S4E1 Solo Atlantic Crossing: Sailing the Atlantic Ocean Alone in a 21ft Home built Sailboat Pt1
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- Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
- After preparing the series drogue and some other last minute details I head off on the 2250 nautical mile passage to the Port of Horta in the Azores. A big shout out to Rick,his wife, and friends for sending me off in style.
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Thank you and fair winds
Beautiful, moving, detailed and engaging - Alan is firing on all cylinders with this one. Really feels like embarking on a voyage. Can't wait for others to view this and comment. Onward!
Very kind of you to say Dan
What a wonderful outro... the music, the narration, footage and everything was absolutely phenomenal. Cannot wait for what's to come!
Very kind.
This is NFB (National Film Board of Canada) quality! I love the story telling, the intrigue and anticipation you place in context! Bravo WR2 team!
High praise indeed my friend! Thank you.
That is a small boat crossing a very big pond. The very best of luck my friend.
Wonderful, she looks fast and tracking straight as a die. I like your choice of music, nice and understated.
Thank you
All the best Alan....... fair winds and blue skies all the way across the pond. Hopefully you get to come to the UK and lets hope you never need to use the drogue ever.
Don't hesitate to share the problems you have on your mind.
I am sure all the fans will jump on the opportunity to help you out.
Fair winds and safe travel!
Captain Slocum somehow had Spray rigged to self steer. I never did figure that one out. 😅 Glad you got yourself sorted when you did. See you in the next episode.
Thanks 👍
The Spray wasn't exactly rigged with any self steering gear. It was the 1890s. Such things hadn't been invented yet. That the boat was able to be set on a course, the tiller lashed and she'd just go in a straight line is more a testament to the design of the boat than anything else. A lot of traditional wooden boats, especially ones who have a direct design lineage to working boats from the 19th century will do that. A couple modern examples viewable on RUclips are the traditional chine hull boat, Rediviva on the Salt & Tar channel and the Atkin designed boat, Arabella on the Acorn To Arabella channel will self steer in the right conditions without modern gear engaged. I suspect that my Tahiti Ketch will also do this.
Magic! The self steering was just one of so many challenges both big and small that needed to be met in order to get to this moment … the big leap. Congratulations … well done. ⛵️🇨🇦⚓️🙂 PS: These last two videos have had a contemplative feel and rightly so. Time to crack on and live that adventure. The videos are brilliant but don’t forget to capture some good quality still images that you’ll need for the book!
Thanks for the reminder my friend..lol
Honestly Alan, Please make a LONG video that is just Wave Rover cruising through the infinite blue to the noises of the wind and waves.
That segment was so relaxing.
Great narration and oceanic philosophy, One of your best videos yet.
Thank you so much.
Wishing you well after all your hard work building Wave Rover and all your preparations for the journey. Safe travels!
Thank you!
Nicely done video. Looking forward to this series
More to come!
Having watched you build the boat I'm in awe of the adventure your about to take on, very best of luck 👍
Thank you Mark
Finally! All the best for your journey!
Thank you
Excellent offshore video! After thousands of miles of coastal sailing, Wave Rover2 is in her intended element of deep blue travel. I reflect back to the early days of construction and the naysayers and wonder what their thoughts are upon reviewing this video?
From the start with your vision and sound principles for singlehanded sailing, Andy's design to fulfill those needs, superb construction and finally excellent seamanship there was never a doubt my friend. Congratulations,
Thanks Tom for being such a great Rover hero!
Good luck man.
Very well done with the voice over stories. That was great! Cheers from Halifax!
Thank you. Always love to hear from a fellow Martimer
Love the boat
Bon voyage and all the best captain. Would like to see how wave rover handles the really bad weather.
It's coming.
Great been waiting for this for a long time. All our thoughts and prayers are with you Alan. Can’t wait to hear how Wave rover handled it.
A lot more to come.
fair winds captain! ✊🏻🏴
Best video to date. Wave Rover is looking very ship shape. If anyone is wondering, the MkIII works like a charm. I built one from Alan”s plans and mounted it on my Nordica 20. Outstanding.
Thanks for that Stephen.
Thanks again for sharing so much of your journey! Good luck!
Thanks for watching!
Fair winds Allen. If you are heading to Algarve, do stop for a break in Vilamoura. I will be very happy to host you here for a well earned R&R.
That's very kind my friend. I haven't made any plans yet beyond Ireland
Good on you Alan from Melbourne, Australia. A good start and may you have fair (not head) winds as you cross the Atlantic.
I loved my time in Australia
@@RoversAdventure My wife is from Toronto so I've spent enjoyable times in Canada. All the best on your adventure across the Atlantic
It seems to have taken forever for you to start crossing the Atlantic in WR2. But now, finally you are on your way. Great news. I look forward to your arrival in Europe. If you are coming into the Med you will be passing by my home. I wish you a safe and comfortable journey.
I can't upload videos from sea, hence the delay.
Funny watching you leave Virginia for a one month passage to the Azores when back on June 21 the blog for the Setka sailboat build Cagarro had pictures of wave rover 2 at dock in the Azores
There has to be a delay as videos cannot be uploaded at sea. And I want the story to be complete
@@RoversAdventure
I got that, along with time required to edit, and getting ahead to keep weekly videos when there’s unexpected events. But I thought it was funny that I saw the blog a month ago.
Nice video, thanks.
No worries my friend!
Great story about the wind vane Alan that was bold of you.
Ah! beginning at minute 9:47 such a beautiful talk about the truth of what you’re doing, along with the perfect visual and musical accompaniment. Thanks so very much for your heartfelt candor.
Thanks Glenn
I have watched a lot of sailing videos but this one is totally different: this is a sailing book.
Please write a book ❤
Very kind of you to say
I been following you for awhile...nice to see AIS says you made it to Ireland safely.
If I’m this excited, I can’t imagine how excited you are! The butterflies must be flying from your stomach and out your ears by now.
Great start, great video, great adventure ahead. The MK3 is the best crew you could wish for. All the best Alan.
Thanks 👍
Great video as always Alan. Good luck on YOUR adventure.
Thank you Bruce.
I'm forging already!!
Great video Alan. Nicely edited. Looking forward to the next section.
Many thanks!
Pure class 👏
Thanks Sean
Really enjoying the backstory voice over format Alan! BTW, i experienced a similar learning curve with my Cape Horn servo pendulum windvane on my first offshore passage. I realized in my case i needed to relearn to sail the boat with entirely different sensitivities. Once i managed that, like you i became a passenger on my own boat even alone. Fair winds in Ireland.
I think that you nailed it with the learning curve.
Wow ... how exciting .... what an adventure!
Thank you
Godspeed Alan!
Let’s go!!!
Bon voyage Allen
You did some good getting that wind vane put together - so impressive !! Another great video - you must have been the best teacher!!
Thanks 👍
Amazing stuff. Thanks Alan
Glad you enjoyed it
Thx
No problem
You’re hitting your stride Alan…That was a real pleasure to watch. Great choice of music, loved watching the shadows play across the boat….and, we’re off. Nothing but open ocean ahead. Thanks for bringing us along.
Glad you enjoyed it, and thank for the comment my friend.
I joined for the first ride, second trip is feeling fine
Fantastic, thanks
Totally amazing to watch you hoist the sail on this huge adventure. Safe passage to you and Wave Rover. Thinking of Mrs Rover also, what a wonderful woman to be OK with you forging your adventure. It must be love❤❤
She's the best!
Great video Alan! Cheers 🍻 my friend
Did you hear how I mentioned you in the video my friend?
@@RoversAdventureYes I sure did!! Very cool.
So many great memories from that initial sailing leg. Thanks for taking me along.
Fair winds and following seas. Stay safe, and I look forward to future videos on crossing the pond.
Great and positive start to your crossing. Will be watching with anticipation. Im sure you will share the crossing stats when you can. Fair winds
Thank you, I will
Incredible 🎉
Just back from a great day out with your dad on Fly Away
One of the best if not the best video you ever made dear Alan. I truly enjoyed it. Congratulations to the brilliant story telling and great music. Very impressive and motivating to be able to follow you and your journey. Good luck dear friend
Many thanks, and I'm glad you enjoyed it
bon voyage!
Wonderful, peaceful professional start-up for Atlantic. You can tell the mastery by being able to manage difficult complex entities and details with relaxed handling, you fit this definition clearly Alan! Greetings from Finland, Janne 👍👋
Thank you. That had to be one of the nicest comments I've received.
@@RoversAdventureThank you so much! You are such an examplary pioneer, not hard to give positive response 😀👍👋🙏
Alan, I miss seeing the Maple leaf that was on the Contessa’s wind vain. Bon chance et journée mom ami.
Merci beaucoup mon ami.
Ready for a big adventure. My plan a big adventure from Patagonia, Chile 🇨🇱 to the south Pacific Islands, a Robinson Crusoe island 🏝 solo
Fair winds
Eu desejo a você uma grande travessia! Muito inspirador esse seu feito!
I'm not sure I'd be able to give you any advice, but it seems to me from my seat that the bar movements are too important. It might be a good idea to limit the bar's travel to make the path less slippery and more stable. let it a try !!! as we say in France "bon vent".
Jester's Junk rig - we are going back in time. Godspeed!
Back to the future
Fair winds, I would of love if you visited Kinsale harbor Cork, Ireland
I just spent 2 weeks there.
Awesome video!! Can’t wait to see the rest of the crossing.
Great self steering story. Thanks for sharing. In one scene, you have your handheld VHF radio resting above your hatch. Made me nervous to think it could just slide off into the water. I was sailing a 26' boat off the coast of Georgia (US) once. I had put a cell phone in the kangaroo pouch of my sweat shirt and I told myself "Now you can't fix anything as that phone will likely slip out if you start bending over, etc..." Well, something was jammed at the base of my mast and I got down on my belly to fix it. My phone slipped out and bounced overboard. I still have the image in my mind of it falling down through the water. Darn.
I'm in the process of converting a head in my 44' sailboat to a pantry/laundry room. The shelves are in my garage with the stain drying... I'm trying to decide if I should glue the fiddles on with regular wood glue or epoxy... I'll probably try the epoxy but it's harder to work with.
Fair winds.
Thanks for sharing 👍
Fair winds and following seas 👍
And away we go!
Cheers
Wishing for you just the right balance of peace and excitement. The name of my boat is "Spirit of Adventure" - but it really fits you, your journey and your boat. Fair winds to you.
Thanks for sharing that
Looks great have a safe crossing!
Let's gooo! So happy and inspiring! Thank you
You're so welcome!
Bon vent!
You deserve more subscribers !!
Maybe one day!
I enjoyed the lengthy anecdote about your trials and tribulations with the Mk III self-steering, but I'm curious to know what the solution turned out to be.
You said you set it up when you reached the bay, and it finally started working! You then said you began to truly understand trim-tab self-steering. However, you didn't say what you may have done differently this time to make it work, or what it was about it that you'd begun to truly understand. Apparently, it wasn't working properly, then it was! Still wondering . . .
This was a very enjoyable episode, particularly the segments where you were just sailing. No voice-over or background music, just the sounds of sailing. Fantastic.
Fair winds and following seas… 🇨🇦🇺🇸
Another really well made video, I like this new style! But I bet you won't be as contemplative during a strong gale 😉
Is this you reading from your upcoming book? If so, it sounds like a book I'll enjoy reading. I'm curious though, what was it that finally clicked with the wind vane? Did it just not perform that well in low winds? Was the area of the vane too small?
I think that I must have had the control lines backwards. Thank you for the very kind comments
Fair winds!!
Come a LONG way from that loony in a shed fiddling with acres of white wood - in quite a short time.
Intrepid is a fair description!
Fair winds.
Looney...lol
@@RoversAdventure _All done by professionals under professional supervision ~ of course!_
And you’re off again!
Fair winds Rover.
I notice the ais. Is showing you in Kinsale Southern Ireland. I do hope there are no problems. Hope I haven’t missed a video
Hi have been following the journey since the build. Safe passage Allen. P.S. If you have a moment in the future, I would like to know if your self-steering design would work on a Precision 21 sailboat?
I just looked at it on Sailboat data and it should work fine.
Hold Fast , Mate !
Thanks for sharing the information on the series drogue. Where did you get the sizing information for a 3,000 lb working load craft. I could not find anything smaller than a 10,000 lb working load design. I'm interested in a design for a 1000 lb working load. Any pointers?
Out of an abundance of caution I made it 110 cones
God reise! Hvordan blir det med regattaen med de andre selv-byggerne?
Jeg har ikke hørt fra noen som har fullført en ennå.
👍👍😊
Are you worried about those lines on the self steering chafing?
After a few thousand miles they will chaff. Total cost of replacement will be about $1. All part of maintenance.
Motor runs smooth. That hatch door could be problematic any splash or rain when you close it will pour water inside? Side hinge or double door work better? Just curious how it works for you
👏👏👏
Why do you reserve the drogue only for extreme conditions? Why not use it anytime you're being blown backwards from your course?
It's very hard to retrieve
How will you upload these engrossing videos when you are miles from a wifi connection or cell tower? Do you have an Iridium tracker updating a webpage? Safe travelling.
I had to upload the videos after getting to the Azores. I hope that doesn't spoil it for you.
@@RoversAdventure you have, lol. I need counseling..
I'm kind of curious, with a typical junk rig the bottom panel is loose footed so it pulls the same on both tacks. Why didn't you do that too?
This is the way that Practical Junk Rig shows as standard
@@RoversAdventure ok, well, the Chinese let the bottom batten flap on the breeze so when you were on the tack with the sail windward of the boom it would be up against the boom and pull but when on the tack with the bottom batten leeward it the bottom panel would be depowered. I guess it doesn't matter if you don't care about the asymmetrical pull of the sail on the different tacks
So what was the problem with the self steering?
Will this boat be mass-produced?
Sadly no. She must be built from plans. Check out season 2 where I show how easy she was to build
@@RoversAdventure Thanks for the reply. Where can i get the plans? i've checked the link on Etsy but it is not available
@ahmadmuhaimin2852 The boat is greatly changed and improved from the original plans so we are reworking them and will be putting them out later this year.
I am beginner sailor, any special reason this type of sail model?
It's very easy to reef by a solo sailor. It's also very easy to build
No Starlink?
This is a very low budget adventure.
Excellent video Alan and fair winds for the crossing. Are you going to share your learning with the MK3 with those who purchased the plans - I do know that Tony on SV Tapatya is have ‘setting to work’ issues now he is underway?
Can we track you and how
So what were you doing wrong ?
It's a mystery
How can we track you
Spoiler alert: he reached Horta on 15th of June and is now in Ireland 😊
Are you sailing a junk rig?!
Yes
@@RoversAdventure that is so sick! Cause we Just moved to a boat and we've orderd a junk rig for it 😊
We will follow your journey! 🙏🙏🙏
@@cheaplikeabird welcome aboard
Droge.. as long as you don't hooked by a submarine or something really large.
lol