Prepping for a STORM by myself [Ladies Night]

[@SVImpavidus]

Top tip we got from an old sea dog years ago. To prevent chafe, and wear on lines and fenders apply a little washing up liquid to the chafe point or fender to reduce the friction. Works great. Thanks for sharing, Cid x (SV Impavidus, Ant & Cid )

[@SailingMagicCarpet]

Kika I love you! Fantastic video, and I LOVE the fact that you focused on something practical and important for ladies night. Very informative stuff, thank you 🙏. -Maya

[@kareykumli3458]

1) Is there a calculation for the length of the boom wrap rope? Circumference of the middle wrap x number of wraps plus boom length plus end ties? I just might use it during storms, as that's when the chafe to the sail cover occurs. 2) A liveaboard dive boat captain said their plan is to stay 3 days or 100 miles from a hurricane, whichever is the most conservative. 3) In a podcast, I heard of yards where they dug out pits and lower the boats in, to reduce bondage. Quite successful, apparently. Didn't catch the location. 4) You two always offer your best knowledge at the time, and you keep growing. It's great that many of your followers offer additional tips. I just started reading the comments, and find you or the team answer many of my questions there. So valuable!

[@SailingUma]

1) It would be faster to just grab a length of rope and start tying, then it would be to try to measure and calculate it first. If it's too short, just tie on another piece and keep going. 2) Yes, that's pretty good advice. The scary numbers you hear on the news are only for the very small eye of the storm. If you sail 24 hrs away, you'll be in a gale force wind, and 48hrs away, you'll be in a bit of rain. 3 days away and it will be sunshine and happiness as if the storm didn't' exist. 3 day forecasts for storms are good enough, you can make a plan, and get away from it. 3) The worst place for a boat during a storm is on the hard, in the path of the eye. We live on our boat, so we can move it at a moments notice. Others aren't quite as fortunate. 4) Thanks. There's no "team" though. Just the two of us.

[@kareykumli3458]

@@SailingUma 1) True, I'm thinking of a dedicated rope, as most of mine are. Will use your suggestion & measure the result :) 2) I like your scale! 4) Team here meant your followers' comments, the helpful ones.

[@kathrynlockwood1180]

Great info! This is one of my fears if my husband and I start sailing, but your video is giving me confidence that I will know what to do!

[@Dutchy-1168]

Very good Video ‼️....an ounce of prevention, worth a pound of cure . Going Dutch, sounds like a great idea ...when in the Caribbean, try to head for the ABC islands ‼️🇨🇦

[@22alisaxni]

Kika, perhaps it is the best video produced by you! Keep up

[@micheldawes1]

Very informative Kika, but in my opinion, I would deflate the dinghy and lash it down (Keel upwards and dinghy bow forwards!) on the foredeck, using ratchet straps with chafe protection (If your yacht doesn’t have strong toe rails, you can always run the ratchet straps completely around the forefoot (i.e. around hull and deck) Depending on the shape of your hull, you may have to run secondary straps around your main ratchet straps and aft to stop the main straps sliding forward due to the diminishing hull volume closer to the bow. Remember, you have to lash things DOWN tightly! Please avoid the temptation to keep the dinghy tied from the transom and filled with water, as sooner or later the wind speed will be strong enough tp create a Venturi and literally suck all of the water out of the dinghy and then you’ll have an airborne projectile hurtling around behind your yacht!!! There are SO MANY things to have to contend with in a hurricane prep, NEVER stop thinking about the “What ifs” Remember the four biggest dangers in a Hurricane/TRS; 1) Wind force (Think windage/Projectiles!) 2) Sea state (Think shock-loading! On the Anchor rode/lines/Hawsers!) 3) Storm Surge ( Do I have enough scope to cope with up to 20’ rise in sea level?) 4) CHAFE! CHAFE! CHAFE! And finally, before the arrival, decide (After much soul-searching!) as to whether it’s worth the possibly life threatening risk of staying on your boat (Have a pre-prepared Bali-out plan - AND DON’T BE AFRAID TO ENACT IT IF THINGS GO PEAR-SHAPED!!! Don’t ever count on certain rescue!)

[@tomriley5790]

Great video, Kika! Thanks for doing it really interesting!

[@c5dave1999]

Dock preps are good if you can't sail away from it but your preps are only as good as the pilings or securing points. If those fail then your boat is at the mercy of the storm. During Irma in Boot Key I thought the concrete pilings were going to be strong enough(4 of them) with tripled lines and extra fenders. The boat was centered and sprung to allow for storm surge. Most of the boat damage occurred after the pilings failed on one side. Once Talmia was adrift there was no more damage... Finding the boat was another problem.. Luckily she only drifted a couple hundred yards with about an extra thousand pounds of pilings to slow her down... LOL Nice job on the video and tying tips for the sail bags... Keep up the good work!!

[@SailingKittiwake]

Loved this Kika! It's reassuring to see the preparations are pretty much the same as those for any big storm, so it should be easy to rehearse :) Thanks for the info!

[@iainlyall6475]

all good points kika, well done. how can 50 ppl not like this?

[@stevemilam466]

You’re such an amazing awesome young lady! So inspirational. Love y’alls videos keep up the good work.

[@MitchellDean-h2b]

Did a good job!! From da Bahamas

[@thomaschandler7820]

All great advise as I sit on an airplane in Atlanta heading back to Tampa to hurricane ready the boat for Hurricane Michael.

[@SailingUma]

That's great your making the effort to prep your boat. Looks like Tampa won't get it too bad, but there are always those pesky squall bands that randomly come through, so better be safe that sorry right?

[@thomaschandler7820]

@@SailingUma My boat is in a Marina that is quite unprotected with a major tidal change. I am moving it to a Mooring so that I don't get the damage from the extreme storm surge that comes through there with these storms. Docks are Cement so there will be some rash damage if I don't move it.

[@raynic1173]

Kika, it's not just about removing items that can blow away, be lost, or become projectiles. It's very much about reducing windage. Less windage equals less 'load' on the boat mooring and or anchor rode, less stress. less chafe...Removing the main sail is best and possibly removing the boom helps also, you know the old, stick your hand out the window of a car doing x-mph...just sayin'

[@davidfildes9826]

I was solo anchored off Phuket Thailand when both tsunamis hit in 2004.My seamanship did little to ensure my survival..more about the fact that my 42ft Vagabond was built like a brick shit house, duel bilge pumps and a 65lb CQR😁

[@chic556]

Good timing as I have one approaching our boat now!

[@jessicajarnebergkarlsson3031]

Super video 👍, alot to think about and very well described! Thank you!

[@lionspeaksout8408]

Great video Sis!! Thanks Kika

[@Bauchfalte]

Hi Kika, i am so proud of you! You became a real sailor by now. Everything you explained and showed is important and just perfekt. On my boat I had a few old scooter-tires to use as heavy-duty-fenders everywhere.They don't cost anything, don't take much storing room and they are indestructible for real. You can also use them on open sea to tow them behind your boat using them for sea anchor. Thank you for your very professional made Videos. I will not miss one of them! Happy sailing, Wolfgang

[@ryszardjacekrusniak7993]

Thanks for the Windy app :-)

[@Pelican5077]

Good info. However, when the water surge ends up being more than 12 feet over the dock, as it did here on the Neuse River in New Bern all bets are off. Many of the boats that ended up breaking loose, sinking, on top of the dock, on top of other boats, swept away on to shore, were prepared was well as other boats in the marina. Preparation helped, but luck played a major role. At our marina it mattered which dock the boat was on, some docks had no damaged boats, other docks had a dozen or more either sunk or with major damage. And if your marina gets totally destroyed, as did the Bridgepoint Marina (lots of video available on You Tube) in New Bern, it makes no difference how you prepare, the boat is likely doomed. Hauling out was also not a great option as dozens and dozens of boats simply floated off their stands and ended up in all sorts of interesting places, including protruding into garages and living rooms. Best option for Florence in ENC was to leave early and sail as far north as one could in the time available. Not many people did that and hundreds of boat owners paid a huge price.

[@SailingUma]

Agree 100% The BEST thing to do is LEAVE!. Preparing at a dock is really more for TD's and TS's or a non direct hit, but you might get strong gust. If you'll be near that 80mile range of the eye, LEAVE!!

[@kevincostner9734]

With the past few years as recent evidence and all the destruction from hurricanes i think its safe to say if you stay in a hurricane erea in a marina you are risking youre boat. I have lived in a cyclone belt on my boat but only because i had a mangrove hole that could handle a cat 5. I went through 2 cyclones in that hole. 120 knots gusting a cat 2 was tne most wind and you could smoke a cigar on deck still. Mangroves are the only chance in direct hits with cat 5.

[@davidc6510]

great tips. Cheers!

[@fit-matters]

Great job I hope it worked well for yeah.

[@HeidiandFranny]

Thanks Kika! I just downloaded the Windy app. We are a tad land-locked in Colorado but we get some super serious winds! That will be awesome. That was a lot of work to do all that. I grew up in Fla so you are so right about proper hurricane prep :)

[@MonkPetite]

That main Sail lashing is called a “marrel” or “marreling” the sails.

[@miltonmiller]

Well done.

[@geodesy2009]

Time to reinstall the stanchions and safety lines! Be well and be safe.

[@Buck1954]

A dingy laying loose can itself be a projectile in a hurricane.

[@nataliesmith6114]

Great information. I wish I had known about that wrap for the mainsail when I was securing my boat for the first time for Hurricane Florence.

[@TK-qu1ht]

Thanx Kika!

[@tompalmer334]

Good information

[@inuendo0003]

Just been playing with W "windy" LOVE IT ]

[@lavor100]

Muito bom o vídeo.

[@frankstocker5475]

Been in two Hurricanes never again too scary. Nov 1997 Osea in Maupiti. 95% destroyed infrastructure, 1100 homeless, house roof landed on the boat. Now we have enough warning of Hurricanes just run away.

[@tomwilliams8675]

Good job. Love your voice.

[@thatdutchguy2882]

Always head for Aruba in that area,...no hurricane has hit there because of the trade wind constantly present, and it has great facilities aswell.

[@UweBehrendt]

thanks

[@ddubtoille]

Just to be picky, you don’t always know where a hurricane/cyclone will be a week before. Just last year we had a cyclone projected to hit us directly up until less than 24 hours before it was supposed to hit, then it shifted straight down and destroyed the town about 200-250nm away. We got almost nothing, just some rain. Cyclones and hurricanes are not as predictable as you would hope.

[@oceandrew]

That's why tracking forecasts have rather wide cones of probability, sometimes 100 miles wide and sometimes wider. You gots to take in all the information and decide for yourself what is prudent and what you're not willing to risk.

[@srfrg9707]

Last week, quite a few boats sank here in Greece when the hurricane Zorbas crossed the Aegean sea.

[@SailingUma]

Greece has hurricanes???? Did NOT know that.

[@kimfucku8074]

The mainsail wrap looks really yummi!!

[@johndavidwolf4239]

"Over, under, around and through" was a Pall Mall cigarette jingle in 1963.

[@tricole1]

You are a great commentator, excellent info

[@davidfildes9826]

Best advice I can offer is to read read and read some more. Magazines like Cruising World and Ocean Navigator are excellent sources of learning. Used to be in volunteer coast guard in Queensland and took a deck hand course courtesy of the Australian taxpayer. Reference book we had to purchase is an Australian boating manual by Captain G Candy...excellent book unfortunately exposes the ignorance of us so called 'experienced' sailors.😁

[@davidfildes9826]

Reallu enjoyed the deck hand course. Everything from fire fighting crawling around in the dark with breathing apparatus to diesel maintenance navigation, radar use, floundering around in crocodile/shark infested seas during life raft 'training'..Australian Government supplied an old power vessel and a somewhat arrogant training skipper 😂

[@kathleenzajkowski6612]

I would really like to know how slack you should leave your lines for storm surges. Thanks

[@BrandenScottStewart]

These are great tips! Thanks for sharing.

[@franciscotrujillo5527]

Very nice videos.What kind of boat do you have .

[@pamfaire6736]

What can we do to help the people in Haiti after the earthquake or anytime for that matter?

[@alanwheelock1460]

I checked out two of those weather apps, Very cool, they r favorites now.

[@jerametrunnell8740]

Just a little add-on for your securing of the main sail. I live in NC and deal with hurricanes yearly. We just had one dump almost 40" of rain on us. I use the clear saran wrap all the way around my main, then duct tape over that. Between lashings, saran, and duct tape, nothing moves. I use the saran wrap to protect the main from the duct tape. I just run a pair of sissors under the saran and cut it all away when I am done. If you are in the states, the saran wrap is cheap at the dollar stores and so is duct tape.

[@kimfucku8074]

Nothing that duct tape cannot hold! Good advise, thanks!

[@jasonswanson]

There's a reason why the military calls it 100mph tape

[@raynic1173]

Please find another way, and reduce your 'plastic footprint'. By the way best way is to remove the main completely and if you thing your really going to get slammed take off the boom too.

[@jerametrunnell8740]

Once or twice a year I need to protect my sails. My sails are set up for racing, and do not easily come down.

[@kareykumli3458]

What about making a tight mainsail cover that zips up over the regular cover, if you need to do this often? You can get zippers by the yard & attach stops & pulls. A stretchy fabric, so there aren't loose bubbles here & there. Would that work?

[@spencerflynn7743]

Cool vid

[@jacobmacik8543]

Is that jack Johnson? Love that shit!!!

[@whatchagotsteu1932]

Don't forget to have loads of gas for the generator.... So you can charge the system when the SHTF

[@JCrook1028]

If you have a gennie... which they don't.

[@captainmarkgray8856]

Sail to California USA - zero hurricanes but watch out for the yearly 100+ mph Santa Ana winds (easy to avoid or survive here,,, done it many times :-)

[@hlynnkeith9334]

We were in a slip in Alameda (San Francisco Bay, eastside). The forecast was for gale force winds, so we doubled up our lines to the dock. Just after midnight, my wife woke me up 'cause the boat was listing 23 degrees to port. We fell to the deck and scrambled up the companionway ladder. The wind had peeled the dock off the pier and was now laying on our port lifeline! The only other liveaboard on that pier came to help us 1) roll the damned dock off our boat and secure it to the pier and 2) undo all our lines and bend them onto the pilings. When I finally got below I checked the anemometer. 80mph. Hurricane force. Never trust a weatherman. Oh, did I mention that the three of us did all this naked? Did I mention that the rain was blowing horizontal and HURT LIKE HELL!?

[@davidfildes9826]

Oh and a 80hp marinised Ford deisel😁

[@33eyeman]

If there is nothing safe to tie the dinghy down to fill with water to weigh it down to keep it from flying around and causing damage.

[@1svsoulmate]

For the girls, but I like it too! Thanks.

[@Bleemus]

Experts after one year. Well done. Ask the people in New Bern about how moving inland helped them.

[@tomman4583]

Kika, not only a tool for hurricanes, but Maritimes in general. Go to www.ndbc.noaa.gov/ . This gives you the ability to chose a buoy and check the sea state at the buoy. Can be an added tool in your weather kit and for planning. Enjoy!

[@scornflake]

“Oh my fuck!” Classic. 😂

[@hsjdkebrk]

Great advice! Where will you put the dinghy?

[@SailingUma]

We would deflate it and Store it indoors. Or if you dont have access to a garage or house, you can deflate it and secure it on deck.

[@kz4506]

What happens when your boat rises 4 ft higher than your dock in 130 knts winds can you rope it further away from the dock to hold it

[@marcoantoniofederico7891]

TFSYM!

[@Deftonesdsm]

I feel when i tell people this is my plan(live aboard) they ALWAYS say "wha ...what about hurricanes?". Like people 300-5000 years ago didn't have to ride out hurricanes. With modern weather reporting you should never be caught off guard.

[@MrRourk]

But insurance adjusters got to make a living.

[@Deftonesdsm]

@@MrRourk insurance companies huh?. The top ten banks and insurance companies JUST in america hold over 13TRILLION in assets. So in my opinion FUCK those greedy MOTHERFUCKERS. Just my opinion. Have a great day

[@harryking904]

You pulled the Dingy upon land but did not show how you secured it from being blown away ?

[@inuendo0003]

she put it into the garage lol ]

[@ShElByRoX3]

Aye save that boat

[@lyfandeth]

Now I will be up all night, because I can't remember the proper name of that lashing you used on the main!

[@philsulzberger7018]

Have always called it a "timber hitch" , the same style of lashing to use on a long spar or log (not as many lashings) if you want to tow it behind a boat or vehicle..

[@lyfandeth]

As best I can find, a timber hitch is different. When it is followed by one half-hitch, that's a nautical variation called a killick hitch, but this style of running many half-hitches alone, has some other name.

[@philsulzberger7018]

thx Lyfan, I will do some more research on the killick hitch variant. Us sea scout leaders all the way down under in Tasmania rely either "what we were taught, or what we can be informed about". Cue the internet search....lol.

[@stargatepioneer]

Thanks for all the great tips. Those are great and I gave the video a thumbs up. But the monologue jump cuts are a little annoying and I could do without them. Still, I love your content and have since you told me not to buy a couch. I'll be watching next time. ~SP

[@jameshoiby]

Did you really have to bleep out "That'll keep you from losing your sheet?" :)

[@FrancoisEdmondOfficial]

Are boys allowed? Cause I'm here lol

[@brianstevens7241]

I must confess. I attended ladies night, and I liked it. What does that mean?

[@slobooger]

Dont worry, I snuck in too.... just lay low and dont make any sudden moves. ;-)

[@ronbumbera6229]

Not to be picky Kika, but the center of a hurricane is dead calm. I have been in the center of four

[@rhino_sailor7506]

Ron Bumbera yeah but you have to go through the wall to get there and then again when it moves by !!

[@ronbumbera6229]

I know all too well

[@geodesy2009]

The wind drops off and the sun can shine but the sea state isn't similarly affected. The waves can actually be more confused and unpredictable in the eye.

[@cliffstarks9579]

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[@MidnightVisions]

@11:50 I think Kika has more muscles that she leads us on to believe,, : D

[@luckylevio]

👍🏻☀👍🏻☀👍🏻☀⛵

[@briantracy1324]

10:32 Is that a rat or an otter?

[@SailingUma]

Iguana

[@SteveWrightNZ]

That is not a narcissistic trait. ;) I dont think you guys need to be worried about having narcisstic traits. ;)

[@ShElByRoX3]

Modelo

[@984francis]

Hide under the couch😀

[@daverjax]

Thumbs up for the Subject. It's near and dear to my heart as having ridden out More Hurricanes then I have Fingers over the last thirty years. GUT; I'm Sorry in the Interest of "Gender Equality" Ladies Nights have been deemed Sexist. XDDDDDDD F.W.F.S.

[@robertjones-zy7ym]

we are saving our boat its called america .. brett was just confirmed .. 48 thou . indiments coming as always live free sail hard

[@thefriendlydutchman4402]

are you sitting on a couch ?

[@JCrook1028]

"You know where the hurricane is going a week in advance and have time ti get out of the way". Um....no. Simply not true. Let's take Hurricane Charley for example. Aiming right up the mouth of Tampa bay, suddenly takes a wobble and goes inland at Punta Gorda where just 1 day before it was forecast to pass that area 65 miles out to sea..... You NEVER know even 1 or days days in advance where it is going. Period. End of story.

[@justininvestor]

4 th

[@yorukkizigeziyor]

very beautiful 😍💘🔥👙

[@mickoconnor729]

Sorry not good advice, you DO Not know where the eye of a storm will be one week in advance. You could end up in it's direct path and be in the middle of nowhere.....

[@SailingUma]

Well, you certainly have a better idea than any other natural disaster. You're right, you don't know exactly, but you have enough time to prep your boat and make a plan to move it out of the way when it does get closer. You only have to move 50-100miles, that's a day sail. They give you LOTS of warning. No excuse to get caught off guard.

[@samdonnelly8419]

First

[@davidfildes9826]

Hmm ...not sure that accepting advice from a cute neophyte sailor would be such a good idea. Many more experienced offshore sailors have lost their vessels in storms and hurricanes...

[@mickvr9361]

Your experienced sailors probably did all they could to minimize risk before hurricanes, and that is all any mariner can do, after a point, human preparedness takes a back seat to the whims of mother nature. Would you prefer Dan and Kika did nothing before the shit hit the fan?. Their advice is good, could there be more done, definately, but David, keep this in mind before you slam them. Dan documented living on board through Hurricane Matthew, these two NEOPHYTE (as you call them) have given more footage of preparation, surviving, and aftermath of a hurricane than any other YT channel I have seen so far. Have they given wrong advice in this video ? If not, what is your complaint based on?. Preparing for hurricanes is a learning experience, not just personal, but taking on what information is out there and adding that to your own experience as a mariner. NOTE I keep saying mariner, this information is good and sound for not just sailors but all sea dwellers. Dan and Kika have given a back bone to "Hurricane Preparedness" it is now up to individuals to add what they can to this advice. Personally I can't see anywhere in this video that Kika gave bad information, there are some gaps (and these are akin to to asking a welder why they lay a weld in different directions when arc welding or migging. It's so second nature that they don't give it a thought) a bit like someone asking what Dan and Kika would do with coco (Their Dinghy). Kika probably never gave it a thought because the options were so glaringly obvious, but to beginner, needed explaining. Someone asked, Kika replied which is great. Again David, did Kika give bad advice? I'm not slamming you David personally, I just dislike the attitude that because Dan and Kika are relatively new to sailing that they don't know shit. Have you anchored in a hurricane ?

[@iainlyall6475]

they have at least 4 yrs sailing experience and dan has sailed across the atlantic, i believe, as a crew member. i would hardly call them neophytes.

[@davidfildes9826]

I said I was not sure.. no offense was intended. I am now on the beach but sailed on and off for going on 50years. It is up to sailors to decide what is good advice and act accordingly. Millions of books, magazine articles etc which offer advice and opinion.. No never been aboard during a hurricane... a couple of knock downs burst sails, lost rigging in squalls/ storms/ 2004 tsunami...no doubt 'some' advice can prepare you for such 'adventures'.

[@iainlyall6475]

no true offense taken :-) i've never sailed an ocean, but oh boy can l.huron kick up a storm.

[@masskilla469]

I would like a in depth tutorial on the jenoba procedure lol

[@joeharshman6070]

Thanks for the share on the Windy app. This appears to be a nice tool and very useful and easy to understand. Love your videos! Thanks for sharing your adventures in boating!

[@thomas2274]

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