'oh crap' moment while sailing

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We encountered these waves sailing from Jamaica to Panama across the Caribbean Sea

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[leisacalton]

They look huge on camera so must be even bigger in the flesh. Beautiful Atlas keeping you safe. Love watching your videos. 😊

[spacejew-zfzn]

wow they even look huge on video. Amazing.. you two have really done some legendary sailing in a short period of time. bravo

[mntnbiker]

Anyone who only experiences this through YT will never appreciate how big and daunting those waves look in person. Same for mountain biking, the camera lens has a way of flattening the landscape.

[AWBepi]

Usually, it's hard to tell how big waves are on camera, great footage.

[judywebb]

You have done something I've never seen on any other youtube video. Youve captured the heartbeat of the ocean!!

[destinypirate]

First time on the ocean? These are standard swells - yet will seem big if you're used to small lakes. Your boat is designed to take 5x that wave height but you need mentorship. As long as you are in deep water, no storm, you can go over any swells, even 30 feet - which means your boat ''disappears'' in the trough for onlookers. Start with life vests, life lines, and PLDs (none visible on you). Then, do you have multiple cold water ditch kits, EPIRB, and ready throw rings? You can take these beam all day, as long as their isn't a storm/squal stacking waves. Do you know the forecast? Are you approaching shallow water (where the waves can double up) or an inlet or opposing currents? Are you reefing BEFORE you need to? Have a mechanic sea test your engine. If it gets rough you can just motor bow to wave, be careful quartering with a sailboat. Have all hatches secure in case you bury the bow or heel.

[chrisbailey]

All the actual sailors understanding the difference between camera footage and reality... Saluté
Bet the tiller pilot was happy for the rest!

[Slithh]

That makes for fun sailing. They weren't particularly dangerous. Big, rolling waves. Handled like a champ! Way to stay calm and just ride it out.

[KyleCorea-xm]

Im a waterman, fisherman from Honolulu Hawaii. Always point your boat at the face if the wave is about to break.

[PhillipHogg-nh]

❤ it's called a swell my friend, worry not, oh and by the way they get bigger. 👍😊🌏🐬

[mawfish]

'Oh my God! I've never seen anything so big. This is dangerous.'

That's what she said.

[marcusm]

Keep sailing, you'll see bigger. A force ten gale I went through had 60 foot waves. We were harnessed, and trying to trim the mainsail, and the force of the wind kept lifting our feet in the air, we were suspended like that until the wind abated and we could pull it in again, boom snapped like a twig.

[petersdavos]

Had an absolute roller coaster of a ferry ride from Ancona, Italy to Patras, Greece in 1987. Storm lasted about 6 hours during the day. I sat on deck in this little protected alcove the whole time with a gallon of red and a gallon of white as I watched the seniors from the dozens of bus tours on board empty their guts into randomly placed garbage cans. Good times. Good sleep when it was over.🤣

[vf]

Ive seen them larger off the oregon coast but its still the same feeling.... a little fear and then.... ok. I was on a salmon trawler in 1997. We had one so large and steep it washed over the deck and blew the port side windows out of our wheelhouse and galley. Got the electronics wet and we came home old scool on a compass. That was the second to last fishing trip for me.

[camcamwatt]

I took a boat from Gili island to Bali in March through the notorious passage. 3 boats turned back - ours kept going. People sick, screaming ambulance on arrival for an elder couple who went into shock. I filmed the waves and yours look even bigger than the iPhone footage I got.

So I know exactly how monsters these are! Lucky yall are in a Yacht and they are designed for this type of seas. We were in an Indonesian junk boat lol

[DesertPirate]

We had waves like this when sailing from San Francisco down to Cabo. Sailboats ride right over them, and steering our boat on the correct course and over the waves was a lot of fun. We all were wearing life vests!

[archstanton]

Certainly turned very quickly, handled it well. Nice sailing.

[robmorgan]

Either turn in or run from... if it's big enough to scare you imagine what happens when it breaks and you're taking it over the port rails... you're gonna get rolled ...

[kellieandbillyjack]

Looks like a great day to be on a Sailboat. Had one opportunity to sail in seas with 20ft waves after a storm blew through. The 1st 10 mins was frightening. Until I realized the boat was fully capable. 39ft Cal.

[AlexBruner-tg]

you got this! that's exciting and the foam hasn't begun streaking. you're good bro, enjoy the ride!