Heavy weather sailing skills

Sailing in 35 to 45 knots under storm jib and Tri Sail, squally but relatively comfortable. Still doing 6-7 knots boat speed through the water, with 45-50 degrees course over ground achieved when traveling above six knots. A good choice of sails to achieve the desired destination at noon. On other occassions when the wind is constantly over 50 knots the storm jib is lowered and the vessel sailed with a course over the ground of about 70-80 degrees off the wind. Without the aid of an engine a prudent seaman will be navigating with options to leeward. In winds over 50 knots there is too much spray in the air to keep the camera lens clear of spray, everything is constantly wet. This is sail training at it's best. 60% of the eight person crew had never sailed befor, 100% enjoyed the experience.

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• heavy
• weather
• offshore
• sailing
• trisail
• storm
• jib
• coastal

[ToSeeTheSea]

Yes you are right ljlassi, we do sail this same boat in 35 knots + with the spinnaker up and the wind further aft of the beam when we are racing or training to race. We have even perfected jibing the spinnaker in similar conditions with a well practiced crew. But the purpose of this training was to practice heavy weather sailing skills.

[Amatoriasnowy]

Awesome video! I'd love to know what kind of camera you're using and how you're avoiding the aweful white noise one so often gets with heavy winds on the mic.

Thumbs up for having that big comfort zone - I likes! ;)

[ToSeeTheSea]

@Amatoriasnowy I was using a Sony Cybershot with water proof housing. Yes sometimes the noise of the wind can be a real pain but I just got lucky this time.Thanks for your kind comments.

[ToSeeTheSea]

Yes it is a RNZN white ensign. Ships boats may also fly the White Ensign. These Sail Training Craft are attached to HMNZS Philomel.

[mickcollins5]

Nice job....what sort of speed were you getting on the storm jib?

[ToSeeTheSea]

@mickcollins5 A relatively comfortable 5-8 knots depending on the strength of the squalls. The good thing about the storm sails is they seem to have a large range of wind strength that they are useful in, which is really handy in unstable squally conditions.

[BrassUnicorn]

Hey whats wrong with all these negative people, I recon its a great clip, its hard to appreciate how rough it is out there when we view it on our laptops in the luxury of a warm lounge!

[ToSeeTheSea]

@pocobasso That would be me doing the filming. In fact I have done 99% of the filming you see on my channel. Wacko? We all have our level of comfort zone. As an adventure training instructor/facilitator my comfort zone had to be broader than those I was trying to encourage to step out of their comfort zone. Risk Management was a big part of my work. Try getting out of your comfort zone sometime, you might be surprised what you can achieve.

[tomperanteau]

Thanks for the great video. Aside from the armchair/credit card sailors' comments, I really enjoy seeing other peoples' videos of their voyaging.

[tomperanteau]

@TheKYbrand <---  Young boy that has never sailed...

[mnpd007]

I was stationed in Greece in 1974, bought a small bluewater sloop (all wood) and taught myself to sail. On a solo dead-reckoning trip from Patras to Crete I got caught in a major storm. No radio, no GPS then, just a marine map and bad luck. Lost the mast, keel, and rudder after countless knockdowns and rollovers. As the weather cleared a fishing boat pulled me to within a half-mile of shore. I swam to shore and never looked back at the hull... which was about all that was left.

[HybOj]

What a nice ride, Neptun was on Your side :)

[gamesbok]

@ToSeeTheSea Heavy weather sailing skills, and tap dancing.

[drfeelnothing]

How`s the fishing..? LOL

[sertox12345]

now this kind of sail look great wow but i would do it with some who been sail long time so i dont get killed but it look like i could b next to you guys feeling it wow

[kenfo0]

4.8 of the people on board had never sailed before. .2 of the people fell overboard and are MAS.

[HallbergRassychannel]

You guys are real diehards sailing in these kind of conditions without a sprayhood or anything like that, but I guess it wasn't such a comfy ride...