Nice video. Brought back a lot of memories of my own single handed crossing from Bermuda to Horta. Had a bit more luck though with the wind, despite some quite calm days. My old and heavy 37' steel boat of empty 11 tons took only 13 days.
Yt Just recommended ur channel, awesome, a real Sailor with real Seamanship knowledge and skills. First thing I noticed that and how tidy u keep Charles, impressed. Nothing like it, solo across an incredible, unforgiving Ocean. Thanks for ur Courage and sharing ur adventure with us. 🇦🇺🤘
Another great 'episode' with that cool meeting with your friends on Infinity. YT recommended your channel this morning and I am caught up / up to date. I look forward to future posts and wish you and "Charles Vane" fair winds!
This is looking very familiar :) The Nich 35 seems like such a solid boat. Seems like you're braver than me in a lot of ways, did you say 30 knots with 1 reef in? Total Kamakaze landing of the drone 😂
Thanks! The Nic 35 is a very stiff boat, the earlier models were conservatively undercanvassed - so she can take a breeze with surprisingly minimal reefing! Yes that drone landing was certainly one of my worst! 😂
Great question! They run to a block on the stern quarter BUT they can whack the solar panels on the rail. So I learned to run the sheets first via a block near the winches (acting a bit like an inhaul / tweaker), then to the stern, then back to the winches. This leads the lines below the panels along the toe rail. Improvise, adapt, overcome!
Great video, great sail, great yacht, ENJOY !!!
Cheers, Harry
Nice video. Brought back a lot of memories of my own single handed crossing from Bermuda to Horta. Had a bit more luck though with the wind, despite some quite calm days. My old and heavy 37' steel boat of empty 11 tons took only 13 days.
Thanks for watching! Very glad you had good luck, it certainly was a challenging crossing for me! Fair winds ⛵️
Really enjoyed the Vlog, especially the explanation on rigging the cruise chute, just the right level of detail for a landlubber 😂😂
Thanks David! Episode 4 in this series gives a better explanation about the cruising chute / spinnaker, I hope you found it interesting!
Yt Just recommended ur channel, awesome, a real Sailor with real Seamanship knowledge and skills. First thing I noticed that and how tidy u keep Charles, impressed. Nothing like it, solo across an incredible, unforgiving Ocean. Thanks for ur Courage and sharing ur adventure with us. 🇦🇺🤘
Thanks mate! ⛵️🇦🇺
Amazing adventure!! My long life dream to cross like that. And well done on documenting it :)
Thanks! If I can do it, anyone can 😜
Another great 'episode' with that cool meeting with your friends on Infinity. YT recommended your channel this morning and I am caught up / up to date. I look forward to future posts and wish you and "Charles Vane" fair winds!
Congratulations..loved watching
Glad you enjoyed it!
Brilliant. Beautiful boat, well sailed.
Thanks Joel! Fair winds 👍
Thanks, I really enjoyed that Ed. Try to visit Pico if you can, Lajes is a great little port.
Looking forward to your next adventure.
Very nice adventure.
Thanks! Fair winds and following seas.
Fantastic, new subscriber, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the sub!
Well done. SV Resilience CN35 1977, Harry
Enjoyed your video…..thanks…new sub, Andrew
Thanks for the sub!
How long did your feathered visitor stay on board
This is looking very familiar :) The Nich 35 seems like such a solid boat. Seems like you're braver than me in a lot of ways, did you say 30 knots with 1 reef in? Total Kamakaze landing of the drone 😂
Thanks! The Nic 35 is a very stiff boat, the earlier models were conservatively undercanvassed - so she can take a breeze with surprisingly minimal reefing! Yes that drone landing was certainly one of my worst! 😂
Techy question😊 do you run the lines on the chute to rear quarter then fwd to winch, or straight to winch?. Bravo Zulu.
Great question! They run to a block on the stern quarter BUT they can whack the solar panels on the rail. So I learned to run the sheets first via a block near the winches (acting a bit like an inhaul / tweaker), then to the stern, then back to the winches. This leads the lines below the panels along the toe rail. Improvise, adapt, overcome!
Nice vid! You should credit the music artists, though
Thanks for watching! The music is all from RUclips’s own royalty-free library, I believe under non-attributed licences but I’ll double check! 👍
Ah, I see🙂 Well, then, very well made video, and congrats on the passage!
Well done on your successful crossing!
Thank you very much!