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Sailing OTR (Over The Rainbow Worldwide)
United States
Приєднався 15 сер 2014
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I have revamped this You Tube channel.
Look for new posts as the Insanity allows.
May all your troubles melt like lemon drops.
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I have revamped this You Tube channel.
Look for new posts as the Insanity allows.
May all your troubles melt like lemon drops.
Thanks for watching.
Trails and Trials Part Three | Second circumnavigation
Trails and Trials Part Three
My second circumnavigation *almost complete
30,000 miles, 14 + years
My second circumnavigation *almost complete
30,000 miles, 14 + years
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Free e Book | How to rebuild a small sailboat
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Free e-Book How to rebuild a small boat for open ocean sailing A free e-Book in htm format. To get your free copy e-Mail a request to sailingotr.ebook@gmail.com Put "Request free e-Book" in the subject line UnZip the folder. Click on the "projects.htm" file. This will open in any standard browser software.
Trails and Trials Part Two | The first circumnavigation
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Trails and Trials Part 02 My first circumnavigation' 32,000 miles, 35 months
Trails and Trials Part One | The first 100,000 miles
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Trails and Trials A series about my sailing. How I started. Where I went. What's happening now
DIY Wind Vane to Save BIG $$$
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DIY Wind Vane Effective Strong Easy to Build Inexpensive
If she is wearing Red than it is that time of month, "Girls that float togather flow togather!"
Never heard that one b4
Sorry to say about 2 years ago they but the bar in too early and the bar crashed on the rocks and had to be rebuilt!
Again? Happened before in typhoon.
Thanks! I would have been more fully informed if you had panned the camera to each part of the mechanism as you described it. I got lost when you showed the shaft that goes across to ..or from the bell crank. Maybe when you do sea trials you can do thay. Nice construction..!!
You should watch the videos about the new wind vane because I have changed the way the vane controls the trim tab. It will be a while yet before I get to sea again. I do not as yet have any videos of the new vane in action.
Thanks. By the way i recently got a 110 b inverter welder for light electrodes.. max 5/32 "... it only weighs about 5 lb with short lead I have ss rods and it works really well . Im quite sure your generator would power
Now I have finished watching this video and understand circumstances better. No need to reply.
Will you reuse the wind vane and actuation apparatus ?
Could I ask what caused you to undertake to change from a trim tab to auxiliary rudder..?
I very much appreciate this information on your trim tab aux rudder in operation on a beam reach. It will help me alot. I'm looking forward to an upcoming video showing it in use when off the wind. I'm taking to heart your comments on how to sail a long keel, shallow draft vessel.
Thanks for watching. I will be able to get some video of the boat sailing soon. I do not know what points of sail I will be on. Mostly a beam to broad reach I suspect. I want to see how the new windvane performs as well.
Great to hear your stories.
Thanks for watching. Hiding during hurricane season right now. Be moving again soon.
Moron
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I wonder, are you using just your PC for navigation?
Thanks for watching. And a compass to check relative bearings. And a back up laptop all set up and ready to be used. Electronics and a salt environment are not good bedfellows but sure make life easier.
That are serious waves.
Thanks for watching. Not the biggest I have ever seen but big enough to make life interesting,
Hi, interesting video's. I'm not a sailor but just someone who is interested in ocean sailing. Seen een lot of video's on the subject. What I learn from yours is that you don't need a shining super yacht to sail the oceans. Not even necessary to "trim" the sails to get somewhere 😏. Sty save!
Thanks for watching. It's great to have all the bells and whistles...if you can afford them AND if you can maintain them at sea. For many that is the hard part. For sure it is not necessary to sail with a sheet in one hand and the other on a winch handle all the time.
@@SailingOTR Hi, thanks for your response on my comments and answering my questions. It was Albert Einstein who said: "keep things as simple as possible, but not simpler." The brilliance is of course in the last part of it. I wonder how many ocean sailors still master the basic navigation techniques when all electronics break down. Navigation with only sea charts, the sun, the stars, a sextant and an accurate time. Not many of them i guess. I subscribed and will see more of your video's.
@@johanwithag2432 Lot to be said for the K.I.S.S. principle. My first open ocean crossing was done with sextant. GPS was still a dream and SatNav was in its infancy and very expensive. I recommend John Letcher's book Self Contained Celestial Navigation using H.O. 208
@@SailingOTR Hi, thanks for pointing me to this book. I found a view pdf pages of it, but it is still under copy write I think. Heavy stuff to learn that's for sure. The book is still on Amazon for 330 euro! used. Celestial Navigation seems to be still heavily in use with the NASA for their space traveling.
@@johanwithag2432 I looked for the book in a free download version. No luck so far.
Read your comment on another video that its gone for many thousands of miles. Im building one now, but may take this design into consideration. Well done, and the proof is in the pudding. . . . What make, year, length is your vessel please? Fair winds matey
Year:1980 Make:S2 Model:11c(eleven meter, center cockpit) built in Michigan
@@SailingOTR oh great thanks, looked around your other videos and wasn't finding it, Thanks!
Thank you! Glad to see this content!
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For those of you who may be interested in the modifications I made to FeNIX during the rebuild phase I have provided this free e-Book. Free e-Book How to rebuild a small boat for open ocean sailing A free e-Book in htm format. To get your free copy e-Mail a request to sailingotr.ebook@gmail.com Put "Request free e-Book" in the subject line UnZip the folder. Click on the "projects.htm" file. This will open in any standard browser software.
Anorher good o e thank you
Thanks for watching
Thanks for a whole lot of nothing I could do better with mustache shavings.
Make the video and let us all see it.
Free e-Book How to rebuild a small boat for open ocean sailing A free e-Book in htm format. To get your free copy e-Mail a request to sailingotr.ebook@gmail.com Put "Request free e-Book" in the subject line UnZip the folder. Click on the "projects.htm" file. This will open in any standard browser software.
To get your free copy e-Mail a request to sailingotr.ebook@gmail.com Put "Request free e-Book" in the subject line Open the zipped file in a folder of your choice Click on the "projects.htm" file This will open the page in any browser software Follow the links to different areas of interest
Find the video here: ua-cam.com/video/GHiLkQ38Kbc/v-deo.html
I enjoyed that will watch again.Thank you
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Do you suspect it would be ineffective trying to put a windvane on a 19' trailer sailer sailboat such as the West Wight Potter 19? Appreciate your candor. Thank you!
Great question. I think it's a good idea. Smaller lighter boats will teach you a great deal about your boat and your self-steering system.
I'm a bit confused by this latest design. When the boat is on a beam reach, it would appear that the axis of the windvane blade shaft will not be inclined (20 degrees) from the horizontal? Or what am I missing here?
Thanks for watching and commenting. That is true. As the blade is turned towards the "close hauled" position the amount of inclination decreases. The purpose of inclining the axis is to provide a small amount of negative feedback in the system. I do not know exactly how much this amount of negative feed back affects course stability. It would take two boats exactly the same, sailing side by side, to see how much difference the negative feedback makes. I do know that many horizontal blade wind vanes without an inclined axis work just fine. And I suspect that for many small boats course stability is not going to be all that good anyway.
Please would you describe the windvane blade shaft bearing? Thank you.
Thanks for watching and commenting. There is no "bearing" in the sense that you mean. The blade shaft fits through a 1/2" hole drilled through the 1 1/2" PVC pipe. The PVC pipe is the bearing surface. That is why you need a non-corrosive shaft. The PVC pipe is quite "slippery" and the wind vane blade swings quite easily.
My apology for asking a lot of questions. I have a transom-hung rudder and hope to adapt your design to use a trim-tab on that, instead of an auxiliary rudder. The geometry is such that I will likely have to place the windvane off-center; it would need to be positioned 4-6" to starboard from the center line (it's a 7.5' beam, 19' LOA boat). Do you see any problem with this configuration?
Thanks for watching and commenting. Should't be a big problem. You may need to add a double block to re-direct the control lines if the angle is too severe.
Thanks again for making these videos. Your ingenuity and pragmatism is quite remarkable! You mentioned that your windvane only operates through 180 degrees. Would you please explain why this is? Also, if I understood correctly you have this 180 degrees range set with the limit at ~45 degrees (ie. close hauled); does that then mean that you can steer no higher than 225 degrees (ie. broad reach) on the other side?
Thanks for watching. That's 180 in either direction from the zero point which is dead aft. The vane can continue to turn BUT the lines from the wind vane to the trim tab would then twist around themselves. The friction would make it very difficult for the vane to work properly.
@@SailingOTR Perfect! Thanks so much. It all makes sense now. What an amazingly simple design it is.
@@johnjordansailing Welcome
Thanks for your videos. It's exciting to consider making such a wind vane! I understand the importance of balancing the sails, but can the wind vane compensate for a following sea on the quarter that pushes the stern around and tends to cause a round up?
Thanks for watching. Self-steering systems are reactionary, whether autopilot or windvane are used. There are a lot of variables to take into consideration when answering this question. Generally speaking a self steering system will eventually correct the course in time. BUT if the appearant wind direction and speed are changing a lot it can be very difficult to steer a true course. You can test this yourself with your own boat. Disconnect any self steering system. Then see if you can maintain a true course by turning the main rudder no more than 5 degrees in either direction. That is about the equivalent amount of course correction your system will make. How did it go? That's your answer. With my boat's current set up I added about 1/2 square foot to the auxiliar rudder to improve performance under those circumstances. It has yet to be tesed IRL.
Thank you. I would love to see a few sketched drawings to work off of. I followed the series I forgot to give all a thumbs up. I would also like to see a one line drawing on a map of your travels. Thank you. Be safe
Thanks for watching. I have not made any drawings of the windvane. The idea, concept and design are all in my head. That is what I usually do when making something. I thought the pictures were self eplainitory. As for my travels I can only say watch my videos. Although they are not all inclusive. I used to have a website featuring my different boats and my travels. But the hosting service got too greedy and I dropped the website. I have considered making new videos for YT from old videos and pictures. All of my early travels were before digital video cameras were available and as common as they are today. That may be sometime in the making as I have numerous other projects in the works right now.
@@SailingOTR us it's all visual I can see it. Being a retired electrician I just like drawings. In the worst case it was a bar napkin. Thank you
@@redwood1957 Ever install any caps in outlets to keep the electricity from leaking out?😁
Your design and its function is interesting ...choosing which household plastic to slap it together with less so- using strong Marine compatible materials put together with some elegance, and it becomes very interesting again.
And I say why waste the money? The materials I used have already stood the test of time and distance after 10+ years and 30,000 miles. BTW and FYI Schd 40 PVC pipe and fittings are used in all manner of building and construction and it is very strong. Cut a two foot long piece of 2" Schd 40 PVC pipe. Support it at both ends then stand on it in the middle of the pipe...See what happens.
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Parts List and General Guidelines Materials can be anything that is suitable depending on what is available in your area. Rod: Any noncorrosive round bar of suitable length. 1/4"~1/2" diameter. Wind Vane Blade: Any material of suitable stiffness and light weight. I used "Door Skin" plywood 1/8" thick, made with three plys. Seal and finish to suit. Straps: Flat strap material to hold blade to rod without slipping. Cross Bar: This is used to transmit the rotation of the blade to the controlled surface. Can be any suitable material, wood or plastic. Length about 8" X Width 1 1/2" X 3/4" Thick. Control Lines: 3/16 ~ 1/4" line. Dacron or nylon. Course Setting Pipe and Support Bracket Pipe: Two different sizes of pipe of sufficient diameter for stiffness and general strength. I used 1 1/2" & 2" Schd 40 PVc pipe. Plus any necessary pipe fittings, i.e. Pipe Tees, etc. Hardware: One double or two single small blocks with mounting hardware to direct the control lines to the controlled surface. Various S.S. fasteners as needed to hold things together. General Guidelines The size of the auxiliary rudder should equal 40% ~ 60% of the main rudder. The trim tab used to turn the auxiliary rudder should be about 15% of the area of the auxiliary rudder if it is attached directly to the trailing edge of the auxiliary rudder. BUT it is much better to separate the trim tab from the auxiliary or main rudder. The trim tab can then have less surface area in relationship to the auxiliary rudder. The leading edge of my trim tab is 3" aft of the trailing edge of the auxiliary rudder. It has an area of about 8% of the auxiliary rudder. If you have a transom hung or outboard rudder this makes the whole build of the self steering system much easier as the trim tab can be attached to the main rudder. Follow this link to see one way to build your own auxiliary rudder: ua-cam.com/play/PL4t_mZ0sdyMURDtVRZTXA9CjULoUFo0OE.html A great guide book for designing your own system: John Letcher's: Self-steering for sailing craft annas-archive.org/md5/06f736aeabdbfdfcc9de335c2fda09fb
Here it is another option: "Wind Vane Self Steering, how to plan and make your own." Bill Belcher. Thank you, your video is very helpful.
Thanks for sharing!
I find it impossible that your ramshackle collection of PVC tubing tie wraps aluminum angle and plywood could steer that S2...But there you are.
I have built my own self-steering system on three different boats that I have owned. Combined milage is well over 80k nautcal miles. It isn't hard and it is far less expensive than those off the shelf SS deals.
I am impressed. You are the wind vane whisperer
Beautiful weather for sailing. Great video Red. Be safe and God Bless you both.
Thanks for watching and commenting.
Very useful to see homemade windvane and hear your thoughts. Been thinking of designing one for my boat! For now, I am in the phase of learning to balance the sails ;)
Thanks for watching and commenting. Balancing the boat is very important.
Thank you for sharing, good to see and hear, I’m inspired to experiment 👍
Thanks for watching. I have designed a new windvane. It's in my head right now. It will be very simple, easy to build with handyman tools, very strong and inexpensive. I estimate less than US$100. I will make a series of vids explaining the construction process and materials needed.
@@SailingOTR I look forward to that, thanks. David, Bristol, UK.
What's the rush?
Hurricane season officially starts 1 Jun 2024
White PVC is not UV resistant. I've used it exposed, outside in Southern California for sprinklers and it's held up. It does get brittle. There is a UV resistant schedule #, not sure where to get it. Gray PVC for electrical conduit might be UV resistant, not sure.
Yes, the gray PVC electrical conduit is rated for direct exposure to sunlight. I used it many times in electrical installations,
PVC is cheap, just keep a watch on it and replace the PVC when needed. Like everything else on a boat.
Thanks for sharing all your experiences mate 👍 I found a pdf copy of the book you mentioned. What yard were you in at the start of the video?
Kilifi Boat yard. Kilifi, Kenya
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Wow wonderful video. All the videos on your channel are fantastic. But your video views are lower. Because your optimization is very poor. Your optimization needs to improve as soon as possible.,,.;'/
Optimization is for video games. Thanks for the input.
@@SailingOTR Yes Dear Sir, if your videos are SEO your channel will grow very fast ,,,,,,ৃ
Verry Nice Video Siir
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That is very good design windvane.
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Take care Fred ❤
Thanks for watching waltz...
Looking like you two are/were very relaxed. Thank you for sharing.
Little did we know how much more relaxing we would need in the next few days.
@@SailingOTR are you saying never a dull moment
@@redwood1957 No. I am saying that things got much hairier about one week later.
You are right ! Watching from the Easychair. Never did progress much from crossing the bay in dinghys in stormy weather, so this vicarious experience fills some of the gaps. 👍
Thanks for watching.
Are you sailing solo now?
No.
Great series I have found the Book you mentioned with out giving an arm and a leg. I will be back to watch study and enjoy again. I was looking at making this for an Albin Vega. Thank you happy Holidays Mike
Albin Vega. Great small boat. A seperate auxiliary rudder has advantages and disadvantages. If you make your own do try to make the rudder easily removabe. If it is fixed in position all the time the aux rudder decreases steering response of the main rudder. That makes manuvering the boat in tight places more difficult. There is also a good series about making you own pendulum servo with a horizontal axis wind vane on YT...somewhere.
@@SailingOTR vega is hard to steer. Rudder is infront of the propeller.