S4E22 Solo Atlantic Crossing: Azores to Ireland in a 21ft Home Built Sailboat Pt7

[@mieszkoszesnasty2108]

Dziękujemy.

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you so much my friend. Happy New Year!

[@fraserconnell21]

God bless you W.R😊. As a disabled nr pensioner old sea dog I love the resilience you and your channel preaches😊. Can't afford to become a paetreon... But subscribed for years! Fair winds and thanks for sharing your exploits too👋🫡

[@RoversAdventure]

God bless my friend. Thanks for subscribing

[@fraserconnell21]

@RoversAdventure Even just a Hello from chap means the world to the lonely who's horizons are diminished.. Godbless those who are able to go where most cannot 🫡🙏✊️. Champion among others. Bless you Brother and thanks for your superhuman exploits

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

I can never watch one of your videos without thinking about how ship shape and seaworthy and practical your boat looks each time. You have combined your sailing experience with excellent building and craft skills to make a wonderful boat. I'm looking forward to your time in Ireland. I think you're going to have a wonderful time. Happy New Year.

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you, that's very kind of you to say.

[@piperjohn_3]

She was really flying in challenging conditions. Your wonderful remembrance was a perfect counterpoint.

[@marcgatto9675]

Us old Maritimers eat dinner at 12:00 and we have our supper at 18:00.( It's pretty good talking for an Edmonton kid like you ;)! I also have fond memories of haying in the old style where all the barns had hay lofts that we would fill to the brim if we could. Oh, the smell of that hay and how you felt after a days work. Great stuff. When I was a kid, I would go and help the neighbors just to ride back to the barn on top of the haystack. Small pleasures were enough. 😊

[@RoversAdventure]

Well said and by now I should know better about dinner lol

[@Taichungman]

Really enjoy your no nonsense sailing videos. They are very informative as to who, where and why. Thanks

[@HHO....]

Brilliant ride, adventures, memories that all the gold in the world can not buy👍🐬🙏💪

[@MyOldSled]

This is by far the best sailing channel on youtube. Its just pure. This one was a little scary. Thanks for sharing Alan and Merry Christmas.All the best to you and your wife in the coming New Year.

[@Septix]

I absolutely love the mid-video stories :) wishing you a merry Christmas and following winds!!

[@user-pu2nl4sj4s]

What a great boat! Taking it like a champ. Rudder lashings look good as new!

[@DrSurf-fx4gf]

Alan, Hope you have a great new year, stay safe and sail on my friend. A week without one of your videos is like a week without sunshine.

[@chrisb4157]

Do you really think you're going to be able to grab much less hold onto that trailing rope? Try pulling yourself against a 4-5 kt current (your moving boat). Maybe setting up a trip line to disengage your steering vane that's attached to you? Love the video. Good luck!

[@asd67lkj]

Thanks for another entertaining video, Alan. I trust you had a Merry Christmas in an Irish Pub.....

[@lindamanderson62]

Great video! I remember taking in the hay-not sure how much help I was but I threw a few bales - best part was riding on top of the bales back to the barn - the big load swayed a lot it’s a wonder we survived but we always made it - no helicopter parenting back then lol

[@RoversAdventure]

Great memories I'm sure!

[@nasseemmuttur7546]

Seasons greetings to you my captain.

[@DrBrian0450]

Merry Christmas Alan!

[@eagerv]

Best wishes Alan for yourself and Mrs Rover for 2025. Great viewing as ever. Nigel.

[@michaelspooren9213]

Merry Christmas and safe crossing

[@demian8841]

Greetings from Vela Luka ❤

[@GLF-Video]

Merry Christmas to you! Wishing you well on your adventures.

[@CliffordMaxfield]

Happy holidays, Allan from Wisconsin, USA

[@paulg6053]

Merry Christmas and stay safe

[@doughilborn9447]

Merry Christmas

[@microglobesail]

great video.. look microglobesail 5mts around the world alone , non stop

[@Guitarque]

Merry Christmas and happy new year!

[@RoversAdventure]

Same to you!

[@huntsail3727]

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

[@bugbunny1306]

I believe you would be surprised how something as simple as a buggy board at the end of your lifeline would elivate the line and reduce drag. Hopefully that line will cause the boat to luff up.

[@RoversAdventure]

terrific idea

[@listless22]

That lowest boom pole swinging right over your head made me so nervous!

[@johnzink3309]

Thx

[@fibber2u]

Merry Christmas and Happy (New) Year Ahead.

[@tomwaite4594]

Happy Boxing Day My Friend

[@Photocatchthemoment]

Happy Christmas Alan :-)

[@jorgeconcheyro]

I'm not sure if is there any, but it would be great to have a big bowline at the end of the MOB line, so you could pass under your armpits. I remember a story from the boy scouts training book, about a family that felt into a river in winter and they started floating downstream, and people from a near bridge dropped ropes so they could grabbed and be raised. They managed to grab the ropes, but because of the cold they couldn't keep the grip. So the book says, if a boy scout had been there, a big bowline would have been tied on the end, so they can slip into and get raised. Maybe there is a risk of catching something floating with the bowline. At least a figure eight knot at the end so the rope doesn't slip from your hands, in shock for being over board, and then manage to tie a one hand bowline which is very easy to do and would be vital in that situation. Love your content, I've bee following you since the beginning of the project. Cheers from Buenos Aires!

[@jorgeconcheyro]

@@SVPlanSea If we put both ideas together, the red line should pass under the cleat and be tied to the tiler, so if you put pressure makes the boat turn...

[@Paco-p6e]

@@jorgeconcheyro Good point! I have a Southern Cross 31 with a Sailomat 3040 and I have my trailing line rigged to disengage the windvane. Generally it will round up, but not right away so the idea of having something on the MOB line to hang onto is a good one.

[@wayneboldt9705]

Have to agree- making sure the MOB line cancels the wind vane seems critical or you’ll add enormous drag to the task of pulling yourself back to a boat that trying to run away from you!

[@daveamies5031]

Allan as you recount the story of you making hay, I noticed the grazes on your cheeks, are these from salt or fr some other reason? Please make sure you're rested and healed before making the return voyage, look after yourself we want you to return to mrs rover in good health 👍

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you my friend, they are almost entirely healed now.

[@RobertMatichak]

I meant to ask why did you not tie knots along the safety life line dragging behind? I would think it would be very slippery thus difficult to pull yourself along it. Great video. Thx.

[@ximono]

I think I'd want to do a MOB trial first. Have someone else stand by and fall overboard while travelling at a good speed. Can you get back in without any assistance? It's harder than one would think.

[@NeilMartin-z7e]

Truely Amazing. Not just the boat but you. Cheers

[@RoversAdventure]

Very kind my friend

[@brianferguson6278]

At some point in the future can you explain Rope by rope how the Halyards work? One would be to raise and lower the top Batten with a pulley advantage, one would be to snug the battens to the mast. And the other two are for Lazy jacks on each side?? The main sheeting is a four to one advantage through the battens. Trying to follow the ropes and the attachment methods has keep me guessing from video to video how the sail system works.

[@RoversAdventure]

You are essentially right. One for the lazy jacks. One is the halyard, one to cant the sail and one to pull the yard into the mast

[@MethosFilms]

Hello my friend. Merry Christmas. I will be getting my new to me sailboat end of January. I hope to meet u one day 😊

[@RoversAdventure]

Bon voyage my friend

[@deaconallan]

I must have missed something; watch this wonderful sunrise on day 14 of the passage. The sun is rising on the port side of your boat, and you are headed to Ireland from much further south. There mus be gremlins in the compass. Merry Christmas to you.

[@shawnlund]

I’m super curious what you think doesn’t make sense?

[@deaconallan]

@@shawnlund From the Azores to Ireland one would be on a general northerly course and the sun rises in the east, which would be to the right, over the starboard side.

[@bunkerhill4854]

I noticed that too. Actually, this is the second video that I noticed this.

[@brianferguson6278]

​@@bunkerhill4854 I would think it is the editing of the video, a mirror image of the real cameras shot/world. What is on the right appears to be on the left on our screens.

[@bunkerhill4854]

@@brianferguson6278 The following shots all show words on coats and such correctly. Perhaps Alan will clear this up.

[@redwood1957]

Thank you and merry Christmas. Would it help if you had another shock cord on your tiller . I saw only one to stbd?

[@RoversAdventure]

It's to offset weather helm

[@asianetix]

Good going Allen. Not a challenge for you... When do you this without a sail?

[@redwood1957]

I clicked on youtube monday night and nothing. I find out day later had to go elsewhere. Da Is there a way to view what i watched. Happy new year

[@RoversAdventure]

They will send me a copy in a week or so, and I'll post it on my channel

[@daniele36140]

ei, what do you mean home built? The boat is really amazing! Do you have some references where i can get educated on this?

[@RoversAdventure]

All of season 2 is about the building Wave Rover 2

[@tartansailor]

Should you rig a preventer to stop the sail from gybing ? It looks like you have lost quite a bit of weight, are you eating all the necessary nutrients to stay healthy? Cheers, Richard

[@RoversAdventure]

I'll address the weight loss in the next video

[@RagtimeBillyPeaches]

Is that red line, trailing aft, a drogue? Does it help keep the boat steady in a following sea? I was a sailor most all my life, raced for years, and I'm interested in the dynamics of wind driven boats.

[@gunnarfernqvist4896]

How is the junk rig at tacking com pared to a more traditional sail setup, how close (in degrees, about) can you go straight into the wind compared to a traditional sail setup? And, wouldn't it be better with a number of knots on that safety line you ar towing, to reach and hold on to? Merry Christmas and a Happy New Sailing year!

[@sailingin-tuitionwithchuck]

How long is the MOB line

[@RoversAdventure]

100ft

[@sailingin-tuitionwithchuck]

So at 6 knots you have about 10 seconds

[@sailingin-tuitionwithchuck]

Did you put a knot or loop in the end?

[@johnmalenchek6597]

What the hay?

[@williamwoolcock]

What kind of sea anchor are you using?

[@BombaBVI]

What is the red line in the water being dragged behind you?

[@ProfessorAV]

Why not just rig and use a standard tether instead of dragging a line which you would be unlikely to snag?

[@RoversAdventure]

Why not both?

[@robertorr4073]

What time of year was this filmed? Also the point made by another commentator about the sun rising on the port side really calls into question whether this was filmed on the passage from the Azores to Ireland or another passage?

[@Andrey-z9m]

👍👍👏😊🎄🎄

[@haydenwatson7987]

I am concerned about your seamanship when you got into your nostalgic transes. Staring a fix point on the bow is not keeping watch.

[@trustthescience2260]

He sails the boat he built himself every which way and across the ocean like it's nothing, and you're concerned about HIS seamanship! 😂 If he wants to zone out and clear his head for ten minutes or whatever, so what. Christ, is he not allowed to sleep either?

[@giork2828]

@@trustthescience2260The neck of an owl and the eyes of an ant. That’s all he needed to become a mildly capable “nothing watcher” lol

[@sailingcorribeemwera]

You can't keep watch all the time solo crossing oceans....