I've had a few solo sails like that one. The best part is, besides learning a bunch from my mistakes, my comfort level increased each time so rather then yelling "oh shit" repeatedly I can now think through what I should be doing with a calmer state of mind. It's awesome that you are not afraid to push your own comfort zone on a solo sail.
You had me rolling on the floor laughing. Flipping hilarious 😂! Been there many times, yeah you get used to it. Last time out this season I ripped my bow rail clean off the boat. I was heading out in rough conditions and the motor decided to quit just as I passed under a lift bridge in a narrow canal. My boat hit the corrugated iron wall. BTW put that life jacket on all times when you go out alone, you don't want your family to get that knock on the door.
Love this video. Pushing yourself to do something out of your comfort zone, and then going "Oh shit!" Great to see it. Exactly how a lot of my sailing feels like. I'm sure you learnt a lot from this. Thanks!
I know the feeling way to well.. In these kinds of boats big swells will fuck you up, at first. When I bought my first 33 feet ketch motorsailor I got schooled by the ocean big time. I had never even been on a sailboat before I spent 4 days taking it home down the norwegian coastline. In some ways it's just better to figure stuff out on your own imo. As you found out, going by motor without any sails will force you to go almost directly into the waves/wind, or downwind. The amazing thing is the day when you come back with well trimmed sails and ride through those waves hitting you from the side. I have a pilot house too and I don't like running to much around outside and getting wet. So I set up and have minimal sails out before I hit the swells and run out to make quick adjustments. Anyways. I love your channel and hope you keep going. I'm binging all episodes now and this is as far I've come now. Peace
You are so right. Small boats are a handful lol i have bought a new boat that i am fixing, again trying to do it is as short a time as possible with a very limited budget. This time its a beast, a colvic victor 40. Thanks for watching cheers.
@@reversingentropy Wow, that sounds super exiting. I actually almost bought a colvic victor two years ago. Really looking forward to seeing the refit of the new boat! Keep us updated✌
In order to take down your sails if you are in to much wind, and your sails become over powered or back filled, you can always just release the sheets. No sense getting knocked down
You will likely find that the more weather you run into, the easier you will feel about it. I once had the joy of sharing lunch with Bea Smeaton and Bruce Guzzwell aboard Treasure....and heard Bea mention that she doesn't see much bad weather anymore. Her experience included being pitchpoled under the Horn and a few years later being rolled rounding the same....masts lost both events. My last trip down the Oregon coast in 60kts with the Coast Guard looking for various damaged fishing boats was just a nice brisk sail....no more serious water aboard than 5galloon buckets full...and nothing in the cockpit. Herreshoff's Marco Polo design turned out to be an awesome boat in rough conditions. -Veteran '66-68
Thanks so much for your kind works. I sure hope so. I left feeling bad that i did not proceed on course. And now i have the feeling i have to go back as soon as there is challenging weather again. Cheers.
@@reversingentropy I would not worry about that....one finds plenty of it 'along the way' ....me, I was lucky to learn how to sail in San Francisco Bay....30-40 kts most afternoons in the summer, but no seas....so could learn the boat before needing to do it in a seaway. We lived aboard, so got pretty 'catty' there for awhile. -Veteran '66-68 (Just a side note....a gybe all-standing on a three mast schooner is a rare and attention getting event for the crew!)
Just checked out your channel you have a great big journey ahead of you. Can't wait to see her in the water, here's wishing you a speedy restoration. Cheers m8
You don't need to be into wind to furl the headsail. But I would have shortened sail in the same order. My thoughts are that when your headsail back filled, I couldn't see your other sails but I suspect you achieved a hove to and lost all momentum and way and thus control. You should have simply switched the jib to the sheet it wanted to be on and she would have powered back up so that you could subsequently tack through the wind again back to your course and a bit more to make up for the little detour. To really grow from this go back in your mind and ask yourself what you would have done if the engine had failed. Be honest. Did you check for lines before hitting that engine? There's nothing wrong with turning back in bad weather. Especially if it is your home port and you know it's bars and depths and your current tidal conditions. I'm going out for a daysail in 2 days and the predicted weather is similar to this....but there will be two of us. I like to sail within the ability of my ship and my ship's company minus one. To quote Elon. Let that sink in. It might help prevent you from sinking. Heheh! Fair winds brother. Keep going.
This is very very helpful. Thanks for taking the time. I have played the trip in my head a lot and i feel like i need to stop relaying on the engine so much. Line you Said engines fail. After watching the footage I also concluded that the wind direction was changing all the time by a lot. I gess because i got my self under a squall. But lessons learned and next time i hope i have a different atitude. Cheers m8.
@@reversingentropy your attitude was fine. You just need some miles and to pick from the richness of method, tips and the relayed mistakes of others by going out with other experienced sailors. For instance I had propwrap once and never fail to check for lines....cos I stuffed it just when I needed the engine. Hence I mentioned it. Disasters happen when you're stressed by a small incident that leads to a larger one and then another. Try crewbay or others to pick up some opb daysails or other daysailors. There are loads of different ways to do pretty much everything sailing. You'll learn so much. And you can agree to single hand with someone available to catch you if you need it. Also with others you build a support network of like interested friends who you might help you out with boatstuff one day.
@@ratusbagus I had no idea such a concept existed. I'm checking out crewbay I have no experience and I'm still the most experienced out of all the people i sail with 😂 Thanks for pointing this concept out. This is very helpful.
Well done. Not easy being out solo in these conditions for the first time. Some tips from what I could see: You were basically hove to as someone else has explained. I would have fallen off the wind and gybed back around to regain control of the boat (assuming you had some steerage). When the sails are overpowered it is desired to flatten them out to reduce the power. Your mizzen sail looked only partially raised giving you a baggy sail and more power. Flatten sails as much as possible to de-power and reef early.
I've had a few solo sails like that one. The best part is, besides learning a bunch from my mistakes, my comfort level increased each time so rather then yelling "oh shit" repeatedly I can now think through what I should be doing with a calmer state of mind. It's awesome that you are not afraid to push your own comfort zone on a solo sail.
Thanks... Heres hopping i can become calm as well in the future.😁
You had me rolling on the floor laughing. Flipping hilarious 😂! Been there many times, yeah you get used to it. Last time out this season I ripped my bow rail clean off the boat. I was heading out in rough conditions and the motor decided to quit just as I passed under a lift bridge in a narrow canal. My boat hit the corrugated iron wall. BTW put that life jacket on all times when you go out alone, you don't want your family to get that knock on the door.
Cheer's mate... It's a rough life hehehe
Love this video. Pushing yourself to do something out of your comfort zone, and then going "Oh shit!" Great to see it. Exactly how a lot of my sailing feels like. I'm sure you learnt a lot from this. Thanks!
Thanks so much for kind words. Cheers 😁
There, you can see how safe and trustworthy your vessel is.
Even in those extreme circumstances.
Every time i look at this video I cringe, so much inexperience LoL i still have a lot to learn but im much better now.
Beautiful boat, good choice to reduce sail and make dinner.
Thank you. The evasion is indeed very sleek, wish it was bigger thow.😉
I know the feeling way to well.. In these kinds of boats big swells will fuck you up, at first. When I bought my first 33 feet ketch motorsailor I got schooled by the ocean big time. I had never even been on a sailboat before I spent 4 days taking it home down the norwegian coastline.
In some ways it's just better to figure stuff out on your own imo. As you found out, going by motor without any sails will force you to go almost directly into the waves/wind, or downwind.
The amazing thing is the day when you come back with well trimmed sails and ride through those waves hitting you from the side. I have a pilot house too and I don't like running to much around outside and getting wet. So I set up and have minimal sails out before I hit the swells and run out to make quick adjustments.
Anyways. I love your channel and hope you keep going. I'm binging all episodes now and this is as far I've come now.
Peace
You are so right. Small boats are a handful lol i have bought a new boat that i am fixing, again trying to do it is as short a time as possible with a very limited budget. This time its a beast, a colvic victor 40. Thanks for watching cheers.
@@reversingentropy Wow, that sounds super exiting. I actually almost bought a colvic victor two years ago. Really looking forward to seeing the refit of the new boat! Keep us updated✌
Great video. I am a beginner sailor and recognise all the feelings you had. I will subscribe in the hope i can follow your adventures.
Thanks so much. Hope i can provide good helpful content 😁
Weather forecasts are a wonderful tool, if you have the sense to pay attention to them.
It said 10kts with gusts of 15 😂
In order to take down your sails if you are in to much wind, and your sails become over powered or back filled, you can always just release the sheets. No sense getting knocked down
I did not think of it, it's a case of lack of experience. Thanks for sharing.
"visibility is shit" lmao -- love it -- so true
Cheers 😁
You will likely find that the more weather you run into, the easier you will feel about it. I once had the joy of sharing lunch with Bea Smeaton and Bruce Guzzwell aboard Treasure....and heard Bea mention that she doesn't see much bad weather anymore. Her experience included being pitchpoled under the Horn and a few years later being rolled rounding the same....masts lost both events. My last trip down the Oregon coast in 60kts with the Coast Guard looking for various damaged fishing boats was just a nice brisk sail....no more serious water aboard than 5galloon buckets full...and nothing in the cockpit. Herreshoff's Marco Polo design turned out to be an awesome boat in rough conditions. -Veteran '66-68
Thanks so much for your kind works. I sure hope so.
I left feeling bad that i did not proceed on course. And now i have the feeling i have to go back as soon as there is challenging weather again. Cheers.
@@reversingentropy I would not worry about that....one finds plenty of it 'along the way' ....me, I was lucky to learn how to sail in San Francisco Bay....30-40 kts most afternoons in the summer, but no seas....so could learn the boat before needing to do it in a seaway. We lived aboard, so got pretty 'catty' there for awhile. -Veteran '66-68 (Just a side note....a gybe all-standing on a three mast schooner is a rare and attention getting event for the crew!)
It's gonna be fine, it's gonna be fine!! Haha! Love it!
😁
Just checked out your channel you have a great big journey ahead of you. Can't wait to see her in the water, here's wishing you a speedy restoration. Cheers m8
Very melodramatic
Yesssm very super duper melodramatic... Im a bit of a wuss you see... 😎 Cheers m8.
You don't need to be into wind to furl the headsail. But I would have shortened sail in the same order. My thoughts are that when your headsail back filled, I couldn't see your other sails but I suspect you achieved a hove to and lost all momentum and way and thus control. You should have simply switched the jib to the sheet it wanted to be on and she would have powered back up so that you could subsequently tack through the wind again back to your course and a bit more to make up for the little detour.
To really grow from this go back in your mind and ask yourself what you would have done if the engine had failed.
Be honest. Did you check for lines before hitting that engine?
There's nothing wrong with turning back in bad weather. Especially if it is your home port and you know it's bars and depths and your current tidal conditions.
I'm going out for a daysail in 2 days and the predicted weather is similar to this....but there will be two of us.
I like to sail within the ability of my ship and my ship's company minus one.
To quote Elon. Let that sink in. It might help prevent you from sinking. Heheh!
Fair winds brother. Keep going.
This is very very helpful. Thanks for taking the time.
I have played the trip in my head a lot and i feel like i need to stop relaying on the engine so much. Line you Said engines fail. After watching the footage I also concluded that the wind direction was changing all the time by a lot. I gess because i got my self under a squall. But lessons learned and next time i hope i have a different atitude. Cheers m8.
@@reversingentropy your attitude was fine. You just need some miles and to pick from the richness of method, tips and the relayed mistakes of others by going out with other experienced sailors.
For instance I had propwrap once and never fail to check for lines....cos I stuffed it just when I needed the engine. Hence I mentioned it.
Disasters happen when you're stressed by a small incident that leads to a larger one and then another.
Try crewbay or others to pick up some opb daysails or other daysailors. There are loads of different ways to do pretty much everything sailing.
You'll learn so much. And you can agree to single hand with someone available to catch you if you need it.
Also with others you build a support network of like interested friends who you might help you out with boatstuff one day.
@@ratusbagus I had no idea such a concept existed. I'm checking out crewbay I have no experience and I'm still the most experienced out of all the people i sail with 😂 Thanks for pointing this concept out. This is very helpful.
@@reversingentropy you have a boat so you will be more attractive as crew to other skippers with boats because they'd like to try out your vessel.
@@ratusbagus im going down the rabbit hole 😂.
Furling the headsail and releasing the gybe preventer would have made it a lot easier to keep her pointing upwind.
You totally correct. Hope i remember next time. I didn't think to release the headsail sheet 🤦 or the preventer .
bravo. I appreciate your zest for life and learning.
Cheers mate. Thank you so much 😁
Well done. Not easy being out solo in these conditions for the first time. Some tips from what I could see: You were basically hove to as someone else has explained. I would have fallen off the wind and gybed back around to regain control of the boat (assuming you had some steerage). When the sails are overpowered it is desired to flatten them out to reduce the power. Your mizzen sail looked only partially raised giving you a baggy sail and more power. Flatten sails as much as possible to de-power and reef early.
I did not know that... next time i will try to tighten the sails to remove the balloon effect. Tank you for the advice 🙏
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Thanks. Cheers
Mares calmos não fazem bons marinheiros... muito bem
Mai nada 😁 cheer's.
If you go to war with the wind you cannot possibly win. With practice the wind will become your ally.
Thank you Sensei 😁
REEF EARLIER
Now you tell me ? You should have told me before it happened 😉