EP6. Sailing Alone. How hard is it? What do you do when things go wrong?
Sailing 8 years ago 84,756 views
Working shift work means I have days off when no one else does, so I sail the Ottawa River solo a lot. So how hard is it to sail alone? I will show you in this episode. You will follow me as I pack up the boat and sail towards a planned NSC party at Baskin's Beach. You have to be prepared to deal with things braking and things going bad while sailing. It is extra tough when you are alone on a high wind day like I just had on my latest trip up river.. A bunch of stuff went wrong on this trip and you will see how I dealt with it while sailing alone. I filmed much of the Vlog portion of this video with a newly acquired Canon G7X Mark 2. Then because of the high winds I switched over to my Panasonic GH4 with a "dead cat" on my shotgun Mic. Any drone footage comes from my Yuneec Q500 4K. You can follow us on Facebook at: Cruising Off Duty. You can follow our blog at www.CruisingOffDuty.com The song used in this episode is from Josh Woodward (I'm Right Behind You).
10. comment for EP6. Sailing Alone. How hard is it? What do you do when things go wrong?
Glad to hear there was a nearby place you wanted them to be.
Example: 31C -> 31% * 180 = 55.8 + 32 = 87.8 F
(its because 32F = 0C and 212F = 100C and the diff between 212 and 32 is 180 thus 180/100 fraction. When people use a memorized equation that's popular its just the 180/100 reduced to 9/5 but I don't like having to remember an equation..
(nice series of videos btw too!).
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I think best is to never tow anything. The forces in play can become huge when the sea rises. Especially when your boat is going down a wave while your dinghy is going up.
Before getting the kayak on board, an option would have been to have it towed in front of the dingy (on a shorter line), not by its side. Or you could also lift only its bow against the stern. This reduces the drag significantly.
Would suggest you tie a second line to your dinghy, to a different fixing point, especially when towing. This could avoid one more headache.
Funny video though..thanks for posting.
Just have fun and keep up the creative work.
Continued success in all you do. Good work!
Much appreciated honesty in this mini documentary. Give us more! :)
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In regards to him stopping, if you had the experience you claim, you would know that a stopped vessel losses steerage, and this is in fact in violation of the COLREGS which state: "Every vessel shall at all times proceed at a SAFE speed...[taking] into account the maneuvrability of the vessel with special reference to...turning ability in the prevailing conditions;...the state of wind, sea and current, and the proximity of navigational hazards;" and he did specifically say in the video that he had reduced speed to the minimum necessary to maintain steerage due to the wind.
You continue to ignore rules, common sense, or stated facts to make him "in the wrong". I'm done wasting my time with you as you obviously don't take correction.
Did you check your knotmeter speed against a GPS? From the look of the water, I'm wondering is some of the indicated speed on your tridata was from current?
Now since you and others have fallen from your chart table and some may have even thrown their Mac Book Pro across the cabin and into the bulkhead I have to tell you something. When I was in the US Navy we would play pranks on all the new people. Pranks and sending new seamen to get us some relative bearing grease. We have sent them for all kinds of stuff. I have had some boating monthly newspapers print what I told you and always said, "Pay attention, because their is no UN Agenda H20 or Agenda 96 or flopped over 69. So I'm sorry but your just been pranked. I have even gotten tourist at our SW Florida home to go watch Submarine Races from differed Ft Myers Docks. I told them to take pictures and when they down load them onto their computer they will be able to see the submarines under the water. Oh yeah, where this was taking place in an area of 8-12 feet deep water.
Just a thought.
I am happy that you know your safety and cant wait until you leave the river and sail down in the islands fair winds and full sails !
seems you need to single hand more so you can get these bugs figured out even your wife too since its important in case of emergencies
with your "bare all" approach. Thank you!
I have been sailing for over 30 years and it`s not until you become master that you see what going wrong but you do not make the mistake again and if you do call it judgement error.
And what I have found out is when you know every thing about your yacht that good , then you can set back and fill good..... well until you have new crew and you think then you can let then do all the work , well then the work starts as you know have to show then what to do and it starts all over again.
Have fun my friend.
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