The rolling of a 34 ft yacht in the Atlantic swell is something else.
@johnekins4408
Жыл бұрын
Now this is what I call laid back sailing, a very capable couple with no anxiety, well done.
@sleepindragon179
Жыл бұрын
Couldn't think of a better boat than a Vancouver to do that crossing. A proper boat. Thanks you for sharing sir👍
@mitch1611
Жыл бұрын
Them flying fish must be like really did i just fly into a little boat in the middle of a fking ocean🤣
@iainhunneybell
Жыл бұрын
Lots of parts of this remind me of incidents. Being on night watch on a boat where the helm was in a ‘tub’. Out of the darkness something hit me in the chest and there was then a mad flapping around my feet in the dark … ‘attacked’ by a Flying Fish … of ‘wind holes’ and trying to navigate around … forlornly … only the end up motoring across a glass-like sea. How strange it feels to be around people and land. Wonderful ‘as it is’ video 😊
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
Sounds like the same experiences!
@cheeseblog
Жыл бұрын
What a calm soothing voice you have. Pleasure to view and listen to your videos. Sort of exciting and calming at the same time. If that makes any sense. 😊
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
I have a frequent crew member who says I have 'tells' for when I'm stressed. I'm not going to say what they are though!😁
@theshimmeringmermaid
Жыл бұрын
New sub here! I just found your channel! I love it!
@lucycooper7948
Жыл бұрын
Well done. What a great adventure. Loved that your food was actually jumping into your boat! 🎣
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
Fast food
@iainhunneybell
Жыл бұрын
Not sure you’d eat the Flying Fish, but you do have a ‘morning catch’ on a boat with raised gunwales that prevent ‘jumpers’ slipping back off into the water
@sailingspock
Жыл бұрын
Nice, want to do this end of 2024 first some exploring in the mediterranean, Greece, Adriatic Sea Italy and then to Spain. I like to watch all the crossings to the Caribbean !
@tamar5261
Жыл бұрын
I love your boat. Great video thanks
@SailingSeaDreamofClyde
Жыл бұрын
Great looking boat and awesome journey! My Discus is also outfitted with a hydrovane and that wonderful Tread Master on deck. Starting to set up for my first offshore voyage. Thanks for the inspiration!
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! Once it gets warm enough to wear shorts all the time though, Treadmaster makes you regret every time you have to kneel on deck ☺️
@roadboat9216
Жыл бұрын
I sailed the eastern Caribbean for 8 yrs. Very unusual to see periods of calm like this. Nice passage.
@Ray-tk7ei
2 ай бұрын
Brilliant thank you 😅🎉❤
@SlyCave
Жыл бұрын
Fair winds and smooth sailing fellow sailor. All the best from BKK Thailand.
@georget.9496
Жыл бұрын
Great video thank you for sharing✌🤙😎
@hodadyou
Жыл бұрын
Would like to see a boat tour.
@boatbuilderjon5636
Жыл бұрын
such an enjoyable account of your voyage. keep up the good work please
@jamessandman3708
Жыл бұрын
I love the sound of the water throughout the video!! ⛵⛵⛵
@loufrost824
Жыл бұрын
You could read children's stories on TV mate. Very soothing lol.
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
It's why my crew sleep so well
@BothanboatsIdler
Жыл бұрын
I really enjoyed that. Thank you! enjoy the rest of your travels.
@trixswiss
Жыл бұрын
Great video, beautiful adventure. Many thanks for sharing.
@tanyabraeman3825
Жыл бұрын
What a wonderful video I’m so envious but admire your bravery and skills just shows what can be achieved ❤
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
thank you!
@jesusbeiro6113
Жыл бұрын
Great video and crossing !! no fuss ... just sailing !!! enjoyed it very much !! Cheers from Muros
@SailingRagdoll
Жыл бұрын
Great job guys & fab video. Enjoy the upcoming adventure, I'm sure you'll have a great time. Envious of the heat coming your way!
@justinf1343
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this. It’s really inspiring to watch, but very annoyingly my wife is not open to the idea of doing something like this.
@michaelfk2548
Жыл бұрын
Yummy food ....top crew !.......brave ..
@tspinnh
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful! Thank you for sharing. Bon voyage!
@rimasmeleshyus9486
Жыл бұрын
Very nice to sailing ⛵️ with a great progress, Bravo. Amazing the sky's and the weather 👌
@giorgiomazzoleni3377
Жыл бұрын
Like your videos, well done ! Thanks for sharing
@corvavw6447
Жыл бұрын
😊perfecte overtocht
@maartentukker2637
Жыл бұрын
Great video, Enjoy upcoming times! Good inspiration as well...
@twister2869
Жыл бұрын
Diaphanous! Fantastic :-)
@j5edgar2h
8 ай бұрын
flying fish make a good breakfast
@RichardJones-wc1zi
Жыл бұрын
Fantastic video
@AndreiFedorov
Жыл бұрын
Wow! We did the same rout (from Gran Canaria to S.Lucia) at the same time with our V28. So strange that we never met on the way. :)
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
I would have been SOOO excited to see another Vancouver :)
@deborahdoyle6743
Жыл бұрын
Great video.
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Deborah
@landprojects
Жыл бұрын
Enjoyed your video. I’m a south coast sailor too. I have a hunter 26 at Arun Yacht Club. Look forward to your onward journeys
@jonscott8586
Жыл бұрын
Hi just wondered what keel you have (lead?) And what angle you would heel to? 20 degrees?
@landprojects
Жыл бұрын
No its a bilge keeler, iron construction keels. 20 degrees is comfortable. Don’t like it much more than that
@jonscott8586
Жыл бұрын
@@landprojects ah thanks! I have 1/2 of a lead fin keeler so its good to know 20 degrees isn't pushing it too far!
@Clover12346
Жыл бұрын
Awesome!
@wow.sailor.
Жыл бұрын
Wow Sailor 👍
@Sydney2217
Жыл бұрын
Thanks from Sydney , like your presentation style .Are you on one of the tracking sites ? And how does that auto steering gizmo work so reliably over such a long time ?
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! That wind-vane steering is just magic. Or, perhaps more down to earth: it's one of a few competing designs on the market, most of which have spent decades being iterated on to the point where they really do just work🤞
@patrickmurphy5868
Жыл бұрын
Bravo ! One thing - flying fish/ frying fish - can you eat them; did you try?
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
We ate just one large one that we judged a recent arrival. Tasty but with fine bones. The further west we went, the smaller they got
@joegain6241
9 ай бұрын
Did you eat two of the diaphanous flying fish? Wonderful video, thanks for sharing!
@theoddvoyage
9 ай бұрын
We ate one! It was hard to spot one large enough that was still fresh enough 🙂
@michaelpifferi7815
Жыл бұрын
Amazing view 14:11 😎 19:48
@paulsinclair3401
Жыл бұрын
Do you know that Sargassum seaweed can be eaten and is very good for the health as well? When picking up any at sea as Rosemary did, my favourite way to quickly prepare it is fried up in olive oil and garlic and then the whole lot mixed through rice.... so a sort of Sargassum fried rice! ......... Just remember to wash it well and soak it for 15 minutes or so in fresh water first.......
@peterd1459
Жыл бұрын
Guadelupe is a well-known White shark highway. I'm gonna take my wife snorkeling there to take my chance :D Great sailing video and achievement man. Nice.
@johnross440
Жыл бұрын
I was wondering if you would introduce yourself and your crew, the length and beam of your boat, what town in England that you have sailed from and the manufacturer or brand of boat? First time I’ve watched your video... Thanks, John... Ontario, Canada...
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
Hi John - we're out of Oban in Scotland, and the boat is a Vancouver 34C, length around 34ft/10.5m. I'll record a boat tour which should make everything else clearer, but in the meantime these boat details here are good: sailboatdata.com/sailboat/vancouver-34-classic
@justinf1343
Жыл бұрын
I’d also love to hear whether you enjoyed the long Atlantic crossing, or whether you found yourself crawling up the wall and going slightly stir crazy.
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
There was generally enough variety and action to keep me busy, and to keep me thinking I was making a difference to how the day went. I enjoyed that a lot. But some days the best course of action was really to touch nothing and leave things alone. I’m quite a fidgety person, so I found those days of inaction a little tougher. You need good books and good company!
@justinf1343
Жыл бұрын
@@theoddvoyage thanks for the insight.
@iainhunneybell
Жыл бұрын
I personally love the focus and removal of ‘trivia’. Life revolves around wind, sails, chafe, water, fuel, sun sights and plots, when to gybe next etc. Things are ‘upfront and real’, so unlike normal life. It’s quite releasing
@brunobignose
Жыл бұрын
How are you getting the boat back?
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
Depending on crew, friends and family it's one of: - 1 - just keep following the trade winds round and head back to Europe - 2 - just enjoy the Caribbean - 3 - work our way towards Panama, then through the canal, up the Pacific coast to Alaska, head into the Northwest Passage, and get stuck in the ice where the boat will be crushed and sink. Eventually make it home and buy another boat - Not confident about the last one.
@brunobignose
Жыл бұрын
@@theoddvoyage Where's your sense of adventure! Go for the NW passage.
@loufrost824
Жыл бұрын
@@theoddvoyage Plan 3 sounds solid.
@Blueybob
Жыл бұрын
Second viewing and loved it again. But... ehh, "still wind"? Ummm...
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
It's a special kind of wind that exists only in my MIND
@Blueybob
Жыл бұрын
Well, I suppose everything has to exist somewhere. You know you really should take the blue tablet. You know what the doctor said!
@aarons.watches
Жыл бұрын
Curious the average speed of the 34C under full sail? 6-8kts?🤔
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
From memory on this westbound Atlantic crossing, we averaged about 5.3kts over the weeks. On our eastbound crossing, the average was somewhere around 6kts over the whole trip. But when given a decent 20kt+ breeze on the beam, we do seem to hold 7kts well-reefed. Putting up more sail than that gets us a fraction more, but it all starts to feel a little reckless! The waterline is fairly short at 27.5 ft / 8.38 m. That implies a calculated "hull speed" of 7kts, so maybe that all aligns with the above.
@aarons.watches
Жыл бұрын
@@theoddvoyage Thanks for the detailed info! I saw a ‘99 come up for sale in Scotland this week, which is how I ended up here 🥂
@theoddvoyage
Жыл бұрын
@@aarons.watches Ahhh, Scotland, home turf. I think our averages in the Inner Hebrides were something like 5kts over a day - never seem to go very long in any one direction before a wind shift
@sproket168
9 ай бұрын
What's wrong with going 8 or 9 knots in conditions like what you had
@theoddvoyage
9 ай бұрын
There's an awful lot of force on the rig to get that extra knot or so - it doesn't feel worth the risk
@Worldviewsandthoughts
Жыл бұрын
The further off shore you can get the wind will be there.
@ryder6070
Жыл бұрын
Not a small boat bro, what are you talking' about
@thatflightsimguy
Жыл бұрын
I've got a mortgage, full time job and 2 kids. How on earth am I ever going to get to do this other than in retirement?! I need to buy some properties to rent so I can have an income and live frugally on board.
@jonathansimmonds5784
Жыл бұрын
Why on Earth are you throwing flying fish overboard!! Eat them, some of the nicest tasting fish in the ocean!! I suppose this is another of the problems when landlubbers go sailing.
@iainhunneybell
Жыл бұрын
You pick them up and eat them after you find them ‘crusty’ and like sticks of wood having been out of the water 12 hours and dried out by the morning sun!
@Indigosbridge
Жыл бұрын
Advertising every 10 minutes why is that happening?who is responsible for that ?i must stop watching that video, next time be careful.
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