Contessa 32 Upwind Sailing
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- Опубликовано: 31 дек 2021
- CO32 Fingold on the Dutch Markemeer, wet and windy day, 20 knots upwind sailing, single handed. One reef in the main, Genoa 2 fully open. Unfortunately the GoPro was not gimbaled, so a bit of neck gymnastics is necessary to align to the horizon....
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For any sailor, stuck ashore, this is the kind of video you watch to relax.
No girls in bikinis asking for money to fund their dream. This is proper sailing. Love the Contessa 32. Two years of saving to go!
well said.
Nailed it. Just the boat and the water, that's all we want.
Yessir!
Many years ago I had a Contessa 26. Small, slow and very wet to sail. I have fonder memories of that little boat than any other yacht that I have had. So much so that now entering my seventies I am going back to one for single handed daysailing.
I had a 32 in the 80;s and it is the best sea boat ive had. i'm now happy pottering about the rivers in a little Hurley, but the Contessa for me is the dream machine of yachts, although i never went out in that kind of blow. only cos im not that good a sailor i might add.
This CO32 is from 1984, I only got her a few years ago. While not very comfortable below, sailing her gives so much pleasure. It is also a great boat to learn single handing, which I only started recently.
In general, the traveller car wants to be to weather of the centerline only in light air, usually very light air. A rule of thumb: the more it blows, the farther to leeward the car wants to be.
I love sailing upwind!
Proper sailing. They say a gentleman never sails to windward. How does he get home? I've done F10 in the Pacific and it was incredible. Reefed down and doing 11-12 knots in a Najad 441. That boat is like a an ocean greyhound. We spent half the time under water for two days You'll break before she does and if you look after her she can take anything. Good times.
Awesome Video!
Gaaf!
As good as it gets. Wish you were here, me there.
I have a Westerly Centaur, useless upwind :) I need a Contessa in my life
Everything comes at a price. The Westerly is a lot more comfortable for longer trips, I would assume. The Contessa has a bit of s submarine feeling to it...
Watch Peking around the Horn and see what I J says about the correct way to film at sea.
Searched for it, but didn't find it. Who's it by?
Not sure about the main traveller position in weather like that. Down the track and more on the sheet would make her handle better. Genoa also needs a crank or two!
I agree, the traveller is not optimal. Later in the video I change the Genoa sheet car position aft and got a much better trim that way. More cranking without that change wouldn’t have had much benefit, on the contrary.
I've always jonesed for the C32 since I first read an account of one that sailed from the east coast of the US down SA to round the horn and up the west coast to San Francisco bay. I would give up all my previous wonderful memories with the women I've loved to sail in a Contessa just once. Back to the boat - In these kinds of conditions, sailing as close to the wind as possible, I was taught a method by a very credible teacher when I was learning to sail how to read sail shape to set correctly. First center the boom, then align the boom parallel with the top batten by sighting up from the bottom of the boom to check that the top batten and boom were parallel, and check angle of attack which will be very narrow. Then check the woolies (apparent wind) and adjust sheets by incremental degrees to get the correct angle of attack. Then check the jib, ensure the luff is as stiff as possible eliminating scallops (It's amazing how often I see jibs/genoas with a scalloped luff when sailing close-hauled) My teacher was also a sailmaker and pointed out that a well-made sail has an incredibly strong luff and can take the pressure needed to stiffen the luff on the stay or track. Next loosen jib sheets, and harden up to check correct angle of attack (3-4 woolies 1/4-1/3 LP distance back from the luff, both woolies streaming horizontal ). This has been my goto since I started sailing and works well for me, granted this is for my medium displacement racer/cruiser. I find that most sailors are either guessing on which correct sail set, whereas this method gives me a good base to start. Then there are sailors who seem to just have the wind thing woven into their DNA, and instinct takes over; other sailors could be caught facing a force 10 and still have no idea which direction the wind is coming from. There is nothing like sailing close-hauled to test helming skills or learn to balance that dynamic interface between two fluids and master the ensuing energy flow that feels like a spiritual force of nature. For that reason I prefer a tiller to a wheel on most boats. The other exhilarating point of sail is a spinnaker set a few points off the quarter in moderate winds which can either lull you to sleep or heighten your sense of impending doom, depending on sea state and wind conditions. I think sailing is a calling, like the priesthood (many are called but few are chosen.)
Without some information regarding the size of your headsail, apparent wind strength how close you are pointing this is very tedious.
It is easy to determine those things by the visual clues, jib sheet angle, tickler, amount of heel, headsail luffing, your comment is tedious.
@@randylahey7343 This guy eh 🙄