I Crashed our Boat in the Marina, Way to Make an Entrance! [Ep. 101]

Sure glad you wintered in the Mediterranean, that class 5 hurricane Irma and 4 class Jose right behind it might have raised hell if you sailers were near them. Stay safe and hope your Eastern seaboard sail will have nothing like those. I hope you Never have anything like that to sail.

I've been a Chef for about 40 years and the best metal cleaner and polish for stainless steel and other metal pans is a cleanser and polish called,"Bar Keepers Friend". They were started as a company in, 1882 and still going. I've bought it at Restaurant supply outlets so don't know if it's sold in cooking stores or not but if you will be going down the East coast of the US look around and see if it's available. You won't be disappointed in it's results.If you can't find it let me know and I'll see if I can round up some.

Practical Sailor tests a bunch of metal polishes. We use the Miracle clothe they recommend and it works really well. Not sure what you can get overseas, but the miracle clothes don't weigh much so I am sure they are cheap to ship. They have other recommendations here: <a href="https://www.practical-sailor.com/issues/35_2/chandlery/Best-Metal-Polish_5740-1.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.practical-sailor.com/issues/35_2/chandlery/Best-Metal-Polish_5740-1.html</a>

Riles, watching the video and enjoying them as I do, I got to the point where you were opening the escape hatch - timidly, I was thinking which is expected since you were going at a pretty reasonable clip BUT !! As you opened the hatch quite a way, to my surprise, you then exclaimed; "it's on a hinge" ..... You didn't know that?? The safety scenarios that ran through my mind ... just curious!

I'm an experienced harmonica player who will be happy to get you started. There are some great video tutorials by Jason Ricci on youtube. Start there, and if you want some private lessons, invite me to come onboard for a week and I'll get you off to a good solid start. If you want to check me out first, I'm on Facebook...I'll PM you my contact info if you are curious. I can also set you up with some great starter instruments from a German harmonica maker called Seydel. $100 each, but I'll turn you on to 2 new instruments free of charge. Best harmonicas I've ever used, stock, out of the box.

Hey Riley

the cat i was in the BVI we used to watch huge barracuda lurking under the boat while on the toilet

Love the port hole under the boat. Great speed.

Hahaha "Holy Craapp" 😂

Loved the commentary at 4:25ish Elay, reminded me of early episodes(do that) its the simple things. Riley haha on the gazillion sail changes :) capn is on top of it! very very neat on the autopilot and its quick reaction on performance level 4 setting, very cool to watch that screen I bet. & quite Crashing Elay! sheesh :) and now you know, just remember be calmer than the wind , success everytime. :) cheers Steve

What an amazing boat! So much faster than Lagoon and Leopard! 12 knots! Did you do anything with the dagger board on that reach? Looked like aparent wind was about 90 degrees?

Great episode! Polish all stainless as glossy as possible for the best protection. So back at the place of the big splash: nice 😎

It's christened with a bump now ... I do that eventually with my cars (sadly no boat yet)!

Well done my dear, docking in the wind is never a simple process

I loved the drone greeting....cute!

Ditto to all the above, (so far) anyone who puts in a negative comment, 'shall be keelhauled' which is no big deal, it's open water! I Love the work you do (the whole crew and boat too). George

On the maneuvering and boat handling. Quite daunting no doubt in a big boat in previously unencountered conditions such as a crosswind. On single engine boat one fairly common solution is the use of springer lines ( the lines leading astern from in front of the mast and leading forward from abaft). Also handy when moored abeam with boats ahead and behind and no space to turn a process known as "springing off".

Luv ya'! (did it again)

A great way to learn & remember. Elay, not a crash at all, just a bump, like I do with my van when backing up sometimes. Having my morning coffee with you guys again, watching the US Open on TV & watching ya'll having just a fabulous time out there. Looking forward when you have your guests on board, reading to sail & maybe party a little.

That was not bad at all! In fact, I found it very instructive--thanks (I have a single screw trawler that catches a crosswind like a sailboat). If you think you are docking-challenged, just watch this to feel better about yourself: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ml2KXuHv4" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b3ml2KXuHv4</a>

Scared me with talk of a crash. That's a bump. I usually back in to my slip as I have better control. Not all sailboats will back unfortunately.

It took me 5 approaches in St-Marie-de-la-Mer to get the 47 Bavaria into a tight place, having side winds as well (just about a week ago). So, no big deal, you will get used to handle the boat with wind ;-)

Thanks for the episode... legends !!!!