I recognized your voice trying to figure out where it came from then I realized you're the one who talked me into picking up my Sunfish a few months ago with your lovely book "Introduction to Sailing". Love the audio book, it convinced me to just go for it!
Great video Christian. Aviators say there is nothing quite so useless as runway behind you, or airspace above you. The nautical corollaries are unused reefing line and chain in the anchor locker. :-)
Ive read all of your books with great pleasure. Wind, wisdom and humor make a for truly meaningful journeys. Sailing is the backdrop but life is the subject. Sail on Christian, I'm a fan.
"It's necessary if you want to come home, to stay in the boat" what a wonderful understated comment! Good to have you back - some serenity amongst the madness...
My kids fall asleep to your Audi books during our passages. Love the beauty of your words. You were one of the inspirations for us to circumnavigate as a family -- which we started 35 day ago. Hope to run into you on the blue water during the next ten years that we're at sea. You're knowledge is absorbed at night. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom.
Thank you, Christian! I raced on SF Bay, in a fleet of 24's back in the '80's and early '90's, then moved up to an Ericson 29 and ventured outside the gate for 3 years, doing both south and north along the central CA coast. In '98 I truck hauled her up to Puget Sound, spent 8 years doing US and Cdn. waters. Watching your videos has given me the urge to go bigger and go out for more, but at 83 I have concerns. May I ask your age? You are an inspiration to many, keep it up, friend I haven't met yet! John Colley, Sonoma, CA
Christian, I´m a casual single-handed sailor from Spain. I have discovered your videos one week ago and I enjoy them a lot. Thank you for sharing your experience, it´s very useful. I wish you fair winds and following seas
Philosophy and sailing clearly go hand-in-hand. I am exactly one week away from taking my sailboat out for the first time since the pestilence entered our world. I have been adrift ever since. The practical planning tends to take over at this point, but watching this video reminds me why I sail. I thank you for that. All the best to you Christian.
Thanks so much for the lessons. I may never get to sail but balancing the sail, staying ahead of the boat, practicing muscle memory, and having a life line, are all relevant in life. And thanks for the new word that I had to look up; bucolic!
I like your idea of “staying ahead of the boat” although I never described it the same way while I’m single handling my E32, sailing with my wife or with other guests. I’m usually thinking, “What can go wrong or what can I screw up?” Same thing, I guess, but you put it in a more elegant way. My biggest worry is what things can go wrong that I haven’t thought of yet.
Being a casual « singlehandor » sailor myself I always find your fables interesting, envigorating, charming and so much to the point. Thank you Christian, have a good sailing season.
Love your continent and poetic words of description. You inspire me. I once owned a cat27, will own a boat again. Those who have never sailed, I feel, have yet to live life to its climax. Again, keep being you and sharing those thoughts.
Thank you sir. Love your videos. Picked up my first boat 18 months back, a 1970 Ranger 26. I love it. It sails well with constant work. Looking forward to an upgrade one of these years. I didn't know you wrote. I'll need to look for your work.
Hello Mr. William; great video as always. At the end of last season, I chickened out and didn’t do my first single handed sail; within a month I will be sailing solo from Winthrop Harbor near Boston’s Logan Airport out to Peddocks Island; not a long sail but it will be my first solo. Thank you for continuing to be an inspiration and a wealth of knowledge.
Thanks for sharing your wisdom, I'm a solo sailor also and it's blissful at times, docking and mooring takes a bit more planning and reefing sooner than later . Thats when and where crew are handy. Cheers, John .
Another great video, Christian, thank you! I was single handing for almost two years before I ever had anybody sail with me, don't know what that says about me... :) As long as you stay safe, I believe it's a steeper learning curve, at least to attain a comfortable level of skill. But when I finally had a more experienced hand with me, I was able to pick up some finer points, like the difference a fore/aft adjustment on the genoa car can make.
I can relate. I'm of the opinion that the best way to learn to sail well is to sail single handed one time for every time you crew: you learn so much from both but you learn more when you do both. You learn so much more on a crewed boat as a single hander, and so much more as a single hander coming from a crewed boat.
@@wilfdarr The best way to really get to know your boat, and what she can do, is to actively race her! Maybe start with a smaller fleet and work up to your size boat. The alternative is to go on some long trips, in varying conditions.
@@johncolley6225 Sorry, yes, absolutely that was my meaning: race once single handed for every time you race crewed. Considering Christian no longer races I can see how my vagueness lost my meaning. My bad. Racing in a One Design Fleet you immediately see if you're slow, and you can look at the boats passing you to see what you're doing wrong, you can talk to them in the club house after, and you can often wiggle your way into a good crew to study under. And yes, a smaller boat, around 25' is the sweet spot for learning, something like a J80, a Kirby 25, or a San Juan 23 or 26. Big enough that it benefits from a full crew, but small enough that it's not a big leap to single hand.
Always a refreshing time watching your videos Casual sailing is a must to enjoy and love your boat. Fair winds and a cheers from Muros !!!! I hope this unusual low pressure will pass and I can sail away around the Galician Rias !!
It's always a prudent sailor that does 'sail ahead of the boat'. Another great video is in the books! I always look forward to your videos, keeping making them. All the best, Richard in Ventura!!
It's so good to see you again you look happy and I'm happy for you your boat looks happy the water looks happy and I think my dogs happy for you let's all be happy and go sailing hope to see you out there one day my friend.
Excellent message and delivery. Love the term “casual single handing”, been doing a lot of it during the shutdown of America. Quite enjoyable, and very busy at times. I’m working up to my first single handed beer can race. We’ll see. Thank you and smooth sailing.
Hi Christian, You have inspired me to learn to sail and ultimately own a Ericson 38. My ambition is to sail an Ericson throughout SE Asia. (I currently live in central Australia). Learning will begin in September. I will keep you posted! Thank you!
Agreed. I love my family and my friends, but they are good for .... Departing from the slip, sails down, returning to the slip. Earlier this week, I had my Catalina 320 on a 50 degree reach (by choice, it can go higher) and sailed 3/4 of the way across the Chesapeake Bay without the autopilot engaged, or ANY correction, hands free. A balanced boat with sails set correctly is just plain magical. Wind comes up, boat points up, sail angle reduces lift, boat settles back to it's original set point.
I'm not a sailor, but I enjoy watching sailing channels of all sorts. One thing I've come to conclude is that heat exchangers are a weak point In a sailboats engine. Every sailing channel has an episode where they're replacing, repairing, or cleaning a heat exchanger. Anyway thanks for another great video! Take care.
Great video, the advice to ‘keep ahead of the boat’ is itself worth the price of admission. Not that I don’t do that, but to keep that thought at the fore in your mind as I go about my habitual single handing (my wife is NOT a water baby) is on primary way to avoid doing something stupid and thereby staying relatively safe. Thanks for the thoughts.
Thank you Christian, always nice to come on a Thursday “casual single handed” sail with you. I liked the weather helm adjustments, nicely done 👍Stay safe in these strange days. Regards From Martin. Melbourne Australia
Some great shot sailing around MDR! I also sail out of there and end up seeing your boat (I think it’s Thelonius) near the Bluewater Sailing school boats, which I tend to use. Loved your books and videos! Hope you’ll keep making more.
In flying they say "you fly the plane, don't let the plane fly you"... same as your 'stay ahead of the boat' philosophy... 'you sail the boat, don't let the boat sail you'. Thanks for the interesting upload.
Hello Captain Williams, Thank you for the u-tube videos since I haven’t been sailing for three years because I sold my Cal 2-27 then. In one of your sailing videos you talked about using “Baggy wrinkles”
Christian you could also try moving the genoa lead forward to balance the helm without luffing or under trimming the main. As you ease the Genoa sheet and begin reaching the center of effort of the sailplane always moves aft (creating weather helm) unless you keep the genoa fully powered up by preventing it from being “over twisted” with sheets eased. Genoas are generally designed for upwind sailing. They lose efficiency rapidly when eased for reaching and at that windspeed you probably could have benefited from leads forward (or outboard) to increase Genoa power and move the center of effort in the sail-plan back forward.
I think I enjoy singlehanding more than sailing with others, and just being alone with my thoughts, not having to consult with or answer to anyone about plans, when to come back in, etc..
You might want to consider easing the vang to help balance the weather helm. It is a bit easier than putting in a reef. I just came upon you channel. I try to go sailing a couple times a week on my I36 in San Francisco Bay. This works for me but I need to work on the not racing part!!! As I get closer to 70 three wraps around the winch as turned into four! I also have the five minutes rule between tacks to Windward. 😊 Your boat looks very well maintained. Looking forward to your next video.
Me too. I'm getting one next year. I've got the money for one doing nothing. People are always telling me and putting me off saying wow it's expensive though!. Yeah. Probably is. As the alternative saving all my money and being miserable...
Hi Christian, Good to see you back on the water. Do you have anymore sailing trips planned? I read your book, "Alone Together" last year. I enjoyed it very much, well done! Regards, Al Hester C&C 35 Vancouver
Great video! I hope to get up the abilities and confidence to casually singlehand at some point. My biggest worry right now is getting in and out of the slip on my own without issue.
Great video and I agree wholeheartedly. Single-handing takes the pressure of instructing and entertaining the crew out of the equation. So less pressure on the skipper (captain if you're your side of the pond) ….
Thanks for giving us the brief respite of sailing at 5-6 knots away from uncertainty. It must be fun for you to plan and produce the Why We Sail video logs. The videos are poetic gems. Do you have plans to write another book? I think I can make a guess which creative endeavor feels more like work. As much as I enjoyed reading Rarotonga, Philosophy of Sailing, and Alone Together (read in that order), I'd understand if you needed a break from bird-dogging another book project. But as a voracious reader & self-serving consumer, I thought I'd ask.
I singlehand my boat all the time but the only genoas I have are deck sweepers. It really makes keeping an eye out a PITA. Even when I'm up on deck. I'd love to be able to see 360 degrees from the companionway, like that.
Where did you buy or have made the bags for the poles (?) hanging from your forward lifelines? Noticed them also on your daughter’s yacht and think they are great. Thanks
I know I'd give my "right arm" as they say, to go on a sail with you someday. That would be quite an honor. Fair winds from your friend in Syracuse, New York.
A lovely video. I've just bought a 26 footer, first biggish boat. Not that big really. If I want to sail it will be single handed. Where to start? Simple and short trips I think. Out, sail, gentle day, take it steady. Any advice?
"Casual Singlehanding", that's just about ALL I do, sure the wife comes along a few times a season, but mostly I am solo day-sailing, good to know there is a term for it.
Thanks. Enjoyed the video. I also have enjoyed a couple of your books. I will make this comment in the hope that it may provoke not just a single action among your viewers but a way of seeing their boat. It's not a criticism. The first time I go aboard a boat I always check the v-berth hatch to make sure it's large enough to serve as a fire escape if there is a fire aft of the forward compartment. In case of such a fire. That hatch will likely offer the only safe escape route. Time and time again I see this critical exit blocked by a tightly mounted dinghy. It would be a real tragedy to lose one's life for such an oversight. Fair Winds.
To be clear. The dinghy doesn't necessarily have to be stored somewhere else. But there should at least be a 100% reliable, fully tested quick release mechanism accessible from the forward compartment.
I recognized your voice trying to figure out where it came from then I realized you're the one who talked me into picking up my Sunfish a few months ago with your lovely book "Introduction to Sailing". Love the audio book, it convinced me to just go for it!
Now THAT is a classy Gentleman.
Great video Christian. Aviators say there is nothing quite so useless as runway behind you, or airspace above you. The nautical corollaries are unused reefing line and chain in the anchor locker. :-)
So, im still waiting for another upload from you! ;)
Or avgas left at the pump. The overlaps from my private pilot days and sailing are numerous. Looking forward to your next adventure, Patrick.
When is your next upload sir?
Ive read all of your books with great pleasure. Wind, wisdom and humor make a for truly meaningful journeys. Sailing is the backdrop but life is the subject. Sail on Christian, I'm a fan.
"It's necessary if you want to come home, to stay in the boat" what a wonderful understated comment! Good to have you back - some serenity amongst the madness...
Spot on. Raisor sharp analysis with much humor and self restraint. I take my hat of, Sir.
STAY ahead of the boat..
That'll stick with me for life now.
I always appreciate your wisdom and understanding.
Thankyou.
Fair winds.
My kids fall asleep to your Audi books during our passages. Love the beauty of your words. You were one of the inspirations for us to circumnavigate as a family -- which we started 35 day ago. Hope to run into you on the blue water during the next ten years that we're at sea. You're knowledge is absorbed at night. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom.
Thank you, Christian! I raced on SF Bay, in a fleet of 24's back in the '80's and early '90's, then moved up to an Ericson 29 and ventured outside the gate for 3 years, doing both south and north along the central CA coast. In '98 I truck hauled her up to Puget Sound, spent 8 years doing US and Cdn. waters. Watching your videos has given me the urge to go bigger and go out for more, but at 83 I have concerns. May I ask your age? You are an inspiration to many, keep it up, friend I haven't met yet! John Colley, Sonoma, CA
Christian, I´m a casual single-handed sailor from Spain. I have discovered your videos one week ago and I enjoy them a lot. Thank you for sharing your experience, it´s very useful. I wish you fair winds and following seas
Philosophy and sailing clearly go hand-in-hand. I am exactly one week away from taking my sailboat out for the first time since the pestilence entered our world. I have been adrift ever since. The practical planning tends to take over at this point, but watching this video reminds me why I sail. I thank you for that. All the best to you Christian.
Yay! Christian is back
Enjoyed the little sail, as I always do. Thanks for making these videos.
I always enjoy your videos. I watch your sailing trip to Hawaii to relax when stressed. Very relaxing to me.
I love your videos it's something about the way you tell your stories. Please keep them coming young man
Thanks so much for the lessons. I may never get to sail but balancing the sail, staying ahead of the boat, practicing muscle memory, and having a life line, are all relevant in life. And thanks for the new word that I had to look up; bucolic!
I like your idea of “staying ahead of the boat” although I never described it the same way while I’m single handling my E32, sailing with my wife or with other guests. I’m usually thinking, “What can go wrong or what can I screw up?” Same thing, I guess, but you put it in a more elegant way. My biggest worry is what things can go wrong that I haven’t thought of yet.
Being a casual « singlehandor » sailor myself I always find your fables interesting, envigorating, charming and so much to the point. Thank you Christian, have a good sailing season.
Love your continent and poetic words of description. You inspire me. I once owned a cat27, will own a boat again. Those who have never sailed, I feel, have yet to live life to its climax. Again, keep being you and sharing those thoughts.
Thank you sir. Love your videos. Picked up my first boat 18 months back, a 1970 Ranger 26. I love it. It sails well with constant work. Looking forward to an upgrade one of these years. I didn't know you wrote. I'll need to look for your work.
Thanks for another great video Christian, I am looking forward to practicing alone and staying ahead of the boat!
Whew, I needed that! Great reminder to sail and sail often!
Thank you again for sharing love the boat geeking ! Be blessed brother 🌬️💨⛵🙏🏻
Hello Mr. William; great video as always. At the end of last season, I chickened out and didn’t do my first single handed sail; within a month I will be sailing solo from Winthrop Harbor near Boston’s Logan Airport out to Peddocks Island; not a long sail but it will be my first solo. Thank you for continuing to be an inspiration and a wealth of knowledge.
I solo often; and you are right, it’s a great time to learn and practice. Love your videos. Keep them coming.
The best of story tellers in a beautiful setting 😷👍
Thanks for sharing your wisdom, I'm a solo sailor also and it's blissful at times, docking and mooring takes a bit more planning and reefing sooner than later . Thats when and where crew are handy. Cheers, John .
Another great video, Christian, thank you! I was single handing for almost two years before I ever had anybody sail with me, don't know what that says about me... :)
As long as you stay safe, I believe it's a steeper learning curve, at least to attain a comfortable level of skill. But when I finally had a more experienced hand with me, I was able to pick up some finer points, like the difference a fore/aft adjustment on the genoa car can make.
thats awesome!
I can relate. I'm of the opinion that the best way to learn to sail well is to sail single handed one time for every time you crew: you learn so much from both but you learn more when you do both. You learn so much more on a crewed boat as a single hander, and so much more as a single hander coming from a crewed boat.
@@wilfdarr The best way to really get to know your boat, and what she can do, is to actively race her! Maybe start with a smaller fleet and work up to your size boat. The alternative is to go on some long trips, in varying conditions.
@@johncolley6225 Sorry, yes, absolutely that was my meaning: race once single handed for every time you race crewed. Considering Christian no longer races I can see how my vagueness lost my meaning. My bad.
Racing in a One Design Fleet you immediately see if you're slow, and you can look at the boats passing you to see what you're doing wrong, you can talk to them in the club house after, and you can often wiggle your way into a good crew to study under.
And yes, a smaller boat, around 25' is the sweet spot for learning, something like a J80, a Kirby 25, or a San Juan 23 or 26. Big enough that it benefits from a full crew, but small enough that it's not a big leap to single hand.
Always a refreshing time watching your videos Casual sailing is a must to enjoy and love your boat. Fair winds and a cheers from Muros !!!! I hope this unusual low pressure will pass and I can sail away around the Galician Rias !!
Man do I enjoy your work. Thanks so much Christian.
Fantastic video Christian! Some great insight on single handling. You are an inspiration to many! Me included.
Love your videos.
It's always a prudent sailor that does 'sail ahead of the boat'. Another great video is in the books! I always look forward to your videos, keeping making them. All the best, Richard in Ventura!!
It's so good to see you again you look happy and I'm happy for you your boat looks happy the water looks happy and I think my dogs happy for you let's all be happy and go sailing hope to see you out there one day my friend.
How wonderful to see you back!
Wonderful video. Thanks for putting in the effort to share your wisdom.
Love your work Christian. Glad you’re back. You help my nervous reluctant sailing wife feel calm. And for me, solo stays really appealing. 👍
Always good to see you out on the water. I really enjoy your books and videos.
Another good video Christian, thanks for doing what you do!
Your videos are fun and informative. Look forward to each installment.
Excellent message and delivery. Love the term “casual single handing”, been doing a lot of it during the shutdown of America. Quite enjoyable, and very busy at times. I’m working up to my first single handed beer can race. We’ll see. Thank you and smooth sailing.
Hi Christian,
You have inspired me to learn to sail and ultimately own a Ericson 38. My ambition is to sail an Ericson throughout SE Asia. (I currently live in central Australia). Learning will begin in September. I will keep you posted!
Thank you!
Thank you Christian, for this and all your work..,
Sailing with novice sailing friends and family is solo sailing with obstacles..
Agreed. I love my family and my friends, but they are good for .... Departing from the slip, sails down, returning to the slip. Earlier this week, I had my Catalina 320 on a 50 degree reach (by choice, it can go higher) and sailed 3/4 of the way across the Chesapeake Bay without the autopilot engaged, or ANY correction, hands free. A balanced boat with sails set correctly is just plain magical. Wind comes up, boat points up, sail angle reduces lift, boat settles back to it's original set point.
Worse
Only good for rail weight
I'm not a sailor, but I enjoy watching sailing channels of all sorts. One thing I've come to conclude is that heat exchangers are a weak point In a sailboats engine. Every sailing channel has an episode where they're replacing, repairing, or cleaning a heat exchanger. Anyway thanks for another great video! Take care.
one of the many reasons we upgraded our heat exchanger on our Perkins 4.108... to prevent the need to replace, repair or clean lol! - Marissa
Love your videos sir! Your a great inspiration to a beginner like myself. Thank you!!
As always an interesting and enjoyable video thanks
Great video, the advice to ‘keep ahead of the boat’ is itself worth the price of admission. Not that I don’t do that, but to keep that thought at the fore in your mind as I go about my habitual single handing (my wife is NOT a water baby) is on primary way to avoid doing something stupid and thereby staying relatively safe. Thanks for the thoughts.
G'day Christian, I sure do appreciate you....Silvano, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
Thank you Christian, always nice to come on a Thursday “casual single handed” sail with you. I liked the weather helm adjustments, nicely done 👍Stay safe in these strange days. Regards From Martin. Melbourne Australia
Such a huge fan! Thanks for all you've done. I really enjoyed your book.
What book interested to check it out
All the best Christian. Here's to a long boat season.
always great sailing with you!!!
great video! excellent day out on the water.
Friend just bought a boat.hes got sweet FA knowledge of yachting. I forwarded you’re very good advise on to him. Many thanks
Your are a good friend, Jim.
Some great shot sailing around MDR! I also sail out of there and end up seeing your boat (I think it’s Thelonius) near the Bluewater Sailing school boats, which I tend to use. Loved your books and videos! Hope you’ll keep making more.
Glad to see you back on the water
Well said! Staying ahead of your craft is to maintain situational awareness.
In flying they say "you fly the plane, don't let the plane fly you"... same as your 'stay ahead of the boat' philosophy... 'you sail the boat, don't let the boat sail you'. Thanks for the interesting upload.
Thank you for this wonderful video
glad to see you back.....!!! permission to come aboard....
Great to see you back on the water.
Good to see you out on the water again Sir.
Hello Captain Williams, Thank you for the u-tube videos since I haven’t been sailing for three years because I sold my Cal 2-27 then.
In one of your sailing videos you talked about using “Baggy wrinkles”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baggywrinkle
Excellent explanation of wheel pilot/main sail relationship. Thank you.
So much to learn…thank you for these videos… made it to marina del Rey today….. wow. So big…
Good to see you out “there” again Christian, I got out about the same time south shore Long Island...felt great!
NIce to have you back. Just been released to sail here in NZ
Good job Christian! Hope you stay healthy!
Such enjoyable videos.
Glad to see a new video 😊
Christian you could also try moving the genoa lead forward to balance the helm without luffing or under trimming the main. As you ease the Genoa sheet and begin reaching the center of effort of the sailplane always moves aft (creating weather helm) unless you keep the genoa fully powered up by preventing it from being “over twisted” with sheets eased. Genoas are generally designed for upwind sailing. They lose efficiency rapidly when eased for reaching and at that windspeed you probably could have benefited from leads forward (or outboard) to increase Genoa power and move the center of effort in the sail-plan back forward.
Always excellent!
Phenomenal video, as usual, Sir :)
I think I enjoy singlehanding more than sailing with others, and just being alone with my thoughts, not having to consult with or answer to anyone about plans, when to come back in, etc..
You might want to consider easing the vang to help balance the weather helm. It is a bit easier than putting in a reef. I just came upon you channel. I try to go sailing a couple times a week on my I36 in San Francisco Bay. This works for me but I need to work on the not racing part!!! As I get closer to 70 three wraps around the winch as turned into four! I also have the five minutes rule between tacks to Windward. 😊 Your boat looks very well maintained. Looking forward to your next video.
I'm envious!!! I want a sailboat more than anything.
What's stopping you?
Me too. I'm getting one next year. I've got the money for one doing nothing. People are always telling me and putting me off saying wow it's expensive though!. Yeah. Probably is. As the alternative saving all my money and being miserable...
Buy a sailing dinghy and you'll start sailing now! You can sell it later so you won't really be out of pocket... Cheerio!
@@wilfdarr sorry answer, money!
@@andysutils props. I'm sure you'll enjoy life a little more.
You’re an inspiration 👍
Hi Christian,
Good to see you back on the water.
Do you have anymore sailing trips planned?
I read your book, "Alone Together" last year. I enjoyed it very much, well done!
Regards,
Al Hester
C&C 35
Vancouver
Watching this makes me miss LA, until I think of the drive home.
Thank you. I so want to be on the water like that one day. Fingers crossed cheers be safe
Great video! I hope to get up the abilities and confidence to casually singlehand at some point. My biggest worry right now is getting in and out of the slip on my own without issue.
Great video and I agree wholeheartedly. Single-handing takes the pressure of instructing and entertaining the crew out of the equation. So less pressure on the skipper (captain if you're your side of the pond) ….
Enjoyable journey, as always.
Loving the videos
Thanks for giving us the brief respite of sailing at 5-6 knots away from uncertainty. It must be fun for you to plan and produce the Why We Sail video logs. The videos are poetic gems. Do you have plans to write another book? I think I can make a guess which creative endeavor feels more like work. As much as I enjoyed reading Rarotonga, Philosophy of Sailing, and Alone Together (read in that order), I'd understand if you needed a break from bird-dogging another book project. But as a voracious reader & self-serving consumer, I thought I'd ask.
An "introduction to sailing" book is in the works.
I singlehand my boat all the time but the only genoas I have are deck sweepers. It really makes keeping an eye out a PITA. Even when I'm up on deck. I'd love to be able to see 360 degrees from the companionway, like that.
Superb, thank you!
I have gained so much knowledge from your videos. I would love to meet you and sail with you. My wife is my first mate. I live in Santa Barbara.
Oh, and by the way, I am a pilot.
Where did you buy or have made the bags for the poles (?) hanging from your forward lifelines? Noticed them also on your daughter’s yacht and think they are great. Thanks
rewatching...nice video
I know I'd give my "right arm" as they say, to go on a sail with you someday. That would be quite an honor.
Fair winds from your friend in Syracuse, New York.
Another fine video Sir. I would like to have a Myers's and O.J. with you someday.
My impression is it's like many other "dangerous " hobbies or jobs, it's not hard to do right/safe but it's also not hard to do wrong/dangerously.
Christian is like a fresh breeze and so are his vids☝🏽
cheers to that
I vote for this guy!!!
A lovely video. I've just bought a 26 footer, first biggish boat. Not that big really. If I want to sail it will be single handed. Where to start? Simple and short trips I think. Out, sail, gentle day, take it steady. Any advice?
"Casual Singlehanding", that's just about ALL I do, sure the wife comes along a few times a season, but mostly I am solo day-sailing, good to know there is a term for it.
A question: What kind of camera equipment and microphone set up are you using; could you speak about that a little bit??
Thanks. Enjoyed the video. I also have enjoyed a couple of your books. I will make this comment in the hope that it may provoke not just a single action among your viewers but a way of seeing their boat. It's not a criticism. The first time I go aboard a boat I always check the v-berth hatch to make sure it's large enough to serve as a fire escape if there is a fire aft of the forward compartment. In case of such a fire. That hatch will likely offer the only safe escape route. Time and time again I see this critical exit blocked by a tightly mounted dinghy. It would be a real tragedy to lose one's life for such an oversight. Fair Winds.
To be clear. The dinghy doesn't necessarily have to be stored somewhere else. But there should at least be a 100% reliable, fully tested quick release mechanism accessible from the forward compartment.