Rain Check! Monsoon Season Sailing for Dummies 🤪
One of the questions we’re often asked is: “what’s the worst weather you’ve sailed in?”
This wasn’t the worst (by far), but it was definitely some of the wettest.
The passage this video features was also made more challenging by the fact that our destination was into the wind, and we were racing the clock to arrive before the weather worsened (which hardly seemed possible at the time!)
This is the first time we've shown our hanked-on staysail in a video.
As with all our other canvas, the staysail is made by Ullman Sails Whitsunday (https://whitsunday.ullmansails.com) - no affiliation, but we have always enjoyed good service and products and are therefore happy to recommend them.
There’s also a bit of a lesson in stainless steel corrosion (yes, even this miracle material is not ever-lasting in the harsh saltwater environment).
Welcome along for the ride ⛵️
Additional Resources
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Maps/Satellite Imagery - https://earth.google.com/web/
https://londonerinsydney.com/cane-toad-racing-in-magnetic-island-for-the-first-time/
https://www.arcadiavillagehotel.com/whats-on
Additional Clips sourced from YouTube
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https://youtu.be/65UQ1ZLphCs
https://youtu.be/itToTeIkcow
https://youtu.be/GB5i1K3rKtk?si=OLtTMyQWt8_uzU7P
Music via www.storyblocks.com
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Media Music Group / Emotional piano and strings motivational advertising drama trailer
Humans Win (formerly Lance Conrad) / Explorer
Volodymyr Piddubnyk / Detective is Spying
Gushito / Chill Shorty
We20fifty / Happy Day
Media Music Group / Documentary drama harp and classical guitar
Stationary Sign / Merrily We Go
Music via www.epidemicsound.com
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Tomas Skyldeberg / Magnetic Fields https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/tMrTsfI3o6/
The Sailing Adventures of Brilliant II
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