If the sea and wind could speak and ask for the perfect vessel... the trad Pilot Cutter would be it. Beautiful ships. Quite simply the prettiest lines ever designed for sail, purposeful, rugged....stunning.
What is that 6-8 knots? One thing that makes these old cutters fast is the length of the boom. That puts a lot of drive down low, just feet above the waterline.
She's at haul speed and as a fixed keel she can't surf beyond her bow wave. 46 feet overall, and I'm guessing on her degree of heal her water line is say 44 feet. Square root of 44 is 6.6, times 1.34 to determine speed based on the size of the her sine wave, and you have an speed estimate of 8.8 knots. At least that's how I was shown how to determine haul speed.
Going like a train is quite apposite. Can you go back and do it again, and this time include the whole hull and mast top for longer? I think I just watched the perfect sailing craft.
@@jamestheotherone742 Weather helm is part of the design of just about any singlemasted longkeeled boat, the rudder is basically a huge trimtab whose location at the back of the keel means it is inherently unbalanced but the sailplan is balanced for it. Increased wind exaggerates it though as the mainsail gains a lot more power than the headsails (in part because of the increased airflow from those headsails) and apparant wind moves aft a bit unless you point higher.
@@Flakzor123 Thank you Capt. Mansplainer. You can only tune a rig for one configuration of sailplan, generally somewhere in the middle between fully reefed to every sheet flying, what ever the crew happens to find themselves using most often. Anything outside of that affects the balance of the rig and thus induces weatherhelm. That's what that funny flappy tabby thing at the back of the boat is for.
@@jamestheotherone742 Wow, I'm a mansplainer for telling you (who I'm assuming is a man based on your name) how things work. Get your notepad and write this down: Boats WANT a certain degree of weatherhelm and longkeeled boats especially, the original comment by Trou is likely due to the fact that the helmsman seems to be sweating a bit at the tiller. You still seem completely oblivious to the fact that on any fore& aft rig using conventional sails the sailbalance changes as the wind increases even if you don't tweak anything or change any sails. This is due to the material stretching and altering the shape of the sail as well as the airflow wanting to stay more "straight" than the shape of the sail is configured for, those are the reasons the center of effort moves aft on the rig as the wind picks up. As for reasons to want weatherhelm: Leehelm is terribly inefficient as the rudder has to push the stern downwind to compensate and this increases your leeway by a lot and is also dangerous if you are on your own and fall off while not strapped in since you won't be seeing your boat again.
@@Flakzor123 News flash to you, "mansplaining" is a pejorative to YOU not the recipient, regardless of their gender. Your verbosity of trying to to (man)explain again the how much you know of weatherheld is only a bee in your bonnet, to everyone else, its "just trim". You trim your rig to have what ever weatherhelm suits you at whatever wind speed and point of sail.
Notice how smooth and flat her wake is. Her designer must be proud.
I'd say it's a bit over 60 feet long, so it's probably sailing at about 3/4 hull speed.
1st thing I noticed 👍
....goodness that was great...marvellous...so thankful for the internet that i get to see things like this..great to be alive...
True wind speed is under 12kts( no white caps) SO much sail area!! Awesome speed and trim !!
Raw Power! Pilot cutters are the greatest looking boats ever.
If the sea and wind could speak and ask for the perfect vessel... the trad Pilot Cutter would be it. Beautiful ships. Quite simply the prettiest lines ever designed for sail, purposeful, rugged....stunning.
Propbably the pinnacle of gorgeous, smooth, stable and FAST!
Wow! She is moving across the water so gracefully!
She is beautiful and well trimmed wish I was on board.
That is an awesome bit of footage you captured there.. Thanks for sharing.
evryone of these powell cutters are just gorgeous
That beauty looks like it would slice a Sunseeker clean in half... Love it.
Gorgeous boat, gorgeous view … everything !…
Waow, after all our ancestors were not so bad at designing efficient and fast salinng boats back then
Agnes is under 20 years old
Wow!!! It is moving along nicely!!! Seems reasonably balanced!
She's beautiful with all those sails and at speed!
Absolutely beautiful, form bye function
I sail, and that is just WOW!
The way life should be!
Barley healed over - must have a tonne of ballast. Gorgeous vessel.
Clin foc, foc, trinque, flèche, grand’voile aurique quelle belle marine !!!
damn that thing is smokin.. must be doin high 8's low 9's in light wind.
Who the hell could give this a "thumbs down"?
Psychopaths
people who have never had a wet butt by salt water
Looks like a enjoyable afternoon
Absolutely nothing more beautiful.
Must be an exciting time for those in board. Would like to have been there as well.
What a dreamboat. Certainly gets the old salty juices going.
a few moments of real ...life...lucky people
it really is: nothing like being out among the wind and waves
so nice, no words can explain.
Great little ships!
Good lord she is FAST. How many knots????
Winches are for whimps!
What a beautiful boat .
Wonderful expression 'gong like a train' as both have the look of strength and power. No rails for the cutter to keep it on the straight and narrow.
That's the reason they call it a cutter!! Enjoy
Beautiful
Wow, she was really cooking! What was that 10 knots? 12? Beautiful to see.
Can i come sailing with you. Just had a great week on Provident
Fabulous reach!!
What a lovely sight 👍👍
What is that 6-8 knots? One thing that makes these old cutters fast is the length of the boom. That puts a lot of drive down low, just feet above the waterline.
9-10 my guess
She's at haul speed and as a fixed keel she can't surf beyond her bow wave. 46 feet overall, and I'm guessing on her degree of heal her water line is say 44 feet. Square root of 44 is 6.6, times 1.34 to determine speed based on the size of the her sine wave, and you have an speed estimate of 8.8 knots. At least that's how I was shown how to determine haul speed.
That's what I like to see carrying all her sail and bookin!
What is this sorcery how is this going that fast jeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez
Simply stunning.
Now that's having some fun 😉👍👍🇺🇸
I love pilot cutters, you can probably tell by my pfp lol
Magnificent!
Perfect day out in the water
any drawings for it i would like to build as a rc version
Perfect line ❤
Love it. If the big lad with the white beard moved to the port side she'd be going even faster!
Absolutely!
You mean the fat man?
Presumably, he was there to act as ballast.
He is on the port side
Beautiful 👌
a tiller! A proper cutter!
Smiling like a little boy
I love your doggie.
Beautiful ❤️
Glorious.
BOOKIN!
Superb...
Smoot sailing🎉❤😊
mighty
She's built for sailing, but it looks like she can fly too.
I wish i was been there.
Wonder how fast she's actually moving? Cool boat.
I'm also wondering. I tried to find any info of these boats, but I couldn't.
probably around 10-12 knots, in this particular video....
@@bpetersson5024 Yeah I think that is a solid estimate.
@@bpetersson5024 No wake to speak of, so given its likely length, I'd say 8 knots maybe.
Going like a train is quite apposite. Can you go back and do it again, and this time include the whole hull and mast top for longer? I think I just watched the perfect sailing craft.
Szép a futása ,
do i see weather helm ???
She's probably not tuned for full canvas.
@@jamestheotherone742 Weather helm is part of the design of just about any singlemasted longkeeled boat, the rudder is basically a huge trimtab whose location at the back of the keel means it is inherently unbalanced but the sailplan is balanced for it. Increased wind exaggerates it though as the mainsail gains a lot more power than the headsails (in part because of the increased airflow from those headsails) and apparant wind moves aft a bit unless you point higher.
@@Flakzor123 Thank you Capt. Mansplainer.
You can only tune a rig for one configuration of sailplan, generally somewhere in the middle between fully reefed to every sheet flying, what ever the crew happens to find themselves using most often. Anything outside of that affects the balance of the rig and thus induces weatherhelm. That's what that funny flappy tabby thing at the back of the boat is for.
@@jamestheotherone742 Wow, I'm a mansplainer for telling you (who I'm assuming is a man based on your name) how things work. Get your notepad and write this down: Boats WANT a certain degree of weatherhelm and longkeeled boats especially, the original comment by Trou is likely due to the fact that the helmsman seems to be sweating a bit at the tiller. You still seem completely oblivious to the fact that on any fore& aft rig using conventional sails the sailbalance changes as the wind increases even if you don't tweak anything or change any sails. This is due to the material stretching and altering the shape of the sail as well as the airflow wanting to stay more "straight" than the shape of the sail is configured for, those are the reasons the center of effort moves aft on the rig as the wind picks up. As for reasons to want weatherhelm: Leehelm is terribly inefficient as the rudder has to push the stern downwind to compensate and this increases your leeway by a lot and is also dangerous if you are on your own and fall off while not strapped in since you won't be seeing your boat again.
@@Flakzor123 News flash to you, "mansplaining" is a pejorative to YOU not the recipient, regardless of their gender.
Your verbosity of trying to to (man)explain again the how much you know of weatherheld is only a bee in your bonnet, to everyone else, its "just trim". You trim your rig to have what ever weatherhelm suits you at whatever wind speed and point of sail.
Beautiful