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[@scruffy2629]

Looks so fun,,love the camera work at the end, you can really see the swells, and how fast you were going , very cool :)

[@dominictarrsailing]

@@scruffy2629 thanks scruffy!

[@RoryL83]

You're a damn genius Dominic. Making whisker poles and sailing random boats while filming it all is very impressive. Thanks.

[@dominictarrsailing]

haha any boy scout should be able to make a whisker pole like this one!

[@waughthogwaugh3078]

Good one Dominic. Your No8 wire ability has served you well again. Cheers Grant.

[@dominictarrsailing]

thanks!

[@hobocyclist]

Awesome! 👏 watched this on the big screen!

[@dominictarrsailing]

haha awesome!

[@x73.]

Hell yea!!

[@bryrensexton4618]

👍!!!

[@norwestbayclan122]

You have been busy!

[@dominictarrsailing]

yup and there is more adventures coming! finally el nino!

[@ERo1972]

Nice vid bro. ❤

[@dominictarrsailing]

thanks!

[@volneyklintworth5487]

Fair winds!

[@dominictarrsailing]

thanks!

[@DarylSaunders737]

Playing catch up but I can't figure what happened to the Wharram ?

[@dominictarrsailing]

don't worry you'll see that again shortly!

[@cbleslie]

How do you learn how to do this?

[@dominictarrsailing]

I took the royal port nicholson learn to sail course (wellington, in 2004. This course still is still operating and covers the essentials (except anchoring!)) then I brought a small boat and started sailing. I also read a lot of sailing books. Back then, there was nearly no sailing info on the internet. I think youtube is great to learn about boat building/repairs but books are better for sailing like this, because it's about how to handle when something goes wrong. That's really hard to film but easy to describe in a book! My one rule is that the next trip can't be more than double the length of the previous biggest trip. So, yeah, so I slowly built up from crossing the harbour to crossing the tasman.

[@dominictarrsailing]

It doesn't necessarily need to take 20 years but more importantly it doesn't matter. The adventure is _inversely_ proportional to the boat and your experience.

[@cbleslie]

​@@dominictarrsailingthanks. I'm currently researching building a Proa. And it's your fault ❤.

[@dominictarrsailing]

you are welcome! @@cbleslie this is the piece that first inspired me: web.archive.org/web/20060102125939/web.media.mit.edu/~tim/pix/cuba.html