68. Sailing In a Storm Offshore on my Little Sailboat!
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- Опубликовано: 19 окт 2023
- This is Part 2 of "Leaving Puget Sound," the first offshore passage of our circumnavigation on my little Nor'Sea 27 sailboat "Mig." In this episode we have been Hove-to offshore of Oregon and try to catch the tail end of a gale to get around the California capes but the Gale catches us and we end up riding it out under storm Jib alone with warps trailing behind the boat to slow us down.
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You keep doing the videos your way. I especially appreciate the seamanship knowledge you are imparting.
BTW this song is so contextual it is actually a bit eerie. What a perfect choice! <3
Great episode. If I remember the Nor'sea story well, they went bankrupt because of an irresponsible journal article, claiming they were on the brink of bankruptcy, when they were not.
That was some storm! Glad Mig is handling it well and you have some ideas for the next storm.
Good thing about starting out like that is Mig has been put through it and came out smiling and if anything would have happened you were still close to home.. I must admit that it didn't look like much fun but the good days outweigh the really wonderful days..
You are going to be so much happier with a staysail + trysail. No lines chafing on shrouds, less slewing around going down waves, more comfortable too. We drop the lazies and fly the trysail anytime we're going downwind in big seas. Jibing a trysail is trivial, and keeping the boom lashed to center is safer if there's a beam-on sneaker like you had.
Good job explaining and showing how well that robust 27' handles storms!!! The song and one other previous is just right bro...
It's amazing how quite Mig is in the water.. you don't hear a bunch of creeks and stuff slamming around etc..
Topher awesome video you really captured your adventure and brought us all along! Keep up the great work stay safe and play whatever music you want it’s your adventure, your story , your channel those of us who have been watching since you started will enjoy your choice of music because we know it’s an important part of your journey!
Songs are great!!! keep it up,good luck
Awesome video!! That looked kinda scary !! 😮 just fyi.. play what ever music you want to play ! Its your adventure and we are just lucky to share it with you 😊
I like your music selection.
It's very design dependent but some full keel boats can heave to under reefed main alone. We rode out a gale off Charleston in the Fall of 2019 aboard my Sea Sprite 30 using this technique and I understand that Pacific Seacraft 34s and 37s can do so as well. Basically, you sheet a double or triple reefed main close and then adjust the rudder to counter the force of the main trying to round the boat into the wind until you are basically 60 degrees off the wind. Some refer to this as "fore reaching."
Great video! Thanks for sharing. We sailed a little Flicka 20 from Fl to the Bahamas, but our seas were nothing compared to yours! Can’t wait to put our little Nor Sea (Breakin Wind) on the ocean to visit the Bahamas again. We are currently just enjoying her on the lake. Your music was great by the way, and really expressed what you went through and how you felt, I am sure! Fair winds and following seas on your continued journey!
Wow! Our coast is formidable and I guess it gave you a taste of how miss named “Pacfic” ocean is. Two years ago we sailed from Long Beach to Brookings in June - August beating into wind and 3 meter waves with less than 6 seconds intervals. Our boat is bigger, 1978 DownEast 38’ and it was a trouper. We also experienced rouge waves running west to east that were huge . We will be sailing south in middle of November. BTW I LOVE your music! Fair winds and warmer weather! SV Dulcinea
Fatty Goodlander tows fenders to slow the boat. I tried it and it worked.
Wow, you guys had it rough. I was on Hogfish (your marina mate) a few weeks prior coming from Newport, OR. We diverted to Crescent City when we had the opportunity to wait out a similar gale. Watching your video makes me glad we did. Thanks for sharing!
Great stuff as always Topher!!
This is your channel and you choose your music. I don't think you need to feel apologetic, people write their thoughts before they even think about thinking what they are actually saying.
Can I interest you in gunkholing around Vancouver Island. It’s a sort of circumnavigation but you could anchor in a lovely protected spot nightly for a restful sleep. If you preferred to get knocked about (apparently some guys like that) head around the Brooks Peninsula in snotty weather knowing that in a couple hours you could be calmly swinging in Columbia Cove. Need I mention a soak (clothing optional) at the Hot Springs?