Stop VLOGGING and drive the BOAT!! That time I almost crashed into a dock 😬[EP 154]

[@robertcalifornia4821]

As A former US Coast Guard Sailor, Thank you for getting good Safety Gear! The more you wear it, the less you even think about it.

[@SailingMillennialFalcon]

I think that may be the case, as after our 4-5 days of sailing it felt like the same habit as putting your seatbelt on!

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

Good for you with the life jackets. What bugs me the most about "world famous Delos" is that they rarely have them on.

[@DannoFZ1]

@@SailingMillennialFalcon 12:05 It takes a little getting used to!

[@JCrook1028]

@@rickkwitkoski1976 Well the rules they're following on Millie now are about exactly what they do on Delos for leaving the cockpit. Night time, alone on deck or bad weather. Delos the rule is also never go forward on deck at night w/o another person awake and up top as well. Reason for not wearing it in the cockpit at night on Delos is the difference between the boat layouts. To imply the crew of Delos is unsafe in their lifevest policy is not accurate in the slightest.

[@nonaparker564]

How wonderful to have two episodes this week.So glad about the life jackets guy x

[@jeffmariajenson9751]

What a beautiful sunset at the end. Glad to see you back on a real person's boat again.

[@mhensen1]

Exactly this!! Is one aspect (of many) that makes this channel relatable

[@jstokvis]

One of the best if not the best sailing blog. Excellent

[@MikeLoveBuns]

Enjoy this week sailing ⛵️ sailboat video ! 😘⛵️😀 Mike from Missouri

[@donrumph1]

Nice to see you two sailing on your own boat again. Can't wait to see where you take us in the future.

[@SailingMillennialFalcon]

Thanks! It felt good to be back sailing her too 🙂

[@anvilhead59]

Nice job on the PFD use. As long as you maintain the rigor to always follow the rules, it becomes second nature.

[@topc9858]

Great that you finally have safety gear on. Too many vbloggers do not have them. You should also do some training, how to drop the sails and turn around solo etc. It is not as easy as you might think, especially when it is dark. Strobes in the safety west is exellent addition. All good to you two and thanks for the excellent content - great to get the lead character back she is a lot cooler than the Kraken.....

[@terrywebb2255]

Great to see you wearing lifejackets now!! Great videos terry Southend RNLI :):)

[@bobbieboothroyd8531]

Better to be safe than to be sorry when it comes to the Life jackets and other safety equipment.

[@jamesgrigsby8201]

Hi guys, I’ve been following you on KZbin. I have to say I like seeing you put the safety equipment on! I have really enjoyed watching you in Turkey, Italy & the Azores. Have fun Jim Grigsby Virginia Beach, Virginia

[@somadevo]

'Love your trip....Highest Blessings

[@MrJhchrist]

I love the name "Millennial Falcon", it makes me smile every time I see it. I just wanted to mention that because I probably never have. I'm sure it's something you're numb to by now, but this "millennial +1" appreciates a clever name. Cheers.

[@TwoGetLost]

Looks like a great day out

[@shreksswamp9001]

Another great video. Thanks! Interesting use of a D shackle for the Stay Sail. Normally one would have the thimble in the loop or D of the shackle, not on the actual shackle bolt.

[@chriskrebs47]

There is something to be said to”being back to normal”; like slowing down. Thanks for taking us along!

[@stephen6378]

Fun video after all the great excursions

[@josephdeak2257]

Enjoy your videos it’s nice to see you back on Milly. Thumbs up on the safety gear.

[@shaunoakes6803]

Another great blog .... thanks guy's 👍⛵️

[@edkleinstuber2119]

Very nice indeed! Still my #1 site.

[@willemduitemeijer1683]

Only you know what feels best for you. Great vlog yet again.

[@micranes673]

I didn't realize how much I missed you two sailing Milly until this episode started. The world feels right again. I love you guys channel, and thank you for sharing all this work with us. Just from toying around with video a small bit I understand the amount of effort it takes to video all of this and edit as well as actually sail and maintain the boat. So much appreciation for what you do. Cheers from Texas!

[@edvanrossum5146]

yess yess yess that wash a long time ago that i heard a oehps from Kiara .

[@roncanizares9966]

Khiara: It is most likely that the Beneteau that backed in so easily had a sail drive not a shaft drive as you have on Millennial Falcon. Also, it had a fin keel with a big rudder. Great for backing into a slip. But in a sea way when it is all hitting the fan, you are infinitely better of on Tayana 42 with its long keel and skeg hung rudder. Also shaft drives are less pron to mechanical trouble than sail drives; important for long distance sailors like yourselves.

[@diesel748]

Whoo-hoo! It's good to see you and the Falcon off of the dock.

[@skipper9400]

Welp, have you guys got that new Kraken spec'd out yet ??? ;)) ....good job kids have some fun....OnWard.....

[@Wedontwantnowarnomore]

Hola! One new video again!!? Marvellous! Like that 👍 Quick often. Very handsome! On to the rodd of Madeira 🪵 Yeah Baby! Splendido. Windows open! Hurray! Exiting ;))) Great to follow you on Millennial Falcon again. All back to normal. Greetings 🖖 EXITING 🤩

[@tinykenworth1721]

Always good to see you out sailing.. Any info on you rail mounted solar panel would be greatly appreciated.. Thanks again for the inspiration..

[@SirCharles12357]

Looks like you guys have taken it up to another level in salty sailing! Love the use of official rules for safety (I wrote them down myself). Khiara especially seems to have embraced taking taking her skills up a notch. Nice to see! As was said by a professional athlete (baseball I think), "The harder I work the luckier I get."

[@mhensen1]

I heard it first from a golfer, Gary Player

[@Sallycycles71]

A sailing blog that actually sails, great concept, thx for bringing us along. Cheers from Kansas.

[@thomasmartin2070]

...lockwire on thestaysail shackle... be proud of your work, show us how neat the job

[@lets_go_see_]

Good to see ou taking someone's advice and safetying up :)

[@BohemianBeatster]

Glad to see you back on the sea, sailing again. Let a new sailing adventure begin. Stay groovy and stay safe.

[@pkane5472]

Another adventure begins! Oh wait! With Khiara and Adam, every day is an adventure!

[@SailingMillennialFalcon]

Lol, a small 3 hour sail turns into a big adventure with us! 😁

[@bake162]

Good call on the new safety gear

[@colinboniface194]

Excellent evolution of philosophy, the journey has to be as enjoyable as the destination... No point in being buggered just as you set sail...

[@Paul_Crosbie]

Another fantastic episode, really appreciate being able to share the journey 😀

[@simongear3940]

Great to see you sailing back on Millie. Looking forward to seeing the next leg of your journey. Thanks again for the great videos.

[@davidh3194]

Off to continue your adventure. Great to see you sailing Millie again. Fair winds!

[@freedomrider30]

You guys are awesome! All the side trips have been a fansatic add to your vlog and now back at home it just feels comfortable. I have one thing. Sound levels at the being were off. And had no tone. Have mentioned before I am a arm chair sailor watching a big screen with a 5.1 nice sub sound system. Seriously! You get your sound right and your Material won't be touched! Seriously! Like LaVag...Good!!! Love you two!!! 👍🏻👍🏻😎😎😎

[@saillaw2]

Glad to see you two getting vests you will actually wear. Take the next step now please and get personal epirbs to attach to each, I will help contribute if you start some sort of funding thing (already a patron)

[@SailingMillennialFalcon]

Thank you, that's very kind of you and technically you're already contributing to the personal EPIRB fund! We will get one but we're just saving up, they're almost the same price as the actual jacket!... (which took us almost 4 years to finally fork out for 😂) but it's definitely in the future plans.

[@ratukinijojiramasima8738]

Really enjoyed watching your videos. Stay safe and take care. Greetings from FIJI 🇫🇯.

[@neilhoward3169]

Great channel. It would be great to see you both individually practice the man over board routines. Safety first.

[@jaymacpherson8167]

Oh my! Your jackets reminded me of a friend’s sail from Hawaii to Portland ~1995. Outrageous storm brewed that sunk 3 cargo ships. The person on watch at night went over, luckily w a lifeline. She was towed in the water (in a wicked storm!) for a couple hours before the other two realized. He took a full hour recounting the trip’s issues. You Weather watch well. Millie’s sails look great! 😀

[@garyfroeschner2523]

good stuff

[@kennydow5441]

Another episode in quick succession! Glad to see you in life jackets too. Is there another Q&A coming soon, or better yet would you do your own live session like you did with Ryan & Sophie?

[@svoceanrhythms1209]

fair winds!

[@bryangoldthorpe8906]

Great episode 😁👍

[@andytaylor97]

Safe passage, although I suspect you have already done some it!! My last major sail was from Madeira to Portsmouth (UK) in April 2011 - fantastic place to set off from.

[@caromarco6315]

Great to see you sailing Millie!

[@georpwl]

The new safety regulations and equipment look great! My dim understanding is video doesn’t do justice to the size of the swells and waves the Falcon navigates. Seeing you both strapped in and bundled up makes it more comfortable as a viewer.

[@daneulekowski929]

No steerage in reverse is super stressfull. The key for us, is to reverse full throttle for a few seconds and then shift to neutral, this gives us steerage backing up.

[@MagellanXX]

Oh, that poor sailboat in the background, the "844" with the smashed hull....

[@ThoughtfulWander]

Be safe MF crew in wherever the wind takes you both! Calm seas and fair winds to thee!

[@alfgjelsvik2286]

160 ep in 3 day whit like on all 👍

[@korhan-charlotte9171]

2:41 check out the boat behind Adam. Looks like somebody’s got a problem. 😳

[@Carsten-Berlin-Wi]

What a choice - visiting a pineapplefarm or… sailing 500 miles to Madeira, love your style Congrats to cruising „Millie“ again

[@SailingMillennialFalcon]

It's either all or nothing on our boat! 😄

[@adamlancaster2]

In the past, you guys had mentioned perhaps going up to Scandinavia or other places in Europe. Are those plans still on the books for the future? I bet the Norwegian coastline is amazing!

[@brucedemoranville4577]

Your boat has gorgeous lines and is well built. I’d rather have a bit of prop wash then sail a cookie cutter Beneteau.

[@sailingcitrinesunset4065]

Nice video! Khiara if you wear a gopro on a head band while docking Adam won't yell at you lol

[@boozk1]

Anyone else notice the massive hole in the boats bow next to you at 2:39? Ouch!

[@duncan.5228]

When do you pick up the Kraken then. Is that the reason for the trip ? 😄 Don't grow out the fringe Khiara, it suits you so well.

[@bfs007a]

You don't seem to use any mooring snubbers (dampers) on your lines? I do that all the time, on all things mooring. Calms things down, too.

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

So... no down the African coast? I haven't seen anyone do that yet. I can imagine that it wouldn't be that popular a route but...

[@karllewis735]

Hey? Apropos of nothing much at all, around 2:36 there's a boat behind Adam with its nose chewed off. Is that a severe case of dock rash?

[@mhensen1]

Someone was vlogging...

[@karllewis735]

@@mhensen1 lol, literally, I laughed out loud at this. I mean, I see what you did there.

[@paulroberts3158]

That boat in the slip next to you (@2:40) doesn’t look too seaworthy 😬

[@SailingMillennialFalcon]

You must be referring to the one with the hole punched in the front! haha, yes, it looks like it's been abandoned or something. We thought it might have been in the 2019 hurricane on the island.

[@paulroberts3158]

@@SailingMillennialFalcon yes that one! BTW i recently saw a Hans Christian with a boat name of “Hans Solo”. Sounds like that boat and Millie should have a Meetup!

[@cobravoadora]

Not forget to stop in Selvagem Island )

[@stewartmcnee2663]

Free range saving is a blog about saving around Australian in a 30 ft Cawlson built in 1969 Troy a marine engineer Pasky a solicitor. There are 196 blogs and nearly every blog has tips on sailing and maintenance and troy explains really well.Pasky explains how to-repair fish. i garinte you will be surprised at what you learn.

[@dboboc]

Their boat is a Clansman 30.

[@mikestephan2568]

Khiara, Are you sure you didn't practice "docking while vlogging" with the boat seen over Adam's shoulder at 2:41 spot on the video?

[@Scottish_Kiwi]

finally, we are sailing, we are sailing, home again, across the sea...

[@MikeBloss]

Great video! Might you add a link to the rules for when to wear a lifejacket?

[@SailingMillennialFalcon]

Sure, I'll put it in the description and it's also here: www.rorc.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=38:section-5-personal-equipment&catid=15:special-regulations&Itemid=26

[@danieloliver20]

@@SailingMillennialFalcon THANKS!

[@danieloliver20]

Did you install the new to you larger winches? Looks like a great sail away from the island, the boat looks balanced.👌

[@SailingMillennialFalcon]

Not yet! It'll be in a future episode but in real time I'm still cleaning the 20+ years of grease that the previous owner so kindly smothered it in 😬

[@danieloliver20]

@@SailingMillennialFalcon ahhh tar removal! 😄

[@ThePetejb]

Glad to see you donning the lifejackets. Love watching you and several others but the lax attitude to lifejackets always drives me mad. Fair winds and safe sailing.

[@ThePetejb]

Also, gets some proper locking triple book leashes :)

[@IbangedYaMama]

Why does what other people do with their own lives drives you mad ?

[@ThePetejb]

@@IbangedYaMama because I've had to fish the dead bodies out. And fiends of mine risk their lives to rescue people.

[@ventura90]

Great Videos guys. I am about 12 months away from being able to purchase my first sailboat and my wife and I will soon be out there with you. I am based in country Victoria now. I am wondering what did you guys do prior to starting your journey in order to prepare yourselves. We have never sailed a boat before

[@dalewatson7982]

Get plenty off weekend sailing, practice jibing, and tacking,and getting to really know your boat, gain as much sailing as possible,and then nearly sh##t yourself when really leaving 😀. I did the same many years ago when leaving S Africa with my family. Good luck on finding a good boat. 👍

[@wizardgmb]

The dredging operations must introduce a lot of sediment into the harbor waters. Did this impact cleaning Millies bottom? Keep up the great videos and above all STAY SAFE! ⛵❤️😷

[@SailingMillennialFalcon]

It was very murky but we could see about metre in front so it was enough. Thankfully they weren't using explosives in the water that day! 😅 They'd been doing it in the weeks prior to break up the sea bed and MAN did it make an almighty cracking noise in the water! I thought our boat had broken in half when we first heard one 😂

[@wizardgmb]

@@SailingMillennialFalcon We live about 7 miles from a quarry in one direction and a US Army base in another. Sometimes I can't figure out if the house shakes from explosives at the quarry or artillery practice on the base! 😂

[@SvArtemo]

Hey guys what life jackets did to you buy

[@SailingMillennialFalcon]

They're Spinlock ones, I think they're called deckvest. After using it for almost a week on the passage I am happy to recommend them! 😄

[@SvArtemo]

If you come to nz look us up we are SV Artemo Chassiron 43tdm sailing ketch

[@allanmoore7790]

I got a little confused when you said you were sailing to Madeira and then to Lanzarote. Did you actually sail directly to Lanzarote? Are those Spinlock Deckvests ?

[@william6526]

I wish all the people who post videos on u tube would wear thier life vests or personal flotation device when they are sailing and moving around the boat. By the time you could drop the sail and turn around to motor back to pick someone out of the water takes time someone without a vest doesn't have. Young folks think nothing can happen ,but one slip or large wave and your in the water with a real chance you may not be able to stay alive. I lost a friend who felt he'd never need a life vest because he had boated for so many years and got away with never having a problem ,until he got knocked overboard. By the time he was found it was to late , he was only in the water a short time and he was in superb physical condition and a very good swimmer.

[@stephenmahoney9531]

👍👍👍👍👍

[@jeffh5220]

Minute 12:00, Adam no vest? First rule break? If so, fine is 30 minutes of Khiara uninterrupted "communicating with you," no replies allowed. Or two jager bombs in Lanzarote. Your choice. This is going to be fun!

[@danielpolo365]

Ignore my comments,I say things to help with the logarithm “Collsuspina was here”

[@whisper7373]

Kiara seems to be either very tired or possibly pregnant. Let me be the first to say congrats. 🥳

[@Catalina27]

👍

[@OffGridAussiePrepper]

Some say, getting goose bumps is a sign of someone walking over ur grave.... no idea where someone wud get that idea.

[@sailinggreenpearl2571]

Maybe the pineapple farm in another 30 years....

[@SailingMillennialFalcon]

Everyone else buys a sailboat in retirement... we buy a pineapple farm. Sounds like a fine plan to me! 👌

[@johnbode954]

😊🇦🇺🇦🇺

[@hollo500]

what is the thinking behind rule 5.01.5 c) "when reefed"?

[@SailingMillennialFalcon]

My thinking behind this rule would be that when you take a first reef the wind had increased to a stage that it's no longer 'calm' ie more than 15-18 knots. Others might have some other views though?

[@bernardomarcelino3769]

3😍😍😍

[@benh9928]

Buckle my shoe

[@AlsinoFerreira]

:-)

[@kennboehansen]

2

[@christianzinkler549]

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