Sailing North! | Sailing Avocet

[@qtlana]

Congratulations on cutting those dock lines! Thank you for sharing this emotional experience!! ❤❤❤

[@sailingavocet]

Thank you for being a part of it

[@tessdunnist3tra]

So beautiful - both the people and the views. Love following your adventure of a life together ❤

[@sailingavocet]

Love you

[@BuildingSYMistress]

Hey CONGRATULATIONS 🎉 Chris and Marissa for MAKING IT, the "casting off the lines" gauntlet, woohoo! As you will know, this is NOT easy, right?! 😁⛵

[@sailingavocet]

Thank you so much!!! It was a long time coming but worth everything

[@SailingSweetRuca]

Congratulations!!!!! You have been working very hard for this, enjoy the sea!

[@COLLAR01]

wait how are you guys commenting shouldn't you be somewhere in the deep south of Uruguay🤙

[@sailingavocet]

Thanks guys!!!

[@mariemorrissey9378]

Congratulations on leaving the dock! How exciting sailing under the Golden Gate Bridge on Avocet!!

[@earlashton1342]

You forgot to say. FINALLY!!!

[@sailingavocet]

FINALLY!

[@danknox9986]

Always a thrill sailing under the GGB!

[@sailingavocet]

Sure is!

[@Paul-ow6of]

👍👍👍 Very cool 😎

[@sailingavocet]

Thanks for watching Paul!

[@appick01]

Beatiful sail guys! Glad you had some smooth weather.

[@sailingavocet]

Same here!

[@randywelsh4163]

Congratulations you guys, it seems your off to a good start. Enjoy everything every minute. Wishing it was warmer for ya!

[@sailingavocet]

thank you so much

[@wadeshore]

Excellent video. Thanks for the journey.

[@sailingavocet]

So glad you enjoyed it!

[@fernandograu6677]

Congrats! Nice vibe, music, and good balance of Chris fixing, Cleocat "working" on a night shift, and you being amazed, taking us all viewers along with for 3 days adventure. So important to know your boat well, immediately having to fix one autopilot, one engine leak and one ripped sail... Well done!

[@sailingavocet]

Thank you Fernando! Excited to share the next video soon.

[@deb6623]

Oh my gosh, your new air vent under the dodger that you finally replaced, is Ginormous like from a SHIP !!

[@sailingavocet]

Looks nice with all the other originals

[@SJMessinwithBoats]

Best Video! Award!❤

[@SailingMakeMyDay]

Great video. It's great to see that you've untied the lines and set sail on adventure. The reward for all your hard work. Enjoy.

[@sailingavocet]

Woop woop!

[@judywebb8358]

Great to see you guys finally on the move!! Smooth sailing!

[@sailingavocet]

We are unstoppable now!

[@webheadusa9377]

It is official - you are now a tangible sailing channel! Yay! Looking forward to your next episode. :At 7:59 as you sail past Big Sur, I see the bridge that about 50 years ago I took a picture of from the the cliff on the port side looking East, I have that picture somewhere. Thanks for this very special memory! :¬) Webhead USA

[@sailingavocet]

Yippee! Bixby Bridge - iconic!

[@sigmondtheseamonster]

Great video…. Great story.. I’m ready for more.

[@sailingavocet]

Heck yah!

[@Martin_Skywatcher]

Congrats on getting through 4 years of boat work, you must be relieved and so am I lol 😅. Although it seems there might be still be some boat jobs every now and then by the looks of it😄 But that's boating for you. Here is to many more adventures on Avocet for all three of you (counting Cleo too off course 😉).

[@sailingavocet]

Thanks Martin!

[@annafraley5388]

What Can I say… Loved it, just LOVED it…!! We wished it was longer than 3 1/2 minutes though. At least that’s what it seemed like to us, hahaha 🤣😂 Could Anymore have gone wrong on your first trip though🤷🏻‍♂️ Oh, wait, yes it could of. Good seeing Cleo out on deck.!! When you were going under the SFO Bay bridge I was singing, “ride captain ride” by blues image, if you haven’t heard it you should, a good old song from the late 60s and their most popular before the head guy left to form Iron Butterfly 🦋… 😎

[@sailingavocet]

Glad you loved it! More on the way soon

[@C_C_SEA]

Woot! 💯❤⚓🖖

[@sailingavocet]

WOOP WOOP!

[@CarterTanner]

You both have done an incredible job of transforming this boat! If possible could you do a quick video on your Starlink setup and performance?

[@sailingavocet]

We were just talking about doing that!

[@SailingYachtSaltyLass]

We never believe the weather forecasts, but we are in the UK where 5 types of weather in one day is normal. I thought California would be more predictable 😄Congrats on starting your cruise 👍

[@sailingavocet]

HA! Predictable? Sailing? Can two things exist at the once?

[@SailingLandlocked]

Thanks for the preview. Did you meet up with Salt and Tar? They just traveled through the area but were heading south.

[@sailingavocet]

We didn’t stop at all, they are in Morro Bay :) we know his brother Reid from up in the bay!

[@Stephan_01]

♥️♥️🥰🥰

[@sailingavocet]

Thanks for watching!

[@TheHardwoodForest]

Kyle says "stop ripping your main sail"

[@TheHardwoodForest]

I'm not sure what that means

[@sailingavocet]

😂

[@narr0wm1nd49]

Where are the fishing lines off the back? That cat is ready for some fresh tuna.

[@sailingavocet]

She doesn’t like fish, which is good because ironically we don’t either haha! The ocean is safe

[@jeffcarlton5023]

Love the channels. To be linguistically shipshape, try SHE DRAWS 5’ instead of SHE DRAFTS

[@sailingavocet]

Drafts/draws… both are applicable and relatively interchangeable. Working in the marina office both were common. “Draft, beam, length” was a prerequisite question for boaters before I could assign them a berth.

[@Coleen_West]

Love the sailboat but Califrianstan has such a horrible reputation now.. so sad. Use to like that place but went back recently and found it to be leftest hellscape of poverty, homelessness, open drug addiction. Like the worst parts of Mexico - maybe worse actually. Ruined is the only word I could think of. Will never step foot back their again. Good for you for getting out. I made sure to let my young Niece and Nephew see the lesson of what far left communism does to a place. They were horrified - we left that night forever.

[@sailingavocet]

Sorry you feel that way. We are both born and raised Californians and understand there are some icky places to avoid just like in any state. But the fact we have the ocean and mountains all close to each other is worth loving this state for its beauty - politics aside. The bay area itself is definitely not the gem we remember it to be, but we found pockets of magic that reminded us of our childhood sailing here. Cheers 🤙

[@Coleen_West]

@@sailingavocet ...fair enough... I gather that You grew up there. Everyone has the right to their memories, fond memories, of their hometown. No argument with that or you.

[@svgitana2499]

Awesome guys!! Congratulations!! Hard work finally paying off 🍻👍🏻

[@svgitana2499]

Where are you guys at now?

[@sailingavocet]

Morro Bay :)

[@COLLAR01]

million dollar question, how much did you spend on fuel from Ventura to S.F.

[@sailingavocet]

We motored for approx 40 hours - last time we filled up it was about $4.35/gallon so… $160+ ish? Not awful but we are stoked we got to sail a good chunk of it.