Galley Tips While Sailing to Madagascar, cool views of our first landing. vid #21 Patrick Childress

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ScubaTony Anschutz - 6 years ago

Excellent tips. Thank you. I love to hear the little tips that people have found work for them over the years at sea. this is great example. More please!

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

I am speaking positively only about the health of the coral in a very small sampling. You are right about over fished reefs. So far, in Madagascar, I have seen very few snapper and grouper or other "edible" fish on the reefs. But that is no different any where else in the world unless one is in a protected area like the "park" in the Raja Ampat, area of Indonesia or the island nation of Pulau, where there are schools of edible fish The wind on the east side of Madagascar appears to be pretty steady trade winds. So far, the winds on the NW side of Madagascar, have a 180 degree predictability. In the morning, the natives can sail out to the ocean then use the afternoon wind shift to sail back.

ScubaTony Anschutz - 6 years ago

very interesting! I would have thought Madagascar was as polluted ad over fished as the rest of the world's reefs that aren't protected. Get some video of that. Pretty surprising to hear.
I am looking forward to Madagascar. I hear the daily wind patterns are ideal for sailing the coastline.

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

Scuba Tony, thanks for watching, and the encouragement. Because of your name, I will mention, we just did some snorkeling on a shallow reef off the N.W coast of Madagascar. This one small area has some of the healthiest coral we have seen in a very long time. Water temp here, 80 F. Across the Indian Ocean, even in remote Chagos, the coral and fish life is a remnant of what it once was. High, 84 degrees F, has done a lot of devastation. Nice temp for the swimmer but bad for the marine life.

Kia E. Gardner - 6 years ago

Great galley tips, thanks Patrick. Peace & fair winds

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

Kia, Thanks for watching and the positive comment. That helps to keep up my motivation.

Matt Ray - 6 years ago

Hey Patrick, what camera do you use for your videos? GoPro? What settings do you use for video?

Matt Ray - 6 years ago

Thanks, Patrick. I need to charge my gopro and figure out what I am going to do with my youtube channel.

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

Nearly all mobile/hand held, shots are done with a GoPro 5 as that camera has a good built in image stabilization. So most of the galley footage was done with the GoPro. The second camera is a Canon 7D mk2. That gets better quality images. Some scenes were done with the Canon on a tripod set up next to the nav station.The “thumbnail” was taken with the 7D but then reduced to minimum kb which You Tube requires. The image stabilization in the Canon lens is not very healthy so it has to be used with a tripod or held up against a tree or something solid when shooting video. Since I am still new at video making, I have been spending my time trying to figure out how to make the videos technically more appealing in post production….that is when sitting on the computer and putting all the bits of video together. When I get comfortable with that, then I will dig into camera settings. For video, I just use “Automatic”. It does well enough at this point. Of course for stills, it is mostly straight manual or Tv or Av, never any of the presets with the little pictures on the dial. The 7D, though, is heavy and clunky. I think a smaller and lighter camera would be easier to use. I got that 7D, not for video, but for its fast and variable frame rates, and other features, for shooting things, like eagles swooping down to pick up a fish. With my old Canon Rebel T2i, I would get an eagle flying into the frame and the eagle flying away and miss everything in between!

Matt Ray - 6 years ago

Great video, Patrick. I think you should start a definition list. Galley Strap, Fiddler, etc. :-) As always, great information.

Matt Ray - 6 years ago

Ha Ha. Love it.

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

When making the video, Rebecca piped up and said the fiddles are actually called "pot holders". Kids these days. They are fiddles and will always be fiddles, I don't care what the new marine catalog calls them.

Jorge Bermudez - 6 years ago

Loved it! Keep them coming!!!

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

Thank you!

Andor - 6 years ago

Excellent video and great info. Subbed.

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

Thanks for watching....and the sub.

George Hoffman - 6 years ago

Great video -- subscribed. Thank you for sharing your experience and tips!

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

George, thanks for watching.

James Wilding - 6 years ago

my tip Patrick., buy a catamaran lol

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

To upsize a few feet longer, not necessarily wider, would be a nice change. Even, as you know, the ships cat Lilly would like that. Do you have a catamaran you want to sell real cheap?? Thanks for watching.

jwrappuhn71 - 6 years ago

Good vid Patrick.

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching.

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Slow Boat Sailing - 6 years ago

Nice tips. Is there a boat yard in Mauritius? I’ll have to look up the SSCA survey.

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

Yes there is and there is a very nice South African man named Gary who helps run things. Actually, all the people in the office and yard are very helpful. Google and it comes right up. Taylor Smith Boatyard. They build 45' catamarans at the yard so there should be a good set of skilled people there.

Allan Swayze - 6 years ago

Excellent content as always. I may be in the minority here, but I really feel like the background music is more of a distraction as it makes it harder to hear what you are saying.

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

Thanks, Allan. That is the information I need to know. I am deaf in one ear and have 50% in the other so setting volume is difficult. Rebecca checked the video for me, but she has laser hearing and can easily discriminate sounds. Also, I noticed the volumes might sound okay on my computer then playback differently after everything is rendered into the finished video. In any case, I will make sure all background volumes are lower in future videos.

Sailing Channel Marinus - 6 years ago

Wings On and then a nice meal from Patrick's kitchen.. But better be safe.. great stuff !

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

Thanks for watching.

Roy's Favorites - 6 years ago

Great stuff as always! Thanks Patrick.

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

Thanks, Roy.

G King - 6 years ago

Excellent ideas/tips.
I had most all done already.
The mat on top of the fridge was a new one.
Thanks.
G.

Patrick Childress - 6 years ago

Thanks for watching.

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