When Life Brings You Squalls WHSE157

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[@SadieCarpenter-ft4he]

Love your modesty, and the content is simply awesome!

[@JanetHolmes-di1ie]

Super proud to see such awesome content with humility.

[@marcusclements8277]

congrats, never a dull moment! A Poet and a Chef sailing together, making it look & sound so easy on a subsistence budget. The sail deal at cost was a nice surprise , looking forward to some more passionate winds and logistics damage control events all done with an adorable New England understatement monologue 🎉!

[@noldushumlesnurr6169]

When the storm hits and and the rain pours Low island magically changes name to Love island 😃 Anyway, just a lame comment for the AI. Wish you fair winds and happy days. Thanks for sharing your adventure with us. Greetings from Norway 👋

[@user-fe8gl2zs7p]

Always a fun watch from you two. THANKS Trish!

[@iCE2sKY]

Great channel!! ⛵ I`m happy to see people who can live their dream!! Ocean life is so special!!🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

[@jiefflerenard1228]

Glad to see you now have over 100K subscriber, totally deserved and overdue. Keep sailing this beautiful world woman!

[@mymobile5014]

It was great to see on James' post that you and him are great friends. 2 of my top favourite boaty vloggers, I am pleased I have great taste!

[@barneyscott8634]

Thanks

[@outletpro]

I love the amount of info you share to help others but if I was playing a drinking game to take a shot when you said "dinghy" I would be dead. 😂

[@MurrayJBrown]

To reduce chafing on your bridle, you might consider using a round turn & two half hitches, rather than a bowline on the dinghy attachment rings. Or you might just double up the loop on your bowline so that the strain is better distributed on the dinghy attachment riings.

[@jonathanwetherell3609]

Last summer seemed to be one of either too much or too little wind. Mainsail at the loft for a third reef to be fitted. Two reefs, no head sail and 25 knots = constipation cure!

[@PhilDesmond]

An intelligent, multi talented, very brave, and very personable sailor. International all star as far as I’m concerned.

[@teapot27]

I just accidentally clicked on 'holly blue sailing' I think I just saw Hollie and went into auto click! I quickly realised after 20 seconds my error.This oversight just re confirmed that your channel is the best sailing channel in the universe ever.Keep on going Hollie your awesome.Stay safe can't wait to the next instalment its aways a look forward to event..😃

[@timwebb8153]

Nice bridle! Another idea is to attach it to the towing rings with Spectra soft shackles. Easy on/off when you want to remove it (often, for me anyway), no metal bits bashing around, and no need to re-lash the knot every time. Just a suggestion.

[@lloydbrown9327]

Thanks Holly for another great video! Like everyone says....A lady of many talents! It's snowing and-22c with the windchill! Burrrr! Enjoy your life to the fullest, when you are young! Stay safe from the east coast of Canada 🇨🇦

[@LH1776-m8p]

I look forward to your videos❤ Hi from DC!!!

[@johnwishart7950]

you really do look happy

[@paullivingston6312]

Ive had supper bad luck with that yellow rope.

[@wdentondouglas]

Great shallow water for kiting; looks like that spot could be super slick when slack tide meets the perfect wind direction.

[@ExtraordinaryHorizons]

Very cool!! Were getting more excited on what awaits us after refitting our 65' power catamaran!

[@kevinmoore1809]

I doubt you remember me, but you were an MT on the LMG when I went down to Palmer to winterover in '18 (I was down there last summer too). When we got on station, you did a Science Tuesday on cruising with your family when you were a kid-super deluxe! Anyway, it's been fun following you around the world since then.

[@susantomkinson3419]

Love you guys, always entertaining and love the history lessons. Happy sailing ⛵️

[@edgeveg]

No comment just here to give love...thanks for sharing the adventure with us

[@williambunting803]

Float line, good to know. Noted.

[@garganega]

Found two pretty nice dinghies that broke away when I was a kid in Phippsburg, ME. Very risky.

[@Darcee-p9o]

You are awesome, woman! I swear there's nothing you can't do! XOXOXO

[@williambunting803]

A couple of things, Jaqueline on Solo Sailing ….. , also a Grinde, stores her anchor chain in the cockpit locker so hauls the anchor by the stern, so that brings up the possibility of anchoring from the stern which means better airflow through the boat in the heat. The other thing is that Burke Marine have some awesome windsurfing boots at the moment. I bought one pair but am going to order a second pair to have running shoe soles fitted.

[@anonymous.notatall6419]

Some more thoughts on the dingy painter subject. If you board ship alongside I found a painter 3x the dinghy with an alpine butterfly knot tied inline at a point that allows the dinghy to sit alongside when this knot is attached to a mid cleat near the stays works well. Then you run the rest of the line that is forward of that mid knot back to the rear cleat. This way, when the wind picks up or you want to get underway, you simply take the butterfly knot off the mid cleat and allow it to fall onto its completely then unfurled line off the rear cleat. When you want to get back in the dinghy you just pull in the line, leaving the end still attached on the rear cleat, an attach the butterfly back to the mid cleat. This way the dinghy always remains attached when moving it around and most of the time has two anchor points. An additional shorter line from the rear of the dinghy to the rear cleat of the boat when alongside and a fender at the ladder stops that hideous swing and bang you get at night in slack winds or rolly anchorages.

[@103SideProjects]

When life brings you squalls, make squallenade.

[@paulchristopherriley7503]

I understand you will be in BC this summer. we visit there and I will pay attention to when you are there and will try to come see you and yall if that is possible.

[@museperuse7569]

I love how geck has almost no interior. Exactly how I plan on refitting my cal29.

[@danwilliams8695]

Cool 😎 stuff

[@craigkepchar2619]

Thanks so much!!

[@vanessavandervalk1084]

Thank you for great advice Holly 💖

[@robertvandervelde60]

Fair winds Holly, sail on......

[@kencone6175]

Like your material and your style. You should look at the back, UV stabilized polypropylene, which does a lot better in sun than the yellow stuff. For sure, floating line is much, much better -- especially if you use the engine to set the anchor, but polypro doesn't like UV. Also, it doesn't hurt to rig some kind of safety connection to the beefy central attachment on the dink. Those glued on patches aren't nearly as strong.

[@alkempton1512]

Thanks😊

[@shanep5121]

When we were sailing in the Caribbean we would tie to the dingy dock with extra line so more dingies could tie to the dock. What are your thougbts on that? And how often do you lock your dingy to the dock?

[@pmnfernando]

use barrel knots instead of bowlines, make them cinch up really good then whip the tail like you did with the bowline. you end up with a tight bight aroud the hardware meaning less chafe

[@barrypearce9254]

Great vid as always. Did you get a new camera? The resolution is great!

[@elliottscott6179]

Huge painter! LOL

[@sammayo9970]

Getting into taking chances more maybe...caution with this mode perhaps...the anger of the seas , as you know

[@williambunting803]

As you are heading into croc country, I know that I would have 2 lines to tow a dinghy. Swimming to shore to recover a dinghy is not an option.

[@rocketscientist007]

Towing painter should be nylon which acts as a shock absorber because it is able to stretch about 20% before breaking. Polypropolene (which floats) has 0% stretch.

[@mikestevens9455]

poly is fine for a painter if replaced yearly…BUT it must be spliced around eyes at dinghy plus hers will break at that central knot which should be spliced and whipped…note poly is easy to splice but takes extra bury and whipping because slip. while you are at it spliced a large carabiner at end, its instant when appraching in a current or strange boat.

[@thomastaylor7929]

I think the bridle was normally run through the rings to eyebolts on the transom ?

[@audave2304]

Those rings will pull off in no time at all in the tropics. You should have a centreline back to the welded attachment point in the centre of the aluminium bottom.

[@MrBroberds]

Note to self: Must not make dinghy jokes....

[@itsmePassport]

Hi Nelli

[@itsmePassport]

Careful top end full of hungry Sharks and Crocodiles

[@Marcel-J]

Are you gonna meet Thomas in Indonesia?

[@delukxy]

...a little extra length is always nice to play with. Well, yes...... (Nautical Pickup Lines)

[@bryanb1259]

❤❤❤

[@782hrr]

Why is water dripping?by your head

[@melissateebarnes8826]

I was thinking it was clothes drying on a line but I could be wrong

[@darenfrancis3057]

You know nothing about towing John snow......don't worry about getting to shore worry about having something to jump in when your broached and sinking...

[@colinboniface194]

40 knots... No problemo...

[@stevenshankle3868]

:)!!

[@darenfrancis3057]

Look after your fingers....they will go tropo...papaw jelly...

[@MichaelOtis-m8y]

Wow1st

[@donscotten6047]

F There is much advantage to wrapping your line around whatever twice as it reduces chafe. for instance the towing bales on your dinghy and the line to line connections etc Regards Don

[@SaltyPauly]

I was like 1,000. Can you send me a sticker or something? 🙃

[@warrenclark3475]

You have sold out ,bugger when i went around i actually funded my lifestyle, very sad for you because you have missed out on the proper sailing lifestyle , poeple are the most important faucet of sailing instead of the internet

[@hyperstimmed]

Such a stupid unnecessary comment

[@airedale06]

Can you clarify what you mean by she sold out? What's a proper sailing lifestyle? How are people an important faucet?

[@lloydbrown9327]

Someone always has to be negative! Holly...tell him to kiss your A--!! 😅😅

[@outoftime788]

3:04 wow! hot hot hot!

[@tonyclark5854]

Thanks!