Retrageți-vă în navigație! Obțineți experiență, cumpărați o barcă, mergeți la navigație! Ep 250 – Lady K Sailing

18 thoughts on “Retrageți-vă în navigație! Obțineți experiență, cumpărați o barcă, mergeți la navigație! Ep 250 – Lady K Sailing”

1. The hardest part is figuring out exactly what to take, and what to do. I’ll make a post on your new page about my experience.

2. The question gnawing at the back of my mind every time I'm inland, luckily not right now. Tim's advice is spot on: it's fun learning the ropes & meeting lots of new people. I can't really crew atm as I can't commit to decent stretches, but it's a near-term goal. So I'm just "mucking around in boats" for now. Thanks as always, from a thunderous evening on Chevron Isl, Qld.⚓

3. I think your attempt is quite risky. Going sailing with people you don't know can be a hastle, indeed lifethreatening.

4. We bought our first boat site unseen with no experience and learned how to sail from the people we met on our dock. It’s been an amazing experience with our two golden retrievers. Shun the nonbelievers because there will be many.

5. As always a very informative and motivational video. Thanks! I've got the problem the other away around. Owning an older 24 footer I often look for a hand. Preferring to get out in over 15 knots and without any furling system I do need a mate sometimes. With a long keel its a nice to have in the marina, too. And yes I do take my passengers into account and go out with newbies only in a light breeze). I'm living at the Baltic between Germany and Denmark. There are a few clubs here but I actually didn't find one with an active community to get out sailing together (there are two but they take racing to serious for my boat and money). Most boats in marinas and clubs are owned by people living somewhere else and spending there holidays cruising. We have a telegram group for sailing but every time I tried, the people answering where just unreliable ("I have a hangover" "I forgot something and don't have time" or just plain ghosting) and I never got once out sailing with someone from this group…
   So for becoming sailors: Be reliable! There is someone putting a lot of money and time in a boat and is willing to teach you? Than don't waste their time.
   For me: Is this crewfinding thing also usable for day and weekend sailing? Does anyone know if there is a facebook group for my area (starting in Flensburg Fjord)? I didn't have a facebook account for 10 years or so but I didn't had a youtube one for a long time either and than came Tim with his good videos and his "please suscribe and comment" 😉 So if its worth it I will try.

6. Great information!

7. Hi Tim. The best introduction to sailing bar none which rapidly gets you a feel for it and the Marine Environment is Dinghy Sailing. A single Sail Dinghy is ok, but best is a Dinghy with Two Sails, and Dinghy Sailing Holidays for a few years aren’t that expensive. Cranky I loathe Sailboat Racing, and got totally turned off it by the 1979 Fastnet Race Tragedy, and have stuck with Cruising Monohulls ever since despite a brief interest in Catamarans during which I discovered they hate me, and I’m totally allergic to them.My first Dinghy was the Mirror Dinghy my Father built in 1964. Sadly a single Sail Dinghy, and as a result it was a few years before I even heard about Telltales or what they were used for. Still, I was mad about the water, was a competition Swimmer and fully qualified in Life Saving, and then came Surfing fun as well. The Briney got firmly into my blood, and has never gone away since, and for me, the only hardship is not to be afloat in a Sailboat. With luck, I have at least two more Sailboats left in me, none of which will have anything to do with bloody expensive constantly Breaking things over stressed Racing Sailboats I know you’re a Fan, well it takes all sorts, and whatever floats your boat? Best Wishes, Fair Winds, and Safe Travels. Bob in Wales.👍🌟🌟🌟🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧⛵️

8. PS. Even though I grandfathered into the Sailing Qualifications nonsense. To check in to new Countries, the International Certificate of Competence is needed, if professional , doing Yacht Deliveries and such the equivalent of Yachtmaster Offshore. I’m retired, so the ICC is needed, and to refresh it, all I need is the logs from something like a Transatlantic crossing or Similar, so make sure you keep those Logs fully updated. Apparently there is even an app now that will do log records automatically for you and the Crew? So keep them safe and easy to email to get your ICC up to date. When over in the USA, just for fun I did the ASA qualifications, and am able to report that they were very good and worth doing. Doing Charter holidays can also be a good way for getting Logs towards qualifications too. Bob.👍

9. Best intro to Sailing for Newbies I’ve ever seen, is the YouTube Channel of IGOR STROPNIK – caps to make sure I get the spelling right. Just look down the list of his videos to find it , in which he uses a two Sail Dinghy and even Demionstrates Telltales. He is Croatian but has very good English.tbh, it’s better than theRYA intro videos.it’s worth rewatching for refreshers. Great guy, I hope to meet him sometime to buy him a meal as a thank you for the assistance he has given to new Sailors (same for Tim of Lady K too) Best Wishes. Bob 👍⛵️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🇬🇧🌟🌟🌟❤️

10. Encouraging people to set up fake FB accounts to use your page will destroy your credibility. I want to know a little bit about someone before they go on a cruise. Fake FB profiles are a red flag to this Captain.

11. I leaned to sail in college, which had a required sailing program. I disagree 100% about racing. Joining a yacht club is expensive and around here you need to know the right people to get required referrals. In my experience delivery crewing almost always involves a schedule. That may mean a lot of motoring or making hops in pretty crummy conditions.

12. Back in the 80s, got the sailing urge and read every book that I could find on sailing, bought a 16 foot day sailer and made every mistake known to man. Mistakes became less and less. Several boats later I am now well retired and still dreaming of the Bahamas. Hoping that I can still carry on this fine hobby for a few more years. Love your channel. Keep it going.

13. Probably the funniest videos of Lady K I have watched. Great info and the sarcasm kept me chuckling 😁😁😁

14. Thanks for the advice Tim! I recently retired and have been devouring sailing channels. I will definitely check out the crew route!

15. I bought a boat, motored it out in the middle of the lake, turned the motor off and then figured out how to make it move with the sails. That was a 24 foot boat with a keel and almost standing head room. I had grown up with my parents in an 18 foot canoe with a sailing rig and daggerboards, and my uncle sailed around the world with his Valiant 40. I had spent a windless afternoon on his boat once and he hadn’t started his trip yet when I bought my boat. My brother did crew for him for a week going down the ICW.
    I don’t recommend buying too large of a first boat. There was a guy at my marina who was really Mr. Sailing, but his boat was more than 40 feet with a full keel and a bowsprit and it turned out he was too terrified to back it out of his slip. I think the only time it left the dock was when someone came and took him sailing. I really liked that my first boat had a fin keel, a large rudder and an outboard motor, so it could turn inside its own length. My second boat had an infernal diesel engine and was a whole new learning curve, but the roller furling was a game changer in comfort and convenience.
    Now I am retired and thinking about another boat, but I like smaller cheaper and easy to handle boats. Anything you break on a 45 foot boat is going to cost twice as much as a 35 foot.

16. I cant believe the topic of this video, it is like you read my mind.

17. Yip … Definitely a Lady to keep that island style bed in the V birth busy …. You should be out sailing!

18. Joined FB under a different name and joined your group.

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