SAILORS Fighting Time To Get Ready To CROSS AN OCEAN [96]

[@williamwright2183]

Beautiful place

[@clayfarnet970]

You bought the perfect boat for your adventure. With your love and attention she will safely deliver you to every destination...in style. 👍👍✌️✌️✌️

[@davidsilverman3967]

most people who view your videos have no idea what goes into this channel. Keep up th great work and ignore the grumps.

[@SailingKittiwake]

Wow thanks for understanding! That's sooo true. Thanks, David.

[@Rudder2]

Yeah! Atlantic crossing start! I understand having to prioritize making the money...It's awesome you found a job that you can do underway. I never really liked marina's myself...I feel like they are expensive RV parks with less space between you and your neighbor. Really like your adventure. Keep living the dream!

[@williamlewis8741]

Hello Emma et Colin what a pleasant and relaxing video from the captain and first mate of the seas. Your voyage across the Atlantic will test you in so many ways. For the love and devotion between is precious and your the sails will find a way. be safe and practice good nautical distancing please. william in Dordogne now :-)

[@trevorbyron8181]

That's the spirit, keeping the alternate world of sailing alive...hope to join you guys on Poseidon's dam one day

[@SailingKittiwake]

Cheers Trevor! Best of luck with making it happen 😊👍

[@nick.caffrey]

No comment on the cruise liner... respect!

[@SailingKittiwake]

Each to their own :)

[@nick.caffrey]

@@SailingKittiwake :-)

[@ukrainewarroom]

I have been window shopping Tayana 37's for years, its how I found your channel. You are living my dream, fantastic to watch. I even went back and watched the older episodes first. I'm a software engineer... off to check out freelancing, you might have started something! :) Smooth sailing & good winds!

[@SailingKittiwake]

Cheers! Hope you get to make your dream come true 😊

[@thomas5495]

Many thanks for another great video. Can't wait to see the crossing videos.

[@nigelgriffiths259]

As always, a brilliant video. I have to confess with the winds here for last few days of force 6/7 I am glad I play with old cars. But I still miss the water. Wish you both fair winds, tides and currents.

[@SailingKittiwake]

Hihi! We prefer a force 4-5 ourselves :) Hope you can get out on the water soon :) Have a great week!

[@BetterthanitwasNetsailing]

Hey! Thanks for the shout out! XXXX We've been quite busy this last week preparing to open for visitors so we nearly missed the show. Treating ourselves to a triple bill of your videos tonight though!

[@SailingKittiwake]

Aw thanks so much 😊 Hope everything’s ready to go now 🤞😊 Best of luck!

[@fredosson2638]

Have a safe and wonderful passage!

[@AXISMEDIATV]

G wan! Making me jealouse! As always seem to be stuck in the slip rebuilding SKYBIRD recaulking the decks and getting dirty. Fair winds you two.

[@SailingKittiwake]

Haha! We’ve recaulked the decks and re-rigged DIY, too. Just gotta be done 😊 cheers!

[@Alpharius_Omegon_XX]

Fair Winds and flowing seas ,, be safe on your crossing

[@SailingKittiwake]

Cheers Nicky!

[@snakeeyes4424]

Great boat it can take lost of bad weather take care and be safe out there

[@PCStuart1]

Hi guys, have a look at the "Easyloc" Clutches they will last decades and the internals are S/Steel long plates that grip the ropes over a long distance, that doesn't damage the outer sheeth. They are a great price too, a lot less than the Lewmar Plastic Camlocs. Get the medium and large sizes. Large for your Main and Genoa halyards, mostly because you won't need to load the rope tail onto the winch. Cheers

[@DVolvoguy777-x7o]

Thanks for the update Ryan and Elena! Glad your safe! The new clutches look solid and smart to secure the floor panels for the crossing. Can’t wait till the next video. And to the BBC for their news article. 🤔

[@mattthewanderer5029]

Yet again, fantastic!

[@altops4490]

So cute to hear your mixed accent in narration 😄

[@lydial5695]

Thanks for the video!

[@TwoGetLost]

So exciting watching you get ready to make the crossing! Can imagine there were some nerves mixed in too. Hope to do the same one day!xx

[@SailingKittiwake]

You will :) I know you will :) x

[@villeniemi9965]

Spinlocks need to be closed so that when the jaws touch the line, you pull the line a bit and that makes the mechanism to work effortlessly and hold the line. If you must use force to lock a spinlock, your doing it wrong.

[@TheBeggFamily]

Ooh! Its getting exciting!

[@NZL50505]

Your bust Spinlocks are not “clutches” as you call them but jammers. They’re designed to either fully release or stop the rope but nothing in between. In contrast your new units look like Lewmar which are genuine clutches, meaning you can progressively apply or release pressure to control the rope. I put similar Lewmar clutches on my last boat. Bulletproof.

[@kinglouis6974]

Good luck with the crossing

[@susanthomas7567]

Finally caught up with you, watched from the start of your journey, good luck, I really miss sailing,had our boat in Benicarlo, not far from St Carles de la Rapita

[@SailingKittiwake]

Cheers Suzy! Thanks for watching that huge amount of videos :) We hope you can get back to sailing soon. x

[@mrmarcocecchi74]

it's called effetto venturi when the wind increase between two lands...

[@andrewthompson2380]

Had exactly same problem with my clutches on my oceanlord new ones are much stronger all metal on working mechanisms

[@chriswills9530]

Good one this. I used to fit Spinlock clutches to posh yachts. Think the XTS and XAS models. I thought they had a metal "chassis" under the plastic skin, but could well be miss-remembering. In any case, might be worth looking for a code number and contacting Spinlock to get an age and assess whether these were faulty or had lived their lives. You'd think maybe one or two might have been affected by an impact but def not all those. I'd be interested to know what age they were.

[@Chris9183]

were you able to find any all metal construction rope clutches?

[@SailingKittiwake]

Nope, but we were limited to 2 chandleries.

[@haighaj]

Great video, but you didn't show your stockpile of wraps 😉 are you still eating them? Can't wait for the next installment!

[@SailingKittiwake]

Hahaha! Sorry, we forgot. We bought them in Almerimar. Thanks Andrew 🤗 We finished them 1.5 weeks ago 😂

[@northeden8661]

One would think you would use flat top screws for the floorboards so they sit flush on the floor. Maybe you just didn't have any.

[@chilesauce7248]

Great vid, thanks, the work aboard at sea and rough anchorages issue helped me decide what kind of vessel I will buy. Keep sailing, you guys are authentic and your vids have been of great help. Question... Do you ever wish you had the catamaran back?. 2nd Q... What do you think of trimarans?

[@kellydratts4716]

Dear lord don't screw your floors down. Getting access to those spaces in a long passage could mean serious complications. Use magnets. child locks or some putty to stay them, but getting a screwdriver or damaging your floors in an emergency at 3AM can only make things worse when you have 2 weeks to go. Safe passage.

[@MrSychnant]

Agreed 3 am when the bilge pump float sticks.. bummer

[@charlessmith7911]

Do you plan on doing a Pacific crossing?

[@SailingKittiwake]

For now, nope. We've been stuck in one Caribbean country ever since we landed and now it's hurricane season, so we need a few years to explore the Caribbean Sea. Lots of countries on our wish list: E Caribbean, USVIs, BVIs, DR, PR, Bahamas, Cayman Islands, Mexico, Belize, Guatemala,... we'll see how we feel after that :)

[@markroberts8087]

Joined this late and decided to start from the beginning of your adventure. Got to episode 96 and it stopped! Did you do the Atlantic crossing?

[@SailingKittiwake]

Hi Mark, ep 96 is our latest video, it went live this past Monday. We release new episodes every Monday. Stay tuned to watch us cross the Atlantic 😊

[@stigoism]

The pessimist complains about the wind The optimist expects it to change The realist adjusts the sails. - William Arthur Ward

[@SailingKittiwake]

The sailor gets the f out of the wind acceleration zone 😂

[@bensouthwell1339]

are these islands not famous for there strong winds

[@philipfreeman72]

Look up the eye of the Sahara on mudfossil university ,

[@frankd2301]

Too bad you didn’t get to visit the other islands

[@SailingKittiwake]

Yes, it was a pity but we wanted to cross well before hurricane season and given what happened since then with Covid-19, we left right on time! No regrets :)

[@malcolmwhite7064]

Had the same problem with cracking sides to the spinlocks on our Beneteau. Could be a design issue then. What make are your new ones? Safe trip and love the videos

[@SailingKittiwake]

New ones are Lewmar, worked fine ao far.

[@malcolmwhite7064]

Sailing Kittiwake Fantastic. Will give them a try when I change ours

[@joshuahhhhhh]

I am really considering sailing. I'm going to take some classes but I want to know how to find others to sail/converse with if I do live at sea. I would want to stay at anchor for the most part and fit my monohull with solar and wind power. I'm nervous but I believe I can do it. Is the Caribbean forgiving for a new sailer?

[@frankd2301]

It is a tight knit community and you will easily make friends. The Carib has consistent winds with many anchorages and few if any long passages.

[@joshuahhhhhh]

Frank D thanks so much for the reply 🥂

[@SailingKittiwake]

Hi Joshua, it depends on where in the Caribbean - the E Caribbean has lots of wind and currents, so it may feel intimidating to a novice :) As they said, the Virgins look good, and the Bahamas too. You'll meet lots of other people because there's always other boats in the anchorages :) Just swing by other boats by dinghy and say hi. Best of luck!

[@joshuahhhhhh]

Sailing Kittiwake :D awesome! Once I get my passive income at 2k a month I’m going! Thanks so much!

[@kinglouis6974]

Can anyone help what's the best boat to solo sail ? I'm from uk my aim is to sail south from uk I'd like to spend winter months in the sun and come back to uk in summer, I'm 40 this year and it's been on my mind for a while, I'm going to take sailing lessons at some point, What boat would be good I'm mechanically minded and I think I'd use the motor a lot to get round if needed, and how much would I need to spend , is there anything to think about being a solo sailor

[@MrJJSimonds]

No defect on clutch,, just not designed right. Not in a year....

[@SuperRobyd]

You guys crossing Atlantic in hurricane season, or you already did cross and now posting videos of traveling?

[@frankd2301]

This was well before hurricane season

[@SailingKittiwake]

Hi Robert, this was in early February 2020, before the pandemic and the hurricane season :) PS you can see the date of when our videos are filmed in the video description.

[@SuperRobyd]

Sailing Kittiwake thanks

[@MrRourk]

If you have not done so it is time to leave. Hurricane Season. Make plans to be somewhere else.

[@JonMadsen70]

:)