Heavy Weather Sailing- Shannon 38

[PanzerDave]

Thank you for sharing that. The waves never look as big on camera as they really are. What were the waves? I was 30 miles out this past May in 35 Kts sustained with 8 to 10 feet waves with the occasional 15 foot wave coming by. Is that similar to what you had? The feeling with a following sea is quite interesting and if the waves are not breaking too badly it's actually enjoyable at times. Thanks again for your post.

[ciao614]

I love how he never loses his cup of coffee or rum...lol

[svosprey]

@ciao614 Alex has his priorities. He would never let his rum spill.

One hand for the rum, one hand for the boat and your butt cheeks to hold on with! : ^ )

[ddsailor25]

Nice video. I have started looking around at some new boats. Shannons are on my list as well as Cabo Ricos or a cape dory 36.

[spcalan]

Sailboats have keels.... that counter-act the heeling..

[rb21122b]

Thats awesome! I dont know much about sailing, but I'm curious, how do you keep the boat from tipping over from the wind?

[diannholland]

I wonder what the sails where set at was the jib up or just the main? it looked like the main was up at least. I take it the boat was on auto pilot?

[svosprey]

The boat is a cutter rig but in these condition we just had a high cut Yankee hank on jib and a double reefed main with a preventer. The boat has dual head stays. Autopilot steering while i filmed..

[mackattack702]

nice video but I'm sure its much better in person thanks

[jforbe]

I like the reference to Herb. All ways listen to Herb and heed his advice.

[svosprey]

Herb is the MAN. It will be a sad day when he retires.

Love your vids!

[gst69man]

good film thanks

[ffairlane57]

Shannons are my favorite boats. They are built like tanks.

[surfergee2]

got to love a kick ass auto pilot and crew with good morale. It makes a good trip, nice video, cheers.

[ZeDoColmeal]

It's kind of "light" your heavy weather!

[raverkiddy]

that is heavy... im sure the camera doesn't do justice, but look at the heel on the starboard side

[Sic7777]

I agree to ZeDoColmeal. The heel on Starboat looks like 20 to 25 knots. Nevertheless, nice sailing trip.

[CoastGhost3]

I always can't help thinking about the outcome if there isn't a keel.

[sighmoon]

Beautiful boat.

It really is a shame how the camera shrinks the waves.

[voiceofrationality]

beautiful boat. I can't wait to be at that level of sailing! cruising back after a race . . . sounds great to me. it's good to see a vid like yours amidst all the extreme weather vids. keep it up.

[lundtcu]

Wow. Reef.

[conspiracy777]

I LOVE IT!

I wanna be out there right now. I can't get enough of that kind of sailing. Of course I always get a little tired of everyone else getting sick, but I love it!

[jaybone1000]

bunch o pussies!

[sab301]

How big are those waves? How big can a boat like that handle?

[pavelavietor1]

hello to all, who is driving

[dyflin]

The devil by the looks of it!

[Tallshipdreamer]

Way to funny. "It's gonna be like this for two days."

"You're kiddin"? "no"

Silence.

[WarBeer]

Great video:) Where was this passage to and from?

[svosprey]

Thanks, We are sailing from Bermuda to Charleston SC - we are approximately 400 miles out, almost halfway to Charleston.

[DrCrabfingers]

That looks like fantastic fun.

[svosprey]

We are double reefed with the preventer set.

[cottlad]

This aint heavy weather sailing. This is just good fun :) I'm utterly amazed that nobody is on the helm in these conditions though. It looks as though you don't even have a preventer on the boom! Any malfunction or quick change in direction due to an autohelm problem here could lead to a very nasty jibe.

Nice video though :)

[Fidelio0690]

Totally agreed !

[sailor628]

Why do you care? Are you the safety police?

[mafeej]

The boat's probably going 7-8 knots at the most. I imagine that Shannon's really come alive at 25 knots true.

Boy what a nice boat - what year is it? Great video!

[Joeey]

boat must be going 14-18 knots? weird, to see the sails up, the autopilot steering. you guys definitely have this figured out!!!! would be nice to know what model boat this is.

[galadriel6969]

it's  a Shannon 38 - in the title of the vid.

[galadriel6969]

those aren't breaking waves - they're cresting waves and are far less dangerous than a true breaking wave. nice boat and nice video footage.

[svosprey]

Just noticed your comment-

I witnessed multiple breaking waves over several days we were in this storm. Our course through the water seemed to dampen the following seas at times, other times I got soaked- the camera was out when the weather was fair.

[Stellwagen]

Great Shot - Great Boat! Cheers!