You two have the best boating/sailing channel out there. Very realistic and true.

Hooka diving equipment works great for situations like that. It's easy and inexpensive.

@ronan26able

10 ай бұрын

Hey Guys, long term follower and fan in Ireland. Just curious, when at sea, where does your dog take care of it's bodily functions?

When you saw the other boat gaining on you and decided to change sails. That was great. Learning what your boat can do. A little competition never hurt anyone.

Well done on retrieving the anchor ! Always good to win a race ! Fair winds ⛵️

0:15 - Jetty's "Whatever..." look is priceless. And, then, of course: 16:49.

Billy is right about racing boats going in the same direction. . .Spot on!!

Appreciate the way you explained the different sails and advantages/disadvantages of each one. Really made it easy to understand and you have a great manner about you that helps quite a bit also

Brilliant solution and a real testament to y'all's ability to problem-solve.

Billy finds one and tries to give you credit. True love ❤️ BTW, I love the peaceful easy feeling the music and sailing provides. ⛵️ 🎶

So glad I came across your page. So much in depth information, I'm not a sailor just yet but very interested. Lots still to learn especially the terms butenjoying your travels

We’re stuck on a Danube cruise ship with Covid 😖. This was a great episode! Just what I needed. Wish Jetty was here😉

I have been watching these love birds and jetty since 2017 and I need to know how they still look so young 👍

everyone knows when two sailors are going the same place and have roughly comparable vehicles: ITS ON!!! Just happens by accident. Animal Instinct. hahah. you guys are livin it!

Hey Billy, glad you got the anchor ⚓️ unhooked and back on your way, but was that rust I saw on the plate on the lower part of the boat 😮 . Say it ain't so

@bake162

10 ай бұрын

I noticed that as well

@adriennethenomad

10 ай бұрын

I noticed as well!!! New boat!

Wow - what an anchor recovery mission! 🙀Great info on the sails and congrats on WINNING in all of the ways that matter. 🙌🏻

@BellsRidesAboardSeaBoss

10 ай бұрын

I’m a power boat kind of girl but have been curious on the sales and rigging , you explained really well.

I am here on my lanai two weeks later waiting for your next video! I guess ya'll are getting your boat ready for the boat show in a few weeks. I sure Sea Wind is going to want your boat there at the show. So I guess there is a lot of work that needs to be done. Ok hope there is a video today. Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii!

Hi! Nice seeing the 3 of you and the boat. Great info on sails and anchor retrieval, now if I only had a sailboat. Sierra good luck on your hunt! 🐾⛵

Was the wreck on the charts? If not, did you inform the harbormaster and send a note to Navionics of the wreck's approx location? Might prevent another sailor having the same problem, or begin the removal process of the wreck by Nantucket. Nantucket - the wharf area was completely run down by the late 1950's/early 60's. The owner of S&H Green Stamps (stamps used to be a big thing at grocery stores, you filled in a small book with stamps and could redeem at S&H store for limited selection of household items), bought the Wharf, repaired it and that's why it is in good shape and has shops on it today. Nice summary on sails.

I got one of your shirts on today, I have a few more Plus the Hoodie. love you two.😊❤❤

Finding Tula's treasure

You're absolutely right about racing. Even when you say you aren't you are. Whoever docks last buys the first round...that's how it works everywhere I've ever been.

Great video and so good to see you two sailing again!

So true 😂 When ever my folks and I are cruising with another sailboat ⛵️ be side us, we are “ unofficially racing”.😂

Always love and look forward to your videos. Thanks guys

Give that guy an ATTABOY.... everyone knows when 2 sailboats are going in the same direction....looking like the boat is doing great. Greetings from Old Lyme Ct.

Y’all make my ❤️ happy!

I rarely lol, but I lmao when you said, "everyone knows when there are 2 sailboats...." too funny😅

Wow what an operation! Thanks for showing how to do this, im sure well get into this situation one day

Good to see you guys back making videos I get spoiled when you make them and then I feel like I've been waiting a long time for the next 1 -2 come out ❤ u guys

Awesome, sail information! Best spinnaker sail ever!

Thank you for your sail inventory review. Good description and explanation of sail functions and options

Yes, two sailboats heading the same way, race is on!

Excellent sail commentary. TY.

Enjoyed the vlog as always. Y’all have fun.

been watching you guys since the trawler in Gilgo.. have loved every minute of it... keep going and growing

Good job recovering that anchor just happy you are having a good time.

Congratulation on your new sailing vessel. I always enjoy your videos.

Loved the sail education. And I love that screacher.

Ya know Billy life isn't necessarily all about competition. Sometimes you just want to relax and just have a nice leisurely sail. You'll probably figure this out in about 20 years. Until then have fun with your races. Keep the good stuff coming and give Jetty a treat for me.

Thanks for explaining the sails : really interesting and useful.

Thanks for the rigging and equipment training captain 😊

Great vid guys.

Great video. What a race!! Good luck finding your glass ball.

Your general knowledge and ability to apply it makes you awesome . I’ve been watching you on / off for so many years. Great chemistry make for a great couple. Thanks for sharing your lives.( jetty to)

😁👍. Great job getting the anchor loose. Jetty didn’t seem too stressed about it.

Oohhh Block Island! My childhood fav. Enjoy guys. Great time to be there with less crowds. Nice race Billy!

WoW crazy story !

Very informative and interesting. Fine job on the anchor ⚓️. Congratulations on the cost saving.

Billy is correct about two sail boats racing. Bravo sir, nice technique to pull out the W against the faster vessel! Cheers you two, great episode.

Be Safe And Have Fun Guys.

Greetings from South Africa

Love the editing you do

Great channel , good content , good variety , well done

Nice work Team I may have missed it but I learned the hard way when doing the exact same recovery - always wear a dive knife when dealing w/lines & floats & heavy items in the water. Again - you may have, just pointing it out for others as well 👍😎⛵️ And Billy’s right - it’s always a race 🤣

Matt needs Billy the GOAT!!!!

You R the only cruiding channel who pumps out your poop. All the others just dump it. Thank you for your consideration! Safe travels ❤

GOOD JOB

Looooking Gooood! On the anchor setup. I've seen where it is better to use shackle and 2 links of chain then attach swivel. Supposedly less chance of damaging swivel....

Well done guys! Perfect technique. Would not be a bad idea to get use to attach a fender to a line to the anchor always. We do it in the med a lot especially when is rocky bottom. Love you guys

You tell um Billy!!! Racin,s Raciin, Don't matter HOW ya git there, What matters is gittin there first!!! Rotf.😁😆 Another great vid guys!! Smooth sailing till next time!!!

😂 Love the video Billy and Sierra! Next time you decide to race us though, we want to make sure Jason and I are actually on the boat. 😉 We were home in Florida and Tahina’s former owners were sailing her for the week, so we’re requesting a do over! Will you be in Annapolis for the boat show? THEN we’ll see what the St. Francis can really do. 🏁

@Tulasendlesssummer

10 ай бұрын

Hahaha truth be told they caught us from over the horizon 😜 Great looking boat btw!

@oceanadventurecat

10 ай бұрын

@@Tulasendlesssummer Well, they do have a lot of practice! They circumnavigated her from 2010-2014. We were crew for the Pacific leg and now she's ours, and our livelihood. We run all-inclusive crewed charters down in the Exumas in the fall-spring and in New England in the summer - the luxury kind and the soon-to-be cruiser-training kind. ⛵ Anyway nice meeting you guys virtually and we hope to catch you out on the water sometime and say hello!

@JS-sx3bl

10 ай бұрын

Great show today. Your editing of lots of perspectives is pro level. All the little stuff is cool. Thank you Also I’d guess by the position of that massive crane ship that you won’t be able to travel that way because of the offshore wind farms going on… The fishermen and sailors amongst many others will be disappointed forever. Our state and fed has sold off the leases here offshore of California. It’s coming to a theater near you. Where’s Greenpeace now?

Not offering one, because the quest for glass balls is the majority of the fun. My wife and I have about 20 ranging from 4" to 12" that we got when we lived in the Pacific. Best of luck on your quest.

First, I thought you were pulling your next fixer upper out of the sea 😂 nice job getting out of this mess. Great video ❤

It’s always a race!

Well done! Hope you find the glass float.

New boat and I see rust already formed in the steps. Still nice their

Very nice

You won. Nice sailing.

Whenever there are two boats on the water, it’s a race!

One of us has to jump in.....good one.

Hope you have somewhere to hunker down from hurricane Lee, if still in the area? Be safe!

Billy is totally correct! Everyone knows that if two boats are out on the water, no matter what, they are racing each other 😂😂

Great anchor save.. I would be worried about the amount of rust on your sugar scoop grab handles already.. clearly not the stainless steel you would expect, are all of your fittings going to be rusting 6 months..??

@RA-gk5zg

10 ай бұрын

Bummer about the Chinese “stainless steel “.

@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017

10 ай бұрын

I about had a heart attack when I looked at the list price for that boat. You'd think they'd get top of the line fittings.

@praeliora

10 ай бұрын

@@stopthephilosophicalzombie9017 Exactly my thoughts

Nice one. Horrific situation with the anchor. Well done Billy.

Sierra wants to go surfing on Block Island, I grew up on Long Island and never heard of anyone surfing in the Sound.

Pulling one’s chain from a tree for Christmas is an amazing idea. You could make it to the bottom with some sort of metal wood would be my guess. I’m open for lunches or dinners next week sailing’s around gusty winds.

I hope Seawind has sorted out the self tacking jib. I chartered a 1000XL, which is the little sister to your boat, and it would not slide over properly. Perhaps it was just old (It looked in good shape) but we had to push it over by hand every tack. Way to win the race against a much bigger boat! And great job working through the issue with your anchor.

Yup! It is always a race girl!😊

My cousin got married on Block Island. Prettiest wedding ever.

I have been vacationing on Block since I was 2 and I am now turning 50. My dream would to sail my own boat someday into New Harbor. Not to brag but we have 2 globes.

The big Deme vessel is, as you know, busy working on an offshore windfarm. Those rusty pipes (outher diameter between 8 and over 10 meters) 1300/2000 tons each) are the monopiles. Single pile basis that get hammered (or vibrated) into the seabed. Those yellow things are the transition pieces those are put on the monopile after installation. The tower with the generator and blades will follow in a later stage. That massive green construction on the side of the vessel is called a pilegripper. And on this vessel it is combined also an upending bucket. Meaning that the big crane will lift the big pile horizontally and put the end into the "bucket"of the pile gripper. Now the crane (5000 tons capacity) will lift only one end of the pile while the other end id kept by the bucket. this way the pile will not slip overboard uncontrolled when going to vertical. once vertical the pile gripper will loosen the grip to let the pile slide through until it stands on the seabed. Now the crane will detach and pick up a massive vibro hammer and put it on top of the pile. the pile will be driven to the right depth while the pile gripper makes sure the pile stays perfectly vertical. During this operation the vessel will be kept in place by dp (dynamic positioning). This means that the ship will stay stationary guided by gps and helped by thrusters that will make sure there is just very little movement. While the pile gripper is also equiped with motion compensation it can calcel out the remaining movement of the vessel to make sure the pile will not move other than vertical down while hammering or vibrating.

Shoulda seen the waves at Narragansett today

We would circle around our chosen spot to anchor looking at the shape of the bottom on the depth sounder, looking for bumps and shapes that could cause problems.

Hey Billy, Are ya’ll watching Hurricane Lee.? Maybe heading up to the Maine Area.??

Did I see rust on the back of that brand new boat?😮 what kind of hardware did the Mfg use

Lekker man lekker 🇿🇦

That huge ship is a base for windmills. It's part of the Cape Wind project, I believe.

@mikehlavinka2964

10 ай бұрын

That was my understanding when I saw it coming into Newport. Narragansett Bay

@mikehlavinka2964

10 ай бұрын

Just before entering Narragansett Bay. It is a massive ship

Every day is a school day ....Anchor retrieval & Sail lesson!! ... Should we be concerned about the signs of rust on your stern @3.46? ... Did you get a chance to chat to that other Cat that you were "racing"? Stay Safe & Fair Winds!!

The Vineyard Wind project is the giant ship.

Biggest Great white shark I've ever seen was between Block island and Montauk point NY I was on a 50' sport fisherman and the shark was more the 1/2 our length. Had to cut the line he had no chance to land it.

North Sails USED to make sails from Spectra / Dyneema called Sharkskin.. that held their shape perfectly and are ridiculously durable.. which is exactly WHY they stopped making them.. they were far too durable I have one - my main sail and .. its perfect and its far from new and everyone keeps asking me if I got a new sail - yes its that good... There is apparently one other sailmaker who builds sails from spectra fibre - and I would look for one of these if I were buying another sail...

Cool to see the sail inventory you guys have on the boat. We have the same sails but just ordered a winged spinnaker from Precision Sails (like a parasailor) because the asym just doesn’t offer enough deep downwind performance. Something to consider if you plan on the Pacific crossing. 😜

@Tulasendlesssummer

10 ай бұрын

I could definitely see that being valuable for long deep downwind sailing. Would you still have your main up with that sail in say 12-15 knots deep downwind?

@HarborsUnknown

10 ай бұрын

Probably not needed, but not sure yet. As you know there are a couple of schools of thought on the main up with spinnaker. On one hand the main sail stiffens the mast and brings a uniform tension through the sail to the sheets and the transom alleviating the forward pull on top of mast by the spinnaker. On the other hand it canvases the spinnaker increasing the potential luffing when accelerating down waves. Also we are not in love with a full main downwind for long passages, as the wind increases in a blow, rounding in the wind to drop the main becomes hair raising. In short we are not sure yet, may be keep a deeply reefed main to stiffen the mast a bit and keep the topping lift taught. Sorry if I was a bit scholastic in the answer and stated what is probably obvious to both of you 😊

Congrats…

Hurricane 🌀 Lee is headed your way,so batten all hatches and find a river you can travel inland several miles...Be safe...

I’ve always said, when two sail boats are headed in the same direction - the race is on.

The first regatta in the history was raced the first time that two boat sailed in the same course at the same time!

Billy is correct! Any two sailboats going in the same direction are racing. Always racing.

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Tell the harbormaster to set a buoy on the sunken navigation hazard so other people won't get stuck. You probably weren't the first to encounter this wreck. Safe journeys !

I'm an idiot. I was like how the hell is Billy going to hold his breath long enough to unshackle the anchor? Never even occurred to me that you'd bring it to the boat haha.