Cum să mergi într-un iaht – Skip Novak’s Storm Sailing

45 thoughts on “Cum să mergi într-un iaht – Skip Novak’s Storm Sailing”

1. Can you repeat this with proper storm conditions and really big waves. Then we can see how to heave to.

2. Thanks for the explanation. What are the 4 coils of what looks like 500ft of 1/2" 3 strand poly rope in green just aft of the mast used for? I use to sail on the east coast and have never seen a boat equipped with it on deck.

3. Thank you Skip for these videos. Your like sailing with an encyclopedia.

4. I'm sorry, but this doesn't explain anything. I feel like he's just showing off his captain prowess. Now, I know I'm probably wrong about that… but me being somewhat on the novice side of the spectrum, this doesn't explain anything. This is probably an instructional video for someone who already has 80%+ idea already of what "heaving to" is.

5. What are the reels of green line?

6. What do you think of hanging from a sea anchor or a drag drifting a bit aft but always eyes to the wind? Oh! I see you have a video on that so I'm watching it next. Students look here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsRxwg0yTS4

7. Skip, would you consider the same heave to tech in heavy weather in a moderate displacement 30 foot sloop?

8. So, I get the part about giving the crew a break but he also used the chance of breaking something as a reason to heave to. How does this lessen the stresses on the rigging?

9. That was so fake! There was no Tea in those cups! Am I right?! Am I right?! D:

10. Do you heave-to on starboard tack so you are the stand-on vessel?

11. It is amazing to me that one of the biggest sailing magazines in the world, and I guess one of the top skippers in the world, on a yacht that costs more than many people's houses, can't manage to make a video about heaving to, that actually shows or explains heaving to. Dismal fail.

12. Another Skip's wasting our fucking time. by an insurance company….
    Drop the main, wheel or tiller to windward, and back wind the jib, end of story….

13. so moving fwd or drifting backwards into the wind ? trying to learn.

14. Next episode: skip novak has a strong opinion on why the only good lamb is a dead lamb.

15. Heaving to : watch skipper make a show of himself.
    Don't care about how sails are set : just believe him.
    Don't care about the state of the sea and direction of waves : obviously not an issue for skipper.
    Yachting World at its best, or worse depending on how you like this magazine…
    All in all : ANOTHER USELESS VIDEO.

16. More courage than I got.

17. This is not a heave-to.

18. Thank you, so much – I was wondering how to do that! Tacking is useful when its needed and done on purpose – not when it messes up whatcha got going on perfectly. I REALLY LOVE THE TIE OFF OF THE HELM TRICK, I CANT WAIT NOW!!!!! JUST FOUND YOUR CHAN – SUBBING NOW, FAIR WINDS 🙂

19. Id Love to sail up that far yet, Whirl Pools give me the Creeps LOL Saw lots up of them all was well just creepy LMAO
    🙂 Video has very nice footage of what Im missing Thanks for Sharing

20. That Skip, next time I'm in 40 kt winds and 10' seas I'll give it a try. Then have some tea? and clean shorts?

21. All I saw was a bunch of people working winches and Skip standing and talking. Love Skip Novak, but this video had little to no educational value.

22. The thing is, this weather is always like this here so if you heave to and stop pointed into the wind you will wait forever.

23. +1 for the cup of tea.

24. Terrible video. Really can’t tell what he’s doing at all.

25. There was nothing in those mugs.

26. Every time I'm on a yacht I heave.

27. What are the large spools of line used for ?

28. Thats with a 'proper' yacht. How would a modern production line boat do it in those or stronger wind conditions.?

29. A newbie here, wondering what happens if the boat goes into a tack without any human intervention , will the boat end up trying to do a complete 360 turn in a circle if just left in that set up ? With tied steering wheel etc ? And is that dangerous ? 🙂

30. So the ruther gets actualy blocked by the rope because the angle of the ship against the wind wants to turn the ship to a half wind position?

31. I actually saw nothing ! Missed opportunity, had the crew, weather and boat

32. I'd make my rope to the wheel easier to take off. The wheel on Jazza is pretty easy to deal with (skegged and un balanced). That looks like a probable catastrophe in a jive. Maybe should have checked the other comments first. Triggered.

33. And guess what? Have a cup of tea!!!!

34. It is useful even in mild weather, just hove to for a few minutes to make a drink, prepare food and use the heads all on the level.

35. I don't think this video actually shows how to heave to. I'm a rookie- so maybe a guy at the helm talking and then another guy on a winch is a good way to show rudder and sail positions vis a vis the wind.
    And even though I'm a noob, I've hove too many times. What's curious it almost teaches itself – of course you don't want to 'figure it out' near Cape Horn. I learned the basics. Then on a close reach in 3-4 feet seas I needed to use the head. That wasn't going to work. So let's try heaving to…. couldn't have been simpler.

36. Great video
    I’m a new sailor. My question is if you ease the main, how do you not accidentally jibe if boat gets tossed around in the waves or if the wind changes direction

37. What are the two drums with green ropes on the ground for?

38. You just can't fake drinking from an empty cup

39. That’s miraculous. I try to heave to every time I sail a boat with a fore and aft rig. Just good to practice.

40. Have done this a bunch of times while cruising my 1967 S&S Chris Craft Apache 37 over the years between Norfolk and Bar Harbor. Still own and sail the boat year round out of the Chesapeake Bay. Enjoyed a great screaming reach from Annapolis area down Eastern Bay last weekend to St Michaels. We were the only transients in the harbor for the night. Great sail back as well on Monday. Total. fun. Use to follow Skip's articles years ago while living in Marblehead. Hope all is well for you.

41. מאוד מיקצועי ללא טעויות יפה מאוד

42. From a perspective of someone with zero experience trying to learn more, this video didn't show much. The explanation is heat if you're explaining it to oskeone who already knows how to do it…

43. What’s the use off the 4 drums with the long green lines?

44. Awesome ! I kitesurf and do this in strong wind to relax at a snails pace calmly while the water goes crazy
    Practise this technique so it’s memory when needed

45. Heaving to under jib/staysail? This is your "heavy weather" technique? Really?

    With all due respect, putting a headsail broadside to a storm force blow will usually result in the headsail blowing up or the sheet parting, perhaps even rig failure. The boat will feel like it's being stomped on, the rigging screaming for mercy, and the ride will be rough.

    The trick to heaving to is to sheet as much of the leech over to the weather side as possible (I usually oversheet the jib and then tack over to starboard). This settles the boat lest you have a lazily sheeted jib not knowing whether to keep on sailing or not. The result, although fairly steady, puts the headsail up against the wind like a barn door. The catch here is that you can't use a storm jib or spitfire jib because the leech won't be able to backwind enough.

    In this video, the staysail barely backwinded enough to make it work (near the center of the mast). I doubt they took off much forward way. But even with a staysail, she's not going to hold up very well to 40+ kts.

    Heaving to in my book is NOT a heavy weather strategy unless it's done with a trysail. The video title is "Heavy Weather Tactics" but the only choice, apparently, is heaving to.

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