Offshore sailing: Tenerife to Cape Verde Part 2
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- Опубликовано: 7 фев 2025
- Part 2 is the second half of our run to Cape Verde with world famous sailor, John Kretchmer aboard the mighty Quetzal. Watch as we sail the spinnaker for the last 200 miles into Sal. You will see why John's offshore sailing programs are in such high demand, providing a real sailing experience with practical knowledge given throughout. His tutorial on celestial navigation and the fast bowline knot is the best I've seen.
That was an amazing learning experience. Thank you John Kretchmer.
He is a wonderful and genuine guy. Check out his website for details on Captains . They are fantastic
Followed a link over from Reddit and have binged all you've got. You impart so much experience with us on your journey. I've learned a lot towards my goals. Thanks so much
Thank you!! 😊
Great post Sir!
Thank you, and thanks for watching!
Second that!
Oh my tisk tisk; Dear John I would and thought better from you. My observations from your Asym set and douse; Why the heck did you strike the Main? The main is your friend. For sure on the douse, it looks like you have the chute twisted in the sock. (bad for your next set)I see you are trying to steer deep @ 170 true. Also you should consider to keep your rig balanced as possible. Think COE. With your main set for performance VMG sailing, you can bring the apparent wind forward for ease of steering. Here is one simple hack that me and my wife came up with on our 53-foot Swan years ago that makes setting and striking a spinnaker with a sock easy and safe, even with just the two of us aboard. Pass the loop of the continuous sock control line through a snatch block. You might say That’s it? Yup…well, there’s a bit more to know. And that’s reasonably easy in smooth water inshore. But offshore what happens is the boat rolls, and each time it does, to windward and back, the spinnaker pops out from behind the main, fills, and the sock control line loads up to the point that the person pulling it either: lets go ,loses all the skin off his or her hands, leaves the deck in a big hurry. We secure the spinnaker sock line down side after the block at a mark that will just keep it firm when the sail is hoisted but the sock still down. This stops the wind in the exposed foot of the spinnaker from pushing the sock mouth up before we are ready. Bear off to blanket and then hoist the spinnaker behind the mainsail while keeping the sheet firm, which does not cause problems because the sock is held down by the cleated down line and will not foul as easy. The sail is now well and truly under control behind the mainsail. Leave the tack firmly attached forward, the halyard all the way up, the sock all the way down, and tensioned by the down side of the control line, and the clew pulled aft by the sheet, and so keeping the foot from twisting up. Hoist/trim, adjust course to proper angle and trim. As I have mentioned before, I see you and others not properly using your Main sail. Remember the main is your friend is so many ways. Even if you have a problem with your sock control line it is simple to drop your chute on the deck.
Fantastic comment. Thank you! (Leaves the deck in a big hurry! 😂) I was concerned about this on the first douse not on video. It was an eye opening experience for Russ and I!
@@sailinghaldis Nothing is more gratifying than a well executed chute set and douse. Unfortunatley always lots of ways to get bite. I have found for a short handed crew the above tecnique to produce consistant results.
@@bojangles8837 I appreciate your detailed response. I will be using main and a snatch block as you have described.
@@bojangles8837 please comment on the third video I just posted. Curious to hear your thoughts on this one.