How to sail safely through squalls – Yachting World Bluewater Sailing Series

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Robert Rudolph - 6 years ago

HOLY SHIT! This has to get the Oscar for the CRAPPEST Vlog EVER!! and worse still, Yachting World ENDORSED it as well?????????????

Frank Stocker - 7 years ago

What are you doing flying that big Red Ensign in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean? Sell it & buy some life jackets.

Maciej Trybilo - 7 years ago

I totally clicked on this video to listen to a minute of tribal chanting.

Nigell Butlerrr - 7 years ago

hm reef the mainsail always

Lawrence Gleason - 7 years ago

Thanks, like your confidence. Good video.

bruce sinclair - 7 years ago

I agree to reduce sail, But I reef the main first
Its easier to centre the main run dead down wind and drop the main. before the gale hits.
If you under estimate the storm wind force it then easier to reduce the head sail. (as it would be a small heavy weather jib).

zzmmcga - 7 years ago

A lot of negative comment here which I think is disappointing and unnecessary when most yacht skippers, like me, like to have information that informs crew, and overall, this opens a conversation on safety at sea. I agree that being clipped on would be worth considering. I would also put a reef in the sail. Frankly, I hate background music that many videos have as I like to hear the wind so whilst the wind noise can dominate at times, it does add a sense of reality to the video. Thank you for producing it.

smartmonkey777 - 7 years ago

If he had a mic though he could have had perfectly clear audio and mixed in the wind sounds but significantly reduced...

Craig Sanderson - 7 years ago

The best videos Yachting World have done are the series with Skip Novak on heavy weather sailing. This video was only slightly more useful than tits on a bull and the production quality was beyond shit.

Michael Roy - 7 years ago

Bob's your Uncle :) - S.N.

Kris Krajewski - 7 years ago

Watching wind instrument ?!!!! - What the fucking sailing is this ?!! Did you learn sailing attending fucking English Sailing courses ?!!! I'm telling you , the best practice when badly blowing is to run for cover , call Emergency or go on shallow water or on a bitch . - Fucking sailors !!!

smartmonkey777 - 7 years ago

heave to , hove to is the past tense; " i hove to 5 minutes ago and we are looking good now."

Power Boat - 7 years ago

its called real sailing mate. where are u going to run for cover when its 1000km to land in every direction or 4000m plus deep???? u keep an eye on the wind and swell directions, reef the sails or hove to if need be.

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Mirror Cruising - 7 years ago

Very good video. For my small sailing dinghy, to be really sure I need to drop all sails for a squall as the boat heels considerably under just bare pole.

Paulina Kuhn - 7 years ago

significance famous her now appeal.

Dan O. - 7 years ago

It kind of looked like he had a reef in the main as well- they might have already been reefed due to prevailing conditions, but it might have been worth mentioning.

Paulina Kuhn - 8 years ago

Guys, motion This one truly sounds strongly foommean

David Haines - 8 years ago

I have been sailing for 70 years and he is simply too complacent for me? No lifeline. Poor camera work - try cleaning the lens and the sound track is very poor. Guess he has never heard of subtitles. In short, seriously, I would not have him on board when I am skipper.

PLAKATONG - 6 years ago

take your meds, matey. What a miserable tit .

John Schofield - 6 years ago

A Conneely : You're evidently a cunt. Wouldnt carry you as ballast!

A Conneely - 8 years ago

Alot of 70 years olds are doddering old fucks and cant find their way to the bathroom so whats your point !

capnordest - 8 years ago

show some respect for your elders and don't be so ignorant. A lot of 70 year olds could probably put you to shame.

A Conneely - 8 years ago

What has poor camera work a clean lens and a sound track got to do with safety ? Learn to understand different accents and put in your fucking hearing aid . I dont see any of your videos on here to see how you think it should be done . Too late now at your age you are likely sailing in a pool of your own piss

David Haines - 8 years ago

OK so you call "safety" as being miserable. You sound like a complacent fool to me, soz

A Conneely - 8 years ago

Have you been a miserable prick for all those 70 years or just recently ?

Mathew Peter - 8 years ago

Um, sailing boat.... Show the sail and what ur using to show us.....

ushoys - 8 years ago

He's constantly turning the wheel through big angles port, starboard, port, starboard as every small wave passes under the boat. Just hold it still!

Shawn Munger - 6 years ago

ushoys if you've ever sailed with the wind, the boat tends to yaw, turning the wheel back and forth will ease this condition if done properly, and is safer than surfing the waves, possibly causing a broach.

Emerson White - 9 years ago

I wish the lead in wasn't so long. If you ware watching 5-6 videos in the series you waste a lot of time with the singing and other stuff that really is only particularly enjoyable the first time or two.

LondonSpade - 8 years ago

First time here, 'enjoyable' is the wrong word lol

Sailing Miss Lone Star - 9 years ago

Great video! We are selling our power boat and switching to sail later next year. We are currently cruising the Caribbean and I always love catching up with your channel! https://youtu.be/-QpAMvKhFzU

Satdvr27 - 9 years ago

Good video, we normally heave too.

bill bogg - 7 years ago

Heave to ! Unless you mean all being sick together

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Peter Franks - 9 years ago

Is there a risk of broaching on this reach if the winds/seas were to pick up further.?

Michael Rainey - 9 years ago

what do you do if you get lost in the ocean? do an episode on that

Power Boat - 7 years ago

u mean if u fall overboard? its totally simple, u dead, in any chop chances of u crawling back on board are small,

DJ Himes - 9 years ago

Did you use a preventer in case of a wind shift, or trust your 'windstincts?'

Skyelark Charters - 9 years ago

We always have a preventer rigged downwind on long passages.

Paul Exner - 9 years ago

Is there a particular reason why the narrator, presumably also the skipper or mate, isn't wearing a harness nor tethered-in on a trans-Atlantic with a squall eminent? I would think it pretty important in "Coping with Squalls" to be tethered-in offshore.

Late bloomer - 9 years ago

That wheel is it electrically isolated , what would happen if the boat was hit by lightning , taking a club racer across an ocean

phaidros52 - 9 years ago

will you ever understand how to use a microphone in windy conditions? I guess not. Awfull stupid noise or was that the comment?

Alexandru Maioru - 10 years ago

Beyond uninformative.

karlos109 - 10 years ago

Was there a reason why you only broad reach? What if you're in a case where you need be on a beam or close reach to avoid a major obstacle?

karlos109 - 10 years ago

Thanks so much for the info!

canadachop - 10 years ago

+Alexandru Maioru you are still sailing in a general direction of your destination not away from it and at worst parallel with it

Alexandru Maioru - 10 years ago

+Skyelark Charters Thank you for the good intentions in creating this series. Please elaborate on: "is likely to still be good for your destination".

Skyelark Charters - 10 years ago

A broad reach is chosen because it keeps you away from a gybe, lowers the apparent wind speed and is likely to still be good for your destination. If you head up onto a beam reach, or close reach your apparent wind speed will increase making you potentially over powered.

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