Sailing across THE PACIFIC - 21 days at sea / Sailing Aquarius Around the World
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- What an adventure! This is (hopefully) our longest sail ever! 21 days without seing the shore and many nautical miles away from it.
Distance covered: 3,520 Nautical Miles or 4,050 miles or 6,519 kilometers with some squalls and some wave height of 3+ meters… Sail changes countless times some not scary and some a bit frightening squalls with max wind strength of 36 knots or so. Only few boats encountered during all this time.
We stacked a lot of food and shared what we provisioned but we also caught a Mahi Mahi, that was so good!
Some a bit scary and lots of rewarding and pure magic like night shifts and the stars at night. It's incredible out here without any interference of other lights. We were lucky to capture some of it on video.
What seemed so crazy and incredible in the beginning that last hour was indescribable joy and gratitude for this experience.
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Beautiful sun sets! I love audio books too! 🙌🏼🙌🏼🙌🏼 Listening to Medical Medium’s books, and loving watching your channel 🙌🏼🙌🏼🌟⭐️✨ The boat tours and questions of interest to the boat owners 🙌🏼🙌🏼🌟🌟⭐️✨
Your best video yet!!! Love it!! Great job, guys!! What an adventure!!!
Excellent passage. Mostly bored and no emergencies. That's the way to get there safely. Good job!
Wow.. amazing 😁 just only one captain and his only special passenger across the pacific ocean.👍💪
Best regard from biak island west papua south pacific region🙏
Thanks for sharing your journey. Safe onward travels.
Thanks John!!! Fair winds to you too......
Great video, perfect boat, Thanks
Another excellent vid
Thanks !
Stunning video. I just loved all the shots of the ocean along the way. Isabelle; really liked your bit on provisions; it was much higher energy than normal and that's a good thing. Thank you.
Thank you Neons, very happy to hear you see some improvements, we trying really hard :)
There are a lot of improvements. :)
Thank you for this amazing journey across the Pacific Ocean! I felt myself as member of this nice crew! Congrets to you!
Thank you Imelton for your kind words and for watching. Happy you enjoyed :) Check out our more recent videos...
Congrats on the ocean passage, outstanding clip: start to finish crossing with plenty of actual sail footage. Cheers to you
Thank you for kind words and for watching
@@SailingAquarius why do sailboat/motor yacht owners take the labels off can goods?
Thanks for sharing the video. It looks like you had a pleasant trip and hide time to catch up on reading and practice drawing.
Z is very good at drawing. :)
Thanks so much!
You two are awesome
Yo, Clay, we are in Tanzania.... Call us if you're up late at night with nothing to do!!
Another great vid! I love that Amel
Thank you!
The finest live aboard boat ever made. The new Amels are horrendous looking. Your boat is not terribly responsive and fun to sail from a thrill point of view but I sailed a couple long legs on one and it was utterly bullet proof and comfortable and you spend a whole lot more time just living on a boat than pretending you’re racing around buoys. I’m jealous!
Thanks Robert! Yes she is a good boat! Fair Winds
Great video, lovely couple!
Love this
Excellent vid ya'll.
Great Job
One of the best sailing videos I ever watched, a classic, great sailing plan, great music and great editing, such sailing is one of my dreams
Thanks! Glad that you enjoyed our crossing. Ken and Z
Sailing Aquarius Around The World one day I will make the same crossing in my boat and will stay 3 months in French Polynesia 🇵🇫 👍
Great vid and nice to see the entire crossing in one vid. Glad all went well.
Thank you so much Brian! It did went well, but happy it's over :)
Love these vids. We look forward to seeing our friends out there, too!
Thanks!
What a awesome video and what appeared to be marvellous sail....... well done.
View of the stars ... Wow
You guys are super brave for doing that.
Absolutely great video!
Thank you, we are really trying to improve... So this means a lot to us
My goodness she is beautiful, graceful, elegant and a sailor, a unicorn.
Yes, she's one awesome girl! Fair Winds Jim!
Fantastic account of a Pacific crossing ,music great very insperational, thank you for sharing.
Amazing adventure, congrats. Greetings from Argentina.
Hi Z, Hi Captain Ken, I really enjoyed this video. Hope you are both well. Take care!
Cool! A bit of extra company to enjoy after 21 days holed up together on a floating chicken coop!
I was waiting for this video. Great and well done.
Yours videos always bring a small detail that gives us huge benefit (logistics, duration, consumption...)
Again bravo
Alain
Very happy that you not only enjoy the video but also find it useful. Thanks for watching!
Slowly catching up. New to channel but best on internet. Hope you had great holidays and keep up the informative and great videos. I'm off to Mexico on my 33 foot sailboat from Canada. Should come visit northwest pacific one dsy
It would be nice to meet up, but looks like we are headed to Thailand at the end of next season. Happy New Year
Great. Navigating the ocean requires guts. You are very brave. Enjoy life well. DON'T FORGET HAPPY.
Thanks Bang!! But, it doesn't take guts once you've learned how to make passages. Just takes time.... Fair Winds
@@SailingAquarius Lots of navigation knowledge that I got from your videos. So it makes me want to sail too.
A long passage, seems that you did well and I'll have some of that risotto. I enjoyed watching the whole trip in one video.
Thanks Bob! That risotto was good stuff... But Z always make some good food!
Very beautiful shooting , Thank you .
Thanks YOU!
Oreos the essence of life, and that night sky ain’t bad either.
Notice too, those Oreos were in close reach! Sunsets & Oreos, yeah, they pair well - lol
Well done! Nice video!
Thank you!
I could listen to her for ever want a nice voice. Safe travels.
Thanks Rick!!!!!
This was a most smoothly edited 21 d, 8hr Pacific Crossing vlog !!! You two did fabulously. Would like a bit more detail on the watch schedule and sleep schedule as you did this crossing with just the 2 of you. B.R.A.V.O. !! 😚🌟⛵😄
Thank you Richard!
bonjour magnifique traversée bravo à vous je vous admire tous les deux vous etes des sacrés marins , je vous envoie mes meilleures pensées de Paris bonne chance pour la suite (jean-louis)
Merci Jean-Louis :)
Ken my wife and I who are soon to set sail. We are sitting here watching your videos .Enjoy them very much as we are much the same .
Please do us a huge favor "A" where a frickin PFD when walking around the deck and B please attach yourself to the boat when changing the sails at the bow
Even in broad daylight you'll be out of sight in 2 min with those waves
Be safe we already lost a guy making a passage in 2018 By the time she turned the boat around he was gone ...... she could not find him .
Fair winds hope this helps all from the heart⛵⛵⛵⛵⛵♥️
Captain's daily comments crack me up. "I've got noth'in"
:) Thanks
Ken
After watching your tour of your Amel Super Maramu 2000, I came across your excellent example of a Pacific Ocean passage to the Marquesas Islands from the South American coast. Something I hope to do in 5 years and on an Amel like yours. This episode shows, that it could be not so bad and filled with amazing Galactic views at night, I look forward to that specifically. (Your video was the first i've ever seen of a successful recording of the stars, and faintly could see the Galaxy field, you must have a very good high ISO camera).
I am looking forward to watching more of your videos, Subscribed
I'll have to get that Lens out more to show the night skies.. Ken
The best video,many thanks, very interesting to me great,great video.
Hope you have a great time
Thank you 😊
Hello from NZ. You have a very beautiful Amel. I am such a fan of these boats. Fantastic Vids Thank you both for sharing.
Thanks Peter, we are in Opua now, and really loving NZ. There is a bit of work to do on Aquarius to put her back in tip top shape, and then we plan to have some fun in our new used car. Maybe you can give as some guidance on what we really have to see.
Sailing Aquarius Around The World . Hello to you both a bug welcome to NZ. Try BackpackerGuide. NZ on CZcams. Robin and Laura have just finished NZ. Some great spots to see.
We have been texting Robin and Laura, and we may meet up with them when they return from holiday! Looking forward to meeting them.
super!
Aciu! :)
wow
Круто, на огромной Амель вдвоем...в бескрайнем океане.
Gorgeous boat
Thanks Christopher!
Why is Ken seem so grumpy? You are great!
I would love to learn to sail and do this full time 😍❤️
I am still learning as well!
Just me but labels and paper can jam bilge pumps I usually remove them! Instant mashed potatoes could be an issue! But wow the trip was worth it!
That’s why at night you wear the pfd with a strobe light. You could also have an Epirb. But at night I always made everyone topside tether in. Period. Even in the cockpit.
We are not tethered at night unless in rough weather, or forecasted rough weather. We keep a close eye on the weather, and will download the latest weather from 4 different sources 3 times a day when crossing. But, sometimes even then we got surprised. We have personal AIS's, and portable VHF's attached to our life jackets if things start going South. Fair Winds Robert
New subscriber here......love your guys videos...
Thanks Jonathan! Happy you joined
seems like I've seen that boat somewhere before!..
Francis Chechester had a keg in his bilge. Nice video.
Thanks!!
I would love to circumnavigate the world & try & stay in between the tropic of cancer & capricorn. That has been my dream since I was in my early 20's, I just turned 48 & I have sporatic ALS & my muscles are getting weaker & less responsive. Just like the sun was setting on the ocean I feel the sun is setting on my life. I just lost my close friend Ray & he said the same thing, he had Leukemia. Anyway if reincarnation exist I hope I get to come back & sail on a sailboat as nice as yours. At least I made it to Oahu. Something I said I would do in H.S., & it came to fruition. I saw this young couple buy a falmouth 22 cutter for $10k it has everything teak decks nice wooden mast. My dream sailboat or a Dana 24. Thank god for these internet videos. This is a nice video may Yeshua bless you & keep you safe.
Thank you for watching... Sorry to hear about your friends and your illness 😞 I think too many of us ignore our dreams and keep working with hopes that someday somehow our dreams will come true, but that tomorrow might never come... Ken lost his close friend and this was one of the biggest reasons we gave up almost everything and took off for this journey... Take care and don’t loose hope.
Holy Dolphin pod Aquaman!
If you you ever sell the boat I’d love to buy it ! I’m in blue mountains Sydney. Very nice video , thanks guys
I wonder what powers the fridge and freezer. I know there are a few solar panels, but refrigeration takes a massive amount of power.
Excellent video. Looks like a bit bigger and nicer boat than similar videos on youtube. I really enjoyed it.
Thanks Trenton! We have two 24V Frig/Freezers, both going they use 5 amps. But they only run about 20% of the time. So, we don't use much for Frig/Freezers. Fair Winds
wow...60mpg!! Nicely done....please c/w how to stuff.
What a nice pic on the thumbnail! What camera and lens u guys used?|
It would save a lot of space to brew the beer from a kit along as you can desalinate water and only takes 10-14 days and you can reuse the containers again and again so you could drink a lot more beer on the journey!
Just maybe we'll have to look into making a batch of moonshine!
Hey guys 😊😊😊
M back here
Sorry comment is coming a few years late here but really loved the entire vlog 👍👍👍
There wasn't a single second when I got distracted by anything , so engrossed I was watching it.
You both gotta take care of yourself while bumping during those waves
But a lil bit of bruises are part of sailing....
Anyways overall a wonderful video
I'll see you guys around 😇😇😇
Enjoy yourselves
Fair winds my friends 🙏🙏🙏
Thanks for the nice comment! We just started crossing the Indian Ocean... Hope you continue watching!
I really liked the provisioning review. My longest passage has only been about 5 days.. but on a longer passage, how do you deal with trash? Where do you.put it? In 5 days.. it mounts up.. but manageable.. I expect organics to be out over side.. but other stuff?
Hi John, Like you said Organics over the side, but also steal cans, aluminum, glass, and paper, all over the side 100 nautical miles out. Sailers sink bottles and cans. The items mentioned (except glass, but glass is really just sand) dissolve in the salt water in a relatively short amount of time. The plastics are cut up, and put in the trash. The amount of trash is manageable this way. Happy New Year
Ken, did you add those latches to the bilge compartments? I think it's a very good idea and yours is the first I've seen with them. While I'm not aware of any Super Maramu ever being knocked down, you don't want to get hit in the head with a can like that poor sailor did last month (apparently she later died). I also noticed some loose cereal down there. You might want to rethink that as if it got wet and traveled to your bilge pump it could quickly clog it (a different boat was lost last fall not far from returning home on a circumnavigation to something similar - wet papers from books). Looking forward to more of the S. Pacific! Fair winds!
All latches on bilge compartments were already installed when Z and I bought Aquarius. Though, Jemp was able to get several changes to Aquarius (a Super Maramu 2000) that no one else could get, because Jemp owned two Amel's before ordering Aquarius, a Sharky, and a Super Maramu. Many people also wonder about the color of Aquarius' floors, light brown, where as all the floors that I have seen on other Super Maramu 2000's are blue. Regarding loose cereal, your correct it should not be in the bilge. Only cereal in plastic bags is currently in our bilge. If, god forbid, we filled our bilge with water we would not see small bits of food going into our bilge. Everyday we learn more about how to take care of Aquarius, so she can take care of us. Your comment has made me think more about how to insure items stored in the bilge will not create a problem if... Each day we get to live is a new learning experience, and luckily for me, I am still learning. Thanks for your comment. Ken
I've seen the light brown fibreglass floors on one other Super Maramu 2000 (serial #24x) so I'm guessing that there were a few people who really, really, really didn't want the blue and the fine folks at Amel managed to sneak a couple past Henri. I quite liked the light brown as it matches the shower pans. I've even seen reference to another very late model one that had the original teak floors but yours is the first one that I've seen with latches (which I think is.a very good idea). I think when I get mine, I'll retrofit latches on to them. I looked pretty closely at yours and it seems quite doable. It is probably like adding Velcro on top of belts and suspenders as I've never heard of a Super Maramu rolling over and they've been in some pretty rough waters all over the globe.
Great video! May I ask what app are you using for navigation? Thanks!
OpenCPN, and Navionics. Fair Winds
beeeeeeeeeeeeeeeers cant sail without em
Yep, that's why anyone crossing from Panama should LOAD UP ON BEER! 20 Cases is probably the right number if you don't drink too much. :) We made the crossing with about 12, and that was NOT enough! The other thing to load up on is 6 dollar rum... 30 bottles is probably the right number. Alcohol is expensive in FP. Nice to have something to trade....
Zivile, I like to use the term "Boat Bites". I took my girlfriend out for a beer can race once and when we were done she had 25 bruises from crossing over too fast on tacks.
25 Boat Bites at an "introduction" race??? I hope your girlfriend is coming back on a boat :) Yes... tuff love... those "Boat Bites"... :))
Ha ha , these were once a week (just for fun) hour long races anyone could enter called "The Wednesday night beer can race" in Lake Tahoe, but some of the skippers took them more seriously, and would tack like crazy going up wind. The "rail birds" those who's job it was to sit high side and dangle their legs over the side needed to switch sides on these tacks, she was one and took a beating doing her best to be fast. So like I said afterwards we counted 25 bruises or "Boat Bites" but she still loved sailing...(cruising only, no more racing!)... ✍️)))
What you don't do is video your landfalls , your shopping , getting provisions .. I don't necessarily need to be a tourist but love to see markets etc,,, how many others would like to see that
Amazing to see your incredible journey... on a practical note what happens your non biodegradable waste, cans, bottles and plastics do you have enough space to store it till it can be disposed of?
Metal Cans are "biodegradable", glass does not pollute the sea, and most paper is also "biodegradable". 100 miles from a shore you sink the pre-mentioned items. Plastics, oil, and anything else you think would pollute, has to be stored for proper disposal. Happy New Year!
You Guys…Safely First…Life Vest & Harness when at Sea…Would cure any Anxiety of MOB 😎
It's more dangerous to walk across the street in New York , than to sail without a harness in good weather. When it gets rough, we'll put on a Life Vest and Harness. Fair Winds.
Curious, since it’s just the 2 of you, god forbid if an accidental wave hits & one falls overboard do you both know how to turn the boat around to save the other one at sea?
Yes! Not a problem for Zivile or Ken.. Fair winds!
Nice! Yawl? Amel? "Ballooner" new term to me, I guess an Amel term. Crew of 2 over that length! Wow. How old is Ken? I k ow she is 45, but him? 60? :)
No, I am a young 55... :)
How about a little more enthusiasm from you two? You are doing what you love to do - this Amel has got to be the excelsior of all sailing vessels - so let's go!
Also, congrats on this long passage - I'm in awe of how you two are able to manage this huge vessel - this requires a large amount of muscles volume - which you obviously have - beautiful video - wonder how much of your provisions were left after your crossing ? Safe pasage!
Yes, you're correct, we should be more upbeat when the cameras are out! Regarding your other observations.... No, there is not muscles required to sail Aquarius if everything is maintained and working. The Amel Super Maramu is made so that crew muscles are optional. Our next large provisioning was in Tahiti, 4 or 5 months after Panama's provisioning. But, we thought the beer would last till New Zealand, but it didn't........ Fair Winds
No kidding. "Are more meaningful life..." haha. This dude has a personality of a wet blanket. I'm surprised he didn't disappear in somewhere in the pacific and she sailed off with the life insurance cash money. I hope you have man overboard detection chief.
Aren't you nervous not having a safety harness on? Especially when up front taking sails down?
Going out on deck on nice days, no, not worried! If someone falls off, stop the boat! And, that's a big IF. If we worried about everything, we would not cross the street, or ride a bike, drive a car, ride a bus, or take a flight. The risk going out on the deck during a nice day on a sailboat is probably lower than crossing a busy street in New York. During bad weather, or anytime at night, when we are out on deck were attached to a life line with a life vest! O, and usually we have a waterproof radio, light, and a personal AIS transmitter attached to our life vest.
I don't understand in wich island did you arrive
Hiva Oa, which is part of the Marquesas Island Island Chain. Atuona is the town where just about everyone checks into French Poly.
Your boat is a floating beer can
Hallo i am from Indonesia
Hello to Indonesia, we loved Indo!!!!
Someday
Is this Salem from San Diego??? My old workout buddy???
What self-steering do you have onboard? I don't see a windvane so I assume an electric autopilot. Is there a backup or any redundancy? Has it proven to be reliable? Does it flatten your batteries? Is it noisy? How does it cope with strong/light winds, big seas, following surf etc? Thanks!
Aquarius has two completely separate autopilots, both powered by 24 Volts. One has a motor directly connected to the rudder, and the other has a mother connected at the helm. When sailing we always use the autopilot connected to the rudder, and we have not overpowered it yet. It does not use too much battery, but might if Aquarius is not properly balanced. It does make a little noise, but not too much. More like beeping noise. Fair Winds.
@@SailingAquarius Thank you very much for that swift answer. I love Amels, looking at the Santorin and the SM but budget would be stretched for the SM. Wondering about redundancy as autopilots seem to break a lot. I've seen a Hydrovane on a Santorin 46 ketch but never on a SM. Cheers!
The Santorin is a beautiful boat, a slightly smaller version of the SM. Just looked and you can get a good Santorin for under US$150K WOW... Good luck finding the right boat for you. Fair Winds.
O, and we have not had any problems with our autopilots failing. Best. Ken
I think you should cut a version of this without the music. Why? I’ve been caught out in force 9 in the Aegean-all those little Islands make for really confused swell, and we had 20-30 foot (maybe more) seas coming from all sides. To make matters worse, we were on a crewed charter that was all show, and no go 70ish wooden MOTORSAILER (pretty but not bluewater, ie: “Tourist Trap.”) Our storm jib shredded 2 hours into what should have been a 10 hour Island to Island, and we spent upwards of 15 hours yawing and rolling through cross swell. Everything bolted down came unbolted. There was ceaseless vomiting relieved only by the terror of impending death. It was so bad one of our crew jumped ship when we finally limped into port at Tinos. I later learned that the conditions were so bad that even the huge inter-Island ferries had been kept in port, which explained why the Harbor Master came personally to take our Captain to the Port Police to get a proper dressing down for endangering the lives of 12 naive American tourists.
But that’s not my point. The reason I think you should post one without the music over is this: The Noise. Being in that kind of squall is noisy: The vessel and the riggings creak, the sails whistle and luff. But most terrifying of all is when you go up a big wave, and then-certain that this is the one, this is when you capsize and DIE-you WAIT for the slap of the bow into the trough.
It’s so loud. People don’t know.
Hi Lisa, I km now what you mean 😊 Pacific crossing was nice & easy but we have 2 other videos Worst passage from New Zealand to Fiji czcams.com/video/TuSnfYBwvPY/video.html and in Vanuatu we had 50+ knots winds. Check out those czcams.com/video/mWUc4Goh998/video.html
No land in sight? Suck it up, sailor!
*grins*
We did, and we survived! Fair winds to you!!!
Is "balooner" a US word for spinnaker?
No, the ballooner is attached to a stay. A spin is not attached only in 3 places, and not to a stay. Watch the tour and you will see that the ballooner can folded over the Genoa.
Best, and thanks for watching......
This boat looks huge for two people. :-)
Just the right size for us. Aquarius is easy to sail with one person, and you can't say that about most boats 50+ feet.
What boat builder?
If you're question is about Aquarius, she is an Amel Super Maramu 2000.
sailing music by a sailor bob clayton on spotify and u tube hope youy like it ,please pass it on thank you
The only thing wrong w the design of your boat is that both toilets face to the starboard so when your heeling way over on a port tack you have to brace your feet on the door to take a crap and that is not exactly muscularly optimal for relaxing your nether regions. The civilized thing to do is let out the main sheet, go below, do your business, then come topside and pull the sheet in.
I have never had a problem going to the bathroom on a port tack. You just keep the heal angle less than 15 degrees, and bazam everything comes out just fine. Fair winds.
dont put the bananas with the apples ...C'mon!!!
Why?
@@SailingAquarius ripening bananas release ethane wich accellerate your other fruits and vedgies to go brown. keep bananas outside preferably on their stem
"A more meaningful life"?
:)
'I didn't expect'. You're at sea in a sailboat not an ocean liner
:) Thanks for the comment!
What misery. Read a book!!!
Not misery, but reading a book helps pass the time!
Sorry guys, unwatchable with the infestation of the hated adverts. I'm out of here . . .
Very annoying show