Sailing into a Gale: Solomons to Australia WHSE140

Townsville, 1989 while I was in the Navy. 10 beautiful days

Try a hammock for sleeping

Awesome, 💪🏽💪🏽. Keep the videos coming.👌

Holly, come pick me up in Tampa and teach me how to sail!

wait for good weather if it takes forever

What is that song at about 19 minutes in?

Am from rogers Arkansas you got a really cool Chanel

Nice weather.

You are braver than me, absolutely braver than me 😆 You seem lovely too, great vlog 🤙

Much more hardcore than those wimpy Parlay boys 😮

Best solo girl around the globe...gracias Holly, t care best luck!❤

Welcome to Australia, Wind Hippie.

Well done

Hi from NZ. You are very cool and are obviously slaying it .I wanted to share my AIS situation. So, in regards to your near collision, have you confirmed that you are set up to, and are transmitting an AIS signal? I bought my boat with legacy electronics and learnt that I was receiving AIS data but wasn't transmitting. I didn't know that AIS is not necessarily the full package. i.e. xmit/recv as standard.

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Go 🎉girl 👧 good luck ..take care .

🫡 I never let that sexy go solo

"Hatch Dogs" is my other band. ❤

You rock. Thanks for sharing your sail combinations. Love it. Learning lots! Gutsy girl! Pioneer! Stay safe. Wow. Lots of cringe moments. You’re brave.

GOOD ON YA GIRL . 👍🏽🤩

You have a tattoo on your booty!?!? ❤

That was a crazy journey! Glad you are okay. Mother Nature stop picking on our girl!

f'yeah! 🙌🏽

Stay safe young lady.

Well done

I have been following you off and on for a few years it seems. I just want to say, you have some real fortitude to be sailing out in the ocean by yourself. The videos are very entertaining and educational. Thank you for the content

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U get bored im in the Bristol channel

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Most interesting. I would love more navigational updates. How far from where and in what direction etc. Full of admiration.

Don't bet your Life on china electronics

Mark of a sailor truly, extremely competent, innately confident; shrugs off 'winds mid 30's, up toward 40, waves 4 meters, 9 days, boat 27 ft.' "Guess I'll go.'"

You are one Courageous girl.
I recently sailed the east coast, and was terrified of being 10NM from the coast in poor weather.
What you are doing here on a small boat in the unfavourable season is phenomenal.
Wishing you all the kind seas and fair winds from SailingAustralia.
Get around her, People! This is Legendary!

Hi Holly, we've been watching your travels ainx you began, and we think you're the most amazing woman! your courage, determination, skill and quirky humour delight us every time. Thank you for making these videos, they keep us as land-locked sailors optimistic, enthralled and and thrilled as we share your adventures. We're hugely grateful that you missed that ship!

Possibly AIS alarm was going off but you didn't notice till you'd gone up to check why the boat rounded up ?

Give 100% to the moment consistently, create/abserve moment by moment success...bendiciones...m

You're living my dream. Kudos to you.

Girl you are one fearless lady! Your courage, determination and dedication is something out of this world. You and the little boat that could. I think I would have had a panic attack. I thought freeway traffic on my motorcycle is scary, nah those waves are though.

You ever make it to the west coast of southern Oregon I want to buy you dinner and a drink. I could also take you on a tour to Crater Lake national park if you would like a mountain day.

Amazing ⛵️💪🏽👏🏽🇧🇷🇮🇩🇵🇸👍😁

I think you are the sexiest person on earth.

Strong, smart and adorable.

Your near collision at sea with a large vessel may be attributed to a number of things:
1) Your AIS antennae may be intermittent
2) Your AIS not correctly set up
3) The large vessel did not have AIS on
4) Your navigation lights are not on or has a fault and therefore cannot be seen
5) You are not running with a radar reflector large enough so others with radar can see you
6) Someone was asleep at the wheel or not paying attention on the bridge of the vessel

I would suggest that you install some reflector tape on your mast, boom, sails (along battens), and the along the bulwarks so that it can catch any moon light and make your boat more visible. Changing your night time running lights and anchor lights with larger, brighter LED one would also help.

Thanks!

Holly, you have the skills, a great boat, and the prayers of your Christian friends for safety and fair winds. 🙏🏼

Fear has nightmares about her.

I'm 74 and have been sailing all my life and can tell you that you are very impressive Holly!
Best of luck...

Every year we learn about some sailor going missing on passage and I don't doubt that collisions with larger vessels happen because the smaller vessel was not seen. It's a sobering thought for sure and I'm so glad you and the mighty Gecko came through unscathed physically and emotionally! Not today Death, not today.

You made that look easy....well done, God speed ❤