We Knew This Could Happen (BIG OUCH!) [Ep. 66]

We finally get to set the spinnaker, running off the coast of Africa towards South America under full sail, but while grabbing some epic drone footage, we encounter a big problem and Kate gets sliced by the drone!

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It feels so good to finally set our spinnaker on our way to Argentina. Things are going well, but there are a few problems. We have noticed a problem with our masthead wind data, which is causing our new B&G H5000 autopilot to steer erratically and even try to crash gybe us. We are investigating, but in the mean time, the conditions were just too good not to fly our two favorite toys, the G3 cruising spinnaker and the DJI Mavic Pro in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Lets go sailing!

So who is this crazy sailing couple making fun videos to share? Well, we are Kate and Curtis. We both sold up and headed out to sea, with the goal of sailing around the world via Cape Horn and the Cape of Good Hope. We brought our mixed rescue dog along with us as she loves sailing and swimming too!

Our boat is a year 2000 J Boats J/46. We searched for 3 years for our perfect sailboat for sale, when we found it, we knew it was the one. We spent 6 months re-fitting it in Rhode Island and then went for our shakedown voyage in Maine. We stopped in Annapolis for a bit to do some more refit work and offshore modifications, then we set off to the open sea. We went to the Bahamas, Miami, US Virgin Islands, BVI, Grenada, Carriacou, St. Maarten, where we enjoyed outdoor adventures, scuba diving, and have now did an Atlantic Crossing to the Azores where we had a chance to fly our DJI drone (and learned how to fly a drone from a boat) and one of our favorite past times, mountain biking. We have sailed over 10,000 bluewater miles to date.

We watched other sailing channels before we left as well. We even considered van life, a tiny home, or a motorhome / rv. Some of the channels we enjoyed were Gone with the Wynns, Project Atticus, MJ Sailing. Of course also Delos and La Vagabonde. We didn’t really set out to be influencers, but we wanted to return the good karma and pass our inspiration and knowledge along.

Enough of this, we hope you enjoy our relaxing video on #sailingsunday!

XO XO Kate, Curtis & Roxy