Bluewater Sailing- Indian Ocean Sailing Preparations, Patrick Childress Sailing #13
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Fixing Sailboats: Preparing a Bluewater Sailboat to Cross the Indian Ocean. Sailing to Chagos in the worst of weather, flat calm and a major storm, all clear on Predictwind, but unavoidable. Getting weather at sea, keeping the water out of the boat, and what sails to use for the particular offshore passage. Related Posts Our article in Ocean Voyager about our Indian Ocean Preparation : http://whereisbrickhouse.com/2018/03/19/indian-ocean-crossing-the-preparation/ http://whereisbrickhouse.com/2017/08/28/one-thing-is-for-certain/ http://whereisbrickhouse.com/2018/06/06/predictwind-and-the-iridium-go/ http://whereisbrickhouse.com/2018/10/28/hello-africa-sailing-through-a-southern-buster-from-mayotte-to-tanzania/ Please give a thumb up and subscribe! See more sailing videos at http://www.youtube.com/patrickchildress See our article in Ocean Voyager about our Indian Ocean Preparation : http://whereisbrickhouse.com/2018/03/19/indian-ocean-crossing-the-preparation/ Sadly, they don’t make our Raymarine Chartplotter anymore...but this is the one we would get if we could: https://www.westmarine.com/buy/raymarine--axiom-pro-12-rvx-multifunction-display-with-navionics-north-american-charts--18561670 Iridium GO https://amzn.to/2Ux3R96 *****Make sure to use the drop down to get the complete bundle...you definitely want the External Antenna by Predictwind! 1 Chafe Protection and Port Leaks https://youtu.be/NPmMLxALjf4 2 More on Chafe Protection https://youtu.be/3MJegBCZEdQ 3 Sailboat Fuel Transfer at Sea https://youtu.be/GDmV-VemaXU 4 Anemometer Lubrication https://youtu.be/2xATulCi3hE 5 Anemometer Bearing Lubrication https://youtu.be/P_9pZX1LjyE 6 How to measure/mix 2 part https://youtu.be/O7wKT8de7Dw 7 Install a new Backstay https://youtu.be/O7wKT8de7Dw 8 Introduction to Patrick Childress https://youtu.be/O7wKT8de7Dw 9 Stop the Clang on the Mast https://youtu.be/8Wi4X6UytY8 10 Sailboat Burglar Alarm https://youtu.be/pi0zpy7CH5o 11 Sailboat Refrigeration/Seafrost https://youtu.be/2RqO2XCmtOI 12 Cleaning the bottom, Propspeed, and Mantus Anchor Hook https://youtu.be/yLNYZDusvaE 13 Indian Ocean Preparations https://youtu.be/MlNDoW9RSpI 14 Chagos,AIS, Fuel Siphon, Squalls https://youtu.be/J8xd7CcbECk 15 Sailing Chagos, Monitor Windvane, jib block, , Racor Fuel Filter system https://youtu.be/xKc7chnn6Sw 16 Survive on a Deserted Island: Water https://youtu.be/4tfme-zmGpU 17 Survive on a Deserted Island: Coconuts https://youtu.be/3Xt8Ccm9oW0 18 Survive on a deserted island: Coconut Crabs https://youtu.be/amXYmo0DtrQ 19 Sailing to Rodrigues Island Mauritius https://youtu.be/qLSXkTxLRzM 20 Provisioning for Sailing an Ocean https://youtu.be/bZYRQpcIY60 21 New headstay after Profurl Roller Furling https://youtu.be/VPwrbg9NEYA 22 GalleyTips for Sailing an Ocean https://youtu.be/RqtMEjMZJA0 23 Glue a sail repair at sea https://youtu.be/ge3FcEiYl4w 24 Best Dinghy for Bluewater Sailboats https://youtu.be/YWPhSoIPXyE 25 7 Sailing Tips https://youtu.be/HJu26X6b8p8 26 3 Sailing Tips for Bluewater Sailboats https://youtu.be/Tcz7ZidQu-U 27 Sailboat Plumbing Replacement https://youtu.be/5vXzPmlZKto 28 Flares as Self Defense against Pirates, Reef hook, mainsail reefing and Deck scuppers https://youtu.be/lakH18f2_tA 29 Mikumi National Park Safari https://youtu.be/OYZuPcGKgto 30 Brick House Valiant 40 Tour Abovedeck https://youtu.be/vT6qZtij6us 31 Brick House Valiant 40 Tour Belowdeck https://youtu.be/g-SCowpKCWw 32 Brick House Valiant 40 Tour Below Deck #2 https://youtu.be/bRofFfb37eg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SVBrickHouse/ Twitter: @SYBrickHouse Blog http://www.WhereIsBrickHouse.com/About **As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases** #PatrickChildressSailing #WhereisBrickHouse #BluewaterSailboat
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marsellosangihe islandThanks DIY for the good comment about what is better than a GRIB. In my haste to get out the video before sailing away from Trincomalee, Sri Lanka, I did not do well explaining what I meant by having something better than a GRIB. Nick did see my thoughts and expressed them well. After uploading the video, I kicked myself for not pointing out the Iridium GO! box which is the square, black, box on the wall just below the Vespermarine AIS and to the right of the Raymarine chart plotter. Because of that satellite connection, which works 24 hours a day, in any weather condition, anywhere in the world, we no longer need the Pactor 3 modem. The Pactor is now as antiquated as a cassette player or a sextant. Here in the Indian Ocean, there are no Sailmail stations, unless I am missing something, there is only one in Bruni, way east on the island of Borneo, and one in South Africa, making for very tenuous connections, if at all. It is surprising how many yachts out here have PredictWind and Iridium Go! Those stuck with only SSB and the Pactor are always asking those with the newer electronics for weather updates. Of course we do share. The only use out here for SSB is for talking to the other cruisers at “net time”.
It took 15 days to get to Chagos, where we spent nearly a month. It took another 8 days to get to Rodrigues….so we have been out in the boonies, away from the internet, for a while. The internet in Rodrigues is incredibly slow but I will try to upload a new video late tonight when the internet might be a little faster. That will be video #14. In video #15, there is something more about our passage to Chagos and getting ocean current information through PredictWind. Having that information proved to be equally as valuable as weather information. In the region of the equator, the currents were very strong and difficult to deal with as they were flowing to the east, we needed to sail south west. Having updated flow information, we were able to play the currents south of the equator and grab some helping currents to get us to Chagos. Again, on the passage to Rodrigues, updated current information was invaluable to play a large rotation and set us up into helping currents. If you have ever sailed between Rhode Island and Bermuda, you will know how valuable up to the minute current flow information is.
US National Weather Service (NWS) – a part of NOAA,
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Canadian Met Service
Météo France
I agree that PW packages it all nicely but they do not provide any enhanced forecasting ability. They are resellers of free data in a nice interface.