How to Passage Plan (Sailing Virgins) Ep. 24

[@Antoine-Zim]

I’m New Zealand coast guards volunteer.we are using Navionics on daily basis but paper charts, bearing taking, 3 points fix, chartplotter ruler are the basics for seamanship that every sailor should know and practice. Great job making technical stuff easy to understand. Awesome YT channel.love it bro

[@JimmyLovesMundo]

I’m a sailing virgin and now hooked on this channel! James seems like the type of chap I’d really get along with. Best sailing channel on KZbin, hands down!

[@SailingVirgins]

That's great to hear Jimmy!

[@sailboatshellesseasailing4567]

Sailed my teenage years here with my family, now I have my own boat and I'm going to be sailing from Trinidad and Tobago to St. Lucia then back to Grenada this summer

[@NearlyNativeNursery]

Very simple and good explanation of know how to come up with route heading on both paper charts and digital units. extremely well done.

[@davidhawes7783]

Thanks for your super clear, short and good looking videos!! So much better than loads of other channels. Could you do a short intro to keeping a log. There are loads of vids on this but most are 30mins and yawn yawn yawn! Pretty sure you guys would do a way better job on just the basics. Thanks

[@jorritt1]

What a joy to watch. I know these waters well and have sailed them many times as a passenger. I’m looking forward to bringing my yacht from the UK and sailing under my own steam. I’m hoping to be in the Tobago Cays by early next year. Thank you for this video. 🙏🏽

[@SailingVirgins]

Our pleasure!

[@damiansloper8949]

Fantastic refresher of the RYA passage planning .

[@AthelstanEngland]

First time I've seen your channel and this was a really useful video - thanks. Breaking it down into sections for out, crossing, in & mooring is an excellent idea. One of the few I've added to my sailing tips playlist. Very well shot too... I liked the bit in the cafe with just the faintest bit of background, noise gave a nice ambiance. Big fan of the natural sounds rather than music.

[@rickiglander3183]

I've got a dozen sailing channels on my list and this one is so clear and cool. by far my favorite for knowledge so far, just wish I was still 20-30 to join you guys. Good work James your defiantly onto something.

[@tedgayer336]

I hope you get out there!

[@PitStopCrew]

Age shouldn’t be a barrier. I’m 60 in 2 days and have just done my RYA Day Skipper course. Old Dog New Tricks!! :-)

[@rickiglander3183]

@@PitStopCrew I'm also 60, no experience, just sailed half way around the world solo. (old dog, no tricks🙂)

[@robertflindall4692]

This was a fantastic video! Thank you for explaining how you passage plan - it's was very informative for us current land lubbers!

[@leontedev]

Great video! Really loved that you explained both the old-school/proper way and how it's actually done in practice :) Both are important! Cheers!

[@muskokaful]

Fantastic and super useful videos! Looking forward to more. Greets from Switzerland

[@davidcoulling9521]

Oh wow - what an amazing video - really brings passage planning to life! Thank you sooooo much James for another sensational video - I'm on day skipper theory at the moment so wonderful to watch:-) and day skipper practical soon!

[@SailingVirgins]

Glad you enjoyed it! Good luck with your day skipper!

[@MrBmcchesney]

Great basic video. One point I would add, after you plot your course on the chart, look to see if there are any subsurface obstructions or dangers along the course, seamounts, rocks, cables, volcanoes, naval firing ranges or other exclusion zones.

[@hersheyz676]

This is a concise, organized, and informative video. Thanks so much

[@SailingVirgins]

Glad it was helpful!

[@pediclescrew]

Awesome video! Great quality. Very substantive. Refreshing!

[@sarahbrown5268]

Thank you guys for your awesome videos, they have given us the confidence to start our sailing adventures! Thanks for demystifying and simplifying so eloquently, with humour and style. We are now happy mooring, tacking gybing and using all your tips - definitely looking good now!! ;) Sarah and Phil, UK

[@vamvra5498]

I agree you have to have both methods - for reliability

[@greg1965inverted]

Just stumbled on your channel Great episode!!

[@erents1]

Great video, excellent content exactly what I was looking for!

[@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner]

You make it look so simple. Subscribed . Thanks for the video.

[@SailingVirgins]

Thanks for the sub!

[@AlbertoA15]

What a great channel, I’m glad I found it 🙂

[@doran79]

Great Video. Without reading all the comments, (I am sure someone may have mentioned it.) Some refer to the graphical version of your video as Pilotage. Awesome work!! I hope to sail with you guys one day

[@maxflight777]

So clear, compelling facts and concise ! Thanks guys. (From someone whose coastal skipper ticket is 30 years ago !) you can always learn

[@ganthrithor]

Suppose I shouldn't be surprised, but this is so much like aviation.

[@aaronskiles87]

Thank you. You guys do a great job teaching and giving a better understanding of sailing techniques. One passage topic I have questions about is how often to tack when your destination is straight upwind. Maybe this topic could be its own video.

[@SailingVirgins]

Thanks for the suggestion Aaron, we will make an episode addressing this. Spoiler alert, when tacking, the main thing is to find the wind. Sometimes that requires lots of smaller tacks, other times it can be big long tacks. ps. if you'd like to support us during the next few months, we would be hugely grateful: www.patreon.com/sailingvirgins

[@freak9936]

Thanks James, love your videos and content 👍

[@sailingavocet]

Love this! We were just passage planning for our journey the other night

[@duncanforrester6126]

Great video guys, clear and simple. And just about the best place in the world to film it! The only addition I’d suggest is a “What if?” section to the p/plan. Refuge etc. It’s a good idea to have thought through the options before setting sail. Oh and turtles. How can there be a Tobago Cays vid without turtles? 😀 . Well done.

[@SailingVirgins]

True! We forgot the turtles!!

[@anthonyremotecollaboration7332]

Low geographical features can fall below the curvature of the earth viewed from a distance.

[@smartmax7777]

Love the look of that flip up chart set. What is it?

[@saltees]

great quick video.thanks

[@atschris]

Great walk thru passage planning! Plain, simple and easily understood.

[@nataliekenyon2428]

Okay, so now I want to cruise those islands too! Roll on normal life returning and holidays! !

[@samuelgarcia6141]

Great Video , you guys are awesome

[@timwright4676]

Great video - I learned a lot and enjoyed doing so. Thank you.

[@thewedword]

Great tutorial James, continued success! P.S - yes, I took notes...✍ 👍

[@sailboatshellesseasailing4567]

Same! I like how they laid it out

[@seansshorts5141]

excellent .. well done James

[@pirateradio8336]

love you guys

[@MrJamiedaking]

Great video

[@roydonohoe9331]

Living the dream. Enjoyed your video. Thankyou.

[@SailingVirgins]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@florentleclaire8008]

Great job guys! Thank you!

[@NotAKoe]

great video.

[@markreed6140]

Good lad, great job thanks

[@James-fo3iy]

What!? There's no sailboat option on google maps?

[@jameschen9099]

During the "Cross" part of your passage you maintained a magnetic heading of 060. Are you constantly adjusting your heading ever so slightly (leeway, set & drift, etc) to stay on the track generated by the Navionics Chart ? while accepting whatever the Apparent wind direction and speed prevailing at that time and you set your Point of Sail (Close Reach on that day) accordingly ?

[@SailingVirgins]

You are mentioning Course To Steer (CTS), which takes into account set & drift. For example, let's say 12 o'clock is directly ahead, but you have a big current coming from 3 o'clock (ie. your right hand side). Your CTS would be say 2 o'clock (at a given speed) so you can overcome the current and leeway. So to someone watching you steer, you would seem to be steering in the wrong direction (2 o'clock rather than 12 o'clock), but that is your CTS so you can overcome the current and leeway). CTS is a calculation based on boatspeed and current etc. For our example, our 060 magnetic was good enough to take us to our transit. Because of our steering on a transit, we didn't need to account for CTS; transits allow you to do CTS visually. Hope that helps!

[@rel53]

This is great but I am missing a topic and not sure how you call it .... this route was easy because you were able to lock on the 60 for majority of the way on close hull... great. How do you do you planning saying you were going head wind and you need to begin you zig zag ... how do you do that type of planning? Is there a name for it ? (I call it navigating by the wind but its just a made up)

[@SailingVirgins]

Yes there is a way to establish a corridor when you are navigating upwind. I think we covered it in our Tacking episode but we may need to do an episode specifically on that.

[@durjoy556]

what's that equipment name using you while drawing on chart? i mean protractor with a scale.

[@vandoghuman]

Quality video. Thanks.

[@bg5760]

👍. What was the second resource you mentioned for finding local info such as moorings, bottom info, etc? Thanks 🙏

[@SailingVirgins]

Do you mean Navily? apps.apple.com/au/app/navily/id881103205 - if your App Store is a different country, just search for Navily. Hope that helps.

[@SailingVirgins]

Do you mean Navily? apps.apple.com/au/app/navily/id881103205 - if your App Store is a different country, just search for Navily. Hope that helps.

[@vamvra5498]

Very useful

[@SailingVirgins]

Thanks!

[@coolbeans7274]

Video on Mooring? setting an anchor? do's and don'ts, make a good video. probably have ?

[@SailingVirgins]

Sure Joe, here are some links: Mooring (kzbin.info/www/bejne/e2PIhahrepyAkJI), Anchor (kzbin.info/www/bejne/eoHFiJtugq-enac and kzbin.info/www/bejne/naWVlIKhqKh6erc). Hope you like them!

[@Militia357]

Hey guys, love the content. Which chart folio did you use for the planning?

[@SailingVirgins]

Thanks for the comments. That chart is the NV chart pack: us.nvcharts.com/us/caribbean

[@CreatingChaos]

This feels like my first day learning Cantonese

[@tomtiernan8134]

Great info. Thanks

[@BikeCamperJBelo]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ToastandJam52]

Excellent explanation!!! One question: does the iPad used for navigation have cellular support or would Navionics work with WiFI only iPad? Thanks!

[@SailingVirgins]

Navionics works with WiFi only iPads, no problem. The main thing to check is if it has a GPS chip in it. Some do, some don’t.

[@ganthrithor]

Generally with Apple devices you need to buy the cellular version of the device in order to get real-time position information: it's the mobile kit that includes the GPS receiver. Assuming it works the same way aviation stuff does, you won't need to subscribe to a cellular data plan: simply download the chart information when you're connected to wifi, and the combination of real-time GPS information for your position and pre-loaded, locally-stored chart data should allow you to navigate with no problem. If you get a data plan, it's also possible to receive updated weather information on the go, assuming you're somewhere with cell service.

[@goodq]

Do you ever overlay wind on your plan so you know if you have to beat upwind and what bearings you have to keep to manage the rhumb line ?

[@SailingVirgins]

Yes we do, Predictwind and Fastseas do a great job of this, telling you when and where to tack to make upwind sailing the most efficient for the conditions. Some of the GRIB apps like WeatherTrack also allow you to set your route and departure time, and if you give an average estimated speed, they will tell you the wind at your time and location.

[@goodq]

Thank you so much ! 🙏🏽

[@meteomerali]

What is the link for second app? Thanks

[@SailingVirgins]

Hi Mete, which one do you mean? Navily?apps.apple.com/au/app/navily/id881103205 - if your App Store is a different country, just search for Navily. Hope that helps.

[@meteomerali]

@@SailingVirgins thank you

[@scottcameron6685]

Thank you for asking about Navily. I couldn’t make out the name of the app. Well done video!

[@philgladwin6863]

Sweet & to the point :-)

[@brettpollard9527]

bien bien bien

[@marktragear4630]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@miguellourenco6648]

TOP 👌

[@thesailingtourists]

I can not find the navelite app do you have a link?

[@abiwoostudio7609]

Navily :) here it is in playmarket play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ckcnet.android.navily&hl=en

[@akathesquid5794]

@John Davison have to agree with Active Captain being superior - run them next to each other and discover one has 1000X more information and locations. Navily for example shows a couple things in Chesapeake Bay (MD, USA) and basically nothing in Narragansett Bay (RI, USA) where that sailing backwater nothing place called NEWPORT is!!!! Nothing up the coast of New England either...they have a long way to go before their data is populated via crowdsourcing. I think Active Captain won already.

[@SailingVirgins]

We have found it really depends where in the world you are sailing.

[@bryanwatt9751]

Awesome Navily recommendation! I've downloaded it :) Thanks!

[@psocretes8183]

Im learning this at the moment from RHA. But that background noise was horrible.

[@andreluis_it]

The video is great, the pdf is a SCAM.

[@SailingVirgins]

Woah steady! We will check it out and if the link is broken, we’ll fix it. :)

[@SailingVirgins]

Andre did you not receive the email or did you think the one-pager was not enough info? We checked the links and they seem to work ok, so we are thinking you hoped there was more info, right?

[@andreluis_it]

@@SailingVirgins exactly, I was expecting something more deep not the KZbin description in a page, it was a completely click bait, the pdf is useless.