Recognized NZ bush within 5 seconds of your intro. Beautiful!. I am currently learning to sail our first family trailer sailer in Queen Charlotte sound, launching from Waikawa Bay. Great video. Thinking of changing my stainless stays to dyneema to make them easier to stow when trailering. Kia ora!
Thank you! I'm a 55-year sailor but have never had to do this solo before. Seen it done. Forgot the rigging. After about five other RU-vid videos full irrelevant and narcissistic crap (all done by millennials, of course), you delivered the goods. Thanks again.
Woooow!!! close call...I'm very new at this and thank you for making it clear that when you hove to you must keep the alarm clock on and sleep with 1 eye open at all times...
this is absolutely priceless lifesaving advice!!! very detailed on point informative instructions... this is a very professional individual. Period!!!!
I wish I can plug a USB cable into this guy and download everything he knows... He is that good at explaining things straight to the meat and potatoes without unnecessary bla, bla, bla and loud music as others... God Bless you Bro and hope you are doing well!!!
I've been looking at getting up the mast for a while, and looked at a good number of RU-vid videos and products online. This is by far the easiest, cost effective and pro way in my view. You earned yourself a subscriber today 👍
Genius 🎉 i need to go up my wooden mast regular...oiling etc. ladder is awful 😵💫 will sort a pulley system out 4:1 for me tho...i ate all the Vegan pies...😊😂
i watched a channel ...sailing the oceans...where he changed from steel to dax dyneema for his running back stays. i have done the same...it's stronger and will not chaff the sail surface as much...win win...also biggest plus is you can fix or replace anywhere 🎉🏴☠️🦜⛵
Thank you! I'm brand new to Kombucha and also trying to work out how to brew it on a boat. I loved your hammock! Will definitely do that. Great advice :)
Hi Ken. I truly enjoyed but most off all admired your attitude towards sailing c.q. voyaging. I am a keen ocean sailor as well, but never went to the pacific. Lots of succes with your new land based adventure. Paul, Belgium, Europe
PLEASE do not copy this - this is very out of date technique and dangerous compared to the alternatives. There is no redundancy here and several points of failure that could result in death. At *very* least, have a second prussik safety line onto a *second* halyard, so that you don't fall if a block fails . . mind blowing how few people in the comments notice that there is *zero* redunancy here.
Additionally sitting loose in a bosun chair is also very dangerous. If you lose your balance and fall backwards, you're done. With a harness on that's secured on a second prussik knot thing are much safer without making this method cumbersome.
as a novice idiot sailor, this looks like the easiest, trustworthy system and and best explained, thank you. Question: do you find your "flipping" solar panels work well?