This channel shares my sailing experiences. I started sailing in high school (many years ago) with a Snark Sunflower on the Elizabeth River in Portsmouth Va. Over the next few years I moved up to a Chrysler Lone Star 13 and a C-Lark 14. Raised a bunch of kids and instead of sailing it was softball, baseball, basketball, and volleyball. In 2015, the sailing bug bit again. I purchased the dream boat of my youth a Wellcraft (Chrysler) Buccaneer 18. Although I loved sailing the Buc, it wasn't the boat for my wife and grandkids. So I tried my hand with a Catalina 27. I fell in love with keelboat sailing, no surprise. Still wasn't quite the boat for my wife and me to enjoy extended Chesapeake Bay sailing. So I purchased In-Tuition. In-Tuition is a 2002 Hunter 356. Now I am in love all over. No surprise.
I started making the videos for myself, my family and friends who sail with me. However, I hope those who find the channel enjoy them and leave comments. 😊
The first time I saw Madness it was counter intuitive that it is not sailed with the ama to the leeward. I don't think the her skipper has ever used the ama's ballast tanks. And he has been in some significant conditions
I'm a long time sailor...how is it that waves NEVER look as big in a video?? I know you guys were rocking and rolling on the return. I've sailed the bay my whole life...this is close to home.
So true! But I didn't want to say it. I don't know how big they were. One station reported 3 feet, but I think many were larger. We sailed out of the Chesapeake Bay to the Chesapeake Light Tower. This about 15 to 20 miles out of the bay... depending where you are measuring from. We sail out of Little Creek Harbor.
@sailingin-tuitionwithchuck I live off the North River...(for the last 40 years)...spent many "overnighters" up the East River...nice clean water up here...great fishing too!
I agree. I usually do. But on the way in, I was hand steering. My wife was taking a video of the waves. So that is pretty much all the video that I have. But sailing my own boat out of the bay was a first first for me, and I wanted to make a video to remember it.... for when I am even older! Thanks for watching and the good advice!
I remember my first encounter with the Atlantic very well. Coming off the French coast, crossing the North Sea above the English Channel to England and then following the shoreline until you come 'around the corner'... It was in July and the weather had been great for weeks. Despite that, I was overwhelmed by the size of the waves! It took me a while to realize that a yacht is lifted by the waves, like swans on the waves of a lake.
The owner/skipper is very efficient at shunting (proa tacking). Although it takes longer than a normal tack, the boats speed would more than make up for the time.
What the video didn’t show was the stadium sized crowd on the jetty. Everyone knows how well you dock is inversely proportional to the number of people watching! Jokes aside I’m sure all the armchair admirals have given you sage advice.
Oh, I didn't think about that East River. No, my adventure was more benign. But the trip home was a little more exciting. 🙂 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-90ZhL3IYUA8.htmlsi=-NpurSQOxvHyynxg
@@sailingin-tuitionwithchuck Cool. If you’re ever thinking of swapping out, go for a Rocna 15kg and you’ll never have the slightest worry about dragging again.
Je maakt geen gebruik van schroefwerking. Beetje ingewikkeld om hier uit te leggen. Vraag het daarom aan een doorgewinterde zeiler om je dit principe uit te leggen en hoe je het kunt toepassen terwijl je manoeuvreert. Het werkt een beetje als een boegschroef. Schroefwerking produceert ook een kracht die haaks op de schroefas werkt.
Thank you for watching and your positve comments. I what you are describing is referred to as propwalk here is the U.S. I do try to use it. But I am sure I don't always use it effectively. I this case the wind and current were moving my boat to the port far more than I realized. So much that the bow would not swing to the port at such slow speed.
@@sailingin-tuitionwithchuck Maybe it is and idea to plan a few trips to the marina with one crew, on a day without too much wind and current and practice a few standard manoeuvres a couple of times. For instance, the propeller on my boat turns anti-clockwise going ahead and clockwise in reverse. Therefore I always like to more at the starboard side. When reversing, the propwalk pushes my stern to the dock. It makes maneuvering so much more relaxed. Go practice and don't be embarrassed when you keep repeating certain maneuvers. It will give you a more intimate feeling with your boat and ultimately make you a star in every marina. (but only after a few days of serious practice. It's fun, believe me.) Bij voorkeur op een dinsdag want dan is de jachthaven toch uitgestorven en hoef je niet bang te zijn dat je een paar weken later opeens jezelf terug ziet op RU-vid filmpje met een compilatie van De Slechtste Schippers Van 2024! And that's a promise...
I have sailed comfortably with wind in the low to mid thirties. So wind alone, I feel I could have managed. But the wind combined with rain and low visibility and the very choppy sea state would have been very scary!
Well done, captain! I know how you felt. I was in a similar situation 2 years ago at the Chesapeake, near Onancock, solo, as a newbie... you think about a lot of what if's... but at the end the boat can handle more than you (I) can. I always worry about engine failure, fuel lines, filter etc. too..
Trouble in paradise? The blue-hull yacht with a reefed sail? Navy warships... My oldest and his teammates participated in the UK Open Laser Nationals in Plymouth UK a few years back. A Navy port as well. They went out for a training session and I followed them on a RIB. I'd shown them the map and told them to stay out of the shipping 'lane' towards the Navy Yard. Of course, they didn't listen with a destroyer approaching a mile away. ("It's easier to sail upwind when we cross that lane!"). The MP on a large RIB disagreed with that... 'scolding and schooling'. Luckily only a warning.
I made was making a video for a friend who had just purchased the blue Sea Sprite. I think it was his first sail on other than the day we brought down the bay to his marina. So he was taking it easy with the boat and I was taking pics and video for him. He took a coue of shots of my boat. So I had to stich together a little video of my boat under sail. I like the pictures with Navy ship in the background. If you going to sail the lower Chesapeake then you are going to share it with the Navy. But i don't often get images of my boat with a navy ship in it too. And you are right, just don't get too close to a gray ship.
I feel your pain. New boat owner, here, with a full keel to boot. Having wind to contend with definitely makes it more complicated. I'm curious, why is everyone Med-moored? I have an old boat, so I always go in bow first. Overall, well done. No damage and the process added to your experience level. Thanks for sharing.
As a sailor with 33 years of experience, I can see one egregious error that it took me a long time to learn. When backing, you shouldn’t turn the rudder to extreme angles. Turning requires decent water flow over the rudder, and turning the rudder to the stops actually acts as a brake due to extreme drag. A far better strategy is to give yourself plenty of room, back very slowly, and use minimum rudder angle… doing so will provide faster turning and better control.
Madness is not my boat but I have sailed on her a few times. The mast rotates. On a ball joint I think and it is carbon fiber. So the main can face/sail either direction. For the jib there are two options. One disconnect the jib from one bow and take it to the other bow when shunting. Or it can be rigged with 2 roller furling jibs, one on each bow. The lazy jib is furled and partially lowered. You will see videos on my channel with Madness set up both ways.
You should enter in reverse until the berth position, instead of bow first, like that when you make the turn to enter the berth, and want to slow down the engine will help rotate the boat, every time you tried to enter the berth as you where doing and reverse the engine at that precise moment you cut the turning flow of the boat, it turns the stern on the opposite sense you want to keep going, and cannot make it, as reversing the engine sends the stern back to the original position you where coming from, problem was not the wind but not using the side displacement of the engine on the right way.
It's all very well to install biminis, sprayhoods and other sun protection... The problem is that when the wind blows sideways, these gadgets represent a considerable drag, which greatly limits manoeuvrability in a confined space... There comes a time when, if you can't go astern because the wind is pushing the bow of the boat, well, you have to go forward and avoid damaging your boat on the harbour infrastructures!
The most important thing you need to do to in order to drive a boat is knowing and understanding how your boat reacts to the trottle and helm , once you understand that, there are no issues, when you do 4 times the same manouever and can't make it means you do not know the basic behaviour of your boat, besides the helm the boat can be steered with the side efect of the propeller on the water, depending on the propeller it will pull your stern left or right on a given boat, and will invert that reaction when you invert the trottle, but you need to understand the dynamic so your aproach uses that efect, biminis and others on the superstructure are irrelevant in this case, he's sheltered from the wind as you can see the water is a mirror, with all the boats upwind of is position. This video here is a good explanation as i'm not english and my vocabulary is many times not the correct one: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-GGuTRTrpUqk.htmlsi=4D2yUbYuBiHRnstV
I'm also still learning and I think the final maneuver was beautiful. The boat was yours and you executed once you understood the conditions better. It's an abstract feeling that I've felt when doing more difficult dockings, and this is the best way I can currently describe it. That's what I saw in that final maneuver. Well done sir. O7
Yeah, looks like you’re in a Hunter. I had the 450 passage and it has severe prop walk and it looks like you’re not taking advantage of your prop walk.
Very good captain Chuck, It challenging for sure when the wind or current is affecting the you and your boat, I think you did a great job at not getting frustrated and cussing like many do. Keeping a level head studying the wind current and how your boat maneuvers is best practice every time. My suggestion is to slow down a bit more and be gentle on the forward and reverse. It all takes practice. Empty docks and slips are a great place to practice if you can find one. They offer more relaxed practice as there is no other boat to hit. Jim Rodgers
Easiest way to do it is start backing outside....back down the fairway and into the slip. That way you don't have to deal with prop walk so much. I do it all the time....easy.
Agree…that’s how I do it. Or if it’s really difficult, I go in bow first. Then sort out the way you really want it parked later when the wind drops. But kudos to the skipper for sharing his experience. He thought he was going too fast in reverse, but probably not. You need speed to steer, because prop wash is not helping the rudder when going astern. It’s easy to be critical from shoreside - a different matter when you are out there wishing you were in here.
Nice job. No damage to boat or dock. No panic or yelling. That's a solid 4.0. I have never warmed up to the "face aft" when reverse concept but a lot of people do it that way and recommend it. However I completely agree on the strategy of spring line first and using it as a pivot as needed. I avoid relying boat hook because it's another complication and I tend to fumble too much. Rather I usually get enough dock line that I can throw around the dock cleat in a big lasso arc and then just pull it to secure the boat until I replace it with something shorter. Also I alternate between "stern in" and "bow in" depending upon the conditions. Easier to come in bow in but easier to go out with stern in. Six one half dozen.
Thanks for watching and the positive comment. My boat backs very well and quick glance toward the bow, if needed, is easier to me than a bunch of glances toward the direction I am trying to go. I have been considering lassoing the cleat from the boat as you do. But my sailing experience is limited, and tossing lines under stress is not a skill I have yet developed. So scooping up the line with a dock stick seems more reliable... but I have doubts as getting the line with the stick can also be challenging when under a lot of stress.
I use the Rachet setting for locking down my furled sail, overnight, at the dock, and when reefing. Not mandatory for reefing - more belt and suspenders. Even while in furling you sometimes have to let out the sail and then in furl it again. So usually 'Free.'
Thanks for watching. I do know. But as my stress increased, my decisions and reactions suffered. I definitely should have paused in neutral to allow the transmission to slow down. but I was so afraid of being blown into other boats, I didn't. The video doesn't capture the tidal flow well.
Still learning every outing. In similar conditions l think I will try turning down wind which is to the port in this video. And then backing into the wind and out of the fairway.
The air and water temps were cold and we were not dressed to stay dry. When the boat gets really moving, spray flys. I was sitting over the netting. Also, the skipper had only had the boat out a few times. So we were not completely sure of its behavior when pushed. We didn't feel like getting drenched in the cold.
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