Sailing my Skiff on Storm Eunice remnants, 30Kts Gusts!! 

Thanks for watching! 😉

It was!

The watertight side benches are life savers!

Thanks! 😁

Yes they are good performers and they are extremely versatile. 😉

Glad you enjoyed it Dennis! The side benches have proven critical to keep me out of the drink! 😅

@@TheBoatRambler , I noticed that! Your gunwale were awash several times, but you didn’t capsize! Very impressive!

Thanks a bunch Robert! 😉

Glad you enjoyed it!

Glad you enjoyed it Chris!

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Glad you enjoyed it! 😉

Thanks Jennifer, It sure was!😁

Thank you very much Captain!

Thank you!

Thanks again! 😁

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Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks! 😉

Glad you enjoyed it 😉

Thanks! the kids stood in more sheltered waters. By the time I left the water the wind had died down just a notch and then they went all out! 😁

Thanks!!

Thanks. Good thing I did because I only had neoprene salopettes not a full suit and the water was really cold!! 😁

The GIS mast doesn't have any shrouds/cables/wires holding the mast as it is strong enough for the sail it carries. That's why I can get to the club and be on the water in 5 minutes! 😉

How did you get the shot in front of the bow? Drone?

Thanks so much!

have a look here...all my secrets revealed! 😁 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-69wcWKoj_M4.html

Thanks Boss! 😎

Most of the water went along the seat and out of the boat again! 😁

Did you modify your seats so that water could come aboard Ike that and then drain out the back?

Thank you! It was only an hour long session...my abs couldn't take much more! 😅

I have to try a fast cat someday! they look like so much fun!! 😁

It sure is David! 😁

Thanks Gene! The GIS is a great design, and all the merit goes to Michael Storer! I'll let our young sailors know they are world famous now! 😁 Cheers.

The third reef is way too much imho, unless there's a Gale and one wants to run to shore.

Hi Alex! This kind of sail is a balanced Lug sail, the yard prolongs past the mast a bit. The yard on a gaff rig has a fork at the end and stops at the mast.

@@TheBoatRambler Ahh, thanks so much! I'm new to sailing as I did a week on a ketch for the first time a few months ago and absolutely loved it, I'm now in that phase of spending my free time googling everything sailing related. Thanks for the info, one new subscriber!

Welcome to the best community in the world! Sailing can change your life! 😉 ...and thanks for the sub!

Thanks Andy! I have only raced a lasers 4.7 so far and as expected with such small sail it was no match for the GIS. Also sailed side by side (for a few seconds) with a Dingue 14 which uses the same sail plan as the Laser 6.3, the GIS is way faster too. I did race against a Vaurien and a Topper 14 if you want to see that > ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-noavtE9Fk8Q.html

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ZERO accidental capsizes so far... 🤞 😅

The GIS is a really fast boat. It has a planning hull and I have reached 16kts with two reefs on! 😁 I would say speeds between 8 and 10 kts are eaaaasily achievable.

Hi Paul! Yes this was indeed the closest that I came to ACCINDENTALY capsize my GIS! although as you can see not even 30kts gusts managed to get me in the drink! Love my side benches!!! 😁

Hi Tristan, There is only so long I can stay hiking too far off the gunwalles so I chose to keep the straps low to give me a comfortable siting/hiking position. I pull on the tiller when heeling to keep the boat on the same heading other wise it will point to wind and the boat will stall. To prevent capsize I release the sheet instead. The same reason why I don't head up during gusts, the sail will luff, the foils will lose efficiency or completely stall and then I'm going nowhere and have to wait for the boat to "fall into position" again before I can get power on the sail and control it. Heading up on gusts on small skiffs doesn't pay in the long run. This article can explain it a lot better than I can. www.storerboatplans.com/sailing-lessons-free/new-upwind-sailing-methods-more-performance-less-effort/

@@TheBoatRambler fair points. Thanks for linking storer's article, he referred to this idea in a talk on the DCA channel but now I have a better idea of what he's on about. There is a limit, however, of easing the mainsheet in gusts, which is the boom hitting the water. In our club we do ease on gusts, I just sometimes pinch on gusts to de-power if I don't have the energy to hike. Out mantra is on upwind, our boom should never be outside the boat - it has to be in tight so it can be eased and stay within the boat (also you just won't be able to point as high with the boom out). My main thought is it just looks uncomfortable to sail with so much heel. Personally my arms get tired from fighting weather helm so I do what I can to avoid it.

Aposto que um Hitia 14 até espumava!! 😉

@@TheBoatRambler ainda tinha que fazer outro mastro... e não me apetece nada eheheheh

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Hi, No it is not. The GIS has a very big sail, similar to racing dinghies, which makes it extremely fast. But it has a lug sail with reefs, and if you want a more relaxed sail just set as many reefs as necessary for you to be sat inside the boat. It will still be a fast boat.

@@TheBoatRambler wonderful, thanks for the info. I love the look of this boat and am really enjoying your content.

Hi Paul! Thanks for the tip and for your support! 😉

Thanks Steve! you can see all the details about my cameras and mounts here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-69wcWKoj_M4.html The phone mount was something I bodged up...needs some work! 😅

Hi Sean, there's little if any curreent there. The main canal is close to the other side and I was sailing 30 minutes each side of high tide anyway.

Hi John, I sit forward to keep the bow in the water and reduce the impact on the bottom of the skiff. when on a beam or broad reach I can sit further aft but not too much is needed to be honest. The reason I increased the tiller was to improve leverage and control in strong wind, but I think I cut the extension a bit too much! 😅 Cheers Teo

Are you familiar with the Norwegian tiller? If not you might look it up. An image search on Google will explain itself. It might prove a solution for your long tiller issue.

Thanks John, I will have a look! 👍

@@TheBoatRambler At the risk of sounding like a know-it-all couch sailor, the old 'sharpies' of New England sailed 'on their bottoms' as was said. They were very narrow for their length, hard chine, flat-bottom, shallow-draft working boats. Their bow was purposely held out of the water. In any kind of breeze, heeling over, the hard chine acted as the breakwater. In short, as long as the stern of your craft isn't dragging, you could probably let the bow do whatever it wanted! It is your boat. You have the feel for her. I'm just talking out loud here! Cheers!

Thanks for your advice. the amount of heeling does influence greatly the GIS behavior as it does the speed one can achieve. if under planning speed heeling will reduce wet surface and make the boat sail faster. over planning speed keeping the boat as leveled as possible has advantages. It all depends on speed and wind direction ofc. And also I'm only a beginner when it comes to the GIS... it's only my third season sailing one! And experimentation is always the order of the day for me ! 😁

Thanks for your support Thomaz! I use the "Boat Speedo" app. it's a cyan logo with a stickman and a gage...it's also free😉

I don't know where it is!! Maybe Michael Storer made it part of the design and never told anyone!! 😁

@@TheBoatRambler he must have haha 🤣

Hi Peter, I'm a Portuguese in Portugal. 😉

@@TheBoatRambler Eu falo POrtuguese mais eu vivo nas Filipinas. Minha mae eras de Brasil.

If you want to go fast and make it cheap ...have you looked at the OZ Goose by Michael Storer? I've been tempted to build one for years!

@@TheBoatRambler i live way up on a ridge, and the water is off in the distance....my motorcycle is now my only reliable vehicle, i have to pull down my truck engine this year. i am a serious craftsman, and honed my skills beyond that apprenticing at Free Spirit Spheres....i am ship wright grade...i am sure the oz goose performs incredibly well for the simple design....but i could tackle anything .....i was just thinking Tiwal because i would have to figure out a way to carry it on my motorcycle, as things are now.

@@TheBoatRambler i think if i owned ocean front property, i would already have built something by now....and good enough to think about selling my property and going for a circumnavigation.....but i don't own ocean front property....so my yacht is just taking shape in my CAD Workstation.

@@TheBoatRambler if i was going to build a skiff, i would build something like yours, honestly.....except i would go for the rotating spar rig on bowsprit blocks....and it would be an airfoil spar, laminated, draw knifed, and sanded, with a beautiful full bearing hub.....i could handle it solo with a custom wind vane...i would invent something that would work.

@@TheBoatRambler i actually started looking at used sailboards, and bookmarked one on e-bay...but i couldn't bring my self to place bid....i have no idea how i would carry that on my motorcycle, for one...and the other thing is that sailboarding is more physically demanding, and will wear you out quicker...

Hi Dmitry. you can contact me at thevideorambler@gmail.com

In the slow motion I noticed that not only the seats prevented the boat from flooding but it is visible how most of the water travels along them and then exits the boat again! I'm pretty sure that without them I would have a boat half full of water. 😅

Hi Ben! yes I meant accidental capsizes, never happened ...yet! 😅

@@TheBoatRambler We've jinxed it now. 😉👍🤞

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Hi Dominic, The third reef on my sail is waaay too deep and I wouldn't set this unless I was caught by this weather away from my destination. Here I was trying to have as much fun as possible so as long as I could stay afloat during the stronger gusts... the rest of the time would be awesome! I would never have reached 16Kts speed with a third reef on! 😁