Less music and more narration...loved your underwater pictures.. living the life brother ❤️

@steveburke7675

Жыл бұрын

I found the music very distracting too. Cool vid otherwise. I only follow solo sailors now...not interested in fake "WE ALMOST SANK OUR BOAT!!!!!!" BS.

I discovered Jon & Roy through this video, now I listen to them pretty much every day. Loved watching your other vids, have fun out there! Hopefully you'll grace New Zealand's shores again soon

You're an extremely talented Cinematographer... Very high quality product.

@sailwest6462

8 жыл бұрын

+rainmechanic Thank You!

@jackleslie1194

7 жыл бұрын

Mike Rybas I'm

This was fantastic! Thank you for posting this! I have been dreaming of doing some sailing, but would never be brave enough to do such a long trip. I am happy that I got to live it just a bit through your eyes.

A lovely watch. About to buy a boat for first time in over 20 years. Vids like yours have inspired me to do so. Fair winds mate!

Watched this a few times now and just shared on Facebook. A wonderful short film, beautifully shot and great music. Looks like you had an amazing time!

Great Vid Mike. I like how you captured the rolls in the Ocean. It shows a realistic point of view, that's not for everybody. I hope to see more Video from you. Live the life Brother. Tight lines, Full sails and dang it, that was a flippin' incredible looking salad !!!

Great camera angles! Thanks for sharing the story of this journey.

Very nicely done Brother! I watch a lot of these sailing and Livabaord videos and it's amazing how you can pick up on people's vibes....great channel! See you on the high seas!

@sailwest6462

8 жыл бұрын

+Jon David Croel Thanks David. I hope our paths cross one day!

Loved this so much! Thanks for sharing this incredible experience, and with such cool shots as well! Hopefully you'll be putting more up soon :)

@sailwest6462

8 жыл бұрын

+Kate Martin Thanks Kate! I'm boatless right now, but hope to remedy the situation ASAP!

Great video, excellent camera work. Lovely yacht as well. Amazing how clear the water is there.

Thank you for taking me with you on this trip, enjoyed it a lot!

Great video, thanks for taking the time to share your experiences.

@sailwest6462

8 жыл бұрын

+Dalibor Labudovic Thanks man!

Awesome trip Mike. Thanks for the share.

@sailwest6462

8 жыл бұрын

+WhiteCloudGroovin No problem!

Amazing video, awesome trip! That's living life at its finest .

Really good video, great pace, nice shots. What a great single handed sailing trip

Thanks you for making my design look good.

@sailwest6462

8 жыл бұрын

+Bob Perry Thanks Bob! She's a fine boat, so it wasn't hard work!

Great Video Well done.. Thanks for letting us Ride Along.. Looks like fun.

Amazing! loved it, thanks for sharing!

Music is awesome! mountain town - jon and roy thank you. lovely

Great vid, love the editing too. Thanks for taking the time Cheers

Awesome video mate! Suprised you havent put out more, id gladly tune in. Good luck with all your dreams and adventures :)

Great video man thanks for sharing such a great experience.

@sailwest6462

8 жыл бұрын

+Doco Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed the video.

Awesome man... so competent. Fearless. Love it. I'm not so sure I'd jump out of a perfectly good boat to go spearfishing when nobody is topside. I think that would take some getting used to. Hell, just going out of sight of land would take a major change of mindset in this landlubber. Love the video. Will subscribe now. Cheers from Thailand!

Awesome video Mike! Would have bee great to see some footage of the surf in Fiji though... Thanks for the addition to my inspiration files while I save up...

Great video! In the process of doing the same! Hopefully sooner then later! Just really like seeing people taking the leap! Great job! Your Boat looks super nice as well! Really a good size boat! And to be single handing But, hey it's nice to have the space! Anyway keep enjoying the life, and be safe! Maybe we'll cross paths someday!

43 years ago this voyage was far more dangerous. Then there were no weather faxes, weather forecasts were unreliable, and you didn't know where you were, due to the lack of GPS. The voyage nearly killed us, and it did kill the friend I towed out of harbor.

great video, especially the underwater and masthead shots. well done!

Nice editing. Really enjoyed your video. Thanks for sharing.

Mate that is a great vid. Thanks for posting!

What a beautiful yacht you have. Brave of you to sail alone. What a wonderful adventure though. :)

Yes, excellent video. Thanks!

Great Video. Great editing. Safe and happy travels.

Great! Inspiring and good filming. I planning to do the same trip next year :D

What a good video man, Nice edits. Very entertaining

Amazing keep sailing brother!

@sailwest6462

8 жыл бұрын

+Mac Dubh Yes sir!

A few years down the track but thanks for the video man, and thanks for the music as well.

Wow! Impressive! We hope to sail to the islands soon!

Enjoyed your video.

Beautiful boat too.

Great vid!! Nicely done.

thats soo cool man, I live in New Zealand and just brought my first yacht, Its in Warkworth just south of Whangerei. so im looking forward to sailing to fiji. stay cool..

I've been building sailboats for years, and never had any interest in sailing until recently. This looks comfy.

beautiful boat beautiful video mate!

Well done skipper, thats a great boat. Great vid. and music Cheers,

@charlesmcruvie26

7 жыл бұрын

Chip Sellarole Westerly

@charlesmcruvie26

7 жыл бұрын

Boat serf inevitably have

Great Video, wonderful sailing

Beautiful sail Sir! Nice Footage from the uunderwater boat. You are a very brave man. Good luck. Take care. Best Regards from good old Germany 🇩🇪

very nice great video love your boat take care of yourself Jim.

I love that you used a Jon and Roy song :D They are my home town talent! I am heading from Vancouver to Mazatlan then sailing down to Panama and onto Tahiti :D Never been on a sailboat before and leaving in 10 days... wish me luck? You are making it look pretty great! Very inspirational that you did this alone! -Amanda

@sailwest6462

8 жыл бұрын

+Amanda Cindy Rose I met a bunch guys sailing across the Pacific a couple year ago from the same area as you. They introduced me to Jon and Roy's music. I would listen to them all the time on the boat!

amazing VID my friend, are living my dream...

awesome adventure man!

Great vid dude, thanx.

Just ran across your channel. Good stuff!

Well done. Loved your camera work.

Great camera angles, Captain!

very nice video Mike. looks like a lot of fun. you really look small on that big ocean.

thought i recognised that coastline.... i live in whangarei, awesome video dude

bloody nice trip bro great vids,ill be doing it soon

Cool video!! I'll do doing a similar leg on a yacht delivery this May 2016 ...

I love the shots under the boat.

@sailwest6462

6 жыл бұрын

islandonlinenews thanks! Sailing single handed gives a lot of time to contemplate about different camera angles.

What a great video .

Very nice. Thanks for sharing.

Awesome video dude I hope you get another awesome blue Water Boat I’m in the process of buying a ta shing baba in the Caribbean’s cheers oceancowboy from Texas 🤠⛵️⚓️

well done - enjoyed that muchly

hey mike, very nice video and pretty sweet job doing it all by your own ;)

Great video. Nice boat setup. Make more videos

Beautiful!!

Snap!! I'm also a land lubber drooling over sailing videos, but am saving for my first boat!.......

Great video!

Some good camera work - nice job re the film and edits!

İ found windyty by your video thanks Mike. İts also hell of a voage

damn Mike, stumbled on your channel the other day, came up on my recommend list, kick ass videos,. ready to get some good Noreast kiting in, dude we gotta get out on Hellcat Maggie soon

@sailwest6462

7 жыл бұрын

It's looking windy this weekend. Unfortunately I have to go to NY for a wedding. I'd love to go for a sail on Hellcat Maggie.....I haven't been sailing since I sold my boat :(

@cdac16

7 жыл бұрын

+Mike Rybas, yeah weddings always a good wind forecasting indicator

I enjoyed 2 of your videos. Not sure if you have any more. Great to see your Toshiba 40 under sail and cruising at hull speed. 5 years have passed. Are you back on the water in a new boat? AL C&C 35 Vancouver, BC.

Awesome !

Cool vid man !

That must of been such a pain to get some of those shots, like the under water ones looking up at the sail.

Just loved this and watched it twice. Planning to do the same next may so thank you so much for making this video! Its excellent by the way! Are you still in Fiji?

Thanks for sharing, real nice calm vid... Warren s/y Legend

suuuppppppppper cool, man!!!!

beautiful

And the Sea Will Grant Each Man New Hope, As Sleep Brings Dreams of Home

Wow! this is the life....Perfect. ))

Nice vessel you have there Mike!

@charlesmcruvie26

7 жыл бұрын

Sir_Dawson Westerly

@sailwest6462

7 жыл бұрын

Charles McRuvie tashiba 40

Kurt Cobain - He didn't die, he is out sailing.

@hkm_865

8 жыл бұрын

Lol

@leoandwiz

6 жыл бұрын

Ha ha. Was thinking the exact same thing!

Living the dream

hi Mike, I watched your video , its 2020 , March already. pretty cool your video or better , your trip as such. I am very interested to see more of it , hopefully soon. By the way, I consider the Tashiba 40 my choice , if sailing blue water.What were your impressions, why look for another vessel? It seems perfect for a single hander. wish you all the best , hope to hear. thanks for sharing!

Wow you are a video maker ; why did you stop? Well anyway just want to say thank you for making my life better. John The Limo Driver in Kansas city.

@sailwest6462

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words John! I had to sell the boat and work for a bit. Hopefully I'll be back on a boat in the next year.

Hi Mike awesome video. What kind of boat are you sailing?

Great Video Mike. Next boat? What boat are you looking for?

@sailwest6462

8 жыл бұрын

+Lew Bassett I would love to get a cat as they are better platform for kiting and surfing, but something light and simple (not a floating condo). However cats cost a lot $$$$$. If another monohull, a used Pogo 12.5 would be badass. But they are pretty rare.

OMG. I love downloading weather

@sailwest6462

8 жыл бұрын

+Urban Deployment almost as fun as stubbing your toe on a cleat!

Bula...nice video bro.

great video. binaca. you must have sailed through the Yasawas. how was the sea waves. how much fuel u burnt one way.

Excellent cinematography. Enjoyed your video. Do you need to wake up all night when alone?? What does sailor often do when there's no visibility??

Hey mike, late to the party but wanted to ask you. How do you like your baba 40? Wife and I are looking at a baba 40, hans christian 38 and a Mason 44. Quality wise I think the tashing built boats are a bit better then the HC. I currently own a HC 33, love it but need more space..... I'm leaning towards the baba, just wanted to get your opinion on it since you own one

awesome.i always wonder which bout is fasster..a big one or 24 26 feet? how many days it takes get fiji with a small one?

Sailing alone is always nice.

Tour of the boat would have been nice, and your thoughts about how it handled, if you had a preference for that keel design, etc. Also, whats the camera you were using? And for underwater shots its dragged at the end of a stick? If you sailed alone, who were the people who suddenly appeared for dinner?

@sailwest6462

7 жыл бұрын

The boat was solid and easy to sail single handed. I don't have a lot of experience sailing other boats, so don't have good references for comparison. Cameras were a Gopro, entry level Nikon DSLR (forget the model), and I-pad. The underwater shots were a GoPro mounted to a telescoping boat hook pole. The sudden appearance of people was when I anchored at Minerva Reef and met up with friends aboard SV Cavalo: facebook.com/cavaloatsea/ I had a bunch of diving for lobster and kiteboarding footage from Minerva, but the GoPro took a shit and lost all the video :(

Great video, really!! What video equipment (hardware and Software) do you use please? Also, make some more!!!

@sailwest6462

9 жыл бұрын

Thanks Andres. I use a gopro and Nikon D5300 and edit with iMovie.

Mike, nice video. A good variation of shots and scenes, I was hoping for more vid's. That Tashiba 40 looked like a nice boat, I'm real curious on why you didn't keep her? Also, what type of roller boom was that and did you like the way it operated?Cheers, Ray

@sailwest6462

8 жыл бұрын

+ray Nic Hi Ray. I only owned 1/2 of the boat, the other owner (brother) hadn't been on the boat in a couple years, so it was time to sell. The boom furling was a Leisure Furl, installed by the previous owner. It worked quite well.

What boat are you saving for? Tashiba 40 is a pretty nice boat, just curious why you sold it?