Sailing Argo Ep 51 - 'O ye, of little faith

[@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar]

The joys of local knowledge for making an easier passage

[@SailingArgo]

Our new rule is "always follow the fisherman" 😀

[@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar]

@@SailingArgo unless their keel is smaller than yours

[@SailingArgo]

@@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar Good point 😂

[@SailingSisu]

you guys are sailing in very cold conditions! wow! respect!

[@SailingArgo]

It’s a cold part of the world 🥶🥶It’s getting warmer 😎

[@SailHosailing]

oh, engines, always problematic. We can find all bad words in head while dealing with them 🤣

[@SailingArgo]

Yeah, and we invented a couple of new frases as well 😂😂

[@StemtoSternSailing]

Takk for gode destinasjons idéer. Flott video. Mvh Jarle

[@SailingArgo]

Tusen takk. Veldig hyggelig å få sånne tilbakemeldinger 😀

[@SailingonAnnecam]

Love you work, just looks way too cold for us now

[@SailingArgo]

Thank you ❤️ Believe me, it was extremely cold 🥶 We're glad that part is over.

[@SailingonAnnecam]

@@SailingArgo I spent several years in the roaring forties in the Southern Ocean on workboats. We are now just outside of the tropics and we love it where we are.

[@SailingSVCordelia]

We were shivering watching this episode. You're both mad to be sailing in weather like that 🤣. Once again though, some of the scenery was stunning. ⛵😍

[@SailingArgo]

Normally we wouldn't be sailing this early in the season, but the season is very short. So by starting this early we were able to fulfill one of many dreams, to sail Loch Ness in Scotland❤️⛵

[@SailingSVCordelia]

@@SailingArgo Oh wow, that must have been amazing. Are you geading south then?

[@SailingMakeMyDay]

Nice video for not so nice weather. We can relate about having to be able to fix and maintain everything onboard. For me carpentry is my Achilles heel, but just got top keep at it. Everything improves with practice.

[@SailingArgo]

We should really sail together, then I could take the carpentry jobs and you could do mechanic work 😂It's like you say, you get better with practice ♥ ️

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

I did geology in school when I was 16 and it still fascinates me. I wonder if geology is warmer than sailing? Maybe if we did volcanoes... I think that the fisherman's route was less bumpy because the changes of depth were less extreme. Looking on a chart for that area, the route was mostly at 50m depth whereas the route you followed had a lot of big changes of depth. What we learned in the Outer Hebrides was that big changes in depth results in big waves on the sea. Lovely video though and it was interesting to see how you do your navigation

[@SailingArgo]

😂 volcanic studies would have been something👍 You are absolutely right when it comes to depths and waves. We made a mistake and had to pay for it. On the outside of the sheltered waters there are depths coming from 800 meters coming up to 20 meters in extremely short distance. Which makes this area very dangerous in rough weather.

[@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar]

Interesting. My husband is a rock hound/ fossils and gem stone hunter/amateur geologist

[@SailingArgo]

He should take a trip to Leka. It's like the surface of another planet. And the surface changes color when it's getting wet. It's amazing 😍