Tornado Warnings! Severe Thunderstorms!! And How We Prepared Our Boat for Hurricane Isaias [Ep.12]

[@francoisallaire5160]

Your video is so BEAUTIFUL.....continue your journey. Looking forward for your next one!

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Thank you Francois! Glad you're enjoying the videos :-)

[@CheersWarren]

Nothing like a proper tropical storm to check all the hatches and windows for leaks. Sounds like no issues. I'm surprised the Mooring posts did not have hooks to hold the lines up. You might have tied a short line around the top of post to hold likes up. I also have seen a lot of dock cleats pull out in storms and extra lines to the post is a good back up. The marina seemed well looked after though. Nice job keeping your new (!) Yacht safe! Cheers Warren ( in pa). We got 8" rain from that a couple of hours later........

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

8" of rain is a proper down pour! We had that at 4:30am and it was incredible to see that much rain falling. It was definitely a good test of all the hatches, non of which leaked a single drop! The Fishing Bay Marina was fantastic. The staff were very attentive and helpful and other than the pylon at our starboard bow, it was the perfect place to ride the storm out. Thanks again for joining our adventure. Stay Safe! ~Andy

[@andymarshall2201]

Excellent video guys, it shows how much you loved the following morning with your utter relief once the storm passed. Stay safe.

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Thank you! Will do Andy!

[@jamielancaster01]

Oh you’re at the Fishing Bay Marina. Been there a few times.

[@cindymadore28]

Happy to hear you weather the storm, always enjoying your adventure!

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

We were too :-). Thanks Cindy and thank you for joining the adventure. Stay safe wherever you may be!

[@christopherkohel8555]

Loved it! Keep the vids coming. Glad y’all made it thru! Fair winds!

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Thanks! Will do!

[@GS-kx1ys]

Glad you guys made it through this unscathed! Thanks to the marina folks for their assistance to you and all the boaters there. After the storms it is always beautiful and sunny. Many times HOT. Glad this one was a "small" one for you and not CAT III or more...Take care!! Looking forward to the next Video!

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Yea the marina staff was fantastic and helpful to everyone.....great people, great place! CAT 1 or even Tropical Storm status is all we ever want to see! Even at this smaller storm level it gives us a great respect and understanding of what more serious hurricanes would be like.......not something we EVER want to experience!

[@DVolvoguy777-x7o]

You would make a great instructor Andy. Thanks for sharing the knowledge! Glad you and the family were safe during the tormento...

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Thanks 👍 Jeremy, I appreciate the kind comment. It's definitely a team effort as we all work to put videos out that are hopefully entertaining but also bring some useful information! Thank you for joining the journey with us! Stay safe!

[@andrewtemesvary794]

Wow! We are watching with amazement as to how much knowledge you have in preparation for this storm! We truly enjoy each of your episodes, and watching with great enticipation of all your travels. We are thankful to know that you have weathered the storms. Maki and Andy we are so proud of your daring adventures and professional videos! Keep on sailing and be safe!

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Thanks dad! :-). Love you guys! We were grateful to be in a marina and not on anchor although we would have been fine either way. Lots to think of when living on a boat but it's all good and fun and the boys are learning so much every day. Hugs and love. ~Andy and the crew

[@zacgraves7586]

You were wondering about the M/Y Usher. It is actually a charter yacht not related to Usher but is semi famous for a small part in the film Entourage in 2015. BTW Good it was not a full hurricane and you are all safe.

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Zac! I remember the show Entourage! I looked up the yacht and it's owned by a tech billionaire that has set up a yacht charter company out of Miami......his business model is the same as BizJets. Cool idea I guess if you can afford $170K + a week! We too are glad we made it through the storm without a scratch! Stay safe!

[@DDixon3121]

Enjoyed your video...thanks for sharing. For many years I've tied my sailboat in a small "hole" in our harbor for hurricanes. I use 5/8" three strand nylon and tie it from the boat to neighboring oak trees. When Hurricane Katrina came ashore just west of Pascagoula, MS (my sailboat's homeport) we experienced a twenty plus storm surge and hurricane strength winds in our harbor. One line broke but the others held and the boat came out of it without a scratch. Ironically all the homes around my boat were destroyed. The shipyard across the river from our harbor (Ingalls Shipbuilding) suffered a billion dollars in damage. I've been fortunate that my boats through the years have ridden out many hurricanes without suffering any damage. But preparation is the key as is moving them away from docks.

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Dick, thank you for sharing your experiences.......may our boat fair as well as yours have over the years! How crazy that essentially everything around your boat was damaged or ruined and your boat was scratch free! Thanks for joining our journey! Stay safe!

[@DDixon3121]

@@sailingsvoliluki6938 The very first time I staged my boat in the new hurricane hole, the lady who owned a nearby house called the police. She didn't want a boat near her home during a hurricane. She expressed concern that the sailboat would come through her house during a storm. The officer, whom I knew, told her, "If you're crazy enough to stay at home during a hurricane and that boat comes through your house, maybe you should hop on it as it could save your life!" She hung up the phone and never called back.

[@peterbowen5346]

Great job and strong work, as usual Andy. I have been following you since your beginning of this sailing adventure with your beautiful family. I am quite envious of your opportunity but I am grateful to you for sharing and letting me experience your adventure vicariously. So glad you survived the storm. Great training opportunity there in learning how to secure your boat in adverse conditions. Hold your head high with pride. Your filming, narration and editing skills are rock solid. Thanks again for sharing. Level vibes to you all.

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Peter! Thank you for the kind comments.....we really appreciate it and thank you for joining the adventure since the beginning! We were really glad the storm passed quickly although 40-50 knot winds is no joke. I hope to never see that again (fat chance). Anyway you are correct, fantastic learning opportunity and we all came out of it without a scratch. Regarding our videos, we all work together as a team to put these videos out but I have to give huge credit to Maki for her excellent editing and music selections. She really wanted to give the editing a shot when we first started out and I think she's really doing a fantastic job! Thanks again and stay safe! ~Andy

[@robertflindall4692]

I just got back from a nice sail on our local lake and lo' and behold, a new Sailing SV OliLuki video! Nice! It was quite ironic watching your preparations for the hurricane - double and triple checking your dock lines. It's a beautiful evening here in Canada, and I still double, triple and quadruply checked my dock lines before I left our sailboat tonight. I couldn't imagine the anxiety prepping for a hurricane, worrying whether or not you did enough with the dock lines. Job well done guys! And thanks for another great video!

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Robert! It all turned out ok thankfully. I guess in the world of hurricanes this was a baby but hopefully that's all we ever see or better yet never see again! :-) I'm glad we were in a marina that put us in a slip with pylons and cleats at every point around the boat allowing me to run lines so the boat would stay centered in the slip no matter where the winds were trying to take us!

[@jmeady]

I look forward to your updates. Things are different but you are handling it perfectly and managing your ship. I still love a good storm.......and I believe you know what I mean. C ya!

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi John! Thank you for the kind comment and for joining the adventure with us! Hope you continue to enjoy the videos!

[@jamesrushing135]

Wasn't the super yacht USHER in the Entourage movie?

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Yes it was :-). We've now met the crew....super nice people. They're trying to set up a tour of the galley with their Executive Chef for our Floating Chefs Oliver and Lukas!

[@jamesrushing135]

@@sailingsvoliluki6938 Very kewl

[@rfdinesen4027]

Glad you got through the storm ok. Go farther north on the Chesapeake this time of year (like north of Rock Hall) and you won't encounter much in the way of jellies. Some years they hardly show up at all. They don't like fresh water.

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

RF dinesen thank you for the tip! Maybe we’ll head that way after Annapolis 👍.

[@leisureinnovations8544]

Great video. Glad you're safe and sound. Looking forward to your next video.

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Thanks 👍. More to come, probably tomorrow :-)

[@EyeEightOne]

Glad to see you weathered the storm well. Loved the dream scene. Another nice episode. Stay safe Oliluki!

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Guys! hope all is well :-). The dream scene and post storm was awesome........the stuff in the middle with crazy winds and rain, we could do without :-). All the best..stay safe!

[@ksc826]

I wen through a 36 hr storm with sustained 40-55mph winds with gusts stronger in my 45’ monohull hitting dead astern. Fortunately I set an anchor on a 20-1 scope off the stern which kept me from going forward. Be sure to tie a line to the anchor and bring it back to boat or attach a float to help pull out anchor since it will be buried.

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Scott! Wow 20-1 scope! That is a lot of anchor rode! I've seen an anchor float when setting a stern anchor.....I need to get that set up on board in case we ever need it.....great tip and reminder....thanks! Thanks for joining our journey....stay safe! ~Andy

[@TheKandyGuy]

Hmmm I missed this Ep I don't know how.. however nice to see you and family.. you did good with hurricane, yes more tag lines more better, those boats that was shaking crazy , I'm sure they did not have enough tag line or they kept the lines loose,or the knots were not what is in the book..you know what i mean.. today so many on boats and most of them don't know much about sailing. Good job brother, be safe and see you on the next one. oh need to mention something.. next time when there is hurricane and if you happen to go check on your boat, please wear a life jacket, better than not having on you if you happen to go overboard.. because you can never know the power of wind..

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

I agree with you that more boat owners, all actually should take the time to learn rules of the road and safety not just for their safety but everyone else out on the water. Thank you for thinking of me regarding the lifejacket. I usually have one on but since we were docked and tied up in the marina I did my quick walk arounds every hour to check the lines but you're right, better safe than sorry. 👍

[@emon1863]

So glad nothing happening , Hope to safe you and your fam. from S.korea

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Thank you for joining the journey with us! We hope you continue to enjoy the videos! All the best to you in S. Korea! 😊

[@catlanticsail]

BEAUTIFUL counter - channeling Jamie O’Brien psych counter - makings of a great drinking game...

[@aprilbevis6109]

Glad y'all are okay

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Thanks April! It was a great experience but we'd be perfectly happy to not go through it again! Stay safe and all the best!

[@curtjankowski3305]

Music is always spot on! Wake Up Little Suzy was brilliant, though I don't recommend trying to wake your sleeping wife 😂. Way to stay on top of the storm preps 👍. Laser boats seem to be common in that area. Since you will be there awhile, I wonder if you can rent them or get the boys in a class to learn the concepts of sailing? 🤙

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Curt! Thank you for the kind comments. Thankfully the storm passed quickly and my crew was able to catch some rest even as the storm was upon us 😂. We checked to see if the boys could sail on the little Laser boats but those were from the Yacht Club and you have to be members to partake. That said, before we left California, we enrolled both Oliver and Lukas into sailing classes in Newport Beach to introduce them to sailing, the concept of how it all works, sailing terms (sheets, halyards etc.). They love it!

[@curtjankowski3305]

@@sailingsvoliluki6938 after binging all your videos last night (I'm sure you got several notifications of my comments and a couple correcting negative Nellies 😂), I did notice the boys confidently call out proper terms 👍

[@lynnlaurel479]

That was a light hurricane. I live in Houston by the coast and usually all the boats get damaged. When I was a kid I slept thru one hurricane while my poor dad partially fell thru the ceiling while in the attic trying to cover a hole where a part of the roof flew off.

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Lynn, yes it definitely was a light hurricane and hopefully that's all we ever experience. Hope your dad was ok after falling thru the ceiling. These storms are incredibly powerful and can be very scary. For us this storm was big enough to make us feel the power of Mother Nature and respect and take seriously even a Tropical Storm.

[@Planzman1]

Brave man filming wife sleeping

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Maybe a little brave but then again she is the Editor so if she didn't approve it, it would have ended up cut from the footage :-))

[@thomasbrasse3145]

The segway into the dream sequence was funny. Good job.

[@debbiecollins1154]

Glad you guys made it in the storm. Welcome to VA. Hope you are enjoying your stay. Where do you think you guys will go after your VA stay?

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Debbie! We loved our visit in Virginia and are now in Maryland. The Chesapeake is a beautiful place to venture around and even do some day sailing!

[@elkcircle7245]

Very interesting content and great editing.

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Thanks Elk! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@drklain]

Great video. Nice to see how you prepped for the storm. I was surprised you terminated the lines onboard (meaning you’d have to go to the pier to adjust them). We always did the opposite so we could adjust lines without leaving the boat....

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

The bow and stern lines I could adjust from the boat but the spring lines were tied off on the same midships cleat making it necessary to remove one line to access and adjust the other. The direction of the storm would try to blow us to port and out of the slip. Because there wasn't a lot of wiggle room at the aft of the boat and the dock, my main concern was if the winds swung around, then trying to blow us into the slip. For this reason I tied the forward spring lines on the top of the midships cleat in case I needed to make an adjustment to that specific line on each side of the boat.

[@drklain]

@@sailingsvoliluki6938 Makes perfect sense, I wasn't aware there weren't more cleats available on the Leopard 45. Thanks for answering!

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

@@drklain There are two on the crossbeam up front but they're not meant for extreme loads so I didn't want to risk damaging anything up there. That said there are three cleats (bow, mid, aft) on each side and then also two at the stern which is where we crisscrossed lines to hold the boat centered. Turns out even if I had more cleats, I need at least two more dock lines! :-)

[@drklain]

@Sailing SV OliLuki makes perfect sense. Look forward to seeing it in person when you get to Annapolis!

[@suehunt622]

on my lines i use stainless springs to stop the ropes from snatching. other folks also use snubbers. let me know what you think about it. loving the videos, hope to see many more.

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Sue! I think those are great tools to make use of, matter of fact I have a few snubbers on board but I didn't use them this time because the way our boat was docked I was able to tie it down at 8 different points essentially keeping the boat centered in the slip in all directions.

[@백광흠-s8k]

현재 요드는 가격이 얼마정도입니까? 매매할 의양은 없는지요? 현재 어디에 정박을 하고있습니까?

[@stephenk.9344]

I'm wondering how you got to Maryland and why aren't there any videos of the passage.

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Stephen, the journey to Maryland was void of any wind or sailing and lots of motoring, so, not all that interesting. That said, Maki is working on an app that allows her to drop in some animation of our boat moving from one spot to another on the map at the very least from a story telling standpoint. We're getting into our filming rhythm so you should see every leg of travel represented in our videos :-). Thanks for joining the adventure with us! Stay safe! ~Andy

[@natteynazmee14]

When are you going to make a video of your boat tour??

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Hassan, yes we're actually making the Boat Tour video now......should be the next one we release so stay tuned! Thanks for joining the adventure and stay safe!

[@natteynazmee14]

@@sailingsvoliluki6938 will stay tuned 😃😃 stay safe...

[@belloube]

You said you were going to turn off the electronics didn't you? Happy Days that everything worked out...

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Marco! I did say I was going to turn off the electronics because I thought we would see some heavy lightening storms as well, but there was no lightening at all so I decided to keep the MFD and wind instruments on so I could monitor wind speed and make use of the radar.

[@edalbanese6310]

Does insurance cover damages due to the storm? Or are there conditions?

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Ed! Insurance does cover hurricane damage but is dependent on the policy and coverages a boat owners selects when activating that policy. To answer your question, there are conditions but they are driven by the insurance policy in place at the time of a storm / hurricane.

[@edalbanese6310]

@@sailingsvoliluki6938 Thank you! It looks like your boat is good...glad to see it!

[@Planzman1]

Helicopter landing zone?

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Not exactly what the Mega Yachts in Florida have but our little Helipad is for the drone :-)

[@UbuntuBirdyMovies]

Poor mom, no high five for her...

[@sailingsvoliluki6938]

Hi Pascal......the boys did high-five mom but it was after we cut filming.....hahaa