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Calico Skies Sailing

2 ай бұрын

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@shannonlowe2412 2 ай бұрын

Nice catch Bill! Thanks for keeping us updated. Loving the short updates.🏖🏝🌏⛵⚓🍻

@craigkepchar2619 2 ай бұрын

I hope your problems are done for this trip and you have nothing but smooth sailing till you get to the islands. May the luck you have be only good!!

@Kathleensailorgirl 2 ай бұрын

Prayers continue for you both for safe passage 🙏🙏🕊🕊😊⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️

@timharris3203 2 ай бұрын

You most likely over twisted your safety wire, a good twist rate is 28 twists per inch and wire it in the pulling tight direction. To many twists makes the wire weak and might/ will break under high stress.

@masdpeder 2 ай бұрын

Guys, You should think of replacing the standard shackles up the mast with a four part shackle which consist of a bow, a threaded pin, a nut and a cotter pin and that will never come undone, I come from the offshore industry and these 4 part shackles are now the norm. Fair winds and happy sailing enjoy a safe passage. Cheers Rob 🤠

@CalicoSkiesSailing 2 ай бұрын

Thats a great tip!

@dsvarner1374 2 ай бұрын

That flying fish is amazing trolling bait. Don't throw it overboard, hook through the head and send it out a 100 yards.

@CalicoSkiesSailing 2 ай бұрын

We did try it!

@christopherhutchings9621 2 ай бұрын

Long swist without over torque, stainless wire doesn't need mega twist. Good catch y'all ❤️🇺🇸👌

@loisphillips5826 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for all the updates. Stay safe ❤

@ejs6010 2 ай бұрын

Prayers for a safe passage.

@karlfair 2 ай бұрын

Lucky you found it. A safety shackle may be better suited to that location, rather than a screw pin shackle.

@evinwhiteson4902 2 ай бұрын

These short updates are awesome. Love starlink.

@nemod2 2 ай бұрын

Great tip on wind alarm. Thanks!

@brucerhodes8197 2 ай бұрын

Glad to see that even your bad luck kinda turns out to be lucky, knowing how much worse it could have been...Thanks for these short videos while crossing, with just the 2 of you making the passage, there probably isn't a lot of time for filming and editing...

@marisaconner628 2 ай бұрын

Whew!!! Great to see you guys out there!

@kptbillburkett8735 2 ай бұрын

Be safe out there. Good catch on the problem. Just incase you go off Is course I will keep an eye 👁 on the Horizon for your sails. Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii! Cheers 🍻

@js7127 2 ай бұрын

I have never seen safety wire fail like that. Guess I can't say that anymore!!

@hardpass9855 2 ай бұрын

So glad to see you both🫶 Stay safe

@JMRobins1 2 ай бұрын

Safety wire isn't there to keep it from loosening. It's there to keep parts from falling off if they do loosen. Maybe try some Loctite on the next one.

@julianbatcheler9970 2 ай бұрын

Fingers crossed for some good luck and mellow uneventful sailing

@C_C_SEA 2 ай бұрын

Perhaps a tenuous correlation: however, in my oldskool US Navy daze we replaced seizing wire at prescribed time intervals (regardless apparent visible wear or lack thereof). For such a relatively inexpensive consumable, one might simply replace seizing wire during regular rig maintenance intervals - rather than suffer a potentially catastrophic failure in a most inopportune time? 🤔

@CalicoSkiesSailing 2 ай бұрын

Smart!

@jmills1432 2 ай бұрын

looks like you have a few more days to Hiva Oa. Stay safe and enjoy the ride.👍

@LightSound369 2 ай бұрын

Blessings guys enjoy the ride⛵️

@bojangles8837 2 ай бұрын

Lashings are the way to go. Widely used all over rather than metalic shackles. With the advent of Dynema they are back in la mode. Even my sheets are attached to clew via dynema tails lashing.

@pkutrich 2 ай бұрын

I've had a few of those fail at my traveler/main sheet interface. replaced with dyneema ring I learned how to splice from The Rigging Doctor. I just keep a spare, look after chaff, and don't worry any more.

@athosbulgari6571 2 ай бұрын

Good lucky for you....good winds....

@ronauger 2 ай бұрын

Yow! Good catch! Literally

@robertnixon3816 2 ай бұрын

Thats a strange end to that shakle! Good catch though! Sail on!

@user-tb7rc1uj5u 2 ай бұрын

You are almost there!!! ❤

@rickkwitkoski1976 2 ай бұрын

Good to see you. Fair winds!

@CalicoSkiesSailing 2 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍

@yesbigfootyes6902 2 ай бұрын

SAINT TRAINING

@rjgillens2637 2 ай бұрын

quick hands Bill!

@jonathanscott550 2 ай бұрын

Well, it's just weird how that happened. I'm sure you'll fix the problem, Bill. I have heard of the death role. That's something to do with the spinnaker pole, right. Thankfully, you are okay, and the bed linens cleaned up. Stay safe, catch your next video

@MrFroglips69 2 ай бұрын

Rule of thumb from a fellow coffee drinking freak. NEVER LET YOUR COFFEE S[PILL GIRL.

@steveswann8448 2 ай бұрын

Maybe eventually we’ll see you in Fiji before we depart the area. Lots of stops before Fiji however. :)

@DonMcConaughy 2 ай бұрын

You got this guys!!!

@stevelambert7496 2 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@CalicoSkiesSailing 2 ай бұрын

Thank you Steve!

@Trucker_86 2 ай бұрын

I have extra ones like that can I send u a couple somehow

@JenJenANDChrissy 2 ай бұрын

Spoiler alert: I know you made it to the South Pacific cuz I saw you both on a Delos video. Luv to you both!

@brucerhodes8197 2 ай бұрын

I think you are mistaken.. I commented on Delos most recent video about their decision to sail 400 miles instead of the 40 mile trip they had planned. I also commented on buddy boats and how Bill & Grace are my favorite Delos buddy boaters, but I've been enjoying them buddy boating with WeSail (Erica & Warren). This is Brian's reply to me from earlier today: "@svdelos 5 hours ago, Yes we were so happy with the decision too, what amazing conditions we had! And yes we miss Bill and Grace so much too! They are actually crossing the Pacific now, but unfortunately looks like we will miss each other for now as we are leaving soon to go to Australia and start working on Delos 2.0. Erica and Warren have become great friends of ours this year, actually we've had such a great little crew of buddy boats here in French Polynesia, it's so interesting how much the cruiser scene has changed since my first time passing through FP all those years ago, absolutely love it!"

@MaShcode 2 ай бұрын

Wake up and smell the coffee? 😵

@ckfpv 2 ай бұрын

Slow down alittle ,glad things are ok 🇺🇲🇺🇲🇺🇲⛵⚓⛵

@DD-xx8wh 2 ай бұрын

safe passage Calico Skies

@WMWLW 2 ай бұрын

Is the spinnaker halyard block a swivel or fixed blocked? Should be swivel…

@CalicoSkiesSailing 2 ай бұрын

Its a swivle block

@leeoldershaw956 2 ай бұрын

You were both sleeping?

@CalicoSkiesSailing 2 ай бұрын

both down below, its easy for the wind to sneak up on ya with a kite up, the boat picks up speed as the wind increases and you don't always feel it

@davidgray5530 2 ай бұрын

What is a death roll?

@CalicoSkiesSailing 2 ай бұрын

rolling end to end on the beam haha.. seems exacerbated by the main collasping and filling and as the boat list the genoa collaspes and rolls it back over hah