A WET AND WINDY RACE IN OUR SQUIB ON WHAT TURNED OUT TO BE A FANTASTIC DAY TO GO SAILING
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- čas přidán 9. 07. 2022
- This is what happened to us in race 4 of the 2022 Medway Yacht Club Squib summer series. The race wasn't as exciting as last week but the sail itself was epic.
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Speaking on behalf of the audience, we love it when the beautiful people win, Mr Foxwell too
Ha ha. Hi Sean good to hear from you.
Brilliant video, great camera angles. We felt we were part of the race.
Thanks Mike, glad you liked it
Back to your best, messing about in small yachts is so much fun.🌅😊
Thanks Robert. It what we enjoy and there will be a film of an even smaller boat in a couple of weeks :-)
Nothings better than good crew!
Hi Keith. Your right, she puts up with a lot from me but she does do a good job :-)
I was in your neck of the woods today, came up to get fuel at Gillingham, pop in to the chandlery and then on to the visitors pontoon at Chatham for food shopping. Preparing for trip up the Thames on Thursday for a couple of nights on my Corribee. You may remember you helped me get a part made for my gooseneck 3 or 4 years ago. Still going strong! Cheers
O Hi Jes. Good to hear from you and good to know that the fitting is still working well
Hahaha totally awesome guys fantastic work by helm and crew xxx If ever there was an advert for sailing a dingy !!
Thanks Andy, nice to hear from you
Well done another great production and advert for Squib racing.
I had been out on Go-Kart solo before I saw you all at the start and it was pretty breezy that day ! Its always nice to arrive back at the club moorings to catch the fleet either starting or finishing.
Paul.
Hi Paul. Yup it was an adventure, perfect day for a sail though
Really enjoy your channel, and the racing on your Squib, you are both doing really well, look forward to more vids soon, cheers
Thanks Brian. Nice to hear from you and glad your enjoying the films
I used to go sailing many years ago on a Dufour yacht. We always had problems with our hoists and drops. Someone thought of using a bucket with a hole in it for pulling the kite through on hoists and blow me, it worked!
Kept the kite lines untangled...
Hi Nik. Thats a good idea I'll give it some thought. They do make bags for them which i think would help I just dont want to spend the money :-)
Not many people can do that well in a race whilst multi-dimensional filming. Love it !
Hi Simon. Thanks. Its not easy thats for sure
Nice video! You made it look easy putting the spinnaker up & down 👍
Thanks guys.... thats because we edited out the 5 min of faffing that goes with every hoist :-)
Love the new camera extension. I think it makes the Squib go faster. It certainly makes a great video! Thanks ever so much!
Hi Ray. They do make it look like its going fast don't they... even though they really arnt that quick :-)
A few tips spinnaker related.
Route the spinnaker halyard all the way back to the helm position. This means, the helm can hoist, while the crew takes care of the pole and other things. Add a line on the pole that will allow the crew to open the fitting at the end, thus releasing the spinnaker guy. Another trick is to put a stopper knot on the pole launch line such so the fitting is in front of the mast. Not too much so it messes with the jib, but just enough to the pole doesn't get stuck between the main and the shrouds if you let the main all out. Also, is class legal to have a small plastic stool, if your crew can't quite reach the pole in "retracted" position.
Practice hoisting and flying the spinnaker without the pole. To do this, the helm hoists and the crew pulls the spinnaker on the correct side. The crew might need to pull the jib tight to make it easier to get the spinnaker across. At this stage, the helm can get control of the spinnaker and keep it flying until the crew gets the pole on, sets the jib etc. This helps with all sort of situations, if you need to gybe after a mark rouding, or you need to gybe, or you are getting ready to drop the spinnaker etc.
Hi Petru. Funny you should mention the haliyard as that is exactly what we have done. Much better with me at the back pulling it up because as you say I can then temporarily take control of the sheets as Hannah gets things sorted.
I like the idea of stopping the pole from getting trapped by the boom... as I'm not on the boat how much pole has to be sticking out to clear these?
O and I forgot to say thanks Petru, your advice is always very welcome :-)
I'm sailing tomorrow on my new boat, i will get some pics.
Great thanks
Great job on the canera work...the 360 cam makes it look like a sailing Kayak in size...LOL...but super camera work!
Great racing as always...My stomach muscles hurt....yours?? hahahaha
Hi Las. Thanks it does allow us to give you all a different view of the sailing, we like it
Looked great fun, you were having a blast, those are the days to savour. Fantastic for us to share it with you, good camera shots.
Hi David. It was a great sail and one we will remember for a while
your channel is doing so will 👍👍👍👍👍👍
Hi Alan. We're pleased. We doubt it will ever be CZcams big but we are pleased with the followers we have... and you were one of the first weren't you. How did you find us in the first place?
@@SailingwiththeFoxwellFamily i found you on CZcams like a lot of us did my channel is getting a little bit big 😂
Yup its amazing. I like to think that although we may be small in CZcams terms, if 300 people turned up at our front door, well that would be a huge gathering and effectively that's what we are doing, just letting people see a bit of our lives. Well done
Great video, great weather - looks like great fun!
Hi ya. It was an awesome day for sailing... they dont get much better
Cracking race! Lovely drop too. Felt like an extra crew member! Great video!
Hi ya. Thanks, lovely to hear from you as ever
It was nice to see you on the water from Boomerang on our first sail since winter refit love the vlogs
Hi ya. Good to see you to
Love to see you do some of these with a running commentary of all the things your considering as you sail
Eg a series on sail settings, another on start strategy etc.
I know it's a crazy big ask.
Love your channel.
Hi Thos. Thanks for the feedback. Its a good idea the trouble is getting shots that show you why we are making the changes we are making is not that easy and I'm not sure how much sense it would make otherwise but we will keep it in mind and see if there is something we can do.
looks to me that Phil and Anne just bought a larger dingy to race.
Hi Denise. I think your right, hopefully one day that will invite us onboard for a sail and then we can let you know if it sails like one as well
On a whim looked for used Squibs for sale; guess what? They were all in England.
Try the Flying Scot if you are in the States.
Hi Eric. Yes its a very UK centric class, but over here its big. Generally only pockets of fleets but they still get loads to there traveller events, more than just about most classes, dinghy's included!
Another great video, and as others have said love the variety of camera angles and commentary. Giving me ideas for how to position cameras on my Flying 15. Also wondering if the way you've set up the running rigging (with inhaul outhaul pole launch etc) is standard on all squibs or whether you've customised. Maybe a walk through on boat setup as a future video...?
Hi Richard. I'm afraid i wouldn't know how Squibs are set up generally and Id bet they arnt like ours :-) When we got Legend it was really just a pile of bits so we had to figure it out ourselves, and are still figuring truth be told. When we arrive at something we like then yes, i think your right a walk through of how its done may be useful to others
Are you not allowed to use a fly away pole?
Hi Bradley. Yes it has a fly away pole but its just one pole and it goes down just one side of the boom so to jibe you have to take the pole off, jibe the boat and then redeploy it. The trouble is in that wind strength its all to easy for it to collapse and wrap itself around the forestay and that is then a real pain to untangle
Brilliant video, great camera angles. We felt we were part of the race.