Sailing PILAR - Blue Dot Voyages

Sailing PILAR - Blue Dot Voyages

Sailing PILAR - Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing channel sharing adventures of Dawn and Stephen Bell on SV PILAR, a 2015 Leopard 48 Catamaran Yacht.
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  • @TriathlonRocker
    @TriathlonRocker2 күн бұрын

    Glad to see you're living and loving life on SV Pilar. Beautiful islands! Thanks for Sharing - Larry

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR2 күн бұрын

    They are indeed. Too bad about Hurricane Beryl. They won’t be the same for years.

  • @TriathlonRocker
    @TriathlonRocker2 күн бұрын

    I’m glad you left before the hurricane arrived.

  • @3tsedwards
    @3tsedwards3 күн бұрын

    I'm going to change my AGM to lithium on our L48. Do you still think 1200 amp hours is enough?

  • @kevineggler3153
    @kevineggler315312 күн бұрын

    Another great video, I really enjoy your channel. How long are you going to be in Grenada? I am headed down that way from the BVI in Aug.

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR10 күн бұрын

    Thanks! We are home in South Carolina for now. In October we will head south again!

  • @Sailing_brin_de_folie
    @Sailing_brin_de_folie22 күн бұрын

    Haha! We will try this.. Need to be in fairly good shape..

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR14 күн бұрын

    Not really. It takes less muscle power than trying to get in the “normal” way

  • @dutchglobetrotter4513
    @dutchglobetrotter451323 күн бұрын

    Sandy is an awesome place. Nice you visited Paradise Beach Club, miss Allison is a good friend of mine and I helped out building several structures there.

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR14 күн бұрын

    It is an awesome place. All the boats look forward to it!

  • @eunicepitt5339
    @eunicepitt533923 күн бұрын

    Our Biggest beautiful island 🏝 In the Grenadines Bequia St.Vincent 🇻🇨❤

  • @pacifico4268
    @pacifico426824 күн бұрын

    Thanks for posting this informative video. I'm currently going over my generator and found this helpful. BTW I'm fortunate that my exhaust elbow is made of stainless steel

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR23 күн бұрын

    Glad it helped

  • @lisamellon4413
    @lisamellon441327 күн бұрын

    Great video 🎉

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR23 күн бұрын

    Thank you 😁

  • @lurina64
    @lurina6428 күн бұрын

    I became rich here

  • @captainstephen
    @captainstephenАй бұрын

    Beautiful place to spend a few nights on anchor.

  • @digitaldnamarketing5281
    @digitaldnamarketing5281Ай бұрын

    The aerial footage rocks!

  • @scottbouchie8583
    @scottbouchie8583Ай бұрын

    Sail balance

  • @KimWood-gv2km
    @KimWood-gv2kmАй бұрын

    I will have to try this. Nothing graceful about getting in the dingy from the water the 'usual' way! I usually end up laughing so hard that it takes me forever to get in!

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILARАй бұрын

    Yep! I was a little anxious trying it at first but then it was so easy!

  • @TriathlonRocker
    @TriathlonRockerАй бұрын

    Great advice

  • @TriathlonRocker
    @TriathlonRockerАй бұрын

    Beautiful!

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR23 күн бұрын

    Thank you!

  • @TriathlonRocker
    @TriathlonRockerАй бұрын

    Very cool!

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILARАй бұрын

    The Grenadines were our favorite area of the Windward Islands of the Caribbean. Plenty of small secluded anchorages. Beautiful beaches and great snorkeling.

  • @digitaldnamarketing5281
    @digitaldnamarketing5281Ай бұрын

    Not a bad place to be marooned!

  • @digitaldnamarketing5281
    @digitaldnamarketing5281Ай бұрын

    what happens on union island stays on union island!!!

  • @dumaguetedreamer
    @dumaguetedreamerАй бұрын

    Moonhole was built by Tom & Gladys Johnson. We used to go visit them often. Really nice people.

  • @carlnelson4413
    @carlnelson4413Ай бұрын

    Absolutely right. I have the 1st reef in the main most of the time. My L50 sails better. This is partly because the genoa gives better drive because the slot between it and the main is a better shape. It also allows you to pull the boom down harder for a better leach shape. The battens in the main sould be parallel with the boom for best drive but you see most cats sailing with the upper battens far off to to reward (an open leach). This greatly reduces the forward drive of the main. With folding props, good sails, and good trim a Leopard can keep up with (and sometimes walk right by) many so called "performance cruising" catamarans. And going upwind I can see 7kts with a 32AWA and a 110 degree tacking angle (the angle read of the chartplotter so it includes leeway).

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILARАй бұрын

    Nice explanation. What boat are you on?

  • @StephenBell-pc6hq
    @StephenBell-pc6hqАй бұрын

    Union Island was one of our favorite stops in the Grenadines. Lovely anchorages, beautiful waters and vies and friendly people.

  • @polswan2551
    @polswan25512 ай бұрын

    as bad as most sailing channel,,, pathetic,, cheers

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR2 ай бұрын

    What’s your channel?

  • @mountaindweller9118
    @mountaindweller91182 ай бұрын

    Mayreau is great! And you included a shot of Robert Righteous and de Youths World Peace Bar.......an institution! Cheers.

  • @digitaldnamarketing5281
    @digitaldnamarketing52812 ай бұрын

    the best time ever!

  • @digitaldnamarketing5281
    @digitaldnamarketing52812 ай бұрын

    such beautiful waters!

  • @captainstephen
    @captainstephen2 ай бұрын

    Tobago Cays are some of the best Caribbean islands all around. Beautiful water, friendly people and great anchorages.

  • @dianelarson8675
    @dianelarson86752 ай бұрын

    You had me at Teal Blue waters🩵💦

  • @HighSchoolNotes
    @HighSchoolNotes2 ай бұрын

    You didn't really show "lubing the anchor windlass". More, "how to disassemble a windlass". You didn't even fully disassemble.

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR23 күн бұрын

    We showed enough to give you an idea

  • @StephenBell-pc6hq
    @StephenBell-pc6hq2 ай бұрын

    Canouan was a great stop, especially the Sandy Lane Marina yacht club and Scruffy's!

  • @StephenBell-pc6hq
    @StephenBell-pc6hq3 ай бұрын

    Bequia was a great stop for a more versatile island of the Grenadines. Fresh fruit and vegetables, upscale provisions at Doris's and plenty of restaurants to choose from. Fuel and marine supplies readily available.

  • @digitaldnamarketing5281
    @digitaldnamarketing52813 ай бұрын

    LOVE Bequia!

  • @joylynfrederick3773
    @joylynfrederick37733 ай бұрын

    You don’t know anything about st Vincent plus these boats you are talking about it’s tour boats blue Lagoon is private plus you don’t have a proper anchor

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR3 ай бұрын

    Don’t really understand your comment. We paid for a slip at the marina.

  • @joylynfrederick3773
    @joylynfrederick37732 ай бұрын

    @@SailingPILAR should it be for free??

  • @CarotekInc
    @CarotekInc2 ай бұрын

    @@joylynfrederick3773 of course not! 🤣

  • @dazd240
    @dazd2403 ай бұрын

    Nice video, love the content! Climbing up to that fort looks scary

  • @lawrenceholland8435
    @lawrenceholland84353 ай бұрын

    Did this solve the high pressure faults?

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR3 ай бұрын

    Not completely. We also had to adjust fan speed to automatic.

  • @jasonseraphine5149
    @jasonseraphine51493 ай бұрын

    U must asked people about there Island, 5 to 6 whit sand beach not 1

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR3 ай бұрын

    Hmm. That’s what the tour guide told us.

  • @StephenBell-pc6hq
    @StephenBell-pc6hq3 ай бұрын

    We got the best out of St. Vincent for the short time we spent there. Blue Lagoon was great for getting a sorely needed boat wash, fuel and some good meals in the restaurant.

  • @user-fo3vw5xl4v
    @user-fo3vw5xl4v3 ай бұрын

    Hi …. Your are not anchored … you have picked up a mooring ball .. there is a big difference between anchoring and pick judo a mooring

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR3 ай бұрын

    of course we are on a mooring. but we don't hear alot of people calling it that. anchoring seems to be the term everyone uses whether technically they are on a mooring ball or using their own anchor.

  • @StephenBell-pc6hq
    @StephenBell-pc6hq3 ай бұрын

    The pitons were spectacular. It was especially awesome to be anchored between them for the night. A special place for sure.

  • @chuckb1346
    @chuckb13464 ай бұрын

    Very cool video. looks like a fun hike. Glad the rope was tied tight you wouldn't want to fall and hurt yourself!

  • @chuckb1346
    @chuckb13464 ай бұрын

    Whops video switched, nude sun bathing? I do that at home too Stephen good move, good for the body.

  • @JMBronkema
    @JMBronkema4 ай бұрын

    Do not buy ice cream from those places. I can almost guarantee that it has melted and refrozen several times due to unstable electricity. May your friends rest in peace.

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR4 ай бұрын

    Noted

  • @dianecampbell9803
    @dianecampbell98034 ай бұрын

    Shame on the monsters

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR4 ай бұрын

    Agreed. Senseless. They should have taken the boat and left Kathy and Ralph alone!

  • @dianecampbell9803
    @dianecampbell98034 ай бұрын

    These 2 lived their lives to the hilt. God BLESS THEM

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR4 ай бұрын

    Yes they did! We are sure glad we had some time with them!

  • @ProfessorTech84
    @ProfessorTech844 ай бұрын

    i enjoyed your vid

  • @digitaldnamarketing5281
    @digitaldnamarketing52814 ай бұрын

    What? No speedo suits?

  • @polswan2551
    @polswan25514 ай бұрын

    another pathetic , borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring sailing channel,, like most of them,,,

  • @jocelynf7452
    @jocelynf74524 ай бұрын

    Unlike Portsmouth there's no beach area in Roseau. Sorry you missed out.

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR3 ай бұрын

    Maybe next time!

  • @jocelynf7452
    @jocelynf74524 ай бұрын

    Excuse me that has to be a small fishing area away from Roseau obviously fishy. You couldnt have moored in Roseau where it is even deeper right to the shore where the large ships dock at the two deep water harbours. The higher the mountains at the coastline the deeper the water.

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR4 ай бұрын

    We moored where the SeaCats mooring balls are. Are you saying the main city area is better?

  • @jocelynf7452
    @jocelynf74524 ай бұрын

    Portsmouth I think is the best it's a bay. Roseau is Deepwater harbour. Ask Tourism.

  • @3tsedwards
    @3tsedwards4 ай бұрын

    Im currently choosing between thr Paradailir and a Symetical Spinnaker for our L48. What it the max air speed you can run ut downwind? I have heard some ripped at 15 knots.

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR3 ай бұрын

    We really are careful and try to take her down when we start seeing anything over 15. Depends on the wind direction and the wave height as well.

  • @3tsedwards
    @3tsedwards4 ай бұрын

    When you say orings, is that the large gasket between hatch and frame or is it a different part?

  • @SailingPILAR
    @SailingPILAR3 ай бұрын

    They are the small o-rings that fit behind the actual handles.