NIGEL CALDER's Shakedown Cruise: LESSONS LEARNED the Hard Way | Nigel's personal cruising stories

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  • Опубликовано: 6 окт 2024
  • Boat-tech guru Nigel Calder's lessons learned during a lifetime of sailing adventures, presented by BoatHowTo.com
    Topics include:
    lessons for building a cruising boat
    issues with digital charts
    cruising tips
    refrigeration systems
    what to look for when choosing crew
    anchoring
    raising kids aboard & home schooling
    the worst night at sea and how he almost sold his boat for a farm in Montana
    how he almost lost his boat on a sandbank in Portugal
    Books mentioned in this video:
    How to Read a Nautical Chart: amzn.to/3pTSZSW
    Shakedown Cruise: amzn.to/3pVyqFG
    and of course the famous Boatowner's Manual: amzn.to/35pCiFr
    This talk was originally recorded for Cruising Club of America in 2021.

Комментарии • 21

  • @abdulkkhan5095
    @abdulkkhan5095 5 месяцев назад +1

    One world's most knowledgeable sailors

  • @anastasiosvanderpas7463
    @anastasiosvanderpas7463 Год назад +3

    We newer boaters are lucky to have RUclips in our days (the last 10 years for me) so we get to know more than the first hand experiencers like you Nigel. But what really counts is go out there and do it. Preparations and studying can help to some certain extent but the rest is just real experience. Great boating stories 👏👏👏👏

  • @craigbuchner4230
    @craigbuchner4230 Год назад +3

    One of the most entertaining and informative RUclips videos I’ve ever watched. It’s also so reassuring to know that even the pros have learned by experience.

  • @oliviaritter8689
    @oliviaritter8689 Год назад +3

    I love hearing your stories Nigel. I appreciate you sharing your lessons with us, so we don't also have to make the same mistakes. I'm so glad you are putting more content up on your RUclips channel. I can't wait to hear more of your stories and to learn more from your experiences.

  • @Toob41
    @Toob41 Год назад +3

    Fascinating and entertaining and educational Nigel, thanks. Your boat has been near mine in the Scottish winter layups. I often have an issue or a decision to make and I look across wondering what your advice would be and wishing you to appear at the boat. Eventually I look up one of your well thumbed bibles I have in the ship’s library and invariably get the answer. Fair winds.

  • @ronriley1533
    @ronriley1533 8 месяцев назад +1

    Nigel Calder's honesty about things that have gone wrong is why I trust the dude. Buy the man's books!

  • @harbourdogNL
    @harbourdogNL Год назад +1

    18:30 I live in Newfoundland. Cook charted much of the coast here (brilliantly, of course) and much of his data is still the on our modern charts.

  • @christopherjacques9658
    @christopherjacques9658 Год назад +2

    Spectacular life experiences, created into an amazing story and always a wealth of knowledge gained from it all!

    • @BoatHowTo
      @BoatHowTo  Год назад +1

      Thanks a lot, Christopher!

  • @jackgiunta9112
    @jackgiunta9112 Год назад

    Love the Humility You have a Good Higher Power!!!

  • @waterboy8999
    @waterboy8999 Год назад

    Fascinating stuff Nigel, thanks for sharing your stories.

  • @JulianBuss
    @JulianBuss Год назад +1

    Great stories and experiences, very interesting. Thanks!

  • @BoatDawg
    @BoatDawg Год назад +1

    Loved it. Thanks for sharing!

  • @rimasmeleshyus9486
    @rimasmeleshyus9486 Год назад

    Thank you, and this is an amazing story

  • @OceanPlanet60
    @OceanPlanet60 Год назад +1

    Classic story, great stuff!

    • @OceanPlanet60
      @OceanPlanet60 Год назад +1

      Actually, MANY great stories...:-)

    • @BoatHowTo
      @BoatHowTo  Год назад +1

      @@OceanPlanet60 Well, it's not that you don't have any great sailing stories to tell...

  • @tanksouth
    @tanksouth Год назад

    I hate monologues.
    I find them so boring.
    But this fellow is quite entertaining and lovely.
    Thank you.

  • @armchairsportsman4108
    @armchairsportsman4108 Год назад

    thanks!!!

  • @joesmith1142
    @joesmith1142 10 месяцев назад

    Jeesh! couldnt you have just dismantled the bridge like Jeff Bezos? Talk about doing it the hard way!