Yes!

You're welcome. Yes, it is very simple, cheap to build, and hugely functional. Jybing, tacking, reaching, close hauled all very reasonable. Also, the skipper is very close to the ice so it is quite safe in a crash. You can watch me sailing it with a wing here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpK3l36Npqqabck

​@@respecttherisk2022 Would you explain how you attached the angle iron to the wood in a bit more detail? Is it drilled holes and screws?

Here is the ice boat in action with a Wing: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jpK3l36Npqqabck

You can watch the full video here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/anqXiHmXntCLp9U

That is absolutely a risk with this technique.

Wow. Thank you for sharing that. That must have been terrifying.

You're welcome mate! Glad it was helpful.

Roger that mate. "Singlehanding" is a generic term for sailing alone. All the best!

Thanks mate. Enjoy!

Roger that mate. You are absolutely correct. I used a ski-like vest for this drill. And the water was very calm and under motor power. An inflatable vest in harsh conditions would be significantly harder, especially if you have to fight the water. Clipping short (which I did not do for this drill) is our first line of defense. I use three ladders per side to help mitigate this issue. An I now have a revised approach that helps make reboard significantly easier, althought it uses specialized equipment. You can watch it here: kzbin.infowun2W0z45dQ

That is a very interesting idea! No, I have never tried it but I will next summer when things warm up here in Canada. Thanks for sharing that idea. All the best.

Absolutely agree. I did modify my approach to make climbing back in easier. You can watch it here: kzbin.infowun2W0z45dQ

100% agree mate. Well said.

Perhaps sometime there mate. I do separate sailing and climbing material in different Playlists if that helps. All the best.

Well said, mate. Thank you for all the color on that. Clipping short is our first line of defense!

You're welcome. I have learned a lot from viewers' comments and questions -- so ask away if you have questions!

Awesome work

Thanks mate. It is actually a TON of fun, and an excellent workout -- and, yes, it is very primal -- there is a pretty cool energy exchange when tree climbing! Very much a meditation like a "vertical yoga!"

Yeah, i know right. It did happen on this climb. I do put them on the inside on occasion when i have an inside pocket or, i often put my phone on a belt clip inside my jacket so the wire can run on the inside.

Right on mate. Glad it was helpful. I also did a follow-up video on knifeblades. You can watch it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4iuenV-fJqroZI

Absolutely true. That is actually why I hand traversed the gunwale forward to ensure I was well forward of the propeller. It made this drill harder but safer to attempt.

Thanks for the comment. Stern is a good idea. The challenge can be getting to it if you are tethered to the boat forward -- and can't get there while being dragged through the water.

@@respecttherisk2022 no challenge if you have a correctly set life line you won't fall overboard, neither on the bow nor on the stern, that's why it exists greetings from italy

Well said mate. All those are excellent points. I typically have three ladders per side when singlehanding, and I also use a modified technique and modified gear to re-board while alone you can watch a vide on this idea here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/i5CpeYp7nKmKsK8

That is a very real risk here mate. My take on it is that i am comfortable taking that risk to at least provide a chance of getting back aboard.

Absolutely true mate. It would be significantly more difficult with and inflatable vest.

That's kind of a complement mate :) If you like, you can watch the full video here mate. kzbin.info/www/bejne/anqXiHmXntCLp9U

Thanks for this comment. I 100% agree. It is quite sobering how difficult this is even in perfect and staged conditions. All the best mate.

It is a ton of fun. I have been having a blast with it!

Thanks. Yes it is very fun. That's how I started in an early design. It was rigid, and I steered by moving center of effort wrt center of lateral resistance. This design sets it up to steer with the feet. I could add pontoons to the rear for sure. Would be heavier.... let me think about that!

There's a lot of research and experience with designing, building and driving tricycle cars. The consensus is two wheels in front is much, much safer, because when you brake it won't tip over. With only one wheel in front as soon as you start to decelerate it will try to flip, because the weight transfers to the single front wheel. With a wind-powered vehicle like this, the acceleration of the wind tends to lift you up, so acceleration is inherently stable and less prone to losing balance or tipping over. My opinion here is informed by many years of motorcycling and windsurfing, but YMMV.

Thanks for this detailed comment mate. Very interesting! Where I experience the most instability in this ice boat design is when I turn sharply down wind while jybing or upwind while tacking. I have to shift my weight to the inside of the turn, and often increase the radius of the turn or i go up on one pontoon, on two skates, or flip right over unless I mitigate the forces -- centigugal, or force on the wing. Sailing otherwise on a beam reach in a straight line is quite stable. A strong gust can lift up one out rigger as well. A weight shift and depowering the wing mitigates it then. Anecdotely, I think when the axis of rotation (the line between the front skate and down wind outrigger skate) becomes perpendicular to the wind direction, the craft tips easier on that axis, everything else being equal.

@@respecttherisk2022 Sounds like leaning into the turn on a bike or kart. I appreciate the laid-back approach you have lying down, but one way to make the turns better would be where you had more scope to balance the wind and the turn standing up, maybe like an adapted snowboard?

@@bobjohnbowles Thanks for this comment mate. Yes, exactly like that. I lean, and shift my weight to the inside, even sitting such that one buttock is off the seat on the inside of the turn. I started out with a "stand-up" design. (i have seen some other stand-up designs on line as well). It was tricky to stay in balance with the shifty and gusty winds at Crowsnest Lake which is at Crowsnest Pass -- a mountain pass at 4500 feet in Alberta, Canada. I have had days with winds ranging from say, 10 to 30 knots.... or 30 to 50, even, on the strongest days. Wind direction can shift up to 30 degrees in a single reach on some days as well. Having had a Total Hip Replacement two and half years ago, I felt it was safer for me to be low to the ground so I had less distance to fall or be launched in a crash! Even with that, I still wear hockey pants, helmet and other pads for protection. The instability in the turns is pretty minor -- I suppose like being on a Quad, or a Trike --- I can go a whole day and not have a roll over in say, 50 reaches! Very fun!!

I couldn't agree more! It is certainly a soul-enriching activity.

100% agree mate.

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I had crew in the cockpit for this drill on standbye in case i didnt make it. The GoPro is on a selfy-stick lashed to the side of the boat on a cantilver.

Thanks mate. I love your channel! Your video quality is truly inspiring!

Haha, true that! In general, in dinghy sailing, we are more comfortable being on the ragged edge of being overpowered -- and we love it if we start planing... On this tack, close hauled, at least, when the boat is too overpowered, my rudder cavitates and actually slows the boat down. While I have reached hull speed close hauled, the other thing that happens when the boat eclipses the maximum theoretical hull speed is that the forces on the boat, sails, and rigging rise exponentially.... this is when stuff breaks.... (same reason why fuel economy goes hell when motoring above hull speed. In this case, I was either at or just beyond the point of cavitation on the rudder, but yeah, not a high-consequence scenario -- just fun and exciting!

Oh yeah... it is an incredible piece of engineering! I love it. They are not cheap.... thus I swore that i would be buried with it alonside me in my coffin when I pass lol. I want it in the afterlife!! haha

Yes. Not essential but was expedient in this case. I also add a back up mooring line not shown in the video.

Haha, thanks, mate. At that time in '86, I suppose I instinctively knew based on my friend's experiences. Later, after my retirement from dangerous and serious rock climbing, I did try it, and my prior thesis was supported. lol.

Oh wow. Je suis contente d'apprendre qu'il a pu remonter à bord. C'est une situation très grave et potentiellement mortelle.

Hey, thanks mate. You can get it as an e-book on Amazon. Look up, Steve De Maio, The Rage, Reflections on Risk and it should come up. At times, used hard copies come up as well. When they are $10 or less, I buy them up, lol. The digital link for thr e-book is here a.co/d/67NY9H2

Right on brother! Nice work on retreating safely off of Dirrettesma in a hail storm! It is a bit involved to get off that route. I had a similar experience with lightning up there on Direttesma!

Good question! I put the rope over a big branch and used that for my rappelle anchor. Thanks mate!

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Thanks mate. It is kind of "old school." 47 years ago when I started rock climbing, we often rappelled from a tree at the top of the cliff. All the best mate.

Awesome. Thank you for sharing that! I grew up in dingies as a kid as well -- Albacore and my dad had a CL16 which is basically a fiberglass version of the Wayfarer! I used to go out alone in a dinghy and try to imagine being alone and offshore beyond the sight of land.... later it became a reality! Oh yeah, I agree, that harmony among singlehander, the waves, the wind and the boat -- beautiful! Like a meditation! Thanks for chiming in :) All the best.

I know Albacores! ​@@respecttherisk2022

I know right. When I did a haul out a couple of months later, all the fouling on the bottom 2 feet of the keel had been sandblasted off, so to speak. That was the only consequence I have discovered so far. It was a good lesson about sandy bottoms. I finally upgrade my charts after this happened, and even the new version showed a datum of about 10 feet at this location. So, the takeaway is that sand banks in tidal streams can change dramatically. Hey, that's a really interesting idea that I have not heard from anyone yet. Thank you! Let me think on that! I was hard aground, and the boat was not moving an inch ( i was embedded in about two feet of sand). After five more minutes of thinking.... I think now, that maybe I could have taken either my primary or spare anchor out in the dingy into deeper water, dropped it, and then come back aboard and tightened the rode up to prevent the movement into the shallower water -- regardless of what the wind, waves, and current where doing. That said, I do appreciate your creative thinking on this!

Haha, well, I was out for ten days of singlehanding in the Gulf Islands so my dinner was aboard later that night when I arrived at Preedy Harbor on Thetis Island! I didn't give myself any grief for being late lol. I had kind of already beat myself up for my errors! lol.