Elevate Your Sailboat's Performance! Light Air Mastery in Patagonia [Ep. 142]
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- Опубликовано: 20 янв 2024
- Come sail away with us for the penultimate passage on our 1200 mile journey through the fjords of Patagonia! We share tips about performance cruising downwind and stumble across a historic church at the craziest shaped island we've seen.
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This is the best sailing channel on RUclips. Beautifully shot, great sailing tips, good story telling and editing.
Kate, you do some real artistry in your editing. I think I could smell everything there.
Thanks to you, Curtus and Roxy for bringing us along.😀
Thanks so much Art, we are glad you are enjoying it so much!
There is something about the way you all film and edit. It's great.. and really gives me the feeling I am on the boat with you all. I have learned so much about sailing and open ocean seamanship from the two of you. And... I have said this before... this Drake passage is Epic...
@21:52, that guy is rowing at the speed of your dinghy!!! 🤯🤯🤯
He was a fast rower!!
Training for the Paris 2024 Olympics!!! 😂😂😂
Great to meet you, Kate, Curtis and Roxy at Castro bay, Chiloe!
You too!! Enjoy your travels in Chile!
Thank you both as always. The transitions from cold to not as cold, from remote to not as remote, have been fascinating. Safe travels.
I started watching your channel because of the area of the World you are sailing, but I really do enjoy the actual sailing footage and admire your expertise.
I love the peacefulness of this video. The mountain views are gorgeous. It takes a special sailor to get in the groove with light air. I love the music too
the journey around the horn and north through the fiords has been really interesting. I'd love to see that country, thanks for having me along.
Looks so peaceful. Beautiful!
It really is!
Great feedback on your sail set-up, and the Sweet Ruca, from Curtis, who obviously knows her backwards. 👏👏
What’s not to like for an aging racing sailor like me. A J boat, performance sails nicely trimmed, coiled lines, and being sailed by a couple of experienced racing sailors through a beautiful area of the world. Thanks for sharing!
What a beautiful place with gentle winds, crystal clear water, gorgeous snow topped mountains, calming sailing, quiet small towns for anchorage, clear sand for Roxy, and unique touristic places to explore. How privileged are y’all. Love to see your patience and joy. Enjoy life!
My Favorite place to be on a lazy Sunday afternoon... 😍 Keep safe Guys... 🙏
Like always lovely
Well trimmed and quiet, one of best things to experience.
Nice to see Roxy playing in the sand beach!!👍👍
Thanks for the lesson on light air sailing and nice episode also. See you on the next!
As a want to be sailor, thank you for all the pointers and instruction you provide. I am trying to soak it all up.
We hope to see you on the sea someday!
Happy to see you went with the light spinnaker sheets. It makes me shake my head sometimes when I see RUclips cruiser in light airs with the heavy sheets.
Thanks. Great episode. Informative, interesting, and entertaining.
Glad you enjoyed it
excellent block of instruction. Thanks, you don't do that enough. Amazing sailors in amazing places.
Glad you enjoyed it
Another great video, very informative and a pleasure to watch. Thanks Curtis, Kate and Roxy, keep them coming and happy sailing!
Thank you! Will do!
Anther amazing episode. Thank you for sharing your journey with us and your sailing tuition.😊
P&J
Hi P&J! Glad you enjoyed it!
Great tips, and scenery. so calm and relaxing..
It's really nice when Curtis explains how and why about certain things about the sail boat ! Thank you !
Glad you liked it!
For the last 30-plus years, gennaker sailing has always been a great joy on my 27-foot Dutch-built steel boat! Your video makes me look forward to the coming season when I hope to be sailing to the island of Heligoland in the North Sea - perhaps using the gennaker in our prevailing south-westerly winds.
Europeans, however, usually make a difference between a spinnaker and a gennaker. - The spinnaker is a symmetrical triangle of a sail flying freely from the mast top and is controlled in its lower two corners by lines known as a sheet and a guy. The windward line - the guy - is attached to the windward corner of the sail and is called the tack of the sail. It is stabilized by a spinnaker pole. The leeward (downwind) line is called the sheet. It attaches to the clew of the spinnaker and is used to control the shape of the sail.
The gennaker that I use on my boat (not a racing boat like the X yachts but a family cruiser) is probably what Americans call “an asymmetric spinnaker“. Here, the guy is attached to the forestay chain plate, the sheet is a single line to control the gennaker from the cockpit, and there is no spinnaker pole at all.
Anyway, I didn’t want to become too technical. Once the “sock” is up, the fun begins!
Right on!
@2:57 Curtis! Thanks for the next 5 minutes, I just totally nerded out on the gear. Beautiful boat!
@3:45 Yessssssssssss.......
Glad you enjoyed it!
Best sailing channel on RUclips.
Thanks so much as usual!!!!!!!!!! Big smiles!
Great video! Thanks for posting! 😊
Thanks for watching!
Still enjoying your journey, and thank you for your tips, you guys are awesome
Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
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Our pleasure!
a smooth hull is an efficient hull; it's nice when you can trim everything in as best, and get by without the engine.
Also, more Hydrophobic bottom paints are coming onto the market, something to look into when it's getting near time for bottom paint again.
smooth, hydrophobic, and a well matched feathering prop, ( and knowing your engine's torque peak RPM )
sailing, when you would otherwise be motoring, and using less fuel when you have to motor.
Some lovely gentle sailing - I’m impressed at how well the AkzoNobel paint is holding up 👍 Worth the effort you put into surface prep and application.
Hi Kevin! Glad you liked this one. The Micron Premium is doing a fine job so far! We are impressed with its performance after a full year.
Apiao is one of the best places to anchor in the Chiloe area. In Chiloe there are a number of churches, including that of Apiao, built by the Company of Jesus during the conquest of Chile, before Spain expelled them from its kingdom. Today they are a world heritage site and are all restored by local communities.
A year ago, you were preparing to round the Horn!! Roxy acts like a 3 year old pup, thankful she is enjoying the beach. I'm ready for you to shed the foul weather winter gear and start island hopping in the South Pacific. Safe travels.
Efficient movement in a big racer cruiser during light air. That is solid gold instruction for me! Thankyou so much. This is why I trade the easy movement of a heavy cruiser for the pointability and light air performance of a racer cruiser.
Glad it was helpful!
Such a beautiful spot........bummer is so cold. Does the temp increase much in the summer?? It was easy to see that Roxy was totally enjoying her run on the sand. See you next time. ✨ 🌊 💨 ⛵️ ❄️ 🌞 ✨
Yes and yes and yes! It will get warmer and summers in Patagonia are beautiful! The closest we could compare it to in the USA is Maine, but with less people and more coast line.
@@SailingSweetRuca know that. Grew up in Maine [born-n-raised]. Sailed the coast for 20 years from Machias [yes Roque Bluff & island] down to the Hudson River,NY. The Erie canal and The St Lawrence. At 51, my bride asked if we could live where water doesn't freeze. Arizona for 13 years [no boat 🙁] to now in Florida and looking........😊🛥️✌🏻️.
great video and detailed comments as usual!.. still looks plenty cold out! how 'bout a cup of hot tea! your thoughts on foods, prep, provisioning etc. would also be interesting!
Looking forward to it. Enjoying all along
thku
ur sail recharges my schnapps’s
excellent way you describe
sailing in layman’s speak
i am fortunate to be part of
your sailing adventures
thku
-:)) Bernie Toronto
chilling too but lol
in -25 degrees c
Thank you! Stay warm Bernie!!!!
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Saludos de Gonzalo de Bariloche !!!!!!!!
Saludos Gonzalo!!!!! ¡fue genial conocerte!
Igualmente !!!!!!
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I'm surprised yall have a mixed sail inventory. North and Doyle... etc... Since you are racers at heart I'm surprised you don't have at least a NS 3di Main. I've seen lots of cruisers run the the 3di Ocean stuff now. I"m know those are a bit of premium though. Sharing some thoughts on sail material, sail design, sail construction would make for some good content. You could maybe do some talking-head shorts on that topic.
We aren’t a high budget program, the sails in this video all came with the boat. We know the mainsail and jib were original from the year 2000, but lucky for us were never used! We do enjoy grand-prix type sailing and good sails, lines, and hardware. We have a surprise coming up for you in this area soon…stay tuned ;-)
When I did a lot of sailing we always used a pole for the tack of our spinnaker. That keep the spinnaker out from behind the main. It appears you have a pole on your deck. Why not use that pole to hold the spinnaker tack? Especially if you want to go faster.
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So the snow capped mountains you keep getting shots of in the back ground are Volcan Osorno and the pointy one is Puntiagudo, which had 4 mountain climbers die on it in the month of November 2023. Castro is the best port to visit on Chiloe. Lots of good restaurants.
You should go to Puerto Godoy which is not a port but a miles long beach. You will pass it on your way further up the coast when you leave Puerto Montt bay.
Puerto Montt is a big nasty industrial city that is not worth seeing.
The weird weather you see with the sun is because the weather patterns hit the Andes and pushes the clouds and winds parallel to the mountains and makes for those over cast days.
Too bad there is no access to Lago LLanquihue which is where you will find Puerto Varas and Frutillar and Puerto Octay (which is near to us and our little town). LLanquihue is 25 miles wide by 40 miles long and is 5,000 feet deep.
Good seafood in Puerto Montt. Angle Mo is the seafood market in Puerto Montt. Otherwise the city is kind of dirty and not attractive.
Love the video by the way.
All of the Churches on Chiloe and the surrounding islands are on a self tour that you can take. They are hand made and beautiful but for the most part closed.
Watch out for the Seal Lions because they are aggressive and not your friends.
Thanks for showing us your trip. It is cool to see someone else's perceptions of our now home country. Jim in Chile
The pointy one seen at 8.45 is actually Volcan Corcovado which is pretty much due east of Quellon ( which is a bit of a dump) , to the south of it you later see firstly Volcan Yantales and then the twin peaks of Volcan Melamoyu.
@@frankholden237 Well Frank you are right!
I went back and at the beginning saw it off in the distance and thought it was puntiagudo.
I get to see Puntiagudo all day long and I assumed it was the same.
Jim in Chile
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your love nature
Quid pro pro
thku awesomeness
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Nice calm sailing. I have a question. What do the numbers on your sail identify, and are you obliged to have sails kind of identified.
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You're a good egg Elayna,
You could run lazy sheet out front of everything and jibe to front of boat
It’s a good idea. We could, but our sheets are a bit short for that and the sail doesn’t have a gybulator, AKA…. I actually had to Google it’s “real” name. We don’t want to floss off our nice new bottom paint :-)