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- Part 5/6. Single Handed Sailing The Azores to UK. Solo Sailing Atlantic Ocean 2018. Solo Voyage. This video follows me sailing alone the longest sailing passage of the summer (1,400 Nautical Miles) a windward sail The Azores to Falmouth UK.
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A sailing channel that sails , finally, and no music just the raw sound of sailing ...golly good show ole chap.
Oh crikey Paul. There is a bit of music at the end!! Thanks for watching. ATB James
I was complementing you on the no music .. I like to hear the nature it puts you right there, I could watch the waves roll by and listen to the wind and water for hours , you put just the right amount of music at the end a nice touch to finish .
Paul. I did know it was a compliment. Very grateful for the kind comment. ATB James
Of all of your many excellent videos James, this is my personal favorite. A perfect example of how to plan and execute a complex, difficult passage in such a manner as to avoid drama and crisis. I don’t know too many sailors who would have beat nearly 1000 miles into wind and wave, but you did it in such a way as to make it seem just a minor annoyance, rather than the true challenge it was. Bravo my friend. Just superb. A model of seamanship for all of us to aspire to.
Patrick. Wow! That is so so kind. But a windward passage in a boat like mine is not too bad. She's built to sail well with the wind from that quarter. You just have to listen to the boat working so so hard despite her being nursed along. She looks after me very well indeed. Fair winds and stay safe making your way home. ATB James
Patrick, you sell yourself short sir. You are as good as James imho. I so enjoy both of you videos that you make👍⛵️
Warren
s/y Legend
Indeed he does ... as always. Patrick made a fantastic voyage to Faroe this year. Bravo.
Two of the best sailing video makers on CZcams conversing - nice. Respect to you both.
Patrick is a very good man and it was great to meet him earlier this year.
Really great video! I enjoyed this very much, every sentence of yours is full of wisdom. Thank you for taking the time to share your voyage!
That's a very kind comment. Thank you very much. I try to avoid excitement. An unremarkable passage is a good passage for me. It means the voyage has been safe. ATB James
Fantastic video by a true sailing gent! Very well done.
Thank you very much indeed. Just footage of a very ordinary sailor sailing a little bit further. ATB James
CZcams knows I like sailing videos and offered you up today. Lucky me . I couldn’t subscribe fast enough after my first introduction to your calm and thoughtful presentation on a subject I like very much.
Hi Steve. Thank you for your kind comment. Yup. It's a subject I love very much indeed. ATB James
Great video, thank you. My favorite moment was when you fed the pigeon. Such kindness at sea. :) Best regards!
Yes! Poor lost bird. But I think he probably made it. Got a scent of land and he was away after 36 hours on board! ATB James
Bravo James ! Thoroughly enjoyed this windward leg 👍👍
Thank you Captain Crusty. And thank you so much for watching. ATB James
Very nice video. Sailing as it should be. You are a good skipper and the ending was poetic.
Hi Pablo. Thank you for watching the video and for your very kind comment. I've just returned home form crossing the Atlantic so please excuse the late reply. James
Thank you for lovely video! Fair winds!
Thank you very much for watching the video. I'm so pleased you enjoyed it. Stay safe James
A most interesting narration and lovely to see a Westerly doing it!
Hi Charlie. Thank you so much for watching and commenting. It was a very enjoyable cruise. The boat and crew were well prepared. They say the Typhoon was Westerly's crowning achievement! Stay safe James
Superbe vidéo. Very Real and very informative. I share Patrick Laine remark about it being my favorite too !
Nice boat and well equipped.
How kind. Thank you so much for watching. ATB James
You are an inspirational man.
Thank you for sharing.
Hi Abdulla, Your very kind to say that but I'm just a very ordinary sailor who has had the time to sail a bit further. Nothing special at all. Kindest regards, James
I’m almost sorry to say that, this is the first video I’ve seen from you.
Because I liked it a lot ☺️
And you have a new subscriber.
Thanks a lot.
Fair winds and greetings from Norway.
Hi Anders. I love Norway. I sailed there is 2016 and 2017 and I will sail to Norway again. Thank you for watching AND for being a subscriber. Very grateful to you Sir. ATB James
Inspirational! Thank you for sharing your journey.
Hi Mark. Thank you for your very kind comment and for watching. ATB James
Good afternoon James. It was a pleasure to watch your videos !! I'm planning to do the same from Muros - Madeira - Azores and back next year !!! All seems very easy as the way you told the trip , but , it's a mayor achivment and hard work ... Best regards and good winds !!!
Hi Jesus. I hope you enjoy the voyage as much as I did AND thank you so much for your kind comment and for watching the video. I sailed at the right time of year. And tried to make the voyage as unremarkable as possible. Meaning it was a safe voyage. ATB to you Jesus. Fair winds and stay safe. James
Mr. James,
It was such a pleasure watching you work your vessel in such challenging condition , not over working your boat but rather listening to you boat and working her with ease. Your are the Master of your boat. It was also so very good to actually watch a true sailing video , yes so very refreshing to see. I have not sailed in that area as of yet , but does appear very busy in commercial shipping adding another whole layer of challenges to the trip... congrats and well done... I do hope to see more .
Robert
North Star
Hi Robert. Your too kind. The weather was good to me and my boat for the whole sail from the UK to Madeira and then for the sail home via The Azores. Nothing above a F 7 bar the squalls. The real challenge was looking after me. If I was disabled in any way I would disable the boat. A single-hander MUST stay rested, well watered, fed and without injury. I did arrive in Falmouth feeling very good indeed so that was a success. By being fit and well I was able to run the boat. She in turn then looked after me. As a great long distance sailor once said to me. "It's not a sprint it's a marathon". Traffic is always there but the further you get offshore the less you see. Away from major routes and shipping lanes on this last trip I could go several days without seeing anything. Many thanks for your comment and for watching the video. ATB James
Very cool series and I appreciate you sharing.
John. Many thanks again for watching. ATB James
Absolutely fine seamanship displayed...just a great video!!
Thank you Tony. It is very kind of you to watch the video.
Mr James,
Thank you so very much for your insiteful reply and may you have Fair winds and Safe Seas...
Robert
Your very welcome. Thank you.
Wonderful video, thanks for posting.
Thank you. Check out the rest in this series. It was an enjoyable two months. ATB James
I love these sailing videos of yours. I know I’ve written this before but I need to write again, I’m in awe of you singlehanded sailors! Sailing vids that are just sailing, can it be better?!?
Thanks for sharing
Warren
Hi Warren. Please don't be in awe. Friends, better sailors than me, would hate to be alone at sea. It's an attitude thing to be alone. I have done a fair few miles so there is some experience to fall back on. I always feel if your surprised at sea you should not be out there. You have to be pretty certain you CAN cope off shore alone. Most of all the weakest link is the crew. If I'm disabled the ship will be disabled. So taking great care of oneself is paramount. I pretend I'm twenty years older when moving around the boat! Thank you so much for watching. Fair winds and stay safe. James
You're true sailor. Well done!!👍
That is very kind Ramzi. Very kind. Thank you for watching. ATB James
What a gentle man and a gentleman. And I agree, there is nothing better than a beam reach! Also nice to see someone who can use a paper chart and a tide book. The electronics are great, but my humble opinion is that if you cannot cope with zero electricity, perhaps you shouldn't venture out onto 'the blue floaty thing'. I have a little Seal 28 just up from St Mawes at Pascos Boatyard. It's a wonderful part of the World with some of the nicest, friend list people you could hope to meet.
Thank you Stig. Yup! I'm old enough to have had to do the old stuff and I continue to use paper charts etc. I enjoyed a rest in St Mawes. Beautiful place and friendly people. It was a challenge having to deal with land and traffic again going back up Channel and round North Foreland to the Suffolk coast to get home. Fair winds and stay safe James
Stuck in lockdown dreaming of sailing and came to this video, fantastic escapism until I can do the real thing again! Nice omega sea master by the way :)
Thank you so much for watching the video. ATB James
Great Job!
Thanks for watching. In the end completing a passage safely, without incident, making it unremarkable means its been a safe voyage ... and that's how I like it. Stay safe. ATB James
this is a beautiful video :)
Thank you very much for watching. ATB James
Good day, I've thoroughly enjoyed all your videos thus far and looking forward to watching the rest.
One thing I've noticed about Talisker is the cockpit ergonomics. I especially like how the genoa sheet winches are set inboard so close the the companionway. No need to be leaning outboard on the leeward side risking being thrown into the winch.
I would be very interested in hearing your thoughts regarding autopilots. I notice you do not use a windvane.
Thank you so much for watching the video. Although most yachts are going to be a compromise, most of the important bits of 'Talisker 1' are how I like them to be. I would have wind vane steering but the cost has meant I have had to compromise. There were other more important things to do first. For instance, only the mast remains of the rig I bought in 2014. With the vast improvement in electronic steering I opted for Raymarine's Evolution Steering with Linear Drive. It has been ... touch wood ... absolutely fantastic in all conditions. The old 6000 is now the spare. I would like a purely mechanical system to steer the boat that is not reliant on generating electricity. Perhaps one day. Stay safe. ATB James
Thanks James just wonderful
Thank you.
The music at the end sounds like Sunny Side of Heaven
@Samingo Sailing - thank you. I picked up so much practical knowledge based on your expereinces here. A real sailing channel and for the newbie, it was gold. Subscription sorted and many more views forthcoming. Again, thank you for the insights! JQ.
Hi Joseph. What a kind comment and thank you so much for watching the video. I try to do things properly and professionally at sea. But I'm really just an ordinary sailor who has had the opportunity to spend a lot of time on the water. ATB James
@@samingosailing doing it properly matters! Thanks James.
@@Ploddingalong67 Yes! It does. People are pressed for time with busy lives and work. It is easy to miss out on doing the hard 'knowledge' i.e. putting in the many many nautical miles. And the coastal miles with the departures and arrivals in tidal waters, dealing with river bars etc is much more important than being offshore for many miles. I'm lucky to have had the time for this and then gradually sailed longer distances. ATB James
@@samingosailing all of this is in my future! Excited at the prospect of the learning to come.
I'm yet to learn how to sail it looks fantastic Tyges
Thank you for watching Martin. ATB James
16 minutes into the first video of yours, and I've subbed. Nice stuff. Do you do a 'How to..' video?
I'm a beginner sailor, halfway to saving up for my own liveaboard (yes, I'll get lessons, but the more I learn, the better).
Oh wow! Thank you for your comment. I have been a professional sailor but never an Instructor. I always say I'm not an instructor but I can tell you what works for ME. The simple truth is that you have to do the 'knowledge' and then however much you've done ... you have to remain inquisitive and continue learning. There are things that need to be done in a certain way and others that can be done in your own way ... that work and that have been learnt with experience. The fundamental basics MUST be taught and carried out correctly. I fear today that there is far too much reliance on electronic equipment. Too many people set out not having done the hard yards first. I talk about 'take offs and landings'. Short coastal passages safely executed from departure to arrival are of much more value than long offshore passages. Sailing in tidal waters is demanding. The hardest sailing I have done is coastal ... close to land and traffic. There is no substitute for being taught the basic musts and then putting in the miles. Read read and read. Don't make mistakes you've read about and don't make the same mistake twice. Do pop me an email any time samingosailing@icloud.com ATB James
Great video. Many Thanks. I note that you have lines that appear to link the leech reef point cringles to rings on the topping lift. What purpose do these shots lines play? Part of your lazy Jack system?? or? David, Alberg 30, Lake Huron, Canada
Hi David. Thank you so much for watching the video and taking the trouble to comment. Your absolutely right. They help to pull the sail back when flaking. I stole it from another wonderful solo sailor. So not my idea. We all stand on the shoulders of others from time to time and steal their wisdom. It works very well. Stay safe in these difficult times. All the best James
A lot of knowledge time, skills etc. have gone into making this achievement possible. Its great to see a sound older boat well maintained, rigged, equipped and with great navigation aids. Certainly a hull I would consider when I have the time to voyage.
I downloaded the PredictWind App and it does seem compare well to others such as yr.no and ventusky, which have proven accurate and better than the UK services. I have been monitoring them here on the southern tip of Ireland.
Incidently, from an earlier stage, I think it is quite alarming to have to deal with 35knot multihulls, although AIS is a help. Are navigation rules robust enough to cope with 50 knot+ closing speeds?
Hi B M. Thank you very much for watching. Your correct. An awful lot of thought goes in to the set up of my boat. Quite a bit of it is very non standard .. such as the rig. PredictWind / Iridium Go was very very good offshore. I was able to download grib maps constantly. The multihull in Biscay new exactly what they were doing. They passed well astern of us. It was just astonishing to see this speed on AIS. You get an MMSI number long before a name. When it eventually came up, it meant nothing until I could get quick wi fi ashore. I seem to remember a strobe light of some sort on the mast head. So ... no! I was astonished seeing that speed of 35 knots but our CPA was never an issue. ATB James
Came back for another viewing since I had enjoyed this video so much and also have similar sailing aspirations in the future to sail the Atlantic having now bought a 40ft yacht. I noticed the very neat arrangement of Jerry cans you have on both sides. May I please ask is that a combination of additional water and fuel? Or is it just one of the 2?
The jerry cans carry spare Diesel. Spare water is carried in the cabin. I don't depart without everything being full although I try to motor as little as possible and certainly not offshore. On a longer voyage in the ocean it is just sail. Water is only for drinking. Wipes suffice for washing. Thank you so much for watching the video again. I hope your sailing dreams come true. Please prepare carefully. I have an article in December Yachting Monthly on how I prepared for an ocean passage if your interested. Fair winds and stay safe. ATB James. I lived in Gunnersbury many moons ago!!
I have a question. What are the short lines from the three reefing points onto the topping lift (or spare halyard) for? Great, informative video by the way.
Hi Mark. Thank you for watching the video and for your comment. The short lines are simply a means to drag the sail aft when flaking it on to the boom. Every little helps for a single-hander. I've only seen it on one other boat. It was invented by my neighbour, a terrific solo sailor called David Foreman and I naturally stole it from him. David single-handed to the Arctic and South America. Remarkably, he and his SV survived a lightning strike in Salvador. David repaired his ship from parts carried on board and sailed home. His book 'Tuesday 'n' Me' is a great read. Stay safe - James
Inspirational as ever James. The trouble is, you've made me start scouring the market for Westerly Typhoons! With only 40 made, and with them being so good, there are very few for sale. Will you be in Orford for the winter this season?
How you doing? I will winter in The Orwell as usual but will definitely not want to miss a sail down the Wallet to my favourite estuary in the world before the end of the year. Where is your boat? Must meet up. Fair winds and stay safe James
I'm good thanks, just getting used to the new boat and letting her get used to me over our first season together. I've moved to Tollesbury and so if you're passing it would be great to meet up.....and perhaps sneak a look at Talisker if possible! I'll message you my details on Instagram. Stay safe out there and thanks so much for the videos. James
Yes! Message me on Instagram. I will definitely be down your way soon. ATB James
Thank you for the absolute wonderful video. Can you please explain a little more how you handled your sleep time? Did you fully relied on electronics alerts?
Hello Eric. Thank you for your kind comment. I'm afraid in days gone by a single hander had to rely on luck. But ... you never sleep close to land and traffic EVER when underway. In the open ocean you have to be pretty unlucky to hit something. You can go days and days without seeing anything. With radar and AIS alarms today we give ourselves greater protection although I don't trust them 100%. If I don't eat, sleep, and drink and look after myself the boat would be disabled. The same goes for injury so I take great great care. I try to sleep at least six hours in twenty four. Never in one go. If I sleep an hour in one go I will have been fortunate. A slight wind shift or change in the way the boat is working will wake me immediately and I'm up to attend to the boat. The alarms do wake me up. You eat less at sea and you have to force yourself occasionally but drinking and sleeping is an absolute must. ATB James
Dear James, thank you for your explanation. Will keep following your adventure. Take care of you and your vessel.
And you too Eric. ATB James
really nice voyage - congratulations ! your boat is a lot tidier than mine :) ...if you dont mind my asking - what app is the one you use for wind? how you get data connection while offshore?
Hi Esteban. I use PredictWind/IridiumGo. Thank you so much for watching. ATB James
Hi, great videos of your single handed adventures. I see no windvane so I was wondering how do you autopilot Talisker ? With an electrical autopilot how do you manage your powersupply ?
Tx for your advice. Best regards Jean
Hi Jean. Thank you for watching the video. The auto helm is Raymarine's Evolution with Linear drive. It is state of the art. Absolutely wonderful. I covet wind vane steering but it is still beyond my budget. I would like to have something purely mechanical. I have fairly large solar panels. Cruising in norther latitudes with nearly 24H daylight in the summer months the solar panels do very well. Further south on the 2018 voyage to the Azores and Madeira the days were short. I occasionally had to run the engine for a short while in the early hours to replenish the batteries. Stay safe. ATB James
@@samingosailing Tx for your reply James. Wish you good winds. BR Jean
Thanks fo this! I’m planning to sail from the Canaries to the Azores and then Azores back to the UK singlehanded in a week or so. It’ll be my first long singlehanded passage. You took a track quite close to Spain. Did the forecast just happen to work that way or did you prefer the option to bolt into Galicia if you needed to? Generally the winds are more favourable to head North out of the Azores and closer to Ireland than to Spain.
I always intended to sail direct to Falmouth from the Azores. The weather was unusual. I sailed as high as I could in the conditions knowing that the wind would back allowing me to lay a course for Cornwall. 'Talisker 1' performs well to windward so it was not uncomfortable. I did not want to go anywhere near Finistere. A friend arrived in Madeira a few days ago. Visiting yachts are not allowed in at the moment. He was instructed to anchor off Funchal in uncomfortable conditions. I think Ponta Delgado is the only easterly Azores island dealing with visiting yachts at the moment. Doubtless you have checked this already. The most important thing offshore alone is taking care of YOU. You must look after yourself so in turn you can look after your ship. A disabled crew will disable the ship. Lack of sleep is very dangerous. A great solo sailor told me to pretend to be ten years older. Move around the boat carefully like an old man ... to prevent injury. Please let me know how you get on. Fair winds and stay safe. ATB James (email samingosailing@icloud.com)
I’m a later in life, self taught, arm chair celestial navigator. The learning was very challenging and rewarding. On average, how close or far off are your longitudes with your noon sights? Do you also do proper sights throughout the day for fixes (azimuth intercept method), or just noon sights? Thanks much.
Thank you so much for your comment. My primary navigation is D/R using nautical charts. I still buy paper charts and use them properly. But is also lovely to confirm my chart position from D/R with the GPS. My first time solo in the ocean was in 2018 backed up by a fairly substantial amount of coastal and sea crossings during my working life which included the odd longer voyage as a professional crew member. I navigated then by D/R, later of course, backed up by GPS. In 2019 I crossed the Atlantic as part of a crew. On both the solo 2018 and the crewed 2019 voyages I was trying and failing to teach myself celestial navigation. At the beginning of 2020 I went back to school and completed, with great difficulty, the Yachtmaster Ocean Shore based course. I say with great difficulty because most of this course is celestial navigation. I'm not an academic and indeed, I was a complete dunce at school. The practical side is much easier for me. I took noon sights on both voyages and they were amazingly accurate even with my very simple Davis Sextant. A great ocean sailor and also the instructor on the ocean course told me that the Davis Sextant would do the job and he was quite correct. I had hoped to sail to Iceland this year but with Covid I did not sail far from home. Perhaps next year when I hope to get a little bit more proficient with the heavens and even attempt a sun run sun ... I had Reeds Astro Navigation Tables on both voyages. In 2018 my sextant and tables might have had to be my 'get out of jail'. I hope your staying safe and I wish you a Happy Christmas and a wonderful 2021. ATB James
I wish I had the experience and expertise to sail single handed across an ocean. I can sail a dinghy around a lake, but it doesn't satisfy my inner yearning for adventure.
Hi. I can promise you that the hardest sailing for me has been close to land and traffic. What you do need to know is that you can cope a very long way from land. Many many years ago I was forty miles from land, sea sick and cold. I did not want to be out there ... perhaps seven hours from a safe haven. It was part of the learning process. Sea sick I would be again but I vowed never to be cold again. I slowly built up distances before eventually setting off in to the ocean. I knew I'd prepared myself and my boat properly. I was as certain as certain could be that I could cope a 1,000 miles from land. But I'd sailed an enormous amount of miles before setting off. I am very happy alone at sea. Your a proper sailor! You sail a dinghy. I love my Mirror dinghy despite my sailing it rather badly :-((. Thank you so much for watching the video. Stay safe. James
When you sail up Portugal mainland how far do you stay away from land?
Hi Kevin. My intention was to sail in a much more northerly direction but the wind did not allow for that. The objective was the Azores to Cornwall, UK non stop. On this leg I did not sail anywhere near Portugal. I sailed as high (as close to the wind) as possible knowing that the wind would eventually back to the west, which would then allow me to set a course for the SW of the UK. I think it is clear in the video we tacked back out in to the Atlantic to avoid getting too close to NW Spain and Cape Finistere. When we tacked again it was in the knowledge that the wind was about to change favourably for an easy sail, outside Biscay, up towards the Western approaches and the English Channel. I think you can see the track on the chart in the video. In Part 3 of this series I sailed from North West Spain to Madeira. I was very intent on getting as far off shore as possible and away from the dangers of land and traffic so headed west out in to the ocean before taking the Portuguese Trades south to Madeira. Again, nowhere near the Portuguese coast. Thank you for watching the video. ATB James
Great and prof ⛵️👍
Thank you
Little known fact...the mast can be used as a periscope in 30 feet of water or less...as long as youve got SCUBA
How do you reef? Point into deadzone, or heave-to and adjust?
Johnny! Crikey. A grown up question and I'm just an adolescent! I have single line reefing for reefs 1 and 2 and double line reefing for a very deep 3rd reef in the main. My genoa will of course furl but seldom do so unless running downwind poled out. For reefing I will go straight from genoa to stay sail. Better shape. It's a fairly well oiled machine now. Me and 'Talisker 1' after many many miles set the boat up pretty well on all points of wind and wind strength. But it's the waves that rule. We heave-to of course. Normally back the jib but its so rare that we would do this. And this will vary depending on conditions. To get some rest this summer for a night on a long passage we fore reached under triple reefed main and stay sail. We still did 29 NM in six hours. This is a big subject and my reply is short! My email samingosailing@icloud.com. Let me know what you do. ATB James
what autopilot are you using down below? Seem to work well in a blow!
Thank you for your comment and for watching the video. Raymarine's Evolution with Linear Drive. A marvellous bit of kit. In Part 3 of this series of videos we were downwind in F 5-7's with a fairly big sea running and the self steering was superb. As a single hander it is extremely rare for me to hand steer. ATB James
Hello. Which boat is it? Thank you and wish you a great sailing trips 😉
Hi Hugo. It's a Westerly Typhoon. They made 40 so one of the rare Westerly's and arguably their best boat. I did not say that!! Thank you for watching. ATB James
LOve actual sailing footage. Make and size of your boat??? Thanks
Hi Edward. Thanks for watching. Westerly Typhoon .. just over 11 metres. ATB James
your autopilot is so quiet, what is it? ours is very noisy!
Please forgive the delay in replying to your kind enquiry. The self steering is Raymarine Evolution with Linear Drive. It is incredible and state of the art. I've yet to be in conditions where it has not comfortably coped with the seas. With older self steering in the same conditions I would have had to have hand steered or 'hove to'. The system steers better than anything!! Saying that ... I still covet wind vane steering. Many many thanks for watching the video. Fair winds and stay safe. James
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*Question: Did I see that correctly @ **9:49**, your speed was 24 knots with sailing?*
Hi iMatti00. Noooooooooo! Wind speed ... over the deck. Thank you for watching. ATB James
What are the 4 gauges - starting from left to right.
Far right gauge is wind speed.
One to left of that displays 2.1 Meters- what is this gauge?
Does one of these gauges display true wind direction?
Left to right ST50 Steering Compass, ST50 Wind shows apparent wind (speed over the deck is shown on that instrument in the small box centre bottom), ST50 Depth (over 100 metres it does not work) and ST50 Speed (boat speed through the water). ATB James
Samingo Sailing much appreciated, thanks
Blimey an actual sailing channel, more info on your systems please..
Hi Declan. Wow! Thanks. I basically point the camera when I go sailing if I'm not busy looking after the ship. What systems would you like to know about? ATB James
Is somebody holding the camera during the shots of you? The camera moves ever so slightly which makes me think it is handheld.
I use a ball pod camera stand if I'm not holding the camera myself. My camera equipment is very simple. I use a Lumix Panasonic DMC-FT5 which is very light.
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*Question #2: what’s your habits of sleep look like? Do you only sleep for 15mins at a time or are you like Patrick Laines who sleeps some longer than that? (I don’t sail but I can’t image getting up every 45mins and much less every 15mins.)*
Looking after myself was/is paramount. I'm the weakest link. I slept about 6 hours in 24 but never in one go. Mostly they would be 20 minutes or so. I would always be woken by the boat. A slight wind shift, change in the way the boat is working, or on rare occasions the alarm on the radar or AIS guard sounding, would get me up quickly. I never ever felt I was in a deep sleep. I was always listening to the boat working. But I felt well rested most of the time. I am never relaxed and never sleep close to land and traffic. Sometimes it took 24 hours + to get clear of land and shipping lanes. Thank you so much for watching. ATB James
What is the length of your boat?
Westerly Typhoon. 11 Metres. Thank you for watching.
Very nice,
how big is your boat?
Thank you very much. Just over 11 metres! ATB James
Bonjour ,
Nice vidéo , what type of boat do you have ?
Cheers,
Bernard
Bonjour Bernard. Merci beaucoup! Mon bateau de voile et un Westerly Typhoon. Un peu plus de onze metre. Merci beaucoup d'avoir regarde la video. All the very best James
@@samingosailing thank you James , I forgot to ask you the type of auto pilot do you use ?
What 's the next project ?
Your Westerly looks very well equiped and looks very nice.
Kindest regards,
Bernard
Hi Bernard. When preparing the boat for blue water cruising I really wanted wind vane steering but there is always a compromise and some things I prioritised above others. I discussed self steering with the head man at Raymarine UK and he told me, if I could generate electricity, their state of the art Evolution with Linear Drive would steer the ship indefinitely. In point of fact I had a back up of the old 6000 which was arranged so it could be fairly easily swapped if there was a problem. I have to say that, in sometimes extremely tricky conditions, the self steering has been superb. I did made sure that I could generate power. If ever I can afford it I will treat myself to wind vane self steering :-). I was heading back north again this year. I was hoping to get to Shetland, perhaps Faroe and Iceland but alas it will probably have to wait until we are all free again. Stay safe. ATB James
I will be the first to acknowledge that I am not qualified to even have an opinion since I have only done coastal sailing at a max of 100 miles off shore, BUT, it seems to me that a single hander would be better and more safely served by staying awake at night when the collision, weather, and unexpected dangers are greatest, then getting your sleep during the day when the other vessels can see you and hopefully and more likely and easily avoid. It seems to me the most logical way to increase safety. I have never seen anyone talk about this method or do it. Comments please.
Hi Greg. There are a couple of points to be made which I regard as vital to a single hander. On a long passage, offshore, of several days sleep is absolutely imperative. Being tired is very dangerous. I try to sleep at least 6 hours in 24 hours. I will never sleep 6 hours in one go. Once clear of land and traffic I would normally try to sleep about 30 minutes with an alarm always set to wake me. Invariably a slight change to the ships motion, for example a shift in wind direction or strength, will wake me. I never feel I am in a deep sleep. I did sail eleven days non stop last year from The Azores to Falmouth, the SW of the UK. When I arrived in Falmouth I felt very well rested. A single hander MUST look after himself. I pretend I am twenty years older than I am when moving about the boat. Injury to me would disable the ship. I am the weakest link. I do drink a lot of fluid. I don't feel terribly hungry offshore and occasionally have to remind myself to eat! I will take opportunities to sleep as much during the day as at night. I sleep behind lee cloths in the main salloon so I can be on deck v quickly. Port or starboard depending on which tack. Purely on sight alone, visibility is better at night due to navigation lights. I would rather cross the busy southern North Sea on a clear night than during the day. If the bridge of a ship is keeping watch I will show up on radar, AIS long before they get a visual on me. Likewise they will show up on my radar and/or AIS long before I see them. With modern technology, although I don't completely trust it, I set an audible guard round my SV for both AIS and Radar. My alarms will wake me long before another vessel is going to threaten me. I've given this a pretty thorough test. An example of it not working for them was when a FV passed very close to me several hundred miles out in the ocean. The alarms went off for me so I new what was happening. But it was clear the FV had nobody on the bridge when they passed less than a mile away. They were probably all below playing Monopoly. So I never assume they have seen me. Thank you so much for watching. Fair winds and stay safe. James
i would like to know about your boat brand and speciphics. good luck!
She's a Westerly Typhoon. 40 were built by Westerly between 1990 and 1993. 'Talisker 1' was the 20th off the production line. The designer Ed Dubois wanted to create a "fast cruiser with ocean racing potential". It is regarded as one of the best yachts produced by Westerly. In the ocean I have found her to be fast but stable. She can be sailed in very light airs and reefs down very nicely in a blow. Her performance to windward even in heavy weather is very good indeed. Mine is a modified rig. Only the mast remains of the rig I bought in 2014. She's 37'4" and her fin keel draws 6' with a fin keel. ATB James
@@samingosailing thank you very much your quickly answering. Pleased follower of yours!!
@@pepvilaplana5528 Thank you
What kind of boat do you sail?
A Westerly Typhoon.
Good video...but most of the time all I can hear is that creaking! That would literally have driven me to 'defenestrate' and feed the fishes.
Hi Jon. It's just the boat working. And when you think it is the boat ... doing all the hard work. She looks after me. I have to concentrate on looking after myself so that I can look after her. ATB James
Anyway I can’t believe you are using sextant! Great
I always have up to date paper charts, fill in a log, plot my position by using DR (Dead Reckoning). This is backed up by GPS rather than the other way round. When all your electrics fail what would you do? With my sextant I was measuring the angle of the sun above the horizon. All you need to see is the sun and the horizon. It does not matter what angle of heel the boat is apart from knowing height of eye above the water for the tables. All you need is the sun and a fairly clear horizon. I think I was trying to see what time the local hour angle was for midday for where we were on the ocean i.e. when the sun was at its maximum height where we were. You need an accurate time piece. Taking the sight is straightforward. Mastering the maths is another matter.
another video without mentioning the brand of the ship,
My boat is a Westerly Typhoon www.yachtsnet.co.uk/archives/westerly-typhoon/westerly-typhoon.htm Only the mast remains of the rig I bought six years ago. Amongst many upgrades she carries a bespoke inner forestay that flies a stay sail www.samingosailing.com/my-boat-westerly-typhoon-talisker-1/
You are doing it wrong. Sailing to the UK?! I'd be going in the opposite direction... somewhere hot!
It was very hot in England last year. Much cooler in Madeira and the Azores. I'm heading for the Arctic ... soon. Love those northern waters.
Whats this calling a merchant ship of some size and questioning their intentions re changing course to avoid a piss pot. Sounds like its straight out of the weekend yachties manual.
COLREGs must be obeyed. In the many thousands of miles that I've spent offshore I have had very few worrying moments. Due to obeying COLREGs and communication. And ships DO give way to sail. In a heavy sea it can be tricky to judge a CPA. The instruments on the bridge of a ship will be stable.
@@samingosailing In my 20+ years as a ships officer on world wide trading routes, I can assure you that ships will give way to sail if there is imminent danger of collision and the move will not endanger the ship itself. That would more frequently happen on coastal passages where channels are restricted. On the open ocean its a different matter and the unwritten law of "might is right" applies. The rule of steam gives way to sail was meant for the time in the 19th century when steam ships were slowly replacing sailing trading vessels.
@@sklenars If your referring to 'Ocean Ambition' the exchange was quite clear. She was approaching fast from astern. I called her to make sure she'd seen us. It was not clear to me what her Watch Officer was saying and I needed to make certain I'd understood. The CPA was uncertain on my vessel. The bridge of the ship would have had an accurate CPA and he was able to communicate that he was going to pass well clear of us. Early communication ... no stress ... job done. I would never impede a ship in restricted waters or narrow channels. In open water and in good time I communicate early. Just about every time a ship will respond positively to my request for 'permission to maintain my course and speed' and that it is them who have (or were about to) alterer course a degree or two. Above all else, a good active lookout (of every type) is mandatory, obey the rules (which includes taking pains to avoid any conflict situation in the first place), keep lots of searoom in hand by whatever means, put yourself in the shoes of the ship's duty officer and see it from his or her point of view, and communicate by any method at your disposal if there is any nagging doubt at all. www.samingosailing.com/some-thoughts-on-ships-n-us/
@@samingosailing All points taken. I'd like to point out that nowadays most if not all seagoing vsls are manned by 3rd world crews due to the fact that essentially the shipping business is run by accountants, so the cheaper the better. Never mind the mickey mouse certs held by those on the bridge, most of whom barely speak English and its doubtful if any of them know the rules of the road, so its better to give them a wide berth. I can speak from experience having spent my last 5 years at sea sailing under FOC flags with a wide variety of incompetents. In the old days the mate on the bridge always had a lookout on the wing. Nowadays with the widespread cutting of crew numbers the lookout will probably have been dispensed with. The mate will spend his 4 hour watchkeeping time with his head stuck in the radar. In his mind if a target doesn't show up on the radar it doesn't exist. Yacht radar reflectors are next to useless and if they do make a mark on the display it will usually be lost in the clutter.
@@sklenars Yes. I'm all too aware of that. A few strange experiences in lower latitudes but with no response I DO get well clear. By doing so early ... again ... this is stress free. Plenty of time. I never understand a lack of anticipation of a developing situation. I liken a small sail boat as moving in slow motion. Thank you for the comments.
Who are 'we'? ;-)
Me and the boat. One can't do it without the other. But a well found boat is the reliable half :-)
@@samingosailing I do the same thing James, when I call up the marina office for permission to leave 'We're off for a day sail, expect us back 2 hours before low tide' I feel silly when they ask how many persons are aboard. I like your Typhoon a lot. We have a 1983 Fulmar.
Hi Simon. Thank goodness I'm not the only one! Stay safe ATB James
after 2min adds then more adds ,,cant be bothered.
I have no control of the ads ... sorry
That I call a real sailing video. Marry me please and take me with you 😬
Thank you so much for watching the video. Trouble is ... I'm already married and strictly ... a solo sailor ...