BOAT SURFING BIG 10FT WAVES into the INLET! 55 Hrs underway!
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- čas přidán 13. 05. 2023
- Join us for this week of Aboard Mermaid Monster as the disaster saga continues. However, I am happy to report that there is a happy ending here. Everything always ends up working out as it should as long as you use your brain and be patient…. At least that is what I tell myself. Watch as we explain why the davit stopped working mid lift with the dinghy. We try to do our very best by showing the ups and the downs of boat life in a very real way. Please comment below what you enjoy about our channel as we want to continue to make content that our viewers enjoy watching. On this episode we head out on a 2 day underway cruise from Puerto Rico to Turks and Caicos. We encounter some pretty awesome stuff out on the water this cruise. If you are new here then welcome. We are the Palmer family. We have been living aboard and cruising for 5 years now. With three kids and 1 big dog, life is NEVER dull out on the water. Tune in every Sunday at 9am ET for a brand new episode! Cheers
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Baby in the Captains chair is classic……..when we crossed the gulf in our Grand Banks 42 we had 20 to 25 kts of wind from the stern and we would go from 17kts down the waves to 13 kts up the waves, my wife did not like it. But, for me being an ex fighter pilot it was fun……..another great video!
The thing to always remember is a boat like a Nordhavn can take a lot more than the humans. So always design the trip to accommodate the passengers. Boat glitches always seen to happen at the most inopportune time, but that is life on the water.
What a beautiful trip. So cute to see Leo in the captain's chair. Thank you for sharing.
Great episode! Stay safe and keep rolling through the issues one at a time! You all got this! 👍👍
Everything on the fly. I remember back in trade school a friend having a unique discussion with the instructor as to where power starts. The instructor was set on it starting from the positive side while my friend said the negative. It's an interesting concept for discussion. Most issues when in any type of automotive type electrical, will be associated with proper grounding. Remember when Detroit started coming out with their series 60 design and the cpu. Most of the problems at the time was around the grounding. Any electrical device that is rubber insulated for vibration, etc., should be grounded externally.
Swells. The essence of the sea. Remember back when my dad and I where out in his homebuilt wooden cab cruiser. 17 1/2 feet, trying to get into some sheltered bay as the seas where starting to grow. The swells where around 10-12 feet, about 4 seconds apart with a 3-4 white cap on top. I recall as we dove down into the tunnel how our boat dissappeared. Quite the journey till we slipped into cove on an island. One of which back in the twenties or thirties, was a fox farm. Go figure! Southeast Alaska.
If you haven't been to Southeast Alaska, have the urge and time, recommend it. Rains alot, sometimes blistering squals but, some of the most serene landscape.
Be safe out there folks....
Mom and Dad yall are bloody awesome, LEGENDS.!! Love this channel ❤️ 🇿🇦🤙🏼
sketchy inlet, you did good. I bet you have liked about a hundred more horses. I just love how real you guys are
Haha yes!
Thanks for sharing !
Minute 16-18? Maybe my favorite minutes of the last couple of years of the channel. ❤️❤️❤️
I have to go back and see what that is hahaha
This cruise with this wonderful weather and the whales is why you guys do this keep safe!!!!
Captain Leo on watch!! Awesome! 👍👍
Great job allowing the kids to learn to cook!❤
Great that the problem has been solved and one of the things to learn about compost hulls is how to find proper ground. Jumper seats are cool.
Hanging ten off the bow!! Sweet!! 😂😂🤣🤣👍👍Be safe crew! Keep rolling!! 👍👍
Captain Leo I love it.
Nice trip..Thank's!!(stay safe Guy's!!!!!...'💙'.
Happy Mother’s Day Brooke!😊💐
Well done. Proper passagemaking.
great vid. Beautiful boat. Love the kitchen. The backsplash is awesome.
Happy to see that you finally have Leo standing a watch (14:47). It's really time that he needs to learn to do his part. There are no free rides. Fair seas.
Haha!
You guys are awesome
Happy Mother's Day Brooke. Keep on Keep'in on.
Thank you!
Dolphin is looking up saying ‘Come on! You can go faster than this!’
Liked your cruising the ocean.
We are looking at Nordhavn and couple fo similar boats for use from Miami to Bahamas to the Florida Keys. Your hands-on experience has been invaluable. Hope to see you on the water soon!
Your formula for wave height vs duration, makes good sense.
Cool video, I could see what you were talking about with the waves.
You’re going down with the ship 😂
You guys were long overdue for a nice trip- it’s been a while. Braden’s comment about an adult sized version of the jumper thing was spot on. I thought exactly the same thing the first time you showed it.
Wouldn’t that be SO fun!!
Lol!! Capt Leo!!❤
Happy Mother's Day Thank you, guys
Thank you❤️
Keeping it real, as always 😊. The Cut at Turks could have been quite the ride. I kept picturing somebody approaching at night along a slightly oblique track and finding those wicked curlers coming at them on an angle. No thanks.
Good job steering through the cut
That is a great inlet with a great little marina on the end of Provo! The sister boat to our boat is docked .5m further up the channel just before the barge that is aground.
Captain Leo!
Came here to say exactly that, so cute!!!
Well.cruised
They both laughing at Lola and she don't no she the joke 🤣 😂
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It is so cool to see the crew take the controls at the helm ( all of them) and other spots on the deck, good deckhands, make great captains. The video was very good. All of it, the beginning was very cool, breaking the bar was even better. The crane/tender fail had to be a cluster... just had to be. Yeah but Yeah but. You are in one of the top rated vessels for what you are doing. Always remember, Energy, power, AC/DC, personal, from the sun and day is all about being grounded. Energy has to be used and then go someplace, I love you for what you are doing, keep teaching, keep growing and keep learning. Happy Mothers Day! We all pick a coarse, we also can modify it to be US. The main course is the most important , hugs to all of you! Keep working on your dream.
Thank you for the thoughtful comment
The spark was the electricity jumping the air gap to ground from the pump case. You can get star washers that will cut through paint/powder-coating when you crank a grounding screw/bolt into the hole. Prevents you from having to remove a bunch of paint to get a proper ground and expose that larger area to salt and corrosion in the marine environment. What a beautiful trip. Makes up for some of the previous hmmm, adventures. Ya gotta love a little surfing of a following sea. :-)
I’ll have to look into those star washers. Thanks for the comment and thanks for watching.
I HAVE A 72' IM TRYING TO GET READY FOR WHAT YA;LL ARE DOIN!!
Yes!!!!! Welcome
Here's the thing and why she is a great Captain.
It's safety first and she's always thinking ahead, scenarios running around, and creating what ifs and back ups.
And, if she pulled out the life jackets and god forbid had to order the crew to put them on. The first thing I would do is put it on.
Thanks Ian! Just trying to keep my family safe.
❤❤❤
The sparking is arching because it doesn’t have a proper ground, scrape the paint off and secure it you should be fine. As you know don’t mess with fire on a boat.
No doubt everyone was way too busy, but drone footage of the surfing entrance to Turks would have been cool!
Omg that would’ve been sweet. Probably would have shown the perspective much better
@@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER Still, you all had quite a bit to keep track of. Drone video would have been cool, but safe crew tops all!
Now that the kids are older are you going to start having them do boat chores or have you already started? 😊
Already started gotta earn their keep 😉❤️
Enjoyed your channel! I’m trying to convince my wife that a circumnavigation is a great retirement project and went so far as to even start a little channel (@NavalGazingatCampDavid) to sell her on the life style….desperate times and all that. Lol. Thanks again for the great content. I have a whoooole new appreciation for the time and care it takes to create these episodes!
Awe best of luck at convincing your wife hahaha!!! Thanks for being here and saying hi!
Are you guys ever going to do a world tour?
All you need is a whale to jump up and.....when all of you are out on deck without PFDs. Even 80 years ago, when I was these children's age, My Dad made sure my Brother and I wore our "life jackets" (as they were known then) whenever we went out on deck....at anchor or underway.....on our 52 footer and later, when we were in our teens, aboard our 83 footer. Not to mention the same rule appled suring my time on the US COast Guard International Weather Patrol Cutter CAMPBELL in the Labrador (9k NM) and North Atlantic (55k NM) oceans.
I see you've discovered the 'Women and children first' saying at first hand lol!
It was a very “titanic” moment. Haha
True seamanship.... when you dont have a Pershing.
First; I think that Leo will make a great Captain; Secondly; What was the depth of the water going through the Cut? Also; when you are underway for many hours at a time, do you have a ditch bag at the ready, as well as life jackets for everyone?
Haha 1st we agree 2nd I honestly don’t know but it was plenty deep in the channel! 3rd yes absolutely!!
Wonderful Cruise! I have an odd question. Living onboard you must see a lot of sunsets....How many times have you seen the green flash? I've seen it 2 times in my life.
2 times as well!
The waves did not look that big on video, however, when you saw the boat move a liittle bit up n down, thats when you knew they were in fact big waves. That was good videography though.
It’s so hard to capture wave size!
Duration is crest to crest or trough to trough. Not crest to trough.
👍👍🇺🇸
Is it time for a boat upgrade? Bigger one 62’?
Are you guys not worried about long term damage to your eyes? Seems like the easy call to wear UV protection sunglasses
No because we wear sunglasses everyday all day
They always wear sunglasses
Use condemns, safety first Karen
@@hhazelhoff1363 😂😂😂
Why did the guy that install the pump not make a good ground connection, that is mechanics one o one ??
Hi, Your travels are quite interesting I like the motor boat videos the best, although sweet lady please be sure to speak to us the camera and not to yourself on the side, happy cruising and stay safe, thank you for the videos, All the best, Al
Hey I was wondering,hearing you talk about star link...and with you guys being on the boat I remember when we had our yacht cruise in the u.s.v.i. how in harmony with the night sky and stars we were .and the absence of city lights and ambient lights. So my question is have you witnessed the starlink sattelites with the naked eye in the night sky ?I saw it a few months back while floating in mt boat anchored at night and it was the craziest expirience and strange feeling .not Knowing really for Shure what I was seeing I had a tgought it may be that but had never heard a description of what it looked like or that you could see it.coukd you describe the expirience if you did see it?if you haven't,you must
The Nordhaven is build for hard sea no angry . 5 m waves no problem but 10 m waves ok where is the next habour !
YA REALLY NEED GET RID OF THAT BEARD!!!!!
3ft
Wrong
U like moby
You wanna see 10ft seas go watch the deadliest catch lol those were small seas no where close to 10’ or the 8’ in beginning lmao
They actually were…. You have to understand from our cameras perspective we are sitting almost 15 feet above the water…
never understood why it's so hard to show swell size. weird.
There is no "surfing". The waves move much faster than this heavy, slow ship.
I don’t want to get technical here but you r also wrong. And surfing is the best way to describe what is happening here ❤️
Don't look like 10 to me?
Camera Makes it look smaller than it is. Promise you it was.
Not 10 feet
Actually yes
Ditch the eyebrows. They are not becoming.
Can’t get rid of something attached to our face now can we.
@@ABOARDMERMAIDMONSTER Sure Niether do we have to 'enhance' them as is case here. I know you know what was meant. It's just feedback....take it or leave it.
No one wearing life vests.what about little kids
Dumb
What? Why is that dumb? We don’t wear life jackets inside. That would be dumb
I'm born and raised in Florida I've done a lot more higher waves than that in a 45ft I'm just guessing that you want smooth sailing wherever you go cuz I noticed that you all get sea sick all the time.. in that case you're really not going to go that far.
Haha ok you obviously haven’t seen many of our videos….