Gracias Doctor por otro gran video tecnico !!!! Un gran saludo a toda la familia-tripulacion desde latitud 34 s. Argentina !!!

Hello sorry why does no one explain the problem of the volts to choose a BMS???? All people are retarded????

Good rules! I would've anchored in Rock Creek and gone into Baltimore in the morning.

Range lights! I've used range lights many times during the day. The video doesn't show range lights against the city at night. Yet, you showed a brief image of range lights against the city at night. What did you use to magnify/highlight the range lights over the city lights?

04:10 Crab trap lookout is much like kelp lookout in southern California. Why not mount a wifi camera on the mast looking down in front of the bow, and have a display at the wheel? Should be possible.... theoretically...

01:35 Sew custom pockets. Sailors must sew.

Thank you for this explanation, it fits with what I have been doing to get Longitude at night. Longitude easy at night For the Northern hemisphere, longitude for me is easy. If you can measure the Local Hour Angle of a star on the sky to an accuracy of 4 minutes or less you can get a longitude that is one degree or less from the observing position. A slight alteration of the calculation on page 279 of the Nautical Almanac and we have this. Longitude = GST - ( RA + LHA ) or LHA = GST - ( RA + Longitude) Where GST = Greenwich Siderial Time = GHA Aries. RA = the Right Ascension of the selected star. By using Polaris as the pivot point of a star clock and a plumb bob string for a meridian reference I've been getting longitudes to less than one degree easily from a list of 30 stars around Polaris. If measuring the LHA Westward, counter clockwise from the meridian upper branch, this is the angle to be added to the RA of the selected star. If measuring the LHA Eastward, clockwise, subtract LHA from RA. This gives Local Meridian Time, or Local Siderial Time. Then subtract LST from GST to get the GHA of the observing position. LHA can be measured in either time or degrees. This reduces to a minimum the time, math, materials, and paperwork needed to get something of a longitude, even if the observing position is not known. Just thought I would tell the world in case anyone is interested.

Longitude easy at night For the Northern hemisphere, longitude for me is easy. If you can measure the Local Hour Angle of a star on the sky to an accuracy of 4 minutes or less you can get a longitude that is one degree or less from the observing position. A slight alteration of the calculation on page 279 of the Nautical Almanac and we have this. Longitude = GST - ( RA + LHA ) or LHA = GST - ( RA + Longitude) Where GST = Greenwich Siderial Time = GHA Aries. RA = the Right Ascension of the selected star. By using Polaris as the pivot point of a star clock and a plumb bob string for a meridian reference I've been getting longitudes to less than one degree easily from a list of 30 stars around Polaris. If measuring the LHA Westward, counter clockwise from the meridian upper branch, this is the angle to be added to the RA of the selected star. If measuring the LHA Eastward, clockwise, subtract LHA from RA. This gives Local Meridian Time, or Local Siderial Time. Then subtract LST from GST to get the GHA of the observing position. LHA can be measured in either time or degrees. This reduces to a minimum the time, math, materials, and paperwork needed to get something of a longitude, even if the observing position is not known. Just thought I would tell the world in case anyone is interested.

I transit the harbor by night all the time, can't see what you're on about. Entering a harbor you don't know is one thing but if you're entering the harbor you're based out of? Crazy to even contemplate waiting until morning. The bay is tricky, Baltimore harbor is not. Just watch the tugs though they usually are as aware of you as you are of them. Very courteous and professional. Cheers.

Welcome home! Beautiful video of Baltimore at night. The bay is famous for its snarky weather and, overall, is difficult to navigate due in large part to crab traps and silting. My father grew up on Gibson Island and had been sailing the bay literally since he was a tot. He later got his Captains license. One thing he never did was claim to "know the bay." Every year we moved the offshore fishing boat from our house at the ocean to either Deale or Baltimore City for the winter, and back to the ocean in the spring. We did that for DECADES. Each trip up and down the bay he studied in advance for any changes, kept keen notes on weather and would go back and study his old notes. He never played around when it came to transiting the bay

You mentioned using an A/C unit. I'm guessing a 5000 btu. Any special way of mounting it? You always have some good ideas. I'm sure I would just jury rig it.

Felicitaciones por una excelente navegacio y otro gran video !!!! Capitana , Doctor , y a toda la tripulacion les mando un gran saludo desde latitud 34 s. Argentina !!!!

One glitch in the (correct) definition above-- at the turn of the 20c, you had dinghy-sized cat-yawls, gaff-rigged. The mizzen might be braced against the inside of the transom, and the rudder hung from the transom. So, a hair aft of the mizzen mast. As a Concordia Yawl owner, I can say that one superb value of the mizzen is that it does have a tiny bit of drive: just enough to balance lee helm. So a #3 genoa or a yankee and mizzen can take you most anywhere in any amount of breeze. I use a working jib mostly now for single-handing, and even that sails remarkably well without the main once you get 10 knots or more. Up to 30 knots, no problem. S&S just did a re-make of Stormy Weather, their famous yawl from the 20s. This was a sloop. If I were to order a second draft of the re-do, I'd ask them to make it yawl-rigged again. Just to make short-handed sailing, and being stuck in gale conditions, more agreeable. You'd still get most of the main mast height, to permit proper upwind sailing, and as big a gennaker as you have the stomach for raising.

I was just looking at the charts last week about sailing into Baltimore. I sail around the Potomac most of the time, but lived there for years, and have yet to sail into the inner harbor. It was cool to see it at night, see what's left of the bridge, and hear about the navigation lights. Cool tip about anchoring out storms in the bay too. Thanks for sharing that. Fair winds!

Love your birds, we cruise with two cats and a parrot, we just lost our dog. We are on the south end of the bay

Hey Herb & Mads... Great sailing tips again and yes Worst Marine Ising glass cleaner seems to be pkg the same... It's a good thing the stuff works at $30 a can... Fair Winds...

So having a child has made you "young" again? ;)

Hi Herb and Maddie... I have the same motoe as you (QT 20) but half the displacement... I coastal cruised motot-sailed a couple of years ago 35ktm to another marina... The EY monitor claimed 2.5hrs runtime in a 5.5hr sail... I have 38kWh at 48v... No idea how accurate the EY monitor really is... Apologies I had to kill my subscription... Cyber security issues with PayPal.... Fair Winds...

Were you anchored in the San Domingo? How were the bugs at night? That anchorage has been on my bucket list. Happy belated btw.

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Howdy Rigging Dr Family, enjoying your sailing as always, so true about woman’s shorts. Harry is getting so big! The birds seem so content, Marty the same. Almost had a Corgi, a rehome. Cool frog, crab traps, part of sharing any waterway. Wish they get painted them bright colors and at night reflective. Getting ready not Baltimore at night, thank goodness for your younger know how! You Got This. Storms, TY for the FYI, windage in these storms, better know before then during its prescience, anchoring if you can makes tons of scenes in the right water depth. TY for your video, can’t wait to boat on this bay⚓️💕😎

at $14 in Amazon, Rx is half the price you pay at West Marine.

Jimmy??? not Freddo?

Do you really not have AIS capabilities?

Nice to see you guys out on the water again. You have a wonderful boy. Fair winds.

Rules are only for breaking after due consideration. I have three that are never for breaking. 1) The sea stays on the outside of the boat. 2) The people stay on the boat whilst underway. 3) At all times be paranoid about fire.

You guys are weird as hell. Don't let that bother you or stop you. Just shockingly different to me. Wow. Can't imagine what romance is like....yiiihe

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Giant pockets ! Yes, I did the same , but first without knowing I had crossed into the men's side of the department store... I try on these khaki Bermuda shorts with real usable pockets . They fit great so I go out to look in the same area for a top to go with it, and realize it's the menswear department 😂😂😂. WTH , I buy the shorts anyway. It got me thinking , what else .. now I've added men's sport socks to the list. Theirs don't shrink down to doll size after the first washing .😅😅😅

I love the fact that you have Hank on sails on the fore deck.

Same packaging on rx

As an aerospace engineer trained in wings, This is a first class explanation of the wind forces on the sailboat. A sailboat is very similar to the several wing options on airplanes. The use of different wing configurations is very much like this discussion of how to use different sail plans. Cutter vs. Solent vs. hybrid. The how to use the different sail plans is the key to understanding why you would pick one over another.

good tips

You hoisted the main abeam my alma mater! Cheers, and fair winds and following seas!

Great video

Beautiful calm evening with lots of city light to arrive, nice. Great video, thanks :)

Dang Herbie, what's going on with that bow?

So now I’m confused. Is that the boat with the transom extension?

Great to see the new chain plates and growing child👌 Keep up the great work❤

Thanks for another episode guys!

Great Video. Most interesting tips on reading the weather. I've been a pilot for nearly 40 years but still picking up new stuff.

automatic crab pot cutter needed

Always trust your gut. Great job skipper. I loved my sea tiger windlass, absolutely bulletproof. Do you lift out for the winter?

Aren't spade rudders protected by the keel? Also, how much of an impact can a skeg really withstand? If it so much as bends backwards from an impact, you've basically lost steerage...

thanks. and wonderful music.

6:18 Nice musical interlude! ♫

Maddie, I've been buying my shorts in that department for years! Cheaper, better sales, longer shorts for tall people and yes - bigger pockets!!❤❤

I enjoyed seeing the cut-throat game of putt putt golf. Only complaint is that we didn't get to see the winner's "I win" dance.

FYI I hadn't seen any videos since chainplates previous video thought I wonder what happened to rigging doctor and did search and for some reason I haven't received any notifications .

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