This is What You Came For - Antigua Sail Week Part I (MJ Sailing - EP 71)
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- This week's episode has it all: sailing, racing, parties, friends, and of course, beautiful surroundings!
Still nestled in Falmouth Harbour of Antigua, we pick up just after our snorkeling excursion when we stop by to say hello to our friends and crew for Antigua Sail Week, Liz and Jamel. We get talked into a crew dinner of fish tacos aboard their boat that night, but not before exploring Nelson's Dockyard.
The festivities for Race Week kick off with the Neon Party at Nelson's Dockyard, where everyone is invited to wear neon clothing under the black lights, and enjoy free drinks with English Harbour Rum.
When the races kick off two mornings later, Team Lister Marine is ready to go, with the addition of a local youth sailor, bringing our crew up to 5 people. We have a great race day, and learn where we need work. The next morning we go back to a crew of 4 and really get in our groove. On race day 3 we smash the competition in our Club Class and come in 2nd place....with only 10 seconds keeping us from first!
Of course we celebrate this success heavily, and luckily our friend Hugo (The Sailing Frenchman) is around to handle the camera for us as we go on stage and accept our prize. Stay tuned for next week's episode and our finish to race week!
With love from Antigua!
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Music:
00:00 - Smooke - Damma Beatz (ES)
00:34 - I Met You In The Summer - (ES)
03:33 - Surround Me - Kevin Andersson (ES)
05:07 - Looking For You - Windshield (ES)
12:26 - Vegas - Onda Norte (ES)
18:25 - Machine - Lvly (ES)
Camera equipment used:
- Panasonic Lumix G85 - amzn.to/2iv2g4G
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- Sony HDRCX675 - amzn.to/2FTMZRm
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- SJ CAM SJ6 Action Cam - amzn.to/2wnzGZZ
Our boat: 1983 Trisalu 37 (custom aluminum, built in Quebec)
Where we've been: 2.5 year refit in Indiantown, Florida; Abacos, Bahamas; St. Barth's; St. Maarten; Antigua; Saba; Azores
Where we're going in 2018: Ireland - UK
Our Previous Boat: 1989 Sabre 34 Targa (Serendipity)
Where We Sailed Her: U.S. - Bahamas - Jamaica - Cuba - Cayman Islands - Honduras - Guatemala - Belize - Mexico - Bermuda - Azores - Madeira - Canary Islands - Sint Maarten - BVI's - USVI's
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Yeahhhh, hahaha, never thought my footage would make it trough the cut :). Liz and Jamel definitely had the coolest boat on the race :). I'm seriously thinking about joining the race with my boat this year as well... if they allow me in!
You HAVE to race your boat next year, that would be so much fun!! Would probably be a little different than your time on Liquid though, lol. 🌴⛵
A tip : watch series on flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching a lot of movies lately.
@Quincy Jaxon yup, I have been watching on flixzone for months myself :)
Here is my favorite quote, it is by deceased singer/songwriter Harry Chapin...it is my favorite. Reminds me of folks like you...kinda long, but worth reading!!! My grandfather was a painter. He died at age eighty-eight, he illustrated Robert Frost’s first two books of poetry, and he was looking at me and he said, “Harry, there’s two kinds of tired. There’s good tired and there’s bad tired.” He said, “Ironically enough, bad tired can be a day that you won. But you won other people’s battles, you lived other people’s days, other people’s agendas, other people’s dreams. And when it’s all over, there was very little you in there. And when you hit the hay at night, somehow you toss and turn; you don’t settle easy. It’s that good tired, ironically enough, can be a day that you lost, but you don’t even have to tell yourself because you knew you fought your battles, you chased your dreams, you lived your days and when you hit the hay at night, you settle easy, you sleep the sleep of the just and you say ‘take me away’”. He said, “Harry, all my life I wanted to be a painter and I painted; God, I would have loved to have been more successful, but I painted and I painted and I’m good tired and they can take me away.” Now, there is a process, in your and my lives, in the insecurity that we have about a prior-life or an afterlife, God- I hope there is a God. If He is- If He does exist, He’s got a rather weird sense of humor however. But let’s just- But if there’s a process that will allow us to live our days, that will allow us that will allow us that degree of equanimity towards the end looking at the black, implacable wall of death, to allow us that degree of peace, that degree of non-fear, I want in.
Fun times with great friends makes for a good show.... Thanks for sharing.
I grew up in English Harbour ... 14 years .... and I learnt to sail in Falmouth... it's a bit heartbreaking watching this video.... things have changed since the 60,s...70,s and 80,s !
Soooo FUN! Looking forward to see the final results.
As a viewer, I love seeing that the Founders All Day IPA made its way all the way to the celebration in Antigua - now you know you are celebrating when you haul out the good stuff. Grand Rapids guy stuck in Akron Ohio - love watching your videos. Used to be a power boater, but you guys make sailing look so fun. Been checking out sail boats, or do I buy property back in West Michigan? That's my delima.
I'm a true lover of sailing just for the hell of it! I grew up racing Naple Sabot's. Then raced a Laser as well as other small boats. I also crewed and delivered larger sailboats and lived aboard TeVega which is now called Deva for 11 1/2 months. Then I got into racing catamarans. I had several Hobie catamarans, a Tornado, a Nacra 5.8 with a spinnaker and three Nacra 5.8 catamaran's. I'd love to build a Schionning cruising catamaran like your planning on doing and sail the tropics. I've seen many people race but they weren't into it. The only reason they got involved was because of there parents. I told my parents that I wanted to race a Naple Sabot and so they got me one and I was hooked. Then I out grew that boat and got a Laser with the sale of my Sabot and my two part time jobs working a newspaper route and working at a meat department. I started sailing when my dad built me my first boat that he got the plans for from an issue in Popular Mechanics. I started sailing before I was in Kindergarten and before I knew how to swim.
The boat I crew on here in South Africa did Antigua sailing week after that year's Cape to Rio race, she is a Simonis designed Robertson and Caine built 63' ocean racer called Warrior, fast boat, averaged 10 knots across the Atlantic, hope you enjoyed it. Safe sailing
congratulations what a great experience, very cool. Cheers from starting to chill off PEI Canada, Bryan.
Hello MJ Sailing, May I suggest that you have a read at the MARPOL convention please. The MARPOL convention is designed to prevent pollution at sea. Basically, it prohibit throwing anything in the water when close to the shore (3n.m on some conditions, or 12n.m). You can google "MARPOL placard" to find a document summarising the law. Once you have the placard, find the column "special areas" (second column from the right), the Caribbean area is a "special area" under the MARPOL convention, and go to the line "Food waster not comminuted or ground" (you were going to eat the fish, hence why the fish leftovers are considered food waste). in the intersection box between the line and the column, read "discharge prohibited", or in other word, don't throw it over board. Basically, when you threw the left over of the fish back in the water, you broke the law. Please remember the sea is NOT your trash bin. Thank you.
Great time!!!
It's good to see you getting rat-arsed and having fun after the tough time you had.
You guys rock so much fun good friends lots of lots of fun truly the way life should be uncomplicated no stress and no drama and it's kind of cool seen you drinking an absolute you guys Rock Vegas bill
Hi Bill! Race week was AMAZING!, but I don't think it would have been half as good without all our friends there. :)
Yea for the Sailing Frenchman. Love that guys channel. Love yours too. Congratulations on your ranking in the regatta.
Hugo is such a great person, we love that we were able to share in sail week with him. :)
That was a lot of fun to watch. Great camera work as always and total improvement on drinking to windward. Love to watch that boat knife through the water. Party on !!!
It was so fun to go back and edit this video, remembering all our good times. I miss Sail Week!
I love your music selections. Great video
Thank you Chuck!
Awesome job! Can't wait until next week to see more....
I'm so sorry that I had to watch the video where you lost your brother that had to be devastating I just lost my very closest and dearest friend my aunt unexpectedly I was just planning a trip up to see her the 1st of November that she will be in my heart for my last breath have fun be safe
Good point. Sail because you love sailing. Anyone can get to any destination by other transport, so why not simply take your average plane instead of sailing? The destination should be the extra gravy!
what a ton of well-lit fun! outstanding, i just loved watching this one. thank you!
Thanks Brian! As you can tell, we had A LOT of fun recording it, lol.
Love Nelson's Dockyard. A little bit of history, my many great grandfather served under Lord Nelson. As I was walking around the yard on my visit I realize I was walking in my many great grandfather's footsteps.
Kevin- Very cool bit of history for you. This place sure gets the imagination stirred up about what it must have been like for those soldiers and others around them.
Matt
That looked like SO MUCH FUN! Love Antigua sail week; we were there in 2016 but didn't get to race unfortunately- next time! Great video Jess X
Could you imagine us there together? So much trouble, we'd have way too much fun!
There should be a big sailing channels get together... Make it a year or two out so you all can make plans to be in the same vicinity at around the same time.
You have no idea how close so many of us have come!, lol. Uma even invited us out to see them way back when they were in Ft. Pierce, but we didn't get the chance to make it up from Indiantown (40 miles away).
Allan....racing. How else? :D
Great episode guys, thanks for sharing.
AWESOME well done folks
Great race and congratulations. Best of luck on the next race. Sure hope that you will come in 1st place.
You two rock🤙
Keep up the fun for the rest of us.
Thanks Chris, glad you enjoyed it!
well done the crew. good video enjoyed all of it jess
Hugo The Sailing Frenchman! Love that guy!
He's so much fun!! Very glad we met him.
Love love love your friends!
Us too! I wish we could have taken them across the Atlantic with us. ;)
Sooo inspired. Gotta getta boat!!!! Awesomeness!!
Yes, do it!! :)
That must have been so amazing. You guys looked like you were having a lot of fun! I keep dreaming of the day I am able to break loose from the shackles and take my boat out for some open-ended far-away sailing (after I build some more confidence and skills, of course - lol). Great vlog!
Thank you Natalie! You'll get there one day, both on the water and being confident. :) And yes, this is still one of the best times we've had on the water to date!!
Great video!
22:22 - we've got that same HUGE float! We toss it off the back of our ski boat on lake travis. Amazing way to double the space on board! (costco for those wondering!)
HUGO!!!! Amazing!
We met in Anse de Colombier in St. Barth's when he recognized our boat and came over to say hello. It was a nice treat to see him again in Antigua. :)
Congratulations 💞💞🇨🇦
Nice - Grand Rapids’ Founders beer makes an appearance at 18:08!
Matt from Kalamazoo
Kind of sad that the Canadian was carrying Founders and not the Grand Rapidians, lol. But we did make a stop there the last time we were home.
this is thrilling mate! keep it going with this recording format bro
also best moves 2018 award
My wife and I spent two weeks in Antigua for our honeymoon, other than Shirley Heights I think you've already pointed out all that Antigua has to offer.. North end of the Island had some decent snorkeling though.. Great job in the race thus far..
We were really surprised by the contrast of the North and East side of the island. Very dry and brown vs the green tropical look of the south and west. Still, a pretty cool and historic place to sail.
Matt
Looks like a great time! In a pinch for Neon Night, Visine will be picked up by black light. (Don't ask) Make it a great day!!
Nice tip! I'll keep that in mind if we make it back next year. :)
Believe me, that will be the last question I ask you about :)
Matt
For me it was always the voyage not the destination.
15:39 - Still (possibly) sea sick, ref neck patch. but ALL I WANT IS THAT DARN BEER TENT! Haha..
When you race that hard, it's your prize at the end of the day!!
@@MJSailing Love it!!
I'm not suggesting Liz's Absolut was strong... but she totally rolled a burrito and thought it was a taco :P hahah
Sorry, I have to stand by my girl here, she said it was *like* a taco with the opening on the wrong side. 😜
Oh! My bad. Her comment was funny though. I definitely wouldn't want to trifle the girl that ran her university sailing club. I mean, serious props to Liz for that!
BTW - Matt's talk about people loving to sail vs sailing as an ends to a mean for cruisers was eye opening.
It's crazy how fast pleasure cruising leaves cruisers too. That's not to say there aren't enjoyable passages along the way, but it's very rare that you'll get to a spot, drop anchor, and then go out for a sail and come back to the exact same spot. I can get it if you're in one area for a long time, but when we first started we never stayed in one anchorage for more than 5 days anyway.
Looks like a good place for a race. And well done for your results. Did the crews of the big boats mix with the small fry?
I think the divisions tended to stick together at the parties because you know the people and boats in your division, but there was some mingling between classes, lol.
love my wife....but could i sit on a boat with her for all that time with little interaction from anyone else??? yep. haha love it
forget the racing that GnT looked awsome
Yes, they were quite good and quite dangerous. ;) Oh, and you sound like you would be perfect for 'Chase the Race'!. A catamaran/party boat that goes on the water during the races, so you get a front row view to the action while sitting back and enjoying a cocktail. www.sailingweek.com/chase-the-race/
great video as usual, can you
tell us what brand was the boat you raced on
Frank- It was a 1983 Rival 38.
Matt
Great that they have cruiser classes. The heavy Rival would be great in the decent looking winds. What’s with the mainsail reef on the finishing run you could have made up those 10 sec!!!!!!
What do you think of racing to hone your sailing skills ?
Cheers Warren
I think we learned how to do a few more things efficiently while racing, but then also realized that we don't necessarily need to take them into cruising because we don't need to gain a few seconds here or there, lol.
Cool sail friends! What is the dinghy they use? It looks a treat for those if us who prefer wind to outboard.
I have to ask him every time we see him which one it is, but I think it is the Trinka 8'.
Matt
You need to go to the next tiesto with that girl .
how's that fever tree tonic taste?? I've had the plain indian tonic??
It was pretty good! The aromatic tonic gave it a little extra pep of flavor. :)
The video resolution appears different. Is it ? Did you shoot with different cameras than usual? Fun race week.
Yeah, we shot a lot of it on a knock off GoPro (SJ CAM SJ6 Action Cam) and a Sony waterproof point and shoot since we knew it was going to be a wet ride. Audio and resolution were affected, but better than soaking the good camera :)
Matt
The scenes of us out sailing also have us shooting with a TomTom Action Camera Bandit. Takes good quality photos if the camera is still, but the footage comes out very wobbly if you move it around.
MATT,
RE : REAL SAILORS...
A real sailor, an experienced old salt, after a lengthy ocean passage, once the boat
makes it's next port O' call, while the rest of the crew is anxious to go ashore for some R & R,
the real sailor prefers to stay aboard. Filling out the ship's log, stowing gear & performing
ships maintenance all the while looking forward to getting underway again.
!
I've only met a few people that ACTIVELY cruise full time (year round) that will up anchor in a harbor for a day sail only to return to the same spot a few hours later. We've done it to go see a beach, snorkel, fish, make water or some other need/reason, but never just for the joy of sailing for a few hours.
Once we're stuck in a place for a few months for hurricane season or winter, then we'd go out just to sail, but that isn't active cruising in my book.
Most cruisers traditional move the boat to a new location every week or two and that is enough sailing for them. But these two not only sail their dinghy everywhere, they up anchor on the big boat and just sail around a harbor for a few hours. To retain that passion is extremely rare once you've lived the life for awhile. They help me reignite that passion for pure sailing each time we hangout with them.
Whenever we cross an ocean or do long passages, we're tempted to just stay at sea for a bit longer or jump back aboard and leave again; I think most people get that way after being away from it all for awhile, but to me, that has more to do with personality traits than it does making someone a sailor's sailor. And that part about stowing gear and maintenance is just basic seamanship and how it should be done :)
Matt
2nd place? Not to shabby...
No, I don't think Matt and I were expecting to get on the platform at all that week. All credit must go to our teammates who carried us, haha.
What’s the song at 18:48
Never mind as I read the bio. Lol
very good 😍🔥👙
Cringing watching the use of that knife to filet.
Not the usual tool for the job, but seemed to get it done just fine.
Matt
Kinda jealous...
Do you realize you people drink a lot more than most cruisers on CZcams? You may not see but we do. A bit less emphasis on the drinking culture may attract a larger audience.