Bună, bine ați venit la East Coast Sailing. Am vrut să împărtășesc această experiență nebună în timp ce învățam să navighez cu noua noastră barcă pe care o deținem de puțin peste o lună. După ce am actualizat tachelajul de alergare și ne-am familiarizat în general cu barca, am ieșit la navigație pentru prima oară. Eram 3 la bord; eu însumi Rob, soția mea Fran și fiul nostru Hugo, care are 2 ani. Ne-am îndreptat spre râul Blackwater și am ridicat pânzele. Mi s-a părut o astfel de realizare când am navigat spre Maldon la 5 noduri. Prognoza dinaintea arăta 14 noduri de vânt cu rafale de 20. Am pus un recif în vela principală pentru a fi în siguranță și am lăsat să iasă toată vela de cap pentru a putea fi recuperată rapid dacă lucrurile ar exploda. Vântul adevărat a indicat 14 noduri și eram aproape să scot reciful pentru a merge mai repede și a obține niște filmări cu drone. Din fericire, a venit ploaia care m-a pus pe gânduri secunde. A fost gri și mizerabil, dar ceea ce s-a întâmplat mai departe este ceva ce nu am experimentat niciodată în 9 ani de navigație. O furtună masivă a lovit și a răsturnat barca peste care m-a prins neprevăzut. Vela de cap nu ar fi preluat cu mâna și nu a vrut să o tragă cu troliu în cazul în care ar fi blocată și ar deteriora uneltele de înfășurare, ceea ce ar fi mai scump decât o vela. O mulțime de practici proaste aici din partea mea să nu port o vestă de salvare, să nu am linii de salvare la locul lor. Cu siguranță am luat o mulțime de lecții învățate din această experiență pentru a mă face un marinar mai bun. Toată lumea a plecat nevătămată, cu excepția vela din față și am evitat cu puțin timp ca catargul să coboare. Dacă aș fi navigat pe cont propriu, lucrurile ar fi fost puțin mai puțin agitate fără copilul de 2 ani. Noua barcă ne-a făcut mândri, mulțumesc EVANIA Și mulțumesc pentru vizionare.
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Furtuna aduce vânturi cu 35 de noduri care smulge vela de cap pe noua noastră barcă pentru prima dată când navighează
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Hi there. Thanks for sharing your experience. It must have been a bit stressful for you, especially with your baby on board. Just a few tips that might help you in the future: you jib jammed, probably because you didn't straighten the halyard enough, so it "rolled" on itself. It has to be very tight. Be careful if it keeps happening it can "uncoil" the prop and break your mast (I broke mine this way because of the same mistake). Also, when you face the wind, trim the main sail.
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Welcome to Tollesbury! I keep my boat here too. Happy to chat through your experience if it helps. A jam on the jib furler is a nightmare even on a nice day! Regular Blackwater sailers have all seen similar conditions. The dark skies give a bit of warning, but not much. However, depending which weather app you’re using, there’s usually a clue about the stability of the air stream. Good luck with this new YT channel.
It can be difficult to furl the headsail in high winds. What I usually do is fall away, steer downwind for a broad reach and then you can shadow the head sail with your main sail making it far easier to furl in higher winds. Sometimes you need to put the line around a winch just pay attention and don’t force it. Hope this helps !
I don't know how much sea-room you had to run off, but easing the main and running off can be a good option in a squall. Everything settles down and you can ease and then furl the headsail while it's in the shadow of the main. I always tried to furl the genoa while heading down wind, heading into the wind just increases wind over the deck, and the sail is flogging like crazy. In a 30kt gust, if you run off and have 7kts of boat speed you'll only feel 23 kts of wind. Motor into that 30kts at 5kts and you have 35 kts to deal with. Its a big difference. Glad you guys are ok and not put off sailing!
I don’t think you put her bow into the wind mate! She rounded up because of too much sail.. also, motoring into the wind has made the situation worse I would say as you are now making more wind.. it’s easy to comment, I appreciate that but this could have really gone bad for you and family.
Personally, if it was me and I had the water I would have beared away and pulled the main in and got her back under control.. as I say, easy when I’m sat at home! Lol. Respect for you posting this anyway.
Nice Job! I can only imagine the shot of adreneline when the roller furler jams! My only question for learning purposes, Was there room to turn down wind?
Hi, I'm 71 now & been sailing since age of 19 and messing about in boats from age 5, had many many yachts over the years, just down sized to a Corribee 21 as I could nolonger afford the mooring fees for the Sea Dog 30 that I had had for 20 years, the Sea Dog was a Ketch, with many sail options when the wind picked up and depending on your course. Have had the Corribee for two summers now, and although it is small it almost seems more sea kindly than the Sea Dog. Anyway I got caught in a squall in the first few weeks of sailing last summer, and my head sail furler jammed, I already had two reefs in the main and was able to go forward to haul it in, As of this year I have learned that if I leave one role or even half a role of sail left of fruler the rope does not snag. Every boat is different, and you learn by trial and error. Sorry to say this but I enjoyed your video reminded me of some of my lesser moments!
Same comment as others. No need to go up wind and increase apparent wind. Just run with it. Auto can steer easier, and the jib can be furled easier.
You said it yourself: always wear the life-jacket in any condition…and listen to the weather forecast on VHF before leaving. I am basically always sailing solo and have been in situations like that before. I think the “just go downwind” suggestions might work for heavier boats but not for anything that is made for speed and has lots of power or in areas that are not wide open. I think putting the boat into the wind..even if that requires full throttle engine power is a good idea to get the Genoa down first and then deal with the mainsail. I personally do not like the roller furling systems at all because of situations like that: chances that the mechanics are failing are high and getting the sail down in the track is not easy if there is any load on it.
Fair play to you sharing your experience. Hindsight is a wonderful thing, it’s all to easy to criticise but the best lessons are learnt the hard way. I have about 20 years sailing yachts but not an expert by any means (always learning). I may have been tempted to motor slightly off the wind if the motor could take it, lower the main as you did and then tighten the sheet to stop the boom from flogging dangerously over your head. The Genoa getting jammed is a real pain and I really felt for you. Was there a cause? I like the suggestion of running with the squall, but with a full genny out I can understand why you wanted it in asap. Well done Rob, thanks for sharing.
Fun and games, been there a few times. You have to slam it into wind immediately and it takes some doing, a tiller is ur mate in that situation. Bearing off is ok but you gotta let it all go and it can be bloody hairy indeed if something gets jammed. Anyway glad it all ended safely.
Such a stressful situation.As long as I sail my boat, me and all of my crew are wearing lifejackets, not negotiable. especially inflatable ones don’t really take any space and can save your life. I’m a Coast Guard volunteer in New Zealand, so lifejacket is a no brainer. Tether at night and when the weather turns ugly. Right call to keep any crew members not essential safe inside. Good on you to reflect on your mistakes so we can all learn from it.I didn’t really get it when you mentioned to read the weather from the watercraft.I ripped my Genoa on my 1st sail….😢beautiful boat bro, have fun and stay safe on the water
I highly recommend running a jackline around your boat, have a HID(inflates if you go overboard)life jacket and tether for everyone on deck for situations like that.
Also practice heaving to. A tiny drum like that of your furler system can more effectively be wound in by hand. Mine has holes on the top of the drum, and I've worked out that I can use a homemade tool to wind it in extreme conditions that no lines can. If you crank it under those severe loads, it will jam, and possibly shear off. If that happens it can easily snap your forestay. Weather radio and apps are your best friend on the water. Stay safe captain!
If you couldn't turn downwind to blanket the jib with main, you might have tried heaving to, backing the jib if you had enough sea room? Given that the high winds from a storm like that only last a limited period of time hence not as much room needed – you would be making way at only a knot or so? It's actually a very nice/peaceful way to go even in relatively high winds, but you have to practice it a bit.
Super easy to comment from the comfort of an armchair in the warm.
Going forwards with no lifeline and no life jacket is just a huge risk. If you had gone overboard what would have happened to your passengers?
What surprises me is that you've sailed before, you had put a reef in, but still didn't put a life jacket/harness on from the start. Those water temperatures are no joke!
Still every mistake is a chance to learn. Looking forward to more content. Cheers!
Always take spare pants!
Cut the line 😂
The sea is a harsh teacher. Best wishes.
That was very enjoyable. Most of us have had similar situations. Thanks for sharing it.
GREAT video! I love when sailors show things going wrong and how they managed it. Of course there are always critics. I've had the same problem and I winched the furler line on my biggest winch. I was nervous, but it worked when I just couldn't pull it by hand. Thanks again!