Sailing Solo. Fighting the wind and current. Close Hauled all the way home. Ep138
July 26, 2018 by Cruising Off Duty | Language: EN Play Time: 00:23:39 | SAILING YOUTUBERS
In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, I am sailing solo back to my home port in Kingston. I will show you what it takes to sail solo when the direction you need to go is dead into the wind. This requires you to sail “close hauled” (as close as your boat will sail into the wind) and when you sail into the wind the “Apparent Wind” seem stronger and you tend to put a lot of stress on your boat and your boat heels way over to the side, which can make moving around to get things done difficult.
I will also show you how to get through tight spots where you need to “pinch the wind” by motor sailing. In this case, you will need to drop your headsail and motor with just your mainsail. This allows you to get sail even closer to the direction the wind is coming from but will allow your boat to go faster than by motoring alone.
Finally, I will show you how I dock my boat when I am alone when it is windy and the wind is trying to push your boat away from your dock.
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Safe Cruising!
Craig and Janice
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Welcome to Cruising Off Duty. We are Craig and Janice. We love travelling and we love sailing, so we figure the best way to see the world is by sailboat. We presently have a 35' Beneteau Oceanis sloop that we sail out of Kingston, Ontario Canada, which is on Lake Ontario. We have a longer term plan, when we retire in a few years, to sell everything and buy a 40-50' Catamaran and circumnavigate the globe. Craig loves photography along with land based and drone videography and plans to document everything along our travels to share with the world through Youtube and other social media. For now, follow our channel as we show you the beauty of the Great Lakes and the 1000 Islands area of the St Lawrence River. You will also see the steps we take as start narrowing down the Catamaran we think will suit us best as we move closer to our goal of living full time on a sailboat and exploring the world. It should be a journey worth watching.
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