I was in Newport harbor a couple years ago and saw a race boat with water ballast on deck, distributed among about 10 tanks. I'm thinking about adding something similar to my boat. Have you, by any chance, seen this before? I can't, for the life of me, find any such product online.
0:37 No offense, but you're mixing up the terminology on this device, and there are differences in these devices. This is not an EPIRB or type of EPIRB. EPIRBs are designed to be installed on boats. The activate automatically, are designed to float, and can transmit longer due to larger batteries. This is a personal locator beacon - PLB. Personal beacons are just that, personal. They're designed to be used by hikers, skiers, anyone in the outdoors who might need to signal for help. PLBs can be used on boats, but most are not specific to boats. The particular model you have there, the ACR ResQLink+ is simply a regular PLB that is designed to float. Unlike an EPIRB, it does not activate automatically. It also does not have any AIS functionality, which is a separate location reporting system that uses VHF radio, and is not related to satellites at all. Also, distress signals from PLBs do not necessarily rely on the receiving satellite traveling "a little further" to relay its message. PLBs can transmit to a varied network of satellites - some in low earth orbit, and some in geostationary orbit, which maintain the the same position over the ground at all times. In the US for instance, there are two geostationary sats overhead at all times. Your PLB can transmit to them very quickly, and most signals are received within 5 minutes. This fact is an improvement over the functionality of something like Garmin Inreach, a 2-way satellite messenger (not a PLB) that can only communicate with a private sat network in low earth orbit, with satellites coming and going about every 100 minutes.
Great video with many great tips. On your trip you had an autopilot problem. After watching Nick a naval architect from DMS Marine while planing my own all metal hull trimeran it seems everything needs a backup and to be duplicated. Twin diesels, twin water makers and twin navigation computers and instruments etc. Why didnt you have a second autopilot and simply switch out the malfunctioning one? Regards Philip
Good video but don’t test-inflate your life jacket by breathing into your inflation tube; it puts moisture inside the bladder which can encourage damage.
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Hello Chris. Thanks for this video, learned a lot. In 32:30 you mentioned demonstrating how to spin the loads off the drum e.g. for a tack. I've been struggling with this ever since we purchased new jib sheets out of high tech line, and they keep getting "pig tails". We must be adding more and more twist with every tack and tired of flaking the lines to get the twist out. Did you ever upload a video that covered this topic, or, have some recommended reading/watching? Cheers!
Beautifully done. I just used this technique to replace my lifelines and they came fantastic. So easy, and much less expensive then buying all the stainless hardware.
Really enjoying your videos. Super clear. I'm new to sailing after motor boating for a few years. Got myself a Westerly Konsort. Whatever happened to yours?? That's how I came across your channel. Lucky I did because I'm now hooked.
Just watched your video as I just bought the torqeedo 1103 LS shaft for my fishing boat. Yes a bit expensive but well worth it. Certainly won't be going back to lifting a leisure battery up a dam wall again with 70 steps.
this is a great instructional video...one of the best i've seen. i have subscribed and hope to learn more. i have one suggestion, which i learned from old books on sailing and rigging...if you put a final turn around the attachment ring before hitching, after you've rove the required number of lashing turns, it's like a turn around a cleat before cleating off. it allows you to easily release the hitches on demand, and lessens the friction of the hitches, which is mostly taken up by the final turn around the ring. after that i love the polish method of hitching alternate sides of the lashing, since that is bound to spread the load the most.
Explaining de-gloving / consequences to clients is brilliant ! Someone hire this man to write some basic life skills lessons for the younger generations. A little more fear of reality would go a long way with them in other areas of life.
Hi man, I buildt one a while ago. Sadly, because of family matters, I had sold it, and I miss my sailboat every day. It´s a great and capable boat. Don´t believe to much on the negative comments you may find around, It´s a great sailboat. It´s fast, it´s safe, it´s confortable. Have fun, we are looking forward to see you sailing around with this beautiful vessel. For the mast, I used a tree, a eucaliptus tree, with 4 inches at the base. Unbreakable, and not that heavy, and super cheap solution. The pictures of my weekender are at the Mr. Stevenson website, page 18 I think. Again, it´s a pain in my heart, how I miss her.
I built one of these and LOVE it. Wouldn't be too hard to just make a new mast, update paint and varnish, transition the steering wheel to a tiller, get sails and your off! Hope you're able to bring her back to life!
Hi Chris, great to see these videos of you bringing Spirit back up from Antigua. I also stopped in Bermuda when I took her down to Antigua for the Caribbean 600 race you and I did together with AJ and Viv. I just want to give a sincere shoutout to Steve & Suzanne Hollis of Ocean Sails in St. George's. They are really wonderful people and Steve went way above & beyond in helping me source replacement batteries when the lithium iron phosphates became problematic (the BCU kept shutting everything down and dead-shipping the vessel). Steve also tidied-up the solent batten pockets and bolt-rope with which we had some issues. Anyone needing high quality work on sails and canvass whilst in Bermuda should call Ocean Sails. You might recall me telling you what a fast and furious time my mate Tony & I had sailing between Salem and Bermuda. Top speed was 23 knots and we covered 308nm in a 24 hour period. 560 in 48 hours. After all these years, as Spirit was built in 1990, she is still a fantastic boat to sail shorthanded and never felt out of control at higher speeds. But she is very wet and the saltwater firehose at those speeds made our eyes literally feel like they were bleeding. The little autopilot just couldn't handle the 25-35 kt broad reaching conditions, which was the other consideration (along with the battery problems) that made us want to diverted to St. George's. Thanks for reminding my how much fun we've had on Spirit. I look forward to sailing with you again soon! Cheers, Pete
WTF! You jumped into the ocean with trimaran sails up?!? What if some slightest wind came in? Tied to a line or not - that'd be the end - it would drag you down and drown you. AND no proper swim-ladder -- I'm speechless. You were VERY lucky that day! 3,500 views - congrats! Although tempted, but I refused doing this even 1nm off the coast.
Is there a reason that the boat doesn't have a wind vane as a backup for the autopilot? My dad always preferred an auxilliary rudder type, like a hydrovane. If you were to get hit by lightning and lost your electronics, you'd be stuck with only hand steering. On a passage from Bon Aire to Florida, we got hit by lightning. We lost all the electrics except the house batteries, alternator on the engine, and the backup radio (which we stored in the oven during the storm). We had a Hydrovane, our sextants, charts, a calibrated compass, and good charts . . . so we decided to keep sailing, as Florida was better for repairs anyway. I crossed the Atlantic three times with my dad on a Pearson 39-2 (monohull). We also sailed from Maine to Santa Barbara, CA through the canal and then to Hawaii (my graduation trip). Of course that was before GPS or Solar cells. He and I had a bit of a competition every day, plotting our location and updating the chart, (my lines were Red, his were black).
41:35 Is it possible (theoretically at least) to operate a 3-speed winch with 3 people? 2 on the coffee grinder and third person cranking handle at the top of the winch.
I'm a windsurfer for holland and when i surf in a river or lake i always take my phone and an ais beacon with me. The phone is for alarming and the ais to be found. When i go surfing on the sea i also take my Plb with me. Just to be sure.
So a month later ......... I happily re watched your Utube...No bell rope comments this time.👍. Since then I have been pinged on my Honda 1100 40k over the limit and I think I spat the the dummy a little bit by deciding to stop being an inebriated commentator and a revenue source for a sad State government, and get my arse back to sea whilst I can. So that $1100 ticket (matches the CC of my machine) has been the inspiration to go looking for a boat...... I found one......! But its in SF and I am in Qld Oz, I am ready to make a booking for a flight to inspect but I am in a bind (work commitments) to get it moved (needs new standing rigging B4 moving) to a port for transshipment to the Med. So dear sir, banter about rum and bourbon aside, I would welcome like some sage opinion & advice (39' folding Tri) about getting it either north to Vancouver or south to Costa Rica/Panama for a pick up. I have my own opinion, but a second opinion is more than welcome.
I liked your instruction on positions of your body while turning the winch, but I would like see the same position on a small 30ft boat, while kneeling on the bench.
