Maaaaaaaaaan! 🤘👏👏👏 I thought I was the only crazy, gaff rigged, engineless sailor left out there! Well, damn it, my current boat came with one, but it has 8k hours on it, so it’s just a matter of time 😈 The way you sail is my passion in life. Please, please keep making these videos. There has to be a voice like yours out there to remind us of what humans used to be...and still can be! 👏👏👏
My dad was Norwegian (Lodingen). He always kept two skulling oars on his boat. He had two oar locks off the transom and also two notches at the bow. He used a skulling oar to guide the bow of the boat if he needed when coming into a dock or whatever. I found your channel by accident, I find it entertaining and very informative.
Well-done, Brother! We did two solo circumnavigations with engineless "Daughter of the Wind», without any kind of self steering gear, as well. To be a Sailor you have to relay on the Sails only!
Four years after the fact, watching this vid, having found your channel a year or so ago, when my interest in sailing (after acquiring a home on Islesboro, Maine) climbed higher on the list of what I might like to do. Your channel is in a class of it’s own. No motor (until fairly recently) lifelong sailor, been around an ocean or two, all kinds of weather, knowledge and experience. Maybe take a trip down to see you working on “Ruth Avery”. Only with your permission of course. Thanks for putting out the vids.
Great filming, great sailing, and great narrative. I don't think I would have slept much the night before sailing under those bridges with no engine. Viking stuff.
I woke up every few hours to pull up Windy on my phone to see if they had updated the models. I slept much better the following night. Sounds like you are really absorbing that Norse vibe up there..
Capt. Patrick Lane, I also follow you. I think I may suffice to say: the recognition of excellence is often due to one who also exhibits similar characteristics in their own pursuits. Hoping you don't mind that coming from a rather aged Irish/Canuk halfbreed , I would be honoured to crew for either of you two!
Very kind of you Donald, but you would be in much safer hands with Kevin, who has vastly more experience and knowledge of the sea. I'm still very much in the learning phase.
Your channel really points out that sailing without an engine makes you a very good sailor. You've really got me thinking about a setup that shares the same outboard for dingy or SV as needed. You make it look very do-able.
Cheers Kevin loving your videos ,really gives me a bit more confidence in how to deal with situations when your engine fails ,which is sure to happen to me one time ,And I am on a fairly strong tidal river so I shall keep watching for tips and hints.Happy sailing J from the Uk
Strong tidal currents add a layer of complexity for sure, I'm having to deal with that in Florida, as well as narrow waterways ... it can get a little hair-raising at times. Thanks for watching, fair winds mate.
Kevin, G'day from OZ, great stuff... Man I'm just in awe of your sailing prowess and your calmness under pressure, love your channel, along with Patrick Lane's, Christian Williams and Erik Aanderaa, viva short handed sailing, makes me feel ALIVE ! Fair Winds 👍
Love these films. I have a 26ft long keel boat with a dead engine I'm disinclined to repair. I do most of my passages under sail, but have a little outboard for occasions when I need to lower the anxiety - like the passage under those bridges. I don't think I could do that the way you did - just too much of a coward! By the way Patrick Laine's comment is high praise - he's another great narrator/navigator.
Love your channel, Kevin. Great information, good background tunes, and makes old sailors like myself truly appreciate gaff riggers, which we both know are the true sailors best way to go.
Wow that was a nice piece of skilful sailing without motor! I’m truly impressed by your confidence and sail handling. I really can imagine how wrong things could go under these bridges and the thrill to be able to master the situation like you just did. Blimey!
Hi Kevin, Once again your seamanship,is impressive!, i was around some good seamen in the USCG, and i can say, that you are worthy, of being called a true sailor!, be safe!
Enjoying your videos, especially this one on going engineless. We're a 75' gaff-rigged topsail schooner in Wellington, NZ, and I'd love to sail more and motor less -- an homage to the sailors of a century ago.
Always inspirational my man! Thanks for ll the advice and a reminder you don't have to wait for crew to get off the dock! Gotta practice getting my 37ft tayana out of the slip solo, that full keel and tiller little intimidating
Yes mate, I agree, time and tide waits for no man, but no man should have to wait on flaky crew. Go when you are ready, they can join later. Maybe in Tahiti ...
Sure wish I had a nickel for every time I read, "Hamilton Marine"! Ha ha. Anybody with me? Good videos though. I'm really enjoying them. You teach so very much more than 99% of the sailing videos out there.
Zack in the 80s, I sailed a Maine built ship, owned by a Haitian cat, to Venezuela & back a few times whilst waiting to get a signed to a new oil rig. That ship was 80-90 years of age. She was a bit like RuthAvery, but older I reckon.??? I was on the tiller, lashed up mind you, whilst waves taller than her mizzen hit us ! I did soil my trousers, but the Luc Di Mer, shrugged of the whole episode, we had no wind vane, no elect ever , no engine, just a compass an a super cool,calm, skipper who near died laughing when he came up on deck to relig me at 2100!
i bought a 3$, feeler guage, the thing with many shims of various sizes, and hammered one along side the key in the rudder stock head, worked great on my contessa to reduce play in the tiller
It's on a mooring just off of Bear cut, on the northwest tip of Key Biscayne (Crandon Park Marina). Went through Irma on the mooring without any damage, fortunately.
In Lake Washington and lake Union big power boats and. believe it or not, kayaks used to harass me. God! The kayaks yelled at me and power boats nearly knocked me down.I'm glad my motor worked some times!
I think you need to add a few more lines to the running rigging. You’r handling that boat too smoothly. Seriously, you can really sell the engineless boat idea. I guess that’s just one more big thing you don’t have to worry about. Great sailing content and great production quality like sailing under those bridges and filming at the same time.
Liked before I watched! Kevin can you explain a bit about the rig conversion, did you do it yourself? Did you move the mast, chainplates and more SA? Are you flying a tops'l? Your boat moves along nicely in the slightest winds!
No, the previous owner gave her the gaff rig. I believe the rig is stepped a bit further forward than the factory SC31. Chainplates are in the same place. I lowered the original peak angle on the gaff because she had a touch of lee helm when close hauled. She's balanced now. Yes, I do have a topsail but I never fly it anymore--too much work for one man. And she does move well in light winds so long as the bottom is clean, often with just main and staysail.
I love the idea of engineless sailing, and it might just be a cure for my impatience. I'm not the sort who can have an engine and not use it, so I guess the solution is to not have one.
I recall sailing up the Whangarei river in NZ which was pretty long. I also remember having Ray Roberts tow me the last bit to the boatyard, as the last quarter mile gets impossibly narrow to sail through (that was before I had a dink with a motor). The Chesapeake Bay is full of rivers as well. Whether or not you can sail will depend on how narrow it is, how swift the currents are, and what are your anchoring options if need be.
Took a bit of Google street view research to figure out you were heading under Port Blvd, NE 6th St, in a southerly direction. Initially I thought you were heading north as Google Earth gave me a Biscayne Bay to the north of Miami Beach. But that assumption gave a lot of conflicting information. A Captains logs with set formal information here would help with the anally pedantic who actually want to learn how not to sink and die while sailing these old school gaffers. Please don't under estimate the importance of what you are doing. I would be eternally in your debt if you were to establish an old school fb page, web site and channel of serious sailors who respect Magellan and Nelson and have a bent to teach us modern fools who want to take risks as you do. Goods teachers have a life long influence on students who are ready and willing to learn. Ultimately, you will always be speaking to the best of students.
Hi, I am building a wind vane for my own CS27, trim tab and vertical pivoting similar to yours. Do you have any advice on sourcing the parts for such a vane?
Mine is pretty basic. The only specialty item was the 5/8" stainless shaft which I bought from Hamilton Marine. Otherwise it's wood, bolts, West Epoxy, and 3M 5200.
I agree with engineless sailing from a purest pov; however, I do think that there's a case for some sort of mechanical propulsion for use in the event of an emergency. It's just sense.
There are people who own sailboats, and there are people who are sailors . You my friend are a sailor ! Fairwinds to you !
Thanks Mr. C, and thanks for watching.
Maaaaaaaaaan! 🤘👏👏👏
I thought I was the only crazy, gaff rigged, engineless sailor left out there! Well, damn it, my current boat came with one, but it has 8k hours on it, so it’s just a matter of time 😈
The way you sail is my passion in life. Please, please keep making these videos. There has to be a voice like yours out there to remind us of what humans used to be...and still can be! 👏👏👏
My dad was Norwegian (Lodingen). He always kept two skulling oars on his boat. He had two oar locks off the transom and also two notches at the bow. He used a skulling oar to guide the bow of the boat if he needed when coming into a dock or whatever.
I found your channel by accident, I find it entertaining and very informative.
Well-done, Brother! We did two solo circumnavigations with engineless "Daughter of the Wind», without any kind of self steering gear, as well. To be a Sailor you have to relay on the Sails only!
Four years after the fact, watching this vid, having found your channel a year or so ago, when my interest in sailing (after acquiring a home on Islesboro, Maine) climbed higher on the list of what I might like to do. Your channel is in a class of it’s own. No motor (until fairly recently) lifelong sailor, been around an ocean or two, all kinds of weather, knowledge and experience. Maybe take a trip down to see you working on “Ruth Avery”. Only with your permission of course. Thanks for putting out the vids.
Thanks for stopping by, Jim.
Great filming, great sailing, and great narrative. I don't think I would have slept much the night before sailing under those bridges with no engine. Viking stuff.
I woke up every few hours to pull up Windy on my phone to see if they had updated the models. I slept much better the following night. Sounds like you are really absorbing that Norse vibe up there..
Capt. Patrick Lane, I also follow you. I think I may suffice to say: the recognition of excellence is often due to one who also exhibits similar characteristics in their own pursuits. Hoping you don't mind that coming from a rather aged Irish/Canuk halfbreed , I would be honoured to crew for either of you two!
Very kind of you Donald, but you would be in much safer hands with Kevin, who has vastly more experience and knowledge of the sea. I'm still very much in the learning phase.
You're too modest, Patrick..
Your dinghy should be called Baby Ruth. @@howtosailoceans1423
Love it, Cap'n. Thank you.
ur knowledge of sailing...unreliant upon modern appliances...engine ...is priceless to me...u are a true ...sailor
impressed, respect and take my hat off to you. You really are a true seaman.
Nice sail through town!
Man you have guts. There is no way I would try that with an opening bridge. Fixed bridge yes.
Your channel really points out that sailing without an engine makes you a very good sailor. You've really got me thinking about a setup that shares the same outboard for dingy or SV as needed. You make it look very do-able.
I don’t care how slow you went, I liked it. It’s like watching fish in an aquarium
Cheers Kevin loving your videos ,really gives me a bit more confidence in how to deal with situations when your engine fails ,which is sure to happen to me one time ,And I am on a fairly strong tidal river so I shall keep watching for tips and hints.Happy sailing J from the Uk
Strong tidal currents add a layer of complexity for sure, I'm having to deal with that in Florida, as well as narrow waterways ... it can get a little hair-raising at times. Thanks for watching, fair winds mate.
Kevin, G'day from OZ, great stuff... Man I'm just in awe of your sailing prowess and your calmness under pressure, love your channel, along with Patrick Lane's, Christian Williams and Erik Aanderaa, viva short handed sailing, makes me feel ALIVE ! Fair Winds 👍
Love these films. I have a 26ft long keel boat with a dead engine I'm disinclined to repair. I do most of my passages under sail, but have a little outboard for occasions when I need to lower the anxiety - like the passage under those bridges. I don't think I could do that the way you did - just too much of a coward! By the way Patrick Laine's comment is high praise - he's another great narrator/navigator.
Removing the dead engine will free up some space. Also, filling in the prop aperture (if there is one) will considerably improve sailing performance.
Such a good series of videos. I am going to have to find time to binge on Patrick Laine's videos, too.
Thanks mate! Not sure why I am always being compared to Patrick, but I don't mind, he has great stuff.
Love your channel, Kevin. Great information, good background tunes, and makes old sailors like myself truly appreciate gaff riggers, which we both know are the true sailors best way to go.
Love watching those skills. I keep aspiring!
Wow that was a nice piece of skilful sailing without motor! I’m truly impressed by your confidence and sail handling. I really can imagine how wrong things could go under these bridges and the thrill to be able to master the situation like you just did. Blimey!
Thanks MiQ, yes, I can imagine how things can go wrong too ... it was a relief to get out past that last bridge, sailboats like wide waters.
Very cool sailing. You obviously know what your doing. I've enjoyed watching. Thank You
Thanks for stopping by ..
You seem well prepared in advance for events that you face. Safe passage.
I try to be, but the wind can always foil you ...
Nicely done and thanks patrick for recommending
top notch kevin! you have skills and its fun to learn from you
Hi Kevin, Once again your seamanship,is impressive!, i was around some good seamen in the USCG, and i can say, that you are worthy, of being called a true sailor!, be safe!
Thanks mate!
Great video as usual Kevin! Enjoyed the music too. Fair winds!
Thanks mate!
Enjoying your videos, especially this one on going engineless. We're a 75' gaff-rigged topsail schooner in Wellington, NZ, and I'd love to sail more and motor less -- an homage to the sailors of a century ago.
Ahoy mate! I recall when in NZ there was the R. Tucker Thomson, with squares on the fore and they sailed her well.
Always inspirational my man! Thanks for ll the advice and a reminder you don't have to wait for crew to get off the dock! Gotta practice getting my 37ft tayana out of the slip solo, that full keel and tiller little intimidating
Yes mate, I agree, time and tide waits for no man, but no man should have to wait on flaky crew. Go when you are ready, they can join later. Maybe in Tahiti ...
First of all, S/V Ruth Avery is a Maine vessel, a spectacular build must modern Mariners shall ever really experience!
Built in Rhode Island, actually ...
You are All World 🌎, Boothby! I really enjoy your channel.
Sure wish I had a nickel for every time I read, "Hamilton Marine"! Ha ha. Anybody with me?
Good videos though. I'm really enjoying them. You teach so very much more than 99% of the sailing videos out there.
Ha! Hamilton Marine has gotten a few nickels from me I can say, but also I just really like the tee shirt ..
Nicely done!
Excellent!!! Love that boat! Wish I would have gotten a 28 I ran across.
Thanks Stephen. The Southern Crosses are good boats, pretty cheap to buy too.
That was some fine sailing.
Zack in the 80s, I sailed a Maine built ship, owned by a Haitian cat, to Venezuela & back a few times whilst waiting to get a signed to a new oil rig. That ship was 80-90 years of age. She was a bit like RuthAvery, but older I reckon.??? I was on the tiller, lashed up mind you, whilst waves taller than her mizzen hit us ! I did soil my trousers, but the Luc Di Mer, shrugged of the whole episode, we had no wind vane, no elect ever , no engine, just a compass an a super cool,calm, skipper who near died laughing when he came up on deck to relig me at 2100!
Sounds like a stout little ship! ... Ruth Avery is a Southern Cross 31, so she was built in Rhode Island, in 1984.
What a lovely boat made easy by an expert
i bought a 3$, feeler guage, the thing with many shims of various sizes, and hammered one along side the key in the rudder stock head, worked great on my contessa to reduce play in the tiller
Excellent sailing skills and video! Thank you for sharing! Beers on me, Watson Island anchorage, S/V Destin, stop by
Great video mate! looking forward to trip north! Back to the great CB.
Thanks for watching, yes, love the Bay ...
Fantastic videos.. I have an H-28 ketch that I keep at Crandon Park in Key Biscayne. Sorry I missed you while you were in Miami!
We'll see you next time. So is the boat in Hurricane Harbor? I was anchored just outside there.
It's on a mooring just off of Bear cut, on the northwest tip of Key Biscayne (Crandon Park Marina). Went through Irma on the mooring without any damage, fortunately.
In Lake Washington and lake Union big power boats and. believe it or not, kayaks used to harass me. God! The kayaks yelled at me and power boats nearly knocked me down.I'm glad my motor worked some times!
Hmm, I've never had problems with obstreperous kayakers, the tonnage rule generally does not work in their favor ...
@@howtosailoceans1423 Nicely said. Funny.
My wife works at Hamilton Marine
Those powerboaters can sure throw a niche in a guy sailing.
Yes, indeed, especially in light winds.
Very impressive planing and sailing! Ping me if you’re gonna very down Naples way. Well cook you a nice meal and you can do some laundry.
Thanks mate. I'm back in Virginia now but maybe see you in FL next winter ..
I think you need to add a few more lines to the running rigging. You’r handling that boat too smoothly. Seriously, you can really sell the engineless boat idea. I guess that’s just one more big thing you don’t have to worry about. Great sailing content and great production quality like sailing under those bridges and filming at the same time.
Kevin freaking bootby! Great job navigating those bridges. Could you do that slab reefing video we were talking about?
Actually I was just thinking that while filming my passage to Virginia ... I'll do that vid on the calmer waters of the Bay where it's easier.
What drone do you use for your videos....I really enjoy them. My boat is a gaff sloop 20 ft.
DJI Phantom 3 professional (previously a standard, which crashed into Vineyard Sound last summer).
Liked before I watched! Kevin can you explain a bit about the rig conversion, did you do it yourself? Did you move the mast, chainplates and more SA? Are you flying a tops'l? Your boat moves along nicely in the slightest winds!
No, the previous owner gave her the gaff rig. I believe the rig is stepped a bit further forward than the factory SC31. Chainplates are in the same place. I lowered the original peak angle on the gaff because she had a touch of lee helm when close hauled. She's balanced now. Yes, I do have a topsail but I never fly it anymore--too much work for one man. And she does move well in light winds so long as the bottom is clean, often with just main and staysail.
Sailing without an engine just seems like a more stressful time.
I think I'd go with having a more relaxing time and motor out.
All things being equal, engineless sailing probably does cause more stress. But it's a good stress ...
I love the idea of engineless sailing, and it might just be a cure for my impatience.
I'm not the sort who can have an engine and not use it, so I guess the solution is to not have one.
I'm actually a rather impatient person myself, but I usually don't mind waiting for wind--it's just part of the challenge.
Hey mate great series of Vids , take my hat off to you ! Just a question what type of Windlass / winch do you run ?
The anchor windlass is an old, bronze, ABI manual windlass. It's slow, but it works.
I sail on the Columbia river near Portland. It’s about a 2 day sail to the pacific. Have you attempted any engineless sails this far up a river?
I recall sailing up the Whangarei river in NZ which was pretty long. I also remember having Ray Roberts tow me the last bit to the boatyard, as the last quarter mile gets impossibly narrow to sail through (that was before I had a dink with a motor). The Chesapeake Bay is full of rivers as well. Whether or not you can sail will depend on how narrow it is, how swift the currents are, and what are your anchoring options if need be.
Took a bit of Google street view research to figure out you were heading under Port Blvd, NE 6th St, in a southerly direction.
Initially I thought you were heading north as Google Earth gave me a Biscayne Bay to the north of Miami Beach.
But that assumption gave a lot of conflicting information.
A Captains logs with set formal information here would help with the anally pedantic who actually want to learn how not to sink and die while sailing these old school gaffers.
Please don't under estimate the importance of what you are doing.
I would be eternally in your debt if you were to establish an old school fb page, web site and channel of serious sailors who respect Magellan and Nelson and have a bent to teach us modern fools who want to take risks as you do.
Goods teachers have a life long influence on students who are ready and willing to learn.
Ultimately, you will always be speaking to the best of students.
Thanks mate! Headed back there soon, btw.
Hi, I am building a wind vane for my own CS27, trim tab and vertical pivoting similar to yours. Do you have any advice on sourcing the parts for such a vane?
Mine is pretty basic. The only specialty item was the 5/8" stainless shaft which I bought from Hamilton Marine. Otherwise it's wood, bolts, West Epoxy, and 3M 5200.
What about drawbridges? Thanks.
Generally I avoid those.
I agree with engineless sailing from a purest pov; however, I do think that there's a case for some sort of mechanical propulsion for use in the event of an emergency. It's just sense.