The Triton is a good boat to learn on, pretty fast and responsive. My first sailboat was a Columbia 24, on the Chesapeake Bay. We sailed that small boat everywhere we could get enough time to do anything. Every Monday morning the wife and I were still doing the sailor walk. Getting the toe rails wet comes with experience and your comfort level. The real key thing to learn is how to balance the helm with the sails. That will come with experience and practice. If everything starts falling apart on your, luff up into the wind and do whatever you need to do to maintain a heading that will keep some way on the rudder.
Very good video...the Triton is an excellent boat. I was fortunate enough to start sailing at age 12, now 67, have been through a string of boats over the years and one of the wonders of sailing is that I learn something new everytime I sail. Whether casually cruising, racing, taking people out sailing, etc. It keeps me young. We recently sold our last boat of 21 years and purchased another boat located in Midland, Ontario and we will be spending several seasons there with the boat cruising the North Channel. Hope to run across you at some point and share a beverage! Keep up the videos and your Knot School looks pretty interesting as well! Cheers Mike and Ally 🇨🇦 S/V Bears Mistress II
Well Jason, in 5 years from now you'll know EXACTLY what to do. You've got to learn the hard way. (BTW, I've changed my profile to a name that we always joked about when living in Zimbabwe to get rid of some nasty trolls that latched on). 🙋🇦🇺
Old subscriber here from your canoeing days. Didn’t know much about sailing until your videos. Then the RUclips algorithm threw several how to sail videos at me to learn the terminology and strategy. Next, the algorithm feed me videos from Eric Andereaa, a Norwegian sailor who sails solo back and forth from Norway to Greenland multiple times. So, I expect that in good time, you will be posting sailing videos about your solo sailing adventures across the Great Lakes in heavy seas! All the best and thanks. Will take a couple of classes next summer.
Hello! I'm also a beginner sailor on a small boat, and I've been enjoying a lot your series. As I commented before, I can empathize with many of your situations and emotions, specially when things don't go as expected (wich in saling is the expected). I live and sail in Denia, in Spain. Only recently I found a way to be able to sail solo, using a line attached to the rudder, surrounds the cockpit, and allows me to steer in the from the front, when maneuvering with the genoa and rising/lowering the main sail, etc… and I'm of course planning a journey, (not as ambitious and long as yours). I have a suggestion for your channel: because probably many of the viewers here are not familiar with the geography of the region you're sailing, and because each episode only features a relative short track, it would be great if on each episode you place a recap, reminding us a lit bit of your mission, last events, and maybe using a map put some context on when and where you started the journey, where are you and where are you heading. Thanks for the great content!
Good going, i know also that solo sailing and learning at the same time is challenging. I couldnt tell in the vid all the time, but I noticed you left the topping left on, so the mainsail was bagging. This isnt good if trying to sail high into the wind (close hauled). I have also forgotten to let the topping lift go after reefing, but hey lessons :). In higher winds, tighten the sails to be more taught in shape.
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Maneuvering through the unexpected… sounds like a metaphor for life👍 Enjoy the adventure.
The Triton is a good boat to learn on, pretty fast and responsive. My first sailboat was a Columbia 24, on the Chesapeake Bay. We sailed that small boat everywhere we could get enough time to do anything. Every Monday morning the wife and I were still doing the sailor walk. Getting the toe rails wet comes with experience and your comfort level. The real key thing to learn is how to balance the helm with the sails. That will come with experience and practice. If everything starts falling apart on your, luff up into the wind and do whatever you need to do to maintain a heading that will keep some way on the rudder.
A lot of learning, beautiful landscape, it looks great ⛵️💙
Very good video...the Triton is an excellent boat.
I was fortunate enough to start sailing at age 12, now 67, have been through a string of boats over the years and one of the wonders of sailing is that I learn something new everytime I sail. Whether casually cruising, racing, taking people out sailing, etc. It keeps me young. We recently sold our last boat of 21 years and purchased another boat located in Midland, Ontario and we will be spending several seasons there with the boat cruising the North Channel.
Hope to run across you at some point and share a beverage!
Keep up the videos and your Knot School looks pretty interesting as well!
Cheers
Mike and Ally 🇨🇦
S/V Bears Mistress II
What a great idea! I really like learning knots.
Well Jason, in 5 years from now you'll know EXACTLY what to do. You've got to learn the hard way.
(BTW, I've changed my profile to a name that we always joked about when living in Zimbabwe to get rid of some nasty trolls that latched on).
🙋🇦🇺
Old subscriber here from your canoeing days. Didn’t know much about sailing until your videos. Then the RUclips algorithm threw several how to sail videos at me to learn the terminology and strategy. Next, the algorithm feed me videos from Eric Andereaa, a Norwegian sailor who sails solo back and forth from Norway to Greenland multiple times. So, I expect that in good time, you will be posting sailing videos about your solo sailing adventures across the Great Lakes in heavy seas! All the best and thanks. Will take a couple of classes next summer.
Live and learn, it is the best part of sailing.
Holy crap that creaking would do my head in lol. So glad my boat doesn't do that😆
Hello! I'm also a beginner sailor on a small boat, and I've been enjoying a lot your series. As I commented before, I can empathize with many of your situations and emotions, specially when things don't go as expected (wich in saling is the expected). I live and sail in Denia, in Spain. Only recently I found a way to be able to sail solo, using a line attached to the rudder, surrounds the cockpit, and allows me to steer in the from the front, when maneuvering with the genoa and rising/lowering the main sail, etc… and I'm of course planning a journey, (not as ambitious and long as yours). I have a suggestion for your channel: because probably many of the viewers here are not familiar with the geography of the region you're sailing, and because each episode only features a relative short track, it would be great if on each episode you place a recap, reminding us a lit bit of your mission, last events, and maybe using a map put some context on when and where you started the journey, where are you and where are you heading. Thanks for the great content!
Good going, i know also that solo sailing and learning at the same time is challenging. I couldnt tell in the vid all the time, but I noticed you left the topping left on, so the mainsail was bagging. This isnt good if trying to sail high into the wind (close hauled). I have also forgotten to let the topping lift go after reefing, but hey lessons :). In higher winds, tighten the sails to be more taught in shape.
good video, solve your bomdirk !!!
I’ll be happy to be your first contributor to your entry in the next Vendee Globe in 2028 !
Join to KnotSkool 😊