I learn something every time I watch your show. You have the perfect mix of history and science. That mixes well with your love of our fine state! Thank you for everything you do !
He did an excellent job explaining that ... I thought that there had to be something with the bottom of the boat ... However "lift" never crossed my mind ever! Well Done.
If you have only ever been in a motor boat, the silence of a sail boat is absolutely awe inspiring! And peaceful, unless you are in a sloop with a stiff wind. Then it is adrenaline rush all the way.
Welp... this answered a question I didn't know I wanted an answer to! I was never good at physics, but the way the resultant forces were explained is super easy to understand! And the Alliance is a GORGEOUS vessel. Also shout out to your husband for the great line of "We live in a viscous world." 10/10 quote. Would make a great mug.
As a thirty year retired military pilot I certainly understand the need for a language that allows proper communication among a crew, but my hat is off to these folks! Whew!!
As said the “devil is in the details”. This is a great primer about how a sailboat sails upwind(into the wind). The Portuguese discovered the method and where burned at the stake as heretics. Then when on to sail the world. There are many aspects to sailing upwind that have inspired many books.
I’m a physics teacher, I love the Great Lakes, and I enjoy sailing. This video tickled all of my favorite parts in my brain. In regards to you learning how to sail, I strongly recommend sailing a Windrider (16 foot) Trimaran sailboat. It’s sometimes referred to as “armchair sailing”. It’s fun, incredibly easy to learn, you steer with foot petals, a single line to control a sail, and you’re facing forward all of the time. Some friends (who all have Windriders 16 and 17 foot sailboats) routinely travel from Ohio to Michigan to go sailing. We love taking people for rides, if you’re ever up to it.
okay, I dropped to comment on the "Viscous World" and lo, the possibility of a mug presents! Yes, Please. As a chemical worker, I've had the joy of working with a overly polymerized batch that was supposedly 150,000 Centipoise, but if you pulled about 2 pounds worth out it using a shovel, it would pull itself back into the container if any strand was still connected. Typically it is in the range of Black Strap Molasses. I burned out 2 electric motors and locked a gear pump reworking the stuff. My life for 19 years has been VERY Viscous. I also live on the Lakes. I'd not mind being a sailing Yooper, but other hobbies eat my time and money.
Funny a lot of us watching this have 'been around the block' and I live a couple miles from Lake Erie in Northern Ohio - but I never knew all that about the Keel and all that .... stuff - - that was very well put together and explained well - a relief to see nice with nice -(sometimes nice is with unnice which is not so nice....)
Thanks for the video. One thing I learned is I really need to work on my sailing vocabulary! Kudos to your husband for helping. It's nice to have a built in source.
I know generally how a sailing vessel works, but I had never thought about the keel doing anything other than counterbalancing the the masts, sails and rigging. I learned something. Thanks Alexis.
If you'd like to celebrate our viscous world, I made a mug featuring an off-handed remark from my husband that absolutely cracked me up. ☕ You can find them at AlexisDahl.com/store.
Hey! Do you know how appreciated you are? How pretty? How significant and special you are? If you don`t know I`m here to tell you now that you are a wonderful magnificent person that entertains and touches many lives whether you know or not. I wish every blessing God has to offer upon you and your family. I wish you happiness and prosperity and good health always. Thank you for all your efforts and your time. Know that you are loved.
Awesome content alexis. Nice to meet your husband. Sailing is a peaceful experience, lots of work but peaceful. Thank you for taking me along with you two😊
A fellow teacher/friend and I used to go to the IX center (in Cleveland, OH) for their boat show. One person had an interesting educational setup where you sat in a swivel chair, with a small sail attached. Across from you, there was a big fan. When the fan was turned on, you could tack into the wind. I wasn’t doing so great on it and I told the guy that I don’t understand how sailboats work. He explained that the sail is nothing more than an airplane wing rotated vertically and the keel is like the vertical stabilizer on an airplane. For me, everything clicked at that moment. I was able to get back onto that educational device and “sail” it. Whenever I’m on my Windrider 16, it’s just intuitive now.
I got to spend 3 days aboard an Inland Seas boat when I was in middle school and I loved it (it was a few decades ago so I don't remember what actual boat we were on). Thanks for sharing a story about sailing and telling about the inland seas. Now to get my kids involved :)
As some one from The Mitten state i LOVE these videos, ive always enjoyed scientific or Educational videos, Then stumbling across this channel made me stoked. our state has many flaws but these show off the many things that are beautiful about it. Keep it up Alexis !
*"We live in a viscous world..."* lol _yes we do!!!_ While respecting your hubby's privacy, I will say I adore seeing a fellow nerdy guy with long brown hair who's doing well. Thanks for sharing this fun video :)
Ahoy Alexis! Great video and explanation about how sailboats move through the water. It's not the easiest concept to grasp if a person isn't a physics geek. As the owner and First Mate of Schooner Huron Jewel, I'd like to add a comment about the headsails (jib and staysail) on a schooner. Each ship and sail rig is a bit different, and our ship, with two masts, tacks better if the headsails are shifted/crossed simultaneously with the main and fore. Otherwise, it can actually put our ship in irons, and we don't make our turn. Again, each ship is different, so the crew of Alliance are doing it right for Alliance, but we'd do it differently. Keep up the great work!
Always wondered how a sailboat worked. Figured the keel had something to do with it. Also closest you can get to the quietness of a sailboat is an electric boat.
That was great. I love the comparison with a plane. I've never thought of it that way, but it makes so much sense. It's not that they create "lift", but an imbalance of pressure in the air/water. It's also the same reason a propeller works on a powered boat. The spinning propeller creates a low pressure/high pressure situation as it turns, which moves the boat forward towards the low pressure region.
I subbed to this channel because I liked the way you presented the information and how you explained things. I really like how your husband describes things too. Basic, straight forward, plain explanations. =)
When I have taught people new to sailing and the questions of terminology come up. I'd explain that all of the ropes on a boat could come from the same reel. Once on a boat the ropes are called by their function. The function is very important, hence the specific names. As far as pronunciations go, the words are written "in the King's spelling". The die-hard yachtsmen use the vernacular pronunciations even though the "yachtsmen" were more often from the upper class. I pronounce the nautical words as they are written. I still use "toilet" rather than "head" since on my boats, the toilet was never at the head of the boat. A good video about how a sailboat works. Sailing is so serine - until the wind speed goes up!
Fascinating. On the subject of each sail having its own name, the way it was explained to me was that if the weather is bad and you need to adjust a particular sail, you need to be able to specify it quickly and precisely, possibly in a very noisy environment: no time to waste pointing. That's also why each and every operation you might perform on a sail has a distinct name, it all makes me a bit dizzy just thinking about it ;-)
My dad once explained the upwind process like this: squeeze a wet bar of soap between your hands. The soap is the sailboat. One hand is the sail(s). The other hand is the keel. The cross forces shoots the sailboat forward...
Yeah!! You're alive! I was beginning to wonder if those alien rocks had snatched you up. Great show like always, very interesting with all of that physics thrown in. Keep up the good work I'm enjoying it!
This is great! One of those things I never realized I didn't know. Super excited to learn about Inland Seas as an organization, too - I see some fun PD in my future :)
Hi. Loving your channel and all the answers to my Michigan questions. On a recent stay in Detour Village and visit to Drummond Island I found myself wishing you had some episodes on the area. How all the islands were formed and what about the bubbly rocks on Big Shoals on Drummond? Just ideas for some places to check out. Thanks for sharing.
Oh, no, I'm sorry to hear that! RUclips can be finicky that way. I almost always send out an e-mail when I upload something new, so you're welcome to jump on that list if you don't want to rely on RUclips. The link is at alexisdahl.com/newsletter.
Alexis Dahl - Your husband definitely has to be guy! Plus he gave you (and I am making an assumption here) an interesting last name, as you are his Alexis Dahl (just as he is equally yours) and together you both live in the Dahl house. I am beyond certain that you have heard all this sillyness before, I really am not attempting to be crude or anything of the sort. You two appear to have a have a great chemistry and genuinely look like you are the best of friends. My beautiful, sweet wife and I just happen to be best friends as well. Anyway, thank you for taking the time to make this fantastic video! I have seen this explained with diagrams and heard it explained without and I still didn't get it. I do now! Also, my wife and love everything about the Great Lakes and its history, natural or otherwise; thank you for the wonderful videos about our home state and the Great Lakes. You are a natural story teller!
This motorboat guy walked into planning meeting with the "yachtsmen" in Menominee, MI. I felt like I was holding a Snoopy pole in a room full of fly fishers.
Like a punk on a crotch rocket in a fashionable riding suit walking into a biker bar full of guys in black leather vests with their club colors and Harley tattoos! 😂
You should see the MTU sailing club. If you want, I can connect you with Nancy, who at least last year was their advisor. They take people sailing something like twice a week.
Off-topic but I just wanted to ask I find a 30-foot clay layer in Muskegon Michigan then when I go to Lyons Michigan they too have a 30-foot clay layer and it's all the same clay why is there a 30ft clay layer throughout Michigan
And to think, these principles were used by people with zero formal education as we know it, a thousand years ago.. Sails are airfoils. So are keels.. Trimming sails to get max efficiency is an art form. Wanna see physics on steroids, check out sail gp boats.. Hydrofoils and speeds faster than many ski boats
Nice Intro---But I hope everybody understands that NOBODY actually learns the names and functions of sails, rigging etc.-WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING ON A BOAT AND HANDLING SAILS--and rigging and.... book learning is pretty much a waste of time without IMMEDIATE application.
Why to say a whole bunch of non- sense while explaining how to sail upwind! The video didn't say science of Great Lakes. If you wanted to respect your husband don't mention him and stick to how to sail up wind. 😂 Sorry expect everything immediately nowadays!🤣 Short video have their Pros!
"We live in a viscous world" is a fantastic sentence!
I learn something every time I watch your show. You have the perfect mix of history and science. That mixes well with your love of our fine state!
Thank you for everything you do !
Thanks, Alex! I appreciate hearing that!
He did an excellent job explaining that ... I thought that there had to be something with the bottom of the boat ... However "lift" never crossed my mind ever! Well Done.
If you have only ever been in a motor boat, the silence of a sail boat is absolutely awe inspiring! And peaceful, unless you are in a sloop with a stiff wind. Then it is adrenaline rush all the way.
Welp... this answered a question I didn't know I wanted an answer to! I was never good at physics, but the way the resultant forces were explained is super easy to understand! And the Alliance is a GORGEOUS vessel.
Also shout out to your husband for the great line of "We live in a viscous world." 10/10 quote. Would make a great mug.
Thanks! I'm glad to hear that! ☺️ (Also, I also had that thought about a mug... so I'm delighted it's not just me. 😂)
Update: ...I did indeed make a mug.
@@AlexisDahl OH MY GOSH YESSSS
As a thirty year retired military pilot I certainly understand the need for a language that allows proper communication among a crew, but my hat is off to these folks! Whew!!
As said the “devil is in the details”. This is a great primer about how a sailboat sails upwind(into the wind). The Portuguese discovered the method and where burned at the stake as heretics. Then when on to sail the world. There are many aspects to sailing upwind that have inspired many books.
I’m a physics teacher, I love the Great Lakes, and I enjoy sailing. This video tickled all of my favorite parts in my brain. In regards to you learning how to sail, I strongly recommend sailing a Windrider (16 foot) Trimaran sailboat. It’s sometimes referred to as “armchair sailing”. It’s fun, incredibly easy to learn, you steer with foot petals, a single line to control a sail, and you’re facing forward all of the time. Some friends (who all have Windriders 16 and 17 foot sailboats) routinely travel from Ohio to Michigan to go sailing. We love taking people for rides, if you’re ever up to it.
Foot pedals, not petals. Mom was a school teacher, and a stickler about spelling and word usage. 😉
okay, I dropped to comment on the "Viscous World" and lo, the possibility of a mug presents! Yes, Please.
As a chemical worker, I've had the joy of working with a overly polymerized batch that was supposedly 150,000 Centipoise, but if you pulled about 2 pounds worth out it using a shovel, it would pull itself back into the container if any strand was still connected. Typically it is in the range of Black Strap Molasses. I burned out 2 electric motors and locked a gear pump reworking the stuff. My life for 19 years has been VERY Viscous.
I also live on the Lakes. I'd not mind being a sailing Yooper, but other hobbies eat my time and money.
Oh my gosh, that is an amazing story. Thanks for sharing that!
The discussion of the overlap between keel and sail forces was worth the price of admission alone!
Funny a lot of us watching this have 'been around the block' and I live a couple miles from Lake Erie in Northern Ohio - but I never knew all that about the Keel and all that .... stuff - - that was very well put together and explained well - a relief to see nice with nice -(sometimes nice is with unnice which is not so nice....)
Thanks for the video. One thing I learned is I really need to work on my sailing vocabulary! Kudos to your husband for helping. It's nice to have a built in source.
I know generally how a sailing vessel works, but I had never thought about the keel doing anything other than counterbalancing the the masts, sails and rigging. I learned something. Thanks Alexis.
"The more I learn, The more I learn how much more I have to learn" - Charlie Brown
If you'd like to celebrate our viscous world, I made a mug featuring an off-handed remark from my husband that absolutely cracked me up. ☕ You can find them at AlexisDahl.com/store.
Hey! Do you know how appreciated you are? How pretty? How significant and special you are? If you don`t know I`m here to tell you now that you are a wonderful magnificent person that entertains and touches many lives whether you know or not.
I wish every blessing God has to offer upon you and your family. I wish you happiness and prosperity and good health always.
Thank you for all your efforts and your time.
Know that you are loved.
I took a day trip on this ship and it was a wonderful experience. 😃🇬🇷
Sloop, spinnaker, and gib are all such delightful sailing terms.
Awesome content alexis. Nice to meet your husband. Sailing is a peaceful experience, lots of work but peaceful. Thank you for taking me along with you two😊
A fellow teacher/friend and I used to go to the IX center (in Cleveland, OH) for their boat show. One person had an interesting educational setup where you sat in a swivel chair, with a small sail attached. Across from you, there was a big fan. When the fan was turned on, you could tack into the wind. I wasn’t doing so great on it and I told the guy that I don’t understand how sailboats work. He explained that the sail is nothing more than an airplane wing rotated vertically and the keel is like the vertical stabilizer on an airplane. For me, everything clicked at that moment. I was able to get back onto that educational device and “sail” it. Whenever I’m on my Windrider 16, it’s just intuitive now.
I got to spend 3 days aboard an Inland Seas boat when I was in middle school and I loved it (it was a few decades ago so I don't remember what actual boat we were on). Thanks for sharing a story about sailing and telling about the inland seas. Now to get my kids involved :)
As some one from The Mitten state i LOVE these videos, ive always enjoyed scientific or Educational videos, Then stumbling across this channel made me stoked. our state has many flaws but these show off the many things that are beautiful about it. Keep it up Alexis !
Thumbs up before the video started because I knew it would be interesting and educational.
Thanks, Alexis and everyone in the cast and crew. 👍🏽⛵️
This was fun, thanks Alexis. I had no idea that sailing was so complex. I need to learn more.
*"We live in a viscous world..."* lol _yes we do!!!_
While respecting your hubby's privacy, I will say I adore seeing a fellow nerdy guy with long brown hair who's doing well. Thanks for sharing this fun video :)
Hey I know that boat! My brother got married on it and you could always count on seeing her docked In Suttons Bay before they moved to TC.
oh look. why do you have soooo much fun doing these?
doesn't matter.
just keep doing them!
Ahoy Alexis! Great video and explanation about how sailboats move through the water. It's not the easiest concept to grasp if a person isn't a physics geek.
As the owner and First Mate of Schooner Huron Jewel, I'd like to add a comment about the headsails (jib and staysail) on a schooner. Each ship and sail rig is a bit different, and our ship, with two masts, tacks better if the headsails are shifted/crossed simultaneously with the main and fore. Otherwise, it can actually put our ship in irons, and we don't make our turn. Again, each ship is different, so the crew of Alliance are doing it right for Alliance, but we'd do it differently.
Keep up the great work!
Always wondered how a sailboat worked. Figured the keel had something to do with it. Also closest you can get to the quietness of a sailboat is an electric boat.
Takes me right back to sailing under Lef-tenant Hornblower on the Indifaticable.
That was great. I love the comparison with a plane. I've never thought of it that way, but it makes so much sense. It's not that they create "lift", but an imbalance of pressure in the air/water. It's also the same reason a propeller works on a powered boat. The spinning propeller creates a low pressure/high pressure situation as it turns, which moves the boat forward towards the low pressure region.
one of my fave channels and a great video. really good diagrams. thx for making awsome stuff. (waves from ishpeming)
Love it when education is so enjoyable and entertaining. Great video.
Thanks, Alexis, and Mr. Alexis' Husband! :)
I will be back on board Sept 28 with my high school class!!
I subbed to this channel because I liked the way you presented the information and how you explained things. I really like how your husband describes things too. Basic, straight forward, plain explanations. =)
Thanks for saying so! ☺️ That's so encouraging to hear.
I learned to sail on an inland lake in Michigan’s UP with an 8 ft wood boat. I could run that little boat around like it had a motor. Good times.
When I have taught people new to sailing and the questions of terminology come up. I'd explain that all of the ropes on a boat could come from the same reel.
Once on a boat the ropes are called by their function. The function is very important, hence the specific names.
As far as pronunciations go, the words are written "in the King's spelling". The die-hard yachtsmen use the vernacular pronunciations even though the "yachtsmen" were more often from the upper class.
I pronounce the nautical words as they are written. I still use "toilet" rather than "head" since on my boats, the toilet was never at the head of the boat.
A good video about how a sailboat works. Sailing is so serine - until the wind speed goes up!
Thank you. Been wondering this on my mind since I was a kid.
I thought it was adorable to see the interactions between the two of you sitting on the couch.
Thx you for taking the time to educate us Michiganers .
Fascinating. On the subject of each sail having its own name, the way it was explained to me was that if the weather is bad and you need to adjust a particular sail, you need to be able to specify it quickly and precisely, possibly in a very noisy environment: no time to waste pointing. That's also why each and every operation you might perform on a sail has a distinct name, it all makes me a bit dizzy just thinking about it ;-)
My dad once explained the upwind process like this: squeeze a wet bar of soap between your hands. The soap is the sailboat. One hand is the sail(s). The other hand is the keel. The cross forces shoots the sailboat forward...
One year on vacation, we took a trip on a tall ship that sailed out of traverse city. They gave us lunches on board and my sisters and i got to steer.
Hello Alexis - now you need to do a video on windsurfing and show us all of your sailboarding lessons
Awesome! Thank you!
I learned a lot.👍👍👍
Well done! Fun having you two on board!
Thank you, I learned quite a bit in today's video.
What a great video! It definitely helped my understand a bit more about how sailboats work. Thank you.
Yeah!! You're alive! I was beginning to wonder if those alien rocks had snatched you up. Great show like always, very interesting with all of that physics thrown in. Keep up the good work I'm enjoying it!
This is great! One of those things I never realized I didn't know. Super excited to learn about Inland Seas as an organization, too - I see some fun PD in my future :)
Great video and good explanation of how the keel provides the force go upwind - looking forward to the longer video
"A philosophical observation" , now THAT'S funny !
Hi. Loving your channel and all the answers to my Michigan questions. On a recent stay in Detour Village and visit to Drummond Island I found myself wishing you had some episodes on the area. How all the islands were formed and what about the bubbly rocks on Big Shoals on Drummond? Just ideas for some places to check out. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you! It'll be a while before it's published, but I can share that something about Drummond Island might be in the works. 🙂
My favorite ship is a schooner, but I prefer the ocean going kind. Still a fun video to watch.
The Great Lakes are like inland oceans, just unsalted and shark free! 🦈
@@ronsamborski6230 ya know, you're right. Hadn't thought of it before
Alexis, stinky RUclips has not been notifying me when you drop new videos! Very upsetting, especially because I'm planning to visit the UP next year!
Oh, no, I'm sorry to hear that! RUclips can be finicky that way. I almost always send out an e-mail when I upload something new, so you're welcome to jump on that list if you don't want to rely on RUclips. The link is at alexisdahl.com/newsletter.
Alexis Dahl - Your husband definitely has to be guy! Plus he gave you (and I am making an assumption here) an interesting last name, as you are his Alexis Dahl (just as he is equally yours) and together you both live in the Dahl house. I am beyond certain that you have heard all this sillyness before, I really am not attempting to be crude or anything of the sort. You two appear to have a have a great chemistry and genuinely look like you are the best of friends. My beautiful, sweet wife and I just happen to be best friends as well. Anyway, thank you for taking the time to make this fantastic video! I have seen this explained with diagrams and heard it explained without and I still didn't get it. I do now! Also, my wife and love everything about the Great Lakes and its history, natural or otherwise; thank you for the wonderful videos about our home state and the Great Lakes. You are a natural story teller!
Thank you so much, that's so cool!
awesome video
This motorboat guy walked into planning meeting with the "yachtsmen" in Menominee, MI. I felt like I was holding a Snoopy pole in a room full of fly fishers.
Like a punk on a crotch rocket in a fashionable riding suit walking into a biker bar full of guys in black leather vests with their club colors and Harley tattoos! 😂
Nice work. I'm inspired to learn to sail now. I've been wanting to for a while, but as you know, we live in a viscous world. 😂
Fantastic Video!
You should see the MTU sailing club. If you want, I can connect you with Nancy, who at least last year was their advisor. They take people sailing something like twice a week.
Off-topic but I just wanted to ask I find a 30-foot clay layer in Muskegon Michigan then when I go to Lyons Michigan they too have a 30-foot clay layer and it's all the same clay why is there a 30ft clay layer throughout Michigan
Awesome ship, tho it seemed an odd placement of the wheel
I still don't fully understand. I'll probably need to actually get onto a sailboat a few times before it really clicks
When you want to go against the wind? Well... I guess you need to listen to Bob Seger.😂😂😂😂
You are so gorgeous and entertaining. Your husband is a very lucky man.
Very cool! :)
We do live in a viscous world.
Great video, of course it would have been much better if everyone was acting like pirates but maybe next time.
👍👍
I never actually realised that the keel is a wing.
Please make sure your hubby keeps his hair as long as he can for as long as he can.
That is his plan! 🙂
BTW - You look a lot better than he does IMHO. @@AlexisDahl
And to think, these principles were used by people with zero formal education as we know it, a thousand years ago.. Sails are airfoils. So are keels.. Trimming sails to get max efficiency is an art form. Wanna see physics on steroids, check out sail gp boats.. Hydrofoils and speeds faster than many ski boats
Sails are shaped like an airplane wing, sort of.
🙂
I'm a viscous girl in a viscous wooorld
How fun. Amazing to think the human race developed this by trial and error until we figured out, well, physics and mathmatics.
Nice Intro---But I hope everybody understands that NOBODY actually learns the names and functions of sails, rigging etc.-WITHOUT ACTUALLY BEING ON A BOAT AND HANDLING SAILS--and rigging and.... book learning is pretty much a waste of time without IMMEDIATE application.
Now you and husband need a cat boat and to go.
Ah you just turn the sail around and it goes the other way, right?
Ergo, why motors were invented.
Why to say a whole bunch of non- sense while explaining how to sail upwind! The video didn't say science of Great Lakes. If you wanted to respect your husband don't mention him and stick to how to sail up wind. 😂 Sorry expect everything immediately nowadays!🤣 Short video have their Pros!