Singlehanded Round the Island Race (SORC) - Bungalow Racing - Taking a Knife to a Gunfight.
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- The Bungalow (my Westerly Sealord cruising boat) goes racing with the Solo Offshore Racing Club Round the Island race 2024. Very different issues to the last and very windy Round the Island! Oh and keep your eyes on the screen for when I nearly give my self a brain injury (some would argue I already have one!).
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About Me
I run a small business called The Solent Boat Butler and spend my days repairing, maintaining and refitting sailing boats (often Contessa 32’s due to my long experience with them). I'm mostly in the central Solent area of the UK. Being a cruising and racing sailor with many thousands of inshore and offshore sea miles logged I like to think that I bring a great deal of real-world experience to my work and help many new (and not so new) boat owners to improve and maintain their boats. When I'm not fixing boats I also provide some own-boat sail training, help owners with deliveries, provide pre-purchase inspections and deliver consultancy services to those that are refitting their own boats for cruising or racing.
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Disclaimer
I hope that viewers both enjoy and learn something from my videos but please remember to take the appropriate precautions for any DIY refit works you undertake with appropriate PPE and the correct tools for the job. If you are in any way unsure as to how to go about a project or are unsure if something on your boat is safe please consult a professional. I don’t necessarily show every step of how to do a particular job so only take on a project if you know exactly what you are doing or consult a professional, I accept no liability for errors or omissions in this video, it is for entertainment purposes only.
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Intro Music: Bensound.com
Other Music: epidemicsound.com
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My thanks to the owners of these boats for giving me permission to create this content based on the refit of their boats.
Light airs maketh the sailor... great vid, great result.
Well done, I thoroughly enjoyed the trip with you.
Pleased you enjoyed it😊
Sorry this is only available in 720 and not full 1080HD (although if watching on your phone you may not notice). I’m reaching/testing the limits of my video editing hardware so can’t render very long videos in full HD). Tried multiple times including shortening the video but decided it was better to get it out as-is rather than delay and shorten it considerably.
Great result, and you managed to video it as well as perform well. You truly are a man who can walk and chew gum at the same time. Congratulations, a fun video to watch. Thank you George.
Thanks, I appreciate the comment
Nice to see you sailing!
Thanks
Got to love putting the kettle on to make a cup tea while racing solo! Great stuff, I'm obviously going to have to up my game.
Of course, tea is essential performance enhancing input.
Excellent watch, I found it exciting but then I go well in light airs That same weekend I was racing on Gold beach in the land yacht. No wind there also, and they cancelled the race as I was taking third place
Great sailing! Love this channel!
Thanks so much!
Excellent result George, I'm very impressed with your tactics and sail handing on your boat
Many thanks
Great result well done videoing and racing enjoyed it.
Thanks 👍 recording while racing is not that easy but easier in a slow race I guess.
Great result, nice report!
Thanks
Well done George, great sailing and fantastic video - thanks for making it 👍
Pleased you enjoyed it
The slow winds remind me very much of Raya Muda Selangor International Regatta in Malaysia 😂
Great result and you kept us with you in a relatively windless race, not easy as most would usually fast forward through the slow bits. Well done George
Thanks
Awesome result!
Thank you! Cheers!
Lovely to see the race on another boat well done George. See you soon matey
Thanks Paul, catch you soon.
Congrats to your race result and sharing the episode. Cheers.
Thanks
Very enjoyable episode!
Thanks, with most of my audience being more into the boat fixing (maybe) it’s nice to get some sailing on the channel so I really appreciate the comment 😊
Great vid, congrats on the result, one of best channels around. After viewing from the start about time I bought you a beer, cheers 🍻.
Thanks very much, watching from the start?? You must really love sanding 😂
Well done. Fantastic weather to be on the water, especially compared to the race two weeks ago, and you finished very well despite the wind lagging for much of the race. I was imagining my Westerly Conway bungalowing along. 😅
Thanks, far less exciting than two weeks ago that’s for sure!
So want to buy a boat, young family prevent that, maybe one day I’ll get a fixer-upper.
I see the Contessa you are working on every time the train takes me past the Elephant Boat Yard at Bursledon. Really like your channel, down to earth, great vlogs etc …really enjoyed this one, the one from a few weeks ago looked pretty lively!
Thanks, pleased you like the channel
Looks like great fun!
Fantastic video and race. Thanks George. I have thought many times that doing well in light air is the sign of a good sailor/trimmer. Just look at cruisers who are often sitting still in light air. Good Job! Just one criticism - I DO wish you would use the term "current" in place of "tide". The tide goes up and down😂
Thanks, pleased you enjoyed it, I always read the comments. Fair comment on the use of the term tide and current, you are correct.
@@RefitandSail The reason I'm somewhat of a fanatic about these two terms is that here on the Chesapeake Bay (East coast US), the two aren't even in sync. In most of the areas where I sail they are out of sync by 2 hours so when it's slack high tide, you can't expect that the current will start ebbing soon. So, I focus only on current when sailing and only on Tide when anchoring. Thanks again - I do love your channel.
@@windonwater3895that’s totally fair, we have similar here in some places due to the geography of the coast. The current will start flowing west off Portsmouth hbr up to two hours prior to high water Portsmouth.
Had hoped to sail up to Chesapeake when I was in the Carib a couple of years ago but life had other plans. Will get there one day.
I noticed that you installed soft shackles and low friction rings in your running rigging. Perhaps you have time for a video showing the details of it - I would be interested in this
Soft shackles for the Genoa sheets, been using them for years on that application as they don’t snag like a bowline. Low friction rings are great for many applications, got them on the kicker/vang cascade and on the spin sheet tweakers, also used in other places onboard.
Well done, you got on the podium! What would be the advantage to having a double-spreader rig on your boat as opposed to single spreader?
Thanks. More lateral support on a twin spreader rig and my mast is very large for only one set of spreaders. Probably a heavier section mast as a result, a lighter section and double spreaders would be my preference and what the later versions of my boat got as standard.
Congrats on your placings, well done...just a thought re packing kites single handed, what are your thoughts on making a way of hanging your spin bags in the companionway hatch so kite can go straight into spinbag when dropping?
Thanks, have considered that but it would make the drop slower if packed while dropping. I’d rather drop fast get around the mark/get the boat sailing optimally and then pack it underway
Serious question: Are the boots just for the looks or is it somehow better than lighter shoes?
Nothing to do with looks, I’m far too old to try and look cool (and I’m not sure that sailing boots looks cool anyway 😂). I could not find my sailing shoes, I often sail in crocks and could not find them either, don’t like to sail barefoot if running around the boat as there are too many things to stub a toe on so had to wear boots on a very hot day!
To be fair, these Musto sailing boots (which were a rather expensive present) a great to wear when sailing, comfortable and good grip.
I wanted to see you gybe that chute with no wind to hold it up while you swap the pole!
That would have been tricky, it’s hard enough getting a very heavy pole around the front of the babystay.
What a difference a week makes
Wow well done an awesome result. Great day on the water.
@@bodywoodthanks
First🎉
Winner 😊