Great GREAT video. It is one of the best video/editing I have watched. You showed the authentic story mixed with the right music at the right moment to show the real/your experience not just happy content. Great job, I can’t wait for next week video.
Great video man but one word of advice, as a solo sailer myself, im always tethered to my boat with life vest to a jack line especially when leaving the cockpit to handle any kind of maintenance like a big ass whisker pole!
That's the premise of the channel name. I'm searching for something that can't be found. Not by forcing it at least. Theres lots to be learned by sailing engineless. And the ocean carries a lot of metaphor for life.
That was one of the best sailing videos I’ve seen. Beautiful, authentic. You have a talent for conveying the day to day joys and frustrations. Thanks for bringing us along for the ride.
Hi, advice from an old salt. Rather than going dead downwind try tacking down. This increases your distance but rolling decreases a lot and you will have much less chafe. Look at how race boats generate wind by bringing that apparent wind angle forward. Hope this helps. Cheers Peter.
Spot on . Just go 10 degrees of course then come back on Ur rumbling after 24 hrs sailing on the opposite gybe. U don't need to be on the rumbline exactly.
Dude, this is probably my favorite sailing channel. You show a good deal of the daily ins and outs of sailing, I like your personality, and its not a bunch of foul language. 👍
Hey... greetings from Miami! I've Been binge watching your posts this afternoon after YT recommended your channel.... I'm hooked! Fascinating to hear your explanations regarding how you manage the sails particularly in stormy seas... particularly now in Summer. Fortunately no hurricanes the horizon! Any way safe and happy sailing!
Good job 👍 I always enjoy your videos!!Glad you’re back sailing and making it for us to follow your travels.Funny I was thinking about you a while back and what had happened to you.Admire your determination to make it and rise above the things that aren’t going very good.
Just found your channel- excellent content a good mix of DIY, filming, explanations and music all in a well thought out story. New subscriber and I rang the bell not to miss an episode!
I'm really enjoying watching our Videos. I've subscribed and should receive notifications for NEW Videos. Looking forward to seeing more Videos. Awesome you are LIVING YOUR DREAMS. I have to say also that the Dolphin Visits are also Beautiful and Amazing.
Hi Evan! Just found your channel and enjoy it immensely. I also have done quite a bit of blue water sailing without an engine - it adds to the sense of accomplishment and brings sailing skills uo very quickly. I always have a line from the outboard end of the whisker pole going forward and another line from the whisker pole outboard end going aft this secures the pole in heavier conditions. This arrangement also allows you to adjust where the genoa sheet goes through the pole jaws, allowing you to keep the sail clew from chaffing.
Excellent video Evan. Well done. Everytime i see a video where a sailor is fixing a marine head or pumping out a black tank, i become more convinced that pooping in a bucket (composting head) is the way to go.
idk.. I've been using my toilet daily for 5 years. It only now just had issues haha. and it was very easy to take apart. I've heard plenty of people do the composting head and then regret it.. You have to empty it yourself daily..
A good emergency fix for your traveler is a double sheet system. If you watch adventures of an old sea dog, he uses this system, and it works great for him. He has sailed 3/4 of the way around the world on his double main sheet system. I keep a set up on my Tayana 52 for emergency. Great video
I agree with Jeffrey. You don't need a traveler when you use opposing blocks fixed to each end of the traveler to the boom... Because it is a two purchase block each side, that doubles as a preventor too... Real simple... Nice to be out there despite the roll...
Love the video and you're doing a great job. We have the same boat and when we run down wind like that or have the traveler way out I alway tighten up the loose side incase something bad happens. Granted backwinding the main with a preventer on and the traveler all the way over isn't a great thing either, but nothing should break. Looking forward to your next video.
Very much enjoying your sailing channel Evan, it’s given me a bit of light as I work on my own yacht to do what I want where I want in that freedom that nature provides ⛵️☀️❤️ My sailing playground is around the Fastnet Rock here in West Cork 🇮🇪
Whisker pole can only work how I'm running it. Otherwise the cables and O ring that the halyard attaches to will be upside down and twisting the pole. I've looked at a few different set ups after this passage. Not sure if there's much else I could have done differently. The awkward roll coming from the S was just causing the sail to slat and increasing chafe.
@@EvanFindingFreedom There is a ton of debate on jaws up vs. jaws down,. My comment was intended tongue-in-cheek. I find jaws up has worked best for me with asym spinnaker because it very difficult to release jaws down if the lines are under load. I don't think that matters much with furling headsails. FWIW Forespare shows jaws down on their instructional videos.
@@EvanFindingFreedomhmm yes that is a good point.🤔 I guess you would be able to get it down quickly but the sheet would come with the pole. I am lucky that I have 2 poles so I never have to swap them over
With consistent downwind sailing I would use a spinnaker. Can also give troubles, but not the ones you showed with two sails as you configured. Stay save!
@@EvanFindingFreedom Yeah, that was my first thought too: "damn is he on the ocean without a spinnaker ?" Besides this sail and the engine, what else is missing? ;-)
would that work though with the way my halyard attaches to the pole? the the cables and O ring that the halyard attaches to would be upside down and not pulling straight up on the pole.
@@EvanFindingFreedom there should be an up haul and a down haul unless yours is missing some thing (just an FYI i'm form Edmonton Ab but about to move to Nova Scotia where my boat is and will be getting out on the water next year)
You're good at sailing Evan, which shows. I think Dacia enjoys messing with you. She's head strong and likes to run if you'll let her. Keep a tight line on that girl !
Her and I are a good team! I'm just about to start on a bunch of boat work here soon! She needs some pretty major leaks fixed, as well as a bunch of other stuff!
remember!!! i would drink at least a cup of water each awake hour in hot latitudes ,in Australia on my sail boat .survived now 77 retired ,sailing with you vicariously, heads up sailor,
sorry bothering you again.... about spinnaker pole you need a pole downhaul instead of the two external line so I suggest you to do the same attaches you have for the load high pole if it makes sense to you . big hugs, Luca
Better off to fall off and jibe downwind in a deep reach so you're not directly downwind. It's faster, easier on the rig, and will minimizes that slamming.
The age of the boat does not matter. Its the design and maintenance that makes or breaks seaworthiness. I crewed on a 40 foot double-ended steel ketch that looked like a pregnant guppy. It did not have a doghouse. All its leeside hatches were essentially below the waterline when heavily heeled! Tiny center cockpit as well. BUT it had inside steering and was incredibly heavily, individually stayed masts with massive chainplates. Long keeled with the rudder attached to it only, not the transom. This boat went around the horn and sailed mostly in the North Atlantic. It had a massive beam too and all the bunks were gimbled... no V birth that's was the head and chain locker. Nope you did NOT wanna hit this thing!
@@EvanFindingFreedom In my book a must have on a boat. You wouldn't go so mad with a spinnaker, and then you also could call it a "spinnaker pole" without correcting yourself in postedit. lol
I’m surprised most modern sailers choosing this lifestyle don’t buy affordable hammocks for their cabins it might be a better solution to getting decent rest than flogging around on their bunks
@@CecilLee-h2z I see your thought here. But the movement of the boat at sea is often not what keeps me from sleeping. During this passage it was mostly the sound of the sails slatting due to the sea state and not enough wind to keep the sails full while surfing down the waves.
Wing and wing in sloppy seas is ... sloppy. I don't know your boat. However, you can always tack downwind to get back your sanity and to get some sleep.
Please dude!!! do me a favore in order to continue to watch your fantastic adventures, PLEASE wear a lifejackets and be attached to a life line as a solo sailor during manover and works outside the safety of the cockpit !!! Please do it for you !!! Luca from Italy
To try to avoid heat stroke and skin cancer, don't go shirtless in the sun. Wear a light weight long sleeve shirt, and a broad rimmed hat. Don't drink alcohol and drink lots of water.
I go weeks on end with only a main across the Pacific. Sleep whenever U want it doesn't matter. Didn't U notice the difference after the gybe, Ur 6th sense needs to be developed more. Also MTR long bungee cords on the boom or headsail keeps the slamming away .
you have a coping mechanism for when you're stressed? The idea of being totally alone, being driven to distraction by the sails sounds nightmarish. I imagined sailing in what looks such a beautiful climate would put me in a state of blissful solitude. You actually sound kinda bored.
It definitely has its moments!! Being bored is actually a real think when out at sea for so long. You wouldn't think it until you're out there! Always something to do to keep busy though... If you're willing to look for it haha. But then you need to reserve energy.. Sailing solo has an interesting set of challenges.
Great GREAT video. It is one of the best video/editing I have watched. You showed the authentic story mixed with the right music at the right moment to show the real/your experience not just happy content. Great job, I can’t wait for next week video.
WOW!! Thanks for the compliment man!! Seeing all the incredible feedback is amazing :)
I'll second that! Perfect music choices to highlight the tone of each part of the story👍👍
Great video, my son! It always amazing me how much you figure things out so well. Grampa would be so proud!
Great video man but one word of advice, as a solo sailer myself, im always tethered to my boat with life vest to a jack line especially when leaving the cockpit to handle any kind of maintenance like a big ass whisker pole!
Love you Evan! You're not the first person to think that dophins appear when you really need them. So glad you got yours! Safe travels. ❤
Refreshing is to see a sailing video about sailing. And freedom is not to be found, it is about you leting it be.
That's the premise of the channel name. I'm searching for something that can't be found. Not by forcing it at least. Theres lots to be learned by sailing engineless. And the ocean carries a lot of metaphor for life.
That was one of the best sailing videos I’ve seen. Beautiful, authentic. You have a talent for conveying the day to day joys and frustrations. Thanks for bringing us along for the ride.
That's such a great compliment! Thank you!!
Hi, advice from an old salt. Rather than going dead downwind try tacking down. This increases your distance but rolling decreases a lot and you will have much less chafe. Look at how race boats generate wind by bringing that apparent wind angle forward.
Hope this helps. Cheers Peter.
Spot on . Just go 10 degrees of course then come back on Ur rumbling after 24 hrs sailing on the opposite gybe. U don't need to be on the rumbline exactly.
Dude, this is probably my favorite sailing channel. You show a good deal of the daily ins and outs of sailing, I like your personality, and its not a bunch of foul language. 👍
Thanks man!! I'm just getting started and really appreciate all the positive feedback! 🤙
Hey... greetings from Miami! I've Been binge watching your posts this afternoon after YT recommended your channel.... I'm hooked! Fascinating to hear your explanations regarding how you manage the sails particularly in stormy seas... particularly now in Summer. Fortunately no hurricanes the horizon! Any way safe and happy sailing!
have to say how good your video and commentary is compared to many others i follow around the globe ,great stuff young man, wish i was with you,
Good job 👍 I always enjoy your videos!!Glad you’re back sailing and making it for us to follow your travels.Funny I was thinking about you a while back and what had happened to you.Admire your determination to make it and rise above the things that aren’t going very good.
Never quit at a dream 😉 Thanks for the kind words!
Really digging your channel - couldn’t tell you exactly why just seems to hit all the right notes, fair winds 🙏
A fellow engineless sailor.👍🏻 Lovely video. I can feel your pain with the slatting sails. Head problems 😂, just buy a bucket 😁
Great video. The dolphin footage was epic!!!
I was soooo excited after getting that footage and watching it back! Its amazing!
Thanks for a real sailing video! Fair winds and following seas can be a lot of work!
a solo sailor through and true!
Just found your channel- excellent content a good mix of DIY, filming, explanations and music all in a well thought out story. New subscriber and I rang the bell not to miss an episode!
awesome!! Thanks a ton for the kind words :) NEW episode out tomorrow!
I'm really enjoying watching our Videos. I've subscribed and should receive notifications for NEW Videos. Looking forward to seeing more Videos. Awesome you are LIVING YOUR DREAMS. I have to say also that the Dolphin Visits are also Beautiful and Amazing.
Hi Evan! Just found your channel and enjoy it immensely. I also have done quite a bit of blue water sailing without an engine - it adds to the sense of accomplishment and brings sailing skills uo very quickly. I always have a line from the outboard end of the whisker pole going forward and another line from the whisker pole outboard end going aft this secures the pole in heavier conditions. This arrangement also allows you to adjust where the genoa sheet goes through the pole jaws, allowing you to keep the sail clew from chaffing.
Still better than being stuck in bumper to bumper traffic. Keep your chin up bro. 💪
Excellent video Evan. Well done. Everytime i see a video where a sailor is fixing a marine head or pumping out a black tank, i become more convinced that pooping in a bucket (composting head) is the way to go.
idk.. I've been using my toilet daily for 5 years. It only now just had issues haha. and it was very easy to take apart. I've heard plenty of people do the composting head and then regret it.. You have to empty it yourself daily..
@@EvanFindingFreedom that's a fair analysis. I'm still favoring the simplicity of the litter box. Lol
Great video brother
Outstanding , looking forward to more. ⛵
A good emergency fix for your traveler is a double sheet system. If you watch adventures of an old sea dog, he uses this system, and it works great for him. He has sailed 3/4 of the way around the world on his double main sheet system. I keep a set up on my Tayana 52 for emergency. Great video
Funny you say that. Next episode I rig up something similar to that to get myself to Rio Dulce :)
@@EvanFindingFreedom good deal
great little bit of film making mate
Thanks for sharing. Enjoyed your video and look forward to following your adventure.
I agree with Jeffrey. You don't need a traveler when you use opposing blocks fixed to each end of the traveler to the boom... Because it is a two purchase block each side, that doubles as a preventor too... Real simple... Nice to be out there despite the roll...
Love the video and you're doing a great job. We have the same boat and when we run down wind like that or have the traveler way out I alway tighten up the loose side incase something bad happens. Granted backwinding the main with a preventer on and the traveler all the way over isn't a great thing either, but nothing should break. Looking forward to your next video.
Very much enjoying your sailing channel Evan, it’s given me a bit of light as I work on my own yacht to do what I want where I want in that freedom that nature provides ⛵️☀️❤️ My sailing playground is around the Fastnet Rock here in West Cork 🇮🇪
I'll be joining you with that working on the yacht thing soon haha!! The boat work will begin shortly!
Love your videos! Jaws up on that whisker pole 🙂.
Whisker pole can only work how I'm running it. Otherwise the cables and O ring that the halyard attaches to will be upside down and twisting the pole. I've looked at a few different set ups after this passage. Not sure if there's much else I could have done differently. The awkward roll coming from the S was just causing the sail to slat and increasing chafe.
@@EvanFindingFreedom There is a ton of debate on jaws up vs. jaws down,. My comment was intended tongue-in-cheek. I find jaws up has worked best for me with asym spinnaker because it very difficult to release jaws down if the lines are under load. I don't think that matters much with furling headsails. FWIW Forespare shows jaws down on their instructional videos.
Get it bro. Fair winds.
try to put sail battens on the mainsail and you will wonder how better the sail stay in form and no more slapping in calm wind and waves. 😉
For the chafe on the genoa sheets you could try rigging it through a low friction ring on the end of your whisker pole🤔
would I be able to take the pole down in a hurry if it's rigged like that?
@@EvanFindingFreedomhmm yes that is a good point.🤔 I guess you would be able to get it down quickly but the sheet would come with the pole. I am lucky that I have 2 poles so I never have to swap them over
With consistent downwind sailing I would use a spinnaker. Can also give troubles, but not the ones you showed with two sails as you configured. Stay save!
agreed. If only I had a spinnaker haha
@@EvanFindingFreedom Yeah, that was my first thought too: "damn is he on the ocean without a spinnaker ?" Besides this sail and the engine, what else is missing? ;-)
You should have the hooks up on the pole
If you have to release it the pole will always fall off of the sheet
would that work though with the way my halyard attaches to the pole? the the cables and O ring that the halyard attaches to would be upside down and not pulling straight up on the pole.
@@EvanFindingFreedom there should be an up haul and a down haul unless yours is missing some thing
(just an FYI i'm form Edmonton Ab but about to move to Nova Scotia where my boat is and will be getting out on the water next year)
You're good at sailing Evan, which shows. I think Dacia enjoys messing with you. She's head strong and likes to run if you'll let her. Keep a tight line on that girl !
Her and I are a good team! I'm just about to start on a bunch of boat work here soon! She needs some pretty major leaks fixed, as well as a bunch of other stuff!
remember!!! i would drink at least a cup of water each awake hour in hot latitudes ,in Australia on my sail boat .survived now 77 retired ,sailing with you vicariously, heads up sailor,
Another nice video
Thanks for watching!! :)
sorry bothering you again.... about spinnaker pole you need a pole downhaul instead of the two external line so I suggest you to do the same attaches you have for the load high pole if it makes sense to you . big hugs, Luca
Better off to fall off and jibe downwind in a deep reach so you're not directly downwind. It's faster, easier on the rig, and will minimizes that slamming.
The age of the boat does not matter. Its the design and maintenance that makes or breaks seaworthiness. I crewed on a 40 foot double-ended steel ketch that looked like a pregnant guppy. It did not have a doghouse. All its leeside hatches were essentially below the waterline when heavily heeled! Tiny center cockpit as well. BUT it had inside steering and was incredibly heavily, individually stayed masts with massive chainplates. Long keeled with the rudder attached to it only, not the transom. This boat went around the horn and sailed mostly in the North Atlantic. It had a massive beam too and all the bunks were gimbled... no V birth that's was the head and chain locker. Nope you did NOT wanna hit this thing!
awesome :P
I think in your situation a spinnaker would be a good solution
You're definitely right. But they're not cheap haha!
@@EvanFindingFreedom In my book a must have on a boat. You wouldn't go so mad with a spinnaker, and then you also could call it a "spinnaker pole" without correcting yourself in postedit. lol
That strange swell with little wind was so awful. Most miserable sail we have had yet.
Enjoying your videos. Cool tip: wrap the cold cloth around your neck. It cools the blood going to your brain.
always reef main and reef headsail at night,
I’m surprised most modern sailers choosing this lifestyle don’t buy affordable hammocks for their cabins it might be a better solution to getting decent rest than flogging around on their bunks
@@CecilLee-h2z I see your thought here.
But the movement of the boat at sea is often not what keeps me from sleeping.
During this passage it was mostly the sound of the sails slatting due to the sea state and not enough wind to keep the sails full while surfing down the waves.
@ yeah that could be mental after so long
What’s your wind vane make?
Hydrovane!
Is that a Cape George ?
She's a Tayana 37
Wing and wing in sloppy seas is ... sloppy. I don't know your boat. However, you can always tack downwind to get back your sanity and to get some sleep.
Please dude!!! do me a favore in order to continue to watch your fantastic adventures, PLEASE wear a lifejackets and be attached to a life line as a solo sailor during manover and works outside the safety of the cockpit !!! Please do it for you !!! Luca from Italy
Vai in montagna,è un consiglio.
looks like there are no main battens
I get the whole push through hard times and all that but it always takes money. That’s it. Just money
not entirely true. I've met people on my travels who have done some pretty incredible things without money.
To try to avoid heat stroke and skin cancer, don't go shirtless in the sun. Wear a light weight long sleeve shirt, and a broad rimmed hat. Don't drink alcohol and drink lots of water.
Always tack down wind it a little slower but it's much smoother 12:46
Rig your pole directly to the clew. Not on the sheet.
No, bad advice. If it's directly to the clew then you can't shorten sail in a hurry.
I go weeks on end with only a main across the Pacific. Sleep whenever U want it doesn't matter.
Didn't U notice the difference after the gybe, Ur 6th sense needs to be developed more. Also MTR long bungee cords on the boom or headsail keeps the slamming away .
You might need to buy a catamaran 😂
hahah! no way! I might just need a better sail plan for down wind lol!
@@EvanFindingFreedom how about just one of those fancy lifejackets to wear when you’re on deck and could fall overboard🎉 just one man’s thought
you have a coping mechanism for when you're stressed? The idea of being totally alone, being driven to distraction by the sails sounds nightmarish. I imagined sailing in what looks such a beautiful climate would put me in a state of blissful solitude. You actually sound kinda bored.
It definitely has its moments!! Being bored is actually a real think when out at sea for so long. You wouldn't think it until you're out there! Always something to do to keep busy though... If you're willing to look for it haha. But then you need to reserve energy.. Sailing solo has an interesting set of challenges.