Hi Coconuts; just wanted to say thank you for these videos. I work in games industry, so can really appreciate the work that you have put into scripts and animations. I am going to make these videos required viewing for anyone coming on-board my boat; you have a better understanding and explain things way better than I ever could.
I just binge watched almost all your videos. Your Blender animations and well thought out explanations make for excellent videos for someone like me who's learning and dreaming to go sailing someday. Thanks you so much. God bless you!
I have only heaved to during a storm sailing a ketch. Very stable. Though we kept a watch on deck, it allowed us to rest and ride out the worst of the storm and were on our way the next day.
Hey, thank you very much for your videos. The graphics quite clearly take you an awful lot of time to make but they make everything so clear and easy to understand! Your instructions are also clear, concise, and easy to understand!
Thank you. This is perhaps the best, simplest basic primer on the subject I have seen yet. Subscribed, rang the bell, and liked. Thank you and be safe.
I really like this video because of the computer graphics made it really so much easier to understand the concept. This should made official viewing well done sir 👏👏👏👏
Excellent video. You covered the subject very well. As I have commented in your other videos, your animation is supreme. A great companion to Storm Tactics for sure. I know because I read the book. Thank you.
Great Videos, I love your videos! One thing to consider: You may want to ensure you heave to on a STARBOARD tack so that you have the "right of way"...
You really do have the best animation I have ever seen in any kind of instructional video. Do you make your own videos? Also, are you saying "close hauled?" I think your accent has your H sounding like a W to my ears.
this is the best explanation of heaving to i know of...... but isn't the object to try to drift at the same rate as the waves, while remaining fairly stationary in a trough ?
Hi, there are various opinions as to how much drift is acceptable, and will be determined by how much ocean you have between yourself and land. Still (*and this is again debatable and dependent on boat) drift creates the "slick" which helps break surface tension of the ocean, so as long as you are not moving toward land, or making headway forward, you should be okay
@@searchingforcoconuts2248 what would be wrong with making a series drogue 1/2 the recommended length, with two "missing chute lengths" to cleat at 3 different lengths, and carrying 3 different lighter weights to alternatively quick link on ? in conjunction with heaving to .... to tune the rate of drift. where an optimum cleat position could be calculated in practice, then mirrored to the other side.
@@searchingforcoconuts2248 i always see the "recipes" for series drogues. but i worry about being "over braked".....that's deeper, slower moving water your anchoring to. i don't want white caps caching me, and crashing over me.... i want to move with the back side of the wave downwind of me.
@@searchingforcoconuts2248 i was just advised that a "speed limiting drogue" would work better. also stating the series drogue is much more difficult to handle, and retrieve, than i am thinking it is..
@@RulgertGhostalker Hi again... a para-anchor helps a vessel to lie at the correct angle when hove-to.... no matter what you do, waves will always be faster than you, they WILL move under you. Series drogues were designed for those sailors who wish to outrun a storm system, so mostly deployed from the stern (back) of the boat. In very strong winds, even without sails up, the boat can get pushed forward at high speeds, causing potential to dip bow into water and possible pitchpoling. These drogues help slow the boat down and keeps us facing away from the wind. If you create the correct slick, in the correct direction while hove-to, this slick will break the surface tension of the wave and limit chances of waves breaking over you. Of course, in extreme conditions, this might not help at all, but at least you are not "sailing" and losing energy and the ability to rest. Hope this answers your questions, thanks again...
engine power will cause forward movement. We want to drift... Only reason would be to try turn into the wind, but this would be as a result of too much windage on the bow, which can be rectified some other way
great bit of info, thanks for contributing... on that note, it should also be mentioned that most skippers will insist their boats heave-to better on one tack over the other
Very good tutorial, we used to have a Jeanneau 54DS with a staysail she heaved to really well. We now have an Island Packet 420. Unfortunately due to a Hoyt boom she and others with a self tacking foresails are unable to successfully heave to. I have not tried lashing the foresail yet before the manoeuvre. I welcome any thoughts on the matter.
thanks so much for the great comments... each vessel will have it's own unique abilities to heave to... the solution depends on which of the required maneuvers she is unable to perform
Essentially a longer keel will hold the hove to position longer in building seas without needing to deploy a sea anchor. Again thanks so much @searching for coconuts
Let's see, the roster of who performs what checks: Me Me Me Me oh, and Me. I'm glad that you stressed that different boats behave differently and need different techniques.
Whoa bro 😎 chill on the negativity towards someone who has spent a lot of time to make these videos for us . What’s your contribution?. Tsek jou naai !
