How in the hell can there be a thumbs down on here, a saw on the previous vid (I think) one as well... Sir, you have irritated someone because these videos you’ve made are perfect for us that like watching sailing videos without music. To hear the sea and the wind is exactly what I enjoy... Well done captain.! Warren s/y Legend
There’s something monastic in this experience. Spartan existence, alone with one’s thoughts, the ocean becomes one’s universe. The symphony of wind and waves everlasting; the reassuring sounds of the boat becoming a conversation more meaningful than anything found on land. Or maybe that was a load of B*****ks. I’m still trying to figure out why I get a craving for single malt every time I watch your channel! Fabulous journey, thanks for taking us with you.
Beautiful video, congratulations James! Thank you so much for sharing this, if only you could take me along in one of these trips across the Atlantic Ocean..Some day I will be abe to sail the seas like you're doing now, God knows how much I want this to happen! my best regards to you!
Hi Nick. That is a very kind comment. There are certainly a lot of minutes! I did point the camera when me and the boat were not busy together. I fear that it would be like watching paint dry. I've tried to share the experience as briefly as possible!! ATB James
Hi Brien. I have a great friend. A single-hander, author and retired GP who filmed his 14,000 nautical mile voyage in to the Atlantic about 16 years ago. He took a lot of film to watch himself ... later and in old age. He's always been surprised that other people want to see it too. He did write a book and was encouraged to include a DVD with the book. www.amazon.co.uk/Tuesday-n-Me-David-Foreman/dp/0954693280 My stuff is really just showing an ordinary sailor just sailing a little further. Nothing special at all. But thank you very much indeed for watching and for your kind comment. ATB James
Thank you Roy. And thank you for reading the article and watching some of my videos. I try to convey how much preparation and how many miles you have to sail to gain knowledge and experience to sail a little further. I fear some people set off before they are ready. I hope you get that boat one day. Fair winds and stay safe - James
Hi. The much coveted wind vane steering was and remains beyond my budget. However, when thinking about upgrading the steering six years ago, I spoke to the CEO, Raymarine UK, who told me that their Evolution Steering with Linear Drive would, and I quote, "take me around the world". It is ... absolutely brilliant and has not blinked in over 25,000 miles. The back up is the old electronic steering, Raymarine's ST6000 (on the boat when I bought her) and the arm is exactly the same on the outside. I would have to swap the arms, flick a switch and be on the old instrument. Easier done in flat water than in a seaway! I don't think anything could steer better than the Evolution. I would like to have wind vane steering but that is because it is purely mechanical and needs no electricity. Lets hope for a better 2021 ... my cruising plans went up in smoke in 2020 but I'm sure I had an easier year than many. Happy New Year and thank you for watching the video and for your comment. ATB James
@@samingosailing Many thanks for a detailed answer, James. If a low AP power consumption is high on your list, you may want to have a look at the californian CPT. Not very known at this side of the pond. I sail all year at the Biscay in northern Spain. I had a RM wheel pilot on my sailboat (7 tons) which had a very low consumption (~ 0.4 Ah) but didn't cope well downwind in a big sea. I had the option of a new Linear Drive RM like the one you have now (eating around 2Ah?)...and then found the CPT online, which is like a super rugged version of the Raymarine wheel pilot, steering offshore some 40-50 ft sailboats. I bought the CPT (around 1500£). Of course I'd have liked to buy both. The CPT is absolutely silent, super strong and the elect consumption (~0.5 Ah) around 20 to 25% of a below decks version, as it is still working with the mechanical advantage of the wheel instead of directly to the quadrant. Steers very well (2014+ version). However, the steering cables have snapped once! when i was sailing downwind in 40 knots. Not fun at all. Tried but found it impossible to fix in a seaway. Now, this is a very rare event and I've red many posts of yanks who have used this autopilot for a circumnavigation or atlantic crossing...it really is a great piece of kit. But even if the CPT is ultra reliable I plan to do the Azores too and wouldn't be happy singlehanding if the steering cables suddenly snap/break some 600 miles away from the continent. Maybe the answer is to have both CPT and the Evolution linear drive? Sorry to hear that about your cruising 2020. I had to stop too. Still like the NW/Galicia area as an atlantic base though, can't complain much, just ~ 1000-1100£ for an annual berth for a 40' on a pontoon. Fairly mild weather ~ 14°C in january no frost, ~ 23°C in august. Fair winds for 2021.
Thank you for your very detailed message. I have very fond memories of my stop in the beautiful anchorage of Cedeira after crossing Biscay from l'Aber Wrac'h. My only stop to date in Northern Spain. I will look up the CPT but I have no issue with consumption at the moment. I've yet to have the Evolution overwhelmed and she's steered downwind for days non stop in the Trades with consistent F6-7's. The ST6000 would have struggled. Thankfully I don't have wires to worry about. I hope we catch up one day. Stay safe and fair winds for 2021. ATB James
Hans. That is so kind ... thank you. You probably realise the camera is secondary to the crew, boat and equipment management. A very nice photographer helped me very recently and suggested a micremuff made by skinny. It seems to work. I'm hopefully sailing a fair distance this year. Hopefully there will be an improvement. ATB James
Steve. So kind of you to watch the video. And thank you for your very kind comment. I'm absolutely a single-hander unless forced to sail on someone else's boat :-)) ATB James
Steve. Your very kind to say so. I don't really try to teach in any way. I'm not an instructor. Just me showing what works for me. Most important of all I'm just trying to show unremarkable cruises. An unremarkable cruise means its been a safe passage. And that's how I like it. I promote safety. Once you've done some training you will have to put in the miles. That is where you will learn and there is every reason to learn slowly and not do things before you are capable of coping. If your going to be surprised by something at sea ... you should not be out there. I say this with the benefit of thousands of nautical miles as I continue to learn and learn. Fair winds and stay safe. All the very best James
@@samingosailing he was the son of a Venetian and a Portuguese women, born on the island of Madeira, as he had been refused a fleet of the king of Portugal, he went to work for the king of Spain, not only was this Portuguese sailor, there were several. because the Spaniards of the sea understood nothing, and it was thanks to the maps robbed to the Portuguese that the Spaniards learned to sail, not only the Spaniards, others they used pirates ... It is not very difficult to find the house where he was born on the island of Madeira! When he left the Canary Islands, he already knew that there was a continent to the West, the Portuguese had already been there (what is now called Argentina), that was the reason for the intervention of a POPE to end the Portuguese-Spanish war one more), with the division of the world between Portugal and Spain (Treaty of Tordesilhas), the Portuguese demanded to displace the meredian that the pope wanted, so Portugal stayed with Brazil! he's gone to the Northwest when he should have headed southwest, not GPS at that time !!!
@@Andre-os7kj What a history lesson ... thanks. Am I correct that he married a lady from Porto Santo and lived on Porto Santo? I love the story of his visit to Santa Maria!
@@samingosailing The Spaniards do not understand each other! They say that Cristovao Colombo was born in Galicia, Catalonia and Andalusia! The Italians say he was born in Genova! They also say that his father was a pirate, the Portuguese never had pirates, nor did they resort to corsairs, his father was from Venice, a great navigator and sent to Portugal by MEDICIS (not to forget that Portugal was founded by the Templars), who were bankrupt and financed the Portuguese discoveries to profit from slavery! The father of Cristovao Colombo studied the Atlantic currents in the Canary Islands (they were Portuguese at the time) and on the island of Madeira and the Azores! In the service of Infante Dom Enrique, founder of the first European naval school in SAGRES, in the south of Portugal (all Portuguese navy school ships are named SAGRES), the father of Cristovao Colombo was a great navigator, not his son, That is why the king of Portugal did not give him a fleet and then went to work for the Spaniards until he died, he continued to say that he had discovered the sea route to INDIA. They did an analysis of the DNA of Christopher Columbus, and it's Portuguese, but no one ever protested about the birthplace being on the island of Madeira, and it is visited by tourists! I think you have a good excuse to visit the island of Madeira, right? Now what is not proved is the presence of VIKINGS in Portugal, they say they settled in the south of Portugal, there are many vestiges of VIKINGS in Portugal, but, it is known that these were the first to cross the Atlantic! They used a stone to orient themselves, stone that arrived at Portugal through the Persians, Greeks, and Romans and ancient Egyptians! A famous VIKING navigator has written that this stone was given in the country of WINE, the wine was taken to Portugal by the Persians! Will the Vikings have reached the ancient Egyptian? Portugal is a mixture of many races!
My dear Henrik! Why be so unpleasant? If you don't want to watch ... don't! I invest in my boat and not in the camera. I only film when me and the boat are not busy. I'm sorry it's not exciting! Sailing safe passages is boring. If it gets demanding I'm too busy to film. Fair winds and stay safe and cheer up in these miserable times for us all! All the best James
Ohhhhh. I'm soooo sorry for the misunderstanding.. Thank you. I did, very recently buy a micromuff made by skinny. Hopefully this will make a big difference. :-)))
How in the hell can there be a thumbs down on here, a saw on the previous vid (I think) one as well... Sir, you have irritated someone because these videos you’ve made are perfect for us that like watching sailing videos without music. To hear the sea and the wind is exactly what I enjoy... Well done captain.!
Warren
s/y Legend
Second to that. Minimal sight seeing on land, max sailing footage sans music. Thanks and more please.
Thank you Warren
Simplicity is the key at sea. Same on video. Well done James.
Hi Eric. Thank you for your kind comment and for watching the video. ATB James
There’s something monastic in this experience. Spartan existence, alone with one’s thoughts, the ocean becomes one’s universe. The symphony of wind and waves everlasting; the reassuring sounds of the boat becoming a conversation more meaningful than anything found on land.
Or maybe that was a load of B*****ks. I’m still trying to figure out why I get a craving for single malt every time I watch your channel!
Fabulous journey, thanks for taking us with you.
There is always a bottle of Talisker on board if your passing! Thank you for watching. ATB James
Lovely, relaxing video. Nice to get a look at your destinations too. Thanks!
A very kind comment. Thank you very much and thank you very much for watching. ATB James
Beautiful video, congratulations James! Thank you so much for sharing this, if only you could take me along in one of these trips across the Atlantic Ocean..Some day I will be abe to sail the seas like you're doing now, God knows how much I want this to happen! my best regards to you!
It was a dream for me too. I wanted to sail alone in the ocean. Thank you so much for watching. Fair winds and stay safe.
Outstanding videos James. A great adventure. How about sharing the rest of your edited out foorage for us addicts?Nick
Hi Nick. That is a very kind comment. There are certainly a lot of minutes! I did point the camera when me and the boat were not busy together. I fear that it would be like watching paint dry. I've tried to share the experience as briefly as possible!! ATB James
@@samingosailing I agree with Nick. More is a good thing. One of your subs in Canada.
Hi Brien. I have a great friend. A single-hander, author and retired GP who filmed his 14,000 nautical mile voyage in to the Atlantic about 16 years ago. He took a lot of film to watch himself ... later and in old age. He's always been surprised that other people want to see it too. He did write a book and was encouraged to include a DVD with the book. www.amazon.co.uk/Tuesday-n-Me-David-Foreman/dp/0954693280 My stuff is really just showing an ordinary sailor just sailing a little further. Nothing special at all. But thank you very much indeed for watching and for your kind comment. ATB James
Excellent article in December yachting monthly. Excellent videos. Would love to have a boat ☺️
Thank you Roy. And thank you for reading the article and watching some of my videos. I try to convey how much preparation and how many miles you have to sail to gain knowledge and experience to sail a little further. I fear some people set off before they are ready. I hope you get that boat one day. Fair winds and stay safe - James
Great video, very enjoyable, a true sailing visual log. Thank you
Barry. Very kind. Thank you very much. ATB James
Smooth sailing. Wonderful!
Love your videos 😊
Hi Bernt. Thank you for watching and for your kind comment. ATB James
amazing :-) wish to be there !!
Hi Andrzej. Thank you for watching. ATB James
greetings from Poland
And to you MacieG 420. Thank you so much for watching. ATB James
James, excellent video.
Did you have a back up autopilot of some kind for this voyage?
Thanks in advance
Hi. The much coveted wind vane steering was and remains beyond my budget. However, when thinking about upgrading the steering six years ago, I spoke to the CEO, Raymarine UK, who told me that their Evolution Steering with Linear Drive would, and I quote, "take me around the world". It is ... absolutely brilliant and has not blinked in over 25,000 miles. The back up is the old electronic steering, Raymarine's ST6000 (on the boat when I bought her) and the arm is exactly the same on the outside. I would have to swap the arms, flick a switch and be on the old instrument. Easier done in flat water than in a seaway! I don't think anything could steer better than the Evolution. I would like to have wind vane steering but that is because it is purely mechanical and needs no electricity. Lets hope for a better 2021 ... my cruising plans went up in smoke in 2020 but I'm sure I had an easier year than many. Happy New Year and thank you for watching the video and for your comment. ATB James
@@samingosailing Many thanks for a detailed answer, James.
If a low AP power consumption is high on your list, you may want to have a look at the californian CPT. Not very known at this side of the pond.
I sail all year at the Biscay in northern Spain.
I had a RM wheel pilot on my sailboat (7 tons) which had a very low consumption (~ 0.4 Ah) but didn't cope well downwind in a big sea. I had the option of a new Linear Drive RM like the one you have now (eating around 2Ah?)...and then found the CPT online, which is like a super rugged version of the Raymarine wheel pilot, steering offshore some 40-50 ft sailboats.
I bought the CPT (around 1500£). Of course I'd have liked to buy both.
The CPT is absolutely silent, super strong and the elect consumption (~0.5 Ah) around 20 to 25% of a below decks version, as it is still working with the mechanical advantage of the wheel instead of directly to the quadrant. Steers very well (2014+ version).
However, the steering cables have snapped once! when i was sailing downwind in 40 knots. Not fun at all. Tried but found it impossible to fix in a seaway.
Now, this is a very rare event and I've red many posts of yanks who have used this autopilot for a circumnavigation or atlantic crossing...it really is a great piece of kit.
But even if the CPT is ultra reliable I plan to do the Azores too and wouldn't be happy singlehanding if the steering cables suddenly snap/break some 600 miles away from the continent.
Maybe the answer is to have both CPT and the Evolution linear drive?
Sorry to hear that about your cruising 2020.
I had to stop too. Still like the NW/Galicia area as an atlantic base though, can't complain much, just ~ 1000-1100£ for an annual berth for a 40' on a pontoon. Fairly mild weather ~ 14°C in january no frost, ~ 23°C in august.
Fair winds for 2021.
Thank you for your very detailed message. I have very fond memories of my stop in the beautiful anchorage of Cedeira after crossing Biscay from l'Aber Wrac'h. My only stop to date in Northern Spain. I will look up the CPT but I have no issue with consumption at the moment. I've yet to have the Evolution overwhelmed and she's steered downwind for days non stop in the Trades with consistent F6-7's. The ST6000 would have struggled. Thankfully I don't have wires to worry about. I hope we catch up one day. Stay safe and fair winds for 2021. ATB James
Beautiful video, thank you.
Thank you so much for watching ...
Thanks for sharing ! Wonderful video! I am a new subscriber and plan to watch them all. Greetings from Galveston Texas, US
Hi Rodney. Thank you very much. ATB James
Try to protect the mic to avoid noise from the wind
Hans. That is so kind ... thank you. You probably realise the camera is secondary to the crew, boat and equipment management. A very nice photographer helped me very recently and suggested a micremuff made by skinny. It seems to work. I'm hopefully sailing a fair distance this year. Hopefully there will be an improvement. ATB James
Perfect videos and thanks for sharing with us
Thank you very much. And thank you for watching the videos.
Inspiring sir...excellent video..
Thank you very much. Fair winds and stay safe James
What do you have stored in the bags on both prt and starboard safety rails?
Diesel. Covers to protect cans from UV. Its fairly common to carry extra fuel in that manner. Thank you so much for watching the video. ATB James
@@samingosailing That is what I thought, however, yours is the first where I have seen them used. Very smart.
Another great video if you ever need crew 😀
Steve. So kind of you to watch the video. And thank you for your very kind comment. I'm absolutely a single-hander unless forced to sail on someone else's boat :-)) ATB James
Your welcome .hopefully be doing the same after training in the new year . We learn a lot from your videos
Steve. Your very kind to say so. I don't really try to teach in any way. I'm not an instructor. Just me showing what works for me. Most important of all I'm just trying to show unremarkable cruises. An unremarkable cruise means its been a safe passage. And that's how I like it. I promote safety. Once you've done some training you will have to put in the miles. That is where you will learn and there is every reason to learn slowly and not do things before you are capable of coping. If your going to be surprised by something at sea ... you should not be out there. I say this with the benefit of thousands of nautical miles as I continue to learn and learn. Fair winds and stay safe. All the very best James
Chistopher Columbus is born in Madeira.
I think he lived on Porto Santo and even married a lady from the small island.
@@samingosailing
he was the son of a Venetian and a Portuguese women, born on the island of Madeira, as he had been refused a fleet of the king of Portugal, he went to work for the king of Spain, not only was this Portuguese sailor, there were several.
because the Spaniards of the sea understood nothing, and it was thanks to the maps robbed to the Portuguese that the Spaniards learned to sail, not only the Spaniards, others they used pirates ... It is not very difficult to find the house where he was born on the island of Madeira!
When he left the Canary Islands, he already knew that there was a continent to the West, the Portuguese had already been there (what is now called Argentina), that was the reason for the intervention of a POPE to end the Portuguese-Spanish war one more), with the division of the world between Portugal and Spain (Treaty of Tordesilhas), the Portuguese demanded to displace the meredian that the pope wanted, so Portugal stayed with Brazil!
he's gone to the Northwest when he should have headed southwest, not GPS at that time !!!
@@Andre-os7kj What a history lesson ... thanks. Am I correct that he married a lady from Porto Santo and lived on Porto Santo? I love the story of his visit to Santa Maria!
@@samingosailing The Spaniards do not understand each other! They say that Cristovao Colombo was born in Galicia, Catalonia and Andalusia! The Italians say he was born in Genova! They also say that his father was a pirate, the Portuguese never had pirates, nor did they resort to corsairs, his father was from Venice, a great navigator and sent to Portugal by MEDICIS (not to forget that Portugal was founded by the Templars), who were bankrupt and financed the Portuguese discoveries to profit from slavery! The father of Cristovao Colombo studied the Atlantic currents in the Canary Islands (they were Portuguese at the time) and on the island of Madeira and the Azores! In the service of Infante Dom Enrique, founder of the first European naval school in SAGRES, in the south of Portugal (all Portuguese navy school ships are named SAGRES), the father of Cristovao Colombo was a great navigator, not his son, That is why the king of Portugal did not give him a fleet and then went to work for the Spaniards until he died, he continued to say that he had discovered the sea route to INDIA. They did an analysis of the DNA of Christopher Columbus, and it's Portuguese, but no one ever protested about the birthplace being on the island of Madeira, and it is visited by tourists! I think you have a good excuse to visit the island of Madeira, right? Now what is not proved is the presence of VIKINGS in Portugal, they say they settled in the south of Portugal, there are many vestiges of VIKINGS in Portugal, but, it is known that these were the first to cross the Atlantic! They used a stone to orient themselves, stone that arrived at Portugal through the Persians, Greeks, and Romans and ancient Egyptians! A famous VIKING navigator has written that this stone was given in the country of WINE, the wine was taken to Portugal by the Persians! Will the Vikings have reached the ancient Egyptian? Portugal is a mixture of many races!
@@Andre-os7kj Hello from Canada. Great new { to me } info on Christopher., and the politics of those days. Thank you brother.
Ever heard of a dead cat? You should get one.
My dear Henrik! Why be so unpleasant? If you don't want to watch ... don't! I invest in my boat and not in the camera. I only film when me and the boat are not busy. I'm sorry it's not exciting! Sailing safe passages is boring. If it gets demanding I'm too busy to film. Fair winds and stay safe and cheer up in these miserable times for us all! All the best James
A dead cat is something you put over the mic to dampen wind nois. I did not say your video is as exiting as a dead cat. Your vids are ok.
Ohhhhh. I'm soooo sorry for the misunderstanding.. Thank you. I did, very recently buy a micromuff made by skinny. Hopefully this will make a big difference. :-)))