Well done! The straight forward way you overcame the steering failure was a valuable lesson. Your planning and the team work of official, and volunteers was great. Well done and another subscriber joins you on your journey. Lee
Glad to see I’m not the only one that lost my steering chain in the middle of the night on my Leopard. I carry a drimble small grinder and I ground the link connectors and shortened it enough to lengthen the cables at the rudder stocks and got back sailing
I done that trip from Whangarei to Suva single handed on a very basic 27ft sloop in April 1999, took 10 days. Having arrived off the reef entrance after dusk I had to hove to all night waiting for daybreak before passing through the entrance to Suva harbour. In this video they are quoting the wind speeds at up to 30 knots. To my eye they were much less than that, say moderate to fresh. They had so many gizmos on that cat it would rival a luxury cruise liner. I did have a wind vane to steer which are much more reliable than those electro mechanical devices which in my experience are going to fail, its just a matter of when and where.
sklenars cat owners, it’s all about the bling (over reliant on systems). Stereotypically they all seem very methodical too, I guess they need to be when taking a holiday home beyond the harbour. I do envy them at anchor but I’d never be on one in a sea. That light displacement monohull looked like bliss compared to them.
you guys have a lot of knowledge in sailing and life. Just need create a story behind your videos (not just segments of what you do). not EZ at all but it will be more interesting best to you two!!
Don't want to be a wiseguy but an item so constantly in use like to chain should be checked and/or have a replacement schedule after x days at sea. Cover off and wind rudder through full port and full starboard. That should expose full length to scrutiny
I enjoyed watching this meticulously prepared voyage and it’s successful outcome despite the steering challenges at the end.
Well done! The straight forward way you overcame the steering failure was a valuable lesson. Your planning and the team work of official, and volunteers was great. Well done and another subscriber joins you on your journey.
Lee
Glad to see I’m not the only one that lost my steering chain in the middle of the night on my Leopard. I carry a drimble small grinder and I ground the link connectors and shortened it enough to lengthen the cables at the rudder stocks and got back sailing
I done that trip from Whangarei to Suva single handed on a very basic 27ft sloop in April 1999, took 10 days. Having arrived off the reef entrance after dusk I had to hove to all night waiting for daybreak before passing through the entrance to Suva harbour. In this video they are quoting the wind speeds at up to 30 knots. To my eye they were much less than that, say moderate to fresh.
They had so many gizmos on that cat it would rival a luxury cruise liner. I did have a wind vane to steer which are much more reliable than those electro mechanical devices which in my experience are going to fail, its just a matter of when and where.
sklenars cat owners, it’s all about the bling (over reliant on systems). Stereotypically they all seem very methodical too, I guess they need to be when taking a holiday home beyond the harbour. I do envy them at anchor but I’d never be on one in a sea. That light displacement monohull looked like bliss compared to them.
That was a great (very interesting) video. I'm not keen on rough conditions at night, much rather see what's coming. Glad you arrived ok.
Awesome thanks are you guys still sailing ⛵.
Interesting trip! Add links and partsfor steering chainsto check list. Murphy,s law never rests!
Great vid. Thanks for sharing
Great video
Hey thanks for posting this. Just wondering did you need to do a cat 1 inspection, or was it not necessary as it was a foreign vessel?
That was a very interesting video thank you :)
mooi so good vid guys
you guys have a lot of knowledge in sailing and life. Just need create a story behind your videos (not just segments of what you do). not EZ at all but it will be more interesting
best to you two!!
Don't want to be a wiseguy but an item so constantly in use like to chain should be checked and/or have a replacement schedule after x days at sea. Cover off and wind rudder through full port and full starboard. That should expose full length to scrutiny
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I enjoyed the video very much. But pls do something about the auto focus.....(i am 68!)
All those checks and still something went wrong! Were you in auto pilot when it happened?
seems that people sailing need to be ready to fix any thing
Horrible background music.