Sam …the more I see of these Ken and Barbie, GQ guys and supermodel wives YouTubing from yachts that most people 3x their age could never afford…or want….I appreciate your adventures and authenticity that much more. Thanks.
Wonderful job explaining and showing basic seamanship involving sail trimming. Main thing is to be constantly aware of weather and trim sail before becoming a crisis.
SO glad you did a segment on heaving-to! It's a skill that I'm always surprised by how many sailors don't know. I almost always raise/lower/reef the main while hove-to, since the main is out of the equation, so it's easy to do that. Even if you aren't making any sail adjustments, it's a great way to just take a break and regroup while singlehanding.
You did a nice job explaining weather helm. It’s fun experimenting these with these concept on a small responsive boat, like the hobbie cat you sailed to the Bahamas last year. Make a part 3 for sure.
Seeing a lot of these extra spars and lines mentioned and used, its really great to have what they are exactly walked through so i understand what im looking at better. Thanks!
Sam: Excellent presentation. You should do a part three about heeling and rounding up. Many newbies such as myself don’t have a sense of what is normal heeling and if rounding up is something to fear.
I've been watching sailing videos and sailing for 8+ years. This is hands down the best explanation of sail trim and weather helm I've ever seen. I like all your videos, but the ones where you talk about the technical stuff are the best!
Sam, I've been sailing on inland lakes in boats from 10' to 22' with a Hobbie cat thrown in the mix. for the past 53 years. NOW I better understand weather helm! Thanks😅 I've always thought you might be a little wreckless, maybe crazy with what you've accomplished, but as you explained your setups. I began to see you've anticipated situations and prepared your boat so you’re ready to handle them! Even more impressive!
This was next lvl for me 👍🏼🙏🏼 I want to see more, spinnaker, gennacker, anchoring, knots and stuff like that. I love how you keep the fluff out and go direct to the useful stuff.
Sam this was so helpful in showing in a practical way just what you do to overcome issues on board. Feel more confident on my own boat now with this knowledge. Thank you and I look forward to episode 3. Sooner the better!
Absolutely loved this video (along with the first one you had made). As mentioned on the first, I really like how your instructional videos compliment the other videos out there. Your first video did a lot that helped explain both the main and head sail (whereas many other videos had not). This video has a multitude of sailing conditions and how to's which again I have not found much of in other videos which was again very helpful! Funny, even the handheld prop boat really helped best visualize certain conditions on a smaller scale (and in a single frame perspective). Thanks as always for sharing and yes, please go for a 3rd when you have the time. Take best of care!
Perfect timing! I just re-watched part 1 last night! Im researching and attempting to plan some sorts of circumnavigation myself and learning to sail is first in line. Big thanks Sam!!
Hi Sam. Im part way through my various courses, gearing up to the day skipper course once Ive got past the complete novice stage (Your name was mentioned alongside a few expletives when doing the capsizing part of level 1 - because you are my inspiration in my sailing journey). It was Part 1 that inspired me to start learning, so Ive been waiting for part 2, so many thanks for part 2, as I am learning all of this at the moment, but seeing you doing it on a sailboat in real time was perfect in helping me to understand the concepts Ive been learning in theory classes. I cant wait for part 3, but please, dont leave it another year, by then Im hoping to cross the channel in my boat. Again, many thanks for this invaluable video tutorial, it was 'awesome'.
Thank you, I like the training videos. I’m currently taking sailing lessons, and this one really helps me understand boat balance… now to put it into practice next Friday. Looking forward to part 3. Aloha.
Hi Sam, I bought a 30ft yacht this summer with absolutely zero experience. Doing some work on it at the moment but it’ll be in the water in April. Obviously having no experience I’ve been watching loads of videos trying to learn everything but things like whisker poles, reefing, jibing were always missing or not quite relevant to yacht sailing (mostly dinghies) so I have been mostly cross-interpreting how these work. This video confirmed all of my interpretations good stuff 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
Thanks Sam! You are motivating for future sailors. I want a boat so bad watching you travel to these wonderful destinations. Maybe getting used to these places you forget how beautiful they really are. Can't wait for part 3.
Excellent video as ever . One point to pick up on , when you hove to / crash tack or put the hand break on , the tiller is lashed to the leward side for a reason . Your backed jib is trying to turn you to starboard and your rudder is opposing this motion. The main can be then eased to the point of balance. You're 5hen just drifting with any tide .You did mention lashing the tiller, just didn't explain why . Looking forward to seeing more tips .
Awesome, ive always wanted you to do a follow up. Your first how to sail video was the one that got me onto your channel. One of the better and easy to follow videos out 👍
Sam, thank you so much! I’ve learnt so much about some really useful stuff in this video. The way you explained everything was so clear and demonstrated so clearly at the same time. I just wish we were heading into the sailing season instead of retiring to the warm sofa too much (UK), so I could go out and try this all out. 👏🏻
Great video! I have recently joined a sailing co-op in Victoria on Vancouver Island! The sailing here is fantastic with lots of wildlife! I appreciate your honesty, and I'm going to stay with protected waters! Enjoy!
An excellent video. I thought you explained all the points very well while demonstrating them. I'm sure your able bodied assistant was invaluable in helping with this one.
Good stuff Sam! I'm sure that with those new sails you're really discovering what your boat is capable of. One thing I like to do on my boat is to set the autotiller for a given course, then play around with sail trim until that AT is hardly working at all - very small corrections, and only working against very light weather helm. That's when I know she's trimmed just right.
Thank You for all of the time and effort of making this video! Awesome to see you do so many things as you explain them, so engaging and fun. Hope to see more!
Wonderful Sam. So much information that I will use next season! I recently got a whisker pole, and definitely need to up my boom preventer game and reefing is something I've been trying to wrap my head around for sure! Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. I appreciate you and love your videos. Cheers from Canada!
That was great, explaining weather helm/lee helm especially. I always have trouble with my little Cat22 turning into the wind, constantly adjusting the tiller minder drives me crazy. Just finished my second season of sailing, still learning, I'd say I'm just slightly above novice with my biggest accomplishment of leaning to heave to, which I did by accident the very first time, but figured out what had happened and never looked back. It's great for me because I'm usually single handing so I use that to pull the main sail down which makes me think the main has nothing to do with heaving to. I think the wind, if coming from, say, the port side pushes the head sail making the boat want to turn to starboard, the rudder is locked to steer it back to port, so I think they cancel each other out and the boat just slides sideways. Be safe, take care.
Thanks v much Sam, I've needed a video on reefing & whisker poles for a while now. Currently sailing west coast islands of BC in my first boat - partially inspired by yourself & your videos. Please keep them coming!
Nice overview! Since you asked for input, some may not be familiar with powering down a sail by increasing twist, reducing load along the upper portion offering a quick way to respond to building conditions; and how to so so with jib lead and mainsheet/traveler/boom vang adjustment. Could be worth a mention in a follow on video. Your videos are great Sam, much enjoyed. And your sails are looking sharp.
Great stuff, it was a lot of information, but I didn't feel overwhelmed, thanks for sharing ✌️ Moving your preventer forward makes sense to me, more leverage less stress on attachments 👍
Thanks for the video! Have always wondered what was meant by balancing the sails, and now I know 😊. I learned a lot from this video! Now I need to get a sailboat…😅
Great video! I understood the concept of a preventer and whisker pole and reefing but never seen details of how they are rigged like this. I sail Hobie cats a little bit and always been curious about the bigger boats. Love your content man would love to see episode 3.
Worth noting that when you heave-to, you can balance the drift by tensioning or releasing the main sheet. Also I loved one explanation of the heave-to drift: like a feather falling slowly, with the forward/backward motion
Great video as always! Part 3 would be great, maybe it could focus on sailing with a Spinnaker: deploying, trimming, jibing, dousing, etc. Thanks for all of the great content! BTW, about a month ago I was at that famous wind surfing beach in Greece (Vasiliki). I thought I was going to moor next to you on that little town dock but didn't see you when I got there. I asked the nice woman that was taking the payments if she had seen a little blue sailboat called Pickled Herring and she told me you had left the day before. It would've been really cool to meet you since your videos are part of the reason why I have been living on a little sailboat for the past year. Anyways, keep having fun and making awesome videos and maybe we will coincide next year somewhere in the Med. I'm hauling out in the Greek Island of Leros in a couple of weeks to do some boat maintenance and then going back home to Mexico for a couple of months to spend some time with friends and family but will be back to the boat early next year.
Thank you very much for this video I hope you keep making more how to videos, because like one of the commoners said I have big dreams and I’m going to need all the help I can get
Good stuff. Always good to go back to the basics. The bottom of the whisker pole on my Hunter kept grabbing the head sail sheets when I tacked. I got a 3' maybe 4' piece of ABS pipe and slipped it over the bottom of the whisker pole. Had to drill a small hole and attached a safety line so the ABS pipe doesn't just roll overboard. I found heaving to to be easy and completely obvious. Wing on wing while it looks simple enough, but I found it surprisingly tricky and potentially dangerous. So it's good to practice that in the lightest possible winds. The safety lines, brake line, and barber hauler are all safer, more secure and insurance against damaging stuff. I always have an extra length of rope in my cockpit, I've never sailed with anyone else who's got an extra length on hand. I think it's just smart to have. I also have carabiners snapped on my pfd. Last big trip I stepped on board with my carabiners. "What are those for?" When I left the boat three months later, I had to leave half of them behind - they were working (barber hauler, kite sheets, etc....) and the owner had bought carabiners in Japan. Probably be a nice gift visiting someone else's boat.
When I look at a boat for making a passage I always dive and clean the hull because that makes boat sail better. Also I check for big weight items onboard. It doesn't make sense to carry non-paying cargo. I think your sailing skills for passages improve if you do some racing. Racing is a pretty good way to break stuff more often which is always fun.
Thanks for this video Sam. This is a really helpful one. Not many RUclipsrs have taken it to this level teaching their fan's their knowledge. Kudos to you. I've finally made some progress on my 22. Not sure its going sailing this year. Just not ready for it yet. But I made a bunch of progress and discovered there were two booms, both with sails. A newer one with a Dacron sail and the original larger with a roller furling main. Its a Morgan 22. Lots of work to do but I'll be sailing next year on Lake Huron and then hopefully other locations after that... hoping for Keys or Bahamas in spring of 2025.
Mate that weather helm chat was the best explanation I’ve ever heard top job
Wow, thanks
You’d make a great sailing teacher very clear and practical
Sam …the more I see of these Ken and Barbie, GQ guys and supermodel wives YouTubing from yachts that most people 3x their age could never afford…or want….I appreciate your adventures and authenticity that much more. Thanks.
Agent Ken & Agent Barbie
Wonderful job explaining and showing basic seamanship involving sail trimming. Main thing is to be constantly aware of weather and trim sail before becoming a crisis.
Best explanation of weather/lee helm I've heard. Thanks!
SO glad you did a segment on heaving-to! It's a skill that I'm always surprised by how many sailors don't know. I almost always raise/lower/reef the main while hove-to, since the main is out of the equation, so it's easy to do that. Even if you aren't making any sail adjustments, it's a great way to just take a break and regroup while singlehanding.
You did a nice job explaining weather helm. It’s fun experimenting these with these concept on a small responsive boat, like the hobbie cat you sailed to the Bahamas last year.
Make a part 3 for sure.
Seeing a lot of these extra spars and lines mentioned and used, its really great to have what they are exactly walked through so i understand what im looking at better. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
despite my sailor experience, I heard new details that were interesting. excellent instructional video. very appreciated it
Glad it was helpful!
Sam: Excellent presentation. You should do a part three about heeling and rounding up. Many newbies such as myself don’t have a sense of what is normal heeling and if rounding up is something to fear.
Also, when to reef would be a good inclusion.
I've been watching sailing videos and sailing for 8+ years. This is hands down the best explanation of sail trim and weather helm I've ever seen. I like all your videos, but the ones where you talk about the technical stuff are the best!
Sam,
I've been sailing on inland lakes in boats from 10' to 22' with a Hobbie cat thrown in the mix. for the past 53 years.
NOW I better understand weather helm!
Thanks😅
I've always thought you might be a little wreckless, maybe crazy with what you've accomplished, but as you explained your setups. I began to see you've anticipated situations and prepared your boat so you’re ready to handle them!
Even more impressive!
This was next lvl for me 👍🏼🙏🏼 I want to see more, spinnaker, gennacker, anchoring, knots and stuff like that. I love how you keep the fluff out and go direct to the useful stuff.
This has been most helpful. You have my vote for a part three
I remember a guy from our church lost his life when the boom in a failed jibe tossed him over, great job Sam , always gotta be so alert.
This how to video was very informative for balancing the helm. Thank You.
Excellent Sam! Sail area + Wind speed + Righting momment, airfoil, hydro foil and reefing down! Always know when the Boom is coming over!
So true!
Sam this was so helpful in showing in a practical way just what you do to overcome issues on board. Feel more confident on my own boat now with this knowledge. Thank you and I look forward to episode 3. Sooner the better!
this is what sailing Chanels are for learning to sail, most people don't now how to sail and have sailboats only using at 2 bft
Thanks! That bit about heaving to is something I’ve never learned and I’ve struggled with making adjustments single-handed
That's for the lessons. Great camera work.
Absolutely loved this video (along with the first one you had made). As mentioned on the first, I really like how your instructional videos compliment the other videos out there. Your first video did a lot that helped explain both the main and head sail (whereas many other videos had not). This video has a multitude of sailing conditions and how to's which again I have not found much of in other videos which was again very helpful! Funny, even the handheld prop boat really helped best visualize certain conditions on a smaller scale (and in a single frame perspective). Thanks as always for sharing and yes, please go for a 3rd when you have the time. Take best of care!
I know all this stuff but really enjoyed listening to this guy. Superb teacher.
Perfect timing! I just re-watched part 1 last night! Im researching and attempting to plan some sorts of circumnavigation myself and learning to sail is first in line. Big thanks Sam!!
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Sam. Im part way through my various courses, gearing up to the day skipper course once Ive got past the complete novice stage (Your name was mentioned alongside a few expletives when doing the capsizing part of level 1 - because you are my inspiration in my sailing journey). It was Part 1 that inspired me to start learning, so Ive been waiting for part 2, so many thanks for part 2, as I am learning all of this at the moment, but seeing you doing it on a sailboat in real time was perfect in helping me to understand the concepts Ive been learning in theory classes. I cant wait for part 3, but please, dont leave it another year, by then Im hoping to cross the channel in my boat. Again, many thanks for this invaluable video tutorial, it was 'awesome'.
Thanks!
DOOOOOOOOOD Best sailing video I've ever seen!!!
More of this. You have one of the best channels. Thank you.
Will do!
Thank you, I like the training videos. I’m currently taking sailing lessons, and this one really helps me understand boat balance… now to put it into practice next Friday. Looking forward to part 3. Aloha.
Excellent follow-up to the intro video, I'm glad you went deeper into some intermediate techniques!
That was awesome Sam, I for one hope you keep explaining how things work on a sailboat for those of us with big dreams 😀
Do one about how not to sink
Fantastic. One of the best ‘how to’s’ I’ve watched. Thanks mate.
Nice radial sails
Excellent explanation of weather helm and how the degree of heel affects it. It took me years of sailing dinghies to figure that out. Thanks Sam!
Hi Sam, I bought a 30ft yacht this summer with absolutely zero experience. Doing some work on it at the moment but it’ll be in the water in April.
Obviously having no experience I’ve been watching loads of videos trying to learn everything but things like whisker poles, reefing, jibing were always missing or not quite relevant to yacht sailing (mostly dinghies) so I have been mostly cross-interpreting how these work. This video confirmed all of my interpretations good stuff 👌🏻👌🏻👌🏻
A very helpful video, you're a natural teacher Sam. Thanks so much!
Thanks Sam! You are motivating for future sailors. I want a boat so bad watching you travel to these wonderful destinations. Maybe getting used to these places you forget how beautiful they really are. Can't wait for part 3.
Bloody hell mate this is the best vid I’ve seen
Made all the gobbledegook simple
Thank you so much
Thanks so much.
please continue with Sam's sailing lessons great content!!
Excellent video as ever . One point to pick up on , when you hove to / crash tack or put the hand break on , the tiller is lashed to the leward side for a reason . Your backed jib is trying to turn you to starboard and your rudder is opposing this motion. The main can be then eased to the point of balance. You're 5hen just drifting with any tide .You did mention lashing the tiller, just didn't explain why . Looking forward to seeing more tips .
You explain it very well. Thank you for all your videos!
Beautiful day for a sailing lesson. Interesting as always. Nice job Sam very informative.
Awesome, ive always wanted you to do a follow up. Your first how to sail video was the one that got me onto your channel. One of the better and easy to follow videos out 👍
Awesome, thank you!
Sam using the "How to Sail" as an opportunity to show off his nice new clean sails....😆
ETA: And I learned some good stuff so thanks!
That was great Sam! Thanks! I need to rewatch that about 3 more times.
Sam, thank you so much! I’ve learnt so much about some really useful stuff in this video. The way you explained everything was so clear and demonstrated so clearly at the same time. I just wish we were heading into the sailing season instead of retiring to the warm sofa too much (UK), so I could go out and try this all out. 👏🏻
He’s got a nice way of explaining things so they are clear. Subscribed 👍
Thanks for the sub!
Great video! I have recently joined a sailing co-op in Victoria on Vancouver Island! The sailing here is fantastic with lots of wildlife! I appreciate your honesty, and I'm going to stay with protected waters! Enjoy!
Great video explaining many different sailing issues, thanks
An excellent video. I thought you explained all the points very well while demonstrating them. I'm sure your able bodied assistant was invaluable in helping with this one.
such a cruisy way of teaching, thankyou!
This was exactly the video I needed Sam and it’s a good thing you provided it since it’s your fault I went and bought a 26 foot sailboat anyways 😆
Good stuff Sam! I'm sure that with those new sails you're really discovering what your boat is capable of. One thing I like to do on my boat is to set the autotiller for a given course, then play around with sail trim until that AT is hardly working at all - very small corrections, and only working against very light weather helm. That's when I know she's trimmed just right.
Yeah, New Sails are a whole new topic on what advantage new sails have over old.
Boom brakes are awesome!
I have a Dutchman.
Works well, adjustable tension wheels.
Can be used as a preventer as well.
As always Sam, thanks for the sailing info.
Good background camera work from your assitant. You're a good teacher, possible revenue for you sam.
good explanations, your camera person helped make this presentation
I just got my Sam Holmes Sailing shirt and it is very comfortable and not like cheap material either it just feels good.
Thank You for all of the time and effort of making this video! Awesome to see you do so many things as you explain them, so engaging and fun. Hope to see more!
Wonderful Sam. So much information that I will use next season! I recently got a whisker pole, and definitely need to up my boom preventer game and reefing is something I've been trying to wrap my head around for sure!
Thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge. I appreciate you and love your videos. Cheers from Canada!
Thanks for talking about the weather helm always thought it was just too much sail didn't think about the balance between the sails
Good job, Sailor Sam - you helped me a lot in this video. Fair winds, Dude!
That was great, explaining weather helm/lee helm especially. I always have trouble with my little Cat22 turning into the wind, constantly adjusting the tiller minder drives me crazy. Just finished my second season of sailing, still learning, I'd say I'm just slightly above novice with my biggest accomplishment of leaning to heave to, which I did by accident the very first time, but figured out what had happened and never looked back. It's great for me because I'm usually single handing so I use that to pull the main sail down which makes me think the main has nothing to do with heaving to. I think the wind, if coming from, say, the port side pushes the head sail making the boat want to turn to starboard, the rudder is locked to steer it back to port, so I think they cancel each other out and the boat just slides sideways. Be safe, take care.
Thanks Sam definitely informative hope you do some more safe sailing
Cheers Sam good explanation on those aspects… I can never stop learning
Thanks v much Sam, I've needed a video on reefing & whisker poles for a while now. Currently sailing west coast islands of BC in my first boat - partially inspired by yourself & your videos. Please keep them coming!
Nice overview! Since you asked for input, some may not be familiar with powering down a sail by increasing twist, reducing load along the upper portion offering a quick way to respond to building conditions; and how to so so with jib lead and mainsheet/traveler/boom vang adjustment. Could be worth a mention in a follow on video.
Your videos are great Sam, much enjoyed. And your sails are looking sharp.
Would love to see a part III ! Maybe covering passage making e.g. weather, routes, seasons, marinas, bridges, logistics etc?
Thanks, Sam. Very helpful!
Yes on part 3! Thanks Sam, really enjoy your channel.⚓
You got it!
This is great! Cheers from Norway🤩
Thank you! Cheers!
Very good job explaining things
crystal clear man. great explanations! 💪 So many people make it so complicated.
Great stuff, it was a lot of information, but I didn't feel overwhelmed, thanks for sharing ✌️
Moving your preventer forward makes sense to me, more leverage less stress on attachments 👍
Great video!
I've always luffed the sails to put a reef in but will give it a go sailing downwind after watching this. Thank you!
Brilliant, thank you for the effort you put into your excellent videos.
Thanks for the video! Have always wondered what was meant by balancing the sails, and now I know 😊. I learned a lot from this video! Now I need to get a sailboat…😅
Them sails are looking good too!!
New sails..sweet looking !
Excellent video. Definitely up for a part 3
Fantastic Sam, you really just made it understandable, thank you.
Great video Sam! The ocean is doing good things to your soul! Keep pushing
Great video! I understood the concept of a preventer and whisker pole and reefing but never seen details of how they are rigged like this. I sail Hobie cats a little bit and always been curious about the bigger boats. Love your content man would love to see episode 3.
Worth noting that when you heave-to, you can balance the drift by tensioning or releasing the main sheet.
Also I loved one explanation of the heave-to drift: like a feather falling slowly, with the forward/backward motion
Excellent Sam...keep them coming. 🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏
You two make a great team.
You are always kinda smiling - very good
Very well explained, Sam!
Thanks!
So informative, thank you Sam
Great video as always! Part 3 would be great, maybe it could focus on sailing with a Spinnaker: deploying, trimming, jibing, dousing, etc. Thanks for all of the great content!
BTW, about a month ago I was at that famous wind surfing beach in Greece (Vasiliki). I thought I was going to moor next to you on that little town dock but didn't see you when I got there. I asked the nice woman that was taking the payments if she had seen a little blue sailboat called Pickled Herring and she told me you had left the day before. It would've been really cool to meet you since your videos are part of the reason why I have been living on a little sailboat for the past year. Anyways, keep having fun and making awesome videos and maybe we will coincide next year somewhere in the Med. I'm hauling out in the Greek Island of Leros in a couple of weeks to do some boat maintenance and then going back home to Mexico for a couple of months to spend some time with friends and family but will be back to the boat early next year.
Thank you so much for this instruction.
Looks like you had nice weather in Saranda! That was a great lesson with everything explained well. Cheers from St. Simons Island!
Great video Sam you’d make a great instructor. I’ve been struggling with reefing when the wind gets up. I got some great tips from this video thanks
Thank you very much for this video I hope you keep making more how to videos, because like one of the commoners said I have big dreams and I’m going to need all the help I can get
Solid tips! Let's rock and roll (originally a sailors slang for high speed)
Great Sam, more of this type of help please, easily explained as this, mixed with your usual interesting videos. *****
Good stuff. Always good to go back to the basics. The bottom of the whisker pole on my Hunter kept grabbing the head sail sheets when I tacked. I got a 3' maybe 4' piece of ABS pipe and slipped it over the bottom of the whisker pole. Had to drill a small hole and attached a safety line so the ABS pipe doesn't just roll overboard.
I found heaving to to be easy and completely obvious. Wing on wing while it looks simple enough, but I found it surprisingly tricky and potentially dangerous. So it's good to practice that in the lightest possible winds. The safety lines, brake line, and barber hauler are all safer, more secure and insurance against damaging stuff. I always have an extra length of rope in my cockpit, I've never sailed with anyone else who's got an extra length on hand. I think it's just smart to have. I also have carabiners snapped on my pfd. Last big trip I stepped on board with my carabiners. "What are those for?" When I left the boat three months later, I had to leave half of them behind - they were working (barber hauler, kite sheets, etc....) and the owner had bought carabiners in Japan. Probably be a nice gift visiting someone else's boat.
Great tips. Thanks
Excellent episode Sam.
When I look at a boat for making a passage I always dive and clean the hull because that makes boat sail better. Also I check for big weight items onboard. It doesn't make sense to carry non-paying cargo. I think your sailing skills for passages improve if you do some racing. Racing is a pretty good way to break stuff more often which is always fun.
Great video! Really appreciate your insight.
EXCELLENT BEGINNER LESSONS
Thanks for this video Sam. This is a really helpful one. Not many RUclipsrs have taken it to this level teaching their fan's their knowledge. Kudos to you. I've finally made some progress on my 22. Not sure its going sailing this year. Just not ready for it yet. But I made a bunch of progress and discovered there were two booms, both with sails. A newer one with a Dacron sail and the original larger with a roller furling main. Its a Morgan 22. Lots of work to do but I'll be sailing next year on Lake Huron and then hopefully other locations after that... hoping for Keys or Bahamas in spring of 2025.
If loving Sam Holmes Sailing is wrong. Then I don’t want to be right.