This is the best channel!!! You allow us to experience the tranquility of sailing with your videos. I love how you video the sails in the wind and the water slipping past the boat. Thank you.
Thanks Trace. I also know, when in my rocking chair, that I will love looking back on sailing Cloudy Bay. Just hope 4K is still an acceptable resolution by then!
OMG. Every time one of your episodes shows the HR54 under serious sailing conditions, you top it off with this. Supurb views, sounds and ambiance. Just the sounds of the boat going through the water put me in vicarious heaven. I enjoyed the view from the bow pulpit looking up the forestay at the spinnaker. The design of that sail is new to me. Loved the first mate's narration. I now have to be patient for a subsequent follow up.
Oh, the sounds of Cloudy moving through the water never gets old. LOVE how you're able to capture it (& share), thank you!! Stunning sail & clever shots too! Thank you, thank you & thank you!
steven saxon. I was looking at the “Offshore” app from PredictWind.com. It does weather routing and best of all you can get the data using Irdium-Go while on a remote passage.
Hellow Glen & Oana, Happy sailing,, best video on web about Parasailor, best picture, explanation and details. Continue sailing, some day will see on sea.
Hello both of you. I soooo enjoy watching your videos. The main reason, in addition to the massive love that you have for each other and how calming you both are, is that you are both intelligent and sensible. You are people who I would love to spend time with Please keep videoing, keep safe and keep happy. Are you retired and do you have children?
Of all sailing videos I enjoy watching yours is by far the coolest.. You guys appear so very Laid back and funny. Thanks for sharing. I hope to be in blue water someday soon.. Where is the beautiful lady from. Love the very cute accent..
I love this yacht.. superb performance and layout. The sound and the feeling of speed from the vid were fantastic. Great content. You deserve many more subscribers. Excellent channel :)
Nice job keeping the spinnaker flying. Thanks again for taking us to parts of the world we would otherwise never see....! I like the chart recorder commentary and seeing the instruments of the wind as you proceed. Keep up the good work....!
Looks like you guys hit the wind and weather almost perfectly. Lotsa casual spinnaker cruising in shorts and t-shirts, who could ask for anything better!
Good to see people sail to Jamaica and visit the island, not many sailing channels do it. Its on our list of places to sail to. Our first vacation in the Caribbeans was in Jamaica and planing to return by sailboat next time.
Yes, it was an interesting island. Similar culture, we thought the windwards. But quite different to the beauty of Bahamas, so took us a while to acclimatize
Top video Captain Glen👍🏽 sail set-up & preparation, spreading the load & allowing the kite to fill up, also reading the weather tea leaves..Jack Aubrey would be impressed👏🏼, he would've press-ganged you into the old RN..! Your videos are far better than the T & A🤬Click-bait of most others. Enjoyed the 🌺Commodore's🌺commentary👍🏽..Looking forward to next episode🖖🏽..!
excellent video! wonderful downwind passage, beautiful conditions- great filming. love how you guys just decided at the moment to change course and plans! wow, you were hauling ass wing on wing- look forward to your jamaica footage. west/negril side should be great
Bong Voyage Captain and wife team.. That sail is doing fantastic it seems.. Is it better than what it suppose to do Captain ? I feel so.. be safe and enjoy..
good passage, smooth sailing, fair winds - that para-sailor -sail, is very interesting in light winds. I was wondering if the 'lifting gap' would help if you have a small squall run up fast (since it could let air out), yet I guess not, as it is more for lifting than shedding load. When was the Atlantic that calm? Fair winds! Great sail!
drx1 xym yes it’s one of the features of “the gap”. Under normal sailing it feeds the wing with lifts the sail bit in gusty conditions it also very effectively de-powers the sail
The way, the lines for the parasail are conducted, seems quite unusual. I don't know any spi-system, were 2 lines are attached to the bowsprit. Will have to study that. Very nice relaxing Zen-Moments in your video.
Hi Glenn + Oana, thanks for the information + videos on the Parasail!! We like it: in order to have a good tackle position, the bow sprit is necessary, isn`t it? Greetings from the Netherlands, Rudolf + Lydia on the HR 42e "Erlano" ....... 😀
Are you guys a reality show? From Hollywood cause you are amazing at editing and funny and sailing..... WUT EVER I CAN DO STUFF TO........ HAHAHA KEEP UP THE FUN THANKS FOR THE LAUGH'S AND SMILES
Zeke, No, no, no and NO! We are not a reality show, god forbid! At least, we try our best not to look like one anyway. We like to keep our privacy of how we live onboard but rather focus only on pure sailing, exploring where we land and how we up-keep our boat. And we certainly are not into showing T&A (Oana's that is ... no one would be interested in mine!) just to get our viewings up. As for humor and smiles, well, that's just us. Glad you like it :) Thanks for the comment.
🤙Thanks for the nice Sail-Trip. We hope, you are healthy in spite of Corona. Greetings from SY SVELA „ Helga + Benno“ ( NAJAD 391) Duisburg/ Germany Harbor: South- Netherlands
Glen have you considered using a shorter Whisker Pole (attached to the mast and set perpendicular to yacht CL) to push the spinnaker sheet outboard to create a better angle when reaching with spinnaker. This is a racing technique maybe not suited for short handed cruising 👍👍
Andrew Logan yes used those on racing yachts but - a) too much hassle on a cruising yacht and b) you don’t really need one with the Parasailor because off the wind all the force is on the tackline, not the guy.
Beautiful sailing video. Do you prefer the parasailer over a genneker? Moving that quickly I could watch all day, it's hypnotic! Lines look complex, you need your wits about you if you're not doing that every day. Well done!
Hi Bob, we sold our asymetric spinnaker within weeks of getting the Parasailor. It flys from 90 to 180 deg off wind no problem, and sets like a dream. So yes, much much prefer the parasailor. Up to 15knt wind we use parasailor from 120-180 degree. anything more than that our 140% genoa (either normal or poled out) works well.
@@SailCloudyBay Thanks! I'm being pushed down the, expensive, Code Zero route rather than a large genoa. I must admit I like our gennaker as it seems to balance the boat well, oh and it makes for very fast sailing in light airs, always a bonus!
Excellent video, amazing sailing. Great sail set ups. How do you split up your watch shifts? Love watching your channel. Can’t wait to get back to our yacht when we can travel again. Keep safe and well.
Great sailing footage, thank you! I bet it can be gnarly around the tip of Cuba. Some quick decision making on Jamaica 😁😁 Have a safe trip to the US for now 👍
Sail Cloudy Bay and amazing to see the effects of the acceleration reaching so far out towards Jamaica ... as soon as you left the lee of Cuba you caught it again 👍
Zeger Wijnands yes we did catch that great wind again. It was a bit dicy coming into Port Antonio, a Lee Shore, unknown Harbour and at night. Got the heart pumping a bit!
Gidday guys, another great presentation, thank you. I'd never seen a parasailor flown before but it makes sense and seems quite versatile. Am I right in assuming it can be flown without the pole using just the 'bowsprit braces' to stabilize it? Does Oana have a sister? When you are sorting kite sheets I'd love to have an admiral that says 'it's OK, you have 4 days to get it flying'. I'm more used to hearing 'get the kite up now, you have 400 metres before we jibe it at the mark' (no pressure). Do you set your autopilot to course or wind angle when you fly the kite. Fair winds and stay safe.
HiI Glenn Para sailing Segelgt mann ruhiger oder?sieht so aus auserdem sieht wirklich schöenn und cool (die farben Von Delos ) ich Freu mich jedesmall glenn und ouana uber euch hoffe sie segeln lebens lang und Teilen mit uns die ideen und die strände !
Zeke, more coming! Plus we have many other sailing videos on our you tube channel. Look for the ones with high viewing numbers. They tend to be the best sailing episodes. The episodes where we mostly explore land are less popular.
Hi Glen, Oana. I'm studying this intently again, planning to order soon. I'm weighing up sizes/lengths. Do you know the leech length and area of your Parasailor, along with your I-Spi measurement (from the limit of raising your sock's shackle, vertically down to what would be the foredeck equivalent level at the base of the mast)? It looks like your Parasailor, rigged in its sock, would be close to matching that length on your HR 54. I'm learning that some folk order bigger ones than this; others order smaller ones, sometimes after starting with bigger ones. Do you have any thoughts on the fit, feel and behaviour of yours, on your boat? I'm leaning towards a size that matches the fit you seem to have, or one size larger (50cm longer and 6% more area). I'm told I should be able to 'sock'' this without dunking it in the drink - important! I'd value your thoughts. Thanks. Rick.
Rick, as you may remember, Oana found this parasailor on the second hand market. The size that ISTEC recommended for the HR54 rig was 232m2. The one we purchased is 228m2, so slightly smaller than the recommended. The "correct" one for our HR54 would apparently have been 0.5m longer. But we are quite happy with this size (its already huge!), because when we douse it, the snuffler ends up perfectly 1/2m off the deck and the "tails" of the clews dont quite touch the water if we accidentally let them fly. As for measurements, I’m afraid I don’t have any. Hope that helps.
Oana, Glen - this video is quite brilliant and so helpful. What we get to see of your sail set-ups is wonderful, just at the point when my wife and I are choosing our foresails. On top of this footage, your comments (and instrument shots) are perfectly informative, providing ideal contextual data on weather and boat performance. Thanks for this - and for knowing how to hold a camera steady! :-) We are having a rolling conversation, tossing up which single or combination of foresails to order, to augment the standard short-genoa (or solent) and inner-foresail on our 45 footer. So let me ask - in light of your experience with this Parasailor, are there conditions where you would prefer or need to use a symmetrical or asymmetrical spinnaker, or perhaps a gennaker? Are those sails now effectively redundant for Cloudy Bay? At times we do find there is some remaining attraction to the idea of a roller-furling gennaker, or the simplicity of outside gybing with an asymmetrical spinnaker. However, when we see the wonderful performance you get with your Parasailor, ... well, we feel encouraged to jump over the simpler sails and go straight to the high end, of performance, but perhaps also of complexity. Regards, Rick.
Rick, we had an asymmetric and really didnt like it. We could not go down wind with it and frankly the genoa performed just as well in the wind angle range of the asymmetric. What we needed for a light wind sail for that annoying wind angle between 120-180.
@@SailCloudyBay Thanks for these thoughts Glen. Yep, the Parasailor solution is looking pretty hard to beat, for what I hope will be light to medium wind duties from reaching to running. Our foremost foresail is 102% at best; called a solent. It won't have the tight upwind pull in light wind that your 140% genoa has, so we are also looking at a Code 0, to cover that territory. And just as you've described, because it comes on a nice and convenient detachable furler, it's stupidly expensive - the same as a Parasailor! Eek! Don't these sailmakers realise us yachties have run out of money? :-|
I like your customized motor cover - can you please share where you found someone to make that? I have a Yamaha 4 stroke 15 hp. thanks and fair sailing!
Sail Cloudy Bay Thank you so much for your quick response. BTW- in ordering I saw they are now celebrating 20 years in business and have 20% off all covers! 😁
Hi there! Do you really need to pole out the parasailor with the Spinakker boom? And is it necessary to have a genakker pole too? Or is it possible to sail the parasailor without it?
Hi Niklas. In theory it is possible to fly the parasailor without a pole. But dead downwind it does tend to roll from one side to another even in calm seas. Adding the pole makes it VERY stable. THe beauty of the Parasailor is that you can launch it with no pole then casually rasie the pole on the lazy guy then tension up on the guy. Much easier than a normal spinnaker where the pole has to be set ready right when you first set it.
I like your doing a rare thing on videos and letting us hear the sea and the wind while looking at your setup, etc. Thank you for the experience! Have you ever double poled the parasail or any thoughts on that?
Thanks Kent. Glad you liked the natural soundtrack. We only hve 1 pole on the boat, so no, never thought about double poling it. Frankly, its very stable on one pole. And in the range 90-160, its stable without any pole.
Happy to see the spinnaker rigging setup. Terrific footage and instructional narrating. *Savvy viewers will note how valuable these vids are to those of us learning - there's so much education within your episodes. I'm all ears. Many thanks Glen & Oana. Also admiring your cutter wrap lol. I need to learn that one! That shot at 13:56 wow. Pause and you can clearly see the whisker pole & guy rigging. Glens infamous "shot over the bow" keep hitting the targets! Also, what's in the highest dome at 15:47 ? Internet?
Dale, thanks for another great comment. Yes, that was quite a shot inside the spinnaker eh? The dome on top of the radar post is a small Inmarsat antenna. We’ve never used it because the cheapest package is $400 per month for just 40mb. Yes .... 40meg! If you want anything like useable internet via satellite it’s $thousands per month. These big sat domes you see on top of super yachts are probably minimum $8000 per month for the line rental. And even then it’s only a few Gb allowance!
@@SailCloudyBay Thought so. We discussed that previously and wondered if you went for something like that. Also happy to hear you are finally leaving the Caymans and the flies that bugged you.. ha. Where to in the US? Apologies if I am behind on your plans, been a rough spring here with all three of my businesses shut from Coronavirus.. grr - thankfully you guys are keeping my and others' spirits afloat with your great vids.
@@SailCloudyBay been a cold spring here in Boston. Finally 80 deg F today. Glorious! Hey did I ever send you this US weather aggregate resource? Excellent. Focus on Hurricanes as well. spaghettimodels.com/
Zeke, Practice, practice, practice. Since the age of 14 for me, but only recently for Oana. That said, its not rocket science and easy to learn. There are many sites where you can offer your services as crew, where you get to learn by doing. Or you can take some instruction with a sailing school. Some just buy a boat and get out on the water, but be ware, the sea can be very unforgiving to the innocent.
@@SailCloudyBay now we both know that explination is just not doing justice for what I am guessing is a really GOOD story behind captain Glen, with your spin and attention to detail, ( I mean look at cloudy surgically clean and very thoughtful in fit/finish). Kinda like saying cloudy is an average ordinary sailing???!!! Please if you can I would even become a patron to get that Kool video (saved my dollar this month) ha Hahaha 😉
@@SailCloudyBay A *Tacker* is a some sort of thingy to use when sailing. www.precisionsailloft.com/blog/atn-tacker-unboxing-and-review-/ www.atninc.com/atn-tacker-sailing-equipment.shtml www.istec.ag/uk/products/parasailor/no-pole-required.html www.oceanchandlery.com/atn-tacker.html
steenkigerrider interesting. Good for a smaller yacht without a bowsprit and to use with an asymmetric spinnaker. Not the right piece of kit for a symmetric spinnaker though. Thanks for showing me.
The wing in a Parasail or Parasailor (by ISTEC) is taken from the design of a parasail - those wing-shaped parachute things that dudes glide across the skies with. Depending on the model, wind goes over the fabric wing of the Parasail, or over and through the twin wing surfaces of a Parasailor (which Glen and Oana have), and causes lift. This imparts a lifting and opening force to the body of the sail, which ensures it stays fuller and more open than a normal spinnaker would during lulls in the wind. Claims are also made about the effects of the force vectors on the sail's lines, i.e. the effects of vertical lift on the wing reduces the extent to which the top of the mast is pulled down, meaning the bow tends not to be buried as much as with a traditional spinnaker, whilst also making the role of the autopilot easier. Users assert these claims are valid. The opening in the sail also allows gusts of wind to escape through the sail, thereby providing a pressure relief valve, so to speak. I am looking at two more modern variants of this concept (though effectively the same) from Oxley sails, a competitor of Parasailor, started in the last couple of years by a parasailing design consultant who worked for ISTEC on the original designs. Users talk about leaving them up for a week at a time during Atlantic or Pacific crossings, though they sometimes have trouble getting them down once the wind gets up - a hazard Glen and Oana wisely avoided. :-)
Nice to see you sailing so well in light conditions under a parasailor - I couldn't quite see, but did you set a gybe preventer? By the way, great video!
I'm afraid we are definitely not animal lover types. plus cats are dogs really aren't adapted for life on a boat, no matter what their owners think. When we see other taking their dogs to the beach 2-3 times a days then coming back with hair covered in sand and salt water .... no thank you!
@@SailCloudyBay I think, you would get more hits/subscriptions! I like to watch other sailing videos with dogs! Even when birds landing on the boat to rest is fun to watch!
John Hancock 3 hours on 3 off at night from early evening till about 9am. We are both awake during the day .... but I usually get a nap in there somewhere. Oana struggles to sleep during the day, so I try to make sure She gets enough sleep in the dark hours.
This is the best channel!!! You allow us to experience the tranquility of sailing with your videos. I love how you video the sails in the wind and the water slipping past the boat. Thank you.
it is seriously becoming one of our favorites
Thanks Trace. I also know, when in my rocking chair, that I will love looking back on sailing Cloudy Bay. Just hope 4K is still an acceptable resolution by then!
Maybe the best photography of sails from a pulpit ever. Enjoying your videos as always.
Glad you like them!
Beautiful boat and watching her sail is a work of art.
OMG. Every time one of your episodes shows the HR54 under serious sailing conditions, you top it off with this. Supurb views, sounds and ambiance. Just the sounds of the boat going through the water put me in vicarious heaven. I enjoyed the view from the bow pulpit looking up the forestay at the spinnaker. The design of that sail is new to me. Loved the first mate's narration. I now have to be patient for a subsequent follow up.
John Richard very nice comment. Thanks John. We try hard for the viewer to feel they are actually on the boat sailing with us.
Great passage video. Always my faves. Relief and escapism from lockdown Britain. Thank you.
Oh, the sounds of Cloudy moving through the water never gets old. LOVE how you're able to capture it (& share), thank you!! Stunning sail & clever shots too! Thank you, thank you & thank you!
Cloudy Bay is the " comfort food" of sailing vlogs ! Always excellent.
Peter, thanks. Not sure we’ve been called comfort food before, but it sounds nice :)
@@SailCloudyBay Trust me..when someones endeavors rise to the level of " mac n cheese" ...you are definitely doing something right ! 😊
@@SailCloudyBay best sailing channel on RUclips. What navigation system did you use on the computer at the beginning. Thanks & Fair winds
steven saxon. I was looking at the “Offshore” app from PredictWind.com. It does weather routing and best of all you can get the data using Irdium-Go while on a remote passage.
Hellow Glen & Oana, Happy sailing,, best video on web about Parasailor, best picture, explanation and details. Continue sailing, some day will see on sea.
Hello both of you. I soooo enjoy watching your videos. The main reason, in addition to the massive love that you have for each other and how calming you both are, is that you are both intelligent and sensible. You are people who I would love to spend time with
Please keep videoing, keep safe and keep happy. Are you retired and do you have children?
Howard Butler thanks for the very complimentary comment. We have but one child: Cloudy Bay (Hmmm or are we Cloudy’s children??)
Excellent camera work. Great photography and beautiful sailing. Very entertaining. Thank you for sharing it.
You are welcome Carlos
Of all sailing videos I enjoy watching yours is by far the coolest.. You guys appear so very
Laid back and funny. Thanks for sharing. I hope to be in blue water someday soon.. Where is the beautiful lady from. Love the very cute accent..
I think she is from Bulgaria. I think.
@@johnrichard6802 How Interesting, I've been to Sophia. If she has a sister send her my way.. ha!
Oana is from Bucharest in Romania, where we both now live (when we are not on Cloudy).
Love cloudy bay. Just sailing and the sound is music to my ears
I love this yacht.. superb performance and layout. The sound and the feeling of speed from the vid were fantastic. Great content. You deserve many more subscribers. Excellent channel :)
Thanks for the comment Phil. Feel free to spread the word and get us more subscribers!
Magnificent sailing footage, great to watch the boat on the sea. Good luck on the adventures.
lovely sail.............................................................................
Fantastic vid ya'll, beautiful sail.
Nice job keeping the spinnaker flying. Thanks again for taking us to parts of the world we would otherwise never see....! I like the chart recorder commentary and seeing the instruments of the wind as you proceed. Keep up the good work....!
Looks like you guys hit the wind and weather almost perfectly. Lotsa casual spinnaker cruising in shorts and t-shirts, who could ask for anything better!
Good to see people sail to Jamaica and visit the island, not many sailing channels do it. Its on our list of places to sail to. Our first vacation in the Caribbeans was in Jamaica and planing to return by sailboat next time.
Yes, it was an interesting island. Similar culture, we thought the windwards. But quite different to the beauty of Bahamas, so took us a while to acclimatize
And good pplz in Jamaica to food as well
Try and get to know the ppl to
You made my day one more time. :) Can;t wait for next video.
cheers to that
what a boat! a real passage maker!
Top video Captain Glen👍🏽 sail set-up & preparation, spreading the load & allowing the kite to fill up, also reading the weather tea leaves..Jack Aubrey would be impressed👏🏼, he would've press-ganged you into the old RN..! Your videos are far better than the T & A🤬Click-bait of most others. Enjoyed the 🌺Commodore's🌺commentary👍🏽..Looking forward to next episode🖖🏽..!
Loved "Master and Commander".
Another great sailing video! Love that parasail!
Very nice shots with the "selfie stick"
Epic sail, and great video. Thanks for showing the lines of the parasail setup, I haven't seen one of those in use before.
Salut tank you vidéo magnifique super bravo
You’ve captured it!
Beautiful pictures and a very nice sail. Thank you.
Many thanks!
... as a "multi-huller" ... I really like the spinnacker on Cloudy Bay !!!! I am used to "assym's" ... I learn something every time I watch ...
These parasailor spinnackers would be ideal on a cat. definitely no need for a spinnaker pole downwind. Just fly the kite from each bow.
Lovely parasail amazing. Thanks again for your videos!!
Our pleasure!
Great sailing
excellent video! wonderful downwind passage, beautiful conditions- great filming. love how you guys just decided at the moment to change course and plans! wow, you were hauling ass wing on wing- look forward to your jamaica footage. west/negril side should be great
I always look forward to, and enjoy, your sailing videos!
Awesome, thank you!
Great video, happy sailing
Bong Voyage Captain
and wife team.. That sail is doing fantastic it seems.. Is it better than what it suppose to do Captain ? I feel so.. be safe and enjoy..
What a magnificent sail - inspiring.
It was indeed a great passage
good passage, smooth sailing, fair winds - that para-sailor -sail, is very interesting in light winds. I was wondering if the 'lifting gap' would help if you have a small squall run up fast (since it could let air out), yet I guess not, as it is more for lifting than shedding load.
When was the Atlantic that calm?
Fair winds! Great sail!
drx1 xym yes it’s one of the features of “the gap”. Under normal sailing it feeds the wing with lifts the sail bit in gusty conditions it also very effectively de-powers the sail
Your videos are great, I love how you show the actual sailing as opposed to the other crap lmfao, thanks, Semper Fi and Erin go Braugh
you inspire us to be better sailors.
The way, the lines for the parasail are conducted, seems quite unusual. I don't know any spi-system, were 2 lines are attached to the bowsprit. Will have to study that. Very nice relaxing Zen-Moments in your video.
Hi Glenn + Oana, thanks for the information + videos on the Parasail!! We like it: in order to have a good tackle position, the bow sprit is necessary, isn`t it? Greetings from the Netherlands, Rudolf + Lydia on the HR 42e "Erlano" ....... 😀
It could be possible to fly from the forward mooring cleats but very tricky. The bowsprit gets all the lines clear of the pullpit
@@SailCloudyBay thanks a lot for the information!! That helps :-) ........
Are you guys a reality show? From Hollywood cause you are amazing at editing and funny and sailing.....
WUT EVER I CAN DO STUFF TO........ HAHAHA KEEP UP THE FUN THANKS FOR THE LAUGH'S AND SMILES
Zeke, No, no, no and NO! We are not a reality show, god forbid! At least, we try our best not to look like one anyway. We like to keep our privacy of how we live onboard but rather focus only on pure sailing, exploring where we land and how we up-keep our boat. And we certainly are not into showing T&A (Oana's that is ... no one would be interested in mine!) just to get our viewings up. As for humor and smiles, well, that's just us. Glad you like it :)
Thanks for the comment.
Very Nice .......
🤙Thanks for the nice Sail-Trip. We hope, you are healthy in spite of Corona.
Greetings from
SY SVELA „ Helga + Benno“ ( NAJAD 391)
Duisburg/ Germany
Harbor: South- Netherlands
Ah you guys are back!!
you guys are so cool! MAybe we will share an anchorage someday :) Fair winds!
SV Avocet lets hope so! Where are you based?
@@SailCloudyBay We are in Southern California right now, preparing to sail to Hawaii then Alaska before heading south to warmer waters
Very Nice
Glen have you considered using a shorter Whisker Pole (attached to the mast and set perpendicular to yacht CL) to push the spinnaker sheet outboard to create a better angle when reaching with spinnaker. This is a racing technique maybe not suited for short handed cruising 👍👍
Andrew Logan yes used those on racing yachts but - a) too much hassle on a cruising yacht and b) you don’t really need one with the Parasailor because off the wind all the force is on the tackline, not the guy.
Very nice video guys !!
Beautiful sailing video. Do you prefer the parasailer over a genneker? Moving that quickly I could watch all day, it's hypnotic! Lines look complex, you need your wits about you if you're not doing that every day. Well done!
Hi Bob, we sold our asymetric spinnaker within weeks of getting the Parasailor. It flys from 90 to 180 deg off wind no problem, and sets like a dream. So yes, much much prefer the parasailor. Up to 15knt wind we use parasailor from 120-180 degree. anything more than that our 140% genoa (either normal or poled out) works well.
@@SailCloudyBay Thanks! I'm being pushed down the, expensive, Code Zero route rather than a large genoa. I must admit I like our gennaker as it seems to balance the boat well, oh and it makes for very fast sailing in light airs, always a bonus!
Excellent video, amazing sailing. Great sail set ups. How do you split up your watch shifts? Love watching your channel. Can’t wait to get back to our yacht when we can travel again. Keep safe and well.
Great sailing footage, thank you! I bet it can be gnarly around the tip of Cuba. Some quick decision making on Jamaica 😁😁 Have a safe trip to the US for now 👍
Zeger Wijnands yes, the “Windward Passage” between East Cuba and Haiti is renowned for rough seas and wind acceleration.
Sail Cloudy Bay and amazing to see the effects of the acceleration reaching so far out towards Jamaica ... as soon as you left the lee of Cuba you caught it again 👍
Zeger Wijnands yes we did catch that great wind again. It was a bit dicy coming into Port Antonio, a Lee Shore, unknown Harbour and at night. Got the heart pumping a bit!
Amazing...my dream
You can do it!
Gidday guys, another great presentation, thank you.
I'd never seen a parasailor flown before but it makes sense and seems quite versatile. Am I right in assuming it can be flown without the pole using just the 'bowsprit braces' to stabilize it?
Does Oana have a sister? When you are sorting kite sheets I'd love to have an admiral that says 'it's OK, you have 4 days to get it flying'. I'm more used to hearing 'get the kite up now, you have 400 metres before we jibe it at the mark' (no pressure).
Do you set your autopilot to course or wind angle when you fly the kite.
Fair winds and stay safe.
HiI Glenn Para sailing Segelgt mann ruhiger oder?sieht so aus auserdem sieht wirklich schöenn und cool (die farben Von Delos ) ich Freu mich jedesmall glenn und ouana uber euch hoffe sie segeln lebens lang und Teilen mit uns die ideen und die strände !
Do more do more we need more!😉
Zeke, more coming! Plus we have many other sailing videos on our you tube channel. Look for the ones with high viewing numbers. They tend to be the best sailing episodes. The episodes where we mostly explore land are less popular.
That’s the slowest I’ve seen Cloudy sailing but still so nice to see 👍🏻.
Edit: the first part was slow and then powering on!
C Mosca yes we like a bit of variety :)
heartfelt greetings from cold Russia)
please, your channel subscribers are waiting for a new video more often)
hi and thanks again so much..it looks like the boom so heavy it could take load from the kite when port,on the end of boom or im totally wrong
Sorry Jan, but I dont understand what yo uare asking?
Hi Glen, Oana. I'm studying this intently again, planning to order soon. I'm weighing up sizes/lengths. Do you know the leech length and area of your Parasailor, along with your I-Spi measurement (from the limit of raising your sock's shackle, vertically down to what would be the foredeck equivalent level at the base of the mast)? It looks like your Parasailor, rigged in its sock, would be close to matching that length on your HR 54. I'm learning that some folk order bigger ones than this; others order smaller ones, sometimes after starting with bigger ones. Do you have any thoughts on the fit, feel and behaviour of yours, on your boat? I'm leaning towards a size that matches the fit you seem to have, or one size larger (50cm longer and 6% more area). I'm told I should be able to 'sock'' this without dunking it in the drink - important! I'd value your thoughts. Thanks. Rick.
Rick, as you may remember, Oana found this parasailor on the second hand market. The size that ISTEC recommended for the HR54 rig was 232m2. The one we purchased is 228m2, so slightly smaller than the recommended. The "correct" one for our HR54 would apparently have been 0.5m longer. But we are quite happy with this size (its already huge!), because when we douse it, the snuffler ends up perfectly 1/2m off the deck and the "tails" of the clews dont quite touch the water if we accidentally let them fly. As for measurements, I’m afraid I don’t have any. Hope that helps.
Sail Cloudy Bay Yes, that helps. 🙂 Thank you.
Oana, Glen - this video is quite brilliant and so helpful. What we get to see of your sail set-ups is wonderful, just at the point when my wife and I are choosing our foresails. On top of this footage, your comments (and instrument shots) are perfectly informative, providing ideal contextual data on weather and boat performance. Thanks for this - and for knowing how to hold a camera steady! :-) We are having a rolling conversation, tossing up which single or combination of foresails to order, to augment the standard short-genoa (or solent) and inner-foresail on our 45 footer. So let me ask - in light of your experience with this Parasailor, are there conditions where you would prefer or need to use a symmetrical or asymmetrical spinnaker, or perhaps a gennaker? Are those sails now effectively redundant for Cloudy Bay? At times we do find there is some remaining attraction to the idea of a roller-furling gennaker, or the simplicity of outside gybing with an asymmetrical spinnaker. However, when we see the wonderful performance you get with your Parasailor, ... well, we feel encouraged to jump over the simpler sails and go straight to the high end, of performance, but perhaps also of complexity. Regards, Rick.
Rick, we had an asymmetric and really didnt like it. We could not go down wind with it and frankly the genoa performed just as well in the wind angle range of the asymmetric. What we needed for a light wind sail for that annoying wind angle between 120-180.
@@SailCloudyBay Thanks for these thoughts Glen. Yep, the Parasailor solution is looking pretty hard to beat, for what I hope will be light to medium wind duties from reaching to running. Our foremost foresail is 102% at best; called a solent. It won't have the tight upwind pull in light wind that your 140% genoa has, so we are also looking at a Code 0, to cover that territory. And just as you've described, because it comes on a nice and convenient detachable furler, it's stupidly expensive - the same as a Parasailor! Eek! Don't these sailmakers realise us yachties have run out of money? :-|
i just love Oana's accent , and the words that she uses when she doesn't like something .. it is so funny to hear her reactions .. i love it
She has a clear voice, even in light winds.
thumbs up for pronouncing karaoke correctly. I have to live in the US and listen to carry-oakie fools.
nice sail job, cool parasail.
I like your customized motor cover - can you please share where you found someone to make that? I have a Yamaha 4 stroke 15 hp. thanks and fair sailing!
Yes, its very well made. You can order from OCA Australia by jsut giving them your engine details.
outboardcovers.com/au/
Sail Cloudy Bay Thank you so much for your quick response. BTW- in ordering I saw they are now celebrating 20 years in business and have 20% off all covers! 😁
Incredible how you manage to keep the spinnaker so stable on autopilot and no one on the sheet. Was auto set for wind angle or magnetic heading?
Hi there! Do you really need to pole out the parasailor with the Spinakker boom? And is it necessary to have a genakker pole too? Or is it possible to sail the parasailor without it?
Hi Niklas. In theory it is possible to fly the parasailor without a pole. But dead downwind it does tend to roll from one side to another even in calm seas. Adding the pole makes it VERY stable. THe beauty of the Parasailor is that you can launch it with no pole then casually rasie the pole on the lazy guy then tension up on the guy. Much easier than a normal spinnaker where the pole has to be set ready right when you first set it.
I like your doing a rare thing on videos and letting us hear the sea and the wind while looking at your setup, etc. Thank you for the experience! Have you ever double poled the parasail or any thoughts on that?
Thanks Kent. Glad you liked the natural soundtrack.
We only hve 1 pole on the boat, so no, never thought about double poling it. Frankly, its very stable on one pole. And in the range 90-160, its stable without any pole.
Happy to see the spinnaker rigging setup. Terrific footage and instructional narrating. *Savvy viewers will note how valuable these vids are to those of us learning - there's so much education within your episodes. I'm all ears. Many thanks Glen & Oana. Also admiring your cutter wrap lol. I need to learn that one! That shot at 13:56 wow. Pause and you can clearly see the whisker pole & guy rigging. Glens infamous "shot over the bow" keep hitting the targets! Also, what's in the highest dome at 15:47 ? Internet?
Dale, thanks for another great comment. Yes, that was quite a shot inside the spinnaker eh? The dome on top of the radar post is a small Inmarsat antenna. We’ve never used it because the cheapest package is $400 per month for just 40mb. Yes .... 40meg! If you want anything like useable internet via satellite it’s $thousands per month. These big sat domes you see on top of super yachts are probably minimum $8000 per month for the line rental. And even then it’s only a few Gb allowance!
@@SailCloudyBay Thought so. We discussed that previously and wondered if you went for something like that. Also happy to hear you are finally leaving the Caymans and the flies that bugged you.. ha. Where to in the US? Apologies if I am behind on your plans, been a rough spring here with all three of my businesses shut from Coronavirus.. grr - thankfully you guys are keeping my and others' spirits afloat with your great vids.
Dale Charles we plan to check in at West Palm FL, then head to the Chesapeake and hopefully some cool air!
Dale Charles we plan to check in at West Palm FL, then head to the Chesapeake and hopefully some cool air!
@@SailCloudyBay been a cold spring here in Boston. Finally 80 deg F today. Glorious! Hey did I ever send you this US weather aggregate resource? Excellent. Focus on Hurricanes as well. spaghettimodels.com/
Glen how did you get so good at sailing? VIDEO PLEASE PLEASE.
Zeke, Practice, practice, practice. Since the age of 14 for me, but only recently for Oana. That said, its not rocket science and easy to learn. There are many sites where you can offer your services as crew, where you get to learn by doing. Or you can take some instruction with a sailing school. Some just buy a boat and get out on the water, but be ware, the sea can be very unforgiving to the innocent.
@@SailCloudyBay now we both know that explination is just not doing justice for what I am guessing is a really GOOD story behind captain Glen, with your spin and attention to detail, ( I mean look at cloudy surgically clean and very thoughtful in fit/finish). Kinda like saying cloudy is an average ordinary sailing???!!!
Please if you can I would even become a patron to get that Kool video (saved my dollar this month) ha
Hahaha 😉
Judging by your video the parasailor does seem to subdue the rolling tendency. Have you considered using a Tacker instead of a Pole?
Sorry, but what is a tacker?
@@SailCloudyBay A *Tacker* is a some sort of thingy to use when sailing.
www.precisionsailloft.com/blog/atn-tacker-unboxing-and-review-/
www.atninc.com/atn-tacker-sailing-equipment.shtml
www.istec.ag/uk/products/parasailor/no-pole-required.html
www.oceanchandlery.com/atn-tacker.html
steenkigerrider interesting. Good for a smaller yacht without a bowsprit and to use with an asymmetric spinnaker. Not the right piece of kit for a symmetric spinnaker though. Thanks for showing me.
What's the advantage of a para sail over a normal spinnaker?
The wing in a Parasail or Parasailor (by ISTEC) is taken from the design of a parasail - those wing-shaped parachute things that dudes glide across the skies with. Depending on the model, wind goes over the fabric wing of the Parasail, or over and through the twin wing surfaces of a Parasailor (which Glen and Oana have), and causes lift. This imparts a lifting and opening force to the body of the sail, which ensures it stays fuller and more open than a normal spinnaker would during lulls in the wind. Claims are also made about the effects of the force vectors on the sail's lines, i.e. the effects of vertical lift on the wing reduces the extent to which the top of the mast is pulled down, meaning the bow tends not to be buried as much as with a traditional spinnaker, whilst also making the role of the autopilot easier. Users assert these claims are valid. The opening in the sail also allows gusts of wind to escape through the sail, thereby providing a pressure relief valve, so to speak. I am looking at two more modern variants of this concept (though effectively the same) from Oxley sails, a competitor of Parasailor, started in the last couple of years by a parasailing design consultant who worked for ISTEC on the original designs. Users talk about leaving them up for a week at a time during Atlantic or Pacific crossings, though they sometimes have trouble getting them down once the wind gets up - a hazard Glen and Oana wisely avoided. :-)
Sailing was all ways in my dreams, but in reality I can puke all day out in the open water!
LOL!
So just watch other people sailing!
Yes, sea sickness can be a horrible thing :(
Nice to see you sailing so well in light conditions under a parasailor - I couldn't quite see, but did you set a gybe preventer? By the way, great video!
Matt Harte yes Matt, we always have gybe preventer when off the wind.
Have you thought, introducing a dog or cat on your boat?
Would be more fun, I think!
I'm afraid we are definitely not animal lover types. plus cats are dogs really aren't adapted for life on a boat, no matter what their owners think. When we see other taking their dogs to the beach 2-3 times a days then coming back with hair covered in sand and salt water .... no thank you!
@@SailCloudyBay I think, you would get more hits/subscriptions!
I like to watch other sailing videos with dogs!
Even when birds landing on the boat to rest is fun to watch!
@@SailCloudyBay I guess, hoomans can get too boring?
Tell you what .... I'll do some dog and cat impressions in the coming videos. Nothing like the sound of a nice pussy purring eh? :)
@@SailCloudyBay OK!
I'm looking forward to your dog impressions!
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Until watch this and keep posting your great videos!
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How do you manage watches on long passages?
John Hancock 3 hours on 3 off at night from early evening till about 9am. We are both awake during the day .... but I usually get a nap in there somewhere. Oana struggles to sleep during the day, so I try to make sure She gets enough sleep in the dark hours.
You seemed within Cuba territorial waters ?
Good question. I also was thinking about that.
Hmmmm, yes, we may have just sneaked into their waters. But whats a corner if you cant cut it?!
Sail Cloudy Bay as long as you don’t mind Cuba taking you in custody and your vessel then you’re good :)
do you guys ever take on any crew members?
Yes, occasionally. But only family or friends.
what area has it? "parasailor"
mauricio giampaoli 228m2
Very Nice