It’s actually 2 chains laced together with a rope so it behaves as a single chain and also the rope dampens any rattling on the deck. The reason for the two chains is that the boat is too short for the recommended chain length ! So the idea is that the heavier shorter length more or less compensates. Seems to work ok - I’m yet to drag the anchor. I can raise and lower the anchor without leaving the cabin which is the main reason for the setup. As Paradox’s are so narrow with a high freeboard they get the rock and rolls big time if you go walking on the deck.
Thanks Mark. I have 2 more cutting room floor videos to do but I’m going to attempt to sail from Newcastle Harbour to the old river port at Morpeth over 2, maybe 3, days tomorrow and that’ll be the next one.
Hi Paul i’m wondering if you can do a video one day showing us how you tack, gybe and set your dipping lug sail. Love watching the videos of yours and other members of the Sydney raid group.
I’m Mark. Paul is Kate Louise. I’ll see what I can do. It’s hard to capture as what you do is inside but it all happens outside. I’ll try with the GoPro on a head mount and see how it goes.
It’s a bit of an illusion really. I have an inclinometer inside and it never goes beyond 30 - 35 degrees. The distance from deck to keel is bigger than the beam at any point along the hull. It’s a bit “plank on edge”. So it heels quickly in any wind to 30 degrees. That puts the gunwhale about 6 inches above the waterline. But it never goes any further. I recently experimented with an extra 70kg in water ballast but it made no difference to stiffness but man it slowed the boat down. It’s never given me a moment’s worry even in strong winds. The most it’s gone over is in a massive gust where the water was running halfway up the cabin window for maybe 5 seconds. By that stage you are sailing inside with the hatch shut so even in a complete knockdown no water can come in. That’s the beauty of the boat - when everyone else is drenched wearing heavy wet weather gear I’m dry as a bone wearing a t shirt.
All the drone like shots are done using an Insta360 X3 camera mounted on a 3m long selfie stick. The field of view of the 2 fisheye lenses on each side of the camera overlaps enabling the camera software to edit out the stick.
Hi Mark! I noticed that the boats in your fleet are flying Romeo's flag. (or is it some kind of local flag, like the flag of Skåne in Sweden?) Pardon my ignorance.
Great boat, great videos. that battleship chain you have on your deck makes me stop and think.
It’s actually 2 chains laced together with a rope so it behaves as a single chain and also the rope dampens any rattling on the deck. The reason for the two chains is that the boat is too short for the recommended chain length ! So the idea is that the heavier shorter length more or less compensates. Seems to work ok - I’m yet to drag the anchor. I can raise and lower the anchor without leaving the cabin which is the main reason for the setup. As Paradox’s are so narrow with a high freeboard they get the rock and rolls big time if you go walking on the deck.
Really enjoying this series of videos
Thank you for sharing with us your adventures
Thanks Mark. I have 2 more cutting room floor videos to do but I’m going to attempt to sail from Newcastle Harbour to the old river port at Morpeth over 2, maybe 3, days tomorrow and that’ll be the next one.
@@Cruising_Pamela_B I’ll be waiting to see that one
Enjoy your trip mark
Hi Paul i’m wondering if you can do a video one day showing us how you tack, gybe and set your dipping lug sail. Love watching the videos of yours and other members of the Sydney raid group.
I’m Mark. Paul is Kate Louise. I’ll see what I can do. It’s hard to capture as what you do is inside but it all happens outside. I’ll try with the GoPro on a head mount and see how it goes.
@@Cruising_Pamela_B oops, thanks Mark, I look forward to seeing the video.
The bizzar angles of list that the Paradox can achive I would say calls for nerves of steel ! Have you ever capsized her it seems an impossibility?
It’s a bit of an illusion really. I have an inclinometer inside and it never goes beyond 30 - 35 degrees.
The distance from deck to keel is bigger than the beam at any point along the hull. It’s a bit “plank on edge”. So it heels quickly in any wind to 30 degrees. That puts the gunwhale about 6 inches above the waterline. But it never goes any further. I recently experimented with an extra 70kg in water ballast but it made no difference to stiffness but man it slowed the boat down.
It’s never given me a moment’s worry even in strong winds. The most it’s gone over is in a massive gust where the water was running halfway up the cabin window for maybe 5 seconds. By that stage you are sailing inside with the hatch shut so even in a complete knockdown no water can come in. That’s the beauty of the boat - when everyone else is drenched wearing heavy wet weather gear I’m dry as a bone wearing a t shirt.
that first shot is really amazing, how did you film that!~?
All the drone like shots are done using an Insta360 X3 camera mounted on a 3m long selfie stick. The field of view of the 2 fisheye lenses on each side of the camera overlaps enabling the camera software to edit out the stick.
Hi Mark! I noticed that the boats in your fleet are flying Romeo's flag. (or is it some kind of local flag, like the flag of Skåne in Sweden?) Pardon my ignorance.
It’s international code flag “R” - “R” for “raid”.