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LAUNCHING Distant Shores IV ! New SAILING Adventures are About to Begin!
It’s been months of anticipation and finally the day has arrived - the launch of Distant Shores IV, our brand new Enksail Orion 49 aluminum sailboat! Share our excitement at the moment of “splash”, then at the raising of the mast where we perform a t...
Tips for Offshore Sailing – How to Stay Safe
Marijke and Jaap Mulder have spent their adult lives largely at sea having extensive passage experience and being long term live-aboards in the Netherlands, New Zealand and Japan. Even when they tour on land they inhabit a camper van, another tiny space....
Celestial Nav with a Sextant- How far off were we? (Part 3 of 6) SV Delos Ep 341
Have you ever hand steered by the stars and fixed your position with a sextant? It's day 3 and Delos is gliding along under perfect conditions. We're hit by a squall under pink silhouetted skies, but it only makes the experience more beautiful. The crew ...
Can You Really FIND Your COORDINATES With a SEXTANT? | Sailing Wisdom
The first 1,000 people to use this link will get a 1 month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/riggingdoctor08211 0:00 Intro 0:40 What you need 0:56 Noonsight 1:14 The Example Information 1:29 Longitude Calculation 3:45 Latitude Calculation 8:00 Disc...
Passage Planning for an Ocean Crossing by Sailboat ( sailing waypoint travel vlog )
There is a typhoon off the coast of Japan making it a cold and rainy day, so I have turned my attention to passage planning and preparing for the voyage in 8-months' time. I am grateful to Kirk, Paula, Rick, and Maurice who all have extensive passage ex...
Marine Technology, Old and New
A spell of light winds and pleasant weather obliges me to break out the sextant for a few sun LOP's. I also talk about my new Garmin inReach-mini, which I now use for obtaining offshore weather. For more information on celestial navigation, see my two pr...
TRAILER: Celestial Navigation Simplified with William F. Buckley, Jr.
This video takes on the challenge of simplifying celestial navigation. Buckley gives the viewer just enough concept but sticks primarily to the procedure, like a chef explaining the steps in a recipe. Buckley demonstrates the following steps: 1. Take a ...
Our Last Sail Together – Sailing Vessel Delos Ep. 237
My dad often speaks of life in chapters. When one chapter ends, the next begins, and this video really sums up our emotions as we approach the close of 2 chapters in our adventures. Our passage sailing from the Ragged Islands in the Bahamas is the close ...
Transatlantic Part 3: Sloop vs. Cutter | Sailing Wisdom S3 Ep4
We continue our journey and Herby uses a Sextant to track our progress. And since many of our viewers are not sailors, we have included a short lesson on different Sail plans in this episode, plus a chance to win a FREE SHIRT from our rigging doctor store!...
Celestial Navigation H.0. 249 with William F. Buckley, Jr.
FROM... Celestial Navigation Simplified with William F. Buckley, Jr. AVAILABLE to Rent or buy at vimeo.com/ondemand/celestialnav Buckley full describes and visualizes the H.O. 249 method of celestial navigation. His full 39 minute tutorial tutorial take...
Celestial Nav with William F. Buckley, Jr. – Trailer
TRAILER - Celestial Navigation Simplified with William F. Buckley, Jr. Full Show: 39 minutes Available on Vimeo on Demand https://vimeo.com/ondemand/celestialnav This video takes on the challenge of simplifying celestial navigation. Buckley gives the viewe...
And a star to steer her by–Virginia to Virgin Islands, Part 4a
Intended as a brief tutorial on celestial navigation which quickly grew into a two-part series--such is the complexity of the subject. In this vid I talk about sextants, how they work, and get into shooting the sun. Then I talk about the basic mathematic...
Sailing Wisdom: Eclipse, Sextant, Biking, and More! | Ep 31
Herby continues trip preparations and demonstrates how to look at a solar eclipse through a sextant! We get glasses and go to one of our favorite restaurants for old time's sake while we're back in town. Support us on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/rigg...