Self Steering on a Sailboat without a Wind Vane or Autopilot

[@patrickpages1409]

Content de voir Eloi et PETIT CHANTIER .Exellent systeme de tendeur ....et a moindre couts .

[@s.v.corycia5643]

Ahoy! thanks for your video. I learned sheet to tiller steering from an old book while on a voyage from UK into the Mediterranean. Saved me from being a slave to the tiller! Fair winds.

[@sheettotiller]

Awesome! Thanks for your comment. Fair winds!

[@colin.denker]

Your explanation at 7:30 or so about apparent wind was super helpful. I was confused about that point as well, thinking that heading up would result in less tension not more. Thanks man!

[@sheettotiller]

Awesome Glad it helped you!

[@langstonholland9272]

Ditto! : )

[@the-selfish-meme7585]

Hmm... remind me why I need a wind vane... Love this channel! Thanks!

[@itsjustplainsailing5189]

Bought your book and really enjoyed your descriptions,have tried this method with some successes and some failures but you explain things really well.

[@sheettotiller]

Thanks! I really appreciate that. I've been wondering whether people have been able to use it successfully. I'm going to come out with more how-to videos before too long. Thanks for getting the book, it was a lot of work and it makes me happy it's useful to other sailors. Fair winds!

[@itsjustplainsailing5189]

@@sheettotiller Yeah that’s be great to see more how to videos . It’d be helpful to see you do single use sail setup like main only or Genoa only for them times when the wind is kicking in hard . Plus more showing of the sail banked onto the backstay which I caugh t a snippet off in one of your other videos and you show in your book. Plus how do you adjust course using these systems ? Is it a case of relaxing one line or another or vice versa? Looking forward to them. Fair winds dude ⛵️

[@sheettotiller]

@@itsjustplainsailing5189 It might be a while before I get some downwind sailing maybe after Columbia. I'm planning on another big sail in the next month or so, I'm going to write all this down and try to get a really good how to out of it and then do another series on the passage. Thanks for the questions it helps me figure out what is useful. I may just take a daysail to show how the storm jib works in more detail. Cheers!

[@zonzeven]

For the self steering you can skip to 3:50

[@gonagain]

I sailed my Pearson Triton from American Samoa to Hawaii with only sheet to tiller steering due to my windvane being broken. It only worked when the wind was forward of the beam, but that didn't matter because it was a beat to windward the whole way!

[@sheettotiller]

That's awesome! What a wild trip that must've been.

[@rogerdepretto440]

Simple system, fair winds mate

[@markchase273]

Thanks for this... going to buy your book. I too have a CD 28 and am hoping to avoid buying either a windvane or autopilot-- but I'm only coastal cruising around Salem Ma-- so less urgency on my end. I'll follow up with how it goes.

[@sheettotiller]

Awesome! thanks for buying the book, I hope it helps you, feel free to ask any questions and I'll do my best to help.

[@svtruthandpups.6218]

Beautiful boat. I'm jealous.. it's cold and rainy in Portland Oregon.

[@savannaswildnatureworkshop7810]

I learned it from Slocum....and I was doing this 35 years ago...some things don't change...

[@MarcShare4Profit]

What I do not fully understand: what will be the effect if the windspeed changes?

[@phillycheesetake]

One thing which struck me about the retirements from this year's Golden Globe Race is how many skippers are disabled by a windvane failure. I have no clue why they don't have this as a backup. Granted it's not as labor-saving as a windvane, but it's 90% of the way there. And if you ever had the need to do a bunch of short tacks then an electric autopilot is better than a windvane anyway. I'm sure with enough experimentation, marking, and measuring, even tacking should be possible with sheet self-steering. I don't know what the clutch would look like, but there could be one.

[@sheettotiller]

Yeah, exactly. I've wanted to design a clutch for a wheel but I haven't had much experience with the system on a wheel. I have used it on wheel steering before and it does work. For the tiller i use jam cleats and that works great.

[@phillycheesetake]

@@sheettotiller Since leaving that comment I watched some of your videos sheeting a storm jib on the backstay to windward. Brilliant solution, but immediately I thought of how much fun it would be to motor into harbour with only that set and the boom askew, just to see the look on people's faces. "The boat came with 3 sails, so I'm using 3 sails!"

[@Euroflotsam]

@@phillycheesetake good point! I think you need a cutter rig to go directly downwind (control lines from each of the headsiles back to the opposite side of the cockpit and to the helm). But I just came single handed from Istanbul to Romania using sheet to tiller and all was well.

[@codewalters]

Thanks for sharing !

[@sheettotiller]

Of course! Thanks for watching

[@JohnBraman413]

do you use that on overnight passages?

[@sheettotiller]

Yes, I've used it mainly for long offshore sails. It works especially well upwind.

[@SailingSarah]

It DO go down! 😂

[@sailingalcanzar]

He didn't show where you tied the control line to?

[@sheettotiller]

The control line goes to a sheet, either the jibsheet or the mainsheet and then to the windward side of the cockpit, then to the wheel or tiller. I am going to do more technical videos in the future.