Wonderful trip. Just mesmerizing to watch. Must take quite a bit of maintenance to keep her up to snuff when sailing so many nautical miles in some fairly challenging seas. You do make it look awfully easy though. Congratulations and thanks for taking me along.
Thanks William. I just try to keep on top of things. I do a fair amount in the winter and its ongoing in the summer. Thankfully I can do quite a bit myself. Fair winds and stay safe James
Hi Greg. Thank you so much for watching. Please subscribe to the channel if you can bare it as there is probably a short film of a southern North Sea crossing, just completed. I hope to head north again in the Spring 2018. Perhaps get to Iceland, Faroe or the top of Norway. Where do you sail from? ATB James
Samingo Sailing Hi James. I am in Australia and sail a Vertue 25 out of Hervey Bay north of Brisbane. If you click on my channel you can see an old video of her there. I had already subscribed to your channel so when your videos came up I watched them all. Cheers
Really enjoyed this series of videos. I also sail out of Suffolk, but have only got as far North as Whitby so far. Hopefully I'll get more than the standard 2 weeks holiday soon
Ian. Thank you for watching. Yes! You need time and even with time, occasionally the weather will be against you. I was thinking of Faroe and Iceland in 2017 having sailed to Norway in 2016. But I was delighted to go back to Norway when I had the opportunity. I also enjoyed sailing the east coast of the UK. And of course Orkney, Fair Isle and Shetland. Where is your home port? What boat do you sail? Happy NY. Fair winds and stay safe. James.
Please don't rush through the sailing sequences and slow down your pans of the camera. The memorial to the families was touching as was the history lessons. Thank you!
Great Trip and thanks for taking the time to share these video's. I've a question about your main-preventer setup... It looks like you have a fixed length line on each side, which you then clip onto a single sheet running from the end of the boom via blocks at the mast end of the boom, mast foot and then back to a cockpit winch... is that right?
Thank you so much for watching. There are two lines on the boom underneath that attach just aft of the kicker when not in use. A port and starboard line. I have two permanent lines rigged that can be attached easily and quickly to these under boom lines. If the main is free I can be comfortably in board to attach them. The lines come aft through blocks amidships to the stern cleats each side. I free the sail, tighten the lines and then harden up on the main sheet. Job done. I know there are boom brakes ... and all sorts of other new ideas but I completely trust this old fashioned method. Fair winds and stay safe James
Ok thanks, that makes sense, I can see the advantage of the two under-boom lines, so when the main needs to be gybed, you can pre-attach the opposite tack whilst still securely inboard. (just a pity everywhere seems to be upwind at the moment!!!)
Hi. Thank you so much for watching. It's a rare Westerly! They only made 40. Mine is the 20th off the production line in 1991. She is one of the quicker Westerly designs. Quite a powerful ship. ATB James
I added the inner forestay and staysail. I hanked the stay sail on for the first season and then added a furler. I find I rarely reef the genoa now! I go straight to the stay sail.
Did you have to add any reinforcement to the foredeck to handle the load? How about modifications to the masthead - presumably you already had a second jib halyard?
Oh my ... yes! Substantial chain plate and a stay sail halyard specifically for the inner forestay. Its very much for heavy weather and it is a terrific sail to windward in a blow.
Wonderful trip. Just mesmerizing to watch. Must take quite a bit of maintenance to keep her up to snuff when sailing so many nautical miles in some fairly challenging seas. You do make it look awfully easy though. Congratulations and thanks for taking me along.
Thanks William. I just try to keep on top of things. I do a fair amount in the winter and its ongoing in the summer. Thankfully I can do quite a bit myself. Fair winds and stay safe James
Great short series of videos. Well done. Hope their is more to come.
Hi Greg. Thank you so much for watching. Please subscribe to the channel if you can bare it as there is probably a short film of a southern North Sea crossing, just completed. I hope to head north again in the Spring 2018. Perhaps get to Iceland, Faroe or the top of Norway. Where do you sail from? ATB James
Samingo Sailing Hi James. I am in Australia and sail a Vertue 25 out of Hervey Bay north of Brisbane. If you click on my channel you can see an old video of her there. I had already subscribed to your channel so when your videos came up I watched them all. Cheers
Enjoyed your voyage very much..thank you for sharing.
Hi Lawrence. Thank you so much for watching. ATB James
Amazing journey. Thanks for sharing.
John. Thank you very much for watching. ATB James
Really enjoyed this series of videos. I also sail out of Suffolk, but have only got as far North as Whitby so far. Hopefully I'll get more than the standard 2 weeks holiday soon
Ian. Thank you for watching. Yes! You need time and even with time, occasionally the weather will be against you. I was thinking of Faroe and Iceland in 2017 having sailed to Norway in 2016. But I was delighted to go back to Norway when I had the opportunity. I also enjoyed sailing the east coast of the UK. And of course Orkney, Fair Isle and Shetland. Where is your home port? What boat do you sail? Happy NY. Fair winds and stay safe. James.
Home port Levington, boat is Allegria of Wight, Vancouver 36 to which I'm steadily trying to add some TLC
I winter at SYH. Must catch up!
Don't get down as often as I'd like, currently on the hard near the west harbour shower block
Seen her. I'm west harbour about to come out ...
Please don't rush through the sailing sequences and slow down your pans of the camera. The memorial to the families was touching as was the history lessons. Thank you!
I will try to learn from your kind advice.
Great Trip and thanks for taking the time to share these video's. I've a question about your main-preventer setup... It looks like you have a fixed length line on each side, which you then clip onto a single sheet running from the end of the boom via blocks at the mast end of the boom, mast foot and then back to a cockpit winch... is that right?
Thank you so much for watching. There are two lines on the boom underneath that attach just aft of the kicker when not in use. A port and starboard line. I have two permanent lines rigged that can be attached easily and quickly to these under boom lines. If the main is free I can be comfortably in board to attach them. The lines come aft through blocks amidships to the stern cleats each side. I free the sail, tighten the lines and then harden up on the main sheet. Job done. I know there are boom brakes ... and all sorts of other new ideas but I completely trust this old fashioned method. Fair winds and stay safe James
Ok thanks, that makes sense, I can see the advantage of the two under-boom lines, so when the main needs to be gybed, you can pre-attach the opposite tack whilst still securely inboard. (just a pity everywhere seems to be upwind at the moment!!!)
You can also leave both lines on :-))
What boat is it pa love the video
Hi. Thank you so much for watching. It's a rare Westerly! They only made 40. Mine is the 20th off the production line in 1991. She is one of the quicker Westerly designs. Quite a powerful ship. ATB James
Samingo Sailing I have a group called westerly yacht owners on fb come say hi my name is Paul Stevens Winchester
Are the staysail and inner forestay original to the boat, or did you rig these yourself?
I added the inner forestay and staysail. I hanked the stay sail on for the first season and then added a furler. I find I rarely reef the genoa now! I go straight to the stay sail.
Did you have to add any reinforcement to the foredeck to handle the load? How about modifications to the masthead - presumably you already had a second jib halyard?
Oh my ... yes! Substantial chain plate and a stay sail halyard specifically for the inner forestay. Its very much for heavy weather and it is a terrific sail to windward in a blow.
you mist the best whitby
Thanks for watching Wayne. Yes .... lovely place. Like it a lot. Have been there before and will go again. ATB James