Balancing Your Sails for Close-Hauled Sailing - Episode 50

Balancing Your Sails for Close-Hauled Sailing - Episode 50
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In this episode, we depart from Dana Point, LA area, on route to Oceanside, California. We enjoy the sounds of nature and talk about sail plans and balancing your sails for close-hauled sailing and using an autopilot!
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[@brianmoore5498]

good words on wind and trim logic. i was just self taught on sunfishes and i used to keep a little 22 in florida for cruising out to the islands but i did read a bit about it off and on through the years nice to hear your thoughts, makes good sense and yeah wow what a perfect morning for a sail . have fun!

[@LearnToSailMexico]

That was a brilliant day of sailing! There's always lots of technical pointers from the point of sail racing, so thought it would be fun to talk about some of the practicalities of cruising for comfort and handling. Glad you enjoyed! Will try and talk more about sailing stuff in future episodes. There's lots to learn and lots to share!

[@allynonderdonk7577]

Gotta love the sail shape using the autopilot explanation!!!

[@LearnToSailMexico]

I'm sure all the racers out there hate what I was saying, but cruising's a different animal...it's important to not spill your coffee all over the galley! lol

[@davidwarner6755]

Thanks for the tips!

[@jimscott6772]

Oceanside is my home. Sorry about the rude seals! Sorry I missed you.

[@LearnToSailMexico]

Hey Jim, yeah we wished we could have stayed around a bit longer...was just an overnighter then onward again! Looked like fun surf, but we were bent on getting to the next free anchorage ;)

[@jimscott6772]

Saltwest Co Sailing it’s been a few weeks of great surf down here. Some pretty windy days too. Where you at now?

[@Nixontheman]

Excellent Tube 👍

[@LearnToSailMexico]

Thanks Brutha!!

[@davidalbright7335]

Another advantage to the three-mile distance is that you can empty your doo-doo. I don't recall hearing you say that. We're a composting toilet boat, so there is no pumping or macerating involved but that distance can be advantageous for refreshing the head.

[@LearnToSailMexico]

We actually don’t poop ever...we’re very clean people...lol. But yes, that would be the time!

[@davidalbright7335]

Try not to hold on to that standard for too long. As my gastroenterologist says, "There's more room on the outside than the inside" and "That's why there is a hole there, ya know."

[@LearnToSailMexico]

+David Albright 😂 sound advice!!

[@alfonsoparra7653]

man they need wide angle to be able to see the sails

[@alchik1]

I'm thinking seal flipper pie here! Fair winds guys!

[@LearnToSailMexico]

haha, WHAT? Guess I'll try and google it...lol

[@LearnToSailMexico]

Ah, an east-coast tradition in our home land...can't say I'd want to eat one...lol

[@alchik1]

@@LearnToSailMexico I picked that up Cape Breton, NS before watching the Shipping News!

[@alchik1]

@@LearnToSailMexico I think it does originate in Newfoundland.

[@brianhannigan2809]

I see that you remember my cutter tricks from Sinbad.

[@LearnToSailMexico]

I was very fortunate to have all those formative years filled with practical knowledge and experience, the kind of shit you can’t learn in the course of a ASA training cert alone. Just the sheer number of years in the sailing environment and observing or assisting in the work and repairs has been invaluable in the development of our sailing “common sense” that, not unlike on land, is not all that common on the seas either!! Lol

[@sicchuckie]

Thanks for cutting back on the long music intros.

[@lyfandeth]

I was taught to run dead downwind, wing on wing, by a top name sailing school. Went to North University (North Sails) two years later and was shown that broad reaching and gybing would get me downwind faster despite the extra ground. That doesn't work for every boat, but for most modern designs, even if it seems wrong. Have you run the polars, or tried reaching, to see if it is also faster for you?

[@LearnToSailMexico]

The best deal for us running "downwind" is to have the wind coming from about 140 or 220 degrees (if the bow is 0 degrees) to the side that the genoa is polled out to, as the top of the Gen. gets filled up and the main is on the "windward" side, then we can run the jib inside/behind the main as well...so it's not dead downwind. That gives us the best performance for running ;)

[@mongrelkat1139]

Gday from Oz

[@LearnToSailMexico]

Thanks mate!

[@MethosFilms]

Where did u get your solar panel mounts? I need 2 of them for 100 watt mano panels.

[@LearnToSailMexico]

They’re Magma brand brackets for clamping on to round tube. I had to fabricate aluminum flat bar pieces that i could bolt onto the solar panel frame, then bolt on the brackets to that flat bar. The panel frame itself is so thin, that alone I wouldn’t trust. Look for our video from back in the spring of ‘18, ‘Installing Solar on a Sailboat’, shows the setup in more detail

[@LearnToSailMexico]

+Saltwest Co Sailing about the 5:00 🕔 mark

[@MethosFilms]

@@LearnToSailMexico ok cool thanks for writing back :) my other option is i can attach the, to the bimini ill be buying this spring. i lost my sailboat last year. gonna be starting from scratch and really like how u got your solar set up.

[@LearnToSailMexico]

+SV methos sailing and gaming wish you best of luck, and sorry for your loss. Hope the vid of our setup will help you with your install. It’s simple, but they withstood 40 knots and 20’ seas!!

[@MethosFilms]

@@LearnToSailMexico i plan on binging on your videos :) best wishes :)

[@TheCanadianBubba]

Saw Morgan slip a bit after spraying at that Sea Lion, nothing like being out of your element during a showdown. Cannot give likes or comments from the Patreon page, not snivelling, and not not digging to watch you a second time. Will just watch on here though because the views from that page probably do not count here either... am i right ?

[@LearnToSailMexico]

Yeah she almost biffed it right there!! I'm sure that would have been the end of her, as all those lions ate her right there on the dock! lol. Is there a problem with Patreon's app? Normally, you should be able to comment and like videos right through patreon and yes views from patreon register as a view on KZbin (since it's a linked video). All the same, just glad you can find us and enjoy the vids :)

[@TheCanadianBubba]

Will investigate more on the next one because i watched it right from my email notification, which i have since deleted. Hope some great days for you all and lots of smooth sailing !

[@LearnToSailMexico]

@@TheCanadianBubba Yes, smooth sailing! lol. So far, it's been relatively smooth anchoring for the last month, no complaints ;P

[@thepigwillfly5869]

Worst camera work of all time.....even though he tells you what to point at (the sail....the huge flopping piece of cloth), you somehow miss it.

[@MrZachalewel]

Do you boo-boo, do you

[@LearnToSailMexico]

Always!