Sailing things right

"No proofs — didn't happen" but I've just seen with my own eyes a tiny, about a kilo or two, spearfish jumping out the water.
Launched two lures, but no luck with catching neither it nor whatever was hunting it.

UPD: Hooked it, but with twenty backflips it managed to get off the hook. :(

There are a lot of scary moments in a sailor's life. Broaching, squalls, rogue waves, lightning strikes, leaks, losing a mast, losing engine when it needed the most... This list isn't even a quarter of the actual one.
But there's a thing that's not life-threatening, but every sailor shits a ton of bricks momentarily — finding a life-raft in the open sea.

I'm sorry for the speech, I was still a bit shaking at the moment of recording and forgot the words.

The very moment

Going west.
The wind is straight behind, so sailing with genoa only.
Autopilot today is in a good mood, so I'm having a very chilly sailing.
The only question is where to anchor overnight, or go further while autopilot is working. This part of Italy has literally zero shelters from the swell, so staying on anchorage anywhere around might be quite rolly.

#bobaka

Also today my new small fishing rod returned the investment.

The taste of the just caught tuna is incomparable. I think two-three more and I'll never touch canned tuna again.

Today I've got some rain and thunder and now I'm watching the light-show over the mountains.

Messing again with illumination.

BTW, I've added paid reactions. So if anyone got excited enough about some of my posting, you're welcome to gift it a star. :)

How to fix the bathing platform on the water.

The smallest dinghy I've ever seen

Made a nice deal: gave out nescafe coffee maker which I don't use in exchange to a special device that connects to the instruments on the boat and broadcasts all the data to my phone over WiFi.
Now I got a lot of numbers working on the phone during the navigation.
Only AIS left to obtain and install

Good morning everyone.

The most luxurious thing in the world — falling asleep staring at Milky Way. Every day.
I am so happy to have that.

This photo is named "Sobakobulochnoye izdelie #2". For everyone interested, it's a word-play, can't be translated directly, but consider it calling a dog a warm fluffy bun in a form of a dog.

#bobaka

Lost the lure to the largest fish I've ever got hooked. The metal leash with "30kg guaranteed handled force" torn apart on pulling this tuna. :(

Found out that my autopilot still unhealthy.
Dunno the reason it's losing alignment, but it seems like still the flux gate is the reason. Or maybe the head already gone crazy.
Whatever..
Set up the sails, balanced it, and there's no need in autopilot in such conditions. Just fixed the rudder in neutral position.
Boat is stable at the course. Windy says that we'll be fine with this course until the tomorrow night when we'll have to tack.

Random photos made today.

#bobaka

Yesterday I bought a short fishing rod to catch something while anchored.
Success! Ursa will have some fish for dinner today.

Used cheap sausages for bait. :)

Half a year of ghost-sailing is over.

Ursa is living her best life

#bobaka

Splash!
So far so good.
Anchored nearby.
Autopilot calibrated itself successfully by swinging the boat 360° couple times, which gives me a strong hope that it will work from now as it should.

Morning, everyone

New day, new failures.
Wind sensor is dead.
Maybe because of the recent thunderstorm, or maybe just wiring — dunno, but need to check.

Thunderstorm is coming so I'm preparing. :)

https://t.me/rnavado/s/19

Arrived to Crotone

This morning I had a spectacular view of my dingy's belly. The whole new world grew up there in three weeks.

This type of cuteness can't be distributed for free. :)

#bobaka

Had met a smaller brother who has his own small Discworld on his back.

#atuin

Grooming the dog, episode 1005001.
Ursa never ever before did grow and lose so much fur. Every second day I'm pulling out ten to fifteen brushes before she decides "that's enough for today".

Full-resolution image in the comments. Try to count bright spots on the water. :)

Setting up Starlink on a friend's boat a couple days ago.

#sailors

Decided to spend another little bag of money on an additional 40 meters of anchor chain. Now I am able to anchor at up to 20 meters depth.
Also, this makes me way more confident in bad weather anchoring.
Also I was gifted with a 12m piece of 10mm chain for the stern anchor.
Life is good. :)

"No proofs — didn't happen" but I've just seen with my own eyes a tiny, about a kilo or two, spearfish jumping out the water.
Launched two lures, but no luck with catching neither it nor whatever was hunting it.

UPD: Hooked it, but with twenty backflips it managed to get off the hook. :(

Morning, everyone

The most luxurious thing in the world — falling asleep staring at Milky Way. Every day.
I am so happy to have that.

This photo is named "Sobakobulochnoye izdelie #2". For everyone interested, it's a word-play, can't be translated directly, but consider it calling a dog a warm fluffy bun in a form of a dog.

#bobaka

The very moment

Thunderstorm is coming so I'm preparing. :)

Lost the lure to the largest fish I've ever got hooked. The metal leash with "30kg guaranteed handled force" torn apart on pulling this tuna. :(

Also today my new small fishing rod returned the investment.

The taste of the just caught tuna is incomparable. I think two-three more and I'll never touch canned tuna again.

This morning I had a spectacular view of my dingy's belly. The whole new world grew up there in three weeks.

Random photos made today.

#bobaka

Messing again with illumination.

BTW, I've added paid reactions. So if anyone got excited enough about some of my posting, you're welcome to gift it a star. :)

Had met a smaller brother who has his own small Discworld on his back.

#atuin

Half a year of ghost-sailing is over.

The smallest dinghy I've ever seen

Setting up Starlink on a friend's boat a couple days ago.

#sailors

Splash!
So far so good.
Anchored nearby.
Autopilot calibrated itself successfully by swinging the boat 360° couple times, which gives me a strong hope that it will work from now as it should.

Good morning everyone.

There are a lot of scary moments in a sailor's life. Broaching, squalls, rogue waves, lightning strikes, leaks, losing a mast, losing engine when it needed the most... This list isn't even a quarter of the actual one.
But there's a thing that's not life-threatening, but every sailor shits a ton of bricks momentarily — finding a life-raft in the open sea.

I'm sorry for the speech, I was still a bit shaking at the moment of recording and forgot the words.

New day, new failures.
Wind sensor is dead.
Maybe because of the recent thunderstorm, or maybe just wiring — dunno, but need to check.

Going west.
The wind is straight behind, so sailing with genoa only.
Autopilot today is in a good mood, so I'm having a very chilly sailing.
The only question is where to anchor overnight, or go further while autopilot is working. This part of Italy has literally zero shelters from the swell, so staying on anchorage anywhere around might be quite rolly.

#bobaka

https://t.me/rnavado/s/19

Arrived to Crotone

Found out that my autopilot still unhealthy.
Dunno the reason it's losing alignment, but it seems like still the flux gate is the reason. Or maybe the head already gone crazy.
Whatever..
Set up the sails, balanced it, and there's no need in autopilot in such conditions. Just fixed the rudder in neutral position.
Boat is stable at the course. Windy says that we'll be fine with this course until the tomorrow night when we'll have to tack.

Today I've got some rain and thunder and now I'm watching the light-show over the mountains.

This type of cuteness can't be distributed for free. :)

#bobaka

Yesterday I bought a short fishing rod to catch something while anchored.
Success! Ursa will have some fish for dinner today.

Used cheap sausages for bait. :)

How to fix the bathing platform on the water.

Grooming the dog, episode 1005001.
Ursa never ever before did grow and lose so much fur. Every second day I'm pulling out ten to fifteen brushes before she decides "that's enough for today".

Full-resolution image in the comments. Try to count bright spots on the water. :)

Ursa is living her best life

#bobaka

Made a nice deal: gave out nescafe coffee maker which I don't use in exchange to a special device that connects to the instruments on the boat and broadcasts all the data to my phone over WiFi.
Now I got a lot of numbers working on the phone during the navigation.
Only AIS left to obtain and install

Decided to spend another little bag of money on an additional 40 meters of anchor chain. Now I am able to anchor at up to 20 meters depth.
Also, this makes me way more confident in bad weather anchoring.
Also I was gifted with a 12m piece of 10mm chain for the stern anchor.
Life is good. :)

"No proofs — didn't happen" but I've just seen with my own eyes a tiny, about a kilo or two, spearfish jumping out the water.
Launched two lures, but no luck with catching neither it nor whatever was hunting it.

UPD: Hooked it, but with twenty backflips it managed to get off the hook. :(

Good morning everyone.

Morning, everyone

There are a lot of scary moments in a sailor's life. Broaching, squalls, rogue waves, lightning strikes, leaks, losing a mast, losing engine when it needed the most... This list isn't even a quarter of the actual one.
But there's a thing that's not life-threatening, but every sailor shits a ton of bricks momentarily — finding a life-raft in the open sea.

I'm sorry for the speech, I was still a bit shaking at the moment of recording and forgot the words.

The most luxurious thing in the world — falling asleep staring at Milky Way. Every day.
I am so happy to have that.

This photo is named "Sobakobulochnoye izdelie #2". For everyone interested, it's a word-play, can't be translated directly, but consider it calling a dog a warm fluffy bun in a form of a dog.

#bobaka

New day, new failures.
Wind sensor is dead.
Maybe because of the recent thunderstorm, or maybe just wiring — dunno, but need to check.

The very moment

Thunderstorm is coming so I'm preparing. :)

Going west.
The wind is straight behind, so sailing with genoa only.
Autopilot today is in a good mood, so I'm having a very chilly sailing.
The only question is where to anchor overnight, or go further while autopilot is working. This part of Italy has literally zero shelters from the swell, so staying on anchorage anywhere around might be quite rolly.

#bobaka

Lost the lure to the largest fish I've ever got hooked. The metal leash with "30kg guaranteed handled force" torn apart on pulling this tuna. :(

https://t.me/rnavado/s/19

Arrived to Crotone

Also today my new small fishing rod returned the investment.

The taste of the just caught tuna is incomparable. I think two-three more and I'll never touch canned tuna again.

Found out that my autopilot still unhealthy.
Dunno the reason it's losing alignment, but it seems like still the flux gate is the reason. Or maybe the head already gone crazy.
Whatever..
Set up the sails, balanced it, and there's no need in autopilot in such conditions. Just fixed the rudder in neutral position.
Boat is stable at the course. Windy says that we'll be fine with this course until the tomorrow night when we'll have to tack.

This morning I had a spectacular view of my dingy's belly. The whole new world grew up there in three weeks.

Today I've got some rain and thunder and now I'm watching the light-show over the mountains.

Random photos made today.

#bobaka

This type of cuteness can't be distributed for free. :)

#bobaka

Messing again with illumination.

BTW, I've added paid reactions. So if anyone got excited enough about some of my posting, you're welcome to gift it a star. :)

Yesterday I bought a short fishing rod to catch something while anchored.
Success! Ursa will have some fish for dinner today.

Used cheap sausages for bait. :)

Had met a smaller brother who has his own small Discworld on his back.

#atuin

How to fix the bathing platform on the water.

Half a year of ghost-sailing is over.

Grooming the dog, episode 1005001.
Ursa never ever before did grow and lose so much fur. Every second day I'm pulling out ten to fifteen brushes before she decides "that's enough for today".

Full-resolution image in the comments. Try to count bright spots on the water. :)

The smallest dinghy I've ever seen

Ursa is living her best life

#bobaka

Setting up Starlink on a friend's boat a couple days ago.

#sailors

Made a nice deal: gave out nescafe coffee maker which I don't use in exchange to a special device that connects to the instruments on the boat and broadcasts all the data to my phone over WiFi.
Now I got a lot of numbers working on the phone during the navigation.
Only AIS left to obtain and install

Splash!
So far so good.
Anchored nearby.
Autopilot calibrated itself successfully by swinging the boat 360° couple times, which gives me a strong hope that it will work from now as it should.

Decided to spend another little bag of money on an additional 40 meters of anchor chain. Now I am able to anchor at up to 20 meters depth.
Also, this makes me way more confident in bad weather anchoring.
Also I was gifted with a 12m piece of 10mm chain for the stern anchor.
Life is good. :)