This Night Was TERRIFYING (storms at sea) EP. 119

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Hey friends, welcome back. This week we are continuing our passage from Costa Rica to Nicaragua, and are currently sailing through one of the notorious sections of Papagayo wind. There are a few of these areas along the this part of central and north americas pacific coastline. They can have powerful accelerations of wind due to the topography across the continent from the Atlantic to Pacific ocean. Thankfully, rainy season means that the trade winds in the Caribbean are less active, and therefore this funneling and acceleration of wind through valleys and around mountains is generally less powerful, and happens less frequently. So we got that going for us. Especially since rainy season means lots of thunderstorms which we have been (mostly) successfully dodging with our trusty B&G radar. Thankfully THAT is still working, as we haven’t had reliable wind instrument data for some time now. But theres really nothing to complain about while Boundless is ripping along with full sails since leaving Costa Rica in our wake. (She is a machine clip). Ask us about complaints tomorrow morning though, as tonight we’re in for the scariest moment yet while out here on the ocean. It is VERY hard to explain and show on camera the duality of how it feels to be sailing along in perfect conditions while also having a pit in your stomach, watching clouds form all around you, greying out the sky and what would have been a beautiful sunset. It feels like there is some unknown thing, waiting to reveal itself under the darkness of the night sky.
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[ BOAT SPECS ]
1984 Passport 42
Hull #33
Displacement - 25,000 lbs
Ballast - 9,500 pounds of lead (encapsulated keel not bolted on)
Marconi Cutter Rig
Length - 42'
Beam - 12.75'
Water Draft - 6.4"
Air Draft - 59'
[Music from Epidemic Sound]
Kiri O Koete by Sugoi
City Echoes by Dreem
Beyond Worlds by Many Moons Ago
Ridges by Harbours and Oceans
Unbroken Spirit by Sunfish Grove

[@bittusaini7750]

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[@davidnichols147]

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[@imcif7820]

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[@johncush9063]

I love watching your videos. My wife and live in Canada but we owned a vacation home in Maui for the past 15 years. We sold a year before the big Lahaina fire and now I’m wanting to buy a 35’ sail boat and continue our ocean adventures. We are both 74 I’m a very fit plumber. I know I could fix everything just really wondering if I can learn to sail. Keep up the great videos.

[@svcyclops]

Final tip and I will shut up. When reefing downwind to reduce the pressure. 1) raise topping lift. 2). Full ease of sheet 3). Ease main 1 foot and then tighten clew, repeat this to reduce the pinning effect.

[@johncush9063]

Loved watching you reef the sails. Just adds to our sailing learning

[@svcyclops]

When reefing I prefer to tighten the reef for the clew (new out haul) before re-hoisting the main halyard. Reason is the new clew should be on the boom to get leech tension. Btw don’t forget to ease the vang.

[@svcyclops]

Second point. I feel for you on the anemometer. Mine broke just before a 3,000 mile passage. Btw, when you take a deck level wind speed it will be less than the mast. This is due to wind sheer. The difference reduces and wind speed increases.

[@pkrockit]

Really enjoyed this one. Excellent video and sound editing, good music selection. Thanks

[@GIMA12]

😀

[@svjobeth6256]

Hey guys. Great video, thank you two for sharing. Lisa and I have had our tribulations on board for sure; we were dismasted in a squall (not on JO BETH!!), I went overboard in a squall at sea - harnessed and tethered, but terrifying nonetheless; I woke up at anchor last fall with a pinch nerve in my spine and an uncooperative left arm and hand; and then of course, I had a stroke while at anchor about two months ago. (It all sounds really bad when I write it down!! 😱) We're still here, still sailing, still living. Not only surviving, but thriving. You guys will do the same. Remarkably, we've not ever had a squall hit us offshore at night. We've been in fog, rain, and have seen lightning and heard thunder, and have sailed double reefed in 28-30 from dusk til dawn, but all squall-less. We've certainly been hit with squalls while anchored. Once, we did three complete 360° spins around our anchor inside of minutes during a 50 knot thunderstorm. Yes, we humans are strange beings - all part of the game though, right? Take care of each other, and be well.

[@valerieb.4912]

I have not yet met a sailor who likes lighting. If anything bad is going to happen, it is going to be at night. When we sailed at night, we always had the main on the 2nd ref. Happy Sailing ⛵

[@taffythegreat1986]

I wonder why the Americans say “oh my god”. We say ”bloody hell” 😂

[@janetjeason1341]

This American says WTF and let it go at that

[@taffythegreat1986]

@@janetjeason1341 I’ve heard that as well, 😂

[@anotherdedchannel]

Ik it's probably impossible to film and sail in a storm, but I wish someone would put a camera on their mast or something. You never get to see what rough storms are like because the sailors are too busy staying alive. I completely understand, but a mast cam would be cool.

[@Jolleseileren]

Always possible to reef the mainsail no matter the tention on the sail? Also if its a in-mast-sail? Nice pixel-quality on your videos!

[@rickkwitkoski1976]

Thank you!

[@andrewlloyd3371]

Great video. Go Boundless!

[@charliemcgrain]

"Storm at sea" is in your title...and you didn't film any of it? Anywho, the minute you think "maybe I should put a reef in the main"...you need to put two reefs in it. Shots are great, audio is amazing, great choices for music. If you don't me me saying, you guys remind me of Juliet Lewis and Jeff Goldblum.

[@janaferreira8882]

❤

[@daner.d]

you know what, I would definitely do what kate did when she did the royal bow. you wouldn't even have to dare me I would walk right in to customs and bow like I have never bowed before. c'mon that would be funny

[@michaelmerrithew4042]

It's called a masthead fly

[@johnhope1037]

NO harness or life jacket.

[@RogerThatSailing]

What are you talking about? Both are utilized when required in this video

[@crufflerdoug]

@@RogerThatSailing12:25

[@RogerThatSailing]

@@crufflerdougit’s daylight. Another person on deck. Not too rough or windy as they’re shaking out a reef. I said when required. I don’t think they always need to be worn when going forward, but again, opinions may differ.