Ep 12: Sailboat Winch Handling

[@damopower]

I'm learning to sail,and honestly these are the best videos I've seen on KZbin...most sailing videos I see are just glamorous couples in exotic places and no information...thank you so much.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you very much Damien for your kind and encouraging comment. I'm delighted that you found them useful

[@braddavies2226]

This video on "safe winch handling" is forwarded to all the new sailors in advance of their coming on board Very positive feedback on this video

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks Brad. Much appreciated

[@naturebuoys]

Mind blown. Really like the real time view at the end

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you so much for the awesome comment.

[@harbourdogNL]

Super helpful.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you. That’s awesome 😎

[@grahamroot9080]

Agree with all the other comments - these videos are excellent. Thank you for designing, presenting and posting them.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you so much! I'm delighted that you are enjoying them.

[@businessexpansionstrategie4015]

Hi Marco, excellent instructional videos. I recently got my ASA101 certification, however no so much information was provided on winch handling and techniques. I appreciate your dedication to provide these videos to new sailors like me. I’ve seen your single handing videos hopefully you can make more of those dedicated to solo sailing. As you said in one of them many times I want to go sailing but I can’t find friends or crew to go with. So I want to do what you did, go out by myself and put in practice my knowledge and learn from mistakes and experience, of course following safety procedures first. Thanks again. Keep those videos coming. Carlos

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks Carlos. More single handed videos on the way

[@guygatineau281]

After having watch this video, I'm going to practice on the mooring today! Thanks...

[@tommyt4062]

Thank you, very useful. I've just bought my first boat and trying to learn as much as possible while I'm fixing her up.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you for the kind comment

[@Chebab-Chebab]

Out on the water yet?

[@forrestallison1879]

I'm just so grateful because these are just the best videos there are. I use this exact technique on my Erickson 30 plus and I learned from you. Thank you

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Great to hear! Thanks for the comment. Fair winds!

[@olivei2484]

I learned to sail on an Erickson 30.

[@Pbn2au59]

Great video! One suggestion, particulalry if you're handling larger winches: always keep your pinky towards the winch when handling the line, not your thumb. You can't function that well without the latter.

[@SoundzAlive1]

Well done, I will forward all your videos to all my newcomers. André in Sydney

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you so much. That is much appreciated

[@AmatuerHourCoding]

Another guy learning to sail here! Appreciate your time and effort to make these

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you and I appreciate you watching them. I hope they make learning to sail easier for you. Thanks for taking the time to comment.

[@allaheadflank]

great camera work!

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you for the kind comment

[@stephenburnage7687]

I fell backwards onto a winch handle once. Talk about painfull. My winch handle is now always stored in a pocket, not in the winch.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Ouch! Thanks for sharing your story

[@Abc-kf4qx]

Excellent video, thanks again!

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you 🙏

[@superstitiousstoic6810]

Excellent ❤️

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks 😊

[@olivei2484]

Thanks for the refresher. Been sailing on smaller boats where I usually dont need a winch or use the handle so my technique has gotten sloppy.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

You’re welcome. The Ericson 30 is a lovely boat. I almost bought one when shopping for a sailing school boat.

[@thatgirl3960]

Seriously good stuff on this channel. Thank you.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Much appreciated!

[@jackkil1508]

Well done, thanks.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you too!

[@mickeydawson348]

Single hand my 322 most of the time! Comforting to see I've learned to use the same techniques I see you using Marco!

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks Mickey. Keep up the good work.

[@mariakozachek6643]

Thank you for the video, very clear explanation, most helpful. I am always nervous easing a line on a large winch and want to learn how to do it safely.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks for the comment Maria. Glad I could be or service.

[@mariakozachek6643]

​@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine Would you have an advice on safe handing larger self-tailing winches? Especially how to safely ease a line getting it out from a jaw ring.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

@@mariakozachek6643 Have enough wraps around the winch to create enough friction so you can easily hold the line and as I demonstrate use one hand to hold the wraps against the winch when you take the lube out of the jaws. Lots of wraps and don’t be in a hurry. Take your time.

[@mvakleko]

Great video and the your lessons to consider. Learning a lot from your channel 👍

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Awesome, thank you!

[@markelgood4194]

Great videos and very clear instruction. Just a little surprised you don't emphasize to keep thumbs pointed towards you away from the winch - some of the pictures they seem rather scarily close

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks for the comment Mark, I thought that I had emphasized that clearly enough. Certainly worth mentioning again.

[@SCW87]

Great video and channel! Hopefully will help for my Day Skipper course

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Best of luck!

[@billwang88]

Thanks for putting these videos together. I will use this to share proper winch handling procedure with my guests. I also need some help with what to do with extra lengths of lines on the cockpit floor. It drives some of my OCD guests crazy to see lines on the floor, but that's the only way I know how to keep my active lines.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you for the comment. I appreciate it. Lines in the cockpit are always a challenge and I have seen several different methods over the years depending on setup. The bottom line is to try to limit potential hazards created by loose lines under foot.

[@Vesperlyndy]

Great stuff! I knew most of this from training way back, it's good to see why I do it how I do it =D

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Glad to hear it! Thank you for the comment, I appreciate the support

[@WaywardLifeSailing]

Thanks for this! I almost got my hand caught in a line during a tack in about 25+ knots of wind one day and didn't wanna make that mistake again.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Glad it helped!

[@rigaracing4924]

Great video, thank you

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Glad you liked it!

[@Tonyt346]

Thank you!

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

You're welcome!

[@stevelancaster5303]

very informative, thank you

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you

[@tonychilds884]

Hi, you mention that using a single wrap is preferred when tailing a line or else you can have an override. What is meant by an override? Thanks!

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

An override or riding turn is when wraps from higher up on the winch wrap over lower wraps jamming the line. It is caused by fast tailing a line with no load or an improper lead angle to the winch (the line should always lead up to the winch on a slight angle)

[@Sommers234]

And an override can be a really big hassle... hopefully by now you've seen video of that problem

[@SailHosailing]

Very instructive video. Thank you

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you for the kind feedback. Glad you found it informative.

[@ellieniakan9484]

Learned so much from it. Thank you. Even the sailing instructors need to learn from this series how to teach students.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Great to hear! High praise indeed! Thank you

[@andyvan5692]

one other safety reason for racers to leave the handles in, is that they sometimes get into close quarters with each other at speed, esp. rounding bouys and racing marks, so need to tack quickly at a moments notice, and to do this the handles need to be left in 'operating' position.

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks for the comment Andy

[@BrewsterMcBrewster]

I crewed for a tyrant skipper once. His rule about expensive winch handles was: "If I hear a winch handle go overboard, I want to hear TWO splashes." 😆

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

He’s not alone 🤣 Thanks for the comment

[@wanagiandme]

THANK u ❤️❤️❤️

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

You're welcome 😊

[@amiabledave50]

How many winch handles does a typical boat have?

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

At least two. I have three but rarely use more than two. Older boats had many more winches all over the boat so they had more handles. Modern boats typically have four winches in the cockpit so two winch handles should be fine.

[@amiabledave50]

Thank you

[@ctndiaye1]

I wish I could take lessons with you but I'm in the US.

[@grouperfish1]

I’m from Pennsylvania and I did it twice at a time when the exchange rate was favorable and I had frequent flyer miles. It ended up costing no more than US alternatives and I got to sail in fantastically beautiful British Columbia for 5 days.

[@fireballfitness170]

8:34... Whole maneuver...

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thank you

[@williamreymond2669]

0:45] I really like this video, it is very informative, but this little bit makes me smile. I believe in a "supportive learning environment" too - except at the hand grenade range. Ever actually been to the hand grenade range? At the hand grenade range, everything gets really real, you do precisely, and *only,* what your instructor tells you to do, or you, he, or the two of you together might die because of *your stupid mistake* - you are the only one with the live grenade in your hand. More hand grenade instructors die than students. Why? the instructors are trained to save their students from their mistakes. Do you mean the instructor's mistakes or the student's mistake? Yes! Super harsh for the wife. Which wife?

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks for the comment William. I’m glad you enjoyed the video. I heartily agree with a time and place for “supportive learning” and yes I have been to a live grenade range. One of the scariest things I’ve done.

[@williamreymond2669]

@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine Ok, so we are copasetic. As an instructor you should project a little more confidence in the methods you are teaching. What the student is missing is the internalized sense of what is "safe" and "efficient." You are billing yourself as a Sail Canada instructor observer - that should mean something, for instance, 'Learn and internalize this method and you will gain an understanding of what a safe and an efficient method is' - something like that.

[@brucelarcombe4679]

According to my right jaw, rules 1,2 and 3 of safe winch handling are: never move a handle by handling the handle…

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Thanks Bruce. Good point!

[@patony_1288]

It looks like sailboat is a lot of work, I'll just wait and save up some more money and buy the Silent 60 instead ,It's a electric Catamaran, Comes with Solar panels instead of sails, The sun can takes you where the sails can, I wonder if I could start a Go-fund-me for $4 mils to buy one?

[@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine]

Sounds pretty cool. Granted electric is probably quiet, smooth and free like sailing but is still not sailing. There is a special feeling you get from being driven by a force of nature and not an engine.

[@stephenburnage7687]

Good luck with that rig in the tropics. My solar panels barely produce anything when there is cloud cover. I have to run the generator, instead.