WHEN ARE WE LEAVING?!?? | Sailing Wisdom Ep 57

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No Job - 6 years ago

Get to Florida stop make some money to replenish yourselves. Even if you have to go into a land job for a while. I can't remember there's a site for free docking down in Florida also free camping. Just an idea. But honestly Mattie could make good money painting on boats art work. And Herb doing rig work.

No Job - 6 years ago

Unfortunately Mattie that's sailing. The trick is figuring out how to sail and make money while your doing it. There's 100's of ways to make money out there.

Allyn Onderdonk - 6 years ago

Well guys it is usually a 6 day sail to Bermuda from New York. If you left Wednesday before last.....well I hope you are all OK. It looks like you have super duper headwinds.

Allyn Onderdonk - 6 years ago

Oh thank God you made it somewhere! I was watching the winds in the Atlantic and the went from wowzers to hardly there...

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+Allyn Onderdonk check out the video we upload tomorrow for what actually ended up happening. It's a doozy

steve woodward - 6 years ago

Guess I missed that part when you were forced into Deltaville.

Josef Roesler - 6 years ago

Salt water and water heaters don’t sound like a good mix, but that’s just my uneducated observation.

Josef Roesler - 6 years ago

Rigging Doctor
That's pretty neat, I guess hot water in the tropics is probably overrated anyway.

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+Josef Roesler that is correct. The water heater uses shore power, so when unplugged it is just a big water can.
I tee in after the water heater and the tee has valves to keep salt and fresh from mixing.
From the tee on, all the hot water lines become salt water lines.
You can check out more details of it on this blog post: https://www.riggingdoctor.com/life-aboard/2017/4/3/saltwater-plumbing

Josef Roesler - 6 years ago

Rigging Doctor
Ok, so you're not using the heater at all for your sink?

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+Josef Roesler oh no i tap in after the hot water heater which is shut off.

Goose Guy - 6 years ago

You should be able to drill a small hole in the top of the anchor winch, tap that hole and add a zerk fitting and pump the grease in there. A small cap on that fitting and you should be good.
OK, so I should have waited a couple minutes.

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+Goose Guy I considered that, but I was worried about metal filings getting into the crankcase. On a bolt, all the filings were far from the bronze gears.

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+Goose Guy hahaha thanks for watching :)

Andrew Llera - 6 years ago

Couldn't you get out of the marina,and get on the hook to save that marina fee?

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+Andrew Llera absolutely but we kept thinking we would leave the next day or the next day and so on you know? But now we're leaving tomorrow for real!

Sailing Kayode - 6 years ago

Still a chance for a hurricane. I never left for Bermuda before middle of Nov. Hang in there. Its only cold till the gulf stream.

Andrew Llera - 6 years ago

That's when an engine comes in handy

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David - 6 years ago

Did your zerk fitting work on your windlass? .... would have like to have seen it in aaction.

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+David Olsen it did! Sorry we forgot to film that part

Allyn Onderdonk - 6 years ago

I really like how Maddie took the tortillas and arranged them on the plate so you can the put three portions on three tortillas! I will remember that, because I make so many wraps, tacos, burritos, etc. Now I will only dirty one plate!! Also the heat shield is awesome. Being metal it will evenly distribute the exhaust and radiate a lot of the heat into cold air rather than just letting it hit the dinghy and stand. It will also spread the heat rising with the exhaust in a much wider pattern, so that is just brilliant!! Good luck...or break a leg...whatever you would subscribe to as a "well wishing" on your passage!

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+Allyn Onderdonk thanks Allyn!

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+Allyn Onderdonk thanks, we can't wait to finally get moving again. It feels like a dream come true to leave the bay and go where the wind takes us :)

indeed! - 6 years ago

Tip for dishes. When you have stuck on food in pots and pans do this: fill pan half full of water, place on stove top, turn burner on low, after a brief period use a spatula to gently scrape bottom. If stuck on crud doesn't come off easily then give it a bit longer.

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+indeed! Thanks! We will give that a try

S/V Tranquility - 6 years ago

Welcome to my world. I'm around the corner from you a little further up Jackson Creek. Deltaville is very uneventful. My solution: drink!

Tim K - 6 years ago

Nice video. Thanks for being candid about your feelings. Keep your chin up! You will be sailing soon.

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+Tim K thanks, Tim!

Charles Cabral - 6 years ago

Nice hair color.. Winter time sailing is ruff but as u get farther south it gets better n even further south even nicer..

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+Charles Cabral thank you!

Mark Mahan - 6 years ago

I agree with Thomas Perdue, he said everything I was going to. Prepare for the worst, hope for the best, and smile through it all. Steady on.....

Thomas Perdue - 6 years ago

What you are describing is a kind of "life lesson" - it is happening now and there will be other instances down the road. Be patient...hard to do....but patience is what is needed. Soon, you will go out to the blue water and it will be amazing. Stay calm and carry on. Smile....it will happen.

Rigging Doctor - 6 years ago

+Thomas Perdue thanks Thomas!

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