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I found this very useful and helpful. Once while I was hunting I sat down amongst a big stand of white birches and quickly fell asleep. When I woke up everything looked the same white birches everywhere. I checked my compass and didn’t believe it and proceeded to start running (in the wrong direction). Of course I panicked by now. The old brain never did kick in! Amazing how quickly this can happen. Your video would have come in handy if I just would have calmed down and thought for a minute.

Nice to see a sailor teaching proper boat skills! Cheers!

Declination?

great video...as always. At around 5:45 you are standing up talking to the camera with high winds. Did you put the boat in irons for that? Surprised the rudder didn't have you turning spinning like it does for me if I let go of it.

love this. adding it as we speak! thanks. great videos.

Awesome vid

Where did you buy the decking material? Thanks for all the great videos!

That’s some of the best advice I’ve heard. Thanks

Parabéns pelas postagens. Adorei a ideia da banheira na fogueira na praia. Muita saúde pra todos. Aqui do Brasil (🇧🇷)

Hey man I have a awesome sunfish camping trip planned out if you're interested i would love to have you along!

I’ve had my FF widgeon down to 3 degrees around 7k feet altitude and had 0 issue with nothing on but compression shorts, wool socks, and a compression shirt, and I have an FF peregrine I can’t wait to test out this winter. I know most manufacturers besides FF and WM are really exaggerating their temp ratings, but I can’t imagine a quilt providing the same warmth…..I also fall asleep and wake up on my back without rolling over so there’s that.

You are an expert in climbing. I am a professional in teaching: From that perspective this clip is not optimal: Master of all is master of none. There is far too much stuff (intro, credentials, gear, equipment, rope rating, anchor points, repelling) for one clip. Just "anchor points" would have been enough. Second: you need to show what you are doing: so a close up from your perspective with only your voice is the best. A total into the other direction onto your face and body like at 9:58 is suboptimal. 7:31 is even too close: there is no angle which shows the whole setup of the anchors. (If you think the setup with two anchor points is self-explanatory and everybody watching the clip will know that: people with this knowledge are not the primary audience for a "beginner" clip.) This clip teaches us only that repelling with a rope is possible and needs knowledge and material. I would say most of us knew that before watching....

Joni and I were hiking on a trail in a nature preserve along the NJ shore yesterday. The trail ended up being longer than I had expected, so I did what I do way too often: I took out my phone to check Google maps. Surprise! No cell coverage (which was a bit of a surprise just a few miles south of a large beach resort). In this case there was no real danger. All we had to do was head east for a quarter of a mile or so. The Atlantic Ocean is hard to miss! But it reminded me (once again) of why I used to carry a print out of a Topo chart when 0:09 I want to go exploring, along with a compass. If I had done so I could easily have used a distant water tower and a tall radio tower to get an exact fix on our position. Which would have been convenient, because what I had expected to be a 500 meter walk to the beach ended up being more like a mile. Note: never leave your sling pack with the water bottles, sun screen, and sun tan lotion in the car because “the beach is only 500 meters away!”

The mosquitos are insane

Nice

I really don't trust the single twist lock auto locking system. It's almost comically easy to unlock with just a rope dragging across the gate using barely any pressure. Triact is harder to open, but with practice they are fine. Plus, they're fun to play with as a fidget toy.

Another great video! Thanks for sharing your knowledge.

Amazing video series. You should be proud of your accomplishments in this. You are an inspiration and give me drive to finish my sunfish restoration project.

Question, is there really any scenario where I’d want to use this knot over the taut line?

Heard of two climbers tying into a strap around a tree that was sitting out in the elements. I'm not a climber but would know better then what was left out. They both died after the strap broke and fell.

Finally got a night sail in! 🤗 Will you guys be doing another sailing adventure this season??

Would love to do that. Could an older person sail a sunfish?

Best instruction video! By a bunch!

Wearing long sleeves, long pants, socks over pant cuffs, hoodie, works very well for me. I find sprays hit and miss, depending on the bug, gnats are oblivious to it.

I think garlic was supposed to repel blood suckers in the form of vampires and people just transferred it to mosquitoes. 😂

I'm not a climber HOWEVER, I would recommend having some length of fabric made into a short "tube or sleeve" to put the rope or webbing trough, and protect them from friccion damage against whatever surface they press against (trees, rocks etc). It would be a Pitty to ruin some good webbing when a cheap piece of cloth can protect it... specially becaisie the anchor web/ rope are in fixed positions.

Take someone along that’s a bug magnet

Your bug infested area started to make me scratch. My wife is a magnet for bugs, and she sprays all of those citrus and heavy smelling oils all over. We hang a bug zapper inside the RV and sometimes outside too. We find that mosquitoes are not the best flying insects, and a fan helps keep them off target. Noticed you get bit more when there is no wind.

🤙🏼on the propane fogger if you are car or canoe camping

Such parasites! Even with deet, they might not bite you but they continue to harass you.

Eating lots of garlic is never worked for me. One year I got the nickname garlic boy because I ate so much garlic. I am a mosquito magnet though, and I am O positive. If you rub garlic on your skin that will help.

#10 Time your camp. Dusk is when even more mosquitos come out.... have your dinner finished and either have a smokey campfire or get into your tent

Vitamin B supplements creates a natural repellent on your skin against mosquitoes.

Type A blood having less bug problems is a myth. 100% false.

I don't understand why you'd put yourself in that situation. You are wearing a plastic covering over most of your body and a net over your face. How is that fun or enjoyable? Pack up and go home. If you want a real suggestion, then get a Black Flag propane fogger and go to town on those things. In that environment you'll probably need to hire someone to run it all night for you, but remember, you could just leave.

For me this is a timely video, as we just got home from a week of camping on the Outer Banks. I have a few observations: - my wife is an Italian, and she consumes LOTS of garlic. She is a mosquito magnet. - my father was based in Alaska with the US Air Force in the late 1940s. They dealt with mosquitos by tossing a DDT canister into their tent and then climbing in. He said it worked very well. NOT an approach I would recommend. - there are camp sites along the barrier islands that strongly recommend that you only camp there in Winter due to the number of mosquitos . I’m not convinced that Assateague Island is much colder in January than Minnesota is in May, but the occasional cold snap (around 28 degrees or so) does seem to slow the little blood suckers down for a couple of weeks - I have discovered that if I anchor my kayak (a large tandem) about 100 yards away from shore (and if there is even a whisper of breeze) the mosquitos never find me and I can sleep out in the water in piece. I haven’t tried sleeping overnight in my Sunfish’ cockpit, but if I get ambitious this Fall I might give it a shot. Thanks for another great video!

Thanks for making this video and the information. I use mostly Deet. Was unaware that Deet would degrade different types of garments.

Hi, your video was actually very helpful for me as I am considering buying a Sailfish. I’m comparing it to a Barnett 1400 Boat, which has some advantages and some disadvantages. I’m at 240 pound guy, and although I see that your boat can survive with lots of people on it, I’m wondering if you think I would feel stable and secure at my weight on a Sunfish for normal sailing. And wisdom is appreciated!

Thanks! Great info. With mosquitoes it's always good to plan for the worst and hope for the best!

Seems like nothing works better than Deet, but it does suck crawling into your sleeping bag with bug repellent all over you.

Yup that's a lot to deal with when trying to get away and have a relaxing time.

If you don't want to be bitten, check the equipment links in the description.

If you don't want to be bitten, check the equipment links in the description.

perfect soup adventure!

2:09 - You mean 45 degree angle not 90 huh? ;D

I was easy and incredible fast to untie a knot that had for years Thanks

OMG I JUST UNTIED A KNOT I'VE BEEN BATTLING WITH FOR YEARSSSS, Literally. I genuinely didn't think it was gonna work😭😭😭 i soaked it in water, i don't have a hammer so i just used anything i could find (a mannequin💀) and it workedddd. Thank you😔

Thank you so much! Had this really annoying knot on my shoelaces which i couldnt untie, and soaking it in the water and then untying worked. Appreciate the video.

Where did you sail this? Lake?