Ep 60 Sailing 'North' in my new boat 

Welcome back Patrick, we’ve missed you! Your adventures are an inspiration to us all

Fantastic to see you back out on the water, Patrick. Love the new boat!

Having followed you across the Atlantic and back, I'm now binging on your episodes like an addictive Netflix series. That seems nuts but there it is. 73 years old and got into wooden sailboats (couple years ago) via coastal sea kayak touring. Dreaming of the open ocean with "quiet excitement". Thank you.

I credit Christian Williams for my deciding to buy a sailboat later in life at 63, and credit you for giving me the inspiration to single-hand sail.

Hey - what a treat. One of the few "real" sailors is back at it!

And a lovely ship she is! Good to see you back Patrick. Fair winds to you and Jenna!

Welcome back Patrick. I have missed "our" adventures together. I guess we are all looking forward to the next episode. 😊

Glad to see you back... In 2021 you inspired me to go sailing again and I can now proudly say that I have got 5,000 miles solo under the belt.. So thanks again!

You have a lovely new boat, Patrick. Great visibility, esp for single-handed sailing.

What a beautiful vessel. I think the size suits a single handed sailor much better than the old one. I hope it makes life easy and safe.

I was beginning to worry about you and almost called search and rescue! Great to have you back!!

Beautiful yacht. She looks sporty.

A man who flew carrier deck landings at night in combat is nervous of the TSS shipping in the dark. Tells you all you need to know about paying attention at sea.

Happy sailing! Always a pleasure to follow your adventures.

Wonderful to see you back. Looking forward to this next adventure and the observations and reflections in this new boat.

Of all the sailing channels on RU-vid, yours is my favorite! Inspiring and calm. Thank you!

Nice to see you back Patrick. Fair winds.

'Jenna ' rode "the White Horses" to Dingle elegantly . Fair Winds for your Voyage North.

A cross-laminated plywood boat. At least here in Finland there have been such boats since 1970. Today they are rare. There is only 1 flaw in the construction material that is worth remembering, never break the frame either by yourself or because of someone else. Repairing cross-laminated plywood is really laborious, or even impossible. Fortunately, you are sailing in deep waters and not here in the Finnish archipelago. it is worth coming here, the archipelago is absolutely wonderful and there are plenty of service ports, but there are also natural ports if you want to be at peace. The sea freezes in winter, so we docked the boats, but from May to September there is great sailing weather

Looking forward to following you on your new adventures

One of those 'like before watching' channels.

Thank you for sharing this here. I always enjoy tuning into your newest post. 🌞🌴⛵️

Great to see you back and your adventures Patrick. Lovely new boat too. Fair winds.

Welcome back, Patrick. I don't think I've ever heard you explain why it's always about the North Atlantic...and the northern part of North, at that. Or perhaps you've sailed further south and I have just missed it. Above 40 it's always cold. 🤒

You make me want another boat. Great filming.

Twin keel reminiscent of the westerly Tempest , orca chewable rudders and sans Bidet🦤more cracking videos from the Maestro🐬🐬🐬🤠

Great to see you back on the water. Thanks for having us on board again.

Nice to see you back at sea. Congratulations with the new boat. She looks great.

great video lovely to see you back , take it easy see you on the next one

Great to see you again Patrick! Hopefully, those wings remain unbroken so that you can continue to sail North unimpeded!!!

Good to see you again Patrick and hello to your new friend, Jenna 😊. She's looking clean and sleek. Great tour around your new friend. Looks like you are heading in for a Guiness or two. 🍺🤝👍

We missed you. So happy to see you again.

Beautiful boat!!

Nice to see you back!

Your absence thoroughly explained in your very interesting video.Great choice of yacht the RM and now personalised for most planned eventualities. As you know North is cold, challenging but immensely rewarding.Hope to see you on the water one day.

Good to have you back, sir! And thanks so much for taking us on your new adventure!

What a wonderful surprise! I seriously missed your videos. Thank you for adding another one to the collection. Your journeys definitely helped me to decide that I will buy a sailing boat after retiring. Unfortunately in Germany we work until 67, so for me it is another five years to wait. I happily will add another word for the "white caps" encyclopedia: in German language they're called foam crowns (Schaumkronen). I wish you a nice trip and happy return.

Great to see you again Patrick. I’ve been waiting. The real NBJS channel.

And the gentelamn is back.. with a new boat.!!! A vey nice one.

Ok, finally time again to dust off my Chateauneuf du Pape 🍷

Good to see you back on my screen . I was wondering what you were doing. Your boat looks lovely. I'll be looking out for you here in the North. Christine .

Great new boat -- glad you decided to bring your camera on this voyage, and as a result added us as crew. Glad to be aboard. I had not heard of AIS on fishing lines ... sounds like a great idea. I have seen AIS targets on bridges and buoys so it's no surprise that additional uses are being found for them. While discussing AIS I thought I'd tell you something I found out a few years ago, and have confirmed that it is still the case. Raymarine MFD's (we have an Axiom Pro) have a limit of 100 targets -- displaying the closest 100 it detects. On San Francisco Bay there are many AIS units and easily more than 100 near me. I listen to VTS (vessel traffic service) while in the central Bay and if I hear of a ship that might be an issue for me I look for it on the AIS. Sometimes they don't show up because there are more than 100 AIS targets nearer to me. But large ships travel fast and .... anyway, on my latest communications with Raymarine a couple weeks ago they did say that they are looking at increasing that limit. Couldn't be soon enough for me. Apparently other systems also have limits, read of one that is 240 targets. You very likely know of this limit, but thought I'd mention it in case you hadn't run into it yet. The mention is buried in the middle of the Lighthouse manual.

good to have you back

"Things don't naturally roll off the back of the boat there," said the sailor who had to replace his vanished bottle of priming diesel. ; -)

nice to see you out and about.

Nice to see you back. And I agree with your Fermat Theorem analogy. Good one!

Hello Patrick, I've been following your channel for quite some time, admiring your sailing skills and wisdom. It's been a while without any new video from you. I hope you are doing well, planning new adventures or just sailing now and then around La Rochelle. Take care and do remember to post an update now and then. We're all eagerly waiting for it.

whoooo i find the inside really swell. i think its a combination of the windowa the shape and the color of the fabric. look so nice to get drunk in in a fresh wind

Welcome back Patrick, your a great inspiration to me. I had the pleasure of bumping into you 4 years ago at Pwfellhi just as I was about to start the Baltimore Jester Challenge. I’m also heading North to 61.50N this summer so hopefully paths will cross again. Fair winds.

Great to see you back Patrick. Look forward to seeing more of your adventures. Fair winds to you and Jenna.

Good to see you back (again!). Umm, yes, I recall those days trying to get my IFR 😅...back in Old Blighty, c mid 1980s. All the best from Perth, Western Australia. Arvind

Welcome back. I always enjoy your videos.

That boat is just gorgeous!

Nice to see you back

Yeaahhhh, great to see you back, lovely boat wow.

Your RM is one lovely yacht and I wish you plenty of enjoyment with her! I gather from your comment on the exposed rudders that yours is not a twinkeeler. Regarding building material, don't forget to have some epoxy or paint ready in case you scratch through to the wood, and do a quick repair, otherwise the water will seep in. Perhaps of interest, Bepox made some really nice sailboats in the past using a similar construction technique. Looking forward to your next videos! Bon vent! 😎

Finally, I understand your downsize philosophy for the boat. I'm retired, and either I buy a used larger boat. This is expensive, and with lots of preparation to make it seaworthy, or as you did choose a smaller boat (cheaper, less refitting) and get out on the water sooner. Cheers.

Good to see you again

She's a beauty Patrick :)

So good to have you back on RU-vid! Looking forward to your your new adventures this year! Love your channel! 😊

Nice your back on the water

Welcome back, Patrick! Love that you’ve succumbed to a spray hood. In my staid Fisher 25 I’ve just sailed solo 150 miles round to the south coast of England from our home on the east coast. My wheelhouse made it a total pleasure, even in a biting north easterly … 😊🎉

What a pleasant surprise Patrick! So happy to see you back with new adventures to come! Am so looking forward to enjoying them with you. Thanks for bringing us along again! I live in Maine and have sailed a boat off the coast many times and it certainly is a challenge in the warmer months avoiding the lobster bouys for sure. Winter is not as bad due to the lobsters moving further off shore and not as many lobster bouys near the coast.

Good to see you back out on the water again and in yet another new boat at least the RM has a few more creature comforts. You make these long passages look like a stroll in the park. We are planning to cruise from Poole to Southern Brittany and beyond 🤞in a few weeks and you certainly help giving us the confidence to cross Biscay. I'm sure your passages are not all a stroll in the park but you certainly portray them as such in your cool laid-back way

RM! Well that is some upgrade compared to an alreaday very nice Bongo. A budget upgrade too probably 😉 The drifting nets are a mess, definitely without an AIS. Fishermen are to the seas what hunters are to the woods: trash....Oh no, sorry: regulators and correctors of the natural equilibrium. Almost slipped over that one. Great videos again. Glad to watch them.

The American French fast jet pilot is sailing again on insane adventures in the most sensible way. Bon Voyage Patrick.

At last you're back Patrick, I've missed watching your videos! Hope we'll be seeing more of you going forward.

Please post more often!

Love your boat. If I wasn’t in to catamarans I would be lusting after one…(though they do cost as much as my house..not ready to sell the wife just yet! ) My catamaran also is epoxy ply, though home built..perhaps not as well as yours. I have to be very careful not to let any water sit in the bilge…if it soaks in it don’t dry out quite as readily. All for the open stern. Any one who has surfed will know that , in fact, a buoyant stern is not what you want ruin big waves - the stern gets picked up and the wave smashes you into the next one…broach ahoy!. That said maybe webbing across, rather than wire, and perhaps some netting. I note you are concerned about snagging the rudders, shame they are not stern hung, ideally kick up - a small speed advantage soon lost when you spend an hour or two disintangling from a lobster pot. One thing you did not mention is whether she is single or twin keel. Personally I would go twin, being able to take the ground, either intentionally or not. Beautiful light airy interior…hope those big windows don’t start leaking too soon. Such an open interior is obviously not designed for high latitude sailing, some division between the wet area - companion way / cooking / toilet/ wet locker, and the cosy dry heated space would help, even if just a curtain. From what i see there seems to be no consideration to dividing the space into watertight compartments, in case of a hull breach. This could be achieved by, at the bow raising the bulkhead to the v berth. At the stern, similar at the toilet door and rear cabin. These would be temporary arrangements. But all said, a beauty, and quite fast. (Richard Woods, designer and sailor of fast cruising catamarans, says it is not worth exceeding 5kts when cruising, much more pleasant to take your time) And a good size for a solo sailor, so many folk get led into something too big.

Delighted to see you back on the water, Patrick! Thank you for taking us on your adventures! I love the didactic nature of your videos: I've learned so much from you. The panoramic view from inside is not only practical but also adds a lot of security: RMs nailed this, and it's surprising how few boats have this feature (the Wauquiez do too). Fair winds! Can't wait for the next leg!

Welcome back Patrick

Great inspiration! You are quite a guy😊

You've got a another new boat! You're going through boats faster than my dad goes through wives.

Welcome back Skip

Hey! We missed you mon Grand! RM 890plus - Quel voilier, et tout!! Hoist a Harp for us!

Welcome to IRL. You are in good company 😊

Great to see you back Patrick. It’s a lovely boat and I wish you much happiness sailing it. Ken

When the title said "North", I got excited and thought you're coming north, as in Finland. I assume you know Laine is a Finnish surname. If you ever have the chance to experience the Finnish Archipelago between Åland and Turku in the summer, you should. It comprises thousands of islands, small island communities - a world of its own, unlike anything you'll see anywhere else in the world. Completely unique.

Congratulations on the RM. Nice boats. I really like their genoa winch placement.

Wonderful to see you back. I look forward to coming along with your new adventures.

Very nice boat.

She's beautiful!

Thanks so much for telling about the square top sail and then showing it for a fraction of a second. Very instructive………….

Good to see you back. Love your new boat.

I've been looking forward to watching your newest adventure, and great to see your new boat too! well done again Patrick.

Great to see you back on the water Patrick, and it was lovely bumping into you last month and having a chat. I will catch up with you next time you are in port. All the best and fair winds.

Congrats on your new boat. I am seriously considering following the same route North...

Nice to see you back Patrick, surely we were all wondering how your new boat project was shaping up. The is normally the time of the year when you set sails… Warm welcome, really! And I am looking forward to the explanation of how you chose this RM over….. ?.

I think you have already tested your character, nothing left to prove

Yay great to see you back young man. Love the boat, and look forward to seeing this years videos. Keep em coming and keep us happy

Hallelujah! Bless you, Patrick!

Good to see you back Patrick, I was worrying! Tried to look for your boat at my last stop in La Rochelle, but didn't really know where and what to look for. Now I know, next time I'll search for a light blue hull!

Great to see you back out at sea! Your channel was one of the top 3 most inspiring sailing channels, that brought me into sailing too. :-) Now in my third year, already with the second boat, she was carefully upgraded in and out and is now ready for new adventures. If you ever come to Portugal, would be happy to meet! Fair winds, Frank

Hello Patrick - great to see your new adventure starts! 🙂 PS. Beautiful boat!!!

Greta to be back aboard with you Patrick!

Great to be aboard with you again Patrick. Love the new boat.

Appreciate the mooring part of the video. Doesn't matter it is the wrong side, exciting as always. Could you start it a little bit soner next time, maybe 1/4 of a mile before the jetty ?

Fantastic Intro on the new vessel! Glad to see you posting again Patrick. Thank you!

14:55 Super Etendard 👌 They're called white cape here in Australia also.

yeah! your back...👍