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MJ Sailing - 5 years ago

Ok, I HAVE to know. Does the sun actually look as big in person as it does in your shots? Because those sunsets look UNREAL!!

nicholas kavowras - 5 years ago

Where do you get that beautiful Orchestral music you’ve been using as a soundtrack?

Zac Brown - 5 years ago

Nikki and Jason, what was the name and artist of the first song on the video? Having difficulties Shazaaming it.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

I can't name the tune, but Nikki always lists the artists in the video description box and at the end of each blog post: https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/sailing-tahiti-whales-fuel
Curious Minion

da vid - 5 years ago

Another really excellent video; I always look forward to each new episode. Jason talked about boat speed and using one or two engines and queried why using two engines (both at a relatively high rpm) gave only a moderate increase in speed through the water compared with only one engine at the same rpm. I know you have an interest in understanding basic principles (I remember your experiments with the power produced by selected shading of solar panels about a year ago). My experience of speed, engine power and fuel economy comes from aviation where we have fuel flow meters to monitor, and the ability to adjust constant speed (variable pitch) propellers to give the best economy within the limitations of the engine for a given aircraft cruising speed. From my understanding of the complicated physics and maths, the effects of drag in hydrodynamics are very similar to aerodynamics. For example, if speed is increased by 5 (from 3 to 8 knots), the drag is increased by the square of 5, ie 25. However, to achieve this speed increase, much more power is required to compensate for the huge effects of drag. This explains why running both engines (at 2000 rpm) does not result in doubling the speed through the water. Much of the power from using the second engine is lost to drag. To achieve the best economy for Curiosity, may I suggest (and others with more knowledge might help here) that you check out the rpm that gives the maximum torque (turning power) for your engines and use that as the prime rpm setting, rather than the maximum power rpm? This value can be surprisingly low for a diesel engine. If your engine instrumentation has the capability to measure fuel flow, then measure fuel flow for this rpm and the resultant speed through the water. If you vary the rpm, measure the speed and run both engines, you should gather enough data to plot and determine the best rpm to run your engine(s) to get the best settings to determine best speed and best economy. It could also demonstrate that reducing rpm from 2000 to 1900 could result in a major reduction in fuel consumption. It would be best to start gathering these data with a clean, smooth hull and on a calm windless day. If your engine instrumentation does not support fuel flow data, there are a variety of relatively cheap fuel flow meters available that simply clip on around fuel pipes to provide this information; no need to cut into fuel pipes! Of course keeping safe is the primary thought and if you have to motor as fast as possible to reach a safe harbour, then fully forward on the throttles and go for it! My apologies for the length of this comment, but I warmed to my theme as I went along. Sorry.

da vid - 5 years ago

Thanks for your reply. One further point that I should have emphasised and I hope was obvious is that by making a slight reduction in rpm (eg from 2000 to 1900) Curiosity may forfeit a very small amount of speed through the water, but gain a large amount in fuel economy. The use of fuel flow meters would be the only practical way to determine this and present the information immediately the change in rpm was made after the boat speed had settled.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Interesting thought about the flow meter! 2000 rpm is not max throttle for Curiosity, so I suspect Nikki and Jason have arrived at that setting as a place the engine is comfy running that gives them decent fuel economy. I don't know if their instruments can relay fuel flow, but I'll make sure they see this comment.
Curious Minion

rpbajb - 5 years ago

Interesting stuff. Thanks for taking the time to explain it.

me a - 5 years ago

Will you ever go out RV ing again ??????
We've 60 mph winds , here at home ( Southwest Illinois )
I wished you would've went to Maui and Oahu , Hawaii .

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

We are planning some RVing in New Zealand and Australia, so stay tuned!

David Tordoff - 5 years ago

That was a good'un! It did seem odd about the wind direction after rounding the point. Think you are correct as possibly the wind wraps around the island and stays in your face. Thank for all the hard work editing. Really fun!

Herbert Hall - 5 years ago

awesome videos thanks

Bruce Roessler - 5 years ago

Dear Wynns: greetings from Sebring, FL, home of the "12 Hours of Sebring" car races...just beginning today, Wed/Mar/13th/2019, and ending with big 12/hour race on Saturday. One question, if we may: what is the water that shoots out the side of your boat when sailing? It seems most boats have this: is it sea water pumped in to cool engine, and then jettisoned for cooler water, like a cycle? Also: check out this song for your videos: "In love with you", by Roz Bell (Canadian)/3:12. It's the theme song for movie "Old Fashioned", a great production, by Director/Actor Ryk Swartzwelder, whom my wife and I have had the pleasure of meeting, via e-mail. I don't know if using the song violates any copywrite rules, you'll decide. Godspeed.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Race on! Yes, it's cooling water when the engine is running.

formerly 987946216430 - 5 years ago

Thar she blows! Awesome whale inclusive episode. Merry Middle of March from PEI Canada, Bryan.

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John Richards - 5 years ago

I stopped watching the Wynns a couple of years ago when they went with the cataraman. I was worried that they may be over their head and headed for trouble. Here it is a few years later and I see they've made it all the way to Tahiti. What a relief to say the least. It looks like l have a couple of years to catch up on. I feel silly for ever doubting you. I'm back on board and I've resubscribed.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Welcome back and thanks for sailing with us!

saywen - 5 years ago

You guys have the 3 big C`s down pat ! Cool , Calm and collected . Great vibes from the 2 of you .

roderick mchardy - 5 years ago

another first class video ,,, but ,, Nikki , your choice in sun glasses does not get any better !!

Dave West - 5 years ago

That sunset, so magical!

LL Lew - 5 years ago

Thanks for sharing! That was beautiful!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Hey Pamela. I'll make sure they see this but they're a long way from there at the moment. Is there perhaps a broker you could hire to go take a look for you? They could also give a professional assessment of the boat condition.
Curious Minion

SVNovaSatus - 5 years ago

Just cruised thru Great Harbour in the Berries to clean up some beaches. Thanks to your vid we knew what to look for!

Perry McDonald - 5 years ago

Do you think you will ever go to Guam or Samoa?

parkwest11 - 5 years ago

What brand of paddleboard do you two have?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

They're in the Gear Store on the blog and there's even a discount code! https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/product/fisher-boards-blowfish
Curious Minion

Brian Brown - 5 years ago

Excellent as usual!!!

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Cougar Tpt - 5 years ago

Hi guys just onedring do you have a PS4 and can you play on line games

Cougar Tpt - 5 years ago

Have a new seawind on the way going to Vietnam 3 months to go

Oranje Manatee - 5 years ago

Don't buy a boat. You won't like it.

William Lawton - 5 years ago

As I’ve come to expect another great video keep having fun

Jho Lu - 5 years ago

PPACJ PPA - 5 years ago

Limon bay, Panama.

petronics2454 - 5 years ago

I really enjoy that you superimpose the live instrumentation on the live video footage. Could you please provide a link on how to do that. I can't find a tutorial anywhere on how to do this. I really enjoy your Vlogs, your personalities and those gorgeous cats. Cheers pete

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

It's the VIRB camera which interfaces with their instruments. It can do this for a variety of things, so if you're into mountain biking it can display your speed, etc. There are links in this post in the Gear Store https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/product/virb
Curious Minion

Brandi Lynn - 5 years ago

Hey guys! My boyfriend just met you guys two days ago on a small atoll near Tahiti. His name is Cohl, and the horrible French captain he was with drunkenly forced him off the catamaran (Lyre). Well now he is an American who has lost his home of 6 months out of nowhere, and is now stranded on that atoll. The flights from the airport are few and far between and he has to be in Papeete this Saturday to fly back to the US. If you guys would be willing to help we’d be more than willing to help pay you similar to the cost of a plane ticket.

Please thumbs up this comment if you want to help a wayward sailor find his way home.

Michael Kerr - 5 years ago

Is the red right returning rule backwards in Tahiti? Must be judging by your entrance in to the channel at 10 minute mark.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

I believe so. They commented on a previous video that channel marking varies from country to country.
Curious Minion

Nagib Darwiche - 5 years ago

WOW!! Its a brazilian song!!

maiseydoodle - 5 years ago

I’m wondering if the cats have ever fallen overboard? Is that something you worry about?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Singa has fallen in several times while they are at anchor. He likes to "fish" from the sugar scoops. Every time he goes in, he hauls himself right back out. They keep the kitties inside when the seas are rough and at night, and they just watch them carefully the rest of the time.
Curious Minion

Bill and Kelley Adventures - 5 years ago

The whales were so awesome!!! I was hoping in a few years to go on a sailboat for a week or so in the Carribean Islands looks like fun.

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Bob Shaw - 5 years ago

Decades ago while on an Alaskan cruise I went on a whale watch out of Juneau on a jet boat in the morning . The fog never lifted to fly to a glacier on a helicopter in the afternoon . I was so bummed out . I spent all that money to go to Alaska on the cruise .

Bob Shaw - 5 years ago

Do either of you or both of you know how to surf ?

Bob Shaw - 5 years ago

Thanks for the treat @ the end The Sunset was so beautiful ! Cheers !

Bob Shaw - 5 years ago

When underway ya's make me nervous by not wearing life preserver jackets .

Zartymil - 5 years ago

Were you listening to Brazilian music at the end? I'm Brazilian! It's fun to see that music can reach that far

Wilfred Darr - 5 years ago

"being a sailboat the ideal number would be zero". Not necessarily. Sails are expensive, and the more you use them the more often you have to replace them. So the ideal number is actually how much works for you: for your safety and for your comfort and lifestyle. The reason I make a thing of it is because I'm tremendously cheap myself, and have to keep this thought front of mind so I don't become a slave to my sails: I have to remember that just because I'm not burning money today doesn't mean I'm not burning money.

Alaskan_DawG Cheely - 5 years ago

Beautiful

Mark Jennings - 5 years ago

Love that you'll spend ages doing your makeup and hair to front a bluewater sailing channel? Thanks for making the effort.

hotel snob - 5 years ago

as u were watching the sunset, i wondered if you've ever heard of or seen the "green flash" and no, its not the bottom of a green beer bottle.....lol

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Haha, yep. In the blog we likened it to the fuel economy of a Ferrari...but a sports car doesn’t have a bed, kitchen and cats :)

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Right?!? What a freaking amazing day!

Scot Fenn - 5 years ago

Next time, try to play some nice music. They love music.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Like Mozart style or more pop? We’ll try anything to get them to hang out ;)

Ron Buckner - 5 years ago

"LASSY! LASSY! FASTEN THE MIZZEN THAR BE WHALES AFAR YE!!"

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Haha, LOL. Slack ye lines and hard to starboard ;)

Bryan A.Cal - 5 years ago

why dont you ever mention what/where/style you guys have, sunglasses(both) and sun dresses worn and always have? FUN!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

We have a couple of nice pairs of sunglasses but most of mine (Nikki) just come off the rack at the discount store. As for where the clothes come from we are big time bargain shoppers so H&M, TJ Maxx and that kind of thing. It's really not a designer kind of thing.

Roy D - 5 years ago

NIkki, you are great at piloting the boat.

rhondalyn134 - 5 years ago

The Wynns: Bringing smiles for miles...:-)

Tom Williams - 5 years ago

I really like the data screen you overlay. It shows so much information. Would it be too difficult to mount a camera on top of the mast to help see the shallows in front of the boat?
Love you guys. Safe travels from your friend in Syracuse NY

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Yeah, kinda. If you want to permanently mount it you'd have to power it somehow by running a 65' cable inside the mast. Otherwise it's up & down in the bosuns chair to put it up every time you need it.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Haha, there always seems to be a hundred or so, but the kindness far outweighs the negative!

Rick Nicholson - 5 years ago

Iron spinnaker.

Rick Nicholson - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns was surprised you responded to my short comment, must be a slow sailing day (kind of like a slow news day). So I was thinking, once you do your earth circumnavigation and have had enough of swimming in bright blue waters with sharks and mantarays, tired of drinking margaritas at the local hacienda and living in bathing suits, you might want to do the West coast of British Columbia, up into Alaska and a circumnavigation of the American and Canadian Arctic.

Here's a link to motivate you:

https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/aekq5z/northwest-passage-arctic-dario-schworer

If another reply also appears from me, I had computer hick ups.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Ha, or would be an iron code 0 since we’re sailing into the wind? Hmmmmmmm. :)

David T - 5 years ago

Do you switch off to the different engine since you only use "one engine" most of the time( or is that possible )?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Yes we alternate. You can choose to run either one or both at the same time.

Cesar Gonzalez - 5 years ago

Nothing like seeing whales live! Had my opportunity last year staring out to sea at Ocean Beach San Francisco, I saw four whales breaching the surface in unison feeding, they continued doing this for about 10 minutes, and then to top off the show a large pod of dolphins passed next to them. That moment is on my top 10 coolest things I've seen so far :-)

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

4 in unison?!? We’ve seen whales in HI, AK, Mexico, California and a now in French Polynesia...ive’ never seen 4 at once :) Cool!

Steve Bunte - 5 years ago

I’m on the island of Moorea now , was looking out yesterday to see if I can spot your boat but it looks like you’re in Tahiti side , have fun at the surf contest , would like to see that too

Steve Bunte - 5 years ago

Gone with the Wynns ok , yes I see those islands on the map , and wow there’s a lot of them , how awesome to explore em , do it for me ! Lol

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Shoot we are out in the Tuamotus for a few weeks

jennifer jones - 5 years ago

Those random surfers were so cool to watch. And love the kitty love and sunset.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Right, I thought about cutting the surfer and wave a bit shorter but I really like seeing the wave curl, then he catches and rides the wave all the way in. Such a cool experience to witness.

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Weekend Pirate - 5 years ago

Florida fuel prices never let us down. We have a reputation to uphold. Lol

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Ha! Yep. What is the price in the marinas now? I remember it being around $4 when we were there 2 years back.

jim page - 5 years ago

Outstanding surfing video

Jasper Revilleza - 5 years ago

Javer Jimbau - 5 years ago

Aren't you afraid of sailing over the edge of our flat Earth?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Yep, and of those ugly squid-looking sea monsters on all of the charts!

Richard Hobbs - 5 years ago

Your 'docking' at the start appeared perfect. On approach, went to reverse and shift your rudder = slid in so smooth!

andy fields - 5 years ago

dope, some sarfin footie!

MrJp318 - 5 years ago

You guys have gone a long ways since you got screwed in Alaska!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Haha, yep. the other day I rebuilt our starter :). Now that’s progress!

shananagans5 - 5 years ago

Gotta love the efficiency of a cat. Five knots, 10 mpg in less than favorable conditions. You can't beat that. If anyone scoffs at 10 mpg, just keep in mind a similar sized power boat will get maybe 2 at lower speeds and a planing hulled boat will be in the gallons per mile range.
On the extreme "gas hog" side, these 100' steel hulled yachts typically burn 3 to 5 gallons per mile at 8 to 10 knots. Could you imagine burning 140 to 150 gallons to go 35 miles? YIKES!!
lol I want to be rich. About a 130' classic Feadship, Oh Yea!!!! Even if I could afford it, I would still choke at the fuel docks though.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

And when we get wind it’s more like 100 mpg (or gph) :). Like the stock market we consider it ‘dollar cost averaging’ when we have to motor unexpectedly.

Pez Pengy - 5 years ago

i was teaching sailing classes aboard a 28' sailboat for the University of Hawaii... we were becalmed off of Waikiki, just floating about and half asleep, when one of the students lounging on the forepeak screamed and ran back to the cockpit. The other instructors and i ran to the front of the boat, i looked in the water and not 20' away from me there was an absolutely enormous EYE looking back at me! I just about screamed until i realized it was attached to a friendly humpback. We started the motor and slowly idled away (as required by law) but in a long life spent on various boats it remains my single most memorable experience at sea. Whales are great. :)

Monty Montaño - 5 years ago

FYI notifications weren't working this week.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Thanks

gdcat777 - 5 years ago

Those two cats decided one day, "I think we need to go on a cruise. How should we go about doing that....? I know, we'll get them to take us." Then they telepathically put the idea into your minds to take on this adventure. That's how they did it.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Yea, we didn’t want to go sailing they mind controlled us into it ;). Totally a cat thing to do.

SoyLaArmando - 5 years ago

WE JUST NEED MUNEH AND FAITH

Klint Krossa - 5 years ago

The water dragon showed up!

1bike10 - 5 years ago

So somewhere around 10 miles per gallon? About the same as your RV was?

1bike10 - 5 years ago

It's pretty odd how close the two vehicles are in fuel efficiency. Something I always wondered about. Also, I think it would be very interesting for you to do an RV life vs Sailing life. To be honest, you guys seemed happier in an RV? Curious how you feel about it?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Yep, right about the same MPG. Only difference is when we have wind we get more like 100 mpg or better :)

I'd rather be riding - 5 years ago

I could swear the music being played at the anchoring area was in Portuguese. As in Portuguese from Brazil. But what would make it, since it is not a style made internationally known like Bossanova or Samba, popular in this part of the world? Maybe it has something to do with the surfing event? Anyway, loved those sunset and surfing images with the Brazilian "sertanejo?" music on the background at the end. Surreal. Looking forward to what's next.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

We had several people comment that it's Brazilian country music.

ChrisandEileen - 5 years ago

i WOULD LOVE to see a underwater camera setup.. just for these instances with the Whales.. Is that even possible on a boat thats moving ? I know of Explore.org underwater cams.. but they are stationary.

ChrisandEileen - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns Thanks for the reply.. fanboy moment now.. gushes.. with smiles.. :).. Just a crazy idea.. with the underwater camera.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

We've used the selfie stick to put a camera in when we were anchored but I'm not sure I wanna risk that underway.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Both...and a local paddling his VA’A so much to take in with one little sunset.

Peter Asquith - 5 years ago

Another great Vid with detail. Quick Q. Notice you had a lot of extra fuel containers up the front. How much diesel do you carry/capacity and also how much spare petrol for the outboard and how? Moving onto our Cat next year so any info much appreciated. Kind regards and safe travels from Peter & Kartini.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Extra details are always in the blog post and that includes jerry can capacity https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/sailing-tahiti-whales-fuel

Patty Sternjacob - 5 years ago

As always, an awesome video. The sunset was amazing. Thanks.

Cal Xtra - 5 years ago

Awww no little meows at the end of the video! ... Loving the sailing vids and Tahiti looks amazing!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Dang...I totally forgot to add it in. :(

aulii11 - 5 years ago

WOW, great exhibition of maneuvering skills bringing Curiosity into the dock! I speak from experience, having moved boats from/to their slips with a single screw towboat as a boatyard employee.

Sealight Adventures - 5 years ago

Docking like riding a bike. LOL. Wind and current in unknown place. It will always be stressfully in a nice cat like yours. Flipside - Enjoy your channel because you are both amazing. Todd.

Sealight Adventures - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns oh yea. Lol.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Ok. Perhaps we should have said riding a unicycle...on a dirt country road :)

itsnotme07 - 5 years ago

In the words of Scotty on Star Trek IV..."Captain, there be whales here!". Always awesome and cool to see that! Even if I am almost 5000 miles away outside Dallas. And by "Captain", you both know I mean Singa...right? HAHA! Keep on sailing!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Singa might be the Captain but everybody answers to Admiral Cleo!

Kathy Rakes - 5 years ago

I just love you watching you guys ! That sun set was out of this world beauitful! Great job sharing ! Thanks

Andrew Tubbiolo - 5 years ago

Have you heard whale song thru the hull yet?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

We have while swimming with them, but not through the hulls!

John B - 5 years ago

Just retired at 45. Sold my house and all of my possessions. Purchased a Catalina sailboat for $22,000 and am living on it full time. Thanks for the inspiration and all of the “how to” video’s. Downsizing my life and getting away from monthly payments for everything helped make it possible. Now I am living my best life thanks to you two (I still need to learn to sail though). It is possible people!!! YOLO.

formerly 987946216430 - 5 years ago

Awesome John! I'm still house living, but bought a sailboat (SMALL) last year to force my wife and I to learn how so we'll be ready when it's time to ditch land living :) Best of luck sir! Cheers from PEI Canada, Bryan.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Congrats and thanks for the kind comment! The sailing part is easy, it’s everything else that comes along with living small and owning a boat that can be challenging. But with the right attitude it’s all good!

Margaret Modrovsky - 5 years ago

Your videos are always so awsome. Your in a class by yourself. Love you guy's and your cats.

AXECUT TIMBER - 5 years ago

Living the dream , oh what a wonderful world !!!

Al Lamb - 5 years ago

You guys are awesome.

Gary Hall - 5 years ago

Great videos, if you ever make it to San Francisco I would love to see your boat and take you out on a mono hull. I'm sailing the world with you! Fair winds

Klancee Call - 5 years ago

Nikki and Jason I love you two and you do such a wonderful job of videoing. Nikki you were talking about how long you have not docked. What do you do for diesel in that time or does your diesel last that long? I love your new pink glasses. When using only one engine can you switch and use one this time and next time use the other? Wow the whales
were awesome and the surfers was great.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

They fueled up in Ecuador for the Pacific passage so they were probably full at that point. But the hardly turned an engine on during the whole passage so I suspect this might be the first time they've needed refueling since they got to FP. Diesel fuel doesn't store very well so you'd want to use this up before adding more to the tank. As for engines yes, they can choose which one to run or can run both at the same time. Jason has previously said that he hates doing the regular service and fuel filter changes on both at the same time so they track hours used for each one so he can stagger the service intervals.
Curious Minion

myjeepzia - 5 years ago

Great shots awesome video, thanks

layra Thompson - 5 years ago

Love your videos! I miss Jason's mom! I loved your comment- that you would be friends even you were not in laws :)

57 Vette - 5 years ago

You're becoming irrelevant. Even if your egos keep you fueled. There was a guy named Magellan that already did this, yet he had the foresight to not flaunt it. Poor little rich kids, first world problems. Tell us about your 2000$ fridge again.......

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Like we often say “we’re not doing anything that someone else hasn’t already done”. We’re not flaunting we’re sharing our experience to help others live their own dreams.

caddyzig—John - 5 years ago

How do you decide which engine to run? Do you just alternate? Or is one more efficient than the other?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

They are identical. Jason has previously said that he hates doing the regular service and fuel filter changes on both at the same time so they track hours used for each one so he can stagger the service intervals.
Curious Minion

Luscious3174 - 5 years ago

I'm wondering if going hybrid here would be feasible on a cat like that (replace the 2 diesel engines with a pair of electric motors). Obviously you would need to add more lithium batteries, but the weight extra may not be all that much. Open water is prime for maximum solar. Would you be able to add more panels?

Luscious3174 - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns Thanks for that link. Wasn't aware you guys already "covered" it, pun intended

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

They're kinda maxed out on where they can put panels and batteries. And yes, open water seems optimal until you remember that there's a LOT of rigging, masts, booms, etc. that are shading some of the panels, and that makes them really inefficient. They did a short video on panel shading: https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/Sailboat-Solar-Series-Parallel-Shading
Curious Minion

Paul On THe Move - 5 years ago

Great video and all that was in it. Love to see you on the move and handling the boat so well and relaxed. Stay safe.

santos Naldo - 5 years ago

listening to Brazilian music, Paula Fernandes.Good winds

santos Naldo - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns , Because it is almost like music style country . Because singing backwoods, asks Rose what she explains better. My english is very bad

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Ahhhh ha. Makes sense considering a Brazilian won the competition :)

Luiz Goldfeld - 5 years ago

Congratulations from Brazil, just fyi It was not local music, it was brazilian country music.

Ricky Breaux - 5 years ago

Wow!

Zanne - 5 years ago

So cool. Singa makes a great first mate. Amazing to see the whales that close. I'm sure that gives you pause to see how big they are that close to your boat.

Raymond Race - 5 years ago

Thank you for letting us follow your adventures!!

rabinfo - 5 years ago

What cool Brazilian music + -10: 20. I'm a fan of your channel

rabinfo - 5 years ago

I am brazilian

lupaofpack - 5 years ago

I'm curious about your theme music :) Where and how did you pick it out? I apologize if this information is somewhere and I missed it. Love seeing the girls, I just lost my bengal to cancer so hearing Singa talk to you is sorta like hearing my Rosa, it makes me smile. Amazing sunset and awesome views. As always, a joy to watch the two of you life your best life. Thanks for sharing.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

So sorry to hear about your Rosa. We have a couple of ways to get DRM free music - Patreon and Artlist mostly. There's a link to Artlist in the blog post with a referral discount if you're interested.

AFS Consultants - 5 years ago

So Gorgeous!! How warm is it? Is the water warm? Niki..It could be dark gray overcast, rain and lightning in the distance and you would say.. Did you see that cool light! ahh that rain feels good.. the sky is like beautiful black velvet..lol Always such a great attitude <3 Thanks for sharing your travels U4... We get a lot of whales where I live, that ARE huge!! and curious..

AFS Consultants - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns Thanks for your reply.. 80's ! so nice

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

The water is in the low 80’s during winter. Our temperature readings on CURIOSITY stopped working so we’re not exactly sure.

Ken Pole - 5 years ago

Sit corrected, that is.

Ken Pole - 5 years ago

I sis corrected. Small fin threw me off. Best wishes.

Tom Clements - 5 years ago

Awesome

JIM G - 5 years ago

Beautiful sunset

moz - 5 years ago

love your filming, love your cats and love what you do, be safe and well

100. comment for Sailing Tahiti, Iron Wind & WHALES || Cost & Fuel Economy of a Catamaran Sailboat

Peaceful Chaos - 5 years ago

Thank God it's Sunday...get my GWTW's fix! Great vid guys, thanks.

On Tilt Sailing Dale Hudson - 5 years ago

Wow, this video went by so fast! I had to check to make sure it was really over!

stilcrazychris - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns that is great. Would like to hear about it in a video. That away the news can spread quicker. I'm kind of lazy bc I hate to read.. lol... Plus I lean better that away to. I'm just backwards hillbilly from Missouri.
Great to hear back. Be safe,
Chris from Missouri

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Awe, thanks for the love! We have recently signed up as ambassadors for 5Gyres.org to spread awareness where we can. Check them out.

Chris Brady - 5 years ago

Do whales hear people screaming and wahooing?

Chris Brady - 5 years ago

Dear Jason, (I'm only assuming the reply was from you and if I'm mistaken...Dear Nikki) ;-)...after many years of following your exquisitely produced terrestrial and aquatic lifaphobic adventures, primarily from my residences in Africa and more recently from the significantly less exotic Northern hemisphere it's an absolute pleasure to receive a reply from which I would consider my most inane comment. Here's the problem, whenever I observe humans interact with the 'natural (bush) world' they have the innate ability to overindulge the vocal chords as opposed to being in the moment. This majestic blue marble does indeed operate under very different acoustic parameters and your analogies make perfect sense (yes, I dive).. active sonar devices employed on an industrial scale force cetaceans deeper to obviate the annoyance and, it may be proven leads to their premature demise. I fully understand the dynamics of YT and the pressures to entertain but it would be a first if such encounters were relayed with a large cocktail, feet up on the deck, Singa & Cleo by your side and silence..perhaps with some soft blues ballad overdubbed in the background......which I have written just for you, it contains the lines "shrimp clacking their claws, parrot-fish crunching coral and bulldogs eating porridge", don't ask!! Have a cracking week in paradise. Sooo envious.
Curious George.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

They may, but compared to the sounds the are hearing in the water it's probably insignificant. If you've ever been snorkeling or diving you know how loud things like boat engines sound. You can even hear shrimp clacking their claws and parrotfish crunching coral. Also not sure of the range of a humpback's hearing, but most marine animals are geared to hear very low frequency sounds, which travel much farther in water. Our puny little high pitched voices may sound like mosquitoes buzzing to them!
Curious Minion

SanSan - 5 years ago

Picture postcards all the way! Your videos are the best!

J Han - 5 years ago

Aloha guys, have you ever jumped in around the whales? If they are in the area you can hear them under the water. And no you don't need to be very close. Love the channel. Mahalo nui loa.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Yes! We posted a few pics on social media when it happened and there was some teaser footage in our Christmas message. Stay tuned - vids are coming!

Greg Hare - 5 years ago

When you motor on one motor, how do you determine which motor? Do you alternate to keep the hours the same in each or do you run on the same motor most of the time to keep one motor in better shape and minimize maintenance cost/time? Thinking doing rebuilds on both engines at the same time would be tough on the budget.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Jason has previously mentioned that he likes to stagger the maintenance intervals because it's a huge pain to service both engines at the same time. So yes, they track how often each one runs. Rebuilding both at the same time would be a punch to the wallet, but having to be in a marina twice for separate service is also a royal PITA, so it might be worth the hit to just do it and get it over with. As little as Nikki and Jason run them and as meticulous as they are with service, I suspect the diesel Yanmars might outlast their time on Curiosity before needing a rebuild.
Curious Minion

Wallace Loper - 5 years ago

You are alternating the engine so your maintenance schedule will be about the some?

Wallace Loper - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns That ok I think that's just the jet machine in me.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Good question, but Jason has mentioned that it takes so long to service both engines that he prefers to stagger their service interval.
Curious Minion

Marc Wolf - 5 years ago

Zinga is one cute kitty I have two black short hair boys

Kate RH - 5 years ago

Beautiful beautiful animals. People (especially the Japanese) need to stop murdering whales in the fake name of research.

Travelin' Tides - 5 years ago

We have been following along with y'all since your RV days. You guys helped inspire our van life and now sailing life. We have a 1984 Catalina 30 and are preparing to set sail around the Gulf of Mexico and into the Caribbean. We hope to someday be able to share a craft beer or glass of wine or a coffee with some laughs with you guys one day on the water. Fairwinds.

DaKat - 5 years ago

Always beautiful, informative and such a joy to join you and watch

petnzme01 - 5 years ago

just out of curiosity... have you eaten polynesian food yet?

saluki 83 - 5 years ago

Your videos are never a disappointment, always a joy. Thank you.

Walking Zed's Push Bike - 5 years ago

I have to say, you are badly mistaken about their videos never being a disappointment. Every one of them are disappointing. The second that they end for me is a big disappointment to me.

Ray Atkinson - 5 years ago

Great vlog again planning to buy a catamaran but with only a small sailing budget once bought. Hoping to sail for 6 months and back to work until we have 20k saved up any thoughts you may have would be welcome

Ray Atkinson - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns even more inspired thank you. Ray

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Where there’s a will there is a way. We see all types of boats out here in French Polynesia. Small, large, expensive, homemade and everything in between.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

The dates covered by the video are usually in the description box or at the end of the blog post. In this case, August 2018.
Curious Minion

David Kissane - 5 years ago

Thanks for the great video

Matthew Govier - 5 years ago

Hi guys, the song around 10.35 is not local. Its Brazilian music. If there are some important surfing events on, it would be explained as there will be quite a few of us around. There are several versions but it sounded like it might be this one
https://open.spotify.com/track/179go5s1ouLR7DRtMhbxnA?si=SkSrVPFQRTi-Mf9EAYC0KA

Matthew Govier - 5 years ago

BTW, great video as always!

Saffron's World - 5 years ago

And Singa, famous world traveler, what do you have to say about the rigors and pleasures of catamaran sailing?

"Meow."

Dwight Turner - 5 years ago

Great interview.

madwldgrp1 - 5 years ago

Short and sweet, thank you for more great in-tell on Tahiti. Fair Wynns!! Like, Subscribe, comment!

S Holdsworth - 5 years ago

It is so sweet to see how spontaneously you both get so bubbling over with childlike excitement at the whales... priceless

Trish Page - 5 years ago

I was thinking Game of Thrones too! Have you guys watched all the seasons? Did you download them before you left from someplace? So cool! Love the whales! Dream life! Thanks for the video!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

We don’t have the last season...yet :)

Joe the Computerguy - 5 years ago

Yes yes yes, Jason has this fuzzy math thing going on.

Waaaaaaaaaaaaa, BEST sunset Evah!!!!!!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

I tend to over exaggerate...that’s the beauty of editing I can go in and ‘fix’ my mistakes :)

Scarlet Henderson - 5 years ago

Thank you for sharing your experience love your videos

Katherine Miller - 5 years ago

I sure miss Tahiti!

Stephen Steele - 5 years ago

Glad you're getting to choops. It's a beautiful wave.

Gary Bowers - 5 years ago

When the whales show their tales, they are going deep, usually to feed. If you’re patient, you may see them breech the surface as they come up.

francisa751 - 5 years ago

So the second engine is almost brand new, seeing it barely works.

francisa751 - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns Thanks, that was enlightening.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

There are times when they need them both, but when they're only running one engine most skippers will alternate between them. An engine that doesn't run and sits for long periods is going to develop issues with old fuel, gummed filters, etc. etc. Jason has previously mentioned that he likes to stagger the use so that he doesn't have to change fuel filters & do the regularly scheduled maintenance on both at the same time, so they do track how many hours each engine has run so that they can space the service interval. Some skippers favor one engine over the other (maybe one has a larger alternator for faster battery charging or something similar) but I don't Curiosity has any mechanical reasons to favor one engine. Hope that helps.
Curious Minion

Laura P. Ruiz-Miner - 5 years ago

Seriously you guys, THE SUNSET... was absolutely breathtaking. Thanks for always sharing with us. Safe sails. <3

SV JUS DREAMING - 5 years ago

I have a question we have been sailing our sailboat for 2 years and we want to cross the Atlantic from North Carolina and our insurance company says that we need a third person on the boat for this Crossing. I'm wondering who is your insurance company? Because they won't let us go without a third qualified sailor on board for ocean Crossings.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Info on their company and the agent who helped them purchase it are in this post: https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/exhausting-journey-buying-cruising-sailboat
Good luck!
Curious Minion

armando camilleri - 5 years ago

Please be quite around whales !!!

Webster Smith - 5 years ago

You never mentioned how many gallons of capacity the boat has, or the cost on a typical fill-up

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Each week the blog post that goes with each video will always have much more detail and will have links to products and gear that was used during the video. In the post this week, they do mention the fuel capacity of the boat and how many jerry cans they also fill, and Nikki talks about why they don't always fill the tanks completely full. Check it out here: https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/sailing-tahiti-whales-fuel
Curious Minion

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Awe, thanks for the love and for leaving a comment. It really helps us out!

T Sav - 5 years ago

What would modern boaters and other navigators do without Garmin instruments!

Paul Chapin - 5 years ago

Run aground like thousands of boats did before GPS. Lots still do but not as many.

Susan C - 5 years ago

Oh my goodness! What a sunset! Those mystic mountains...and the whales!!

Brian Joyce - 5 years ago

Amazing in many respects. Comes to mind, no worries of U. S. Domestic affairs, world affairs, news etc. Man(woman), I’m jealous. Please enjoy for all that can’t/won’t. Fair winds Wynn’s!

Rimona Gale - 5 years ago

Whale of a time! Yay!

Aboard Ohana - 5 years ago

Great job again.. by the way my new favorite band....”Wynn’s and Roses”. It was so great of you guys to collaborate with Ruby Rose on sharing your lives.

Aboard Ohana - 5 years ago

On one of their recent posts they were so complimentary of you both, and what professionals you both are. They loved the boat as well. Keep up the great work.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Haha it was so much fun!

Tom Barker - 5 years ago

From this amateur sailor. If the wind is at your bow. Don't you tack from side to side? At the anchorage you had some pitfalls but on the way there you could have sailed.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Correct. The issue with sailing is we were going to an event...to sail would have taken 24 hours or more and there was potential we’d miss part of the event. Sometimes it’s easiest to motor when schedule is involved, otherwise we would have waited for a good weather window and sailed the entire way.

Paul Chapin - 5 years ago

It took 7 hours to motor, they did not want to take 24 hours or more to sail.

Ernest Dougherty - 5 years ago

Another good video great docking job Nikki and that was beautiful watching them humpback whales beautiful always love watching them but stay the distance away give them their safe distance always like waking up to Sunday morning watching y'all make' s my day Fair winds be safe

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

The rules here in FP are 300 meters away, leave engines running, stop propulsion...which is exactly what we did.

HighJack*DOG* - 5 years ago

7:47 the correct saying would be " There she blows " lol love you guys keep the Wynns at your backs :)

Ashley Marks - 5 years ago

I wonder if the island creates a coanda effect of sorts.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

It does create it’s own weather and wind, so predictions are not often accurate.

Richard Chasse - 5 years ago

Just a great vlog of a day-in-the-life. Loved the fuel analogy and cost data !!!!

Jim Hummel - 5 years ago

The whales were totally grand! It must have been so incredible to be so close to those lovely creatures! And Singa sure was hamming it up for the camera! So very cute!! Thanks for making such an enjoyable #Wynnday !!!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Singa knows how to work it for sure.

Michael Turner - 5 years ago

https://youtu.be/2OdxjxaOpb4

Cape CodBob - 5 years ago

Nikki, I can't believe you let Jason do all the work hooking up the lines, fenders etc. and all you do sit on your butt jiggling the throttles ! LOLOLOLOL

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Yea...mutiny!
- Jason

Rose - 5 years ago

Indeed a dream life good adventures

daverjax - 5 years ago

One thing, Yall tend to BEAT A LOCATION TO DEATH. Tahiti'd OUT. ENOUGH! DONE!

Peter åman - 5 years ago

Another great episode from you guys . It might only be me but that diesel cost diagram seems incorrect. And in sweden a gallon of Diesel would cost around 6usd

Left Turn in Albuquerque - 5 years ago

Lol...the "pucker effect", I laughed out loud when you said that! Another great video with a nice mix of information & pleasure, I was wondering about the fuel consumption...and WHALES! Thanks and stay safe!

Jim Bigner - 5 years ago

It costs that to go up the tollway and not near as fun.

spacesaverbob - 5 years ago

Once upon a time, back in the RV days (yours, not mine) I used to wonder about that whole "travelling with cats" thing. Well, I'm now certain that the entertainment value far outweighs any other "animal husbandry" considerations.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

They are totally worth it. ♥

spacesaverbob - 5 years ago

Oh and, speaking of our RV days and fuel consumption, Some folks would ask, "How's the gas mileage?" To which I would invariably answer, "Well, it gets good mileage for a house." And leave it at that. I figured, if you can't afford to go....then, it's just not for you.

Connie Wilson - 5 years ago

Always a pleasure to watch you and also your respect for our whales

Uncle Bob - 5 years ago

The "Iron Genoa" goes well to windward!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Haha

Christina H. - 5 years ago

Great simple information if you've never sailed before. I worked for North Sails doing spinnaker design and layout. And raced on the Commodore's S&S 45' of the SDYC.

Jeff Allen - 5 years ago

How many gallons of diesel do you carry? The purple & orange sunset at the end of the video was calling me to paint it!! Sail On!!!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

All that info is in the blog post, right down to the jerry cans. https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/sailing-tahiti-whales-fuel
Curious Minion

MV Solitude - 5 years ago

On my lunch break watching your video is so relaxing. It’s great medicine for this nurse... Thanks for sharing your life on the water

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Happy to be there with you...BTW what’d you have for lunch? We like food :)

bill4nier - 5 years ago

Nike, you nailed that docking!! Really nice video! Have you ever thought of putting up the drone when coming in to an ankerage on a cloudy day? Something I've noticed when folks come into an iffy ankerage (do to clouds), anker, then put up a drone to show the area, you can see the bommies much more clearer. But the drone needs to be mast hieth or hiegher. Thanks!

Maus 02 - 5 years ago

Hey check out the Breeze cat litter system for your cats. Better than sand. It uses pee pads and reusable litter.

Bayard Taylor - 5 years ago

Why. Is dirty ? Did your spill a lot of diesel

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

I think just climbing in and out of the storage lockers to get the fenders and jerry cans, it's hot and there's no breeze down in the lockers, and diesel is kind of oily so if it's on the nozzle when you're fueling up your hands get oily, that kind of thing.
Curious Minion

Captain Bob - 5 years ago

Watching you folks is killing me! ;-) Here in New England, I have 20 inches of snow in my yard and we are currently getting freezing rain. 10th of March right? Yuk! Stay warm, stay safe!

Richard Slater - 5 years ago

Oh my, what a fantastical video adventure! You put a smile on my face and sent chills up my spine by taking me whale watching with you. Your skills in video creation and editing are world class. Thank you both so much for sharing. Fair winds and following seas. Give the kitties a pat from me.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Aw, thanks Richard and thank you for leaving the comment and passing the love along. Kitties scratched!

Luciano Augusto - 5 years ago

11:18 isnt local music, its brazilian music!! hahahah

Luciano Augusto - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns im brazilian, thats how i know it! by the way, love the channel!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

I think she meant that the locals on shore were the ones cranking the volume. Cool that you know it though.
Curious Minion

Marc Andre Robert - 5 years ago

Hi guys.

Howard Lute - 5 years ago

Getting bored with Tahiti? Where do you go from here? Good luck to you two and your very fine Kats!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Not yet!

Guy Outten - 5 years ago

love your videos, learned a lot from you guys.

Quest to Aesthetics - 5 years ago

She is so beautiful!

kjdyatta - 5 years ago

6:25 yes it does

Shelagh Egar - 5 years ago

In my naivité, for a long time I thought the paw print on your sail was to honour your kitties...and not actually the emblem of your Leopard Cat!

KIM I - 5 years ago

>}}}> ~~~~~~ just amazing.............enjoy..........xx

Iexpedite1 - 5 years ago

She was talking about docking. One need only spend a little time standing on a busy small boat ramp to see a comedy of errors. I myself have loaded and unloaded a boat more times than I care to count. I still make mistakes. Especially if it’s been a few months or if the ramp is exceedingly busy. A friend of mine lost his boat off of a roller trailer driving up a ramp without tying it down. I man from my work lost his truck and trailer when his parking brake failed. I've seen kids back trucks up until they flooded the interiors of their parents SUV. I saved a guy from smashing the hull of his boat because he didn’t get his trailer deep enough. Comedy of errors and not as easy as one would think.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

That was one of our favorite past times when we owned our small wake boarding boat in TX. Man people get angry fast when launching and docking :)

Clay Willoughby - 5 years ago

When are we going to have an epic GOT length GWTW episode? I need more than 5 minutes of the cats! lol

James Zilch - 5 years ago

P.S. it is a great idea to keep you engine hours in balance when doing the "single engine" method of fuel economy.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

They do track the hours. Jason has mentioned previously that he hates doing filter changes and maintenance on both at the same time, so they track hours to stagger the service intervals.
Curious Minion

dean mclamb - 5 years ago

Another Sunday with the Wynns. Living a dream through your eyes. Tahiti is beautiful!

Here Then Gone - 5 years ago

Doesn't that look so "mist"ical? Haha. Well played.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

haha

Nigel Donald - 5 years ago

$1 U.S. per U.S. gallon is very cheap! Fuel in Australia is about $1.40au per litre & Europe is about double the price of Australia

Andy Bushnell - 5 years ago

I"m amazed the fuel lasted that long. How much fuel did you burn on the trip from South America to Tahiti?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

I think they didn't use the engines at all on the crossing until they were almost to Tahiti. I haven't seen a figure for that though.
Curious Minion

James Zilch - 5 years ago

I am glad that someone has told you about the advantage of operating on a single engine. The only exceptions(2) that I can think of if your headwind is greater than the power of a single engine and when in a marina. On the subject of fuel usage information, there are flow meters that also total gallons used and can be reset to zero at fill up (such as in a car or private airplane.
I love the quality and content of your videos.
Suggestion: do a video on each of your back stories. Do you also have a land business to support your sailing interest?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

All good suggestions and they've already done a bit of that. The "about" section of the blog tells what they were doing when they met and how they made a living until they hit the road. There's even info on Cleo and Singa. This post talks about their families and why they decided to do DNA testing: https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/nomads-settlers-backstory And there's a whole section on the blog called "make money and travel" that talks about how the Wynns and other nomads do just that.
Curious Minion

Ella Bella - 5 years ago

The part of me that lives near LA kind of freaks out when you say 7 hours to go 35 miles. Can’t you go any faster.??? LOL! But who needs fast when you have that view and the only traffic jam is caused by whales. (Darn that Moby Dick! ) And Singh tries to help *cough get in the way cough*. You don’t get that in a car on the freeway. Thanks for sharing a more relaxing way to travel

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

It is frustrating sometimes...when we’ve been sailing overnight and then we can see our destination in the distance and we think to ourselves “we’re almost there”...then it’s breakfast, lunch and finally at dinner we arrive! We’re often ‘almost there’ for several hours :)

Andy Bushnell - 5 years ago

good video

pvdneste - 5 years ago

lucky you, In the Netherlands Diesel is about 5$ per gallon !

pvdneste - 5 years ago

+Walking Zed's Push Bike well, 0.5$ would be much better! :-)

Walking Zed's Push Bike - 5 years ago

In my opinion that is too cheap. :')

Ric Bis - 5 years ago

Might want to check the xpf conversion.. $0.0095 USD

Sharon Labrecque - 5 years ago

Love you guys.

billy cute - 5 years ago

You should do a video about watching tv and reading/ what you do to stay busy besides explore and care for the boat

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Ha...ummm we do normal chores and work on the computer. Not a very captivating episode.

Andrew Holmes - 5 years ago

We just need MUNEH, and some GODDAMN FAITH

WHAT is TAQIYYA on YOUTUBE? - 5 years ago

How did you get the fuel in all of those months without docking on shore? In the cans?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

They may not have needed to fuel up. I'm sure they took on enough in Ecuador to get them most of the way to Tahiti, but I don't think they even turned the engines on until they were almost to the Marquesas. And since diesel will go bad I'm sure they've been trying to use most of it up before they put more in.
Curious Minion

Robert Gordon - 5 years ago

The heaviest wave is an understatement! I was hoping you would catch the competition......Cheers from New Bern,NC!

Nealie Anderson - 5 years ago

Your video making is awesome dudes! Like the preview addition as well!

J Don76 - 5 years ago

My Dad always called it the “iron genny”

Elizabeth M - 5 years ago

Beautiful closing sunset. Thank you for the view!

journey2fifty - 5 years ago

Iv wondered about fuel usage for you guys for some time now. The way you break it down it doesn’t seem nearly as bad as I expected.

Beta Thinker - 5 years ago

I really liked this video! you are both so young sweet and beautiful! Your videos are so uplifting to me in my condition. I really enjoy seeing places that i cant travel. You two seem like so much fun. I watch you often and you brighten my day every time. I am reminded of when i was your age. thanks for sharing your lifestyle with us. the world needs a bit of uplifting news these days. God bless you both! im Art in Tennessee.

Laurie Ashley - 5 years ago

How often do you have to fill your fuel tanks?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Nikki mentions in the blog post that they only like to take on what they think they'll need (with a little margin) because diesel will go bad over time. And of course it depends on wind & weather as to how much they have to run the engines. They do mention the full fuel capacity of the boat in the blog post: https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/sailing-tahiti-whales-fuel
Curious Minion

Igor Andrejev - 5 years ago

You are such an amazing team...thank you for your blog...lots of likes from me and subscription

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Thanks for subscribing - it helps a lot!

James Robertson - 5 years ago

Can you do a video on how you guys manage to do your laundry on a boat??

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Curiosity has the same combo washer/dryer that they had in their RV. In their post about making water, Nikki mentioned that while running the generator to make water, they also did laundry and a few other power-hungry tasks. I think they hang it to dry though rather than using the drying cycle on the machine (it uses more power and takes a longer time to dry in a combo machine).
Curious Minion

Bob Woodward - 5 years ago

Loved this video. Thank you so much.

Peter Briggs - 5 years ago

We always call it running the “Iron Jenny”

dml505 - 5 years ago

being in the auto industry, I may be wrong, but that second engine might take stress off the first engine and make it more efficient. Even though you only gain a few knots you may find you actually save money and time by the first engine not having to struggle to keep the pace. Just a thought.

dml505 - 5 years ago

+Oranje Manatee it doesn't matter if its marine or auto, or horse drawn wagon, its common physics, moving mass with 2 is more efficient than 1.The question becomes is it enough to be beneficial to the end result you are trying to obtain....Im sure super man would agree

Oranje Manatee - 5 years ago

Take stress off? On a diesel? hahahah. Do you tell Superman to lift Lois with his knees, not his back?

No, marine diesels are not at all like an auto gasoline engine. An auto engine spends its life loafing (rolling down the highway), with periodic high power output (taking off from a traffic light). Marine diesels, indeed (non-automobile) diesels in general, need to be run fairly hard continuously, with only short periods of low power (docking / marina operation) or they'll carbon up their cylinders, exhaust, and injectors.

If you do too much loafing, you need to throttle up periodically and clear it out. (AKA "Italian tune up.") Yanmar (a very, very popular provider of marine diesels) suggests going from idle, to full speed, back to idle, in neutral, 5 times every 2 hours if you have to operate at low power for prolonged periods.

Hans Logtenberg - 5 years ago

Not on a boat at 2000 rpm I would say this engine runs at only 50% maximum load while the prop is most likely variable pitch and I can't find a way of overpowering with that device. Using one engine up to 80% of max load is both practical (less overall engine hrs)and economical in fuel used vs miles gained

Kevin Costner - 5 years ago

A whale hit me last year. Never saw it comming while i was under power looking dead ahead.
We side swiped. Port side bottom paint was taken off at impact. I felt the bump like a giant log then the a explosion of water showering me in the cocpit. Thought i hit a bomb then saw the whales fluke as it slapped the water 5 times. A pilot whale. I guess it was pissed.i did not turn around to ask.
Never seen a whale in 12 years in malaysia. But i hit one. Had lots of close calls in mexico, hawaii and australia ,even in indonesia. I think i prefer lightning to whales.but not positive.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

That's crazy!

Michael Williams, D.O. - 5 years ago

So nice...one day I hope to see in person. Joann fueled up our Cessna for the first time yesterday and is hard at work on her private pilot ground school. I take my check ride today for my biannual sign off which means I am PIC (pilot in command)once again after a long hiatus from flying since 1998.
Thx ....be safe guys!

rudolf peter udo - 5 years ago

You know guys having been in a similar situation with with whales broaching so close, sort of makes you feel insignificant in the scheme of things doesn't it?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

And it's even better when you're in the water with them. We were in the water so much our toes were pruny.

Peter John Cantimprate - 5 years ago

Are you guys planning to sail for the whole of your life?? Coz i'm planning to quit my job and build a sailboat a catamaran actually and sail around the world of my entire life:)

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Maybe not sailing the whole time but we'll keep adventuring as long as we can.

Chevy Chase - 5 years ago

Now that's what I call a Sundowner!

William Ribeiro - 5 years ago

The music in background is Brazilian country, so funny!!

Minimal Millionaire Mom - 5 years ago

What a wonderful video to wake up to! I ❤️ whales.

Tom D. - 5 years ago

I think I've finally watched all of your sailing videos. Thank you for making me feel like I'm onboard with you. You're taking me to beautiful places I'll never see in person. Looking forward to next week's adventure.

Debbie Mrad - 5 years ago

Once again a fantastic "a day in the life of Nikki & Jason". Your intro music and pics set the best mood for me, and the videos are like icing on the cake.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Aw, thanks for letting us know. It really helps.

Nicholas Huttie - 5 years ago

Another great video. I've been following along since the RV days. Not sure if there are other weather geeks out there who would be interested in air/water temp, dew point data, etc. Just a thought.

saxonsoldier67 - 5 years ago

Adding observations of their environment would be interesting.

Erica's Adventures - 5 years ago

I'm assuming since you run just one engine, that you alternate which one you use to try to keep roughly equal hours on each? (This is all new to me and I doubt I'll ever own a boat, but heck, somehow it's fascinating to learn about anyways.)

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Yes, they do run them both and track the time on each engine. Jason has previously mentioned that he hates doing filter changes and maintenance on both at the same time, so they track run time to stagger the service intervals.
Curious Minion

donnyboy - 5 years ago

I feel so much better now, thanks to you's.! It is cold, cloudy, and raining in southern Ontario. May the sun continue to shine on you both.!

sharon riome - 5 years ago

So very nice to see you respect the whales by keeping your distance and turning off your motor!!

MATHIEU LE MONNYER - 5 years ago

Gone with the Wynns
Bonjour. Nice videos and music. Juste to inform you that there are some regulations regarding whales in Tahiti. There is an association on Tahiti that monitors whales and police around them. The association is Mata Tohora ... please you will find them in Facebook. Merci again for tour videos. enjoy Tahiti

Scot Fenn - 5 years ago

I've had whales all around my boat. For hours. And they came to me. From my personal experiences I don't think smaller pleasure vessels are much of a concern to whales. They have come right up to us many times in the open pacific northwest.

Bunyip Dan - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns Ok guys, i think everyone would agree that you savour every chance you get to interact with these wonderful creatures, it should just be done with the up most respect and consideration. It is more important not to place yourself directly in their path, chase them down, or in anyway harass them (especially if they have calves). There are a few schools of thought regarding turning off engines, I feel it is more important to take your vessel out of gear, engine noise can give whales a possitive idea where you are rather than going completely silent. Humpback whales like these seem to tolerate vessels but tail and flipper slapping can be a signal to keep your distance.
As for dolphins many species enjoy bow/wake riding but there are also quite a few species which are quite shy and dont interact with boats, best bet here is to maintain a steady speed and course, and not go plowing through a pod.....let them decide to interact if they want to. I have seen several propeller wounds on dolphins.....so it can happen.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

For one thing, it wasn't their dinghy and they were passengers. For another, dolphins love to surf the bow wave and wake of vessels. You can find video after video after video of dolphins playing like this. They cross under the boat and weave around each other but they don't hit each other or the boat or the prop. In fact I think you'd have a hard time hitting a healthy dolphin even if you were trying.
Curious Minion

kragseven - 5 years ago

When they are in the dingy they have no problem racing up close to whales and dolphins . Once they went right through a pod of dolphins yelling with joy

Matt™ - 5 years ago

Thank you for not featuring the dumb cats too much...

jmcmurrah - 5 years ago

Lovely video - what sort of whales are they?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Those are humpbacks.
Curious Minion

Ken Pole - 5 years ago

Whales probably finbacks, second only to blues in size.

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

I think only humpbacks are found in French Polynesia? Nikki specifically says they're humpbacks in the blog post.
Curious Minion

Jeff B - 5 years ago

Yeah, I stopped the video and said , whoa, that would be $300 per gallon with that math they showed. Knew something was off.

geoffj3191 - 5 years ago

There are a few issues in that table but the result seems right.

Dennis Chartier - 5 years ago

The pucker effect? Lol Nickie!

nemo227 - 5 years ago

Easy to understand. I ran aground with my rowboat once and it was a helpless feeling. Don't ever want to do it with a bigger boat.

Travel with Aaron - 5 years ago

Whales are amazing. Still don’t know why people want to hunt them and eat them.

Steve Gable - 5 years ago

Have you considered changing one engine to electric and adding a wind and hydro generator to help offset the power consumption?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

They talk about all of those in this video if I'm not mistaken: https://www.gonewiththewynns.com/charge-boat-batteries
Basically the answers are "sure if you want to pay for it" "wind generators won't make enough of a difference and we don't have a good place to mount one", and "no good place to mount one."
Curious Minion

mmclem1112 - 5 years ago

Great Video. Do you know what types of whales you saw?

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

Yes, humpbacks.

Dave P - 5 years ago

Those are humpback whales.

Rubens de Souza Moreno - 5 years ago

Nikki, the "local music" is a brazilian country music.
Luv you.

jesse florian - 5 years ago

I made sure to wake up early for this :)

yakyakyak69 - 5 years ago

Would a gimbal stabilized mast camera with polarized uv filter & night vision help spot coral? Is such a thing even available?

Walking Zed's Push Bike - 5 years ago

I can't remember which video it was but they were going under a bridge, I had asked them if they could mount a camera on the top of the mast so they could check to see if they could clear... I don't remember what their reply was. :')

parishm - 5 years ago

with diesel quality and contamination varying greatly around the world, do you use and additional filtering or polishing systems ?

arms length - 5 years ago

My thoughts too. I'd use a filtering funnel for fueling up, maybe a pair of large replaceable canisters in series (one for water, one for particulates & tars etc) with a funnel at the top and nozzle at the bottom. And maybe drop in a trace amount of bactericide during the fill-up. I'd also have a respectable tank-access hatch and a device to vacuum out deposits on the bottom of the tank every half year. And would put in some additional, oversized commercial engine filters for the fuel line upstream from the fuel pump.

The Glamping Guys - 5 years ago

+Gone with the Wynns Thank you!

Gone with the Wynns - 5 years ago

When you are in "international waters" (the distance from shore varies depending on where you are) it is in fact legal to dump your black tank or compost. If you're inside that limit the regulations on dumping tanks can vary depending on where you are.
Curious Minion

Ross and Bek - 5 years ago

So relaxing watching your videos, we're going to have to get on a boat sometime soon ✌

supertaco22 - 5 years ago

these 2 and a hand full of others alike ,have me browsing for boats.

Oliver Jeffs - 5 years ago

Have you thought about sailing to Indonesia? It would be amazing to have you come and see this beautiful country.

radsdad1 - 5 years ago

Love the intro music.

Rob Collins - 5 years ago

I see Singa is on total chill

Jeff Wallace - 5 years ago

Yay it's Sunday! Thanks for the video. Stay safe.

Macallan - 5 years ago

You are living my absolute dream life! I'm only 16 and plan on sailing round the world for my life goal

Bob Shaw - 5 years ago

+Cape CodBob Thank You for your reply . What are you living in up there ? Any trouble with pipes & sewer hose freezing up on you ? I'm sure it's pretty darn cold there Bob ? Is dw dear wife ? Sorry your a dav . Are you 100% service connected ? My dad & 3 Uncles all were WWII US Navy Veterans . Dad was on the USS Cogswell , 1 Uncle was on the USS Hogan . My brother was a submariner on the USS Sam Ray Burn ported over in Holy Loch , Scotland . It is now a training vessel up at a base in the Carolinas . My brothers home base was at the sub base in New London , Connecticut . He lived in near by in Gales Ferry , Connecticut .

Cape CodBob - 5 years ago

+Bob Shaw I am dav, navy . Currently homesteading @ hanscom afb famcamp with the dw. Served 64-68. Destroyer. Thank you also for your service.

Bob Shaw - 5 years ago

+Cape CodBob Are you a fellow Veteran ? If so Thank You for your Service Sailor . I'm a US Air Force Veteran . I served ' 71 - ' 75 . Also a VA retiree since 8/97 & live in Florida on the west coast . I'm from a mostly US Navy Family .

Ron Buckner - 5 years ago

Macallan, you're too young to have dreams! That's just a goal, so start saving! Dreams are things beyond reach there is nothing beyond your reach at the age of 16!

jesse florian - 5 years ago

I'm 17, turning 18 in May, and im feeling the same way you are. they are living my dream! I even have written all the countries and islands I wish to sail too, but of course, I would need a partner for this ;^) let's let our dreams of sailing come true

Chris - 5 years ago

DO IT!! Pull the plug and make it happen, Fair Winds!!

Macallan - 5 years ago

Cape CodBob omg! These are great tips thank you! I'll check out boat.by and I will definitely write it down!

Cape CodBob - 5 years ago

Write down all your goals and keep them where you can see them. People that do this are more likely to succeed. I'm sure when you are of age you can get a job on s boat.By the time I was 20 I'd already been around the Caribbean twice thru the Panama canal, Hawaii and PI. Go for it. Join the United States Navy !

Bucket List Retreats - 5 years ago

Yay!!! Up early & it posted ... off to watch! XO, Kelly

mr. pizzaman - 5 years ago

Hi I'm your friends grandson

AndrewSL429 - 5 years ago

Bonjour

Capt Chef Mark SV Alcina - 5 years ago

First again, as a ferry Captain I have to dock around 5700 times a year.

Capt Chef Mark SV Alcina - 5 years ago

Bob Shaw, on the Yarra River in Melbourne Australia

Bob Shaw - 5 years ago

WOW Captain that is a lot of times a year . Where are you a Ferry Captain ?

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