7] 24 Hours Under Spinnaker & A FREE Marina | Sailing Kittiwake
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- Опубликовано: 7 янв 2018
- In this episode we sail from San Vicente de La Barquera to Ortigueira. We sail under spinnaker for over 24 hours through a meteor shower and end up enjoying a free marina stay in the little charming town of Ortigueira.
Thanks for watching our sailing video; we hope you enjoyed it. In the next episode, we'll show you more of Ortigueira and explore the stunning rias of Galicia.
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Thanks for the video. They are among he best out there. Well done.
Can you let me know a little about the sailing qualities and comfort of your Heavenly Twins. I read that they are a little uncomfortable at anchor as they rock a lot and that at any point of sail above a beam reach they slam a lot. Would you agree with this? Would you consider a bilge keel monohull instead?
Keep the videos coming. There must be more as I thought you were heading for southern Portugal to winter the boat and we are only up to August in your vlog...
Thanks sharing and posting them.
take care
Manuel
Hi Manuel, Thanks for watching, and for the nice words! As with all boats, there are compromises to be made.
For our budget and for what we're doing at the moment, Kittiwake is perfect. In terms of rocking around at anchor, she isn't as roll proof as some of the big cats we've been on, but she also doesn't roll around very much. If there's a big fishing boat wake then she can bounce around a bit, but we've only ever lost one dinner off of the stove. Generally we don't worry about our drinks on the table falling off unless there's a big boat passing.
She can slam if she's going into a rough sea, but we generally wait around until we have nice weather and sail downwind. Downwind she's an absolute dream, with no worries about broaching we find it really relaxing and we've done most of our sailing this year under light down wind sails (except Biscay and the Channel).
We did look at bilge keels, but for the same price, the HT had a lot more living space. I've heard that bilge keelers also struggle into the wind a bit, and can be slow, so there wouldn't be much for us to gain with sailing characteristics.
Grazie, buon vento e in culo alla balena..
And yet another great video you guys. We both know what you mean trying "park" a small cat in winds/current. We are happy that it is light at the same time we dont exactly have the motor power to put it where we want in poor conditions. Ok we are on to the next.
Nice video. I love those rias of Northern Spain. Don't let the awkward arrival at the pontoon shake your confidence. We've all been there. Keep at it and you'll develop a methodology that works for you and your boat. You guys are stars.
Thanks so much Patrick! Your comments always make our day.
We’re OK at town quays and pontoons, but haven’t attempted a slip since (we didn’t need to). Hopefully we can learn how to get it right with practice - our boat isn’t the most manoevrable. Fair winds!
@@SailingKittiwake Always remember, you will do it perfectly when no one is watching and mess it up only if there is an audience. The bigger the audience the bigger ....
The stand out differences between your videos and others are the narrative just enough to be informative with both of you being involved equally. The photography is professionally done, I was particularly impressed by the under water dolphins sequences. So many sailing journeys content appear to miss the point that whilst the journey is about your experiences they are also a window that enhances our own.
The shot of your nicely red spinnaker from under water is a real hit 👍
MiQ Bohlin was my favorite too 😊
Thank you both ❤️
3 minutes in or so...does he not have arms to rival Poppye the sailor man!!! This is a true sailor man!
Another brilliant video Elena and Ryan! It is so relaxing to watch you on your journey together. You got some brilliant shots in this episode and it was really well edited. We know how it feels to experience something beautiful at sea and not be able to get in on camera but don't worry about that, us viewers can visualise the shooting stars and share your wonder at the gifts like this that nature provides. We expect to have several groundings during our canal trip, and with our mast unstepped we'll have less options to free ourselves than we would otherwise have... Perhaps we should carry some ballast on board which we can remove if we get ourselves stuck! 😂 A free marina, what a bonus! Like anything in life, making mistakes is a perfect learning opportunity and I'm sure you would know what to do approaching that berth next time. Thank you for sharing your journey with us, it's really lovely to come on board! Fair winds! Chris, Rossella & baby Emma 👍
You're always too kind guys :) Thanks ever so much for such a lovely comment. Haha love the ballast idea. Fair winds + empty and deep canals to you guys :D Elena & Ryan
Wohooo, lucky you guys! Free marinas dont come along that often, hope you enjoy 😉
All the best from the Med!
Hehe. We didn’t even know they were a thing 😁 We heard there’s a few in Greece though. We’ll have to look for ourselves 😁
We’re so excited to sail the Med this year. Fair winds guys!
Looks like a beautiful cruising ground. Had a giggle at the docking. Only because the first time I docked my own boat I ballsed it up too! I think everyone has moments like that. Thanks for the video.
Thanks so much Paul! What can we say... there’s always a first time 🙈
Another great episode 👍🏼
At least running aground in Kittiwake is more forgiving than a keel on a monohull 😬
It’s one of the reasons we chose her 😊 Thanks a lot guys!
Thanks for another very enjoyable video. It was -20 here yesterday, so I really enjoy living vicariously through you two right now. :)
Thanks a lot for watching Tom! 😊
It's a bit like going aground, if you have never ballsed up coming into a marina then you probably never tried... I know I am being picky but I spotted a while back your rigging bottle screws had no split pins in them and they still look to not have any. Under load in stronger winds they will become loose... Just don't want to see you damage your rig. Fair winds and look forward to your next video. You are visiting some lovely spots and the ability to sit on sNd banks and scrub off is invaluable. Andy Sussex, UK
Hi Andy, thanks for the message. The split pins are definitely in there and the boat is safely down in Portugal now - the rig didn’t come off on the way down :) true about tue marina, although we learnt a bit about the boat and would probably do it a bit differently next time - no harm done and a good lesson learnt :)
A lazy sail under spinnaker is some of the best sailing. Enjoy!
So true. This was one of our favourite passages of the summer 😊
Very nice, and very honest video.... thanks for sharing all aspects! I've ballsed up docking plenty...if don't have excitement you never learn!!
Thanks so much 😊 This was the only time we ballsed it up, but it was also our one and only attempt at docking at a finger berth 😂 Let’s see what the new season brings.
Really like the music at the beginning
Excellent. Looking forward to more.
Great video! Niiiice sailing! Would have loved seeing the jumping tunas. Must’ve looked really cool. Haha seeing you Elena talking about shooting stars made me think of Chris in one of our episodes talking about how he wished he could film it. Both of you looked high on life ;-) Lots of hugs
Aw ❤️
Yeah the tuna was cool! But we could only see it in the binoculars, so no chance to capture it on camera 😔
Big hugs!
Awesome video, guys, as usual. I really enjoy the simplicity of your videos compared to some of the other sailing videos out there. Keep up the great work!
Thanks Geremy!
14 minutes 51 seconds condensed fullpackage perks of smallboat sailing, off the beaten track, seemingly after season's end, in brilliantly edited pictures, topped with some lighthandedly added nice tunes ... meanwhile I begin to suspect You might do this fully aware of how lucky You are ... Have a marvelous 2018, You Kittiwakes!
I'm looking forward to the Iberian peninsula rounding as well as (if not even more) how You'll master the sometimes well overcrowded shores of the Med "Kittiwake-style".
You are developing quite some role model in terms of sailing, compared to those bytimes slightly repelling exclamationmark channels - but we had that conversation already.
Only compareable sailing channel I might feel myself remembered whilst looking at Kittiwake are Dylan's brilliant left turns - and that isn't an insult, more an accolade.
I'm glad to see Your channel growing, and earning heaps of supportive comments!
Thanks so much once again Manfred. This whole episode was filmed in August actually, so top of high season 😄 We just went to places where no one goes. That’s our trick hehe!
We do realise we’re super lucky to live this life. It does come with sacrifices and lots of work in the background, but it’s totally worth it.
We are just as curious as you to find out what we’ll do in the Med about crowds. We got spoiled with empty anchorages, town quays and harbours this year. Fingers crossed we’ll be OK! 😉 We got gifted some second-hand pilot books, so hopefully we can find smaller, hidden anchorages.
¡Holla!
Never had I thought it would have been in high season ... beaches empty, sparse sailors visible, not much people in the village's vennels, and it wasn't the camera angle, I actually watched twice, I've to admit ...
Well, makes me even more keen to see You mastering the Med Kittiwake-style with outdated pilot books. But: please take Your time for the way down there.
Lots to see, lots to show us onlookers, Portuguese are very very fine people, my eyes still water with saudade remembering Fado, and Portugal is one of the coasts I still didn't make it to, sailing, while the notoriously weathered last century Sprinter in between rural communes back in the days doesn't really count, shorewise.
I actually did make tremendous findings just meters beneath the very trampled track in Italy and Switzerland with roadmaps and Moto Guzzi workshop listings dating from the fifties when motorcycling in the 90s and 00s, so that outdated pilots trick might well work for You, for lots of GPS-sailors don't do nothing but, together with downloading the dernier cri ins and double ins to "never miss" 🙄 .
Anyway, have a good time, stay happy and afloat.
Nice to have You on screen. Thanks for sharing.
Sailing Kittiwake just realized you are headed this way! We are currently in datca, turkey but it woukd be amazing to meet up i the med some time!
Yes, that would be awesome! We won’t get as far as Turkey this year though. We’re thinking of wintering in Italy actually. Hope we can meet at some point 😊
Thanks Manfred. The books are from the early 2000s 😊 We hope the trick works as we get a little stressed when people anchor too close.
Portugal has been amazing so far. Unfortunately our camera charger broke halfway down the Portuguese coast, so we had to film with an older camera for a month or so (the better camera’s old too, so we took ages to find a compatible charger). Hopefully we have enough Portuguese footage 😊
Great video...... thank you for posting!
Gorgeous x
I get goosebumps watching you guys having such a great time.My own boat I have been renovating for the last year or so ,is almost ready for the water,in fact I am sort of pissed that I never got it in before winter in the UK .Itching to get going ,will wait till 2019 now. Keep having fun you guys.
Here's to your new boat and her upcoming launch! Cheers!
Thanks for the video
Fabulous, thank you.
Thanks for watching Anthony!
So relaxing. Thanks for the upload.
Thanks to you for watching and commenting 😊
I just love your videos. At the end though!..lol. Next time back down pass the dock first, then hit forward hard left, Then you don't have to fight a wind pushing down pass your intended dock. I assure you, I've back down long distances before just to make getting in a dock easier and safer. Always use power, not mother nature, Cause as we all know, Mother Nature always Wins.. Keep up the good videos.
Cheers! Thanks for the tip. Unfortunately, there was no space to go in and turn around, as the marina wall had lots of rocks lying on its side in shallow water and the pontoon itself was attached to shore. Being our first ever marina docking, it could have gone worse 😂 Thanks a lot for the compliments and fair winds!
That's why I said I backed up long distances. start out backing in.
Unfortunately a lot of old boats like Kittiwake can’t hold a straight line in reverse. She goes all over the place.
Could you talk about some of the challenges of being in a relationship whilst sailing. I.e being in such close proximity 24x7, has it helped your relationship grow stronger,do you get on each others nerves,etc. Also what about the possibility of raising a family on a boat
Grounding in sand is best. Better than jagged rocks.
Nice movie you to:) hope to here from you Soon .!
nice videos and nice music! tacking N + W was not an option ? Ortigueira : 1 marina to stop then!! :) fair winds! e buon anno nuovo! Ciao
Hi Andrea! Grazie, buon anno a te! Our boat doesn't go into the wind very well, and we were making (slow) progress under the engine, so opted for that. If we couldn't have made any progress with the engine, we probably would have just ducked into another port or turned around to be honest.
Thanks never liked going in to the marina always worried I will hit the big expense boat!
Same here. We tend not to use them, but have full insurance just in case! 😉
Don't forget to stop in Portugal!!!:)
Not ony did we stop, but we’ve also been in the country for months 😉 Really cool place, but we developed an addiction to pasteis de nata! 😁
they are delicious, specially with cinnamon😆🤗😻
We go back to Portugal, where Kittiwake is, around end of February. Cannot wait!
Hi guys, I forgot that it is possible to sail in the bay of biscay while relaxing and enjoying a good cigar. Hope you won't miss too much that coast of North spain once you get in the med.
Cheers Fesh! We landed just east of Bilbao and did it all, but had to skip some to make some progress before the autumn. Lovely places!
Just seen the date on this vid.. We were there at the same time. Weird. Probably saw your boat.
Hey Chris, we were there in August 2017. Were you there too?
next time go past and then go in backwards so you will be going into the wind and not with it which is why you nearly went onto the leeward boat. Great stuff though great to see your adventures
Cheers Ben! Unfortunately it's not possible for us, as our old little cat can't go in a straight line in reverse. Maybe twin engines would help, but we use marinas so little that it's not worth the expense and weight ;)
@@SailingKittiwake Good attempt! I totally agree with Ben, important concept is to approach pontoon heading into the wind/tide. What about going past, then turning 180º (if you have 2 engines you can do this right?), then heading into the wind approaching pontoon on port side (well past, as the moment you expose keel/hullside to the wind/tide you're drifting as you're turning to port)?
@@SailingKittiwake How would you do it next time in the same conditions?
We don’t have twin engines. Knowing the boat’s many manoeuvring limitations, we’d do it exactly the same, but turning earlier.
The best thing to do is to arrive late when there is nobody around :)
I took three attempts one evening and nobody noticed. Very nice of you to let us see it ! Thanks for the videos BTW. Nicely done!
Thank for the beautiful update. Is the center position of the engine on your Heavenly Twin an issue docking? Or to put it another way would the twin inboard configuration have been of use during the docking maneuver? I know you loose the crawl troughs with that set up and they seem like they might be handy most other times.
Hi Ken, excellent question! The dual engines would undoubtedly make the boat easier to manoeuvre in tight quarters, and would have helped a lot in the docking we did in the video. We watched the guy next to us dock his twin engined power cat a few times and the thing was incredibly manoeuvrable. But for a little cat like the HT, the weight penalty of the two inboards is a big sacrifice.
Consider using your anchor as a dredge. Set the scope as depth plus 2 m and go full ahead. If there is no SOG select neutral and pull up half a meter. Eventually the boat will go ahead slowly as if she was on rails you can do 360 deg turn if you wished. The bow behaves like it has a tug boat assisting.
Don’t forget to rig a trip line just in case!
No need to change any feature of the boat.
Other than I suppose the fact you didn't want to, is there a reason you didn't use or engine? Sure if you have the time it's nice to sail, but you did complain at one stage about the light winds or winds in the wrong direction so why not motor occasionally.
Hey Carl, the wind was in the opposite direction, quite strong, most of the time. We didn’t want to use the engine, nope, but even if we wanted to, it would have been hard to motor against the wind with our 9.9 outboard. We had the time and just used it to work more on our freelance gigs.
I wonder why your nacelle ( the middle bulb) drags through the water. You sail 5 -5,5 knts often 4 knts. Do you have a lot of stuff with you? Our nacelle is about 10 cm above the water and we have twin diesels.
Do you live aboard? We have quite a lot of stuff as this is our only home, plus tools, water & petrol. This year, with the sleek hull, she’s going a little faster.
Well, we lived aboard for a while ( between houses) . We carry 240ltr of water in the bows . 120 ltr of diesel in the tanks. ( Mid over the engines) . A liferaft. Rib and small outboard. Two large batteries. Full kitchen outfit. Diving stuff. Three gastanks ( 13 ltr frontlockers) . And a lot of tools and spareparts under the sofas.
Sounds like we’d be quite lighter than you then 🤔
We have 150L of water total on the bows, 40L of petrol total in the cockpit lockers, 2 12L bottles of gas on the bows, 40kg hard dinghy on the bow, small outboard in the starboard aft cabin, three boxes of tools, free diving, camping & rock climbing equipment, and of course clothes and food.
Oh and heavy anchoring gear on the bow. 2 anchors, one is 22kg and has 35m of chain.
Can your boat not point into the wind?
Hi, not really. - in calm water it’s not too bad but with waves crashing into the bridgedeck it’s a waste of time forward of about 75 degrees. It’s a trade off with the old style cats, but we usually have the time to wait for the right winds.
I see. Is it a heavenly twins?
Yep, mark II/III.
I considered it once. Loads of room for a 26 footer. Great videos, btw
It was the most spacious boat for our budget (£10K). Thanks!
please stop with all music..please..
The videos get better in season 2. Skip ahead if you don’t enjoy season 1. We have no way of changing or editing 2 year old videos, sorry.
that music SUCKS!!