Follow our sailing adventures on board our 1979 Hans Christian ketch as we continue to explore Canada's West Coast. Alfy & Devlin s/v Northern Dancer V
Greetings from SV Windrose Alfy, it was really nice to cross paths with you in James Bay and Tod Inlet this fall. Your videos help make our Alberta winters bearable. Looking forward to sharing another anchorage with you soon.
Hello Rick and Shirley, It was nice to see you both times for sure and I am glad our videos help get you through the winter. I am sure we will cross paths again! :)
Hi Alfy, great episode, relaxing to watch, great story telling while I enjoyed a morning coffee. That varnish job... Wow... Just wow. (I wonder what you would call that, not really bulwark planking...) I wish I had a washdown station for the anchor! LOL. Cheers, a.
So glad you enjoyed this episode and I am also not sure what exactly to call the three boards as well. We never had a wash down station until this Fall and it really is a great addition! :)
🤔 Alfy, I’ve heard and studied all the standard rig’s sail plans and am aware of each’s relative advantages and disadvantages. You have owned sloop, cutter and now ketch rigs. Sailing Fair Isle is a Hans Christian 48T cutter rig and Northern Dancer is a Hans Christian 43 ketch rig (both are impeccably maintained). My question to you is: Since you have experience in all three rigs, which Hans Christian sail plan do you prefer, and why? I value the opinions of experienced sailors greatly over those of the “armchair experts”. Your ever improving maintenance & musical, photographic, composition, and narrative skill integration continue to impress us. 👍😎
Thanks for your message and kind words. :) There are definitely pros and cons to the different sail configurations. Our C&C sloop performed well in light winds and was quite tender compared to HC Northern Dancer V. Although I don't have specific data to compare, I am sure that our C&C pointed a little higher upwind, but we are pleased with the upwind performance of our HC ketch. In fact we can reach higher speeds through the water with our HC than we could with our C&C. This may also have something to do with our new 3Di sails we have on our HC which have incredible performance specs. With our C&C we typically could achieve 6+ knots upwind. The challenge was sea state, when the waves picked up, our C&C often slowed as we hit the next oncoming wave, then had to gain speed again. She was just so light compared to or HC. Our HC can hold 7+ knots and even peak over 8 knots upwind, with enough wind of course. A 15 knot breeze is great for the HC. The difference is the HC has a tons of square footage in the four sails and the weight allows her to plow through all oncoming waves. To give you an idea, our C&C was about 15000 lbs and the keel alone in our HC is 18000 lbs. Of course in less that 10 knots of breeze the C&C will out perform the HC, but we still sail in anything 6-8 knots and up. As far as the amount of work to run the sails, of course less work for set up with 2 sails vs 4, but once the sails are up the effort to manage under way is not much more. Overall, we love the ketch and cutter configuration we have on our HC and it works very well with our Northern Dancer V. I like have more sail options with how many sails I want up and which ones I want up, although we are still learning this as we get more and more time experiencing different wind and sea conditions. I hope that helps answer part of all of your questions and fair winds and happy holidays! Alfy
@ Alfy, Thanks for the detailed reply. There are not so many ketches out there these days so your experience and insight is truly appreciated. I admire your situation and look forward to your retirement when you can voyage 100% if you choose. Merry Christmas to you, your family, & Devlin. 🤗
@@vincentstouter449 We definitely look forward to full time cruising in the not too distant future we hope! Merry Christmas to you and your family as well. 🎄
We have a Fabal wall furnace and an Espar hydronic heater which both run on diesel. I think Fabal is what Dickinson heaters were called before the company became Dickinson. We can get any Dickinson parts for our Fabal wall furnace. :)
And the best way to end one ! Love your way how and what you film. It makes me wish to be there...
So glad you enjoyed following along for this one and seeing it through our lens. :)
The best way to start a day: seeing your videos. 👏
So great to hear we helped start your day! :)
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4 coats looks good, 8 will be perfect!
It really starts to shine at 12 coats! :)
Great music. Thanks for sharing.
So glad you enjoyed it!
The coast up there seems to be very beautiful, wish I can go for a sailing one day…thanks for a sharing, I like your videos, cheers from Brazil 🇧🇷
So glad you enjoyed seeing our cruising area through our camera lens and fair winds from Canada's West Coast. :)
Northern Dancer looks beautiful,awesome photography and a great video.Thanks for sharing Alfy!
Thank you and luckily I always enjoy the maintenance side of Norther Dancer V. So glad you enjoyed the photography/filming as well. :)
Greetings from SV Windrose Alfy, it was really nice to cross paths with you in James Bay and Tod Inlet this fall. Your videos help make our Alberta winters bearable. Looking forward to sharing another anchorage with you soon.
Hello Rick and Shirley, It was nice to see you both times for sure and I am glad our videos help get you through the winter. I am sure we will cross paths again! :)
You take so much good care of your boat looks nice.
Thank you and boat are always a labour of love. :)
Excellent photography, helps me get through the day, many thanks
Thank you and so glad you enjoyed it!
When I go to the bow on my boat it always feels a lot faster than when I'm in the cockpit. Beautiful place to sail you have there.
It does seem faster for sure and so glad you enjoyed seeing our area. :)
Nice fall/winter weather for your trip. Very pleasant trip. thankx for sharing it with us
Always nice to be out in the Fall with less crowded anchorages. :)
Fantastic, thanks for sharing.
You are welcome and so glad you enjoyed it. :)
Hi Alfy, great episode, relaxing to watch, great story telling while I enjoyed a morning coffee.
That varnish job... Wow... Just wow.
(I wonder what you would call that, not really bulwark planking...)
I wish I had a washdown station for the anchor! LOL.
Cheers,
a.
So glad you enjoyed this episode and I am also not sure what exactly to call the three boards as well. We never had a wash down station until this Fall and it really is a great addition! :)
🤔 Alfy, I’ve heard and studied all the standard rig’s sail plans and am aware of each’s relative advantages and disadvantages. You have owned sloop, cutter and now ketch rigs.
Sailing Fair Isle is a Hans Christian 48T cutter rig and Northern Dancer is a Hans Christian 43 ketch rig (both are impeccably maintained).
My question to you is: Since you have experience in all three rigs, which Hans Christian sail plan do you prefer, and why? I value the opinions of experienced sailors greatly over those of the “armchair experts”.
Your ever improving maintenance & musical, photographic, composition, and narrative skill integration continue to impress us. 👍😎
Thanks for your message and kind words. :) There are definitely pros and cons to the different sail configurations. Our C&C sloop performed well in light winds and was quite tender compared to HC Northern Dancer V. Although I don't have specific data to compare, I am sure that our C&C pointed a little higher upwind, but we are pleased with the upwind performance of our HC ketch. In fact we can reach higher speeds through the water with our HC than we could with our C&C. This may also have something to do with our new 3Di sails we have on our HC which have incredible performance specs. With our C&C we typically could achieve 6+ knots upwind. The challenge was sea state, when the waves picked up, our C&C often slowed as we hit the next oncoming wave, then had to gain speed again. She was just so light compared to or HC. Our HC can hold 7+ knots and even peak over 8 knots upwind, with enough wind of course. A 15 knot breeze is great for the HC. The difference is the HC has a tons of square footage in the four sails and the weight allows her to plow through all oncoming waves. To give you an idea, our C&C was about 15000 lbs and the keel alone in our HC is 18000 lbs. Of course in less that 10 knots of breeze the C&C will out perform the HC, but we still sail in anything 6-8 knots and up. As far as the amount of work to run the sails, of course less work for set up with 2 sails vs 4, but once the sails are up the effort to manage under way is not much more. Overall, we love the ketch and cutter configuration we have on our HC and it works very well with our Northern Dancer V. I like have more sail options with how many sails I want up and which ones I want up, although we are still learning this as we get more and more time experiencing different wind and sea conditions. I hope that helps answer part of all of your questions and fair winds and happy holidays! Alfy
@ Alfy, Thanks for the detailed reply. There are not so many ketches out there these days so your experience and insight is truly appreciated. I admire your situation and look forward to your retirement when you can voyage 100% if you choose. Merry Christmas to you, your family, & Devlin. 🤗
@@vincentstouter449 We definitely look forward to full time cruising in the not too distant future we hope! Merry Christmas to you and your family as well. 🎄
Arr, Billy. Thar be a boat to make off with a shellback’s heart. And here I be on me sofa anchored in New Westminster.
We hope the sofa is comfortable at least. :)
what kind of diesel wall heater do you have? the boat looks so beautiful!
We have a Fabal wall furnace and an Espar hydronic heater which both run on diesel. I think Fabal is what Dickinson heaters were called before the company became Dickinson. We can get any Dickinson parts for our Fabal wall furnace. :)
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