It Took 5 Years to Create This Revolutionary Lifejacket- Sailing Uma [Step 194] 

Thanks Nick. We do like to keep everything organized and ready, which makes sailing (and living) much easier.

I feel your pain!

That star can leave a mark!!

Hear, Hear!!

haha, thank you, I am blushing. - Lauren

I know right. I want to meet a cute sailing chick! I live in Atlanta, and women here want nothing to do with sailing. 🤔... I'm pretty sure it's a sign of the zombie apocalypse.

Any beautiful woman with any accent is awesome 😎

😂I was hoping no-one would call me out on that one hahaha.

@@SailingUma But you totally knew we would. :D

​@@SailingUma should put it on a t-shirt... insider joke for the Umanistas ;)

Tea is indeed a very serious issue, good to see them taking it seriously.

Yup. That's we we stocked up on all the wet weather gear before we got here. Now sailing in the cold and rain is almost...dare we say it....enjoyable.

Yes, most jackets will flip you around face up quite well IF you're not being toed. They will ALL tow you face down if attached with a tether. In the past it was recommended to instal a quick release to avoid being dragged face down and drowning. However, then you're detached from the boat and floating behind, in the dark, watching your boat sail away without you....not a situation we'd every like to be in.

Sailing Uma what about setting up a system than, when you go overboard, it “kills the engine” like motorboats. Something that maybe loosens the sheets and makes it turn in a circle

@@impersonalopinion Thirty+ years ago I met a couple who had sailed a Nicholson 32 all over the Americas, Caribbean even one TransAt. Their ‘safety’ system for the event of a watch-keeper going overboard unseen was a last chance disconnect pin in their wind vane self-steering rig. The pin was attached to a very light, low drag line (fishing gear, I guess) towing a small white fender about 200m behind the boat. That equates to, at boat speed five knots, ~ one minute in the water to catch the line and/or the fender and stop the boat. Because the white fender had a little black ‘nose’ where it was attached they called it their “Life Snoopy”

Actually, factory-made triple hook safety lines are available in all well equipped chandlery stores/webstores. Well known brands like Crewsaver, Spinlock and many others make those. The main thing is, they are pretty expensive, mostly because of the super-safe, super-expensive locking hooks. Some brands also have models with standard carabiner hooks. Most of our safety lines (both 2 hook and 3 hook ones) are made of 25mm (1") wide, UV-resistant tubular webbing, max strength 20kN(4500lbs), similar to what is used for rock climbing equipment. The clips are standard marine grade carabiners (stainless steel, ø8mm or ø10mm). They were sewn by a local shoemaker with his 50 years old, super heavy duty sewing machine and sail sewing thread. Personally I find using lines with standard hooks much more convenient than the ones with locking hooks. After a few tacks in a pitch black night, the bowdeck man sometimes finds himself/herself entangled in a spiderweb of safety line and genoa sheets, and has to be able to disconnect the safety line from the harness really fast. The difference between factory-made and self-made is not strength or durability (if done properly). It is the fact that factory-made ones usually have an indicator that "rips" under heavy load and shows when you need to replace the line. Factory-made safety lines also may have stitching made with a contrast colour thread, which makes it easier to monitor and notice the possible wear and tear. As for harnesses, you can use any safety line with any harness/lifejcket, and vice versa. regardless of the brand.

cmcsailor Wishfull Sailor . Funny they didn’t wear the vest in the rest of the video. Am I wrong??

Docking is much more stressful that open oceans. The only time a boat is really in danger is when it's near land, even more so when that land is made of concrete and padded with expensive yachts.

Nice catch. Probably unintentional, but a really cool look at the name!

It means the same thing in Spanish too.

In correct Portuguese write like this, Amo-te. Quite different from Portuguese from Brazil.

@@nmcatarino There is no "correct portuguese" thing. It's the same language, with regions differences. But for 95% of portuguese speakers, is "te amo". And give back our gold.

Oh yes, I'm sure that's by accident but still some things are just great coincidences!

No kidding! That’s one of my bucket lists do’s! Along with the USS Constitution, and I believe there’s some repro ships in Europe? I know there’s one on Lake Erie that used parts from the original Brig from the war of 1812!

"Aubrey, could you pass me the salt?"...my favorite line from Master and Commander concerning Adm. Nelson.

@@brentparks2292 I've seen the Niagara from a distance once. Would love to see her up close.

@@snootdingo9365 My favorite line is, "Don't you know that in the Service you have to pick the lesser of two weevils"

Yeah, I bet you're no to concerned with being dragged at 15 knots then ;)

You may very well have. We were on the island for the morning.

We actually hopped on the fast cat later and took it to Cowes. We thought we were going only 5-10kts (it was dark) we had to look at the phone and found out we were cruising at 35! Felt like we were standing still....pretty cool actually.

That is so rare anymore

@@MrRourk It also means there will be some real quality in the product

Ordered one and have to say it is very high quality. A little too bulky to wear all the time. I plan to use for heavy weather sailing but will continue to use harness and light weight inflatable for normal days.

Interesting, they use to say the same about items made in Japan.

Tango Hotel did you get the 170nm or the 250? Would you mind giving your height and weight? I’m trying to decide which one to get.

Creepy right? We've downloaded add blockers on all our computers to help stem the flow.