Solo Round the World Boat Deck Tour

[@JScottShipman]

Excellent, my friend!

[@motoxstar5]

Thanks for your tips and knowledge 🙏

[@claverton]

Good tip on keeping the cockpit dark

[@Seafarers_Craft]

I like those granny bars by the mast, definitely something to look into for my W32! Have a good time sailing, and thanks for posting 🤙

[@KonstantONE]

Good luck, Mr Chase :)

[@Blortt5000]

Great boat and setup philosophy.

[@scottelliott6900]

Great video. Thanks for the tour.

[@RoryL83]

That was excellent Jerome. As a greenhorn, I'll be reviewing this in the future. Thanks!

[@richardazar]

Great Video. Keep them coming!!!

[@irisblume1132]

I love your set-up and sticking with simplicity. We did a 5-year between Alaska and New Zealand on a Hans Christian 33. I so agree with the mast steps… I hated the halyard wrap, but miss them on our new-to us boat… another Hans Christian. My only suggestion to you is that you mount the whisker pole on the mast. It will be easier to deploy solo, and out of the way. Also, some day… roller furlings for the head sails. We never had trouble with ours, and made reefing easy in big seas/wind. We were hove to in 50knots and it was pleasant with just a patch of staysl and 3X reefed main. I too am a big fan of doing most everything I can at the mast. Awesome… well done. I love Westsail 32! Good luck and maybe we will see you out there.

[@SailingShandy]

thanks

[@SOLDOZER]

Love me some hank on sails. I catch so much crap from people about mine. They are a bit more work, but love the pure simplicity of them.

[@habaristra6248]

Thorough. Write an eBook with your knowledge and ideas. It took me forty years to arrive at what you laid out in a 13 minute video. GREAT JOB !

[@paulthew2]

Really enjoyed that. Keep it Simple, Stupid. Great info, many thanks.

[@SailinWithTrout]

You’ve got a lot of extra stuff to protect that dodger, might I suggest getting rid of it? Thanks for the vid dude 🤘

[@leifjohnson9187]

Right on Jerome! Happy sailing my friend!

[@colinhogan5469]

Thank you for the tour. I have a Westsail 43 and love the boat. Our reefing and main sail work is at the mast as well and I prefer it that way. Keeps you in touch with the boat instead of always hiding in the cockpit. Also, I have mast steps on the main and mizzen and ran a small wire cable from the top step, down to the bottom step, on each side. And attached it to the outside edge of each step. This keeps the halyards from wrapping. Highly recommend it and an easy project.

[@kscharky8951]

I learn so much watching your videos. Thanks for making them! Happy sailing!👍

[@mosephusmusic]

Right on brother! Thanks for sharing your great knowledge and your epic journeys.

[@passagesfromtheheart]

Loved this, Jerome -- thank you so much for the awesome tour! I always learn a ton from you! With the Tashiba 31 that we almost bought, she had a couple of stays, attached to blocks, leading to the aft quarters to starboard and port -- I have some questions about this set-up next time we chat. Can't wait for your next upload!

[@svwanderlust9697]

Wow really enjoyed the tour, everything is well thought out. I switched to headsail and staysail roller furling and don’t miss the old way, but all your reasons for not are valid, Jude’s everything is a trade off. Thanks for posting, looking forward to the next video!

[@SlowlySailing-lc1cs]

Looking good (and ready). I am no sailor (yet), but having studied the whole foresail-handling thing from various viewpoints, I have to agree with you that for solo passage-making, hanks make more sense. Sure, you might have to go forward to deal with hanks, esp. a sail change, but if you are changing sails when it is already dangerous to go out there, the problem isn't your system, it's you. Similarly, any furling rig is going to fail at some point, as far as I can tell. They just do. So do hanks, hanked sails, sheets, halyards, etc. Stuff breaks, usually when you really don't want it to. But I'd rather service, swap or remove a hanked flying jib in rough weather (all on my own, no crew, not even someone on the helm) than have to somehow single-handedly remove a furler-type sail, and its blade, and the drum, and all the other crap, under the same conditions. Or try to take the drum apart in place or some such foolery. Again, I am a greenhorn, but it seems a common-sense thing to me. Anyway, you and MS look ready; enjoy your voyage!!

[@richmorpurgo5554]

This is great! Thank you! Rich, Westsail32 “Jasmine”

[@theodoregriller]

Thanks ,Nice Video, Very Informative With Detail👍 What Is Your Speaking Engagement Schedule? Safe Travels

[@johnchilds4156]

Great video. Do you use jacklines to the mast while at sea?

[@istvanszabo3275]

Hi. Do you have a parachute anchor?

[@BrokerFr8]

Just curious when you said you were out at sea for something like 270 days how in the world do you provision for something like that?

[@Thomas-d7e6y]

Awesome Cap 👌 u gut ur sweater on ur mom's made ya Way to fire 🔥 skipper safe trip good luck 👍 ur old buddy MURF FIRST COMMENT CHAMPION 🏆 🥇 🏅 ❤️ 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@SailingIntoOblivion]

Thanks bud, chat when I get back, you stay warm Capt!!!