Hi, we are Nathan and Katie. We sail amazing places around the world. We love every minute of it. This channel documents our sailing by featuring different destinations.
Thank you Nathan. Your videos are super helpful. As a newly certified skipper I learned a lot. If you sail in bay area or anywhere in California and need a crew, I am happy to volunteer!
Thanks for including the failed attempt. Sometimes more useful to see why it didn't work then it working because when it doesn't work for me I can go "ah that is why instead of dammit it looks so easy on youtube". I use to try the go past and standing turn but at least at my marina I have found the just drive the fairway in reverse the easiest.
Hi, I am watching your videos to learn about the shipping lanes, bridge procedures, exiting with the north and south bar. Any episodes and info on those?
Thank you for taking Do Nothin’ out! This is exactly the sail we had in mind for her when we brought her over from the Bahamas! We (JB&M Sailing) would love to hear your feedback on what you enjoyed about Do Nothin’ and any improvements we can make to improve the experience for the next skipper! :)
I used to sail to Catalina with my dad in a Catalina 22, back in the early 90s. I’m selling my siren 17 right now. Miss sailing very much. Hopefully one day I’ll get back to it, but probably not to Catalina. I live in ME now. Thanks for sharing.
I grew up in Brentwood 50 years ago. Love the City and the bay. Fished all over. Now I’m learning to sail and i want to be a ninja too!! Nice to follow you!!
Moving to the Bay Area in February and planning on learning to sail. Do you have any recommendations on a sail school? Really loved the video, gave me an idea of what to expect. Thank you❤
Always enjoy your videos. I hop through SFO a lot and one day I'm going to look you up and ask the many questions I have about your journey as a sailing family. Keep posting!
Wow!! Absolutely beautiful. I rowed a lot and paddled a lot in the bay when I lived there. I am sailing now and am totally jealous of you guys. You are having way too much fun! Nice boat.
Very nice vid... soothing... I'm an avid swimmer and diver... Bora bora just too far away so lucky you two brought to us... Single handed on a 40' sloop... Fair Winds...
Great video. Wonderful to see you both exploring the world. I've enjoyed watching you starting out on SF Bay, and getting to this point. I started out on my sailboat around the same time as you both. Mark from Canada.
One of the things I noticed is that you were putting the boat in reverse, and then leaving it there. Unless you have wind or current from the stern, I find it much easier to reverse with "bursts" of reverse only. Get the boat moving, back into neutral, then coast backward. That way prop walk disappears and the rudder has better control. I've done one boat where the trick was longer, low rpm bursts because at higher rpm the prop walk was so bad it was like a stern thruster. In another boat, it was better to do a shorter, higher-rpm burst to put a good bit of energy in then back to neutral to maximize time without prop walk. Its important to recognize that a boat is not a car, and the gear of the transmission and the movement of the boat do not always have to be perfectly aligned. This is a great learning video and full of good information. Thanks for sharing!
These are great suggestions. I used to keep throttle in gear longer with low rpm either forward or reverse. Usually its cross wind in the marina from starboard to port all day. Now I like to feather it like you suggest, alternate between forward/reverse and neutral unless too much wind or current. Thanks
I have a right-hand prop and with slow speed reverse the bow turns right no matter where the rudder is. Having the rudder constanly right-over, all I need to do is put hard forward push when the boat starts to move backwards and backwards vice versa. The boat turns on a nickle even with light breeze.
With the throttle in gear, boat moves forward or astern. Neither is good for hove to. It’s best the boat move sideway, with bow pointing around 50 degrees, leaving the slick between it and the incoming wave.
It will not do you much good in a light displacement boat. Especially in a seaway where the bow will knocked down to leeward continually, leaving your boat to take it on the beam. Bad in a breaking sea.
