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Så mange fejl.....

Can’t see any planing?

Hi, Clay. Your refit came out quite nicely. What foam do you recommend here?

Nice save

Wow! Are these people from Kansas? Chutes are unclipped at the pole-end of the guy, halyard dumped and the chute is retrieved with the SHEET and pulled UNDER the BOOM! Down the hatch! Or you can use the St. Francis patch or EVEN in light-to-moderate air, the "weather (guy first) take-down". Krikeys! These guys need coaching. Nobody of this level of (in)competence should try this in anything over 4 kts. :-D

ARE THE J=´70s much faster up wind?

Clay, I was surprised to see how much draft your main has for these very light conditions. We are trying to flatten the main in particular noticing some of the other boats seem to be able to point much higher than we can. Do you have any guidance on how to best judge sail shape for the best VMG in these conditions? Thanks, Dan

Were you able to purchase this in the States or did you have to order it directly from Gold Service Rigging? I am restoring an Alden 44 cutter over in Knife River, MN and this could solve issues I am having with the original anchor set up.

Great manoeuvre for position on starting sequence

Cool data you're able to track there - what setup are you using?

Our First 25S suffers when you let the transom drag, you can hear the turbulence in the wake, so we are always trying to move ballast forward. Normal crew practice, as in most boats is to move as little as possible and in light wind get some weight on the low side for a bit of heel. Thank you again for the video Clay!

Very interesting... your crew is so much forward than what I am used to, and so many thing that are probably happenimg and I do not realise... let me watch it ten times more to learn more from you! Good start! ;)

nice! any idea what yardstick the 260 has?

John's songs are pure magic!!!

Happy new year 2023! I am also a happy owner of a First 260 (25.7s), sailing in the spanish Medierranean. There's a couple questions for you: when sailing upwind, it seems your boom is not centered, but at maybe 20º... is this because you're saling at close reach and not close hauled? Second question: what is the brand and model of the display on your mast? Gracias y buena proa! (thanks and "good bow!" - wishing you fair winds in spanish) ;)

The skipper caused this by keeping the helm to port for an excessive amount of time. I hope hope the intention of sharing this is to show how not to helm downwind

Better clip on

Why not let go of the halyard? And pull in the sheets! Utterly stupid!

Hi very nice bow sprit. What is the brand?

Love those Code 0's. Thanks for posting.

Honestly everything I know about sailing I taught myself.... Spinikers overpower the boat by a lot so it's something to learn and practice in light winds. Its amazing how fasst you can go down wind even against a tide

Sounds pretty good for a street performance

I appreciate that you would take your time to play for a small crowd of random people that shows me your character, your talent is without question but just caring about your fans is great ! John your music to me is truly magical and reminds me of the music of my youth ! Hope you and your wife and children are doing well. I hope also you will continue to put out such positive music that lifts up people when they feel so beaten down by life in today's world! I encourage you to live what you sing and to keep inspiring us to do the same🙂 Robert Sovitsky

good work from the skipper to keep everyone safe there great job

good idea

Jackstays?

No big deal as long as don't sail by the lee. Someone needs to learn move round the boat with the lee rail under. Might have been a problem if MOB.

Sold mine. Bought a hobie 18 with wings

If it was blowing harder, would you have doused earlier to have the chute down before turning up?

Tonka?

What was the solution, furler up the jib?

this is why lifejackets exist children

Удачи!!!

La sacaron barata.

Where did this force come from? he has everything loose. was it the spinaker that he didnt "turn off" by going more onto the wind?

When de peope doing all bad

Original!

Not great sailing. No use of traveller to de-power main and no reefing pennants even rigged. Poor preparation and seamanship. Inexperienced crew recovered well with jib take down though.

I've been meaning to record one of these passages. I had one where after the bridge, power lines suddenly appeared to be dipping lower than the bridge. The skipper made a sudden maneuver to one of the supporting towers where the cables were obviously higher. Two minutes of terror, but that's what makes sailing fun. There should be dozens of these on YT, but this is only one I found - and not many views :(

Amazing how many people comment without any actual knowledge of what's going on. First I sail on planing boats almost for a living, Class 40, Figaro, Fareast 28r, J70 U20, etc etc. I know what it is. Second the 27.7 routinely has flat water speeds in the mid-upper teens in 25+. Every owner has experienced it. We where not quite there on this day with 20. Now pay attention here. Unlike most planing boats, the 27.7 has a submerged bow knuckle. I'll wait for you to go look it up. Most planing boat do not, to promote the bow popping up. So when the 27.7 starts to plane at 9 knots, the bow stays under water until about 12-13. Then it pops. Class dismissed.

Moving nicely - yes. Plane? Hardly.

Great seamanship and readiness! Could of been a disaster otherwise

Oh. A Music video.

Well what better way to teach a lesson than hands on. That was great lesson he broached on purpose to teach a person how to correct situation. You all may criticize this video but the lesson is priceless.

What boat is that? Looks a lot like my old Tripp 26

Why didn’t you put a reef in the main?

That's not 40 knots, maybe close to 30. Why no reef? Know the forecast?

What camera system with the data are you using? That is really cool