ep67 - Sailing Tortola - Sailing BVI - Parasailor Spinnaker - Hallberg-Rassy 54 Cloudy Bay -Mar 2019
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- Flying our ISTEC Parasailor spinnaker for the first time, as we sail downwind from Virgin Gorda to Tortola, BVI. Then tour the island along with the drone.
As we sail west to Tortola, the wind is perfect to try our new ISTEC Parasailor spinnaker (228sqm), which Oana managed to find for sale on the internet. We are a bit nervous, but all goes well for a first sail. Not so with the drone, which was not cooperating and used up one of its nine-lives when we try to fly it!
After snuffling the Parasailor, we make a lunch stop at Sandy Cay, next to Jost Van Dyke Island, then anchor in Cane Garden Bay and have an evening sunset stroll on the beach.
Next day we move onto a mooring in Sopers Hole and tour all around Tortola in a rental car.
14-17 March 2019
Visited: Jost Van Dyke, Virgin Gorda, Sandy Cay, Tortola, Cane Garden Bay, Sopers Hole Wharf, Nany Cay Marina, Road Town, Beef Island, Camanoe Island, Tellis Bay, Little Bay, Guana Island, Rogue Bay, Brewers Bay, Paraquita Bay, Christian’s bar on Road Town waterfront.
We invite you to also watch the more recent videos, where we we got better at flying the Parasailor :)
Sailing Bahamas to Jamaica, Feb 2020 - czcams.com/video/zp46S-2ECSw/video.html
Sailing Grand Cayman to Chesapeake, May 2020 - czcams.com/video/XWX3-V_2z2I/video.html
maybe that particular sail is for dead down we've learned that the shortest distance between 2 points might be a straight line, but the Fastest is slightly hotter angle w main. try an asymmetrical or gennaker. we never sail dead down. or keep doing what your doing, enjoying life and entertaining/ informing us !
We have now used the Parasailor in everything from 90 to 180 to wind apparent wind angle. And with the Mainsail too. We have tried downwind reaching but in our medium displacement hull our VMG is always faster dead down wind. Lighter boats and dinghies for sure get better VMG downwind tacking. We did have an asymetric previously, but i would not fly dead down wind we sold it and bought the Parasailor.
@@SailCloudyBay ah, displacement. yep. i have seen some use whisker pole. we haven't done that ourselves. thx
We have quite a few vid there of us downwind with poled out genoa. This one particularly, at minute 15;15 czcams.com/video/DbtTBW0eRR8/video.html.
We find sailing with the wind angle at 150-165 with the poled genoa sailing-by-the-lee, its really fast. Dead down wind with poled genoa we the genoa power gets effected by dirty wind spill-off the mainsail.
@@SailCloudyBay watching now, thx
Beautiful video of Tortola and the west coast anchorage areas. Thank you for sharing.
Congratulations sailing ⛵️ with spinnaker
Beautiful!
Thanks Glenn and Oana. See you next week.
Yep, USVIs next week.
Good video. Really enjoyed it. And terrific to see a Parasailor on a monohull. We flew one off a catamaran many over three months of sailing. I wasn't sure if it would work on my monohull. I very much appreciate your video. And you got to one of the sweet spots, sailing off the wind with it. Took us a couple of months before we tired that.
I so appreciate your efforts to launching the parasail/spinnaker. It can be a lot of work but my goodness, was it ever worth it. Such a beautiful sail. Loved the shots with the sun behind the sail. Sorry the drone wasn’t behaving, that would have provided some “poster-like” shots of Cloudy Bay. Your attention to detail, in-depth descriptions and editing production of this tour of the BVI’s has been some of my favorites of your work. Thanks for allowing us into your world.
Level vibes, as always.
What a super comment. Thankyou Peter. We manage to get good drone footage the Parasailor in the coming video when we head back to USA for hurricane season czcams.com/video/XWX3-V_2z2I/video.html. But if you would like to see a bit of that, we posted a short section on our FB page - take a look under "videos". Take care. G & O
Another excellent video with superb narration and informative maps. You do a great job providing the viewer with details of your journeys. Thank you.
Thank you very much, Dick. Glad you like the adittions. They do take extrat time to do, but worth it for our own memories of where we actually were during the filming.
Thanks Glenn, I really do look forward to and enjoy all your videos.
It will be nice when you are back sailing again.
Stay safe and keep having fun.
Thanks again 👍 Glen. Yes, we can't wait to get back to sailing too. But need to be patient till the autumn I'm afraid. In the mean time we still have quite a few videos from 2019 still to edit over the coming months.
Very considerate informative narration.
Thank you kindly Dave
Great to watch your videos, thanks so much for sharing. The maps are always welcome for better understanding 👍
Glad you enjoyed it guys.
Great video. Love the use of the maps to structure your stories.
Thanks Donald, that's good to know. Editing these recent ones back from 2019 we realised we had forgotten exactly where we went... just 2 years ago. So decided to add this map-feature to fully remind ourselves when we are really old and really losing our memories!
Beautiful parasail! Absolutely gorgeous!!! I had a good wholesome laugh, as Glen says to the camera "I Like It!" The grin on his face was priceless - very cheeky and devilish - MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!!! Please sail that beauty as often as possible. She absolutely accentuates Cloudy Bay's beauty on the water!
Thanks for the nice comment Kevin. We have sailed with it (and posted on You Tube) several times since. Take a look at our channel page to see the one with Parasailor. We really love it now. Such a beautuful sail and so simple to use compared to standard spinnaker.
U must have been a genius in your previous life, superb.
Genius I like the sound of, but I suspect I was probably just a naughty boy!
thank you, you make me dream with the filming of navigation with the sound of the wind and the solence around, thank you
You are welcome Marco. Glad you enjoyed the ride along with us.
Happy Friday, Cloudy.
Happy Friday to you too! We should change TGI-Friday to TGICB-Friday :)
Another great watch Glen, thanks.
Very welcome, Richard. Thanks for watching.
enjoy all your videos Glenn
Very glad to hear that, Dr.
Great video
Brings back great memories, lived there 20 years ago.
Your ear to ear smiles shows how much you two suffer as cruising sailors. Lol.
Thanks for sharing !
Cheers Mates and sail on 😉
Yeah, it's a hard life most days :)
Excellent use of maps, makes a video more interesting when one can follow along the route and see where they are. That spinnaker is very interesting too! it looks like they are incorporating some paragliding tech into the sail, very cool !
Thanks for the thumbs-up on the maps. Thats good to know. Yes, I believe the ISTEC, the manufactuurer in Germany, does indeed employ paraglider wind technolgies into their Parasailor design. The wing gives the sail lift which keeps it full and flying even in apparent winds down to 3knts and makes it incredibly stable. And the hole helps to releave pressure during gusts. All good features for a short handed cruising crew.
Great video.Thanks
Glad you liked it, Ken.
Very good,nice video.....
Thanks for the visit
We invite you to also watch the more recent videos, where we we got better at flying the Parasailor :)
Sailing Grand Cayman to Chesapeake, May 2020
czcams.com/video/XWX3-V_2z2I/video.html
What a great video! Brings back nice sailing memories we had around same grounds...and yes same challenges setting Parasailor for first time LOL...it takes several trials to get it set dead downwind without the pole...I think you had it afterwards hoist with pole sailing back to US...Best, C-Wolf
Yes, we got used to it with time, Zoran. Love it now. Yes, we fly it with pole dead downwind now.
That was great! Anchored my first big boat in front of Foxys (Cambria 50) I got lucky...nobody died. My girlfriend was a dive instructor and she checked on the anchor...I still spent alot of time onboard nervously checking on drag and proximity to other yachts...there were no moorings at the time, btw. Also house sat at a home on Smugglers Cove... 30 minute hike from there to West End and Pussers!. Thank you for the tour, Cloudy Bay! Next is St Thomas where I lived for a year...worked for a charter co and Virgin Island radio on Mountaintop! Cheers!!
Yes, next week's will be USVI. St. John and St. Thomas.
I'll start by admitting that I haven't watched every video. But it seems to me that your adventure in the BVI were your most enjoyable.
Yes, we were in a very good mood those days, and really enjoyed the place.
Great Video. If you ever dock in Myrtle Beach SC, let me know and I'll buy you lunch and take a tour of you beautiful sailboat. I've learned a lot from your technical maintenance skills and sailing skills.
Thanks for the offer Doug. We have certainly sailed passed MB SC a few times. Maybe we pop in this time on our way south in December.
agree. i wasn't familiar with Hallberg-Rassy. beautiful boats, interesting back story and proper tool for their needs.
Yes, Cloudy Bay certainly fits our needs perfectly. Strong pegigree Ocean cruiser with good speed and comfort. Finally my bouts of boat envy ceased after we purchased her!
This brings backs lots of memories from my bvis charter 3 years ago. we went to the same places you visited.
So many nice places to anchor and see there. No wonder it's a popular charter destination.
What sets your vids ahead of so many others is the island touring and narration with maps combined with a focus on actual sailing. It's done well. Plus Oana's narration makes everything sound.. better lol. The new DJI Air 2 or 2S drone may be the one to get. Terrific footage of Tortola regardless. Oana in Guana must have been a laugh! =P
Thanks Dale. glad you like the format. Spread the word during your DJ sessions!
@@SailCloudyBay I gotta make you guys a mixtape. I play a lot of chill out, balearic, 80’s rarities, disco on slowmo house very similar to your theme song
That would be nice. We like that style. Just make sure there is no black rap in there! That new sound really gets on our titties!
@@SailCloudyBay "Black" Rap?
Hi Glen.
Foxy isn't the entity who placed the mooring balls in most van Dyke . Most of the Island is owned by a private charitable foundation which has been business partners with Foxy for over 20 years. Foxy runs the balls the majority of the income goes to the foundation. The foundation owns Magens Bay St. Thomas, Hans Lollik Islands and many other land preservation properties in the Virgin Island. The foundation has built new libraries, fi re stations, park service buildings. US customs buildings. College grants for thousands of virgin Island students. Help centers for families in crisis. And so much more . We are the good guys. Best Pete
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Pete, many thanks for your explanation on that one. I feel a bit bad now for saying those things. We had picked up a ball there 2 yrs ago on our way back to USA. After the rest of the Caribbean the rates seemed extremely high and the manner the fees were collected left a bad taste with us. And at the same time, the million $ Foxy’s fancy launch passed by. I’m glad now to hear the money goes to good causes and not direct to one pocket. And who can blame the islands anyway. They are over run with charter yachts, so good to get income from them.
@@SailCloudyBay The Foundation and Foxy relationship is a good one. Foxy deserves a good. Our Charitable foundation is the largest business entity in the Virgin Island. It is completely unknown to the people of the Virgin Islands. Only a handful of people know of its existence, yet you have visited many of our businesses and marine properties. Its a permanent trust geared for making the British an USVI the nicest place to live and visit in the caribbean. No worries, The Foundation is a secret because the world wants to find fault. So when we give a new super nice library to the people of the virgin Islands, they think their bankrupt government put it up but it was our foundation that donated it. We have donated 5 amazing libraries. Three Firestations plus fire engines and life gear. I live on St Thomas and St John. I stopped going over to Jost myself because I disliked all the balls and fees. Then I found out it was my foundation that payed to have them installed in certain locations so others didn't consessionize our property locations. Jost Van Dyke is entirely a property owned charitable confession of the Foundation which supports grants for higher education for all Virgin Island students. Its built all the new libraries and fire stations. Its building right now the new customs station at RedHook, replacing the St John Customs station. And so much more. Nice talking with you Pete
looks really nice! thanks for the beautiful tour
Our pleasure!
If you get a polarized filter, then you can tune out the reflections from the surface of the water and take pictures that look more like what you can see.
Thankyou. Unfortunately our GoPro camera does not accomodate any polarized filters.
Wonder if that Steele point house is still around at the tip entrance of sopers hole
Thank you.
You're welcome, Justin.
Woah, gorgeous sail! (Yeah the dude is pretty fly to... 😂)
Indeed!
Nice sail.
Bit of a nervous sail putting that up for the first time. But yes, an interesting one.
@@SailCloudyBay It looked really good! As soon as you van spread the foot of that said out, you have it made. As good as a spinnaker with way less hassle.
It's funny, I looked up the name Jost van Dyke as I am Dutch and indeed it should be Joost, not Jost. Joost is the correct Dutch name but somehow it became Jost for the English 😁
Yep, us Brits dont like to waste letters in words if we dont have to !
I hope to live in the BVI or USVI one day. At least for a few years.
Certianly a nice place to hang out for a while. Expensive though.
When are we going to see the final of rebuilding the rigging?? Looking forward to it!
Filming the rebuild right now! Video will be out in about 6 weeks. But rig itself won’t go back up till autumn, just before we leave. Don’t want it getting dirty over the summer!!
Why are we just seeing March 2919 videos. Anything newer?
What? You want even newer than 898 years into the future? Seriously, that's just asking tooo much Jackie! :)
Or maybe you meant 2019? Our recently published videos are from 2019 because we didn't get around to editing that footage until now. If you take a look at our channel page you will see videos right up to when we stopped sailing (due to Covid crisis) in 2020. Hope that answers your question.
where do you get the curtesy flags?
We bought a whole bunch of this on-line when we started out 5 years ago. Sorry, but I dont remember where from :(
What happens if there's a serious medical issue on those islands? There's not much there it terms of infrastructure. Ok when you're young and healthy but that's just temporary.
Good question Fredrick. They do have hospitals on Tortola and medical centers on most of the populated islands. But correct, you need to be careful. We have insurance that also includes medivac if needed.
Hi Glen, just curious if you or Oana have any children. If you don't answer np of course. Was just wondering you never have any visitors on board like some family "baggage" 😁
Yep, we have plenty of family baggage. Kids are grown up and doing their own thing. Daughter sailed with us across the Atlantic, son was with us eat coast USA and lots of family on board in the Med before we came west.