A Cyclone in Mozambique and Sailboat Brick House Sailed towards it??

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A cyclone in Mozambique and Sailboat Brick House sailed right towards it?

Brick House Departed Tanzania in mid March when we saw a weather forecast on Predictwind, of Tropical Cyclone Idai. We departed to sail down the Mozambique Channel, nearly 1700 miles.  Why would we do this? Then Cyclone Kenneth hit…

Find out where, when, WHY and how, in this video…

The Mozambique cyclone hit Beira, just 100 miles north of where we anchored, in Bazaruto, just days before. We sailed through the remnants of the cyclone in up to 50 knots. Once we arrived safely…another cyclone, Cyclone Kenneth wipped up over Mayotte, Comoros, and then hit Tanzania and Mozambique. Lucky for us, we dodged all the cyclones, but not the remnants of these storms at sea!

The weather program we use and love : Predictwind Free Software and Service

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Mozambique Cyclone Idai – Sailing towards a storm In March (a little earlier than planned-still in cyclone season!)

Communication Evolution on Brick House : Iridium GO! Predictwind!

 

Valiant 40 Sailboat Tour (#3) Down Below Part 2. Water Tank Repair, Chain Locker, Marine Toilet, Electronics

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We just posted our latest Sailboat How To Video yesterday.  We now have Closed Captions on our Videos which are being perfected daily.

Bluewater Cruising Sailboat Tour – Valiant 40 (Chain Locker, Water Tank Repair, Marine Toilet) Sailing Video #32

Another “Sailboat How To Video”/“Fixing Sailboats” video detailing 4 areas of fixing this old bluewater sailboat: 

  1. Sailboat Chain locker..a modification

  2. Sailboat Water tank repair instead of replacement

  3. Jabsco Marine toilet maintenance

  4. Headliner replacement (ceiling)

Patrick Childress, takes apart the Jabsco marine toilet and shows how to clean the deposits off, and lubricate the seals. He talks about how to restore a water tank on a sailboat instead of water tank replacement with epoxy and paint. He goes in to detail about the anchor chain locker and how to run the anchor chain further aft and lower. He also covers the replacement of the headliner. Rebecca debuts and gives a quick tour of the nav station and marine electronics aboard offshore cruising yacht, “Brick House”.

We have started a new YouTube channel…about the adventures we have in the countries we go to. We are NOT going to post those adventures on this channel anymore…. If you like those videos too…please check out our other channel at Our Other New Youtube Channel…The fun… And PLEASE…SUBSCRIBE TO THAT CHANNEL TOO!

This is Video 3 in a Valiant 40 Sailboat Tour

Part 1 :   (Above decks): Valiant 40 Tour Top Side

Part 2 : (Below deck): Valiant Tour 2 Down Below

Part 3 (Below deck part 2 #3) (This is the one you are watching now.)

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Here are some links for the Products seen in this video. 

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 Toilet

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Redport Halo Long Distance WiFi Antenna

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Predictwind Iridium GO. Predictwind Iridium GO

Predictwind Iridium GO External Antenna Predictwind External Antenna

My articles on Predictwind and Iridium GO: 

The decision

Article 2

 

Offshore Navigator Article Jan/Feb 2019

Predictwind has a lot of info on their site too about the iridium GO. 

       Predictwind website

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Here is the other channel we have…the PLEASURES of sailing around the world…so many amazing places to see. We aren’t always fixing the boat in exotic ports…I swear…