Ep 9 Single-handed sailing to Azores: Blue Water Ops and Risk Management
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- Опубликовано: 29 авг 2017
- I reach the 'no turning back' point, and reflect on my efforts to manage risk. It's a marathon, not a sprint. I can go faster, but elect not to.
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I have a feeling that this channel was greatly underrated. The content is pure gold. Thank you, Patrick!
Love the attitude. I call that "risk-adjusted speed", just as finance folks talk of risk-adjusted return. There is a sweet spot between comfort/security and speed
Your wisdom is of great value to the many many lacking your experience. Thank you for sharing
Loved the moons and Junes and Ferris wheels - absolute gems in that episode -thanks Patrick -sail gently - blue water sailing is a marathon not a sprint.
Thank you sir for posting these videos, I’m hooked! Also, thank you for your service to our country. It’s much appreciated!
Wisdom rules the waves, keep it in the boundary of common sense and enjoy the experience as Davy Jones's locker is full of cowboys who threw caution to the wind...Great advice great vid..
Quoting the great and utterly profound Joni Mitchell. I'm enthralled...
Thanks Dave. I borrowed from Joni in a couple of other videos as well. She is one of the greatest song-writers of all time. I'm a big fan. Also, many thanks for the kind remarks on other videos.
Risk management is a very wise practice. "Most people would rather be certain they're miserable, than risk being happy." ~ Robert Anthony
You've clearly been busy rendering multiple Episodes and I've enjoyed them all. Your discussions to camera have been interesting and relevant, but above all contain great advice. I totally agree about sacrificing speed in the interests of preserving your boat and rig. It all makes such common sense particularly if you want to enjoy your sailing experience. There's a wonderful feeling you get from your boat when she's driving through the seas with strength and purpose (a strange mix between fear and exhilaration ) and that's what you convey in these vlogs. Thanks for sharing.
Strength and purpose vs fear and exhilaration. Perfectly stated. Thanks EF.
Copy this ditto ditto ditto -- SV Bella Sirena (see FB page Bella Sirena Voyage) sails all day and night with the right conditions at 7.5knots, when she pushs over 8knots due to conditions the body language from the vessel is not the same, it's like the vessel can tell you when the right balanced speed is right for the vessel and equipment. Patrick's narratives are spot on, adapt, situational awareness and risk management, the rest is easy.
Beautiful Atlantic Rollers following you and nudging you along, bringing back great memories of my TransAtlantic. We ripped the mainsail so only had the Genoa anyhow. Thank you...
Hahahaha, the screw of terror. Same thing when we find hardware on the helipads-- usually not ours, but it's always a fun mystery.
I fully understand you as I too was a bush pilot flying the Yukon and Northwest Territories Canada. Carried my survival equipment with me always
Respect Emmanuel. I can't think of too many jobs more dangerous than a bush pilot up-North. Having done a lot of survival training, I fully appreciate how important it is when operating in remote areas to be 'self-sufficient' (as you are). Thanks for commenting.
Hey Patrick
Another great series
When I think about it
Life is about “Risk Management “
Found your channel a week or so ago. Fantastic running commentary on your voyage, each day's challenges, etc. Great explanations of what/how/why you're doing things the way you do. Loved the Joni Mitchell reference...very subtle, probably missed by most.
Glad you picked up the JM quote. I've slipped those into a number of videos -- often not noticed. Great fun.
@@patricklaine6958 Very much so. Nice to hear from you.
Patrick, Thank you for creating these videos. You are the best sailing vlogger on RUclips as you share highly helpful and usable information as we viewers get to virtually crew with you on your adventures.
Thanks for the encouraging feedback Givling. Much appreciated.
In March 77 I joined the Navy to see the world. I volunteered for flight duty, sea duty, submarine duty, I didn't care. Send me, preferably westpac. After ADJ "A" School in Memphis they sent me to Texas. Beeville Texas. I did go to the boat 3 times for carrier quals. So, now I watch your videos in anticipation of perhaps some day still getting to see the world. This time on my boat. Just a little bit smaller than Uncle Sams boats but hell, I'll be the captain. And everyone else. Now all I need is for the doctors to release me. What all did you get to fly when you were active? I was an A-4 mechanic. Was still fixing airplanes until I got hurt 8 years ago. Thank you for what you did and what you are now doing.
Hello Ron. I was in Beeville in 1977 where I did my first carrier quals in the T2C and TA4J (finished in January 1978 -- and went on to fly the A7E in California). :-) Small world. Good luck on your 'command at sea'. I'm sure you will love it. Here's wishing you a clean bill of health from the Doc, and Fair Winds.
I'm glad you brought up risk management (ORM, or Operational Risk Management, in the Navy and Marine Corps). I think it would be useful for a former Naval Aviator like you to develop a sailing version of the systematic approach we used in the Navy to inventory and evaluate anticipated risk. We did it before every flight. The crew would sit around the table and the Patrol Plane Commander would go through the list - Personnel issues, such as sleep or physical issues; machine issues such as outstanding gripes or system limitations; Mission risks, such as weather, foreign actors, coastlines, great big rock spires extending from the surface into the overcast (our radar operator mis-identified these as a surface target once - kind of sapped our confidence about climbing back up into the overcast). We'd find ways to mitigate the risk, and if we couldn't mitigate it, we might put a limitation on our operations. I haven't see this kind of systematic approach in the yachting world, even though the risks they take are at times pretty intense.
I think you have done a great job of summarizing the process Gary. On the carrier we tried to build in some of these processes into our Standard Operating Procedures. For example, for anyone to fly during 'Blue Water Ops' (no divert field available), we raised fuel minimums, had strict currency requirements, had tankers in the air or on alert, etc. Organizations such as the ARC (they organize group Transatlantic crossings), have strict minimum equipment requirements etc. Risk management is always an activity worth investing time/money in. Sounds like you served in P3s. Respect.
I just discovered your channel. Wonderful videos. If you ever cross the pond you will have a warm welcome in Norfolk, VA.
Very kind of you Vince. Many thanks. (As an ex-Navy guy, Norfolk was a second home to me for me years.) :-)
I'm really enjoying your postings, Patrick. You're approaching everything from a sailing standpoint.
You Sir are an inspiration to all sailors,
I have 35 years of playing on he sea including 20 years in the British Army
Now listening to you " it's a marathon not a sprint" makes me smile.
I have a 14 year old young buck of a son that pushes the envelope every minute we have our sails up looking for that extra 1/10 of a knot....
We are in lockdown in Southern Spain at the moment desperate to get back out sailing...... He also talked me into buying 2nd hand Spinnaker this week......
So I think me and my old lady of a yacht is going to get a beating over the summer.
However, Sir I will borrow these words if I may
"it's a marathon not a sprint "
For the next time we hit 11 knots surfing down waves in 35kn of tailwind in my 40ft Jeanneau.
Fair Winds to you....
John
Thanks John. You made my day. Good luck with the spinnaker. I'm still trying to get comfortable with that. :-)
Excellent. Always a worry when you roll inverted and a few nuts and bolts drop into the canopy above your head.
I was out sailing this morning and thought about the Irish chap who's on YT doing a solo, non-stop circumnavigation and his steering went loose. Luckily he was just offshore, and he's a resourceful chap, and managed to sail in and found a missing nut in the steering mechanism. Wouldn't have been much fun in the middle of an ocean.
Personally, I suspect I've managed to survive this long in planes, boats, on motorcycles, and climbing up cliff faces, etc because I have just enough yellow streaked down my back.
Yep --- always a surprise to see what falls into the canopy when one rolls inverted. ;-)
Thank you Patrick. Your detail is encouraging.
Thank you kindly HBB. :-)
loving your videos. I really enjoy the teaching that you're doing under the dodger or the cockpit because I love watching the ocean swells behind you. Love seeing each wave come and go. Keep up the great videos!
Many thanks Noli. I am looking forward to getting back out to sea as soon as this virus blows through.
Excellent advice, I've just discovered your channel and sat and watched them all in one sitting.. you have A gift of telling your story and methods, please keep the videos coming, hope to be able to buy you a beer somewhere if our paths ever cross, cheers daniel.
Very kind of you Daniel. Many thanks for watching.
I fully agree; we also have almost everything double on board 🙂
In Episode 57 at about 3 minutes in I give an overview of the spares/tools I carry aboard. (At the time, I even carried a spare rudder!) Fair winds to you.
In regard to weather reports giving you a plan of attack, it made me think about ancient sailors who had to sail by instinct alone and how amazing it was for them to reach a port. Learning a lot from your thoughtful discussions. My only sailing experience was with a baby catamaran while vacationing with family as a young boy. I had the cat healed over with one pontoon almost out of the water. I was an idiot in my youthful years.
I have since given up on 'sailing by instinct' James. ;-) I purchased a budget satellite comms device (a Garmin InReach) that can receive abbreviated marine forecasts. I explain how I use it in a couple of later episodes. Fair winds to you.
Hi Patric I,m on that yacht with you through all your vids what a journey hope this virus disappears and We can get back on board to cross the Atlantic love your vids keep them up and stay safe
It sure is fun watching the Bavaria roll across those 6 footers ⛵
Found your channel. I enjoy it. Thanks for making it!
Thanks for the kind feedback Kurt. Much appreciated.
Thankyou Patrick, I am really enjoying your videos, Dave Rebbettes
Thanks for commenting Dave. Much appreciated.
Dear Patrick, fabulous series of videos and really appreciate you sharing. Of interest to me is your sail plan. I completed RYA yacht master coastal last year (2022) and my instructor was of the following school;
Off-shore (single-handed on, say a boat similar to yours): just run with the genoa sail, forget the main. On a long passage it will cost you 1 maybe 2 knots, but you will never need to leave the cockpit. Balance of speed vs risk. I would just welcome your thoughts.
Many thanks and best wishes
Justin
Thanks Justin for the kind words. I don't think most cruisers would agree with your instructor. Like him, I too usually drop the main, but only when the wind is above 25 knots or so. If you drop the main and run with just a foresail, the boat becomes very 'rolly' and wallows uncomfortably. I try to keep the main up to stablise the roll -- by going to a 3rd reef when available --- until I become concerned about the stress on the rig in gusts. I then drop the main and just run on a foresail as does your instructor. Great question.
Adlard Coles said that navigation is always about getting from point A to point B as quickly and SAFELY as possible. Really enjoying you voyage Patrick, Bon Vent!
Thanks Brendan. Two big 'safety' takeaways from this blue-water experience for me. I really need a storm jib (you'll see that very clearly in Episode 12). The problem is that with a roller genoa installed, your options are limited: either you install an inner forestay for the jib (not as easy as it may sound), or you buy one of the variants of storm jib that wrap around the rolled genoa (ATN makes one, as does Delta Sails). I just bought a storm jib that I will try to deploy while solo in relatively high winds in the near future. I'll video that and post if of any value. The other big take-away was the need for weather while out of range of shore. I will be using a combination of Iridium GO and InReach to accomplish this in future blue water passages. Thanks for watching Brendan.
Hi Patrick - I was considering the GO as well but decided to go for the Iridium extreme, It integrates very easily to a computer through "sidekick" wifi station. And if it really hits the fan, you can pick up the phone and take it with you to the liferaft
Great information and nice trips. I'm preparing to do some trips around the Great Lakes next summer, likely a fair amount of single-handed. So, your advice and suggestions are very helpful. As a Joni Mitchell fan, I love the cloud reference.
I wondered how any people would pick up the Joni Mitchell remark elliowb2. As a former pilot, and now sailor, I literally have looked at them from both sides now. :-) Best wishes for your solo passages around the Great Lakes. I'm envious.
I totally agree with you.
I am Italian, leaving in MILANO, and love cruising.
Your videos are very interesting, thank you
Sincere thanks for the kind remark Elisa. I'll get into the Med with my sailboat eventually, I'm sure. Best regards
Fantastic.... I will be following you, and learning from your videos.
Buon vento!!
These are wonderful videos... it's so good to follow you on your channel, thanks for sharing..
Warren
s/y Legend
Many thanks for the kind thoughts Warren. I'm delighted you got something from them.
Just found your videos. Enjoying your insights. I am also USNA grad, I also spent 2 years on exchange in the Marine Nationale. Go Navy, Beat Army!
Le monde est tout petit Kyle. Navy '76. I flew the Super Etendard off the Foch and Clemenceau (17F). All four of us are long since out of action! Thanks for watching. Give a shout if ever in western France. Free beer.
Waw you was a pilot in Navy, all my respect, you are the greatest. Good movies , I enjoy all you filmed, is so interesting and well presented :) Good luck, with from a aft :)
Thanks Super ADI. I spent a lot of time ON big ships, but very little time actually driving them. :-) Best wishes for your merchant career.
Great channel 👍
I really enjoy your Videos Patrick. Its been a dream all my life to someday Blue Water Sail solo.
Just you, the Sea and God. ( If One ever wanted to Settle a Score with God , then I can't think of a better place to have it out ). I don't always follow the meaning of your Sailors Lexicon but try keep up . THese are wonderful Videos for someone like myself who has never but someday may set foot on a Sailboat . Thanks
It's a myth that when aboard alone --- you are by yourself. At no time am I closer to family and friends than when 'alone" at sea, because I think of them more then than at anytime, uninterrupted by CNN or SkyNews. It's a great place to go to 'take stock' of what matters to one.
If you don't like being with yourself. Don't sail solo.
Great videos thank's and I agree it's not a race no need to push..
Many thanks Ray. I have done many nautical miles since then, but still believe the same thing. I'm not an ocean racer. I do everything I can to reduce stress on the boat AND ME. :-) Thanks for watching.
Patrick, great episode. and you touch on a lot of interesting points, wonder if we as pilots have a little of that "being alone busy flying the plane" thing in our personalities, when you mentioned about lone sailors, I heard a "pling" in my mind. yeah really there is something there. soaring, massaging glide slopes etc.. we can do this. BTW. how did you pass ground school without that extensive cloud questionnaire?
Yup, risk management, best flight is always un-eventful (at least in the log book scenics are not counted)
BTW. love how the French managed to put a permanent stamp on US weather forecasts with BR for mist :-)
Happy Sailing Sir.
Two valuable lessons aviation instructors taught me early in my training: compartmentalize (leave your problems on the ground); and don't fixate on any single problem in the air. Very transferable to a vessel at sea. The French have influenced many of our aviation terms: FU (smoke), GR (hail), MI (shallow), not to mention Pan-Pan and Mayday. :-) Thanks for commenting.
Nice Joni Mitchell reference far from home.
The longer you're out on the blue water, the greater the risk of problems. Rule of thumb is make the passage as fast, safely, and direct as possible
I've looked at clouds from both sides now,from near and far,but still somehow......!
Skipper you remind me of a “nautical A-7 Corsair driver”, one man one boat, plenty of skill
I was indeed an A7 driver Barry when I graduated from flight school. I absolutely loved it. ;-)
👏👏👏
Again thank you. Quite a wind. No you right...keep it reefed. Why hurry...rush..race. People forget sailing is not about racing a to b. Yes, safety...1st. Why exhaust oneself. You must have had some rest in Spain. Trip toward spain you looked exhausted. Anyway, your weather really sucks. 7 C wow. Brrrrr. It's like sailing in the northsea or baltic. I guess route to azores is not always blue skies.
Anyway I enjoy your commentaries tremendously. Real sailing not like some people music and boobies.
One of the Baddest Guys on the Planet...Patrick Laine
Far too kind. Many thanks.
Hi Patrick, I wasn’t sure which of your videos to tag this to but, following the collision between Boris Herrmann & a fishing boat (with AIS off?), I’d love to know if you have any further comments on risks to solo sailors. Has it affected your own views? Regards, John.
When I was a fighter pilot and we coasted inland (enemy territory) we turned off our various radars, jammers, and IFF --- because all of those would give away our position. We called that the 'big sky, little airplane' theory of collision avoidance. Now I practice the 'big ocean, little boat' theory of collision avoidance. :-) It was heart-breaking what happened to Boris, and so close to the finish line. It is astonishing that 3 electronic systems of collision avoidance failed. It will be very interesting to follow the technical analysis of this over the next couple of months. My speed is literally less than 1/2 of what Boris was doing, so when I am in coastal waters with a lot of traffic/fishing boats, my scan of the horizon every 20 minutes or so, coupled with AIS warnings, provides a reasonable level of risk mitigation. When I am in deep blue water --- far from the coast and much traffic, I feel the AIS provides a pretty high level of security, and I sleep 45-50 minutes. I doubt if Boris will change his practices after this incident, which really was a freak accident.
@@patricklaine6958 Thanks for your reply, I guess that it’s all just a question of reducing the risks we can, as far as is possible. I thought it was such as shame for Boris, after such a long race. I will be keeping an eye out for the full report on what went wrong in that particular instance. Just so glad he was uninjured and able to take the disappointment with such good grace! Looking forward to the nest instalment of the adventures of Isabelle. Regards, John.
Was the screw from the large plotter, I saw it move a couple of episodes ago...
Well-spotted metroman. It was indeed. :-)
Thanks for watching.
@9:58 Nice Judy Collins reference!
I was actually thinking of Joni when I said it, but Judy was the genius behind those words. :-)
Hi Patrick,
Thanks for the great and very informative videos. For my education, assuming you have a furling genoa (I think that I saw that in another video), why do you refer to 1st or 2nd reef on it? Do you have fix points on the unfurling line?
Wish you fair winds.
Yes Kleman, but not on the furling line. On the bottom of the genoa there are 3 large blue dots. Generally when you furl it to the first dot, you say it has one reef, etc. That said, there is no strict rule and you can furl it to wherever you want. Genoas lose much of their 'aerodynamics' when you furl though, as that round lump on the leading edge (luff) of the sail disturbs smooth airflow. Best regrards
Patrick,
I understand now. Thanks for the explanation. Keep your videos coming. It is a pleasure to learn with you.
I appreciate your thoughts and commentary on the subject very much. Only a fool would not give risk management serious thought when in a position where help is unlikely.
Retired Air Force here but we can be friends anyway right?
Patrick, you mention the weather forecast and how you absorbed the forecast before you left and how the forecast becomes “old”. Also how you use the forecast. but my question is which source do you get your forecast from. I use the apps such as windy or predict wind, but they have many forecast models. I find the European one quite accurate over time for UK and Europe?
I used to check 7 or 8 sources Chris, but now rely primarily on Predict Wind (which as you know already, has both the American GFS and European ECMWF models). I once read a very high level summary of the difference in the models. Apparently the European model relies primarily on the vertical isobar profile in the atmosphere, and the American model is primarily rooted in the horizontal isobar profile. I also read that the European model is supposed to be slightly more accurate (based on historical data), but I have had unpleasant surprises using both models -- so haven't really noticed a difference. You know what they say, "A man with two watches doesn't know what time it is." This year I added another source of satellite data while at sea -- the Garmin InReach -- which provides basic, but sufficient information to supplement/update forecasts I left port with. I describe how I use this in a couple of later episodes. Fair winds to you.
Patrick Laine many thanks for taking the time to reply. I'm enjoying learning from you as I watch. I came across your videos from searching sailing Hebrides and watched you arrive Stornoway. So I decided to watch you from the start. Really enjoying watching. I'll keep watching and see your garmin inreach. Fairwinds from one of your your phantom ship mates :)
I would love to meet you if you are ever in Utah.
The tides are not very favorable in Utah. ;-)
Haha 😂
The worst thing that can happen on a boat is a fire. The second worst thing that can happen on a boat is to fall overboard and watch the boat sail away from you. If you want to go fast, sell the boat and buy an airplane ticket.
What kind of auto pilot do you have.
Seems to work great.
It is a Lewmar Integra autopilot installed by Bavaria during build of the boat. I agree, it has worked superbly for me. Thanks for watching.
This was a sobering episode in many ways. I'm very very aware of how much you have to manage risk, because my own plans include sailing solo from Britain to tahiti in several years, which will naturally entail long periods of being acountable only to myself, with no backup or support. it's a daunting prospect.
and lol at the clouds song reference. I'm afraid someone beat you to it.
For what it's worth, speed isn't the only thing that matters in my mind.
That's quite an adventure you have planned. There is another RUclips site called 'adventures of an old seadog' where a really nice guy from the UK sails across the Atlantic, crosses the Canal, and is now in the eastern Pacific. It might give you an idea for the challenges ahead.
@@patricklaine6958 that sounds pretty similar to my plans really, I'll look up the channel, thank you.
Near the end .. you say strapping in is the way to stay safe. Don't be so sure! I cant find the link at present but I remember seeing some tests by a sailing magazine.. Basically the findings where the length of safety harness (and were attached) worn by most means that if they went over the side they would be held at about water surface level and that at 6/7 knots it would be practically impossible for someone alone (and difficult with help) to escape from this position and you would quickly drown. Obviously you would have a better chance than seeing your boat sail on without you .. but may be not as much as you think? Comments appreciated! ..
You are exactly right Ken. The key is to have a tether/jack-line system that will keep you in the boat, not towed alongside it. I'm OK in the cockpit of my boat. I have a jackline very securely attached to the center table, that allows me to walk anywhere in the cockpit to adjust lines, etc., with zero risk of falling overboard. However, my jacklines running forward to the bow are attached on the sides, and would not keep me in the boat. Best practice now is to run the jacklines as near the center of the boat as possible, from the bow aft, for the very reason you cite. Thanks for contributing.
good to hear you have the correct length to stay safe Patrick ... may be someone will be checking and working out were they might drop with theirs. I'm enjoying watching your videos .. I have done RYA competent crew this year, working on the day skipper theory at the moment .. hope to do the practical and look for my first boat next year
Super. I passed the equivalent of those exams (costal, blue water, radio, and nav) here in France, topped off with some wx as well ---and of course, practical training with pros. Insist they show you how they would do the maneuvers (gybing, tacking and docking) if they were solo as well. I think you will find yourself going out with friends with little/no experience, so you really should have the confidence to do it all yourself as well even if you can say "Pull on that red line there" to the friend. Thanks for watching.
What carrier were you on? We're based at Annapolis..
Hello Barry. I served on many during my time in --- but did major cruises on America, the Constellation, Enterprise, and shorter training cruises on a 3 or 4 others. I was also privileged to have served for two years with the French Navy aboard their carriers Foch and Clemenceau. Very fond of my memories on the banks of the Severn. You live in a lovely area. Best to you.
Patrick Laine
Well, well, quoting and being a fan of Joni Mitchell, and Gordon Lightfoot, two Artists from Canada,
I was almost sure you were a Canadian...
Well Edward, my mother was Canadian, so I guess I can claim honorary citizenship. :-)
And if I had quoted Anne Murray, all formalities would be waived. :-)
Patrick Laine
Yes for sure you get Honorary citizenship in Nova Scotia if you mention Ann Murray!
If I’m not mistaken, there are satellite phones that supposedly you can use to call anywhere in the world, I guess you could use one of those phones to call someone in order to get the weather forecast??
There are three levels of satellite connection that I am aware of: the low cost is the Garmin InReach. You can send/receive text messages, and have access to a very basic format of weather forecast. Iridium GO is the mid-price option, with emails, GRIB weather formats, and voice connection possible. A wide range of subscription formats are available. Finally, there is the satellite telephone that can do about all, but whose subscription formats are usually fairly expensive. In later episodes, I demonstrate the InReach and the Iridium GO. There are also those who prefer the classic long range radio (SSB or WeatherFax).....but that has become a bit of a black art with fewer and fewer users each year.
Patrick Laine
Yes! I remember the classic long range radio, not that many people using those nowadays.
I’ve just finished watching your whole trip to the Azores, very enjoyable!!! Maybe one day I’ll have the courage to do a trip of that magnitude by myself, congrats and thanks a lot for taking the time to film the trip. Stay safe.
Patrick, it’s your virtual shipmate Edward Finn here,
I messaged you several days ago about ‘ reefing ‘
May I ask about your autopilot , what is it, are you happy with it, and
Why don’t u have a windvane,?
Perhaps you could do a video on it next year....
Thanks again Edward. My autopilot is a (very dependable) Lewmar Integra. It steers much better than I can, and as a solo sailor, I use it 95% of the time. A wind vane is pretty much mandatory if you are doing a transatlantic passage (for rudder duplication safety as well as for energy conservation). I will certainly get one before crossing. However, that is a lot of hardware hanging off the stern, so I don't want to put one on until I absolutely need one. Thanks for asking. Fair winds.
99% of disasters or failures situations etc never happen instantly. They are a series of noticeable mistakes that compound each other.
As a former professional pilot I can attest that this 'chain of events' theory is one that is thoroughly drilled into us over and over. :-)
Right, right why rush. I am ALWAYS stunned when people hurry( sailing) from point 1-2 instead of ENJOYING the ride STAYING COMFORTABLE AND NOT STRESS MATERIAL just for a knot faster.
I am just stunned over and over how steady the boat moves. Very few surprise rough rolls. It must be your skill. I just haven't figured it out yet.
Many thanks Cris. No matter the circumstances, unless you are racing, I think it should priority 1 to reduce stress on the rigging.
Patrick Laine, yes reduce stress on rigging. I mean what's the use breaking down stuff to get there an hr earlier. I am rewatching your videos and you said in the end that you loaded spares and medical supplies and that very little broke. I am really worried seeing people go out not having a clue. It's not about fear but mindfulness. I keep on looking at wind and water currents. Easy to go across atlantic but going back from caribbean doesnt seem easy. Anyway thank you.
Patrick Laine , do you have a parachute anchor for bad weather. I just read on Quora that at any given time satellites recorde at least 10 waves higher than 90 ft. About 27.43 meter.
I assume they are mostly in the far south of the pacific, off New Zealand and in the in the south off the Indian ocean, east of Africa.
I have only been in 3 meter seas in the Baltic and I was not the Captain. But I did yell at the drunk captain to heave to because the others were getting sick.
Its not a race! Look after the ship and she will look after you :-))
Curious .. if you are French, how is your English so good? Or are you an expat living in France?
I have dual nationality Miketrt. Grew up in USA, but live in France.
@@patricklaine6958 really enjoyed the video! I'm thinking about getting into sailing in the near future, and these videos are great.
You need to get some type of wind-screen for your microphone --
Yeah, I got better at this in the second season…..I bought some 'dead cats' (wind screens) for my GoPro, and made a conscious effort to stay out of the wind more when filming. That said, sound will never be great with a GoPro, but switching to a big camera with a remote mic makes you lose a lot of spontaneity (but have great sound).
I don't think I'd worry about what the purists think
I listen politely, then move on. ;-) Thanks for watching Lee.