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@@johnhfrancis yes, that is correct - UV is bad for a silicone based anti foul paint. If you lift out in a Sunny location, then cover the surface. If exposed to UV, then re coat with 1 coat before re-launch. Where are you located?

@@boatbuilderPortishead glad you like the report . There are a few YT about this . Are you planning to use a silicone based anti foul paint ?

@@sailingaphrodite4189 yes, the faster you sail, then better the Silic One works. How many years with the coppercoat ? Warm or cold waters ?

@@Saga47swanSailing I had it done four years ago. My usual sailing waters are the UK, so pretty tepid.

Yes, very happy with the performance of the Sillic One. Are you considering going for a silicone based anti foul paint?

Hi, Happy that the video can help making a informative decision. Make sure to read the data sheet. Buy a little extra of all the 3 paints as you dont wanna run out ... don't hesitate to contact us, if you have any questions. where is your swan?

@@Saga47swanSailing I keep Blue Flame on the Hudson in Nyack, NY during summer. We took her down to Oxford, MD a few weeks back. She'll stay there until the late May next year.

@@awuma what boat are you sailing and where ?

@@chrispitchford6045 yes, you are right. If we heave to for longer period, then this sail configuration would not be optimal. One always have to avoid Chaffing. Good observation.

@@chrispitchford6045 it is not really a demonstration, but our novice crew having a “go” at heaving to. For a training / demonstration YT what would you like to see / include? Let us know what is missing. Looking forward to your recommendations Skipper Chris

It was pretty clear to me.

@@HP-qj4gz thanks , very pleased you liked the video. Which other topic or manoeuvre would you like to see on our YT ?

@@roncoutts2155 hi Ron, thanks for the kind words. Hope to see you guys at the high seas soon . I will be working on some more short YT lessons over the winter, you have any suggestions for topics?

You bet - it is super easy #boating101. Once you start , you will never go back ;)

@@christopherfranks478 there we heaved to for 12 hours with reefed main and staysail - was very comfortable and calm, despite the big seas

@@christopherfranks478 we love it too - let us know, when you have tried it out.

@ good observation. In a blow, where we would need to heave to for longer, we would not heave to with the headsail, but have our staysail on the inner stay . The sheets of our stay sail are routed inside the shrouds. We heave too here to show our crew the tactic, for a short period you can heave to with the bigger sail., but watch out for chafe. Thanks for the comment

@@Saga47swanSailing Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I only have a 135% genoa. I've tried heaving to a few times with it, but it was quite difficult. I didn't have it reefed down as much as you did here. I will definitely try that out next season. Larry and Lin Pardey were advocates of using the mainsail only. I haven't tried that out yet. Any thoughts on that? Appreciate your help for us new salts.

@@christopherfranks478 it depends on your boat, only way to find out is to try it. It is likely to work with a reefed main as the yacht ( without headsail) will not have power/speed enough to tack I.e she will lie heave to. Let us know how it goes

@@christopherfranks478 How do you heave-to with only a mainsail? I mean, do the Pardeys say you can do it just the same but without the backed jib? Seems like you might tack unexpectedly without the headsail working as a stop. And then spin in a circle. Curious to understand.

I use this procedure all the time, especially when solo, to reef the mainsail. I have found on my boat with a 135% genoa it must be reduced substantially for a hove to to be really effective. When i have my 110% jib up i rarely need to reduce its size to get an effective and stable hove to situation. My yacht is 33ft in length.

@@ErlingJensen-g4c good on you, well done. The passage was a training & skipper confidence builder adventure - the YT is crew feedback.

Thanks for taking time comment. Heave to is awesome when you need a break or have to wait for the tide at a lock .

@@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner check our our website, link in YT bio . Best is to drop us an email adventure@saga47swan.com , then we can arrange call to find out the best training trip for you. Looking forward to your email Skipper Chris

@@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner let us know if you are using it or when you use it

@@JaydubyaX good point, here in this video, the line was not under load, the boat was held by 3 other lines. Using the wrist for this video is to help visualise.

@@AllanDrJones noup head, Westray , Orkney

@@sannebast you are welcome and thanks a lot for letting me know that you liked it

@@johngr0 thanks for letting me know that you liked it. See you at the high seas

@@damage_control_sailing thanks for the feedback . Appreciated

@@thomasburgess4712 we have been in the water since Feb 2024, sailing cold waters ( Scotland, Norway, Faroe ) the hull looks really good , apart from a area on the top of the rudder. We have not wiped / cleaned the hull at all. We will lift out in November, so we will get the full picture.

@@Saga47swanSailing Good news. I'm looking forward to hearing how it looks when you haul.

Hi Bill, we had our head sail ( stay sail ) backed to windward , two deep reef in the main ( our 3 rd is try sail size) and helm tied hard over - to windward. The yacht was stable , calm and drifted with and SOG 1.5-2.5. Any recommendations would be appreciated. Thanks

@@Saga47swanSailing Thanks, I see that you didn‘t actually film whilst hove to. I think you mean helm to leeward, that is trying to luff against the backed foresail? For people who may not have tried heaving to, the simplest way is to tack without tacking the foresail, then as soon as the foresail is backed, put the helm hard over to leeward, as if you were trying to tack again. Of course, when heaving to seriously, this may not be appropriate, for example because the direction of drift may be towards a danger.

@@JaneLi-hp9it yes indeed, good practice though to apply the heaving to.

@@vicbanks9079 we are an ocean going S&S swan 47 .

@@perfstaas7188 max wind gust recorded was 52 kt. For most of the heave to we had 35-42 kts. The seastate was pretty big !

@@Saga47swanSailing Butt no film of it. Why?

@@perfstaas7188 it was dark most of the time and we didn’t think about putting the GoPro on. There is a small video segment of the heave to taken with a mobile phone.

@@Saga47swanSailing So whats the POINT then when you dont film it? To see faces and thats it? There are no proof of the sail(windspeed) and i am gessing you have digital tech inside soe its strange. Am i rong here?

@@perfstaas7188 we heave too and it works for us - that is the point we are trying to get across. Sorry we didn’t film the wind speed . What difference does that make to our experience - it was just a gale, nothing record breaking.

@@brianmcd01 thanks for letting us know, it was pleasure to have you onboard - great laughs and tales to tell

@@jamesgraham6122 thanks for your comment, yes one should think this is common sense, but We often see photos here on social media , sails wing on wing, no preventer, crew standing in harm's way. A preventer is for down wind sailing, both offshore and coastal- even the afternoon sail to the beach. Off course, if you are sailing downwind in big waves, with an inexperienced helm person, the likelihood of a sudden / accidental Gybe is higher.

Good question- “rule of thumb “ for springing off is 1. Always into tide and if possible into wind. So in case of no tide, and wind coming from the stern quarter, you would spring stern out. If you would spring out the bow, then the wind would push your stern ( the whole beam is exposed to the forces of the wind) back onto the pontoon as soon as you start to go forward. Hope it is clear - try to draw it and it should be clear as mud ;)

@@Saga47swanSailing The mud thinned 🙃

What about 90° blown on?

@@lubberwalkerstern out as you can get a better / bigger angle due to the shape of the yacht -

@@Saga47swanSailing I crewed for a couple of skippers (yeah 2 captains one hand). We were in a 6 birth marina Bay. Two rows of 3 (3 tied to port and a acoss the water to the right 3 tied starboard) all facing in with just a Boat beam width down the middle between each row. We were the middle boat tied to port slightly blown on. The skippers discussed stern or bow springing (and were also confusing each other). I told them I'd get them out with less fuss than lines and shouted orders. I fendered the dockside bow and untied all lines. We just sat still. I had one skipper face aft on the helm, one skipper a roving fender and I had one too. I bow thrust toward the Dock and as the stern came out went into tick over reverse. We slipped gently through the gap between the boats behind us. The two roving fenders watching mostly the leeward. No lines, no snags, no hassle, no shouting). I call it a cheatspring.

@@MitKnukkelsen yes, we had a great sail without the notorious “STADT” seastate. Today we sailed passed Hustadvika, which can also be a challenge to get around.

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Noted, next video is in the making , will be with more commentary

That's an interesting idea. I too would have concerns about a knot jamming when single handed.

No, but you can ask uncle google