I love sailing in the desert! LAKE MEAD! But I also sail the World! Lake Mead Marina is my home base in Boulder City. This can be the most frustrating and rewarding place to sail. Challenging fickle shifting winds, extreme temperatures, backdropped by a wild, austere landscape that transforms minute by minute. I started this channel originally to help new boaters on Lake Mead discover the many hidden coves and marinas and learn how to navigate the crazy weather extremes this lake has to offer.
I also offer instructional videos and boat maintenance how-to's. I am a certified American Sailing Association instructor and America's Boating Club (Las Vegas Sail and Power Squadron) Sail instructor. Currently, I am a Bpard Member (Secretary) of the National Women's Sailing Association.
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<------ is Josh, but shhhh. I advised Rachel to sandblast her rudder, she obviously didn't listen. With a 100+ psi compressor, and a sandblasting gun, Rachel could've finished it in 5 minutes. Instead, being a Sagittarius, and stubborn, she spent 3 hours and 19 minutes and 15 discs at $3.50 each.
Crazy people just leave them too flog. I had to replace a main halyard once due to chafing and since then every line has been made taught and placed well away from anything it could flog against
Can the tailer be located around the circle in any of four places or is there only one place it goes when reassembling? I mounted my winch and the tailer isn't pointed where I want it to be.
Hey is there a reason all didn't install matching coax connectors? Just curious ...perhaps you wanted it smooth. Just seems strange after spending money on the cable why not connect properly. That's not to say your solution won't work great but just seems if your worried about the coax separating then why not. Just saying;) otherwise nice job
Thank you, Naomi, for an excellent video. I am learning to back my 1965 Pearson Ariel 26 after adding a transom-mounted outboard when the inboard engine died. I'm finding that backing out steering with the outboard, then after the sometimes tricky transition from reverse to stop to forward, switching to the tiller seems to give the most predictable result with the full keel Ariel. I also appreciate the comments. It's comforting to know there are so many of us learning how to get along with our boats.
Nice job on a pair of classic winches, but is it ok to slop mineral spirit over-the-side, along with our spilt diesel fuel, clumsy two-stroke mix, excessive detergents and more threats to our ever fragile ecology?
This is good advice if your OB is mounted in a well such as is the case here. However, I have found that when my OB was secured to the boat on a transom OB mount, it was easier to maneuver the boat by steering her with the OB while holding the tiller amidships. That way you can use the thrust of the OB to quickly and accurately pivot the boat. Once you get use to it, you can use a combination of OB and tiller to maneuver the boat and impress yourself and others with your boat handling skills.
It's so true! Sometimes one is hanging way over the transom! And gear shifting and steering is easier done with anchored tiller and moving outboard directly. Whatever works! Sometimes I use both in parallel in really tight turns.
I'm about to have to replace the antenna and possibly cable on our Irwin 38 that just got hit by lightning. Which antenna did you get and how long was the cable you put in? Did you cut/splice it or have to use any extensions or was it the right length to go to your equipment? Oh, and just curious, what do you use the block(s) on the back side of the mast on that screwed-in bracket for? Thanks!
@@TheDesertSailor lol, no worries. I was able to cut and put a new end on up top without replacing the cable last year. I still gotta make our video from the lightning damage. Thx for the reply
How neat, didn't know you all did training down there too! This may have been when I saw all the sailboats out on the lake together, was one of the coolest things all those bright sails shining in the sun against the desert backdrop. Be safe out there!
