SAILING THROUGH A GALE// SOLO NONSTOP ATLANTIC OCEAN PASSAGE /CARIBBEAN TO CANADA/ CONTESSA 26

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3 жыл бұрын

Ep 54. In this episode Wave Rover is running before a gale with just her high visibility storm sail and making about 5 knots. If you are wondering what I've been up to when not sailing Wave Rover check out my other channel: Rover's Rest / @roversrest
Wave Rover continues to progress North on her epic nonstop passage to Prince Edward Island on the East Coast of Canada.
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@claverton 3 жыл бұрын

great channel, I enjoy the lack of hyperbole in the commentary

@justinsincoise6693 2 жыл бұрын

Love the fact that you're safe n dry inside the boat.

@williebrianjones6905 3 жыл бұрын

You are so courageous! It's unfathomable for a land lubber like me to imagine what it's like to do what you do but it makes great viewing and inspires me to get out of my comfort zone. Thank-you for your excellent content

@fredread9216 3 жыл бұрын

Great little boat being well handled and sailed! Enjoying your channel. Thanks.

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@dannymoore8785 3 жыл бұрын

That boat is getting a lot of use. I've owned several boats in the past 40 years, each purchase based on a dream to use it. And each time the boat mostly sat trailered in storage or in my yard.

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

You see similar stories every where. Wave Rover spent the first 40 years without sailing far from home.

@JeepWrangler1957 3 жыл бұрын

This is why I loved being deployed on a Navy ship. There is something about the ocean. It is like a lover calling you. I think in a prior life I was an officer in the Royal Navy.

@johndoudna7055 3 жыл бұрын

What you show us is that many would do well enjoying sailing from afar, or maybe just taking up some day-sailing with competent friends in protected waters! Thank you for sharing this adventure and the skills it calls for.

@johnhansen7499 3 жыл бұрын

That looks like a blast!

@randydiomaboc6904 3 жыл бұрын

Sailing this time of pandemic is a very safe choice..thanks for sharing your video sir.

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

You are welcome

@johnbolongo9978 3 жыл бұрын

Nicely done cap.

@iicee_hot 3 жыл бұрын

You're so brave doing this alone! Your channel is new to me but I love what you're doing :D

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

Welcome aboard! Thanks for the comment.

@gabrielmoreno1592 3 жыл бұрын

Excelente tus vídeos un saludo desde Argentina

@spymaine89 3 жыл бұрын

nice boat

@user-ge8fn4jr5q 3 жыл бұрын

awesome. thanks for sharing!

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@johnnewman8412 Жыл бұрын

Terrific videos and I have to say , as much as I'm drawn to the sea, I don't think I'd feel as comfortable in Wave Rover as you obviously do! One thing I'm curious about, since one's mental makeup and temperament are so important to singlehanding, is whether you find yourself becoming more or less introverted as your time at sea increases. Do you reach a point where you can't wait to see land again or does the thought of being back on the hard just make you want to stay on the wet? Cheers and safe travels with the next Wave Rover!

@norml.hugh-mann 3 жыл бұрын

You did some Beautiful work on your former home Wave Rover. I can only hope that my Gladiator24 is half as nice if I can ever get done...My resources are limited and employment inconsistant with the virus and all and prior back injury. But one day I will fill youtube with a transpacific voyage on a 24' masthead sloop. I am building starboard covers for my entire cockpit to avoid too swamping it as the 6 2 inch drains wouldnt drain a big wave before the balance of the small boat would be put in jeopardy.

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

Big cockpits have now place on a little boat at sea

@jimbeck553 3 жыл бұрын

I like the navigation aid, a Garmin GPS.

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

There's room for both on Wave Rover.

@ownsplays5699 3 жыл бұрын

looks like fun :)

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

Personally I enjoy it, but that is because I have so much confidence in Wave Rover

@jeffyonkus2149 3 жыл бұрын

Taking the long way home. Hahaha are at least the hard way. The mk 3 steering vane is working in that wind? Incredible!!! I'm literally building one next week! Hope ya got that video of the gearing for it hahahaha.

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

It sounds like I need to make another video about the MK 3 lol

@tophatter15 3 жыл бұрын

How do u keep ur cabin so clean and tidy? Amazing!!

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

It's a really small space, if you don't keep it tidy thing get pretty unbearable pretty fast. Mrs. Wave Rover wonders why I can't keep things tidy like this when I'm ashore lol.

@rolfpiotrowski4325 3 жыл бұрын

Yeeeharr! 🤠 Here you need a stable stomach! 😜👍

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

Oh yeah!

@flyingdutchman6984 3 жыл бұрын

If you don't like the weather in the North Atlantic, wait ten minutes. 😃

@Hindukushsailing 3 жыл бұрын

🤟🤟👍👍

@mugsypea 2 жыл бұрын

What did Mrs. Wave Rover want?

@SailingWaveRover 2 жыл бұрын

She wanted me to pick up a couple of tuna and a lobster on the way home lol. Every day I would let her know that everything was going well and she would do the same in a short text. Great question.

@VinnyBully 3 жыл бұрын

How do you keep the boat going the correct direction all the time when you are not hand steering and below deck ? Especially at night and in storms.

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

My MK 3 wind vane steers Wave Rover almost the entire time

@flyingdutchman6984 3 жыл бұрын

Did Mrs. Wave Rover sew up the storm jib? If so what is the hi-vis fabric, and where did you find it?

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

It's a storm jib that I bought from a sail maker when I was in the Canaries. It's heavy weight dacron and he cut quite a bit off the foot (it was a used sail that looked like it was never used) to get it to the size that Wave Rover needed.

@flyingdutchman6984 3 жыл бұрын

@@SailingWaveRover - Thanks for the info. Doesn't help me much but, I still appreciate the time you took to answer. I think a hi-vis storm jib is a great idea. Mine looks like a dirty white t-shirt. lol

@jolimorgan4822 2 жыл бұрын

How to hove to on a sailboat

@findjonmoses 3 жыл бұрын

What device is used to ensure the boat isn’t steered in the wrong direction?

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

I designed and built a wind vane self steering system. Mk3

@yava5647 3 жыл бұрын

How do you reach to sleep enough sailing alone? it should be so tired, isn't it?

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

I grab a few short naps during the day when at sea but as you approach land you must be very vigilant.

@MedinaMcKee 3 жыл бұрын

That fin on the stern is an autopilot.

@harrycash8713 3 жыл бұрын

I have a Laguna 22 that came with a wheel helm and binnacle and I've been thinking about switching to a tiller handle what are your thoughts on that thank you in advance

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

Go for it! Nothing really beats a tiller for getting the real feel for the boat especially under sail.

@harrycash8713 3 жыл бұрын

@@SailingWaveRover I'd like to learn more about your autopilot on the back of the boat. Do you sell these and did you ever sell your dingy because I wished I would have bought it

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

@@harrycash8713 A set of detailed plans is in the works for the MK3 self steering gear. I may do another dingy and if so I will video it. Thanks for the comment.

@tonydunn3985 2 жыл бұрын

What kind of self steering

@SailingWaveRover 2 жыл бұрын

It my own design called the MK3: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/jcmUbLxmprmaoXk.html

@BStrapper 3 жыл бұрын

If I may intrude... Does your wife knows that most other sailboats, like in the 34-37 foot range are also much safer to cross oceans?

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

I believe that Mrs Wave Rover is aware of that hence the reason she didn't go sailing with me. Thanks for the comment, you put a smile on my face.

@flyingdutchman6984 3 жыл бұрын

The reality is when you are dealing with something as large as the ocean the length of the vessel doesn't exactly make much difference as far as safety is concerned.

@BStrapper 3 жыл бұрын

@@flyingdutchman6984 true if you get 150 knots wind, not true if you get 50 knots... For anyone getting the meteo with iridium and crossing at the righ season, avoid 150 knots wind is easy. Avoid gust around 50 knots not as much. That is why crossing on a 34 footer is much safer than on a 28, all other things equal in term of shape and weight proportions.

@flyingdutchman6984 3 жыл бұрын

@@BStrapper - I'm still not getting how a smaller sailboat is somehow less safe. When the big boat sinks people jump into a small lifeboat. I would wager in that case the smaller vessel is safer. 😃 I wouldn't want to be sitting on a Laser out there but, any well built racer or cruiser should at the very least be safe. I spent over two decades living aboard a 27 foot sailboat, and never really felt unsafe while sailing. I was scared plenty of times but, never felt like I would have been safer in a sailboat ten feet longer. I would agree that most people feel safer on a larger vessel but, that doesn't mean it is safer. Maybe it's just how we define safe. Cheers. 🍻

@FlesHBoX 3 жыл бұрын

@@flyingdutchman6984 Larger boats are heavier, heavier boats are more stable. Heavier boats aren't going to get thrown around as much and in the case of a keelboat, that heavier hull and keel are going to provide a better righting moment. I don't think it's so much that "small boats aren't safe" but that "larger boats are safer" which is just quantifiably true. Obviously any kind of boat can be used to cross oceans (the polynesians were crossing the pacific 3000 years ago in canoes), but having a bigger boat is just going to make it better, all else being equal.

@gerrys6265 3 жыл бұрын

Probably best not to 'battle' the seas buddy....that's one you can't win~. Better to embrace and dance with it.

@Cyrusmagi 3 жыл бұрын

Your high vis storm gib about 20 sq feet besttime to reef is when you first think about it as you did! The mark 3 windvane did you make it from a design. Like the dog house arrangement on you contessa. Did you make it from ply and sheaf it with fibreglass or epoxy. Your clips are educational abd interesting .thanks

@SailingWaveRover 3 жыл бұрын

The MK 3 was designed and built by me, I talk about it in earlier videos (about building one). You are correct about the Dog House, I built it out of plywood and sheathed it with FG. Thanks for the comment