Ahhh the thrill of taking your small boat out in extreme weather. These guys took it to the extreme crossing oceans. One day hopefully we can all experience crossing oceans by our own hands in a sailboat.
My friend Chelle, from the YT channel Passages From The Heart, once asked me about which voyage I’ve always dreamt of making. If I had to choose one. I’d choose to leave southern California and sail to Hawaii. I’ve been as far as Catalina Island. On a large power catamaran ferry. I did get to stand at the wheel, but I’m sure it’s not the same. So…if anyone needs crew, hit me up with an email! Thanks for watching and leaving me a comment.
Thanks Mitch, another great production! I read a lot-probably 100 times more than sailing-and the books on sailing and storm preparation have been helpful-Adlard Cole Heavy weather, Suddenly overboard, etc. I’m not sure I would have survived if it wasn’t for the good advice, and putting it into practice... John Vigor spoke about his black-box theory that goes something like this: every thing that you do in preparation-practice, upgrade equipment, improve seaworthiness, etc-is likened to putting it into a black box that increases your chances at survival in all circumstances. Good sailing to you there! We are tucked in for the winter in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Thanks, I appreciate you checking out the video. I love the blackbox theory idea. Growing your safety account by always making deposits and limiting withdrawals. The best sailing stories are created when things go bad. We’ve all had rough days on the water. But we do it for that one feeling we get when we round the last corner and see the marina and we know that we made it. Accomplishment is the best fuel. Thanks for watching and sharing the blackbox theory.
It’s amazing that Mike Mann sailed this 750 pound boat across the Pacific. He flew twin headsails which he found to be too much for the 275 pound ballast. Thanks for watching.
The Paradox is to me the most capable single hander trailerable sailboat out there. I do not think any other small sailboat has ever done so many long distance trips. Just wanted to get it out there. I’ve had a dozen small boats, and the Paradox was the most capable of them all.
Wow. It’s like you read my mind. I was literally sitting here thinking about how I always do videos on production boats and have never touched on some of my favorite designs and the stories behind them. Stay tuned and thanks for the great comment.
I have a Compac 16. New foil rudder, sails (roller furling jib). I will be bracing the stays (new rigging). Do you have ideas for floatation in the stern area. I'll be putting two hatches in the cockpit. Any suggestions for the hatch to water proof that as much as possible. I'm thinking of making a hard liner over the top and redesign the hatch door so it closes tight (hinge door). Any suggestions? Thanks
I would suggest making your floatation and two part approach. I would find unusable space in your boat and line it with a plastic bag first, then spray foam inside the bag only, to fill the space. This allows, the foam to be removed and dried if necessary. I recently met a guy on my dock, Joseph, who recently purchased an Albin Vega. The previous owner had added spray foam insulation to the hull. He was telling me that the foam had to be removed and it had soaking up water and weighed 600 to 700 pounds. He showed me the before and after on the waterline. Very interesting. So I would never spray foam inside of a sailboat unless it was bagged and I could remove it easily. I would also suggest finding some water tight adventure bags. Lots of items that you store on your boat could be stored in water tight bags and be part of the boat’s floatation. As far as the main companionway hatch goes. I would keep the hatch board one solid piece and make it fit tightly, for the sliding hatch I would attach some dogs that could be dogged down to make it fit snuggly against the cabin top. That would be enough. Let me know how things go. Thanks for watching and commenting.
If you haven’t already, check out my video where I travel to see a “Viewers Com-Pac” sailboats. A little after a minute 26, the boat owner Chris shows the access hatch that he installed in the cockpit of his Com-Pac 16 and how he puts it to use.
Those boats take extra guts to sail. I would be concerned with turning turtle and never coming back. But, I admittedly only have mono hull experience. We only have one life to live, go for it. Stay in touch, thanks for watching.
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Ahhh the thrill of taking your small boat out in extreme weather. These guys took it to the extreme crossing oceans. One day hopefully we can all experience crossing oceans by our own hands in a sailboat.
My friend Chelle, from the YT channel Passages From The Heart, once asked me about which voyage I’ve always dreamt of making. If I had to choose one. I’d choose to leave southern California and sail to Hawaii.
I’ve been as far as Catalina Island.
On a large power catamaran ferry.
I did get to stand at the wheel, but I’m sure it’s not the same.
So…if anyone needs crew, hit me up with an email!
Thanks for watching and leaving me a comment.
Thanks Mitch, another great production! I read a lot-probably 100 times more than sailing-and the books on sailing and storm preparation have been helpful-Adlard Cole Heavy weather, Suddenly overboard, etc. I’m not sure I would have survived if it wasn’t for the good advice, and putting it into practice...
John Vigor spoke about his black-box theory that goes something like this: every thing that you do in preparation-practice, upgrade equipment, improve seaworthiness, etc-is likened to putting it into a black box that increases your chances at survival in all circumstances.
Good sailing to you there! We are tucked in for the winter in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan.
Thanks, I appreciate you checking out the video. I love the blackbox theory idea.
Growing your safety account by always making deposits and limiting withdrawals.
The best sailing stories are created when things go bad. We’ve all had rough days on the water. But we do it for that one feeling we get when we round the last corner and see the marina and we know that we made it. Accomplishment is the best fuel. Thanks for watching and sharing the blackbox theory.
Nice. Didn’t realize the Montgomery ballast was so much less than compac.
It’s amazing that Mike Mann sailed this 750 pound boat across the Pacific.
He flew twin headsails which he found to be too much for the 275 pound ballast.
Thanks for watching.
The Paradox is to me the most capable single hander trailerable sailboat out there. I do not think any other small sailboat has ever done so many long distance trips. Just wanted to get it out there. I’ve had a dozen small boats, and the Paradox was the most capable of them all.
Wow. It’s like you read my mind. I was literally sitting here thinking about how I always do videos on production boats and have never touched on some of my favorite designs and the stories behind them. Stay tuned and thanks for the great comment.
I have a Compac 16. New foil rudder, sails (roller furling jib). I will be bracing the stays (new rigging). Do you have ideas for floatation in the stern area. I'll be putting two hatches in the cockpit. Any suggestions for the hatch to water proof that as much as possible. I'm thinking of making a hard liner over the top and redesign the hatch door so it closes tight (hinge door). Any suggestions? Thanks
I would suggest making your floatation and two part approach. I would find unusable space in your boat and line it with a plastic bag first, then spray foam inside the bag only, to fill the space.
This allows, the foam to be removed and dried if necessary. I recently met a guy on my dock, Joseph, who recently purchased an Albin Vega. The previous owner had added spray foam insulation to the hull. He was telling me that the foam had to be removed and it had soaking up water and weighed 600 to 700 pounds.
He showed me the before and after on the waterline. Very interesting. So I would never spray foam inside of a sailboat unless it was bagged and I could remove it easily. I would also suggest finding some water tight adventure bags. Lots of items that you store on your boat could be stored in water tight bags and be part of the boat’s floatation. As far as the main companionway hatch goes. I would keep the hatch board one solid piece and make it fit tightly, for the sliding hatch I would attach some dogs that could be dogged down to make it fit snuggly against the cabin top. That would be enough. Let me know how things go. Thanks for watching and commenting.
If you haven’t already, check out my video where I travel to see a “Viewers Com-Pac” sailboats. A little after a minute 26, the boat owner Chris shows the access hatch that he installed in the cockpit of his Com-Pac 16 and how he puts it to use.
Im buying a Tiki 21' (James Wharram projetct) and intend to sail around south america with it.
Those boats take extra guts to sail.
I would be concerned with turning turtle and never coming back. But, I admittedly only have mono hull experience.
We only have one life to live, go for it.
Stay in touch, thanks for watching.