ep17 - Sailing St.Lucia to Dominica - Hallberg-Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay - April 2018

s/v Cloudy Bay (Hallberg-Rassy 54) sails 75 miles from Rodney Bay, St.Lucia to Roseau, Dominica with a night stop on the way in Anse Mitan, Martinique. The easterly winds are constantly changing in the lee of the three island’s volcanic peaks; accelerating at their north and south extremities and constant 20kts beam reach in between, leading to a lot of sails adjustments. As we head north to the start of the leeward islands, we are finally off the wind and going like a train! This is how sailing should be while island hopping in the Caribbean.

[@peterschwarer4352]

Enjoy the fact that you "sail" !! The mechanical tid bits are great too. Nice sailing. both of you !!! Really love the boat !!

[@paratrond]

Great video, its so relaxing to hear the elements and no annoying music

[@johndonaldson5126]

I can't stop watching this. I love seeing water over the rail. To me this is sailing. Thank you so much for sounds of the sea instead of music.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Glad you enjoyed it John, this was indeed one of our better sailing videos

[@bethmeredith2266]

Thank you for the great sailing video. Loved watching you work the sails and hearing the natural sounds of sailing - wind and waves. Also the explanation of your route. Fair winds!!

[@Timopo]

That was a very enjoyable SAILING video to watch. Thank you for filming and sharing it.

[@miehoh]

Thx for that. Great footage, great boat and last but not least great crew.

[@marcoantonioneves8450]

Thank you for the video. Is nice to see a HR under saiil. Good winds.

[@robvanderveen3578]

Fabulous speed, that is sailing!

[@karitane]

Awesome vlog. What a lovely sail to Dominica.

[@mikes2294]

SMD RC Just about said it all. I too enjoy watching you trim the sails and tweak her to get the last knot. I've learned a lot just watching you. It's also nice to not have blaring music overtaking the natural sounds of the water and the wind. Your camera work is just the best. Keep up the great work, thank you.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Mike thanks for the comment. We do and will continue to add clips where we trim sails and do manouvers. Its clear that our audience likes this kind of footage. We now have a gimbal that we will put on the radar post, so that you can see the 2 of us working together to get CB in the groove.... where we like to be :-)

[@mikes2294]

Be safe and all the best to you both .

[@BJDorset]

well done for getting 1,000 subscribers.Well deserved. Beautiful boat and vids.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks. We are amazed we reached 1000 subscribers! We'll keep trying to improve with future videos now that we have so many clients to please!

[@stuartmcmichael5250]

Fantastic sailing and video of the journey to Russell Bay, and the Dominics. Being a Scotsman, I’m extremely envious of your beautiful yacht and your adventures. Having only ventured up and down the west coast of Scotland I’m normally wearing a jumper or my wet weather gear. Keep the videos coming. Thank you both for my happy night time dreams.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Stuart Thanks for the really nice comment. On a nice summers day you can’t beat West Coast Scotland. You had a fantastic few weeks there last year I think. But yes ... not without a sweater or 2!

[@SeanMcChannel]

So nice to watch your videos showing of actual sailing, with working and tweaking the sails etc. Your videos are refreshing in that your videos don't get ruined by using overused soundtracks that unnecessarily override the wonderful natural wave and wind sounds and the realities of sailing. You both have a wonderful Hallberg Rassy yacht - a dream yacht. She really sails nicely with a powerful rig for a cruising yacht. I am also really enjoying reading your daily blogs from your website - a very nice site. These videos remind me of my sailing adventures across the South Atlantic and Caribbean Trinidad to USVI back in 2003. Thanks.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Very nice feedback, music to our ears! So glad you are enjoying them.

[@sailingoka]

Aynı fikirdeyim aradığım video işte bu, terapi gibi. Teşekkürler.

[@simonm7590]

Nice video showing the thrills of sailing and exploring. Great talk through on how you use HR equipment to sustain your life afloat too. No annoying music and a nice balance of chat and sailing activities. Subscribed 👍

[@SailCloudyBay]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@bill4nier]

Nice sailing. Thanks for sharing. Will be following your adventures. Fair winds. 😊⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵😊👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks for the nice comments. It's wonderful to know others are enjoying our sailing too.

[@jwrappuhn71]

Excellent vid ya'll.

[@billhanna8838]

a real sailing vid , instruments,info,sailing, speed & of course the lovely lady, keep it up enjoyed , thought every thing could have been eased a little more , more up right & better flow , hey here's me sitting in the cols (NZ) & telling u what to do , no , great vid , thanks.

[@Kamabushi999]

my favorite video I can pretend am sailing the boat. lots of time sailing.

[@user-vv2bb7vc5v]

Very nice video thanks for sharing

[@paulandgail3212]

Excellent sailing video..!

[@znon5876]

This video was fantastic. & An HR 54... wow - you sir, know how to live.

[@dalebuckley6073]

gotta love those hr's

[@despideatujefe5721]

Good video.. the real deal!!! thanks for sharing!

[@clairepapadatos1116]

OMGOODNESS! Absolutely incredible! Living the world through your eyes 😊 👍 All love, and best wishes, granny Claire, the 'sofa crew' (2 Goldies and 3 cats , ex pat, Berlin, Germany 😊 😙 😙 ✌ ✌

[@SailCloudyBay]

Claire thanks for the lovely comments. We can just picture you and your arm chair crew X

[@No-thing-ness]

great video mate. wish i was there. cheers

[@rayrussell2735]

nice. like the tib bits of system op's. good speed! throw a line around the boom to the rail block and up to the unused main sheet winch. good preventer and sail control when no vang..

[@SailCloudyBay]

Ray Good top on the line over boom. But will be getting vang repaired in next few days .... hopefully!

[@humalinelewis1180]

That sailor has a very has a very nice personality.

[@wilson5780]

Ótimos vídeos, ótimo veleiro, lindos lugares. Parabéns. Brasil - São Paulo.

[@rasheedmasthan6779]

Nice ♥️👍

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@gkarjala]

Was wondering if 10 kts. was pushing it but, hull speed cant be far above that so yeah. Fantastic sailing footage again Cappy. It appears a beautiful and happy mermaid lept aboard aft deck. A keeper for sure.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thanks for your nice comments. Yes mermaid Oana is indeed beautiful and definitely a keeper :)

[@charlesadams8529]

Hi. Great videos! Enjoying them very much. A tip I picked up from an old sea dog, always keep a heavy duty ratchet strap set aboard, I've use one before when the oil seal blew on my vang. Regards Charles.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Now that’s a good idea. Thanks.

[@jannasmark]

The HR's are excellent...

[@duckrider77]

Merci pour ce "vive la France" & have a good time !

[@SailCloudyBay]

Pas problem! We love France. And we have to say that the people where we are right now, Le Marin, Martinique, are THE most friendly and helpful of all the key yachting centers we have ever been!

[@duckrider77]

Yes j know the "club med" in St Anne & many restaurants to eat the langoustes

[@andreboudreau6474]

Nice sailing video. Being an occasional sailor I've never heard of the Halberg-Rassy before. It kind of reminded me of an Oyster that I had the opertunity to sail on in the BVI a few years ago . It was an 82. Your boat looks very classy . It has elegant lines and what to say of all that teak? Felt as thoug I was right there with you guys. Thanks for the trip!

[@muratmurat6215]

Nice sailing.God luck.

[@markrushton4631]

Very nice thank you

[@G.r.717]

Great video's , Great couple🙏, i like your performance you are very professional with what you are doing 👌 Take care ❤

[@SailCloudyBay]

Thank you so much 😁

[@billvandenouden7302]

She sells like a true Amell smooth and fast and your boats in awesome condition you put a lot of work in time into that it's nice to see all the equipment to work and how phenomenals the dishwasher oh my God very cool I have one on my boat I think that would cause paperwork to be done if it wasn't on my boat with my wife she would not be happy Vegas bill

[@kopeducati]

most vids are just boats vastly unpowered bobbing around in a pond... ..good to finally see a cruising yacht at its speed potential... speed is your friend... :)

[@Darrel128]

Lived in ST.Thomas U.S.V.I from 1989 to 2003 but every summer i flew to dominica

[@xiav2008]

flying....nice. good sailing footage, more footage with rail under would be interesting from other channels

[@SailCloudyBay]

We love dipping the rail in, thrilling .... even if we are pushing a bit hard to get that :) Luckily you can push an HR hard and not worry. We know we will break before the boat :)

[@hotswede69]

Fantastic video and I love the HR would love to sail one someday! Have a great day greetings from Sweden!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Patric Thanks for the nice comments. All Swedish people should be very proud of the Hallberg Rassy product - they really are the Mercedes of the sea. Hope you get to sail on one .... or if you are nearby us ...?

[@hotswede69]

Thanks alot for your Words. Yes, the HR boats are really high quality in every single way. Yeah I hope to someday indeed and thanks for sharing your journey! Keep on sailing.

[@captainmarkgray8856]

Nice sail o--)

[@humalinelewis1180]

Omg this is really frightening. (Winds).

[@DoctorProperty]

Great skills and and nice display of sail trimming. Interested to know why your vang couldn't take some of the twist out of the mainsail.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Dennis, thanks for the comment. At that time we did have an issue with our vang, it had a hydraulic leak and basically wasnt working. We have had it services now.

[@Darrel128]

IM FROM DOMINICA BUT I LIVED IN THE U.S VIRGIN ILANDS SINCE 1989

[@fordyceeldred9409]

The EPA recommended max TDS level is 500 ppm. 700 ppm is not be an exceptable level for drinking water. With my CruiseRO water maker I get less than 300 ppm

[@MartialLONGANGUE]

Great sailing !!!

[@scottmechanical]

It’s a Halberge rosy?

[@nigellbutlerrr2638]

In mast furling, !!!!!!!!!what do you do when it gets stuck jammed in a gale/you did not use the main traveller to get more downforce on the boom, you said no vang?

[@SailCloudyBay]

Now that we are used the inmast furling and have the technique right, we rarely get it jammed. Not in the last 1 or more anyway. But yes, it is a constant concern that it might one day get jammed with sail out and wind increasing. As for a gale .... we would hope to have is well reefed in way before we got to gale force winds. But, for 2 handed sailing on a boat this sail, slab reefing is out the question. In-boom would probably be my choice if it was not for the total cost or retrofit (new rig and sail needed). The key points are to make certain the boom is at the right level when furling in, such that the battens enter the mast parallel to the mast. We also always pull out the first few metres of the foot by hand, as the hydraulic outhaul is too strong and insensitive.

[@2299jsimon]

You really had that gal movin'...

[@kentwood2914]

Why are you assisting the main at the beginning of the video?

[@415144]

Where is your jackline tether? 😳my bad if I missed it.

[@SailCloudyBay]

YOu missed it ... its there on the side decks

[@michaeldouglas6872]

10 knots ..like a Hallbery Rassy freight train that doesn't want to slow down..! Just curious how your Dorades function when taking water over the bow..do you always turn them facing aft or need to , to prevent large amounts of water splashing and entering in to the dorado opening?

[@SailCloudyBay]

Michael Douglas on theory they can take any volume of water into them because their are floating balls on there that block the vent in case of flooding. But I never risk that if I know we are going to be in a situation with green water coming over the deck. I always ( when I remember!) turn them around. Oddly they have never leaked with green water in them .... but they did once when we had a small amount of rain once!

[@michaeldouglas6872]

@@SailCloudyBay Thanks Glen..have always been curios about them and watching this particular passage with CB wanted to ask about them. I have seen some of the new HR's now with a low profile dorade type vent, wonder if this is something planned on your next upgrade/refit although I have read some forums that advocated for the more traditional older style vs these new low profile type that supposedly don't actually let very much air flow in.

[@SailCloudyBay]

Michael Douglas the ones they fit to new HRs are simply much cheaper for them to purchase and install ( given they don’t need stainless steel guards around them). The Dorades like our are now optional extras I believe. Luckily, pre the 2008 crash, Cloudy had a lot of things that were standard which are not post-2008 when HR had to do some serious cost cutting to stay in the market.

[@dasimparmy2289]

Just gave you 1000 subs, your welcome. 😉

[@SailCloudyBay]

John, love the comment and thanks for subscribing. Unfortunately we have no prize for the 1000th subscriber :)

[@dasimparmy2289]

Sail Cloudy Bay LOL very tongue and cheekish on my comment. Great vid looking forward to more.

[@laquanedwards6152]

hope y'all got to meet the ppl in that country I have friends that's from dominica

[@nigelbutlerr7294]

vang is not needed so much downwind, a twisted mainsail is okay

[@SailCloudyBay]

Not really ... the sail rubs against the spreaders. Not to mention the shape is terrible. But we have the vang fixed now.

[@hellohellohello6847]

That is one small cockpit for 54ft boat! Shit!!

[@SailCloudyBay]

Philip, compared to the latest style of yachts that have terrace like cockpits not really designed for Ocean condition, yes this one is small. But out in the Atlantic in 40knts of wind .... we know which cockpit we prefer :)

[@corvavw6447]

Wat als hij overboord gaat?op pilot geen reddingsvest.Geen zeeman dat is duidelijk. Good luck.

[@mikes2294]

P.S. Your going to get a speeding ticket, better slow down. ( 10 knots ? )

[@SailCloudyBay]

:-) if we do ever get a speeding ticket while sailing, I will have it framed, proudly!