Fast in light airs - Caribbean to the Azores
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- After the mad rush of building a new composite rudder, carbon fibre chainplate, and replacement bulkhead, along with repairing our fractional asymmetrical spinnaker and numerous other boat tasks we were ready to leave the Caribbean and head for the Azores. The Azores Archipelago are a group of islands off the Portuguese coastline and a popular halfway stop for ships making the journey from the Americas to Europe. Unfortunately, 2023 has seen unusually warm ocean temperatures in the Atlantic and that meant that any yachts wanting to make the journey from the Caribbean to Europe were tackling uncertain weather conditions and varying routing predictions. Every day we looked for weather windows there was a different forecast. In the end, we decided that we just had to leave and we would deal with the conditions as they arose. Our greatest asset was the purchase of our Starlink Satellite service which has meant that we can check weather forecasts easily and quickly via PredictWind while we are offshore. It has been a game changer for many who live and work on the sea.
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That big kite is BIG. The sort that gets away VERY quickly. Well done keeping it out of the water
haha! yeah and that's after Anna chopped the belly out of it to fit Paikea! It's the A1 from an RC44
Thanks for the video!
You're welcome!
Thanks for another great episode. I really love your explanation and decision making in simple terms. Can’t wait for next one
Awesome. Glad you are enjoying it. 👍👍
Nice episode guys
Great to see the family working together!
At sea going up the mast is not fun! Nice episode. Be happy, be safe
Excellent how you have the kids all working. Congratulations!! That shows great parenting!! (Ours were 4,6,8 at start but by the end 8, 10, 12 can really be helpful) Stray Kitty
Well done! It's awesome isn't it? They love the responsibility too 👍👍👍👍
Fyi- dispute doom sayers with home schooling all three, 10 years later, are doing well in university! (Master Neuroscience, Chemical Eng, B. Sci) Cruising builds amazing kids. Christine and I are cruising again and the kids visited us in Greece this summer for three weeks. They were amazing and dropped back into the grove no problem. You are doing a good thing for the family!! (From Kos, Greece at anchor)
That is so good to hear 😊 Your kids sound amazing!! Hope we see you guys on the water one day
Thank you for showing your routine for dousing the spinnaker without a sock. I was wondering how that would work on a cat... I suspect it's going to be a lot more fun to do solo. :P
Go as deep downwind as you can and make sure you blanket the kite with the mainsail. Don't try to do it without using the main 👍
@@youngbarnacles Hah, I just figured I'd let the tack or clew loose and then let the halyard free an try to bundle it in before it winds up in the water... Figure I can sort it later as long as it's dry.
Nice video, thanks for sharing. Will be interesting to hear your definition of a performance boat as well. I do think that there are always asteriks "*" in there when people talk about windspeed boats. Was this when the boat was stripped out ready for racing, no dinghy, no water or gas in the tanks, just the absolute essentials...or was it a boat laden for cruising. Did the boat sort of tickle windspeed on certain points of sail in certain sea conditions. My limited experience has been on boats that can easily sail in the upper teens and lower 20kt range you spend more time managing your speed and slowing things down to make it comfortable and safe. It's wild thought because a sustained 16-17 kts in 20kts of true seems planted, comfy and plent fast enough. Since there are not any rules on the internet (other than the Internet police of course) I define a windspeed boat that can routinely sail within 10% of true wind speed when laden with a full kit for cruising.
Great explanations and a nice view of all the fittings on your mast! In a future video can you show us some more detail on that spinnaker tack contraption? I see a brass (?) dog bone on one side of the ring, and there looks like some kind of clamp/guide/holder fitting on the other. Was the ring repurposed from something else? I am also guessing that padeye in the bow was already there and you are just taking advantage of it, or did you install it with this in-mind?
The padeye on the bow was already there so that was great. I believe you are looking at this bad boy www.antal.it/ENG/hooks_en
We always put 2 halyards on bosuns chair when someone is going up the mast. Just in case, and they are already there, why not use them?
You are absolutely correct. We recommend using 2 halyards when going up the mast. Whenever we are working on a client's boat we have a secondary halyard connected to the fall arrest system at all times.
We only have one halyard that goes all the way to the masthead. As we are riggers, the halyards on Paikea are in top condition and Shayne keeps a close eye on them and will change them over at the first sign of wear. We trust them for a quick trip up the mast. If Shayne is working up there for any extended period of time or the weather is dubious we'll use an extra halyard for safety. Probably should have mentioned that in the video... Don't try this at home kids 😅😅
Furler foil grub screw? Tangled up in the jib and finally fell free?
This was my thought also… had the same issue, M4 grub screws raining on deck.
Grub screw was from one of the mainsail batten cars. It was just a stopper so nothing major 😅
@@youngbarnacles Phew!
Would you run the spinnaker without the main up
Yes as long as you keep tension in the topping lift and mainsheet to ensure stability in the mast. You don't want to pull your mast over the bow 😉
seems to me you have 3 sons, why are only harry & ayden named in video lead in?
Olly was named first. He was diving. It's straight after the "Youngbarnicles presents" splash screen.
What a horrible life 🤷♂️
truely terrible ...