The Realities Of Living At Sea | OFF-GRID Sailboat Life [94]

[@thomas5495]

Absolutely fabulous sailing. Great catch on the tuna also, fish always taste the best when you catch it yourself. Thanks for another awesome video.

[@SailingKittiwake]

Thanks so much Thomas! Yes, it tasted amazing. Thanks for commenting :) Have a fab day!

[@thomas5495]

@@SailingKittiwake It's always a fabulous day for me on Mondays when I get to watch you guys out sailing and enjoying life. Hope things are going great for you in the Caribbean so far and your having fun. Again thanks for such great videos .

[@Oceans_Sail]

As always, a lovely video showing the ups and downs of sailing. People who haven’t done it struggle to understand why we put up with the pain - broken bits, crazy weather, fog, to name but a fraction and then are aghast at things like the simple pleasure gained from a proper shower! :-)) Yet all the downs are forgotten when you experience the ups - the pure pleasure of adventure in fine sailing conditions where there is nothing but the sound of the waves, the sun on your face and the occasional visit from an inquisitive pod. Lovely, lovely, lovely.

[@SailingKittiwake]

You totally get it, Andy! So true! So many challenges, but such amazing rewards 🤩😊

[@jensmander3964]

Thank's so much for letting us join you. Me, myself & I, is currently waiting out the Covid 19-restrictions. My boat in "lock-down" in Germany. Me waiting for borders to be reopened, in Sweden. Be following you, in your wake, as soon as I'll get my lovely boat "back". Again: Thank you so much for your wonderful vid's. It's a Godsend for us beached sailors.

[@troz451]

My favorite sailing couple. Always meeting every challenge.

[@SailingKittiwake]

Aw! Thanks so much!

[@MrNickstevenson63]

Boring!! No bad weather and crashing waves. No bikinis and margaritas. Nothing broke that needed immediate attention or the boat would be in peril. Haha ... just kidding. Absolutely beautiful sailing. Beautiful vessel and beautiful people. Peaceful and harmonious sailing. What more could you ask for.

[@SailingKittiwake]

Well I did jump off the boat holding on a rope and get my leg bitten off by a shark, we just didn’t film that bit 😉

[@dreadnoughtb3364]

How good does it get, that good. Enjoy your videos thank you.

[@Rudder2]

Awesome fish! Glad you first leg is going well and the conditions are so perfect thus far. Keep living the dream!

[@kendorsey5894]

I am so glade you got to experience some great sailing conditions. It is something to cherish. That is a pretty slick way to position the tiller. I am suitably impressed. Fair winds and thank you for sharing your journey.

[@SV-Flying-Tigress]

I bet that big hooking thing would be really useful on a long handle : )

[@Peteamareet]

Thanks for the information on steerage and tillers, fair winds and happy days to you both. Pete

[@AndyUK-Corrival]

Beautiful guys, so great to get away from the short choppy seas and have gentle ocean swell. Dolphins really lift the spirits, had 5 under the boat on Sunday heading towards the Needles. Andy UK

[@SailingKittiwake]

Nice! The UK and N.France have dolphins aplenty :) haven’t seen many lately.

[@dragonfly8080808]

Great sailing weather, ab fab Tuna I bet you got a lot of good meals from that beast, well done landing it in difficult position. As always thanks for sharing.

[@CheersWarren]

I’m sure your not the first to film a Bob Perry boat on passage but a lovely testament to this design, not a speed freak but solid sailing . I would love to do some passages like that Cheers warren

[@haighaj]

Another amazing video, amazing catch Ryan!

[@kevinhoffman8214]

Wow what a great leg of your journey , with fresh fish for dinner !

[@sailingsomeday5975]

What a glorious beginning to a new adventure - look forward to next week already!

[@SailingKittiwake]

Cheers guys

[@gangstagrandma]

Such a great start to the trip! Wish I'd known about the tiller thingamibob you did when I was self-steering. Nice tuna catch! And the seagulls loved you!

[@CactusSailing]

Nice guitar work Ryan, It’s a good hobby that goes hand in hand with long distance passage making! 🎸

[@richardsimpson2599]

Wow great sailing again ! This is such a good watch and Scua is a real boat. Great fish too guys.

[@SailingKittiwake]

Thanks so much, Richard! 😊

[@richardfoster5851]

Absolutely brilliant 👍what a fish😋

[@MrRourk]

Hope the headaches stop. Skua seems very well behaved out on the big blue.

[@PacificSolo]

What a huge catch! Dinner must've been delicious!

[@SailingKittiwake]

It really was! 😁

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

What an amazing catch! Beautiful start to a voyage!

[@Sweetiepiepizza]

Tip.. if you can shove a metal rod, such as a coat hanger down the spinal cord straight away. The meat gets less lactic acid. This is how sushi tuna is processed ... makes for tastier meat.

[@gustavopml]

Another great video. Lovely days at sea. And what a fish.

[@Jmmondeau]

Hey there guys. Add two spring loaded jam cleats port and stbd side of your tiller handle on the vertical surface (on the sides, not the top and bottom) for your sheet to tiller ropes and you can make infinite and quick adjustments. I may have a video of this on my older vlogs. Fair winds mate.

[@gabbrysnature9413]

I love you guys such an amazing people. Id like to see more footage from your life. ❤

[@SailingKittiwake]

Aw thanks so much!

[@nigelgriffiths259]

Another fantastic episode. Thank you. Amazed at how calm the sea has been so far. And that dorade fish is enormous - enough to eat till you never want to eat fish again? I am struggling to put my 1955 Alvis back together, something which Ryan you would sort out in a few hours given your multi skills ! As always I wish you both fair winds and favourable currents and tides.

[@SailingKittiwake]

Thanks Nigel! Yes, we were fished out by the time we finished the tuna 😁 Best of luck getting your Alvis ready to sail 😊

[@viking_5036]

Hello, Beautiful tuna....."bon appétit"....Good boat, good speed, good fish....👍👍

[@AndysEastCoastAdventures]

Nice one, that tuna would fill a few cans!

[@markebert7336]

Great ride and congratulations on the tuna!

[@ralph9987]

great fish, wow! hope that was a canned tuna we saw you eating there, right? fresh Tuna is eaten raw as sashimi or briefly seared on both sides, leaving it lovely and red inside. PS make sure you bleed a Tuna out for a while, the taste will amaze you even more.

[@SailingKittiwake]

We love to do that with blue fin tuna and skipjack tuna, which have “red” flesh, but long fin tuna is very different in taste and it’s light pink. We don’t like it as sashimi. Yeah, we always bleed tuna in a bucket otherwise a shark or marlin could take it if we leave it in the water.

[@ruaraidhmcdonald-walker9524]

What an amazing catch!

[@andypennybrown6848]

Nice steering setup, I like that system, simple and easy to use, that fish should last a few days eh!

[@northeden8661]

It would have been something to use the hydra vane rigged up to the former wheel that you had. Making that tiller was an excellent idea.

[@williamlewis8741]

bonjour Colin Firth et Emma Thompson of the Sea :-) as always a beautiful and real video. i'm a vicarious sailor because of you two. take care and cheers from Lille, France

[@SailingKittiwake]

Hahaha! Thanks a lot, William. Enjoy beautiful Lille and stay safe :)

[@DVolvoguy777-x7o]

Thanks for the update!

[@chriswills9530]

Good job Ryan doesn't play double bass, eh? Nice fish, nice voyage - all looks suspiciously easy so far...

[@SailingKittiwake]

And you’re right to be suspicious 😁

[@trafalgar22a8]

Cheers from Australia.

[@jcregal3456]

Absolutely nice catch. It would have been sad get it that close to the boat and lose it because you lacked a proper gaff.

[@phillheth]

Wow. This is Crusing...lovely. That said. I'm only 5 mins in. Maybe it kicks up to f8 in a Min.

[@SailingKittiwake]

No that’s in the next episode 😁 #SpoilerAlert 🤣

[@phillheth]

@@SailingKittiwake 😅😅 great music choice in this one. Nice and relaxing.

[@goleafsgo8496]

Elena feel for you on the headaches I'm fortunate not to have them (other then self induced) but my youngest daughter used to suffer from them, no fun. Hope they stay to a minimum for you ..... talk Ryan into a nice head / scalp massage!

[@SailingKittiwake]

Thanks so much, Mike! Luckily they go away after a while 😊

[@sycopath8311]

Fair winds and following seas

[@roderickmchardy3650]

yes , excellent video ,, glad you were enjoying your trip ,,,,,,,,,,, i notice that you have blocks / pulleys on your reefing lines , do they ever damage the sail ?

[@SailingKittiwake]

Thank you! Nope, we sailed 3,700nm+ with the blocks on and there is no damage so far.

[@roderickmchardy3650]

@@SailingKittiwake thank you for your reply ,,, i might try that , my main sail is huge and hard work ..

[@SailingKittiwake]

Yes, it made reefing a whole lot easier! :)

[@sailingcitrinesunset4065]

Nice video and nice tuna

[@garethcrootart]

looks like perfect conditions.

[@randyowens2717]

Beautiful!

[@SailingKittiwake]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@brianboys9015]

Fantastic

[@TwoGetLost]

It looks like our tuna!! Bet that fed you for weeks!xx

[@SailingKittiwake]

Thanks guys! If we had a freezer, we could have feasted on it for weeks! Instead, we gave quite a bit of it to other cruisers - great way to make friends 😁 Hope you two are well and HC is coming along 😊

[@svlolalouise9763]

First again South Australia

[@SailingKittiwake]

Yeeeeha! Thanks for commenting :) Have a great day.

[@ashthomas5257]

WOT! it was up for 6 minutes when I clicked!

[@tiborkiss9186]

Hello! Great video! one question, though: on our boat, the wind vane is connected to the steering so that the main rudder and the wind vane rudder turns together. I gues you could also have this setup. Why did you opted for not connecting the rudder to the wind vane? Best regards!

[@SailingKittiwake]

Hi Tibor, ours is a Hydrovane which had a separate independent rudder that steers the boat. There’s pros and cons to each type and both have their fans - either is better than the autopilot for ocean sailing in our opinion :)

[@tiborkiss9186]

@@SailingKittiwake yep. I am currently triyng to link the wind sensor to the autopilot htrough the open cpn navigation - maybe this way the autopilot will be less "active" in microsteering the boat...have you ever tried such setup?

[@philippreinmann1686]

Nice catch 🐟 What's your set-up when fishing?

[@SailingKittiwake]

Handline with Williamson skirted trolling lure about 30m behind boat - 80lb mainline and flourocarbon leader. We use a bungee shock absorber. DickMclarry’s site go saltwater fishing has loads of good info

[@philippreinmann1686]

Sailing Kittiwake thanks so much!

[@mikeytrw]

"Oh my god I hope it's not a shark" Hahahaha. Great catch though.

[@SailingKittiwake]

:D I love sharks, but I wouldn't want to take a hook out of one :D

[@mikeytrw]

Sailing Kittiwake can’t imagine they’re that nice for dinner either

[@SV-Flying-Tigress]

Great video series.... please tune that thing!!! Yikes!

[@ashthomas5257]

Luv ya work! Hey Elena, the are the headaches stress related??? (I don't recommend trying to manage them with scotch while your are at sea LOL)(no emojis?). I have said Ryan would make a great tradie...... also a very consciences sailor! Pleasure to watch you pair, learning and sharing. Thanx for the vid!

[@eleftheriatagouli6148]

Amazing pictures!!!Thank you for taking us with you to places we..well I will never go to!!I wish I cound go on a boat and leave everything behind......💦💦🇬🇷💦💦

[@merrymoppet]

Taughtline hitch?

[@bobsalter1621]

I love your videos. Thank you so much. I was wondering if Skua has an IMO number? I found you guys on the Marine Traffic App that I use at work, but there are one heck of a lot of pleasure craft with the name Skua on our planet. Please be safe.

[@MrJJSimonds]

You guys called it a "lumpfish? Lungfish? is that tour name for a Tuna? or did you miss the ID?.. I got confusedededed.. ;)

[@SailingKittiwake]

Longfin

[@MrJJSimonds]

@@SailingKittiwake LOL.. I even tried "closed caption" before I asked, but iot had no clue.. it thought waves sounds were applause!.. lol :)

[@SailingKittiwake]

Haha lumpfish would be a mean name for a fish!

[@NZL50505]

Are you sure about your wind speeds? I think you’re over-stating them (or your instruments are)! For example at 10:48s when you say “18kts wind” it looks half that (even if you mean apparent not true)! And the low boat speeds support that.

[@SailingKittiwake]

I don’t always film the instruments at the same time as I’m taking a selfie, so sometimes the instruments won’t match the words - they’ve been filmed earlier or later. It’s just b-roll.

[@NZL50505]

Sailing Kittiwake OK. Great crossing conditions for you regardless. And nice fish!

[@boxertwinjeff]

Are you happy with your Manson Supreme?

[@SailingKittiwake]

Super duper happy. We trust it with our lives.

[@MrPisces67]

How many 'sailing; shows or 'channels' are there on you tube?

[@SailingKittiwake]

Only one that counts :D

[@TheBeggFamily]

Is it Skua or Kittiwake?! That was a massive fish, like you see in display cases!

[@JustMe-pp1mp]

Kittiwake was a previous cat owned by these two so at that time they named their channel Sailing Kittiwake. Shortly afterwards they purchased Skua but left the channel as Sailing Kittiwake for continuity purposes. Did I get that right Ryan ?

[@SailingKittiwake]

Kittiwake was our first boat 😊 This is Skua.

[@TheBeggFamily]

@@SailingKittiwake Would you be able to rename Skua or is Kittiwake still about?

[@sailingtheuk]

Please what is the name of the song in the intro?

[@MrJJSimonds]

... I suppose you are able to ignore the wheezing from what I assume is the autopilot?.. ;)

[@SailingKittiwake]

Of course, especially as we only use it in light winds when the windvane isn’t very precise 😊

[@tyannabeasley69]

Update plz

[@raulraul2830]

Hola Elena, por tu nombre veo que tienes ascendencia latina, por tanto hablaras Castellano, mi pregunta es: puede haber posibilidad de que pongas subtitulos en Castellano para poder entender lo que dicen, de todos modos gracias.-

[@SailingKittiwake]

Raul, no hablo Castellano, soy Italiana. Perdon.

[@bryrensexton4618]

👍!!!

[@esling77]

Cracking Fish

[@Zeb1432]

Monday night sorted thank you..!!!( ͡~ ͜ʖ ͡°)

[@SailingKittiwake]

Yeeppeee 😊

[@nessuno1948]

Poor fish! I've been five years in the tuna harvesting industry for farming as most of the sushi so expensive comes from farms, not free, ocean roaming and migranting fish: they are captured, put into cages (50 m diameter, 35 m deep made by plastics) by the hundreds and then towed, at a very low speed to the farming and fattening stations. that was my job. Once I took 75 days to cover a little more than 1.000 miles, (average speed 12 miles a day) from Libya to southern Spain, with the loss of tents and tens of fish which, after two days after death (depending on water temp) floated to the surface, rotten and there was a trail of these creatures on our wake (now and again a group of spanish scuba divers came to inspect and get rid of the dead). The best fish went to the japanese market earnig huge profit to those interested in the enterprise. The tuna migrating into the Med are the best quality and far bigger than those living in the open oceans, expecially in the Pacific and so there was (early 2001-05 - my experience) a huge armada of fishermen to exploit those poor animals, from floating nets and lines of hooks 60/70 miles long and more to circling nets (captured for farming or just for the market - a minority) from Italy, France, Spain, Libya, Algeria, Tunisia, Japan and Korea both interested in floating nets (derivanti) and lines of hooks (palamiti).

[@goleafsgo8496]

TMI (to much information) I personally don't like to meet the cow before I eat the steak. Probably just me.... LOL

[@JonMadsen70]

:)

[@gmoose777]

Nice longfin great chewing those

[@rasheedmasthan6779]

Fantastic