Navigarea cu furtună. Ziua 5 dintr-o croazieră de 8 zile, 320 mile, Chesapeake în Blown Aweigh, un Tartan 3500 din 1992. O celulă de furtună mare ne prinde lângă Insula Smith din Tangier Sound la sfârșitul zilei,
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Cuplu începător în navigație prins în furtună
your winch handle shouldve been put away..it might get kicked and fall into water
You didn't drink enough tea, therefore you were dehydrated and made poor decisions. Number one rule, keep hydrated.
Good! for you, as novices you stayed calm and did get lucky. Lesson! check weather reports. You show good common sense by listening to mother. Fairs winds
The sea makes no distinction between a professional and amateur.
Following seas are not always your friend. Don't be afraid to take on some water with the bow especially while using motor power. Ive seen mono hulls battling 10ft seas with little issue. She may heel over when on a beam reach but she won't do much more than wet the rail. To a novice this is a scary feeling but the weighted keel will always do its thing.
Good job 👏🏼
You would of been better off just using your head sail easier to control less stress on you and the boat.
Happens to us all at the start , Thank you for sharing
Rob
NSW
Australia
My first experience with sailing was sailing camp in Gloucester Virginia. On the second day of the sailing part after however many days lessons were we were not allowed above from bad weather which snapped the mast. The other boat took their sails in but their engine didn't work so we huddled cold and wet while motororing for four hours trying to catch the other boat so they, captains, could tie the boats side by side to get to a port. Did I mention it was a freaking hurricane? No? Hurricane David 1982 with the most incompetent boyfriend girlfriend or husband wife sailing camp. Since I've been on three boats that sank, thrown out of two from running aground, again incompetent owner, and various other calamities. I'm still down if someone invites me out. Subscribed
Thanks for sharing it gives me courage for my first big move like that
Put up a storm jib.
You should have had a life jacket and mob line attached. Rookie errors. Good learning lesson.
Maybe just anchor in deep water and wait for the storm to pass. By running from it towards shallow water, you took a risk of running aground.
A couple of tips…1) Reef early if the wind is building…2) Head up into the wind when reefing or dropping sail…3) Some sail is better than no sail except in very extreme conditions(50 knots plus) it stabilizes the motion of the boat. Maybe a little jib and a fully reefed main or just the jib…4) when going way downwind let out the main all the way until the boom is almost perpendicular to the boat and fit a preventer to stop accidental jibes. I have over 100,000 miles under my keel and I love conditions like this, flat water and strong winds downwind…bliss. Good luck and keep on sailing. The more experience you get the better sailors you will become. As the saying goes…'experience stops you from making mistakes. You gain experience when you make mistakes'.
Nice, to have a helping hand on your shoulder in those conditions..! 😉👍
But in case of a knock down or a freak wave a closed cabin would be nice, for sure!
I would've been terrified to " Idle " down wind in those conditions, especially heading into shallow water.. I have little experience in those conditions, but I believe I would've headed into that storm, NOT run down wind.. Please share your thoughts.
That looks fun I love storms cheers from Texas
Port or starboard not left or right
If you stick a bit of jib up, you'll find she handles a lot better, with much less rolling. I'm my hometown on the North Sea, there are fishing trawlers that still use steadying sails (usually astern of the wheelhouse) to mitigate roll.
Wasn't a storm. You just got caught in a squall. Happens to everyone. You stayed calm and got through it. We can all learn, so thanks for the video.