ARRIVAL MARTINIQUE/COOKING WITH WAVE ROVER/ SOLO ATLANTIC OCEAN CROSSING EAST TO WEST/ CONTESSA 26

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Ep. 39 Having crossed the Atlantic from West to East in 2019 she has now crossed from East to West. Wave Rover arrives in the Port of Le Marin on the Island of Martinique. Also in this episode I showcase a typical meal preparation while at sea.
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[@CraigHenryTgm]

Impressed. I lived on a small boat almost the same as yours. So small you couldn't stand up inside. I clocked some miles in her going places people told me I was mad to go, but I would have never even considered for a moment crossing an ocean in her. Your planning and organization skills must be very high.

[@50Street21]

I have to say, Alan, that you make a concerted effort to reply to your viewing audience's comments. That, in my opinion, is very admirable. I respect that. Darryl

[@RoversAdventure]

Thanks for your continued viewership Darryl.

[@sargintrock2538]

Delicious meal! I love yer simple down home style when it comes to culinary delights!

[@RoversAdventure]

You and I seem to be in the minority when speaking of culinary delights, lol

[@sargintrock2538]

@@RoversAdventure Survival is the Best revenge! I ate so much "mystery Meat" in Taiwan that when I came home my dog wouldn't come near me for 6 months!

[@morten3219]

you make me wanna by a boat! I like the clean, modern look the interior has on wave rover. Each time I look for both they are all so dark inside.

[@RoversAdventure]

Contessa's can be dark but the doghouse has added a lot of light.

[@bilgeratjim]

Fun fact. Adding salt does the opposite of making water boil faster. Instead, it makes it take longer for the water to boil. The salt actually increases the boiling point of the water. The water gets hotter before it reaches the boiling point, which in effect, will cook your food faster, without pressurizing the pot (with a loose lid, or in a pressure cooker).

[@markleyg]

It is not a wives tale and it does make the water boil faster. www.mcgill.ca/oss/article/did-you-know-general-science/why-do-we-add-salt-pasta-water

[@jimb6208]

@@markleyg See also www.mentalfloss.com/article/60046/does-adding-salt-water-make-it-boil-sooner

[@kirenireves]

That little boat likes to roll !!

[@RoversAdventure]

There's no denying it

[@XXLaffinGravyXX]

Just unreal ...but no sail n bobbing around like a cork is not my idea of fun.

[@junk_rig_81]

Great job! People seem to forget that a small (cheap, in comparison) boat can cross oceans, if well prepared. It's like bicycle: the main asset, is not the bike, but the person who is pedalling. As I read somewhere, put a tennis-table ball in a terrible storm, it will come out undamaged. A 50 footer, maybe not so sure... As a frenchman and a cook (by need, by love and by nature) I find your cooking quite "interesting", though out of my usual rules :) ! How about taking on board a few tomato pulp cans, they are cheap and useful. Would be a good addition to your sardines-eggs-rice (respect). Personnally, I can hardly cook without frying onions first. But frying is not possible in a small boat, would get everything oily. You would need an outdoors "kitchen", like everybody in Carribbean use. Cockpit hoven/ barbecue? Possible? And, no offense, certainly not, but throwing the sardines canned oil, I would not do that. It's ok for cooking, specially if olive oil, and it contains a lot of omega 3 (they say are good for you, whatever they are). Nice video. Specially because I love Martinique, that's where my beloved wife is from, and that's where I want to nend my days. Take care, Patrick

[@S1lentJoy]

Great accomplishment, congrats!

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you!

[@donbyers1448]

Hello Alan, well done, dealing with the knock down, sorting things out and carrying on successfully to port, the necessary skills of an ocean crossing skipper. Thanks for sharing your culinary skills, on a small boat, one pot meals area a must. Interesting to see how you can get your proper nutrition with minimum resources.

[@RoversAdventure]

Thanks as always Don, I always appreciates your comments.

[@sargintrock2538]

Amen to that. Tristan Jones was one who loved his corn beef and oatmeal!

[@frankdevilliers8228]

Amazing videos, thanks for the good content. I love the Contessa 26

[@RoversAdventure]

Thanks for watching!

[@emreg89]

Bravo

[@SAILINGGOODOLDBOATS]

What an accomplishment. Respect.

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you

[@Trevlead]

I always save those lighters after the fuel runs out. As long as it sparks and the stove is on and gas is coming out it will still light.

[@live4powderhound834]

I’m getting seasick just watching the pot!!

[@RoversAdventure]

Wave Rover does like to roll, but you get used to it.

[@50Street21]

I'm of the same mindset.

[@SheriffofYouTube]

brave guy

[@dreadnoughtb3364]

👍liked all your videos and adventures. I watch other sailing channels sometimes I get hungry watching the meals they prepare, your meal plan didn't have that effect so much🥺. The story and knowledge you share are great things though and that what counts.

[@RoversAdventure]

Awesome! Thank you! And I do understand completely.

[@50Street21]

Fabulous video, Alan. I would imagine you'll be setting up an "Eatwith" account to allow you to entertain guests on board the next time you're in port. Speaking of which. . . that might be the wine you will be serving. You really do present making life as being easy--what a gift. Sorry my friend, but I'm not a big sardine fan. My dad can attest to that when I was 4 years old! It wasn't pretty. Darryl

[@gbowne1]

Nothing like fish that give themselves up. lol

[@daffyddavies5774]

Won’t be coming round for dinner any time soon,Bon appetite indeed

[@sargintrock2538]

Now that is my kind of a repast!

[@stevefazzio]

Congratulations on the completion of your adventure! Thank you for sharing your videos with us. I am so impressed by your confidence to do something like this. I'm looking forward to seeing the videos about your voyage home.

[@RoversAdventure]

Thank you so much!

[@darshanpatel9279]

Surprised the eggs survived the knockdown 😄

[@RoversAdventure]

I had plastic containers just for eggs and they protected them however 2 did break and were discarded.

[@Garryck-1]

Six flying fish! Well, no need to open a tin of sardines that day!

[@RoversAdventure]

An interesting idea my friend, yet a tin of sardines was in my future.

[@XXLaffinGravyXX]

Thats " Jut " Chinese rice boiled til its mush Is what my girl eats all the time (Women eat when pregnant and its comfort food for kids)...and its RANK !!! Good god fella no wonder you can roll around like a cork in a bottle ...you must have a cast iron stomach lmao !!

[@russking63]

Not many cooking shows out there where you can see a toilet just off to the side. Lol. You Canadians. Love you, but the amount of hot sauce you put into an entire pot is how much hot sauce most Californians would put on a single bite. Thank you for your videos.

[@RoversAdventure]

It's hard to control the amount of sauce when the boat is rolling, lol. But you make a very good point.

[@Hindukushsailing]

👍✌️

[@cruepprich]

What an accomplishment! You da man! Do you get lonely? How do you deal mentally with the solitude?

[@RoversAdventure]

I really enjoy the solitude, do a lot of reading and writing but when I get ashore I'm really social and enjoy the company of other sailors in the community.

[@MrA1582000]

Well I think everything you do is just super, but that meal would have to go overboard.

[@garysouza2277]

Agree. When he added sardines, I threw up a little in my mouth...

[@22jaydogg]

That meal looked horrible! Sardines with rice and eggs 🤮

[@hughoneill9861]

Well then, did you fry-up the fresh flying fish? They taste great as far as I remember from my Caribbean sailing days.

[@RoversAdventure]

They always seem to show up after I've finished my diner. lol

[@cpobyrne1]

cordon bleu chez Wave Rover - love it! ~~~_/) ~~~~ -|--)

[@RoversAdventure]

I love what you did after your comment with the sea, sailboat and anchor. Very clever, I've never seen that before.

[@prodigybreathe]

Why do you carry that small solid "life boat" rather than an inflatable one?

[@RoversAdventure]

I use it as a tender when at anchor

[@Garryck-1]

I get the impression from this and others of your videos that that was pretty much your standard meal for the entire voyage. How does it taste?

[@RoversAdventure]

I really do like it but I prefer my wife's cooking when at home.

[@sargintrock2538]

@@RoversAdventure Amen to that!

[@thatguy2408]

What would you say were the largest average swells you faced on your journeys with Wave Rover?

[@RoversAdventure]

That's a good question and they are often times hard to judge but as a carpenter I'm used to estimating. That said, about 25-30'.

[@georgebetar923]

Not an old wives tale, salt lowers boiling point of water.

[@skyworldita]

WHAT?? Salt raise the boiling point of water.. guys , this is BASIC staff

[@willem9202]

Were are the vegetables?

[@khalidbaakili7698]

Hello When will you head to Morocco?

[@RoversAdventure]

I can't see that happening any time soon.

[@khalidbaakili7698]

@@RoversAdventure je vous souhaite un magnifique sailling

[@jannillrodriguez5344]

Did you run across any sailor doing passages in a smaller boat then yours?

[@RoversAdventure]

I know that they are out there. I met a guy (a crew of 3) who crossed from Cape Verde to Martinique in a 21 ft homemade gaff rigger. Sold it in Martinique and told me he would like to have a Contessa 26 some day.

[@jannillrodriguez5344]

@@RoversAdventure wow thats a long time in a boat that small yet alone having 3 people in a boat that size.

[@jannillrodriguez5344]

@salting at me no good, man lol a 48in boat is really stupid. 26ft is probably the smallest ill go on for a long passage but if its a days worth of a passage ill go on a smaller sailboat

[@autoculto7629]

Little confused now. I thought you were doing a circumnavigation ?

[@RoversAdventure]

Watch the next episode and I explain the circumnavigation change.

[@dominicmacklon7225]

Why did you decide to cancel the circumnavigation?

[@RoversAdventure]

Coming up in the next episode.

[@dominicmacklon7225]

Sailing Wave Rover excellent!

[@thatguy2408]

You know, . . . . I actually like this video. Some would say it’s as boring to as fuck. And I’d “say, which part?” “The cooking part.” “Oh, you mean the part where he just cooked and didn’t move much?” “Yeah, that’s what I mean.” “Dude, did you not watch the window for a couple seconds and see how much he was getting tossed around? I mean just watch some of the quick movements on the stove and how he stayed pretty still.” At which point they would give a knowing nod with a, “good point.”

[@thatguy2408]

Admit it. You went back, watched and got sea sick. “. . . . . Smells like, . . victory.”

[@Andre-hi9xn]

Great accomplishment, congrats!