I find explanations on the boat usually don't let new guests or crew enjoy as much because they can't see the big picture, and they are struggling to learn all the information, so they don't get into the actually sailing. These videos eliminate all the mystery and confusion of the fundamentals and help all to take part in the actual joy of sailing. Thanks for such detailed videos. You are an excellent teacher as you took the complex and made it all simple, and entertaining.
Awesome animation and very clear instructions. Question: does the outhaul (for full sail) have to be loosened before tightening the 1st reef clew line?
By far the best explanatory videos about sailing riging I have ever seen in the past few years on youtube or elswhere. You guis are doing a tremendious work. Your chosen 3D model strategy and all details are very clear and understandable. Can just imagine how much work it takes ti prepare this material. Respect and very gratefull for this material!
Your excellent moving graphics truly enhances the tutorial beyond imagination. Truly amazing. I am sure alot of work goes behind the making of the presentation. You are a great teacher really. Thank you so much.
At first I didn't think I would like the 3D animations for explaining. They ended up being ideal, seeing the lines run around the boat is perfect. Super helpful for a newby sailor trying to get his boat prepared to single hand.
Wow - these series are must have for beginners ! I love the simplicity and pace on these. Great series and hope continues on these basic concepts that take so Long to get grounded on.
What an absolutely superlative channel! The animations are fantastic, and really clear and explanatory. Narration is great too. You put a lot of work into this and I thank you for it. Happily subscribed!
Just finished watching the first three in this series. Wonderful stuff. I’ve never sailed even once in my life, and now never will due to disability, but I learnt a lot about sailing as a child from the wonderful Arthur Ransome. These videos really brought everything into focus though, and it’s something I wish I could have seen working before! I still enjoy being able to join in on sailing conversations...and now I can imagine things so much more clearly. Thank you 👍
I don't know if this might apply to you but many cities have small sailboats boats outfitted for use by people with disabilities. Swallows and Amazons was one of my childhood favourites as well!
@@Alsatiagent thanks so much for the reply. I don’t think I’d ever be able to, but it would be interesting to see the kind of accessibility features they might have. I’ll look up some videos on that lol 👍 cheers
Excellent videos! From the animation it looks like Coconuts has a boom furling system, is that so? I never experienced it. If that is the case, what’s your take on that system? Do you like it? (Modern sailboats tend to come now with in mast furling instead).
Hi Dan... the original videos had a flaking mainsail and stack pack but it proved very difficult to animate, so although it looks like a boom furling system, it is not... it was the easiest and most aesthetic way to produce
New to this channel, and I’m impressed. I have watched dozens of videos, and this one is superior to them. Simple, concise, and informative. Please keep up the great work.
Thank you, going on a course before spring, just buying a boat now and you have swept the fog away from the basics of operating a sail boat brilliantly.
Fantastic,now I know what all these sailing channels are on about when they talk about lines,reefing and so on. A great big well done is deserved for this....thx
Thank you so much for these simple, yet immensely informative videos. While I have been reading much in anticipation of my first sailing course this summer, much of what is described goes over my head. Yes, you understand what they are saying, but only after watching your videos, has it sunk in. Bravo and well done!
The right time to reef is when you first think about it. see a squall on the horizon? put a reef in. sleeping under sail with a newbie on watch? put a reef or two in, just in case. etc etc.
agreed, we spend all of our night sailing and extended passages, reefed, usually to second reef. makes no difference in speed, just added comfort and peace of mind
I just bought a 6 metre sailboat with a trailer, for AUD$14,000. Perfect for learning to sail, especially with these tutorials helping. Forget lotto tickets!
I love your videos. I’m going through them with my wife to develop her sailing knowledge during this extended time when we can’t get to our boat due to COVID. I do have a question though: It appears from your video that you lower the boom (topping lift) and tighten the kicker (boom vang) before you tighten the reefing line. This seems to be in opposite order from what I learned while sailing a J24 at sailing school. Is this an error, or is there a good reason for doing this? My boat uses a single line reefing system for reefs 1 and 2 so no need to leave the cockpit. I’ve had problems with that system because of too much friction combined with stiff sails typically requires me to leave the cockpit multiple times to go forward to sort things out. This has caused me to lose my “skipper’s presence” on more than one occasion! (Ha ha!) I am planning to correct this problem with new and smaller/slippery Dyneema reef lines plus low-friction rings as soon as I can return. If you have any other suggestions I’m open to help. Thanks again for your wonderful videos!
Hi Rick, thank you for your comments and attention to detail. You are correct, the topping lift and boom vang should be the last actions. This will have to be corrected in the description. Hope you get back on the water soon...
The reef lines should not descend to the boom at 90 degrees. IF so, there will not be the ability to get sufficient flattening of the bottom of the sail.
Im very adventurous and bought a sailing boat. I never sailed a day in my life. Its more comfy than a tent. But I am doing this adventure alone and need to learn everything I can, and this video series is sooooo perfect. I am totally new. Until now I just used it as a place to live in, but yesterday was the day I (we) put the mast back up. First time since I got it. And now Im rigging everything and get ready for my first sail. It helps immensly to see where all the sheets go, where to connect them, how to arrange everything. Thank you sooooooo much! I recommend this to every newb sailor I meet, and hope you get more views. Atleast as many as deserved and hopefully even more. Maybe you can put the used terminology into the video descriptio. That would help a little, I think
greetings and thank you so much for the great and encouraging comments. Hope you get sailing soon... new video will be released soon, with extra links in the description, your suggestion is appreciated...
Wonderful illustrations and clear concise explanations. Subscribed! As someone who hasn't sailed in 30 years, this is the perfect refresher before I get back out there in september sailing courses. Keep them coming please and thank-you!
I noticed on Emerald Steel, they mention always going to the second reef at night, whether they need it or not. I also notice Delos doesn't like anyone leaving the cockpit alone at night. It's good to see the mechanics of what's being done. A very nice set of videos.
regarding the Delos example, this is something all sailing schools should teach and all crews should adhere to... as far as going to second reef at night, the Pardeys always followed some great procedures to take care of boat and crew and always sailed with a kind of "what if" mentality. Their books contain some wonderful tips on safe sailing and how to extend the life of equipment and ensure safety of crew, including putting a reef in at night and waking up crew should it be necessary to leave the cockpit. thanks for your great comments
@@searchingforcoconuts2248 Thank you for your videos. I'm pretty land locked, but my grandfather was a captain. Recently, well, somethings and people aren't what and who I thought. Everything's gone, but now, anything's possible. I'm very much thinking of heading back to the coast. I was supposed to sail with a friend this fall, but it's been a strange year and like everyone's everything, it fell through. Maybe this summer.
When you are going to reef 2 you say tighten the main halyard, close clutch and then the sail will be lowered to reef 2. Your graphic supports that statement. Surely you loosen tension to main halyard, then increase tension on reef 2 line?
Hi and thanks for the feedback... I have watched it again and cannot find the remarks you are referring to. If possible, can you give me the timeline info, much appreciated
@@searchingforcoconuts2248 Sorry, it was me misunderstanding. At the end of putting reef 2 in, you say the sail is lowered to reef 2 position and the graphic showing that comes 'after' the clutch for the main halyard has been closed. I misunderstood the timeline that's all. My apologies. I should say I love your videos, I've watched loads of them countless times, and written flash cards based on your actions. You even helped me route lines aft by choosing which ones are used the most. Your videos are an invaluable resource for a newbie like me. Keep up the fabulous videos please!
By raising the boom, you take tension from the leech of the sail. By reducing this tension, the sliders on the mast track can move freely. Without releasing the tension, the sail can be difficult to drop. Hope this helps, and thanks for watching
Great animation, just one point before you raise the boom after you ease the boom vang, I was taught to ease the mainsail so it de powers the mainsail and allows the boom to be raised more easily., I did not see that process, and if you agree you may want to add that sequence into your next update. I think you have done a fantastic piece of educational skills training with this and congratulate you. Cheers
if you have a furling jib, then you can decide how much jib to use or keep rolled up... If your jib is hanked on without furling system, you would probably take it down and hoist a storm jib, or sail without. Depending on your vessel, a jib might be required for heave-to maneuvers. Thanks for watching
Hi Brad... when there is tension on the leech of the sail, it makes it tricky for the sail to move smoothly through the tracks/hanks at the mast. When this tension is released by raising the boom, the sail can easily be raised or lowered.
So enjoying these! It’s 25 yrs since I’ve sailed. I began at 12 yrs old in 1969 on Lake Muskoka in Ontario Canada, in an 11’ Moth scow. Then it was a 28’ Jeanneau on Lake Erie, then the Abbott 24’, then a 38’ C&C on Lake Huron and Georgian Bay. I also did a couple of delivery trips from the Great Lakes to the Caribbean for Kanter Yachts when they were in their original yard. Now I’m retired, and moving to Canada’s west coast where I’ll be shopping for a new used boat, hopefully a 40’ Island Packet. I’ll be living aboard. It’s a bit like riding a bike, but I really need “refreshing”, so thanks a lot! (the “heave to” lesson was fabulous!) Peace
Excellent videos, fantastic CGI and explanations but I did notice no mention of the main sheet while reefing using the topping lift. I know this is a very basic beginners tutorial and you're focusing on what happens with your reefing lines/pennants and what's going on at the mast and boom, but you can wind on the topping lift as much as you like, without easing the sheet it's only going so far, another area where I am inclined to do it a bit differently when using a topping lift is to wind on the reefing line/outhaul on the clew before easing the topping lift and tensioning the vang, for me just better to tension the foot before easing the topping lift, reefing systems are a very personal thing dependant on how and what you sail. Granted this is very basic beginners stuff and what we might take for granted other less experienced sailors might not know. There are a lot of more performance orientated boats out there with no topping lift and hydraulic vangs etc with a heap of other reefing systems over and above. Can't really go wrong with bull horns and maybe a short pennant for #3's luff cringle/dog bone and in boom reefing lines led aft to cockpit, topping lift or not, I personally like a loose footed main with outhaul, and single line reefing through external boom mounted blocks just aft of the relevant reef's clew for outhaul, along the boom and up through another block to the luff, down to the mast base and back through deck organisers and clutches to cabin top self tailers, ease halyard while winding on reefing line, up wind/down wind under power no majors, and all accessible for maintenance. Keep it simple, why I'd have tiller steering ahead of helm any day
Well I just been asking a rigger what certain parts were on my boat. I knew what the tell tails were but was surprised to find backup tell tails for use in a storm. Now I know that they are actually reef ties!!! I am a proper newb so this is fabulous learning for me.
Without question the most instructive, patient and Cogent guide to sailing I've struck upon during multiple hours of web surfing. A first class lesson In The art of instruction.
Thanks Tim... As the sail is lowered, the reef lines become slack... These reef lines run through jammers/clutches so we just have to pull on the lines just to take up the slack. If those jammers/clutches are locked, we have to remember to open them when taking the reef out so the lines can move freely and the sail can be raised again. Hope that makes sense, thanks for watching
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Great vid, thank you. Perhaps you shoul mention that, for riffing, it is needed to point your bow towards the wind, in order to "unload" the sail. Either that or, better, release the tension on your main sail sheet. Then, it would be something like this: release main sheet, tense the lift, release the vang, releas slowly the halyard of the main sail, insert the ring in the hook of the goosneck, then tense back the mail halyard, tense the riff sheet, release the lift and tense the vang. Finaly, tense the main sheet in order to re-trim the main sail... Sorry for my english. Greatings from Argentina!
I'm getting back into sailing after not having a boat for a while, going from toppers / lasers / hawk 20 to an Eygthene 24 1/4 ton, this is the single best resource i've found so far on brushing up on my knowledge, and excellent with the visuals. Thank-you so much for a great resource.
