The absolute perfect narrative of true seasoned White Water Sailor, a new term for Blue Water sailing. A superb video walk through and properly done before the tropic storm hits. Fabulous tutorial. Sailing clubs and classes should buy this video for their class room courses to help fund you Mighty Sparrow's next journey. Jim Rodgers
Your fore and aft showing of what a real life “hove to” looks like on deck is right on.Good looking slick. And your narrative is very instructional on how to get all the work done “before the blow.” Nobody would want to be on that foredeck when you’re caught up in a “tropical event.” And, of course, Sparrow took care of you. “I’ve got this,” she’s saying to you, as you’re heading below….
Another awesome video. I absolutely love when you combine the narration with the videos from your trips. I think you should combine all the videos together into one long from "How To Sail" video when you're all done!! Also, the same concepts you taught me at CMYC and BEYC ringing true through all of these videos. I feel very lucky to have been taught how to sail from one of the world's bests. Last thoughts: 1.) Love the plexiglass over the companionway 2.) Sassy about the halyards 🤣 Don't come at the king!!!!
Thanks Man! I miss those days, glad we ripped it up as hard as we did back then. The next trip I will be taking lots of video so when I return I can put out some more informative content.
Been watching your content relentlessly since I found it two days ago, I watch a TON of sailing videos and listen to as many audio books as I can, in the last two weeks I've listened to 3 John Kretschmer books while working and I have to say, you have some of the best content I've seen/heard. Love the sailing stories stuff and everything else you're doing. Keep it up, you're one Salty s.o.b hats off brother. I'd say fair winds, but in your case I'll say stiff winds and safe passages 🤙
Wow, thanks so much, more coming for sure, hoping to clean up some of the old stuff from the big trip. John is the man! Hope to get him on the podcast one day or at least just go have a beer with him. Appreciate the love!
Safety boat checks, thanks for breaking it down. Noticed no jewelry ( rings or watches) which I have seen many others wearing during line handling and underway, an accident and missing fingers waiting to happen. Your thorough dude, I follow your lead.
Great video! thanks for sharing your experience with us! I'm a weekend sailor, I have done some blue water passages but by no means I'm not one experienced one. That said, I have the Pardey book about storm tactics. I guess you have read it too. In it, they advocate that in order to be hove to you must not make forward movement. If you do, you are sailing, not heaving to. This is important, they said, in order to create turbulence in the side of the boat that protects from breaking seas. I notice that your boat is making a bit of forwarding movement. How was the behavior of the boat in the storm?
Nice to see heaving-to in use! I had a friend who circumnavigated a W32 back around 2000.. very solid boats. Question about terminology though... is it a "storm jib" if it's on the staysail stay? Not a "storm staysail"? (Not trying to be a smartass here, just legit curious about the usage.)
I’m actually engaging the Aries to keep the tiller hard over. If it gets really bad I will take the wind blade out and then lash the tiller but it’s got To be bad out for that.
Are Sparrow's running backstays dyneema? and have you considered replacing all the standing rigging with dyneema when it comes time? Or is that too much newfangled witchcraft for the Westsail.
The absolute perfect narrative of true seasoned White Water Sailor, a new term for Blue Water sailing. A superb video walk through and properly done before the tropic storm hits. Fabulous tutorial. Sailing clubs and classes should buy this video for their class room courses to help fund you Mighty Sparrow's next journey. Jim Rodgers
Your fore and aft showing of what a real life “hove to” looks like on deck is right on.Good looking slick. And your narrative is very instructional on how to get all the work done “before the blow.” Nobody would want to be on that foredeck when you’re caught up in a “tropical event.”
And, of course, Sparrow took care of you. “I’ve got this,” she’s saying to you, as you’re heading below….
Another excellent video from a man who has done it. Thanks for sharing Jerome.
The added comfort and safety of a true bluewater boat. Thanks for sharing your setup and all the prep beforehand.
Great video.
Another awesome video. I absolutely love when you combine the narration with the videos from your trips. I think you should combine all the videos together into one long from "How To Sail" video when you're all done!!
Also, the same concepts you taught me at CMYC and BEYC ringing true through all of these videos. I feel very lucky to have been taught how to sail from one of the world's bests.
Last thoughts:
1.) Love the plexiglass over the companionway
2.) Sassy about the halyards 🤣 Don't come at the king!!!!
Thanks Man! I miss those days, glad we ripped it up as hard as we did back then. The next trip I will be taking lots of video so when I return I can put out some more informative content.
Excellent video and example for others, this is text book material. Well done.
Been watching your content relentlessly since I found it two days ago, I watch a TON of sailing videos and listen to as many audio books as I can, in the last two weeks I've listened to 3 John Kretschmer books while working and I have to say, you have some of the best content I've seen/heard. Love the sailing stories stuff and everything else you're doing. Keep it up, you're one Salty s.o.b hats off brother. I'd say fair winds, but in your case I'll say stiff winds and safe passages 🤙
Wow, thanks so much, more coming for sure, hoping to clean up some of the old stuff from the big trip. John is the man! Hope to get him on the podcast one day or at least just go have a beer with him. Appreciate the love!
Experience is expensive but it is well worth the price. Thank you for sharing your tips on how to prepare for heavy weather
Thanks! Always informative and enlightening. Cheers!
Safety boat checks, thanks for breaking it down. Noticed no jewelry ( rings or watches) which I have seen many others wearing during line handling and underway, an accident and missing fingers waiting to happen. Your thorough dude, I follow your lead.
Sometimes I have my watch on but normally nothing on my hands. Not so much for safety but the fact that I just dont need them out there.
Excellent footage! Hi ho from another Westsail in NZ. Good work 👍
Excellent 👍
Great video! thanks for sharing your experience with us!
I'm a weekend sailor, I have done some blue water passages but by no means I'm not one experienced one.
That said, I have the Pardey book about storm tactics. I guess you have read it too. In it, they advocate that in order to be hove to you must not make forward movement. If you do, you are sailing, not heaving to. This is important, they said, in order to create turbulence in the side of the boat that protects from breaking seas. I notice that your boat is making a bit of forwarding movement. How was the behavior of the boat in the storm?
It was good, when the eye Wall hit and the winds were above 50 Sparrow just heeled over and took it.
Nice to see heaving-to in use! I had a friend who circumnavigated a W32 back around 2000.. very solid boats. Question about terminology though... is it a "storm jib" if it's on the staysail stay? Not a "storm staysail"? (Not trying to be a smartass here, just legit curious about the usage.)
No. A "storm jib" is a particular sail with a particular purpose. Does not matter where it goes the name does not change.
Is there a wind speed it wave height at which you'd consider it too dangerous heaving to in a W32?
Is your tiller lashed down to leeward in this scenario?
I’m actually engaging the Aries to keep the tiller hard over. If it gets really bad I will take the wind blade out and then lash the tiller but it’s got
To be bad out for that.
@@SailingIntoOblivion oh cool, using the wind vane to heave to. Never thought of that.
Did you take any video during the storm or was it too rocky? A bit more on what unfolded would be great.
Unfortunately it was all in the dark of night, it always comes in the night for some reason!
Are Sparrow's running backstays dyneema? and have you considered replacing all the standing rigging with dyneema when it comes time? Or is that too much newfangled witchcraft for the Westsail.
Yes they are, I doubt it with the switch, wight aloft isnt really a concern on this type of boat, but thats only my opinion
@@SailingIntoOblivion Thanks, really enjoyed the podcasts!
I just bought a W32, and all the standing rigging is Dyneema!
Great video