HOW TO SAIL with a SPINNAKER | Top Tips | Sailing Yacht Florence Ep.94
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- Опубликовано: 8 июл 2024
- How to make spinnaker sailing easy. A step-by-step guide from experienced blue water cruising sailors takes you through the whole process. From the basics of hoisting, trimming, and dropping your asymmetric spinnaker, to some more advanced tips that we don't see other cruising sailors using. With 55 years of sailing experience between them Amy, an RYA sailing instructor and Matt, an RYA racing coach, share hands-on knowledge of how to use a spinnaker on a yacht. Double-handed downwind spinnaker sailing made enjoyable and easy.
00:00 - Intro
01:43 - How to setup and hoist a Spinnaker
04:00 - How to trim a spinnaker or gennaker
04:36 - Using an asymmetric spinnaker on a spinnaker pole
06:43 - How to set up a tweaker line on a spinnaker
07:36 - Easy Spinnaker drop top tips
10:30 - Summary of tips
We are a British couple who set off from England in 2016 to fulfill our dream of sailing around the world on our 37ft sail boat, Florence. Along the way we share the live aboard lifestyle with the highs and lows of travelling around the world by boat, our own little tiny house. Boat life out at sea on the ocean and off the grid.
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You can also follow us via our blog at www.sailwiththeflo.wordpress.com
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Music in order as played:
Keep Walking - Alvaro Angeloro - www.hooksounds.com - Creative Commons - Attribution Creative Commons 4.0 license
Percussion Trap - www.hooksounds.com - Licenced
Your explanation is exceedingly clear, concise and complete, aided sweetly by the simple but effective graphics at the bottom righthand corner. Brilliant effort! Thank you so much for sharing.
Your background in dingy racing makes a huge difference in your confidence using the sails to the full potential. Thanks for sharing these top tips. Cheers.
As video is different to the usual adventure sailing videos we share. We are keen to hear if you found it interesting or helpful. Please let us know in the comments below.
I found it very useful, I always regarded the use of a spinnaker as a dark art but I now have much better understanding of how and when to use it. Great video, stay safe x
This was perfect; information and timing. I’m right in the middle of specking an asymmetric but wasn’t sure how I would rig it. The addition of a tweaker, snatch blocks and ratchet block for the dowsing sock line answer all my questions about control. Also, never considered using the Samson post as the tack line attachment point, so another of my problems solved. Now all I have to do is order my sail, sock, lines and blocks! Can’t wait for spring...it’s -7C here in Toronto! Fair winds.
I've sailed dinghies with an asym and I love it. This is the first time I have ever seen someone use a spin-pole on an asym. Very interesting. Doesn't your VMG suffer when doing that? I would think you'd be better off jibing downwind... I guess if you have limited seaway and short-handed like that, the ease makes it worth it?
Great Video complimented by clear graphics and camera work. I'd love to see how your methods could be adapted for thee singlehander...
Very useful. Thanks for sharing.
Never sailed with a spinnaker - feel a bit like a 59 year old virgin! Thanks for the tips!
Excellent tips especially the ratchet block, that's the part i've struggled with, many thanks...please keep them coming.
I’m a total noob. I found your channel because I’m aspiring to learn how to sail this year, and this is the only time I saw an explanation that is noob friendly. The diagrams help a lot to understand. No one would be mad at you guys if you make one about the basics of sailing 🙃
So you fly your asymmetrical like a symmetrical spinnaker. Sweet!
That spinnaker simply explodes with color.. thanx Matt and Amy for the lesson
Just sat down with a Sunday afternoon beer, and I get notification of this. Awesome.
How my heart lifts when I hear the theme music for your videos.
We also love our A.S. We have been using the pole but your explanation on rigging and transferring from the bow roller makes it so much easier than how we have been doing it. Thanks so much.
Such a great video and so overdue for someone to talk through the steps and setup.
definitely want to see more of sailing technics.
How to jibe in a nice to strong breeze, how to heave to, how to coordinate your tack, basic and useful knots that can save your day, how to snub your anchor etc....
Thank you for the great tips.
While my experiences don’t include sailing…. I have a huge desire to learn.
Your videos make the dream a reality, something i can visualize, as a future possibility. Hard work and some very rare experiences.
You share are awesome.
Love and light.
Keep sailing in joy and happiness.
Be safe…
Always,
Psipsina,
Utah, USA 🇺🇸🌏🙏🏽💜💜
I don't know about sailing but always happy to see your videos 😊
Great tutorial, lots of stuff that I’ve never done, seen, or heard! Lots to think about! Every video is better than the last, keep up the great work!
Thank you!
This has been an outstanding episode, I've leaned so much about my assymmetric (ans symmetric) spinnaker! Thanks for sharing!
Love the tip to put the snuffer line in a ratchet block! Like you guys we are racers transitioning to cruising and are learning how to use our snuffer and fly the kite short handed, so this was a brilliant video, thank you! Getting more hints and tips from you guys for short handed cruising would be brilliant!
Hi Guys, It took us 18 months to slow down from racers to cruisers! It was the passage from Tonga to New Zealand that finally did it where we reduced sail a lot to slow down and make the motion of the boat more comfortable. Since then we never bother to work out our average passage speeds.
Wonderful instructional video from a couple that knows what they're doing!
you guys are great , love all your vlogs , cheers Alister in Australia .
As an old sailor I also agree that bring out out the spinnaker can bring out fear in the crew. This would have to be the best video I have seen on cruising with a spinnaker. This is an excellent video and should become training material for any cruising yacht club. 👍❤️
Hey Matt & Amy,
Went back and watched the episode that showed how your sails were made. Really a great learning experience. Awesome choice of design and colors for the spinnaker Amy!
The two of you make a great team.
I certainly agree with you. Your flying spinaker looks great!
Great tips thank you, keep the coming. These are what us newbies need it is great follow all sailing You-tubers and great to see lovely places that we will soon get to, but top tips are invaluable, thank you.
Loved your video again as always. Having Rolly Tasker sails my self it all gave me a huge smile on my face..well done!
Great spinnaker tips Flo. I’d never been happy with how we’d had the tack rigged, through a bow roller. Also love your ratchet block idea for the sock downhaul.
I found that really interesting. I’m a subscriber but NOT a sailor. I have been enjoying your journey for 18 months or so and appreciate your videography.
Thank you, good to know some non-sailors find this interesting too. Thanks for your support :-)
Thank you so much for this great tutorial. Absolutely enjoyed it. For me as a novice, definitely helps. Thank you so much.
Some real pro tips in there! Thanks!
Thanks for this video, collecting my spinaker from the sailmaker tomorrow!
Lovely. And a ratchet block for the spinnaker is my new friend. Many thanks!
Awesome! Very educational. Yes, pulling up while sitting down to bring down the sock over the spinnaker is so smart. Wish I was there to try it myself! :¬) Webhead USA
After so many years (almost 6 i presume) its a pleasure to watch your enthousiastic video;s . It drives (sails) me away from the big corona hoax i am in!
Great video. I had never seen a tweaker line to control the sheet like that, but it makes perfect sense to easily change the angle of pull on the spinnaker to help stabilize it. Very clever. I love your videos, keep up the good work. Fair winds.
Another informative video from you both straight forward and easy to follow 👍⛵️🏴🇬🇧
English yes ? I go sailing schooners here in Brasil....great to see you, lived Brighton and London & Wales, stay safe
I REALLY liked this video, it was very well done! Very informative and all the pertinent details are included. More like this one please, I did not grow up racing sailboats, but I want to be a better sailor and RUclips is a great venue to learn!! You are in such a beautiful setting, water and beaches are amazing!! I loved it, and will watch as many times as needed to learn it!
That asym is a beauty! Rolly Tasker made you a great set of sails!
Great videos! Your videos of practical application and economics are very valuable. Thanks for sharing your wisdom. Please keep sharing your 20 plus years of sailing experience. Great looking spinnaker!
really interesting......the practical tips are as good as the beautiful travel videos
Thanks! This is exactly the type of content that sailing channels need to evolve into. Great work. We'll use these tips in our sailing.
Thx, feeling inspired to try it out. Didn't know it had a sock.
Great video with some really good tips. One of the best 'how to' vids I've seen. Thank you.
that's the most useful video I have seen in absolutely ages. Thanks
Fantastic advise, perhaps one day I will get a yacht and make good on your tips but for now I will have to stick with my six cylinder diesel and and trawl gear, any thing that stops you getting whipped of the deck in a gust of wind is a great safety tip.
Great video! The first of yours i am watching. Seeing my friends on Jupiter 2 struggling with their spinnaker kind of put me off flying a spinnaker. Your video is simple and to the point with great animations. Thank you!
I've sailed a lot with both regular and asymmetric spinnakers but still found you tips helpful. I especially liked the use of the pole for apparent winds too far aft for the normal asymmetric set up and the use of the ratchet block for the take down line. I also love all of your episodes and look forward to each one's arrival in my in box especially now locked down by Covid and buried under snow in New England.
Useful tips, guys thanks, keep those fabulous videos coming. You two are the best.
I've been crusing (3 weeks a year in Greece, not a real crusiser yet) for 10 years with no Spi but now I really want to give it a try ! Many thanks, crystal clear !
Beautifully clear teaching and diagrams. Perfect! Thank You : )
A good lesson for practical experience. Love you two.
Great video guys! Really helpful!!
It's fun doing this single handed! Although I don't have a spinnaker pole to use. A crusing chute or sock makes a massive difference though and makes handling the sail much easier.
wow this is the first video i watched about flying a spinnaker that I actually was able to understand and grasp how it works. Excellent job. I feel confident and actually will move forward with acquiring a spinnaker for our boat. Thank You. I really like your videos especially for the education style you two share.
Love this - thanks!!
GREAT video!
Thanks!!!
I added this one to my saved 'sailing tutorials' album.
I now have 2 main sails, a hank on jib and a 130 genoa. No whisker yet but I'm thi king after that getting a kit fro Sail Right and sewing a spinnaker myself.
Great video! 😘⛵️😀 Mike from Missouri
Nothing beats experience, thank you.
Definitely the best and most informative about rigging-up and sailing with an asymmetric. Have literally just bought an one off a sailing club buddy and happened to find your video when looking into what's on RUclips about them, and who should pop first in the results! 🙂 Has it been spiced-rum-o-clock yet? Enjoy.
Just excellent !!!
Great video thanks
Thanks so much for this excellent talk and demonstration!
Enjoy everyday. Great video, thanks
All excellent tips. Thank you!
Usual great organisation and teamwork!
Really enjoy seeing the awesome tweaks you guys have come up with!
That was fascinating! You two really know what you're doing.
Very helpful. I might get my spinnaker out this season. New sailor.
Have fun!
Great vid thanks
Excellent advice video, maybe I will invest in a pole for my asymmetric! SV Brooklyn PNW
Very useful tips, thanks.
Would love to see more videos like this. Y'all are very good at making these informative videos
School of Sailing ⛵️ . 👏
team work is amazing
Excellent, practical advice. Thank you.
Great tips and a beautiful sight
Thanks for sharing. Very useful.
Great stuff, folks. Nice of you to think of such an important lesson.
Love this!! We are lake sailors right now, just got started in 2020. Looking forward to flying our Spinnaker this year!!
very handy tips, thanks for sharing
Great video - Thank you
Thanks for the clear instructions and hints, very helpful
A good one!
Practice makes perfect,you do make it look easy 👌🙂
Great episode 👍 communication, teamwork , experience all make it look so easy.
Thanks for the great video. Fantastic tips. Stay safe.
If you mark the snuffer with approximate feet remaining to hoist, that could aid the bow person when telling the halyard person how far they still have to go.
Cheers guys
Very informative and professionally explained..
Thanks for a very informative video, Cheers Guys
This was an absolutely first class video/lesson. It really helps demystify the art of the spinnaker... you do make it look so easy though - I guess practice makes perfect!! 👏🏻👏🏻
Practice and doing it the same way every time is key :-)
BZ - great tips AND a very well produced instructional video!! Best I’ve seen on flying the spinnaker!
Fantastic. I love my spinny but these are really great tips!
very good video awesome thx
Great video, you explained what you do so well. I’d really like to see more of this kind of video from you guys.
Very useful. Nicely explained. Ta lots.
Bob N.
Very good tips. I actually understood it !? I'll give this a try. Thanks!
You have inspired me to try mine this year. Thanks!
Go for it, chose a day with a gentle breeze and remember to have the camera ready to capture the grin on your face as you sail along under the prettiest sail on the boat. :-)
Great video. You are both such inspiring and talented sailors