Texas 200 2024 Day One. Bad Storm tries to sink my Windrider 17.

[@sadas672]

Thank you for doing such a great job on filming 👍 It’s not easy navigate and videotape

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Thats true. Sometimes you just have to put the camera down and deal with it.

[@sadas672]

@@ZiggyLavengood true I have a same issue))) I switched to 360 degree camera it’s an investment but it worth it 👍

[@isaacpaulsen1158]

I'm glad that storm didn't get you to bad with not being able to get the sail down, that was tense!

[@ZiggyLavengood]

yeah, I was doubting my decision b4 it was over

[@isaacpaulsen1158]

@@ZiggyLavengood I started thinking maybe you need like a quick-release halyard drop for emergencies or something along those lines.

[@isaacpaulsen1158]

@@ZiggyLavengood something you can operate from the cockpit

[@isaacpaulsen1158]

Then I guess you'd have to figure out some way to lasso up the sail. The term kiss is coming to mind lol. Either way you handled her well.

[@buddysimons5200]

@@isaacpaulsen1158 That would be a downhaul.

[@jbratt]

I got caught in a storm a few years back. Fortunately I made to the land cut. Once there the water was much smoother and I stopped there for the night instead of going up the channel at Port Mansfield. Improvisation is sometimes part of the 200. Glad you made it safe! Love your videos. Thanks for taking us along.

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Thank you. Ppl don't realize how fast those storms pop up.

[@kccorliss3922]

Affordable adventure!

[@ZiggyLavengood]

I down sized from a 34 ft C&C mono hull. Lived on her for 20 yrs. Really thought I would regret sell8ng her but I haven't. All the maintenance and fees... don't miss that. Trailer sailing is awesome.

[@kccorliss3922]

I stayed on a 35 foot sailboat near downtown san diego for several months. It was fun. My own ocean front condo…kinda

[@ZiggyLavengood]

It's defiantly a laid back lifestyle!

[@miked5563]

Thank you for sharing. Great video.

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Glad you liked it! Thank you, Zig

[@barbaraspan1437]

New Sub over from SV Thunder Roads.

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Welcome! Brandon rocks! Glad to have you on board, Zig

[@buddysimons5200]

Great Video Ziggyman! That storm on day one made me glad I wasn't in Poule d'eau! After that, anytime we saw a storm cloud it was "Not Again!" Glad that was the only bad one.

[@ZiggyLavengood]

But we didn't die...

[@TomKirkman1]

The WindRider 17 is a very capable boat. Good boat to be in when the weather turns bad.

[@ZiggyLavengood]

I have to agree.

[@Colonia.4711]

Wow 😲😳... A bit of everything on the first day... From scary and potential dangerous 💩to calm easy breezy.... Seems that the Windrider is the first choice. Well done and thanks for sharing 👍 Happy to see clip two. Greetings from Spain 🇪🇸 Cheers 🍺 Marcel

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Thanks brother! I liked your adjustable windshield idea. I may steal it on my next dodger build.

[@restrothunderroad]

Damn Ziggy, great job filming that storm! I could see you behind us taking that beating. I saw you had her pointed into the wind and I know the ziggy man had everything under control. I slept pretty good that night too. 🤣⛵🤙

[@ZiggyLavengood]

I thought it would never end....

[@mschiemer]

Nice video man, as always. That little storm definitely woke us all up, that's for sure. And cost a few people their trip......

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Very true!

[@seewind]

Glad you made it through the storm....figure get the main down earlier would have helped. Looked like the motor saved the day. Please get more video of the TIs.

[@ZiggyLavengood]

it went from no wind to full blow in a matter of seconds. that's why 20 boats were knocked out.

[@seewind]

@@ZiggyLavengood Glad you made it. What would you do differently next time?

[@ZiggyLavengood]

@@seewind we were miles from the actual storm in the sunshine. Floundering in a light breeze. It hit like a wall with no warning. It went from duldrum to full blow in the time it took to furl the jib. You can see all the boats near me had the same issue. I weighed the risks of crawling up and dropping the sail on the bucking boat with the main flapping and boom flailing vs sucking it up, fire up the motor to help keep it pointing into the blow letting me depower the sail. The front lasted longer than expected and beat everyone up. In the end there was no damage to me or the boat. I'm not a young man anymore and climbing out of the hole of a cockpit and fighting the violently bouncing boat would've been my 1st call 20 yrs ago but could've turned ugly fast. Motoring into the wind during a quick squall till it passes is an old tactic that is tried and true. Would I have preferred having the main down? Absolutely. There is an awkward point between the seat and the deck on Windriders that can be tricky even in calm waters. The norm is to use the boom as a handrail for balance. Without that 3rd point of contact to hold on to, one could easily be knocked overboard. I had only seconds to decide if I wanted to crawl to the mast and risk it all or stay safely in the cockpit and ride it out risking flailing the sail possibly damaging it until the front passed. I figured a few minutes till the front passed, not 30 minutes of hell. choosing my safety over the sail's life was the core decision and I got one hell of a ride out of it in the end with no damage to me or equipment so I'm good with my choice.

[@seewind]

@@ZiggyLavengood Sounds like you made the best of a bad turn in the weather. I did not know that the Windriders are a bit tricky to get the sail down..... just use to my TI with the roller reefing which is a bit easier to reduce the sail quickly and safely. Keep the videos coming!

[@8ATM1]

Glad y'all got thru squall OK. I (StrangeBird) withdrew from the official TX200 a week before the start as my daughter was having her first child on Friday (14th). But I still wanted to get some sailing in. So I opted to leave on Sunday morning from SPI and managed to sail the 70+ mile haul up to Happ's Cut. Took about 10-1/2 hours, but we got there before sunset. Next morning (Monday) we faced the same conditions as y'all... it took us almost three hours to get into Baffin Bay and that's when that fast approaching squall hit us. Seems like every third or fourth wave was a big one lifting the bow up high and subsequently burying it into the next wave. I started turning the boat about 20-30 degrees off of dead into the waves every time a big one would lift us and managed to reduce drowning the boat. I know it only lasted about 45 minutes to an hour, but I was exhausted when everything finally started calming down. Unfortunately, the winds stayed on our nose as we made our way to Snoopy's and we had to use the motor in order to get there before they closed for the evening. We spent the night at Snoopy's and woke up to almost no wind for most of the morning, however, there were three water spouts out in the gulf making their way WSW. I didn't want have to listen to the motor drone on for a another day in order to cross Corpus Christi Bay, so we opted to pull out that afternoon. Hope to see y'all on the next one.

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Sounds like an adventure! I was wondering where you were. See you next yr!

[@miked5563]

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[@nelsonreau3842]

@@miked5563what’s inappropriate? What are you the internet cops?

[@miked5563]

@@nelsonreau3842 no one cares about you.

[@ourfunhousekids]

Reef early and often! Glad you are ok.

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Yup.but 3mph breeze to 20+mph in a boat length is brutal

[@squallyheiferadventures]

Another great vid. Thanks.

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Sailor-Man-Dave]

I see what your amas are, but what is your center hull? Good job on getting through that storm safely.

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Roto-mold just like the amas. Rubbermaid tough....

[@buddysimons5200]

I'm a little surprised your life vest didn't self-inflate!

[@ZiggyLavengood]

I took out the auto inflation, manual activated just for that reason.

[@1949dodgejm]

Sailing, not for the faint of hearted..

[@ZiggyLavengood]

that's what I've heard, hehe

[@fredbalster3100]

Is your main sail reef? To sail in 35 knots on flat water. You were just screaming. How fast was it. 😮😮😮😮

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Jib furled up main out full. didn't have a chance to watch the GPS for the speed but it got wild... NOT in a hurry to do it again, hehe

[@fredbalster3100]

@@ZiggyLavengood "wave rover" is a hand built single sail junk rig, being sailed off shore. It has a junk rig, which can be shorten in the cock pick. The builder has a web site. The concept works for him, I'm not sure it would work for you. You handled your main sail like an expert. 🙂

[@ZiggyLavengood]

@@fredbalster3100 I need to put a down haul line to the top of the sail to let me pull it down from the rear cockpit. I'm playing with that idea right now.

[@mark3249]

I'm curious to know the name of the song played during the storm. Thanks.

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Valkyries of Valhalla by Dragon Tamer

[@isaacpaulsen1158]

Why is it that the dangerous parts make me want to go sailing? lol

[@ZiggyLavengood]

It's like dating a red head.... we know the dangers, yet...... hehe

[@isaacpaulsen1158]

@@ZiggyLavengood 😆

[@mikeb2777]

Do you think the aluminum ramps had any effect on sailing performance/safety?

[@ZiggyLavengood]

way safer. better footing. it stiffens the akas too. My tramps had a stitching failure a cpl of yrs ago and tore a corner loose. I sliced my hand open needing a trip to the ER for stitches. never trusted them after that

[@mikeb2777]

@@ZiggyLavengood Thanks great to hear. I plan to do the conversion to mine this summer.

[@rickss69]

Try it on a jet ski lol...

[@ZiggyLavengood]

That would be a gas

[@joefrancis759]

Nice! Been looking forward to this.

[@ZiggyLavengood]

Day two next Sunday!