Sam- 24 year old viewer here- I got interested in sailing because of your videos- on Sunday I am hopefully buying my first sailboat and hoping to live your life one day. Thank you!
@Kernfederate Жыл бұрын
Good luck, man!
@sombersloth7010 Жыл бұрын
Try finding someone with experience so that you can learn the ropes. Good luck and respect the sea.
@kylefng Жыл бұрын
Always remember it’s going to get worse before it gets worse lol. Rough seas make a good sailor. Don’t quit and come from failures with wisdom and experience, not defeat. I’ve been sailing for 25 years and learn something new every season. Fair winds and following seas.
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
Best of luck!
@corporalclegg914 Жыл бұрын
24 is a good age to do exactly that. Bon Voyage
@ThisAintIt435 Жыл бұрын
This is truly the craziest sailing channel, just insane adventures behind Sam's endless smiles and positivity. Truly the Mr. Beast of sailing. Should have more views. Stay safe out there.
@johnrode7109 Жыл бұрын
Best sailing channel
@michaelodonnell8209 Жыл бұрын
I did slowly become addicted to your channel, and as a formally trained welder, mechanic, and cabinetmaker, I did cringe at some of your repairs. Somehow, the Lord has always blessed you on those vast expanses of the oceans, and it is because you merit that kind of love. I hold the deepest respect for a shoestring sailor, which is what you are. You are not one in a million. You are one in ten million. You make do with what you have at hand, just like the Tahitians, and read the waves. You are such an interesting man. You took the other path, though for that passing there, had worn them really about the same. And that has made all the difference.
@SailingIntoOblivion Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the shout out Sam! Hope you enjoy the book, Sparrow is all fixed up and just waiting for a weather window for a rip out to Bermuda. All the best
@timothytrespas Жыл бұрын
“There is nothing I can’t fix!” Sam, I love your attitude!
@allmomomosthomebus3895 Жыл бұрын
I met Sam recently. He's exactly the same guy in person as on the videos. Wonderful guy.
@billbally4419 Жыл бұрын
Gee what a surprise
@hmspain52 Жыл бұрын
Breaks my heart to see those abandoned sailboats. They were someone's dream!
@paulkopp3634 Жыл бұрын
I always expect the unexpected when a new video pops up and you don’t disappoint . Thanks Sam .
@lindabeaman5889 Жыл бұрын
Yes, Fort Myers Beach to see Grams!
@SailorChic Жыл бұрын
“I know I can fix anything!!” I love the confidence ❤❤❤
@nodogrunner Жыл бұрын
Your channel gives so much hope that all you really need is the ability to sail safely. Money is nice but sailing is essential. Thanks
@FunsongsMusicByPeterRahill Жыл бұрын
6:02 - "...but there is nothing I cannot fix - guess I'll fix me some lunch!!" - Sam, you're crackin' me up today.
@Ash-cy7yw Жыл бұрын
I had to replay that. Yup classic Sam jokes and style. Great stuff, so chill.
@Kit2Canada Жыл бұрын
Just a quick FYI on anyone unfamiliar with the clearance under a bridge. The chart (i.e. a sailor’s map) always notes the high-water clearance under a “span”- at low tide you’ll obviously have more). Navionics notes this as well Vertical Clearance 40ft.
@davidc6510 Жыл бұрын
Another great Sam Holmes Sailing Update. Looking forward to seeing you back on Pickle again even if it is a real mess after the last few months. Thanks for sharing.
@grossetoutoune1 Жыл бұрын
Cant wait to see you back with Pickle
@drewdarling5004 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely love your videos. I’m 19 looking at cape dorys to restore. Your an inspiration for many!
@lindawingrove9797 Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@ericj4769 Жыл бұрын
That’s a close shave with that bridge brother! Nice
@FunsongsMusicByPeterRahill Жыл бұрын
17:40 - cool, a 20-lb flashlight!! Just what you always wanted.
@darrenfunderburgh5305 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Sam for all the sailing and exploring videos, always a joy to watch!
@Mitch2294 Жыл бұрын
Ooo man that bridge scrape was close as it gets. Thanks for the video
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
Yes it was
@davidturbeville2519 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking time to make your videos. I don't have a boat. I look forward to each new video.
@Ash-cy7yw Жыл бұрын
Been with you since Hawaii Sam. Still can't click on your videos fast enough whenever I see them post. Keep living the dream Sailor Sam and stay safe out there!!
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
I appreciate that!
@rickyleb590 Жыл бұрын
Thanks Sam!
@CorryH Жыл бұрын
Sad to see the Bayfield 29 go! Hope the new owners enjoy it!
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
it really was a great sailing boat. I think they will!
@sailingbootlegger3870 Жыл бұрын
Right on Sam !
@kicknit79 Жыл бұрын
They got a pepper bar! Lol. Thought I was the only one that remembered that commercial!
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
it runs through my head on a daily basis
@lory2622 Жыл бұрын
I have done *exactly* that, where the antenna scrapped the two girders of a rail bridge. I was not as calm as you were when it was happening. I was sailing a 42” Yamaha.
@JunoBeachGirl_ Жыл бұрын
Great video Sam! Yes, those flats down and around the Keys are notorious for shifting sands and you can never be too sure how high they are. Beautiful video here!
@riksavering7049 Жыл бұрын
The Bayfield 29 is an awesome boat. Happy for the new owners but honestly wishing it was mine. 😊 Great video as always 👍🏻😎
@msobrien12376 Жыл бұрын
Great channel, Sammy!! I wish you the best with everything
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
Thank you! You too!
@jessicabollinger6289 Жыл бұрын
@@samholmessailing you’re the best! Love your videos!! I have a Rosborough 246 and trailer it to different places. I live in Ky and have done the Erie Canal, 1000 islands, ohio river, Tennessee River. Chesapeake bay, St. John river. Maine…. Love exploring! Thanks for being an inspiration! Going to do the north channel and Georgian bay all of July.
@gupjeffrey2584 Жыл бұрын
@@jessicabollinger6289 I bought a boat in the North Channel in September on the hard and can't wait to get it wet in June. We'll be discovering the channel all summer, too.
@chewitt6426 Жыл бұрын
Sammy ?
@jamesgordon2289 Жыл бұрын
Always love a Sam Homes sailing video. this one was also great. I am not so sure about that Moustache though
@mobilixone1575 Жыл бұрын
Like it! Looks like Asterix, the real hero of the Roman Empire😅
@passagesfromtheheart Жыл бұрын
Thanks for another great episode and thanks, too, for letting us know about your plans for your upcoming season with Pickled Herring!
@spencer6145 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the ride!
@BenD88343 Жыл бұрын
Haha ! I thought the yellow umbrella was some makeshift sail you made to give a little boost😂
@susanj8158 Жыл бұрын
That yellow umbrella looked so hilarious and awesome!
@arkady1028 Жыл бұрын
where in Amsterdam is your boat docking. maybe you want to do a canalcruise on my "grachtenboot" on the canals in Amsterdam
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
Durgerdam. you bet. I'll be back in a week samholmessailing@gmail.com
@Velo1010 Жыл бұрын
I liked the new boat.
@carlcantrell4781 Жыл бұрын
Hey, I saw a bunch of free boats in the bushes. 🙂 They looked like fixer uppers.
@mystory1162 Жыл бұрын
I'm up here in Clearwater ready to head further north. Have a safe journey back to Pickle herring!
@J.Paul2023 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing, do you not tie a leash around your leg to the boat when you go off like that in case a strong wind came in and your boat took off? I would.. Anytime in the water swimming I would do that..
@petec9686 Жыл бұрын
I was really hoping you'd sail it across to Europe. Looking forward to your return to Pickled Herring.
@andrewdiekmann943 Жыл бұрын
Can’t wait to see the med!
@sector7676 Жыл бұрын
Yay!! Can't wait for those Mediterranean videos! Thanks
@thehoughtonshow6405 Жыл бұрын
I’m loving the moustache Sam
@snakemain Жыл бұрын
Ugh! Went to the beach once when I lived in FL with the kids. Within 30 minutes we were all choking and coughing bc of the red tide. Found out about it once we got home.
@FunsongsMusicByPeterRahill Жыл бұрын
5:21 - great shot - if this were a race you'd be in front by 2 feet... with a leg up on the competition!!
@OurCabinInThewoods Жыл бұрын
Another great sail
@Gkitchens1 Жыл бұрын
Super excited for you to get back to pickled herring. Loved the adventure and mishaps with the new boat too! What a life ❤
@FunsongsMusicByPeterRahill Жыл бұрын
3:22 - antenna 'tickles' the underside of the bridge - but no one is really laughing... well, except for the Skipper.
@WolfandCatUnite Жыл бұрын
YES
@mary_mildred Жыл бұрын
The skipper needed some content on his free boat.
@chasingsunsets380 Жыл бұрын
We sail the Columbia River. Up here we have a saying, there are 2 types of sailors, those who have run aground and those who just bought their boat. Looks like the gulf can be the same. Actually I was raised in Fort Walton Beach, going up the sound can be the same way. I learned to prefer retractabe keels very young in life. Great video Sam.
@SunshineSailing84 Жыл бұрын
True. And the same goes for kissing bridges with your vhf antenna
@chasingsunsets380 Жыл бұрын
Which is an argument for ketches
@momchiltoshev9121 Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam, I came across your youtube channel about a month ago. With great inspiration, I watched all your videos, which brought me back to my unfulfilled childhood dreams. Well done man keep up the good work. I saw you were making plans for the Mediterranean. Do you intend to visit the Black Sea and Bulgaria (my country)?
@russellthomson5571 Жыл бұрын
Sam, rockin the 70s mou
@tonychorley4936 Жыл бұрын
Nice trip Sam
@georgemacdonald8899 Жыл бұрын
Good to hear you sold the boat and a 3D printer episode is on the way! Hope you have fun in Europe this summer, it's worth a trip up to the mountains in France/Switzerland/Italy - Cable car rides up to the Matterhorn, might be able to nab some late season skiing....
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
Going to bring the paragliders 🪂
@georgemacdonald8899 Жыл бұрын
@@samholmessailing Some people look like they have a blast combining the two sports!
@mobilixone1575 Жыл бұрын
There is no such thing as a cable car up to the Matterhorn. You‘d have to climb it yourself🥹
@georgemacdonald8899 Жыл бұрын
@@mobilixone1575 Trockener Steg and Shwartzsee station on the Klein Matterhorn, now the highest in Europe take you to the Hornli hut and then to the base of the main climbing route.
@mobilixone1575 Жыл бұрын
@@georgemacdonald8899 Quite a different location, though a confusing resemblence of names. I just came back from skiing off the „Little“ Matterhorn!
@bigcmoore Жыл бұрын
Living the dream!
@jessieoakes8033 Жыл бұрын
I’m from key west and my friends and I loved content keys bc they are so natural and not very busy or tourist area… ur brave or too risky gotta watch out for those lines and underneath bridges gets a lot of people in bad trouble… also really gotta watch the depth … saw many boats totally run up on ground lol bc they didn’t pay attention to tides…
@arntz10 Жыл бұрын
Keep it up
@Useless_Knowledge07 Жыл бұрын
Sam is 😊!
@Smylzncries Жыл бұрын
Sam the man
@jamisonryon3009 Жыл бұрын
Ahhhh dude! I was on LGI last week man!
@wjm988 Жыл бұрын
"then i started yawning i guess" made me lol
@mistermoonJB Жыл бұрын
We sailed south from St. Pete to Key Largo a few days after you. The red tide was brutal until we got to Ft Meyers. We went south under the Sanibel Bridge about 200 am Monday morning, as best as I can tell not that many hours before you came in the other direction. Even at night, you could tell there were so many dead fish by the terrible smell. That and we could feel them bouncing off the amas of our little Hobie trimaran. The next night we had the best sail in a long time in NW 15-18 knots between Chokoloskee and Cape Sable under a full moon. Long 10 knot surfs were not uncommon.
@WeBeGood06 Жыл бұрын
Broad reach autopilot issue might be sail stalled & unstalled. It's like a moment switch, moment/no moment, electrical "magnetic" autopilots have no algorithm. Relative wind autopilots will keep the sails on one side of the moment switch.
@donnakawana Жыл бұрын
Fare winds and following sea's Sam🤙🏼🫶🏼👍🏼😊
@BaskinTapkan Жыл бұрын
Pickled Herring yay
@trimaranchuck Жыл бұрын
Get yourself a 120 ltr short board. You'll love it!!
@nydeity9100 Жыл бұрын
I’m buying a boat a Sailboat in June. I’m excited to do what you’re doing!
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
Good choice!
@masterblaster2626 Жыл бұрын
Sam, have you considered making a video dedicated to how to buy a used sailboat? What to look out for, what manufacturers to avoid, etc. Apologies if you've already done that. Another great video ... keep up the good work!
@pinkladybikermamma3603 Жыл бұрын
THAT WAS A FAST SALE! LOL
@BumblingSailor Жыл бұрын
I had a chat with Jerome a bit ago. Awesome guy. Also got his book, not started yet though, saving it for my first passage!
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
heck yeah I was so glad to meet him too
@gdanielwright Жыл бұрын
+1 on the moustache!
@arottie4097 Жыл бұрын
W0W!
@lokisullivan469 Жыл бұрын
Mediterranean Sea. You should cruise the Mediterranean Sea. So much to see. So many countries to visit. Beautiful waters…
@thehoughtonshow6405 Жыл бұрын
I think you should sail to Venice
@thinkcasting3182 Жыл бұрын
"Nooooo! Umbrella." I heard that before when Tom Hanks lost Wilson. She was nice, sorry Sam. I've been using a 90% sunshade that gardeners use to shade their plants, It's working our awesome and it's super durable. It covers the whole cockpit.
@briankoger6224 Жыл бұрын
Cudjoe Key at the 4:50 mark - that's "Fat Albert," the aerostat.
@michaelishoj1111 Жыл бұрын
Is the blimp used by the US Coast Guard for those who are looking for a better life in the USA?
@harmenvc5866 Жыл бұрын
love from a 55 year old gepekelde haring from the top of holland
@davidh7142 Жыл бұрын
Ft. Meyers come for the grey water!
@JBAutomotive794 Жыл бұрын
The homage to the great Quiznos commercial. You deserve a beer sir 🍻
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
We love the subs!!! cus they are good to us
@boooshes Жыл бұрын
Lots of good sailing footage.
@pauls3325 Жыл бұрын
Love the sailing ! If overfishing isn’t enough , it’s sad to see all the dead fish from agricultural fertilisers running off to our dying oceans !
@charleshodgson3669 Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam. Have you ever sailed to any of Georgetown SC, Myrtle Beach SC, or Southport NC?
@izzzzzz6 Жыл бұрын
That place looks so cool but also so locked in. Good thing you can just jump on a boat and escape if you lived there.
@shemraschke Жыл бұрын
FYI. Use the measure feature on your iPhone camera to check mast and bridge height
@matthewoliver6655 Жыл бұрын
I love your videos
@stevenlarratt3638 Жыл бұрын
Peace love and harmony to all from Devon/cornwall border in the UK. Anyone in the area want to get out sailing on my yacht give me a shout...
@JohnZanussi Жыл бұрын
Was that a Quiznos sub commercial reference I heard?
@dherman0001 Жыл бұрын
Dude! I work 10 minutes from Durham, live in Caswell County. Hey neighbor!
@buzbybaker Жыл бұрын
Hi Sam Love your hat What make is it and where can you buy it. Great videos been following you in Europe.
@neilcampion3118 Жыл бұрын
Sam Holmes and the sailing brothers are the best for sailing blogs
@efframspikle8217 Жыл бұрын
The mustache and hair combo is looking… alright alright alright!
@robbieandkimberly Жыл бұрын
awesome content, amazing water!
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much!
@MamaLifeBre Жыл бұрын
Looks awesome, the red tide is brutal. Curious if you run into any of the floating sargassum that's supposed to be headed that way.
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
Fortunately I missed the sargasso this time but I did run into it a couple years ago sailing out of Bermuda and it was pretty frustrating. kept tripping up my windvane.
@justinmel17 Жыл бұрын
What is flying just above the helicopter going the opposite direction @1:21 ?
@samholmessailing Жыл бұрын
spy ballon
@km_loop Жыл бұрын
so looking forward to the Mediterranean videos
@ethanreginato6713 Жыл бұрын
Ted Lasso’s brother haha love the vids stay safe
@mickey1299 Жыл бұрын
LOL , who needs an engine , when you can get out and push ! Love it , so practical , and down to earth .
@life.cowboy Жыл бұрын
Dude..... totally serious here. You can rock the best mullet fu Manchu combo ever. Rock those handles a little lower 😀
@gupjeffrey2584 Жыл бұрын
Then lose a couple of teeth...
@JohnnyQuesting Жыл бұрын
I ve run aground right in that same spot also. I always turn a little to early. I luv content keys. I seen a pink flamingo in there