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I learned to sail as a kid by my father and now as middleaged I have my own boat after 20+ years of not setting foot on a sailboat. Alot knowledge was in the musclememory but the neccesary details needs to by brushed up naturaly. And this channel does it perfectly! Alot of "ahhh, that's right"..now I remember how to and why it went a bit hairy and unnecessarly difficult and heavy performing the different manuvers! Thank you!
Very good point. On our Sailing Masterclass course we made sure to include the process for hoisting the anchor. The idea is to have someone on the bow, pointing to the direction of the anchor, slowly motor forward while retrieving the anchor on the windlass. The goal is to pull up the chain as the load comes off. NEVER pull the boat with the windlass. Then as the anchor is free from the bottom, let the helms-person know to keep the boat slow and safely away from other boats and land while you get the last 20' or so up. Then slowly bump the up button until the anchor is in the pocket.
@@NautilusSailing Thanks for the reply! I was really confused 😅 Because I'm like, if the anchor is so wedged that a boat won't move, how you going to get it out again!
Very nice videos. The bowline and round-turn-with-two-half-hitches are not the same as taught by the American Sailing Association. Even though they may be just as effective or possibly even more effective, students learning these variations in your videos may run into problems when taking ASA Certification tests.
They are the same knots. Our students have no problems passing the ASA tests, the written portion only needs to describe the use for each knot, the skills portion is to tie them on demand in front of the instructor.
There is not a lot of tide in Mexico. It was an oversight in the video where we need to describe to calculate additional scope if you're anchoring at low tide, or increased swing if you anchor on a high tide. Some of our instructors live in places where they see 10-15 foot tides. Makes a big difference.
Thanks so much for the easy explanations, I can now do a Bowline. And judging by the comments there's 2 of them so learned the one you have taught which is what we were using already but now I can do it. The way you have explained the knots was really easy for me to follow thankyou
In my younger days, a huge mahogany sailing yacht, no engine, came gliding up to the mooring. Everything calm onboard. Forward sails came down and belayed. Everything calm on board. Main came down and belayed on the boom. Everything calm onboard, boat silently gliding through the water. One of the crew slowly walking the foredeck, preparing some rope. Everything calm onboard. Slowly the yacht turns into the wind before the buoy coming to a complete stop. Crew bowing down and CLICK carabiner in situ! That helmsman for sure knew his boat and calculated the wind!
Dank voor deze mooie film! Ik hoop ooit ook eens tot Helgoland en terug te raken. Een vraagje - is dat geen grote knoeiboel nabij Helgoland met die verkeersscheidingsstelsels? Ik heb helaas geen AIS.
Close Reach/Close Hauled: go on a Beam Reach course for no more than two boat-lengths and then get your nose trough the wind. Keep the Genoa windwards and you'll slowly drift to the Person. Broad Reach/Running: also go on a beam reach cause for no more than two boat lengths, then get your nose though the wind. When the wind comes from straight ahead, pull your main sheet tight, then also keep your Genoa windwards. Again, drift to the person.
A very good explanation of trim without being technical. When I used to teach sailing this is how I taught it to beginners. Much easier for a newbie to understand. Good job
Sailing doesn't come easy to me. These videos are truly helping me actually understand and learn the basics without being under pressure on the boat. Thank you!!!
Ok, I am still learning, so I very well may have missed something, but you said at 3:28 that if the top telltales on the jib are luffing then you should move the jib car forward. But wouldn't this increase sail twist, which would increase angle of attack toward the top of the sail, which would decrease air pressure there, which would lead a greater tendency to luff, not less...?
I think I do have it back-to-front. If the car is forward, it's pulling more (relatively speaking) on the leech; if it's aft, it's pulling more on the foot (and giving more relative slack to the leech, allowing twist). If that's right, what you said makes sense.
You've got that right. Think in extremes, if your track was long enough to pull the foot really tight, then the leach would be loose. Move it all the way forward so it's pulling straight down, the leach would be tight. Twist is leach tension, more twist is a loose leach, less twist is tight leach.
It covers only first 25% of the proper sail trimming for absolutely novices, but a kind of a good introduction. Find RYA sail trimming ebook for a very clear step-by-step purpose oriented sail trimming techniques.
This is the basics, it will get their boat going at all points. This topic can go very deep and we admit that. Many good resources and the RYA is at the top of the list. North U with the ASA is very good too.
You are inconsistent in the video with respect to ALWAYS have your palm facing the winch. As you are easing the line, your fingers of BOTH hands are facing the winch. Also terms: what you call the "feeder" is called the "guide" by some winch manufacturers.
