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A LIFETIME at Sea – Lessons Learned over 300,000 Bluewater Miles | With John Kretschmer
I had the opportunity to sit down with the legend John Kretschmer to discuss the lessons he has learned over the last 40 years logging more than 300,000 bluewater miles! in more than 60 boats (accrued during his time as a delivery skipper). Among his many...
SSL 398 ~ Part 2 – Installing Schenker Zen50 Desalinator/Watermaker
Part 2 of our overview and installation of the new Schenker Zen50 Desalinator/Watermaker.. and results of our first test! More info on the Schenker Zen50 Watermaker at: http://www.SchenkerWatermakers.com See who's helping SSL at: www.AmbientRealLife.com/...
Want To Sail Around Cape Horn In This? – Ep. 162 RAN Sailing
Next to our downtown anchorage in San Francisco are a couple of old ships that we visit. Then we make it across the windy bay to Sausalito where there's no wind at all and over 30 C! We are a Swedish couple who wanted a different kind of life. So we move...
Monitor Wind Vane Self-Steering
On his solo, nonstop record setting around the Americas circumnavigation, Matt Rutherford relied on a Monitor windvane. Technically, he was "coastal cruising" a few hundred miles offshore and through the Arctic's Northwest Passage. However, on his 10K mile...
25 Foot Waves Cape Horn
The icebreaker Laurence Gould has 25 foot waves breaking on the back deck in 50 knot winds south of Cape Horn on the way to Antarctica. If you want to read the full story, check out my website: windhippie.com![Getting Knocked Down— Sailing Uma [Step 103]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/J1d2Cedu2Wc/maxresdefault.webp)
Getting Knocked Down— Sailing Uma [Step 103]
We set off on our first long passage with our new Cape Horn wind vane! It worked flawlessly and even held course during and after our first knock down. We ended up spending most of the trip down below since waves were constantly soaking the cockpit. We rui...![Replacing our Autopilot with a CapeHorn WINDVANE — Sailing Uma [Step 101]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/WvyTx6xJ0qs/maxresdefault.webp)
Replacing our Autopilot with a CapeHorn WINDVANE — Sailing Uma [Step 101]
In this episode, we install our new motor conteoller, say goodbye to Dan's mom, and also say goodbye to squeaky (our autopilot) as we finally receive and put together our new Cape Horn Wind Vane. Check out the complete installation video : https://www.you...![Cape Horn Wind Vane Complete Installation — [Uma Gear Review]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi_webp/yaqW0EYF20I/maxresdefault.webp)
Cape Horn Wind Vane Complete Installation — [Uma Gear Review]
Here's a complete install video of our new Cape Horn Wind Vane http://capehorn.com/ We probably should have gone over this in the video. We've spent the last two years, researching and looking into pretty much every brand of vane out there. I think our de...
Just About Sailing November 2016 – Sea Feather Self-steering Windvane, Installation and sea trial
A key part of my long distance cruising plan was to install a Self-Steering Wind Vane. I decided to buy a new one from Sea Feather - a UK company. This video covers the installation and the very first sea trial. There was a frustrating gap between instal...
Chain Issues & Sailing Antarctica Mini Series Pt. 2 – Ep. 24 RAN Sailing
The preparations for the Atlantic crossing are on-going i San Sebastián, La Gomera and we make a DIY anchor chain box and Q-flag. The boat neighbors give us a piece of the 95 kg Tuna they caught and we make sushi on board. In the Antarctica Sailing Mini S...
Red Dot on the Ocean: The Matt Rutherford Story – PTV Trailer
TRAILER... Once labeled a “youth-at-risk,” 30-year old Matt Rutherford risked it all in an attempt to become the first person to sail alone, nonstop around North and South America. Red Dot on the Ocean is the story of Matt's death-defying voyage and t...
A glimpse of Normandy & Meeting the crew – Ep. 6 RAN Sailing
In episode 6 there is a ”meeting the crew” where we talk about our prior sailing experience and show some footage from Johan’s sail expedition to the Antarctica and South Georgia Island. After a week in Dieppe in Normandy, France we continue to sail ...
Pardey Offshore Series Trailer
Presented by www.TheSailingChannel.TV Lin and Larry Pardey's Off-Shore Sailing Series is a collection of 5 videos about the skills required to become a safe and confident blue water sailor. Buy or rent the series, or individual videos on Vimeo VOD at htt...
Northwest Passage: Croaker Bay to Peale Sound
In 2011, Matt Rutherford set a Guinness World Record for skippering the smallest boat to negotiate the Arctic's Northwest Passage. In this video blog, Matt shares his first days in the NWP, waiting for the ice to melt before continuing his perilous voyage....