DAY 42: Steering Snapped at Sea | Over The Top S2CH.9
September 12, 2022 by Slim & Soph - Sailing Nakama | Language: EN Play Time: 00:20:24 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
Miles offshore, we hear a loud crack and realise our steering is broken.
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Before setting off on a sailing voyage, you obsess over everything possible scenario that could go wrong and the tools and spares and spares of spares you would need to resolve an array of issues that could potentially occur while you’re out there alone in the wilderness of the ocean. But it’s the one crucial thing that you think you have a spare of that when it breaks, you don’t. After leaving Cooktown and heading towards Lizard Island, our autopilot has a moment and decides it doesn’t want a bar of it. We take over hand steering however, with big beamy seas and 20 knots of wind, we are confronted with an issue that has been concealed under an old mount on our tiller. We are now offshore with our steering compromised. We think of solutions quickly and hope we can make it to our destination.
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Chapters:
00:00 Welcome back, Cooktown & sail repairs
03:18 Back to sea, who needs steering anyway?
14:42 We found Greece on the GBR
16:48 To the tiller! Here’s to you 🥂
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Welcome aboard SV Nakama, We are Slim & Soph a young Aussie couple tryna get by living aboard our tiny retro sailboat with our cat Chilli. We sail the Australian coastline whilst attending university online and take you with us. After putting study on the back burner for years as we didn’t want to sacrifice adventure, we thought why not have both? Fed up with the outrageous rental prices in our hometown, the idea of doing it afloat came to mind. We figured we could scrape by on our tight student budget if we stopped paying way too much rent and lived minimally on the ocean, whilst continuing our passion for adventure. The plan for now, is to keep sailing onwards, keeping Australia to our left and once we're done doing that...Who knows. Our mission is to prove that anyone can do it, you don’t need the fanciest boat or a squillion bucks, just a whole lot of ambition and a willingness to make mistakes and learn. So join us on this whacky adventure! Slim & Soph xoxo
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