Arriving To Pago Pago - American Samoa by Sailboat! [Ep. 164]

Do you enjoy watching sailing when viewing sailing channels? Look no further! We are getting some good miles in on this last leg of our journey to American Samoa!

#sailing #travel #ocean

Join, Kate, Curtis, and Roxy the dog as we sail in heavy air and light breezes through the Pacific Ocean to the small island of American Samoa.

We hoist Kate's least favorite sail - the blue running spinnaker before sailing in Kate's most skilled conditions! We also chat about how our mainsail gives us more flexibility in a variety of coniditions on such a long passage.

[HopeOfJoe]

OMG 😱, has it been 5 years already ⁉️ 25, 000 km…..that’s a ton of cruising. Excellent episode guys. Lots of sailing excitement and a bit of nature as well 👍🏻 Love to know how to cook bread in a Dutch Oven pot. “Everyone needs a Kate!” See you next time. ✨🌊💨⛵️🏝️👙🌞✨

[FernandoOliveira-oygy]

Great sailing, and it was amazing seeing the bird so calm while close to y’all. Even the bird knows how nice y’all are. Nice episode. Thanks for sharing y’all’s experience with us.

[WillNGo]

Good video. I saw someone else's video saying American Samoa was a pain clearing in.
I'm always a bit wary of seabirds. I just give them space, don't pick up feathers... bird flu in the Pacific Flyway along the west coast of California where I sail and paddle. A cormorant once tried to climb into my lap in my kayak. Kind of freaky. A woman at West Marine explained, 'young birds, tuckered out, ' (just as you guys surmised). (For 2 years seagulls used to regularly try to poop on my head in my kayak off Long Beach, CA. I think someone in a kayak did something mean. Before and since none of this.)
Getting off the dock into the wind? After participating in this a few times on a cat, my wish list is for a big flat fender. I was just crew trying to hold the fender in place. The round ones would just squeeze and roll out.
On my boat maybe I should try using that dense orange MOB pad. Just thinking out loud. I have a bow thruster so 8 knots blowing me against a dock, no problem. 20 knots? You did great.

[Urluk]

I always love watching you two sail. Great run! Unlike most channels, you both are very good at sailing and I am learning a lot from you. But the look of pure joy on your faces when you sail is always a such a treat. The bird was pretty good but not the real star of this channel...Roxy!

[alberttross]

Thanks for giving my cousin a ride and letting him rest. He partied a little too hard the night before. Hope he made it home. 😁

[LondonCarnaval]

By far the BEST sailing channel in YouTube and my favourite of all.
I wish you all the very BEST of LUCK 🙏👌👍💪💯💝

[danpoczynek]

I can’t thank you enough, I see the harness and ropes on Roxie. Our 4 boxer boys are our whole lives and we ( my wife and I ) love to see other folks do everything they can do to protect their pets.

[rodneysmith]

your smile showes how muck you are loving that sail

[Life-Dreaming]

Great video - Roxy is too cute‼️ The sailing was awesome. Stay safe and have fun.


Enjoy your FREEDOM and remember to VOTE‼️

💙🇺🇸💚👍😇

[marshallc]

That bird would make and excellent archetype of a scary storm trooper. I am really glad to see you putting on your vests. They are helpful. Any new or especially old sailors get an amazingly comfortable life preserver and wear it.

[davidmontgomery]

That looked like fun. I recognized the grin on your face, Kate. I enjoy the episodes where you are visiting new places but I love the episodes showing getting to those new places. Thank you for not glossing over the sailing.

[tiochio]

That’s a new Roxy friend!! Poor bird is exhausted!!

[nancygladieux]

Great job on this video. Lots of action. I even liked your stowaway with the webbed feet. I hope you can get some great great drone footage of the American Samoas.

[stubby]

That was entertaining lol. Don't poop or can't poop? Gotta wonder if that bird was the inspiration for the commercials. The smiles and laughter showed you all were in good spirits. Keep having fun and stay safe.

[edkleinstuber]

absolutely rocking that red one piece! great video as always.

[donmorgan]

Great post... as always. Thanks for sharing. Please give Roxy a hug.

[kurtc]

Getting a little spooky with the waves hitting the anchor.

[kylejazwiecki]

Wow, what an incredible moment! 🐦✨ That bird landing on the sailboat is like something out of a movie. Nature never ceases to amaze me. Anyone else think this little guy might be the captain now? 😂⛵️

[dhamma]

When I saw the white water hitting the camera at the bow it was just admiring the trust in the plastic fantastic usual mounts over the briny deep...very nice footage and editing all the way through this trip, by the way!

[FranklinGray]

Yeah, I didn't time it right and came in 4 hours after sundown. It was a bit nerve racking but I was able to see a bit with my West Marine binoculars. Luckily the harbor was mostly empty so I have plenty of room to drop the hook and go to sleep. Wife was 5 month pregnant at the time and it was her first sail offshore and she was scared most of the time. I'll never forget the look on her face when she woke up in the cockpit the first morning to see 10' swell coming from the stern. She had a lot of family there that she hadn't seen in a long time so she was glad we finally made it...finally to her, it was just a 2.5 day trip up from Tonga.