Pushing my boundaries: My first OVERNIGHT SOLO SAIL - UNTIE THE LINES S2E07

[@hogheadv2]

Now I really know why Fridays have become a special treat :D Reminders of what life is really about.

[@blueskyredkite]

Excellent! So glad to see you taking bigger steps. Night sailing is hard, solo sailing is hard, to do both takes a lot of courage. I hope you are very proud of your achievement, because you should be.

[@Zerostar369]

Happy to see you arrived safely.

[@johnnywilson1616]

It's looks so beautiful out there. So peaceful......the night sky, stars and the moon. Dolphins playing in your bow wake. Beautiful indeed......you've been blessed girl :-) Johnny

[@0HARE]

This was so fun to watch. I'm happy to see you wearing the safety harness and tether. The superimposed map was a very nice touch. Hope you can continue that in the future. It's good to see you so relaxed and comfortable with Karl and the ocean. Happy Sailing

[@skipperandy8081]

Great to see you out there and your confidence in Karl has improved significantly. Great, enjoy, good luck, and fair winds to you.

[@Choppermurman]

Well done Nike and Congratulations on your longest passage (to date). What a treat to be along for the sail through your videos. Best wishes going forward. Looking forward to your next Ep.

[@ByteMeDammit]

It's been a great build up to this point. Congratulations on getting out and doing what the rest of us hope to also be doing eventually! Thanks for sharing your journey with us so far. And keep the videos coming.

[@richsimcoe2683]

Love your improvised courtesy flag! So much fun traveling along on your adventures as well.

[@georgelewisray]

!!!!!! WONDERFUL !!!!! . . . . . You have come so far, and it may just be the beginning.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

I hope so :)

[@SailabilityAuckland]

well done, you must be feeling proud for yourself and Karl. thinking back to those days grinding antifoul, you've come along way.

[@angelandlooch]

Hi Nike, Great to see that you have now completed you first overnight sail. It looked like you really enjoyed yourself, a terrific acheivement. I noticed you did the right thing and wore your safety life line. It did raise a question in my mind if it is long enough to take you behind Karl if you fell overboard. I cannot recall seeing if you have a boarding ladder permanently on the stern. If you have a stern ladder you will most probably be able to return to Karl safely. If you do not have permanent boarding ladder, you will be unable to get back onto Karl. I love your adventure. You are truly an inspiration.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hey Edwin Flynn, Thanks for your concern. I do have a permanent bathing platform on the back with a ladder attached to it. And usually I run my lifelines all the way to the back and then I can reach it. But I always wanted to do a trial under way with some friend on board but did not do it yet...:( It's on the list...!!! Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@gavstain4928]

Thank you Nike, for sharing another beautiful video :) I look forward to continuously following your journey. Fair winds :)

[@svfrisbee5443]

At last, some BadAss stuff!! I have been waiting for this from the first episode! Great job Nike!

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Took some time, I know ;) Was not THAT bad ass, but it was a great first experience :). Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@sherthom5672]

Congratulations! And thank you for taking us along, and for the map showing us your route.

[@greenstaraz]

SUPER Happy to watch your First Big Solo Passage. Very Nice, Looks like Great Fun

[@rlabrune]

Karl ist wunderbar! Und so bist du ...

[@martyjackson4806]

Enjoy Columbia. Cartagena is a great city. Tones of history and lots to see and do. Have fun!

[@troyreynolds4520]

Thanks for sharing your travels and good to see you wareing your safely equipment. Fair winds.

[@bakesail7541]

Nike! That is such a beautiful sail! I so can't wait to be out there. Cheers!

[@jethrob2830]

Congratulations on your journey, may you be blessed with many more.

[@georgemiller1251]

Beautiful sail. Love your videos I've been watching and dreaming since season one.

[@GeneRossano]

Never doubt it Nike. You are a fine sailor.

[@bakesail7541]

Nike! That is such a beautiful sail! I so can't wait to be out there seeing the same sights. Cheers!

[@horatiomarteleira1567]

Just a suggestion, please keep one jackline (for attaching your harness) along the centerline of the boat. A jackline along the edge of the hull gives you a false sense of security when leaving the cockpit, but is dangerous because it won't prevent you from falling overboard and you won't be able to climb back in. A jackline along the center of the boat with a short tether will keep you safe on the boat even in rough conditions.

[@philsmith7398]

Excellent advice

[@passmeby9398]

***** I guess a test would be to get off the boat while anchored and tethered and try to get back on board. I've had visions of someone finding my boat trailing a tether and harness with a few bones left.

[@passmeby9398]

***** Oh! one other thing. recommend stopping the tether short of the stern.

[@kamimo2930]

You did it! Congratulations!

[@vagabondphil49]

Congrats Nike! Great sail! One of my goals this year is to catch up with u and Karl and buddy boat with ya. Cya

[@thall0790]

So good to hear from you.

[@rickchollett]

If I had no life commitments I'd be first in line to volunteer as crew! Looks like you are having an amazing time. Keep the videos coming!

[@robertblanchard6441]

Thanks Nike for reply and tip to use FB for real time updates. This might give you a chuckle - Women are like Sailboats....The cost is not in the Hull - Its in the Rigging ! Hope you are enjoying your new life on KARL these days ! Your loyal fan, Cousin Bob

[@gugabarragan4494]

congratulations you're near Venezuela can come visit, you should visit Los Roques

[@daverjax]

Good Job Nike! No worries Karl will take care of you as long as you take care of him; which YOU DO. No Fishing Tackle? those Flying fish make good bait. and it's kind of the fringe benefit of sailing; fresh Mahi Mahi (aka Dorado,or Dolphin) or fresh tuna. Take care, and keep a weather eye out, Hurricane season you know. PLEASE keep that harness and teather on while underway. We LOST two young men in the Gulf Stream when they're 19ft centerconsol motorskiff capsized off the coast of Florida about a month or so ago.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

nah, no fishing on overnights yet ;) still groovin in and saving all the energy for emergency situations...I always trawl on day trips, just caught two false albacores today, yummie! And usually I always have my harness on, and coastal my life vest. Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@daverjax]

+WhiteSpotPirates Excellent! Bon Appetite. Keep up the good work. I wish MORE sailors would wear that harness underway; it'd cut down a lot on the tragedies at sea. Fair Winds and Following Seas Nike and Karl.(Arrrrr that be me uncles name that be).

[@andrewburnett2215]

Way to go! I have some friends that sailed between the San Blas the Colombia many times. There is a cove close to Baru where they spent many months. Check out Boca Chica on isle Terra Bon. You would think you had sailed to West Africa - really cool place.

[@robertblanchard6441]

Thanks Nike for fresh video - Can't get enough of you and KARL ! You may be too busy to reply, but I wonder about a couple of things.....Due to the time lapse of posting your videos, where are you now and do you plan to cruise as far as Cuba eventually ? I see you wearing safety harness - that's good ! Please be sure the line is long enough to reach ladder and if portable type, keep well secured and accessable in the event you fell overboard. I can only swim a short distance to save you ! Love Ya ! Cousin Bob

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Heya Bob, you can follow real time updates on facebook.com/whitespotpirates. You don't have to be on FB to see it...in case you are not a fan of this portal ;). I am in Guanaja, Honduras, at the moment...To see what happend with the Cuba trip, you will have to wait three more episodes ;) Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@jwulf2002]

I love your courtesy flag!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@RetC130Nav]

I love the homemade courtesy flag!

[@rayred74]

May I suggest that you look at a book on sail trim - by paying attention to sail trim you can gain 0.5 to 1 knot which may not sound like much - convert that to distance and time - 12 to 24 nautical miles over a 24 hour period or at 5 knots boat speed, you save 2.5 to 5 hours in time

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

I should, I know...:)

[@ronlister4033]

Nice sailing. Thanks

[@TheCorsair]

Nice courtesy flag!

[@gordongriesmann2720]

absolutely

[@CoolAirVw]

congrats!

[@coffeefish]

Nice sailing.

[@DirectorDavoPaul]

You. Are. Awesome.

[@jerrydensmore2887]

Do you have an auto pilot on Karl? Nice job getting there on your own. Thanks so much for taking me along. I always enjoy traveling with you.

[@hogheadv2]

+Jerry Densmore The wind board on the back is a "self guiding" system. ... Nike , or others can offer better explanations.

[@SVSecondChance]

Jerry Densmore yes its a tiller pilot it was in use in this video for a short time...

[@jerrydensmore2887]

Lee mcginnis I figured something was guiding while she cat napped. I thought I saw a boater who had a digital one and it was one of those set it and forget it dodads.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hey Jerry Densmore, I have two self steering systems. A tiller pilot that runs with electricity and a wind vane that works mechanically and does not use any power :). The latter one is the one I mainly use...if possible. But for mannouvers or when the wind is too low, I use the electriacal one. Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@angelandlooch]

Yes Nike practice of MOB is important so please do schedult it soon. Perhaps you can practice MOB when someone is on board with you to make sure that you will be able to get back on board. Of course as the famous "Murphy 's law" prescribes, we usually fall overboard in bad weather. Practice will increase your chances of returning to the boat even in adverse conditions. PS: About your night lights. As you need to maintain your night vision to keep a lookout at night, I suggest that you use red lamps in your torches, even your forehead torch. Many quality forehead torches now come with a switch to night vision red lamps. However, you can even paint some of your interior lights red with car brakes paint so that even the cabin lights do not rob you of your night vision. You can maintain white lights for reading or cooking as necessary, but your night lights can be painted red to protect your night vision.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi +Edwin Flynn, u r very right about both topics. I already have a red headlamp by now and it is very much better, totally agree :). Ahoy, Nike

[@susiecrawford9694]

+Edwin Flynn Notalotta point doing a MOB drill when solo sailing!

[@susiecrawford9694]

+Edwin Flynn Notalotta point doing a MOB drill when solo sailing!

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

I think it's still good to train falling overboard whilst clipped in...to see how you can make it back into the boat. Obviously, if you fall overboard and are not attached, not much to do then when you are solo sailing, that's true :) But I try not to let that happen ;)

[@stevehansen6552]

I love your videos so real life. You show the good and challenging. Just wondering would you be OK with sharing what you might think your monthly expenses might be.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi steve hansen, it really depends where I am, what I do, what Karl needs...I have had months in San Blas where I spent less than 200$...and I have had a month in Colombia where I paid 2.000$, autsch!!! So it is really hard to give you a solid number...but maybe this is a small indication. There are lots of blogs that do a detailed spending listing on their site, if you google a bit, I am sure you will find some...I wanted to list some of those links on my website but still did not got round to do it.... Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@akseakayaker]

As a sailor myself I find great interest in your sail rig. Are you using a "Dutchman system" on your mainsail ? If so do you like it ? I ask this because I just installed this on my vessel but have not yet tried it.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi +Tzahal Tavor, hm, are you talking about this lazy jack system where you run stuff kinda zickzagg through your sails? No, I don't have that...Maybe I misunderstood...then let me know :) Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@TitusLivy777]

I really enjoy your videos. The sailing is cool, but I'm also intrigued by your seemingly mellow, laid back approach to life. What a wonderful contrast to the stressed out, "success at any cost", knife-your-competitors-in-the-back lifestyle that is all too common today.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Happy to hear that, TitusLivy777, cause I really enjoy exactly that part of this adventure. It is the biggest present I could make myself: to decide to have time for the things that I really enjoy to do in life! Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@finaltom5]

Hows El Nino been hitting you? Thank you for sharing

[@K7FFN]

Congratulations on your solo journey and your very well-done videos! I have a question: Did this video include segments from an earlier sail with a voice-over from this sail? I ask because there was a scene or two showing an electronic autopilot and no windvane on the stern, and this was followed by a scene showing the windvane on the stern and no electronic autopilot connection to the tiller. Hmmm? :) (Not a complaint; I'm a videographer too and I know about "B-Roll.")

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi +Don Cline, all of the material is from this sail actually. I do have and use both, an electronic autopilot and my wind vane. It depends, what I am doing and what the conditions are :). But well spotted ;)! Ahoy, Nike

[@seahaul6225]

Nike, if you need the harness because you fall overboard how do you get back on?

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi Sea Haul, the life line will lead me to the back of the boat where I can reach the upper part of the boat to pull myself up. And usually I have the lifelines all the way to the back, that way I can even reach the bathing platform to get back on. Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@kenb4530]

Isn't it better to use actual courtesy flags as apposed to making one? Is a home made one actually acceptable a a port of call? Love your vids BTW!

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi Ken B, I did buy a "real" one upon arrival. I would say that a home made one is acceptable, yes. It is a courtesy flag after all, no? And sometimes it is not easy to find one before you get to the country...In Honduras, we asked if we could buy a flag somewhere and they just shrugged their shoulders and did not really seem to care too much about it. Guess every country deals a bit differently with it...I think a home made one is better than none... Ahoy, NIke & Karl

[@kenb4530]

WhiteSpotPirates Thanks Nike for the answer. You and Karl inspire me...keep up the great work!

[@eriknulty6392]

how many N.M. did the trip end up being? ps- great job.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hey erik nulty, it was 200nm in total :) Two days, two nights. Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@veleroalbatross]

Cartagena beau and nice people even Cafe del Mar (at sunset!). Enjoy :)

[@fleastiff3458]

How much did a Panamanian bingo card cost? what were the prizes? How many games were played and were the hours restricted?

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

It was a dollar for playing the whole night with one card. Prizes were mostly tupperware boxes ;). There were many many games played and what do you mean by restriced hours? Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@fleastiff3458]

WhiteSpotPirates Thank you. I meant any posted opening and closing hours. An acquaintance of mine travels thru South and Central America writing about different gambling casinos there, but if the prizes were nothing but empty tupperware boxes, I don't think its likely to be a booming casino there.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

hahaha, no...well, this was a casual gathering of some ladies on a plaza underneath a Jesus statue (funny setting ;)). Would not call this serious gambling, no ;)

[@iman80skid91]

Hi young lady,,,,i see your Rutland genny isn't turning, are the bearings seized,,,

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Hi +colin rat, yeah, he's not been doing very well ;) I am planning to take him down and open him up next week when I am on the hard...I'll let you know if it was the bearings or sth else once I find out. Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@iman80skid91]

Guten tag young lady...Im in Greece, at the mo and my aerogen has the same problem,,,,so doing the same job on mine,,, Happy days to see it turning again :)

[@dekkerdiane439]

Best curtesy flag ever! :)

[@stevehansen6552]

Understandable I was asking more along the lines of food mooring fees etc. not so much maintenance and such.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

well, that also depends on the countries ;). Mooring fees I try to avoid as much as possible...They were quite high in Panama, they seem lower here in Guatemala. Did not use any mooring in Colombia or Honduras so cannot tell. Food here in Central America is quite cheap on the street (you can get some good street food for a dollar or two), ok in restaurants (local food is quite cheap, 3 to 7 bucks maybe, more fancy ones between 10 and 15), but veggies and groceries are not too cheap I find... Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@thedude3117]

Those aren't the safest of waters and I don't mean the reefs/weather.

[@kunstmol]

You're never going to fix that duct tape window, are you? just to bug me.

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

hahaha, I was waiting for you to spot that ;) I started peeling the duck tape off...first step ;)

[@kunstmol]

you cant cruise the world with a duct tape window. its a known fact. :)

[@aztekjp]

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[@BBox99]

next time you break a fan belt with no spare use nylon as in a pair of pantyhose or something of that sort of material. It will get you out of trouble till you get to your next port of call. ;-))

[@obkcaptain]

+1 Nice (and cheap) courtesy flag......

[@Krisgross1974]

Number 1 lol

[@GoofieNewfie69]

powered milk keeps good

[@slypigno9835]

This is a fake. Tell tails never lie. It should not take 2 years to go anywhere. What ever this is it is not real. Her sails are never properly shaped. and i watched 60 episodes. I liked them all but videos don't make sense. Bye!!!

[@WhiteSpotPirates]

Well, I did not think it could take two years to go somewhere, either, but was taught that it does happen ;). Not sure what makes you think this is a fake...and I would be interested to know what kind of motivation would lie behind the attempt to fake a video documentary. I would say that would be a pretty impressive work if this was all fake ;) Ahoy, Nike & Karl

[@bakesail7541]

Nike! That is such a beautiful sail! I so can't wait to be out there seeing the same sights. Cheers!

[@bakesail7541]

Nike! That is such a beautiful sail! I so can't wait to be out there seeing the same sights. Cheers!