I hope I don't take away from the spirit of your present video; but I have to say that both you and your father are so very lucky to share such a special relationship. I lost my father when I was young, and never had the opportunity to share such special moments as you two experience. I'll bet he is extremely proud of you

My new favourite KZfaq sailing channel! This is so awesome!

Very nice shot at the end ! At 22;30 you secured the oar to the oarlock the wrong way. In that position you could break the oarlock with a decent force. The other thing is that your blade could enter the water in an incorrect angle disturbing your balance. And if you want to practice rowing with horizontal blades during the recovery, apply some lithium grease to the oarlocks for ease rotation of the oars. Sorry for my limited English. Succes !

Woo hoo! All the best to you!

What a make work project, looking forward to fallowing you on your next adventure.

You're one to watch! I never know what you're going to do next.

Hopefully you win against small catamaran from last year Wish you great success

Fantastic, last thing I saw was sailing 40 days to Canada. Best with this, your a one in a million. Best of Luck!

I have been watching your videos for a couple of years now and I have to say that this is one of the best! I’m glad to see that I’m not the only one that brings their sails inside to work on them and then realize how large they are. 😊 Best of luck to both of you with the race, I’m looking forward to following your progress. I will go and check out your website.

Can't wait for the next episodes!!!

In all my years of sailing, and there have been a few, I have never seen a contraption like that on a yacht. Innovation is what wins races. Well done...

I was once the owner of S 20 Hull 368 in the 1980s. I reworked it and named it Chubasco. Our racing colors were orange and blue. I loved sailing it, regardless of my just cruising with friends, or flat out racing it. I hope you enjoy Orca as much as I did my boat. It is a very good light to medium air boat, that is very sensitive to on board weight shifts, necessitating at times, that even the helmsperson hiking out. Enjoy!

Admiring your courage! We are presently sailing in Brazil, looking forward to seeing more of your adventures.

So proud of you !

As i slowly start editing last weeks trip sail from Sooke Marine to Maple bay i admire your experience in sailing and after our trip can understand why you love it .

Always enjoy your videos and look forward to many more!! (We are coming north this next couple months!).

Awesome set up. Best of luck to you both. I’ll be following along.

This is going to be an interesting test. Looking forward to the trip. I really like that custom row attachment, it is well designed.

You have prolly figured this out already, but even with your crewman aboard, the bow was pointed skyward. I am guessing you will need some movable ballast like water containers. A full 22litre water can would be 22kg (whatever those are) or almost 50pounds. Two or three of those can be moved forward and back depending on sailing or rowing.... or maybe can find a more central place that works for both or requires only one move. Oh and two 10litre cans may be easier to move than one 22litre can.... after rowing for a bit.

Great project! I'm a big fan of the R2AK (from the UK) and have just found & subscribed to your channel. An idea to stabilise the twisty shimy of the rowing platform: a bridle (inverted vee) of rope to the rear corners. Fix the halyard/topping lift to the peak of the bridle. The longer the bridle the greater the stabilising effect? You are going to struggle with fore and aft trim on such a short hull, with one rowing out back and the other steering (who would usually be the aft-most crew member) the fat stern is immersed and the bow is rising; bad for rowing. So get the steersgirl ahead of the mast, either with a remote on the autopilot or with steering lines to the tiller; or could be well forward in the cabin if it's cold? You will notice a rowing speed increase. Fore/aft trim is really critical in small boats 'coz the crew's weights relative to the boat size are more significant. Plus its not something easy to assess when you are in the boat. A fore/aft level indicator maybe?

Thanks i'm cold just watching . Wishing all the best

Wow a pro athlete!

what a great experience this will be. a friend of mine has done the race twice, first in a thunderbird with two crew...and lastly in a larger sailboat with several crew. i like your set up! i would think about the rowing extension when there's a little swell?...it might swamp the rower. maybe a buoy on the lower end of the sled. i'm excited to watch your progress! all the best from mexico.

Good luck .We will be folioing along.

Be safe ladies .

Great channel. Subscribed. Rowing speed will be higher if take the fenders out off the water.☺

Spray a light soapy solution on the surface before applying decal/sign then squeegee out from centre.

This tracker junkie looks forward to following your race.

This is so great! Be sure to turn that seat around on your rowing device - the cutout in the seat should face the bow of your boat. And place your thumbs on the ends of the blade handles to help prevent them from spinning in your hands if they catch the top of a wave. If you haven't yet, watch a video on sculling and incorporate "feathering" the oar blades to the create less wind resistance when out of the water and so that they don't clip waves going by. Can't wait to follow your adventure!

Try to keep the oars flat. Don’t put to much of the shaft in the water . You guys are doing it,very cool!

Is this your first time in this race. I'm excited to follow your journey!

How about a solar fan to remove the humidity from clothes

Do you have a way to support you and Sylvia on your trip, financially, I would gladly contribute funds.

Dump that crossover rowing. if you had been rowing like that for years, it would be different You catch and injure during the race, you're done It's happened before, lost in the moment, tired, bored, wave hits oar hits and breaks your thumb Thats why most very long distance(across the ocean) don't do it

Set screws won’t hold that panel, you are better off through bolting it.

Any waves during the race and your screwed

Why do you want to do this ?