You shall forever be known as “bad luck Michael”

You certainly had your challenges but you work your way through them! Well done! Can’t wait to see your progress of of the bay and to the Bahamas 🇧🇸 ♥️

@sailingEV888

Жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Lots more videos coming!

The Quartermaster* I spoke with Mike by phone after his return. First and foremost, Mike is a very experienced and competent sailor in his own right. The problem is Mike is a lake sailor and hasn't had a lot of experience with current, and certainly not Gulf Stream current which can and does reach 4 knots. The real problem is he has a Yanmar 22 hp., 3 cylinder diesel and a heavy 36 ft. sailboat. He's drastically under powered! I assume he put in a15 degree offset coarse to compensate for the current. The boat doesn't have the power to drive through that kind of current which runs from South to North, 24 hours a day! His only option is to continue down the ICW as far down as he can on Biscayne Bay. Then if the conditions are favorable, the next morning, leave early and power sail like hell for North Rock, just North of Bimini!

@sailingEV888

Жыл бұрын

Hindsight is 20/20. Its going to be intetesting when and if I announce online about my Sailing plans for season 6.. How bold can I be? In 2020 I said I will sail to the Bahamas. I acheived this goal. What is next? Is it possible? Those reading this comment what would you do if you were in my shoes? How far would you take it? And what would you do to realistically acheive these goals? One thing Ive learned is be carefull what you wish for.. it might just happen.. you will be surprised what you can do if you just commit to your dream and take your departure. Hold fast people! Season 6 is in the passage planning phase already and season 5 has yet to end..

Looks like you figured it out. The correct strategy for crossing the gulfstream in a sailboat is to minimize the time in the stream. To do this, you have to take a heading (not course) perpendicular to the stream and not try to swim against it. If you don't do this, all you end up doing is spending more time in the current and end up further North.

@sailingEV888

Жыл бұрын

I tottally agree. Its amazing how much speed gets reduced when your pointing slightly into the current. I hope everyone watching is learning something for when you guys try it your self. Thanks for commenting

Capt Mile , great video of your adventures! I remind myself, the joy is in the journey. Epic!

good luck finding an St-4000 unit... Refurb is all yer gonna find. Mine went up and I put the EV-100 on last year. Requires a crap ton of re-wiring, but the silver lining is you lose 80% of the wires going through the tubes to your helm station.

These videos are priceless! Love em. If the wind is S or SSE and you are crossing the gulf stream you are going to get pushed WAY north!

Your resourcefulness and steadfast determination is inspiring buddy.

@sailingEV888

Жыл бұрын

Thanks mate. Its comments like this one that keep me going.

Wind was coming from the south. The gulf stream current likes to counter the wind direction. Nice sail brother, stay safe out there.

You're a trooper bud, keep the wind in your sails you got this!

@sailingEV888

Жыл бұрын

Thanks brian

Wow! It’s a great adventure and interesting, thank you for sharing

@sailingEV888

11 ай бұрын

Well the adventure is jyst beginning. Season 6 starts this december!! Thanks for commenting..

Cpt Mike, you certainly know how to entertain. I haven't commented on the last few including the podcast but I checked them out. Not going to diminish your issues, but being in Rio at a marina watching 3 boats trying to leave Guatemala and all three of them coming back more than once, one boat 3 times, due to engine problems. I see the frustration and it's really heart breaking for some. So many people face the same issues and it's all engine related. I'm planning to replace mine with an electric because I don't need the range and definitely don't want the constant tinkering and spare part hunting, but my current diesel engine does actually work and I may be able to leave here very soon. If I get anywhere close to you, I'll definitely come by and buy you a beer to talk stories. Although I was set on doing this regardless, you've certainly inspired me to follow through. Cheers mate!

@sailingEV888

Жыл бұрын

I would love that! Would you consider doing a group call on the podcast? The channel is called Sailing EV because I wanted to go full electric one day soon! We should chat more about this Id like to hear your story.

Congrats on getting south of Miami for the crossing- great decision for a sailboat. Better current and wind angle. Fast motorboats can leave from Miami for Bimini, much more difficult for sailboats. Think of it this way- a 25mph motorboat is about 40 miles traversing the 3mph Gulf Stream so they might be pushed 4-5 miles north during that time and can easily correct angle. A 5 mph sailboat is 8 hours in a 3mph northward current, meaning they can be pushed as much as 24miles north. Assume that was Boca Chita on the north side of the chart you showed and you will be going thru Lewis Cut. A lot of sailboats touch ground, the shallows are crisscrossed with keel marks. Good luck and expect next video's ending will be in The Bahamas.

Rogers mom I say be safe

Dude. My HopYacht 30 arrives in Miami in March, and watching your videos makes me not want to take up cruising. lol. I’m stressed out watching you cruise! Great videos though, learning a lot from you. I’m a simple river sailor, so I’m scared shitless of all this ocean stuff like you seem to be also. Lol

@sailingEV888

11 ай бұрын

If your not scared shitless you should not be out there..

Mike,your still going to Have To!!!! Sail due east!!!you can’t sit to where you want to go in the Gulf Stream.This is not that difficult,head due East and watch your plot line.your going to travel North East.Give that motor some throttle 😮it’s barely above idle.Head due East until you cross the Gulf Stream then head more North as needed.You better get used to shallow water and anchoring in the ocean too in the Caribbean.Don’t work on the front of the engine while is running!!!You could lose a finger and bleed to death 🙁Also if you stay outside of where the chart has the black line off of land you won’t run aground.When the conditions are good anchor outside to save 2 hours in route to the Bahamas.You’ve been on your boat every day for two years and you still make all the same mistakes over and over.☹️☹️I want to see you having fun in the Islands 🤗🤗

Strong current there, go to the keys and shoot from there if you still aiming same direction.

yes!

ur a chad bro!

Hey man. Do you have paper charts? All ya have to do is lay out a straight course to like 20 miles south of where you wanna end up. (More specifically, it's 2.5 knots (average figure of gulf stream for total crossing) multiplied by the number of hours you plan to travel at your average speed). Then, use the paper chart to figure your Magnetic heading. Steer that magnetic heading for the whole trip no matter what the chart plotter says. The chartplotter will display a gps heading over ground, which will actually look like a sine wave, but if you have steered the compass course to the point you picked south of your target, the gps sine wave will catch up at the arrival.

@sailingEV888

Жыл бұрын

Its funny. Sine waves is what burns me in the end.. inverters electronics.... all I can say is the conditions that were presented to me is what I was dealing with at that time .You kinda have to be out here to see what I was dealing with.. Have you crossed the gulf stream?

@sailingphaedrus

Жыл бұрын

Yeah man. This is John from Charleston Harbor! I was hoping to catch up with you in George Town, but it totally wasn't my scene. I am in Jamaica now, route planning for Panama. I wasn't busting your balls with the comment, just letting you know what works. I did it. I went from West Palm to Memory Rock to get on the Bank. Once I got across, I was within a half mile of the waypoint. Then Great Sale Cay and Green Turtle Cay to clear in. I kept thinking I was going to be too late to catch you in GT because I was sailing all the way down through the Abacos and Eleuthera just to get to the Exumas.

That's why the why they call it a broad reach lol 😂

I noticed that your mainsail is not in a track on the boom. Does your boom have a sail track?

@sailingEV888

Жыл бұрын

It does have a sail track in the boom and is conected. You may have a good point I will look into this and see if it can be connected diffetently. Im oretty sure its being used as it was designed but I could be wrong. Been working so far.

@svintheanajones88

Жыл бұрын

@@sailingEV888 Yeah, the sail I have has a rope (line) sewn on the foot of the sail which slides into that track. I guess it makes the outhaul easier to tension. Other than that, it may provide better pressure in the sail near the foot..

@markbuskens6070

Жыл бұрын

Your main can be lose footed,doesn’t have to be in the track.

How are you still alive? 😂😂😂😂

@DougRutherford1

Жыл бұрын

Captain Mike is a tough Canadian or just stubborn. Not sure which. It is the adventure that counts with loads of stories to tell.

@georgejohnson4682

11 ай бұрын

Ditto……

@sailingEV888

11 ай бұрын

Bigtime!! Ive been working 14 hr days some times 6 days a week saving every penny for next season starting this December. I have all new gear. All the parts needed that broke last season. Just a matter of time now. Thanks for sticking around!!

@TheCorsair

11 ай бұрын

@@sailingEV888 In addition to all that new gear bring better judgement and you’ll have a much more enjoyable sailing experience.

@sailingEV888

11 ай бұрын

Here here

You have to be the most cry baby sailor all you do is cry and cry