S1Ep1: Crossing the Gulf Stream. Sailing an Engineless Boat From NC to BVI//Part 1.

[@g.willikers7712]

Love your videos. They let us see the boat (❤) , sails, and rigging. Your narration is excellent without being excessive. You have a knack for videography!

[@FarReachVoyages]

Wow, thank you!

[@donaldsmith5972]

Cape Dory built fine boats. I sailed a couple and loved the feel of them under sail. Rugged and very seaworthy. True sailboats.

[@SteveChase-rn2bd]

John, you have done an amazing job with Far Reach and these videos.

[@FarReachVoyages]

Glad you like them!

[@SV-Mig]

Beautiful work on your boat! I totally agree with your philosophy of sailing! I am in the refit portion of my little Nor’Sea 27 getting ready to head out on a circumnavigation this spring. Please keep the videos coming!!!

[@FarReachVoyages]

The Nor’Sea 27 is a fine boat. Lyle Hess was a very talented naval architect. He really understood what he was doing. Good luck with your rebuilt. Keep after and it maybe we will see you out there. Happy sailing.

[@DanielDube-hu9gq]

Amazing boat guys! This is my kind of sailing adventure! 😃

[@FarReachVoyages]

Thanks.

[@tortugabob]

Very nice. Beautiful boat.

[@edwardfinn4141]

Still watching. Good to hear from your shipmate!

[@FarReachVoyages]

@@edwardfinn4141 How do you mean?

[@edwardfinn4141]

@ I was referring to the little talk from your sister/ shipmate. I mentioned In a previous comment the lack of communication from her . And suggested her input would add to the video.

[@FarReachVoyages]

@ OK. I shot video for six years before I ever editing and uploaded them. We didn't really have a plan or know what we needed. But I'll tell ya, she is a long ball hitter when courage, initiative, and clear headed thinking is required.

[@edwardfinn4141]

@@FarReachVoyages I believe you! You mentioned retired fire fighter… All the women in my life are exceptional people, strong, determined , gifted.

[@Seafariireland]

Love the practical pilot berths!

[@FarReachVoyages]

Thanks. Me too. Seems they have gone out of fashion. Too bad as it is a great berth.

[@jamesb.funkiii5647]

You’ve done an amazing job with your boat Congratulations! Please keep going with the videos. We’re very interested to see how you get along without an engine. It seems like most of the other sailors spend a lot of their time fixing or brooding over their engines instead of sailing. Thank you for including us.

[@FarReachVoyages]

You're very welcome and thanks for the kinds words.

[@nicklarosa8097]

So excited to see you have this up on KZbin John, congratulations! Brad just sent me the link as he knew I'd be on it. Looking forward to what's next.

[@FarReachVoyages]

Thanks Nick. I appreciate that. There are a lot more videos to come. Stay safe and good luck as you hunt for your future boat.

[@jerryhammernik7730]

Well done! Looking forward to seeing more. After following the rebuild it's great to see Far Reach in action.

[@FarReachVoyages]

Thanks Jerry. Much appreciated. Glad you enjoyed it.

[@orionjim8385]

Hey buddy, Excellent job with the video. The boat looks great as usual. Orion and I can’t wait to launch in the spring so we can get back out there ourselves.

[@FarReachVoyages]

It's going to be a long winter!

[@catchasemedia2999]

So awesome! Love it! Thanks for taking us along on your adventures!

[@FarReachVoyages]

Thanks Cat. Much appreciated.

[@harbourdogNL]

1:50 I'd really enjoy a video of you docking without an engine, it's a real skill I'd love to see executed...I've never witnessed it. Such a tidy little vessel, well done!

[@FarReachVoyages]

We don't sail into a slip. It can be done but only under the most ideal circumstances and if anything goes wrong it can be a mess. Rule #1: Do No Harm. Not just to your boat, but to anyone's boat. Very hard to stop an 18,000lb boat. You can drop a stern anchor or get a line around a piling but if you miss or have a hiccup then you were negligent and demonstrated lousy seamanship. That said I have sailed big boats up to a T head many times when the conditions were right--breeze coming from slightly ahead and nothing down wind to hit. I have sailed a J24 into slip because it was easy to stop at only 3,000 lbs. I have routinely sculled the Far Reach into and out of her slip in flat water with minimal current. The safest way is to sail the boat close, if the marina permits it, and anchor. Then row a line ashore and warp the boat in. That way you maintain positive control the entire time. That is the proper seaman like way to do it.

[@harbourdogNL]

@@FarReachVoyages Thanks for the very comprehensive reply (am enjoying your channel!). And yes, Rule #1 is why I was curious about how you manage tying up with no motor. Are you using the anchor windlass and winches when you warp in?

[@FarReachVoyages]

@@harbourdogNL Typically I can haul the boat around hand over hand using warps. But I have used the windlass to warp over to a mooring ball and also haul off a face dock so I could raise sails and get underway clear of the dock. Pretty standard stuff in the old days. Not hard but takes planning and patience. I would never encourage sailors to go engineless. It's like single-handing. It's something that has call to you.

[@roadboat9216]

What a wonderful job on the Cape Dory Alberg 36. I sailed similar trips on my 1962 Alberg 35. The CD 36 had a little more water line and beam, but similar. Lost her in Hurricane Andrew, 1992 cat 5! Very tough boat. Got a Kelly Peterson 44 after Andrew. Sailed her from E Caribbean to Panama, then Pacific. Love your modifications. Really well done. Now out ❤of Oriental NC. Maybe see you some time. Will subscribe. Love your style. Fair winds.

[@FarReachVoyages]

Thanks. Glad you are enjoying the channel. The A35 is a classic and the Peterson 44 is a very capable boat. Seem like the perfect blue water boat for a family. Big strong and fast. You might see us out on the Neuse River this summer if we relaunch. A few boat projects right now. Offshore next year.

[@roadboat9216]

@@FarReachVoyages OK. Very nice. Where are you now. We literally live on the Neuse River.

[@FarReachVoyages]

@@roadboat9216if you go to our website at www.farreachvoyages.com there is an email link.

[@svTIARA]

Well done! Love the new channel!

[@FarReachVoyages]

Thanks John R. Great to hear from another CD 36 skipper.

[@cindyreid6404]

That was great, the boat looks wonderful. It must be nice feeling not to have to deal with an engine. I used to sail in and out of the marina with my Endeavor 32, I'd have to wait on the wind to clock around just right to do it but, it was fun and a challenge. Better to go sailing then wait on engine repairs. You two make a good sailing team, keep it going. Peace and my the Lord be with you. ⛵

[@FarReachVoyages]

Thank you Cindy. Tricia is a pretty good sister. So I think I’ll keep her.

[@cindyreid6404]

@@FarReachVoyages that's a good idea, tell her she has another fan here and that I'm looking forward to seeing you both in your next episode. Peace and Love⛵

[@benlindner5285]

I have been following you since you started work on your boat. I was surprised to see your video channel in my feed, I didn't think you would go the KZbin route. Since beginning to follow your blog I have bought and refit my own boat a '83 Pacific Seacraft Orion MKII (27'). In June I sailed solo from Ensenada Mexico to Nuku-Hiva in the Marqueses a 35 day passage. I then sailed on to the Tuamotus Islands and Tahiti another 750 NM. I will continue sailing the Society Islands after the Cyclone season starting about end February. Perhaps Fiji after that? Your work and dedication to your boat project was an inspiration, thank you. Ben S/V DAWN

[@FarReachVoyages]

Thanks Ben. That's a heck of a voyage you are on. Well done. I had shot a couple hundred hours of GoPro film over last three voyages. It was just sitting on the computer not doing anyone any good. Finally, decided to edit them and share thinking others might enjoy seeing that you don't have to have an exotic boat or deep pockets to have an offshore adventure in a strong, safe, reasonably fast boat. Enjoy the South Pacific....

[@pironiero]

please make a playlist for binge watching

[@FarReachVoyages]

As you wish....

[@michaeltca3103]

Yep., this is one of my three favorite sailboats on youtube: SV Delos and Sailing Cloudy Bay are the other two. Each are totally different: HR 54, Amel Super Maramu and a Cape Dory 36, and yet each are tops in their respective category. Very cool.

[@FarReachVoyages]

Indeed. Glad you like her. Me too!

[@michaeltca3103]

Wow @ 6:56 that interior looks so so nice! Really came together. -- QUESTION -- Is that a squeak free interior? Just looks so solid and perfectly put together that it may be the first silent sailboat??

[@FarReachVoyages]

LOL. I don't know about that. My companion way ladder squeaked a bit when I was standing on it in moderate to large swells for a while. But I fixed that. It's a fairly quiet boat.

[@michaeltca3103]

@@FarReachVoyages ..understood. But what about the floors? So many sailboats, even expensive ones, seem have endless squeaks with every step they take - like an old house. Sort of a pet peeve of mine as a youtube viewer. Not sure why that happens so much.

[@FarReachVoyages]

@@michaeltca3103 Floors actually support the sole. Real floors tie the garboards and keel together on a wood boat. Well, most cabin soles and the floors that support them are wood. And wood swells and contacts with humidity. Our walnut planks swelled by the time we made it to the Caribbean on the first voyage. They squeaked a bit. I'd plane them down with a hand plane and then they would swell a little more. They squeaked and we did it some more till we got it right. Probably took a voyage and a half. Probably most people don't know how to fix that and they get used to it don't notice it. I don't like it and we work hard to avoid it.

[@michaeltca3103]

@@FarReachVoyages ..there must be so many aspects to getting it just right - now temperature changes something as fundamental as a floor - good grief... It seems like it will take a lifetime to perfect a sailboat, No wonder you devoted so much time to keeping things simple.

[@michaeltca3103]

Would love to join you in a world cruise on that sailboat. Simply stunning sailboat. Do you think it could traverse the world in anything resembling a reasonable state of comfort?

[@FarReachVoyages]

Offshore sailing in a small boat is not reasonably comfortable unless the weather and sea state are cooperating. While the FR is a lot more comfortable in a sea way than a flat bottomed fin keeler comfort is relative. The amount of motion in a small boat beam reaching in 8-10' seas is astonishing....

[@michaeltca3103]

@@FarReachVoyages ..well I will join you "virtually" if you can record it all. Interestingly, from what I have read online, no one has yet recorded a complete circumnavigation and posted it online. It is one of those things that seems very doable given today's technology (which I know you hate), but wouldn't it be something to be the first do that? I will help sponsor you with some camera money if you commit to doing it?

[@FarReachVoyages]

@@michaeltca3103 I'll pass on that one and leave it up to someone with more interest in tech. I think there are offshore race boats live streaming. That might be a better approach. Just the little I am doing now takes more time than most people might think. Plus, viewers want drama and that's the opposite of what I am trying to achieve....