Tom Cunliffe sails upwind
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- čas přidán 13. 09. 2024
- If you’re interested in sailing, things maritime and the salty road to freedom, you'll enjoy my channel, so pour yourself a glass of the finest and settle down to listen to my occasional chats. In this video I reveal some of the art of sailing different types of boat upwind from my yacht at sea and in the dry from my study.
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Tom, I love your stories, and you are completely right about Corned Beef :-)
Thanks Alistair for your kind remarks. Tom
I'm a land-locked retiree in Indiana, USA, who a few years ago was touched by the sea through my intense interest in the Napoleonic Wars, ship modeling and some very, very limited time aboard a square-rigger out of Nova Scotia. I have few regrets in life; it simply unfolded as it did linked to time and place. But watching these wonderful videos from someone so thoroughly immersed in sea and sail does give me a strong feeling of "I wish ...," that I would have easily traded the dirt between my toes for the wind in my hair. My only hope now is that, through the library I've accumulated and the models I've built, my grandchildren will know that off far distant shores there was a thing called the Great Age of Sail.
Thank you for this John. That is a beautiful sentiment. I bet your grandchildren love visiting their grand-dad, and long after you have joined us all in the final harbour, they will be showing your models to their friends as their horizons are broadened by your library. These things are permanent. Tom
The best upwind sailing lesson I ever had. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Lars. I'm really pleased you found it useful. Tom
Ah Tom, your videos are pure joy to me. I can't thank you enough.
Another marvellous video delivered with enough twinkle in the eye and charm to keep us engaged. And yes, a can of corned beef is a very nice, old-fashioned thing, and it's good to be reminded of that in these darker times. Here's to the return of corned beef sarnies and Fray Bentos pies eaten at the tiller and sustaining the crew. Keep the wind in your face. Cheers!
I'm with you there Nick. Nothing like them for comfort food. We always have a few cans of both in the locker. Tom
@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns Thanks Tom! And as my dear old granny used to say about them “And they’ll never go off, even in a nuclear war!!” Wise woman, my Nan, lived through two world wars and the Great Depression. I dread to think what she’d think of us now. She wouldn’t say anything. She’d just give me one of THOSE looks (you know the ones I mean). L’annee prochaine!!
Thanks Tom ,more like this for us novice sailors !
More videos in the pipeline. There's also a load of articles on my website www.tomcunliffe. They're free to members of my club - just £15 a year to join. Tom
You're a real treasure sir!
You are a legend. Thank you for sharing.
You're too kind Alves. Thanks for watching. Tom
I'm learning more ur video channel tnk for sharing your awesome info technical support
I'm really thrilled to hear that Ross. Thanks for letting me know. Tom
All the best Tom!
Kind regards.
I love your channel Tom, such sound and good advise and then off on a homely ramble about tinned meats! A pure delight :D
Good refresher, thanks for keeping it straightforward
Thanks Mike. I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Tom
This is one of your greatest videos. The description of thedinghy procedure upwind was perfect.
Thanks Will. So pleased to hear that, although no pressure then when making the next video! Tom
Your left hand keeps reaching for the tiller and looks like a gooseberry at a party.
The boats gorgeous.
Wow , thank you for the years on videos/Programs, on you’re sailing adventure. You are blessed with the ability to vocalise your knowledge to none sailor as well as seasoned salty sea dogs. Iv sailed on occasion in the past and frightened my self stupid. Thank you to allow us to sail with you without the danger. Ps could you provide a dictionary for some of your terms as it takes awhile to have the terms be worked out. Regards ChrisB anymore TV programs coming as I watched all of your original programs when first aired and again on your recent CZcams release. THANK TOU.
Hi Chris. Many thanks for your kind remarks. Your point about the sailing terminology noted. I'll have a think about how that would work on CZcams. It's all in my book, 'The Complete Day Skipper', but I can see that some sort of glossary on CZcams would be helpful. No more TV programs on the horizon. The television companies seem to think that sailing programs don't sell, but I'm always available if anyone wants to give me a call! Tom
Tom, can you do a video about handling a boat with running backstays? Do you have any tips or tricks on best practices?
The invention of the devil. Put runners on a mast and you make it vulnerable. Yet a lot of gaffers and some fractional bermudans do need them to a greater or lesser extent. Thank God for the pilot cutter. Goes like the wind and no runners! Those guys knew a thing or two! A video is a good idea but there are so many different types it's a tall order. I'll think on. Thanks for the input. Tom
I have a Sparkman & Stephens design with a "Scheel keel" by Henry Scheel. I accepted this compromise because I live in a predominantly shallow area. The upwind behavior is similar to your Channel Cutter and it took me awhile to stop pinching up and stalling out. I really appreciate how you integrate modern technology such as your electronics with more traditional methods rather than being Puritanical. You demonstrate that the modern technology is complimentary to the traditional methods which affords more safety and convenience without being over reliant on the new technology.
Many thanks for your kind remarks. I bet your Sparkman and Stephens is a lovely boat. Tom
Either that picture of you going upwind in that boat with 7 or 8 others wasn't you or it was taken so long ago that your hair wasn't white! The way you narrate you could make log cabins or chess pieces sound awesome and exciting. Your sailboat is absolutely gorgeous!. LOVE the fully battened main, love the cockpit layout, absolutely love the offset companionway, love the raised helm seats, the teak, the B&G instrumented dashboard, loved everything I could see, even you (as a sailor and teacher:). Many features of your boat are exactly what I want in my next boat. Great mind's think alike, and so do ours! 🤔😂
Thank you for taking the time to create edit and post your videos, we all know it's time consuming! The cool thing is, CZcams in 200 years...your great great great great great great great grand children and other future people will be able to watch your videos! I wonder if Englanders will still have an English accent? I'm thinking most won't..all humans will sound the same, but they'll be speaking English at least! Wow I'm blabbing...sorry!
Luff the bumsail and squirt up the mainsheet me hearties!
'I can't 'old 'er, Mr Onedin. Yew'll have ter take a reef in!'. Quote from Captain Baines (AKA Capt Birdseye) in 'The Onedin Line' - a well-loved TV programme back in the 70s.
Certainly challenges general thought of heavy full keelers being unable to point or sail in light conditions. Luv to see the boat going hard to wind in a blow.
Excellent Tom - top tip - corned beef sandwiches and a mug of tea when close hauled. 😉😀👍⛵️
Can't be beat Norman. Tom
That Mason 44 is on my short list for a future cruiser ! Love it.
She's doing us proud Michael. Check out the Mason Owner's site, they are a mine of information. Tom
love your videos! always informative and entertaining! Thanks
The Brits will always find a way to take a snipe at Yanks, ever so subtly like the can of beef vs spam bit :)
Lol fried spam while sailing is terrific!
Nice, nice, nice.
Thanks! Thanks! Thanks! Tom
I wish I had a tiny amount of ability on a sailing vessel, I would be a very happy man.
Tom, At last. A sailing video that stresses relaxation! The Birmingham Navy would appreciate a sail trimming series please. Nothing fancy, just the basics for the cruising types. I'm fed up of explaining the vang and traveller and would like you to do a masterclass that I could point them to. There is a Portuguese chap GIULIETTA SAILING TEAM who does an excellent series that would be great if translated onto a heavier boat like yours
I'll see what I can do next summer about a vid on sail trimming - unless I can get hold of a boat in the meantime. I've got to keep the Birmingham Navy happy! Tom
@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns The Birmingham Navy would supply the boat .... and, although not without risk, maybe a selection of their finest in need of tuition?
Thats Art no a boat,Thank You,Sir.
Loved the comment about the corned beef and spam. Brings back memories.
very nice👍
'I cannot command winds and weather."
Lord Nelson
"Thought is the wind, knowledge the sail, and mankind the vessel."
Augustus Hare
Many thanks Jay for sharing those two great quotes with us. Tom
Tom on my old 54ft. VandeStadt cutter , Steel round bilged , 25 ton , Canvas main , heavy cotton Yankee & heavy canvas staysail, No winches all block and tackle ( Didn't have a lot of money when fitting her out )with a clean bottom would make 5kts in 8 kts to windward 45-50 Dg. on the wind , Loved surprising some of the lighter yachts as she would sail frew the holes with minimum loss of speed . great shot of the telltales on the main - Beautiful, little twist to keep the flow going . Great post , thanks `Oh electronics - Binocs & a 20 quid plastic sexton with an old towed log .
Thanks Bill. Good to hear you are keeping yachties on their toes with your cutter. Tom
Hi! Your comment is really interesting! 54 ft boat should really have massive rig. How do you manage the main sheet in strong winds? Well, I mean, at what windspeed it is no longer possible to handle the staysail and mainsail singlehanded? And how about running backstays? It should be tricky, I guess? I never sails on a large boats (26 ft maximum), so I was really impressed when I heard a Pilot Cutter can be sailed by crew of two.
So as you have an expirience of sailing 54ft cutter, could you please clarify this question?
Thanks! English is not my first language, sorry for mistakes)
Good evening to you sir from wellington Somerset
Morning David. All well here in the New Forest. How are things out west!
Wet and windy in Wellington Somerset
Hello sir, like your channel very much thank you. Wanted to mention something for you. Not many folks build thier own sv of wood nowadays, esp. gaffed -
Salt & Tar - on youtube. Be well old friend.
November..... I see you've got your winter model on Tom. I don't wear a syrup myself; too far and too long gone.
Upwind is the best wind!
Love your yarns and geat wisdom Tom! It 's hard to beat someone with a few years behind them.It's 6_40am here in NzJust put the kettle on ,my wife and I have traveled up from our home in Hamilton to sail about the Hauraki gulf in our Robert Perry Tasheba 40
Ahoy Wally
Just off to the old scratcher for a swift six hours, with luck., All night in. Can't beat it! It's really great to hear from NZ. Have fun in the Gulf. Tom
Tom, why are the headsails on the pilot cutters so small? Why dont they use 125 jibs?
Sailing too close is slower.
But usually back to Hamble via the North channel it's all that can be done.
Hi Tom, That's my kind of sailing! Say, what's the small platform aft of the backstay for? Cheers.
When I bought the boat it was stainless steel and was covered in comms domes. not my style, so I sold the domes on ebay, cladded the SS with teak and now I can rest my whisky glass on it when I'm on the quarter seat enjoying a sundowner at anchor. perfect.
Tom
@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns Brilliant!
Ahh, but, a fried spam buttie with a cup of tea on the middle watch
Hi Salty. When you run out of bacon, you can't beat fried spam and eggs for breakfast. Tom
I didn't rely on the "experts" ... I did it myself.
Video on on tales of your days racing IOR would be great
Hi Cillian. I'm not sure how I'd make that - might be beyond my capabilities, but it's something I could write about. I'll think on. Tom
Dear Tom. Can you say something about radar reflectors please ?
Tom, speaking of dinghy's, do you ever cross paths with Paul Elvstrom. As a kid I read his books more than any amount of homework. A conversation between you gents would have been so interesting.
Hi Keith
Sadly, Paul died aged 88 in 2016. A great sailor indeed. I'd love to have met him.
Tom
“Try that with a can o spam “
You right spam cans are made wrong
Ah, these bloody tingling-wiggling lines and sheets. I'd rather spill the wind off the main sail using tiler, perhaps. :)
Thanks for the comment. Good point and nothing wrong with that. Trouble is, if the rig's set right you also spill some wind from the headsail when you 'feather' the whole boat, so the guys who are working the traveller will always go faster. When I'm cruising, this is not so important, so you'll be happy doing what suits you best. Tom
I hold a globe up and then say the moon is above the Atlantic. The Atlantic basin so the Caribbean, usa, western europe, etc the water will be sucking away from the globe, low tide. On the other side of the globe, the water will be sucking against the globe, high tide. Does that make sense?
Interesting
Tom. Have you seen Pete Townshend out and about on the water? The Who would record at Eel Pie Studios and I know he’s got a sailboat. Really enjoy your videos. And I recall that David Gilmour (of Pink Floyd) has a boat studio....
A lot of the songs composed by Richard Wright, were made on sailboats that he had, he sailed a lot, for example the song "Wearing The Inside Out", that he called the "swan song" is about the Nautor Swan that he had until he died. Another sailor was Jack Bruce.
Pete T used to own Pazienza, the Italian built classic. I don't know what he has now. Keeping his head down I shouldn't
wonder. Then there's one J Buffet! Our virtual companion on many a lively traverse. 'Son of a gun of a sailor!'
Tom
Thank tom,
I sail a Deben 4 Tonner here in Western Australia. We get 20-25knts in the afternoon and a steepish chop. You go nowhere if you pinch her. Ease off a bit and off ya go. Tacking in the chop can be bit tricky though, by the time I get up into he wind she wants to stop and fall back off. Getting hull speed and then trying to pick the waves is the trick. It can be hit and miss though. I used to sail Fireballs so tacking the Deben is like: put the helm down, have a cup of tea, haul the jib across, point down a bit to get up to speed, bring her up. Proceed in accordance with previous orders. Maybe on the next tack I could make a corned dog sarnie instead of a cup of tea?
Please do a video with you singing.And an update on going over the channel in 2021.
Hi Peter. You're the second person to ask me to make a vid about singing. Roz has been nagging me too, so you never know. Next year I'm hoping to cruise the Channel, if we're allowed, so there'll be lots more vids about cruising there then. Tom
Good video, however it was a bit fast paced at beginning with terminology that would confuse many people as they will have no idea what your talking about. Jib and mainsail is not hard, telltales has another term I forget that is used a lot, the rest was enthusiastic but way over many people's head.
I did enjoy the video view of your boat on the water( if you prefer yacht or ship still meant in best possible way) I find the real footage of being out on calm water without gale winds to be quite soothing.
Is she Bermuda rig with less luff? Her sails look quite flat trimmed up it's why I ask. ( note I'm still not sure what luff is so hope I got term right. It's the "cup" of sail I think"
Hi Jacilynn. I didn't want to confuse with the terminology. It's all fairly simple once you know. The boat I was sailing on is Bermudan and the sails are trimmed like that because I'm going to windward. Luff is the front edge of the sail. Hope that helps. Maybe buy my book, 'The Complete Day Skipper' to help with the terms and learn how to sail. There's a comprehensive glossary in there. Cheers Tom
No offense, but in the age of Google, I think we really should be searching for what we fail to understand before asking.
@@andrewparry1474 Yeah...we can search for terms and, no doubt, many have. However you didnt actually read my comment. Tom did.
Ill just recap for you. It was about the pacing. I thought it was a little too fast with advanced terms that would loose most people.
when it comes to boats of any type or size the terms/names used change from area to area, even inside the uk let alone the rest of world. This goes for parts of boats, design, sails, etc etc.
Port, starboard, bow, stern even those change. Nothing is a given.
As for sail design and terms...ehhh that is not so easy to get. Ive been searching and searching on this for awhile. Lots of books on how to sail, no so much on how to build one. Most of the info is diy "build it like this" not WHY it's built like this or how to design a good sail for your own boat design. Sails are not just flat flat, well unless your square rigged that is. There is a cup or bow built into the sail much line a plane wing is not just straight but has a double sloping curve to it.
For sails this is referred to as "luff", at least that is what i have read so far. Kinda confusing to be honest as the term seems to change from story teller to story teller. And wikipedia is no help at all!
What happens if there is a no deal Brexit?
That's the million dollar question, Gerry. We're all waiting to see what's going to happen. Tom
ah yes the spam can problem, when on board i usually just punch a hole in the bottom of the can open it up and give it a squirt of compressed air comes right out
Thanks De Crom for that useful bit of advice on opening Spam cans. I'm never too old to learn! Tom
...try doing that with a can of Spam!
Seriously, Tom? 37° to the wind not a great beat? I'm happy at 40°+. But, I'm not racing ...no particular place to go. Enjoy!
Tom, we need to actually hear you singing!!
Hi Kurt. Roz has been nagging me to make a video about sea shanties, including a bit of me singing. What you do think? Would it be popular or would it finish me off!?! Tom
@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns Hi Tom, I think it would be a great addition to your videos. Explaining why they exist, the stories they tell and the legacy they've created. And, of course, a solo from you!!!
bloody annoyed again, where are the subtitles? consider those hard of hearing and the profoundly deaf.
Hi Mike. I'm grateful to you for flagging this up. I had no idea this service was available. I'll research how to do it today and if all goes well I'll get the subtitles up and reply again to let you know we're 'go'.
Thanks again
Tom
Please don't waste our time with your muzak animation nonsense.