Houston, We have a Problem | Solo Sailing | Antigua to Bermuda
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- čas přidán 26. 08. 2023
- A few days out from Antigua and of course the gremlins have to have their go at disrupting my Zen. This time it seems to be the autopilot and solar charging system that have attracted their attention!
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Hell yes
Very cool to see Island Spirit sailing again.
Enjoyed the commentary on the gybe technique. Sure is complicated.
If only they had filed the rear stays just outboard of the travellor……
I am enjoying the series. I am a new sailor and love watching for unique tips, so the voice over explaining what you are doing is fantastic! I have learned alot from your channel, even stuff as basic as folding ropes!
brave Chris
Enjoying your content, your considerable experience in sailing comes over especially with a trimaran because there’s not much about trimarans on CZcams
Chris, we’ll have to get Spirit powered up for the next video!
well it’s funny you should mention that..:) I have a few videos from the C600- maybe I should include those ?
I heard you mention organizing ropes for most of your life and hate it. Me too, as a rigger and sailor I have also done a bit of that but I kind of like it. I hate a cluttery cookpit full of ropes and shit. Ship shape is best. Good videos and informative. All the best to you!
This was really useful - thanks. We’ve moved from a fast cat to a faster tri, and hearing your thinking process is helping with our test sailing / shakedown👍
Nice fix on the autopilot 👍 Great safety suggestions on the jibe/gybe 😀
First time seeing your videos. Great content and like the filming first, then adding the narration. First time for me seeing a working tri boat - luv it. Me very novice on sailing. Now subscribed and looking forward to more content.
Welcome aboard
Thanks. Great content as always. Be well and stay safe
Is there a reason that the boat doesn't have a wind vane as a backup for the autopilot? My dad always preferred an auxilliary rudder type, like a hydrovane. If you were to get hit by lightning and lost your electronics, you'd be stuck with only hand steering.
On a passage from Bon Aire to Florida, we got hit by lightning. We lost all the electrics except the house batteries, alternator on the engine, and the backup radio (which we stored in the oven during the storm). We had a Hydrovane, our sextants, charts, a calibrated compass, and good charts . . . so we decided to keep sailing, as Florida was better for repairs anyway.
I crossed the Atlantic three times with my dad on a Pearson 39-2 (monohull). We also sailed from Maine to Santa Barbara, CA through the canal and then to Hawaii (my graduation trip). Of course that was before GPS or Solar cells. He and I had a bit of a competition every day, plotting our location and updating the chart, (my lines were Red, his were black).
Have you thought about a wind power system to charge your batteries?
Hey is that Jason’s old Boat “Spirit”?
She sure is ;-) isn’t it great to see her living her new life and in good hands!!
@@TrimaranSpirit absolutely 💯 !!!!! so good to see a worthy Captian at her helm.
She is! She's an absolutely fabulous boat that I enjoy sailing every time I get the chance:)
Over many years of sailing and electronics , I came to my view that all electronics fail, when you put them into a complete bundle , 1 part failed and you have nothing , auto pilot should always be on its own , to many tiny wires and salty sea air , don't mix , I would always give up sailing to a wind angle , and have something that stays on,
ROPE - Only one rope on a sailing vessel the Bell Rope..........
Dude, I'm really enjoying your comments! Thanks for the sub! But look seriously… this 'only one rope - the bell rope' thing, has to stop :) This is just false maritime news put about by half-inebriated yachties, who don't know the right words for anything on their sports equipment and so call everything 'xyz + LINE'.
And then think they've aced the class.
Would LOVE to discuss.
@@CSMtheMariner - Half inebriated,....! Way too generous - One of my ol shipmates makes the smoothest bourbon moonshine this side of the Windies ( I use & I like.. : ) )As for Rope I sailed with a "real" old marlin spike sailor for wee while when I was on "Zebu" as part of Operation Raleigh . He knotted up a basic bell rope in about 10 minutes, that was very very impressive, I was struggling with the 5th tuck on a Turks Head. He regaled a story that he had made what for him was an intricate "Bell Rope" and presented it the the Captain of "HMY Britannica" when it was visiting Cairns in the mid 80's. He was invited onboard by the Captain (rare event) and the Bell Rope was promptly put in a display box with about 30 other "Bell Ropes" presented to previous Captains of "Britannica" by old world sailors before him. The Captain promised his rope would be used before the Royal Yacht sailed From Cairns and would go into rotation thereafter.
So you were saying.......; )
Don't know how your feed ended up in my recommendations. But I like your approach to sailing and passage making, and happy it did. And as I said I sort of know the vessel you are on in the series I am watching.
So a month later ......... I happily re watched your Utube...No bell rope comments this time.👍. Since then I have been pinged on my Honda 1100 40k over the limit and I think I spat the the dummy a little bit by deciding to stop being an inebriated commentator and a revenue source for a sad State government, and get my arse back to sea whilst I can. So that $1100 ticket (matches the CC of my machine) has been the inspiration to go looking for a boat...... I found one......! But its in SF and I am in Qld Oz, I am ready to make a booking for a flight to inspect but I am in a bind (work commitments) to get it moved (needs new standing rigging B4 moving) to a port for transshipment to the Med. So dear sir, banter about rum and bourbon aside, I would welcome like some sage opinion & advice (39' folding Tri) about getting it either north to Vancouver or south to Costa Rica/Panama for a pick up. I have my own opinion, but a second opinion is more than welcome.
Does the outboard have an alternator which you can charge the house batteries from? My 6hp Tohatsu outboard has a (albiet tiny) 6A alternator.
Ahoy Chris.... you're not sailing the GSC?