

[@Sailingintoinfinity]

Nice vid as usual. As for lightning protection not sure if bonding to a thru hull is a good idea. If lightning struck the mast and traveled down to the thru hull, would it not be possible that the force causes the thru hull to fail or heat up to such a degree that it melts the surrounding fiberglass?

[@RVLifeNOW]

If you have valid information to support what you are saying, please share it with us. I am not an expert at this. Just because I have never heard of this happening does not mean it hasn't. Why would the thruhull alone heat up when it is acting like a wire in a common circuit? Anything leading to the thruhull would also heat up....and how hot does it have to get to do what you are saying?...unless it is a Chinese piece of junk thruhull. But how else are you going to channel all that electrical power out of your boat and into the water to dissipate? The idea though, is to bleed off the static build up so lightening is not attracted to your mast in the first place. So far, it has worked for 41 years on our boat and this boat has sat and sailed through some tremendous lightening displays. I can only hope it keeps working. Thanks for your comment. Read more

[@Sailingintoinfinity]

@@RVLifeNOW It's just something I once heard from a fellow sailor. I was just posing the question to see if anyone else has heard of this. Good point though - the mast would heat up as well. My last boat's mast base had a wire leading to a keel bolt. That never made sense to me bc the keel bolt was not grounded to the water outside the boat 🤔

[@skline1398]

Wondering how you are doing.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Hello...this is Rebecca....Is this Suzanne?

[@skline1398]

No

[@skline1398]

Patrick Childress Sailing I just saw. The storm hitting the coast and wondered about you folks

[@RVLifeNOW]

We are fine. I feel like I should know who this is....but I don’t ;) Thanks for your concern...we are fine and well, and have reached our destination ;) Thanks for watching our channel, and for your comments.

[@skline1398]

I’m not sure, but I too feel we may have met twenty plus years ago on the east coast of the USA. I did a lot of sailing out of Newport, Mystic, and Block Island. Have done some Bermuda and Fla. to Ct deliveries. Either way I enjoy your channel.

[@allied1394]

I’m not a fan of those wind generators for that reason if one of the blades ever let go and came into the cockpit it would be game over quick

[@RVLifeNOW]

Yes!

[@svamandolin3546]

are you seriously 89? I am amazed

[@RVLifeNOW]

No, that was just a joke which might help the coconut man sell more healthy coconuts. I am 92 and just spry for my age.... well, try 68.

[@svamandolin3546]

@@RVLifeNOW I salute you at 68. Looking good and taking on the world!

[@RVLifeNOW]

Patrick is only 68 on paper. He runs circles around me! (This is Rebecca) I think the coconuts help ;)

[@weinerdog137]

Witch's booms work period. I know why. Im not an EE.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Tell me more?

[@weinerdog137]

@@RVLifeNOW they allow the discharge(equalization) of "static" to occur over a wider area, thus decreasing the overall charge differential, but decreasing the point magnitude differential. Fancy way to say they drain the charge of your mast(boat), which happens anyway, but do it over a larger area. Hope that makes sense. I have alot of experience with these things, and have seen them glowing during lightning storms. The little wispy ends will 🔥(ionize) over time and get shorter, necessitating replacement.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Oh ok...glad we have it ip there etill then!

[@weinerdog137]

@@RVLifeNOW you have heard of St Elmo's fire?

[@Gmal51]

😂I guess storm chase be anything.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Yes...it’s great to chase a cyclone there..use all the unusual north winds to ride all the way down!

[@saylaveenadmearedead]

Boy, that was dumb. I would have stayed in the wonderful harbor until the coast was clear....

[@RVLifeNOW]

The coast was clear. But once you are out at sea, anywhere in the tropics, very localized weather can develop which is impossible to show up any weather report. Weather like that can come out of no where, cause a lot of damage, then a few minutes later it is sunny skies again.

[@travelsandanimals1993]

Malama Robinson This is Rebecca - Would have been more dumb to waste the first 800 miles of sailing with beautiful 15 knot north winds when it’s nearly always Southeast winds on this coast but the cyclone gave us many many days of nice north wind ;) Thanks for watching!

[@saylaveenadmearedead]

@@RVLifeNOW I know...

[@saylaveenadmearedead]

I live in Hawai'i.....

[@ilariochiera8361]

Get off the internet. Please

[@RVLifeNOW]

Good advice :)

[@ilariochiera8361]

@@RVLifeNOW Yes and go sailing please.

[@RVLifeNOW]

Ok going now...

[@ilariochiera8361]

@@RVLifeNOW God bless you both. Enjoy life the sea and the love of sailing.