SPINNAKER FAILS Pt.3- SAILING ACROSS THE SOUTH ATLANTIC

[@christ.8547]

Good job Princess (Great Teamwork!!🌞)

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Thank you sir😘

[@rothgartheviking858]

good job princess. Man that was tricky with the spinnaker

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Yep, can be a handful short crewed.. Cheers Rothgar

[@tinytoons2517]

I like how your brain works trying to get every bit of air on those sails . . . always keep trying new ways this is what keeps us in the hunt for better ways !

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Ah true.

[@robertlaird6746]

I used to solo sail my Nacra 6.0 with a mast head spinnaker and main sail with no reefing points with both clues on the same side. It worked perfectly with both sails up at the same time. Asymmetrics are less suited to sailing directly downwind than spinnakers, and so instead the boat will often sail a zig-zag course downwind, gybing at the corners. An asymmetric spinnaker is particularly effective on fast planing dinghies and small racing catamarans with dagger boards up as their speed generates an apparent wind on the bow allowing them to sail more directly downwind but not straight downwind like a spinnaker. I hope this helps but you probably already know this.

[@matskehlmeier6338]

True sailing, really good Photo, thanks👍🏻👌. Really good youtube🎖

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Thanks Mats

[@lynnrohan9501]

Oh, that was scary. Good job Princess in all areas.

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Poor chicken... I had her running in all directions.... She did great.

[@MiQBohlin]

Aye m8’s, this is so genuinely good. No prevarications, no whitewash - just reality. Great! Thnx for staying true. Big respect to both of you for handling the situation and not losing your heads. It could have been severe in many aspects.

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Cheers Miq... Appreciate your comments... I don't mind looking like a dickhead! Hehe.

[@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner]

@@SailingLifeonJupiter 🤣😂🤣😂

[@mejeanlouis72]

Thats the way to learn first thing is put a preventer on the boom of the mainsail stops accidental jib and also it will be good to fly the kit with a boom extension from a fix point or mast. Great channel mate.

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Thanks Michael... Ya glad the preventer was on... Cheers

[@scarlett8918]

Just found your channel and I really enjoy it! Watched all 3 vlogs on this trip right in a row! Subscribed and liked 😁. What u2 are doing is really amazing. Can't wait for the next one. Stay safe!

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Welcome aboard Tom

[@robertlaird6746]

Could you put a block on the front of each bow and run the spinnaker between the two hull's?

[@yogamaulanarifaldi6078]

Omg, nice journey...

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Thanks Yoga!

[@RVLifeNOW]

You guys are doing so well!

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Thanks so much Guru.

[@shaneriehl223]

You can get the spinnaker out of the wind shadow a bit by moving the tack of the spinnaker to the bow of the windward hull. Don’t drop the main: then you have nothing to get the spinnaker to collapse behind if your sock malfunctions... guessing you may have found this out given the grim sounding foreshadowing.

[@shanevillis4079]

I was going to suggest the same

[@shaneriehl223]

Must be something about the name... Great minds named alike?

[@shanevillis4079]

@@shaneriehl223 haha so true

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Tried moving it about half way to the windward hull. You'll see some of that in following footage... It still wasn't happy... I did end up dropping the main, because with the light winds the batterns were constantly slapping on the shrouds... But... We nearly come agutsa!

[@normancook4620]

Lo.....nice!

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Cheers Norman

[@normancook4620]

Watching your efforts of trying to sail your spinnaker down wind.....gave you considered a Kite? They fly high and in better winds and free of deck conditions. Not your common sail but very useful on a cat.

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Sure, they look good... will consider if we get some cash to spare..tks Norman

[@richardstallbaum9580]

Can't you tack the asymmetrical to the starboard bow? That would get it more out in the open.

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Ya i thought so too Richard... Tried it... still not happy.

[@jeremywestell7985]

Loving this journey guys !

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Cheers Jeremy.... it's better than flying metros, thats for sure.

[@klemenprezelj]

Horror. U guys put a good fight there. Must be a terror fighting with such a big spi.

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Tks for watching Klemen... Thankfully i was only fighting with the sock! Imagine if i did go up against "Fernando".... no hope.

[@wesgardner8192]

First put a preventer on the main then sail a little by the lee, that'll keep the kite filled...same as wing and wing...Always be conscious of the accidental jibe! Did I say put a preventer on the main?

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Tks for watching Wes.. Yep preventer on the main, otherwise it would been a more spectacular gybe... the main still backwinded tho and we ended up sailing backwards which is how we ended up beam on the wind and the sock out of control...all a bit hard short crewed. Ultimately the asymmetric spinny didn't want anything other than dead downwind in this goosewing config, which the autopilot was unable to sustain.... It was far happier when we dropped the main altogether, which we did for weeks on end... but that got us into strife as you'll soon see!

[@subramaniyanv4512]

Add Sailing

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

👍

[@tonystewart7287]

Into the Holding Pattern lol 😂

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

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[@chilesauce7248]

Sailing backwards is a rare talent ;) I see so many people sparring with Spinnakers, a furling Gennaker could be an interesting alternative, what do you think?. PS: Princess is better sailor than hairdresser lol.

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Tks Chile.. Yeah on last week's video we lost our screecher(genniker) in the drink... Ripping it as we haul it up. Spinnaker was our last light air sail.

[@rnunezc.4575]

Just use spinnaker or reef main ..

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Yep.. Stay tuned for next week's episode to see how that turned out! Tks for watching

[@richardstallbaum9580]

Go for vmg?

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Thanks for watching Richard... I did try hauling the tack outboard ... But it still wasn't happy... You will see what eventually worked in the subsequent vids.... But not without its own dangers!

[@marcelohidekiono6540]

Brother, Princess give a good job, but she never will be a style hair cut, Lol... Kkk... Have a nice journey.

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Haha... she's getting better... i'm on my third haircut from Princess's salon now.

[@kurtingberg2259]

if you hade take the mainsail over first it has be easy for you

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Tks Kurt... You mean main and spinnaker on the same side?... Then I can't run dead... Which is what I was trying to do... But goose winging certainly didn't work... We found a solution... See next week.

[@markpascual4105]

Too scary 😦

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

What part Maco? Me screaming like a lunatic?.. Hehe

[@paulritchie23]

Chin up mate, only a few days between a bad and good haircut.

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

I'm not scared...

[@normancook4620]

I will see what the involved costs are. By the way I was treading a scientific article about Jupiter, specifically the fact it has a 'tailing' called Aruora might make a name for your dingy. I saves you a picture of same and should you E mail me in the future I will send it to you.

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Cheers... Or dinghy is "Io", one of Jupiters moons!

[@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner]

What that heck she mashup your hair. 😂

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Only 2 weeks between a bad haircut and not! Tks for watching.

[@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner]

@@SailingLifeonJupiter you may have to buy a hat

[@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner]

This is what a do for living. I’m a Barber. 🙂 on the hunt for a sailboat soon. So when I saw you fighting with sails I thought of me in the near future 🤣😂🤣

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

@@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner I coulda used you!

[@From_Refugee_To_Yacht_Owner]

@@SailingLifeonJupiter lol use me 🤣😂🤣😂 this question is a bit... 😂🤣 www.luisnetohairdesign.com

[@MrSmithToday]

A pole should stop the collapse

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Yes it would... But that's would be a huge pole to handle alone... Cheers Mr Smith.

[@subramaniyanv4512]

N u r a good comedian....do more stuff with ur facial expressions n words...U R CAPABLE..

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Haha cheers

[@subramaniyanv4512]

Why do u carry ur worries??? It shows itself many times...Go forward...

[@liquidmandotcom]

Everybody knows you need a pole for that

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Apparently not!…poles are generally not used on cats so it is rare to try running dead downwind.

[@liquidmandotcom]

@@SailingLifeonJupiter Yeah I kinda noticed that. Let's be just a little unconventional here for a moment, if you had a 14' pole that tracked down the main mast -- maybe even longer as your boat is HELLA STURDY. You would then have a point six to eight feet out over the water. You could tie it off on that ring-cleat at the bow and I think there's a cleat available in the stern as well. This should give you another 3-5 degrees of wind input angle. You should set this up for the Panama Canal - Fiji run that I'm sure you are planning - I think that's a downhill run the whole way. Anyway throw it by Mumby, I'm sure he'll love the idea... BTW - - I'm cruising through the videos, I'm really enjoying them. You just dropped the iphone . . .

[@kusnezoff8705]

Princess is not a hairdresser. at least your at sea and no one will be seeing you , too late you videoed it LOL

[@SailingLifeonJupiter]

Correct... but hey there's only 2 weeks between a bad hair cut and a good one.