Can't believe you mentioned Mackinac - love it! This Sarnia boy - sitting in Singapore - is headed for Lake Huron in 2 months (to visit Mom!). Safe passage Elements crew...especially Georgie.
It took me two weeks , but I just binge watched all of your travel videos. I will go back and check out the others soon. Can’t wait for the next episode! Safe travels for all three of you!
I loved the Terceira.. I spent 3 years there in the late 80's When Lajes had a US Air Force and US Navy Air base there. I'm so glad to see that it has remained beautiful.. I have really loved your videos while you have been there. One day ill get back there on my passage across the pond.
Did you live on or off base? From the locals we spoke to, it seems times have changed and now all service members live on base and it's only a year or less posting. Matt
I had my family with me and we lived off base for about a year then in base housing. Its mostly a NATO run base now so its most considered a remote assignment , so no family. They have made so many new things for tourisim. Watching so many of the places you went, a lot has changed, but its still beautiful and a great place.
Hey everyone! We hope you enjoy this episode, it's been one of our favorites to date! And before there are too many comments on it, yes, we *do know* that Scotland is in fact part of the UK, it just happen to be one of those moments where Matt meant to say England but accidentally said UK instead. Oh well, it happens. :)
still enjoying... love watching your adventures... Matt, we chatted in front of my boat one day in Indiantown......... S/V Turtle Trax at the time.. (going for S/V Argus) but just loving you guys, post build. you need to head up to Iceland. I spent 6th 7th grade in Keflavik great fishing town or at least it was in 75' Enjoy Ireland!!!
I agree with you....one of your best episodes yet. The quality of your videos continue to get better and better. I am living vicariously through you guys. Safe travels!
I only found your youtube channel recently and have just caught up to episode 106! I am not a sailor but have been fascinated by your work on 'Elements' and life on board. Your tours of the Azores and the Thai Islands just show what a beautiful world we live in. As you are now on your way to Norway via Ireland, will you sail to the North or South of the UK? Perhaps you could explore a bit of England in passing.
I know what you mean my uncle did that to me in small boat in Cape Cod he was Azores Portuguese, storm was coming in they were pulling lobster traps and re-baiting. I was 11-12 yrs, hanging on for life, never been on water like that, his buddy and him were just thrilled laughing and drinking beer between traps and waves, let alone it was dusk/night-time. Best lobster salad I ever had.
Ireland must do's: Clifs of Mohair, (Stay In Doolin and see a sunset then drive along the coast.) Belfast to the Harlin and Wolf Ship yards, while there do the titanic stuff and play on the Nomadic, also while in belfast go diving lots of great sites off the coast but you wil need a dry suit. The giants Causway, Bunratty Castle, Blarney Castle, Go walk over the rope bridge to Curic Island, Stay atleast one night in Lough Rynn Castle, while there get a drink in the Duneon bar and walk the amazing grounds ,If out and about stop at one of the smaller castles, we went to Donigal for a hat and the castle there was a blast with guided tour for 8 eros, Spend a few days in Dublin go to Guniess for sure. Take a horseback ride. Go to Dingle and get Murphys ice cream, Go to Cobe and se the final departure point for the Titanic and Lusitiana. There is so much more but I would say these are the best of the highlits. one to avoid is The Rock of Cashell, it was not worth the money. The best thing you wil find in Irland is the people have a great time we did.
Thanks for taking the time to list your suggestions. We're passing through quickly to get to Norway, but will be back in the fall and check off as many sites as we can. Matt
I'm so excited for you guys going out to sea again. And Georgie is just adorable, punishing you by sitting on your lap so you can't move lol sounds like a typical cat, they truly are clever little bastards:-) Fair winds and stay safe:-)
Nice way to bring your time in the Azores to a close. I think when you far enough north that it stays light 24 hours, it will blow your mind... Thanks for sharing.
Matt's enthusiastic passage to Ireland clap. Haha. Maybe Georgie is an ocean seer foreshadowing howling North Atlantic gales. Glad to see you're safely on your way.
Thanks Greg. We're a bit behind schedule with editing, so the next may be delayed... Jess' stomach can't take editing on the go, so we miss a few days of work time whenever we are at sea. Matt
The Big Island of Hawaii has lava tubes. At least they did in the late 1970's. I am not sure if this last eruption got them or not. Lava tubes are cool
Street drinkin isn't the best part, but it's pretty darn cool. One of the festivals had a guy with a keg on his back selling beers for a Euro... it was awesome! Matt
I never seen Matt nerves No worries you two correction "three" were made for this. God speed. I am so proud of you guys. Did that make me sound old Wish it , Dream it Do it.
The acores, lovely pleace, not very crowded aswell. i had plans to fly there and then hike a ride back on a sailing boat to Europe as shipmate. maybe that can happen once. I wish you safe and happy travels, cheers
Another great vid. You have really sold me on the Azores. ;-) Have a safe journey, though I suspect you are already in the Emerald Isles. Just for future reference, Mackinaw Island is ~46 degrees north.
Are you planning to go further into Baltics? July is the perfect time to visit Stockholm archipelago, for example. Check it out, it is a pretty different place! Beware of rocks though, it is a maze of rocky islands :)
Great episode guys, it is reassuring to know that even the “fun Johnsons” getting nervous before a passage :-). I’m looking forward to your adventures further north
Hey Matt - that was your first run with the new mainsail - next set of videos could you show us some more pictures of its form and set. - from what little there was it looks pretty clean - all the best with the sail north
Unfortunately we haven't even raised it fully under sail.... we'll unfortunately for the sail, but great for us. All of our sailing has been downwind since the Azores and the boat does better with just a reefed main and full yankee in those conditions. We're pretty cautious of a broach (had it happen a few times on the last boat), so really try to keep the sails as far forward as possible downwind. Matt
We tried, but by the time we arrived in Cobh, it was closed for the day. We had a lot of errands (boat work stuff) to run that took priority to being a tourist. Luckily, we'll be back this way in the fall. Matt
Arendal looks like a beautiful harbor! Hopefully we'll be passing through that area late next spring, but our travels through Norway this year will only be on the west coast. Wish we had time for more, but summer is starting to pass us by. 😫
New to your channel. Great video, wonderful views. Great job. Funny you mentioned Mackinaw, I have a daughter who is an elementary principal in Indian River and I am headed there at the end of the month for 10 days. Love that area especially the U.P.
While we love Mackinaw, our hearts belong to the Sleeping Bear Dunes area. We debated buying property in that area or our first sailboat.... you can see which path we took :) Matt
Brilliant videography! I can’t imagine the butterflies in your stomach when untying the lines for a long passage. You seem to handle it well. I noticed you unfurled the yankee before the Genoa. I too have a cutter rig and tend to unfurl the Genoa first and bring in the yankee first. Is there a reason for your method?
We only have a Yankee and a staysail. We typically fly the yankee is just about everything until about 18-20 AWS, then the yankee rolls in and the staysail goes out. We should sail them together more as a cutter... Matt
matt johnson Gotcha. My yankee is a high cut sail and is generally the first to be brought in. It generates a lot of power but is too high cut to be left up in a blow. I find a discernible performance boost with all the sails up, especially in light air, and it is so damn pretty when flying all three.
@@mattjohnson6716 I was like, holy cow they are actually using their staysail! 8^) I'm sure you have used it lots, I just hadn't noticed it much in the videos.
@@donb4386 We'd love to fly all sails more, but unfortunately the boat isn't as balanced as we'd like. It has a lot of weather helm, so we typically depower the main as much as possible... or run without it. If we keep the boat, I may add a bowsprit and try to move the sail plan further forward to combat the helm, or just live with it as we get enough speed with depowered main to get us where we want to go :) Our sistership said he sail less and less with the main, and often has only the staysail and yankee driving the boat. -Matt
We know Norway is known for being expensive, but we don't plan to go out to eat while we're there. Just a big provisioning at ADLI in Scotland before we jump over, and that should hold us over for most our time there. 😉
@@MJSailing my hometown 😁👍 Kinsale & Crosshaven marinas have fantastic facilities. Btw Crosshavens RCYC is the oldest yacht club in the world. If ye need advice or help with anything just drop me a message.
Do you guys have a heater? You may have mentioned it and I just missed it. What about a full enclosure for the cockpit for the higher lats? Just curious.
We have a Sigmar 170 diesel drip that requires just a bit more to finish the install, but we have since decided to switch to a forced air unit (cheap chinese version). We don't have a good bulkhead to mount it, so it was going to have to be floor installed and sit in an area that is high traffic. We also want an adjustable thermostat since we've found that our little electric heater can roast us out of the boat at 2000 btu and the drip was 8,000 to burn clean (17k btu heater). I'm going to buy a second for reliability and carry our electric heater for back-up. Matt
We have a Walder Boom Brake and a Wichard unit. The Walder a much better brake since its control force is variable remotely from the cockpit. We use a 5:1 block and tackle to tighten its force to "lock" the boom in position. The only issue is in light winds; there is still a bit of drag and it may require manually moving the boom over. This didn't happen with the rope that came with it (stayed with the old boat), but I haven't been able to find a braid that is slippery enough without being too slippery. The Wichard requires you to go up to the brake and loop more more less line around and is now just sitting in the spare parts bin :) Matt
We could never really find much information on the monument itself...only that the spot was known for being a lookout. We didn't learn about Zora until after we'd already left the Cork area...which is too bad! 😥 If we're back that way this fall we'll have to give them a call.
Yes. We got a pet passport the first time we came across the Atlantic, but Portugal didn't want to see a US one. The Portuguese vet issued a new passport once we arrived and she has been using that since. Really, no official has looked at it in years... they just ask if we have one, see the blue cover, and let us in. We are coming from Inverness Scotland and we may sail to Northern Scotland to Norway, or straight from there. The goal is to go as far North as we can, but we need a port that we can check in to on the Norway coast. Matt
Can't believe you mentioned Mackinac - love it! This Sarnia boy - sitting in Singapore - is headed for Lake Huron in 2 months (to visit Mom!). Safe passage Elements crew...especially Georgie.
Lake Michigan is where we got our start! We really miss summers there! Enjoy your trip back! 😀
Boy the cat has trained the both of you well
The husband, the beer, the coat, the sunset, a gorgeous lady and a perfect Sunday. That’s what life is all about and it’s all yours!
It took me two weeks , but I just binge watched all of your travel videos. I will go back and check out the others soon. Can’t wait for the next episode! Safe travels for all three of you!
I loved the Terceira.. I spent 3 years there in the late 80's When Lajes had a US Air Force and US Navy Air base there. I'm so glad to see that it has remained beautiful.. I have really loved your videos while you have been there. One day ill get back there on my passage across the pond.
Did you live on or off base? From the locals we spoke to, it seems times have changed and now all service members live on base and it's only a year or less posting.
Matt
I had my family with me and we lived off base for about a year then in base housing. Its mostly a NATO run base now so its most considered a remote assignment , so no family. They have made so many new things for tourisim. Watching so many of the places you went, a lot has changed, but its still beautiful and a great place.
Time to get your sea legs back. Fair winds, calm seas, and safe journey.
Hey everyone! We hope you enjoy this episode, it's been one of our favorites to date!
And before there are too many comments on it, yes, we *do know* that Scotland is in fact part of the UK, it just happen to be one of those moments where Matt meant to say England but accidentally said UK instead. Oh well, it happens. :)
People from former colonies to get that wrong often.
Very beautiful 😍👍
Nice tour for you last days in the Azores. The lava tube was neat.
I just wish it was easier to capture how awe inspiring the lava tube was on camera. I'm really glad we made that our final stop.
Matt
still enjoying... love watching your adventures... Matt, we chatted in front of my boat one day in Indiantown......... S/V Turtle Trax at the time.. (going for S/V Argus) but just loving you guys, post build. you need to head up to Iceland. I spent 6th 7th grade in Keflavik great fishing town or at least it was in 75' Enjoy Ireland!!!
I agree with you....one of your best episodes yet. The quality of your videos continue to get better and better. I am living vicariously through you guys. Safe travels!
learning from them...yep
May the winds be always at your back and till we here from you again, may God hold you in the palm of his hand. Be safe.
Another sailing channel I have to watch now , y'all are great! Thank you for sharing a life i can only dream about.
Love your kitty cat
Ireland! How cool is that?! Safe journey to my fellow Michiganders!?
I only found your youtube channel recently and have just caught up to episode 106! I am not a sailor but have been fascinated by your work on 'Elements' and life on board. Your tours of the Azores and the Thai Islands just show what a beautiful world we live in. As you are now on your way to Norway via Ireland, will you sail to the North or South of the UK? Perhaps you could explore a bit of England in passing.
Trevor, We're passing through the Scotland right now via the Caledonian Canal. It's been an amazing experience so far. Thanks for watching,
Matt
@@mattjohnson6716 Wow! That is a beautiful canal. Did you notice Ben Nevis, Britain's highest peak?
@@trevorgodfrey7571 The mountains on the West Coast were amazing! We're on Loch Ness right now; another beautiful spot!
Matt
I know what you mean my uncle did that to me in small boat in Cape Cod he was Azores Portuguese, storm was coming in they were pulling lobster traps and re-baiting.
I was 11-12 yrs, hanging on for life, never been on water like that, his buddy and him were just thrilled laughing and drinking beer between traps and waves, let alone it was dusk/night-time.
Best lobster salad I ever had.
As you are across to Ireland you should contact Sailing yacht Zora bet he could point you in the direction of good places to visit.
You two are simply amazing, sailing on world class adventures with great life experiences!
i am so excited for the both of you...have a great trip.......with love from texas....
Georgie has her own personality that’s for shore.....Can’t wait til we get to 🇮🇪..Ireland....Safe sailing
Glad to see you back under sail and on the way to Ireland. I think Georgie is the real captain on Elements.
I was in Norway years ago and trust me, you will be amazed by the beauty of the fjords!
Very good video! Thanks!
Nice to see the front of your boat in the open sea again! Be safe look forward to the next video
Ireland must do's: Clifs of Mohair, (Stay In Doolin and see a sunset then drive along the coast.) Belfast to the Harlin and Wolf Ship yards, while there do the titanic stuff and play on the Nomadic, also while in belfast go diving lots of great sites off the coast but you wil need a dry suit. The giants Causway, Bunratty Castle, Blarney Castle, Go walk over the rope bridge to Curic Island, Stay atleast one night in Lough Rynn Castle, while there get a drink in the Duneon bar and walk the amazing grounds ,If out and about stop at one of the smaller castles, we went to Donigal for a hat and the castle there was a blast with guided tour for 8 eros, Spend a few days in Dublin go to Guniess for sure. Take a horseback ride. Go to Dingle and get Murphys ice cream, Go to Cobe and se the final departure point for the Titanic and Lusitiana. There is so much more but I would say these are the best of the highlits. one to avoid is The Rock of Cashell, it was not worth the money. The best thing you wil find in Irland is the people have a great time we did.
Thanks for taking the time to list your suggestions. We're passing through quickly to get to Norway, but will be back in the fall and check off as many sites as we can.
Matt
May God continue to bless you and keep you safe. Thank you for the beautiful videos. Those caves/tunnels were breath taking!
Yea right god
Looks like Georgie is the true captain that Sailboat.
Simply you two are sailing on, amazing life and world class life adventures!
Hi Georgie....cows are ok kitty ~
Another absolutely fantastic video. Thank you
Great video!
it has been said the "Dogs have owners, Cats have servants".
Very true, haha.
Beautiful video that captures the essence of sailing.
I'm so excited for you guys going out to sea again.
And Georgie is just adorable, punishing you by sitting on your lap so you can't move lol sounds like a typical cat, they truly are clever little bastards:-)
Fair winds and stay safe:-)
Nice way to bring your time in the Azores to a close. I think when you far enough north that it stays light 24 hours, it will blow your mind... Thanks for sharing.
Each degree we travel North we can see the difference in daylight. It's pretty amazing how quick it changes.
Matt
: Love your videos. Wishing you smooth sailing and safe conditions. Thanks for taking us along.
Loved this one .. been following for awhile .. great channel !!!
Thanks David. Jess likes it too.
Matt
Matt's enthusiastic passage to Ireland clap. Haha. Maybe Georgie is an ocean seer foreshadowing howling North Atlantic gales. Glad to see you're safely on your way.
Beautiful island. Have a safe passage..
Great video ! Ireland will be gorgeous and very scenic. Look forward to your next episode.
Thanks Greg. We're a bit behind schedule with editing, so the next may be delayed... Jess' stomach can't take editing on the go, so we miss a few days of work time whenever we are at sea.
Matt
Have a safe trip! And try to stay warm! Wind looks like it is on your side ;-)
The Big Island of Hawaii has lava tubes.
At least they did in the late 1970's.
I am not sure if this last eruption got them or not.
Lava tubes are cool
Yay, look forward to all the Ireland stuff! :)
THE best part about Portugal, you can drink beer on the streets and no police man care about 👍👍👍🍻
Street drinkin isn't the best part, but it's pretty darn cool. One of the festivals had a guy with a keg on his back selling beers for a Euro... it was awesome!
Matt
Most places today in EU and EUA we can't drink freely on the streets, and always bottles covered :( no freedom at all :(
What a great place the Azores are. Great episode.
I never seen Matt nerves No worries you two correction "three" were made for this. God speed. I am so proud of you guys. Did that make me sound old Wish it , Dream it Do it.
Thank Randy. If we ever stop getting a bit nervous than I think we're done for. Being cocky vs. Mother Nature doesn't mix well :)
Matt
Beautiful island ! Fare winds and calm seas on your way north.
You will love Ireland. Safe travels.
The acores, lovely pleace, not very crowded aswell. i had plans to fly there and then hike a ride back on a sailing boat to Europe as shipmate. maybe that can happen once. I wish you safe and happy travels, cheers
Really looking forward to seeing you guys in Ireland!
Good luck and take care.
See your in Cork. There Saturday.. Hope your enjoying Eire..👍☘️🇮🇪☘️
The volcano was amazing!
You and Georgie are most welcome in Norway! :D Have a nice sail north, there are so many places to see, so much memories to be made.. :)
We can't wait. If only we had wintered in the UK, we'd be in Norway right now :)
Matt
Hooray! Back to sailing with you.
As always, well worth a big thumb!
Those trees at 5:01 are oddly beautiful.
Another great vid. You have really sold me on the Azores. ;-) Have a safe journey, though I suspect you are already in the Emerald Isles. Just for future reference, Mackinaw Island is ~46 degrees north.
Jess corrected me on that two. I do now remember passing a sign for 45 degrees on the way to Sleeping Bear dunes every year :)
Matt
Are you planning to go further into Baltics? July is the perfect time to visit Stockholm archipelago, for example. Check it out, it is a pretty different place! Beware of rocks though, it is a maze of rocky islands :)
Current plan is Balics in 2021. We'll have to see how this winter goes in the UK... we may just be heading to the Med for warmth and sun :)
Matt
The thumbnail reminds me of Dr. Evil petting Mr. Bigglesworth, the non evil version.
Great episode guys, it is reassuring to know that even the “fun Johnsons” getting nervous before a passage :-). I’m looking forward to your adventures further north
Love the nacra north Americans T shirt.
Good one!
Safe trip, wonderful video, love your cat!
@6:53 - 7:02.... Oh, you only THOUGHT you'd get the amber ale, but Jess saw it differently....Yea, I noticed....
My wife and I just spent 2 months in Florida near where yal built yals boat. It was HOT this year down there
Hey Matt - that was your first run with the new mainsail - next set of videos could you show us some more pictures of its form and set. - from what little there was it looks pretty clean - all the best with the sail north
Unfortunately we haven't even raised it fully under sail.... we'll unfortunately for the sail, but great for us. All of our sailing has been downwind since the Azores and the boat does better with just a reefed main and full yankee in those conditions. We're pretty cautious of a broach (had it happen a few times on the last boat), so really try to keep the sails as far forward as possible downwind.
Matt
Great Job!! Thank you... :-)
Another good vlog , I hope you do the Titanic museum in Ireland , and don't forget the delorean was made there also 👌 cheers , keep up the good work 👍
We tried, but by the time we arrived in Cobh, it was closed for the day. We had a lot of errands (boat work stuff) to run that took priority to being a tourist. Luckily, we'll be back this way in the fall.
Matt
Totally agree i hope Scotland is independent soon , it am sure will be love the videos come to Scotland a guys .
Do y'all ever plan to come to Thailand, we would love to have a meet and greet party, Gulf area
Funny you mention that, we just chartered a boat in Koh Chang back in January.
@@MJSailing ah, and we love Koh Chang, we live just north of Pattaya...
It’s sad to see all the flooding in the Azores torrential rain
I hope you guys make it to Norway... I live in Arendal, i'd love to meet you :) it's a nice harbour :)
Arendal looks like a beautiful harbor! Hopefully we'll be passing through that area late next spring, but our travels through Norway this year will only be on the west coast. Wish we had time for more, but summer is starting to pass us by. 😫
New to your channel. Great video, wonderful views. Great job. Funny you mentioned Mackinaw, I have a daughter who is an elementary principal in Indian River and I am headed there at the end of the month for 10 days. Love that area especially the U.P.
While we love Mackinaw, our hearts belong to the Sleeping Bear Dunes area. We debated buying property in that area or our first sailboat.... you can see which path we took :)
Matt
Brilliant videography!
I can’t imagine the butterflies in your stomach when untying the lines for a long passage. You seem to handle it well.
I noticed you unfurled the yankee before the Genoa. I too have a cutter rig and tend to unfurl the Genoa first and bring in the yankee first. Is there a reason for your method?
We only have a Yankee and a staysail. We typically fly the yankee is just about everything until about 18-20 AWS, then the yankee rolls in and the staysail goes out. We should sail them together more as a cutter...
Matt
matt johnson Gotcha. My yankee is a high cut sail and is generally the first to be brought in. It generates a lot of power but is too high cut to be left up in a blow. I find a discernible performance boost with all the sails up, especially in light air, and it is so damn pretty when flying all three.
@@mattjohnson6716 I was like, holy cow they are actually using their staysail! 8^) I'm sure you have used it lots, I just hadn't noticed it much in the videos.
@@donb4386 We'd love to fly all sails more, but unfortunately the boat isn't as balanced as we'd like. It has a lot of weather helm, so we typically depower the main as much as possible... or run without it. If we keep the boat, I may add a bowsprit and try to move the sail plan further forward to combat the helm, or just live with it as we get enough speed with depowered main to get us where we want to go :) Our sistership said he sail less and less with the main, and often has only the staysail and yankee driving the boat. -Matt
"... in that order?" - *brief silent 'aye' - "In that order." 😄
Cat content... my favorite part!
Norway? Bring your checkbook! You picked arguably the most expensive place on earth. Enjoy $8 coffee and $20 sandwiches
We know Norway is known for being expensive, but we don't plan to go out to eat while we're there. Just a big provisioning at ADLI in Scotland before we jump over, and that should hold us over for most our time there. 😉
Georgie cracks me up. LOL
Any girl who drinks beer from a bottle is a star as far as I'm concerned.
While your in heading to the uk there are 4 countries to the uk, wales ireland scotland and england visit all 4
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Hi guys.
New 2 your chan...it seems this sailing life is great?
Big List of Costal Marinas and Moorings for Ireland
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21:15 Did you use Hyoscine for anti seasickness? heavy stuff...
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You are sailing the wrong way lol
Great videos guys. Where do ye plan on tying up in Ireland?
Landing in Cork, and then trying to make our way north as soon as we can.
@@MJSailing my hometown 😁👍 Kinsale & Crosshaven marinas have fantastic facilities. Btw Crosshavens RCYC is the oldest yacht club in the world. If ye need advice or help with anything just drop me a message.
Does the lazy bag interfere with the performance of your loose-footed main?
Do you guys have a heater? You may have mentioned it and I just missed it. What about a full enclosure for the cockpit for the higher lats? Just curious.
We have a Sigmar 170 diesel drip that requires just a bit more to finish the install, but we have since decided to switch to a forced air unit (cheap chinese version). We don't have a good bulkhead to mount it, so it was going to have to be floor installed and sit in an area that is high traffic. We also want an adjustable thermostat since we've found that our little electric heater can roast us out of the boat at 2000 btu and the drip was 8,000 to burn clean (17k btu heater). I'm going to buy a second for reliability and carry our electric heater for back-up.
Matt
i always thought georgie liked being on the boat then again she was on land for 9 months
Where are u planning to go the south of ireland or the north? We live in county antrim the north
Minha rainha e muito bom e gostos assine réus vídeos
What type of boom brake are you using and how do you find it during a normal tack?
We have a Walder Boom Brake and a Wichard unit. The Walder a much better brake since its control force is variable remotely from the cockpit. We use a 5:1 block and tackle to tighten its force to "lock" the boom in position. The only issue is in light winds; there is still a bit of drag and it may require manually moving the boom over. This didn't happen with the rope that came with it (stayed with the old boat), but I haven't been able to find a braid that is slippery enough without being too slippery.
The Wichard requires you to go up to the brake and loop more more less line around and is now just sitting in the spare parts bin :)
Matt
@@mattjohnson6716 Thanks Matt.
you didn't say what the monument was all about :-( as someone else says, reach out to Zora. fair winds.
We could never really find much information on the monument itself...only that the spot was known for being a lookout. We didn't learn about Zora until after we'd already left the Cork area...which is too bad! 😥 If we're back that way this fall we'll have to give them a call.
@@MJSailing oh dear, you're that far ahead :-(
what port in the UK are you heading to ?
Few stops along the way, but our first UK experience will be Fort Williams and the start of the Caledonian canal (we're there right now).
Matt
Hi, Do you a cat passport for your cat? And what route are you taking to Norway? Tim from Talavera
Yes. We got a pet passport the first time we came across the Atlantic, but Portugal didn't want to see a US one. The Portuguese vet issued a new passport once we arrived and she has been using that since. Really, no official has looked at it in years... they just ask if we have one, see the blue cover, and let us in.
We are coming from Inverness Scotland and we may sail to Northern Scotland to Norway, or straight from there. The goal is to go as far North as we can, but we need a port that we can check in to on the Norway coast.
Matt
It’s worth visiting Orkney while you’re in Scotland. Lovely islands and lots of interesting things to see. 🙂