Rigging Doctor: Back on the Water | Sailing Wisdom [S6 Ep11]

[@Building_Bluebird]

Congrats on getting back on the water! It's always surprising how fast the baby stage flies by. He'll be working the lines with you before you know it.

[@goneswimming5636]

Your back! NOT seeing the Key Bridge is just so unreal to me. How many times we looked out over the horizon, spotted the Key Bridge, and knew we were almost home. Your "baby" is a little man now, handsome to boot!

[@markmahan6768]

What a surprise and treat! It's hard to believe that it's been 2 years. Don't get me wrong, watching repair videos is good and all, but sailing is the golden ticket! I have missed you two, now 3, so very much! Love, huggs, and kisses...steady on mateys! ❤

[@RiggingDoctor]

Hope all is well with you, Mark! Great to see you pop up here!!

[@margaretdaley5933]

So happy to see you all sailing once again! Love these episodes! Thanks,

[@thomaswhittington6530]

I'm just plain envious of your external chainplates. They're so beautiful! I have really enjoyed your series on creating those. I know KZbin wasn't kind to you in the past, but I hope you're having a good time, because I find your recent content to be extremely relatable and I think your channel is reaching new heights as far as content quality goes.

[@RiggingDoctor]

Thank you so much!!

[@rpaulwaddington1858]

From down-under, it was great to see you out sailing again; as a family: what a joy. Fair winds and blue skies guys.

[@RiggingDoctor]

Thank you so much!

[@GreenTeaDigital]

So great to see you guys back at it with baby Harry. Fair winds!

[@bobbrown9158]

So glad to see you guys have some fun on your improved boat. Harry is adorable, seems he's quite comfortable on the boat.

[@jerylabrams8408]

Wow, back on Wisdom, the smiles on all , even the parrots & Morty. Taking Harry on his first sail is epic and now well documented. Maddie is back with the red doo! Looking absolutely marvelous, Herbee, you rocked the efforts on Wisdom, seeing her in person was like a dream! The bedding is a definite look into this product. The external chainplates, amazing, hard work paid off! Can’t wait to get ours on the bay and meet up with ya’s. Fair Winds on your travel, can’t wait till next video.

[@RiggingDoctor]

Keep us posted on your progress and we will see you when you get close :)

[@mikeh720]

Happy to see you back out on the water! Have a great time

[@RiggingDoctor]

Thanks Mike!

[@lorenzo9468]

Glad you are all back on the water and thriving! 🙏🏻

[@markchodroff250]

Great job ! Even looks better , stronger and now reliable.

[@aNaturalist]

It's great to see a new vid from y'all! I watch the older sail rig and hull info vids a lot.

[@RiggingDoctor]

Glad you like them!

[@jamesgrigsby8201]

Hi Guys, So good to see you out there again. I can relate to your long lay off. I just set sail on the lower Chesapeake a couple days ago after a similar lay off. It was learning to sail all over again! So enjoyable! Thanks for sharing your journey with us. R/ Jim Grigsby Virginia Beach

[@RiggingDoctor]

Let us know if you make your way up to this part of the bay!

[@blainespaulding3197]

Glad to see you out on the water again!

[@sailorstu]

Welcome back to the water, I am curious how well those mattress pads work.

[@RiggingDoctor]

Felt great!

[@sailorstu]

@@RiggingDoctor I will have to buy some. I just made a rack with 1x4 on my last boat. It worked just fine, but I feel my new boat is worth spending more money on. I hope you haven't abandoned Windpuff. Although I wouldn't blame you if you have. It's tough enough working on just one boat.

[@anthonyrstrawbridge]

Appears ideal 😊

[@jeffh1266]

How are the springs wrorking out and who makes them ..... and where can they be purchased?! Good to see you back on the water!

[@mjproebstle]

Awesome video! We have not been out on our boat for two years as well due to repairs. We get the boat back this week, so we are very excited as well!! Have fun in ‘Naplis, home of my alma mater - USNA!

[@RiggingDoctor]

Enjoy having your boat back!!!

[@johninerie9251]

Looks awesome.

[@OMIF1]

Congrats! Out with a baby, I did that (with no long lasting success) 30 years ago. Quite the accomplishment.

[@willweaver5024]

So good to see you on the water. I am surprised that you didn't put netting on the lifelines to keep Harry from taking a swim.

[@RiggingDoctor]

I’m sure that’ll be a thing in the future, but he can’t walk yet and we wanted to go before the summer ran out

[@melinda5777]

Nice to see the FAMILY! Your boy looks like his Momma without the died funky colors.....I had forgotten about that!! That bridge going down was horrible. What ever happened to the Captain of the boat that hit it? I haven't heard anything else since it happened. Oh, I like your new seats. I had 2 of the other kind with the cup holders. I gave one to a friend of mine. If your still in Annapolis, James from Zingaro has his boat there, his selling it. Check out the work he had done. Looks like a different boat. Y'all have fun!! Sorry I missed you. I got the notice to join an hour earlier than when you were going to start. I thought, ok, they decided to go an hour earlier. But then I was having problems with the App...so I gave up.❤❤❤

[@RiggingDoctor]

We’re sorry to have missed you too! We didn’t get the chance to see his boat but have heard it was there. Not sure what happened to the captain!

[@melinda5777]

@RiggingDoctor Since he and Anna, his girlfriend had a baby girl, Luna. They decided to be landlubbers and find a home-base and sail in and out of there. He's from Michigan. Navy Veteran, Submarines (navigator). Last week they looked at this great piece of land buy a river with a marina just down stream. That's all I know.

[@melinda5777]

@RiggingDoctor OH, I'm so darn drifty sometimes! Your talking about the ship Captain.....duh!🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nodogrunner]

It is great to see Maddy and baby. Thanks for not making it a baby video, they are great but its really about sailing and family. Maddy, you are a nut.😀

[@bjswope8797]

13:50 please clean the smudge on the camera lens. You can see it on the water just beside the stantion here. I kept trying to clean my screen every time I see it 😂

[@RiggingDoctor]

Omg I know I saw it while editing and it was driving me crazy. Unfortunately we didn’t start editing until after the trip so it might be there the whole time 😩

[@bjswope8797]

@@RiggingDoctor no worries. Still a great video. Congrats on the return to sailing!

[@michellenicholes2087]

I was wondering if there was going to be a "little" wisdom on the boat.

[@freddywulf2024]

Hey! There are more of your fam now!..Belated CONGRATULATIONS! .I haven't kept up with yous! n the Feathered crew!

[@RiggingDoctor]

Welcome back!

[@stevenplancich6449]

Baby on Board😋…Do the Birds still chew everything up & crap all over?🤪…Glad to see you are “Out & About” again…Continue to Stay Safe and Enjoy 😎

[@RiggingDoctor]

Honestly the chewing wasn’t nearly as big an issue this time! But we kept them pretty busy haha

[@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665]

Well done .. i must admit the two flying can openers and a toddler all in the same space would have me on hyper watch 😂. This side of the pond Sailing Melody2 have just set sail ontheir boat with their little lad with hair like your little ones mum...meantime Mark from Wilding sailing has managed to get hos Dyneema rigged Wharram Pahis mast up and a sail.. All those bridges look pretty spindly from a distance.. put a bulker or Panama super max near one and you can see how things can go wrong pretty quickly. Check your display to motor/battery connections and use some switch cleaner and then corrosion x or similar.. small currents are easily disrupted by oxidation and tiny ammounts of corrosion. 🧙🏻‍♂️🇬🇧

[@redwood1957]

Sorry im not on the correct video. But forgot to ask you this. With your selection of west marine dinghy. How do they hold up with running into oysters. Thank you

[@zoltb4826]

FYI I hadn't seen any videos since chainplates previous video thought I wonder what happened to rigging doctor and did search and for some reason I haven't received any notifications .

[@RiggingDoctor]

KZbin sucks haha. Glad you found us again!

[@BraybayOutdoors]

Great stuff! Any plans to be at the Annapolis boat show?

[@RiggingDoctor]

We will be there!

[@loriruhge5692]

Hello there, do you still offer weather and crossing the Atlantic advice?

[@RiggingDoctor]

We do! Please email me at [e-mail]

[@Doug-Patey]

What happened to your binnacle?

[@RiggingDoctor]

In what way?

[@ryleelewis]

Why did hammocks stop being used?

[@RiggingDoctor]

I spent lots of time in the hammock!

[@Jeraestone]

Hey There Again Folks ..I'm Landlocked as You have Been ...However Future Perfect I will Hopefully Get Afloat Soon Enough ~ ~ However I have a Cycle Tour Trip To Japan Coming Up and Your "Life Behind Bars T-Shirt'* isn't in your Merchandise Shop? ~ I Need That Shirt HaHa ! As Always Good To see The Best of Sailing from You , Though Was quite Surprised that Harry had to wear a ' Mustang Ice Commander IC900103 Cold Water Immersion Suit'⚜ Whatever happened to Good Old Water Wings 🧜‍♀🧜‍♂🏊👍

[@DowneastThunderCreations]

👍👍👍

[@williamtownsend3279]

Where next?

[@williamtownsend3279]

That's a cute little guy.

[@briandale8386]

I took a hot gun and made a template on the bottom. Then made another template above the first template at the thickness of the mattress . Then transferred both templates to the mattress. That gave me the angle to cut mimicking the hull . It didn’t take to long . I used a hot knife . That’s the issue finding something to cut with that works good . Maybe the one that uses a wire works better . Anybody

[@RiggingDoctor]

I was going to do the template method but didn’t have the time. The electric turkey knife worked really well! No burnt foam smell or crusty edge from the heat and clean straight cuts.

[@briandale8386]

@@RiggingDoctor I’ll buy a cheap turkey knife and try it . I need to cut foam for my settees. The foam knife didn’t work to good . And it definitely smoked the boat up

[@ChristenaWoodard]

Yeah so nice to see you out. Hoping to buddy sail with you. Wondering why there is a hoe on the boat

[@RiggingDoctor]

We are from Baltimore 😂😂 In actuality, I use it to clean barnacles off the bottom. It keeps my hands away from the scraping shells and that lets me work safely without gloves or concern for my skin. It also holds the blade at a great angle to the hull to knock the stubborn ones off with ease.

[@ChristenaWoodard]

@@RiggingDoctor that is a great idea never thought to use it when doing thay

[@jonathanoasis]

03:20 The solution is to sleep in hammocks and not have berths. Hammocks as sailors used to do very successfully. 😎

[@RiggingDoctor]

Im not sure how they did it. I tried a hammock in the past and if there was any kind of sea state, I would swinging and flying all over the place! Tying restrictive lines to the hammock helped attenuate the swing but it was very unpleasant to reach the end of the rope and have the hammock snap to a stop while you keep on swinging. If you know how they made it work, I would love to learn.

[@jonathanoasis]

@@RiggingDoctor I havent tried hammock underway, just at dock, so I don't know. I just spent 8 months sleeping soundly in a hammock in my vanlife-converted minivan which worked great because parking is always at arbitrary angles of slope. Using a u-shaped pillow was critical to neck comfort, and also using an underquilt. Temperature was down to 35F in winter and I was still very cozy. Even in hot 95F California desert, in my minivan, I have found a hammock cozy, because of air flow. So the swinging problem underway, maybe bungies? I am not sure original sailor hammocks were rigged fore-and-aft. They might have been rigged arthwartships, therefore, no swinging from ship heel. I will figure this out at some point. The only usefulness of the typical v-berth platform that I can think of, is to act as a watertight bulkhead in case of hitting something and cracking the bow open leading to water ingress, yet v-berth hatches or the little forward anchor locker doors are never built to be water-tight, so v-berth platforms don't really function that way regardless

[@RiggingDoctor]

I will say, (this is Maddie), I tried sleeping in the hammock one time and my back was SO mad haha

[@jonathanoasis]

@@RiggingDoctor u-shaped pillow definitely is needed in a hammock to avoid discomfort, and hmm well, it is common to mistakenly sleep in a hammock banana-style, which is not correct, and can cause an unhappy back, as the proper hammock orientation to lay on a hammock is diagonally across it, so the body is flat, horizontal, not banana-shaped. I suppose the other purpose of a vberth is for adult activities, which in comparison, I haven't tried in a hammock, and I would be hesitant and cautious to try, even with a 'two-person weight rated' hammock, because the loads on the attachment points are tremendous, and I wouldn't want to subject a bulkhead to that amount of lateral force. But for adult activities, any flat surface will do, and is an athletic activity independent of sleeping. It seems like there are still a few things to work out. A hidden downside in a sailor's hammock, I suppose, there is always the tiny chance that another malicious crewmate will sew it closed while sleeping in it, with the last stitch made "through the nose" (Master & Commander).

[@RiggingDoctor]

I have learned something very important today

[@danknox9986]

Cute kid!

[@JonMadsen70]

:)