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Sailing Hickam Harbor
United States
Приєднався 21 бер 2020
Відео
Tip #1: Boat Balance & Steering with the Sails
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This video explains the importance of using both the sails and rudder to maintain boat balance while maneuvering.
Intro to Race Starts
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A rundown on how to determine where the wind is coming from, what side of the line is favored, and what tack to start on. 0:01 Intro 1:54 wind coming straight down the course 4:18 wind coming from the right 5:18 wind coming from the left 7:44 review 8:15 how to find where the wind is coming from 9:42 examples
Rigging: Laser Race Kit
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In this video, we dive into how to rig our Race Kit for the Laser.
Docking
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This video explains how to dock in various wind conditions. Although the video is being taught on the R19, the exact same principles can be used with all our boats.
Tacking: Topper & Laser
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This is how you execute the tiller extension "flip" Tack in a Topper. This also works for the Laser.
Departing The Dock
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:15 Part 1: Pushing Off Port/Starboard 1:20 Pushing off in wrong direction 2:00 Examples with different wind directions 4:47 Part 2: Anticipating how to adjust sails 5:47 Pushing off with sails in too far 7:10 Real Example 1 (SE Wind) 8:35 Real Example 2 Backwinding Jib 9:12 Real Example 3 (NE Wind) 9:33 Real Example 4 Incorrect Way 9:54 Dealing with the Rocks/Harbor Depth 10:09 Real Example
Masterclass: Sailing (Channel Introduction)
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An introduction to the Sailing Hickam Harbor Channel.
Rigging: R19
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UPDATE We no longer need to tie the boats up to specific cleats as we no longer store 5 boats on the dock. 0:09 Bow/Stern Lines and dock cleats 0:45 Rudder 1:20 Jib Sail 3:34 Mainsail 4:33 Mainsail (Securing Tack) 4:46 Mainsail (Securing Clew/Outhaul) 5:18 Mainsail (Releasing all control lines) 6:10 Mainsail (Halyards) 6:26 Mainsail (Securing Halyard to Head) 7:48 Release Stern Line 8:37 Mainsa...
Very useful for sailing in a game. Thanks.
Best beginner sailing channel I've found 👏👏👏
That's high praise! We really appreciate you watching 🤙
This was a very phenomenal introduction to wind and sailing physics. I’ve done an intro sailing course and never understood it until watching this. Very straight forward explanation of wind
Really appreciate the kind words! We're passionate about making sailing accessible and understandable!
Hey I enjoy watching your videos. Are you available for in person tutorials?
Thanks so much! Happy to answer individual questions but nothing in person at the moment.
Brilliant video, thanks. looking forward to getting out on the water, lashing the rudder and trying to steer with the sails..
Thanks for watching, and good luck!
Thank you, now i want a boat
😂 Yes, that'll happen to ya… Thanks for watching!
This is the best!
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Great info, keep it coming.😊
Great job. Wind surfing teaches you this quickly. If you haven’t sailed a board then lock off the wheel one day and do this. It greatly increases your seamanship skills and means you aren’t as SOL with a steering or rudder failure.
Thanks for the love! I wouldn't say I'm great on a windsurfer, but I can get around, and you're totally right! You get a strong sense right away of how what you're doing with the sail affects everything else.
Thank you! This is awesome.
Absolutely! Glad it helped.
What a FANTASTIC teacher!
Really appreciate it!
Amazing video. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
Absolutely amazing video! I am upgraded! 🎉
Great explanation 👍
Thank you!
An aircraft wing looks nothing like a sail.
Correct! But they both utilize similar principles, and because most people are more familiar with airplanes, comparing and contrasting methods of creating lift can be beneficial to understanding what's happening with your boat!
What happens with an adjustable center board/swing keel? I’m guessing in its most forward position it will go up wind better. When would I want to angle it up and towards the stern?
Great question, and you're spot on. IF it's adjustable, having it as down/forward as possible will help the boat grip the water and counterbalance the sail, helping you to point upwind more efficiently. Pulling it up while sailing is boat-dependent. For most dinghies though, we often will tell people they can pull up their dagerboard a few inches. Resist the urge to pull it up TOO much, as this will make the boat less stable. Sailing the boat fast downwind on a run (or any point of sail) is the product of doing lots of little things right, you gain advantages inch by inch. Don't expect this one adjustment to translate into any major speed boost, but it will help a bit!
Good one
I’m a volunteer teacher for my club, and your explanations are very helpful and easy to understand. I will ask my students to watch your videos. Thanks so much!
That's huge praise! Thank you!
Love your visual analogy with the balance! Thanks! I’ll subscribe because this is the best explanation I’ve seen of how sail position is so important!
Thanks so much! Happy to share the love.
My autopilot quit at the beginning of a 3 day solo passage. I was able to balance my boat and keep it on course for the 3 day journey from Cape Verde Islands to Senegal, West Africa. My helm was held by bungee cords to keep the rudder steady. Since that experience, I can regularly sail and steer without the autopilot.
Sounds challenging, but awesome what you accomplished.
This was great content. Thank you for taking the time to make this.
Thanks for watching!
Best explanation ever! Thank you.
I appreciate it!
This is a great video for a newbie like myself. You are a great teacher, and I look forward to watching your other videos. ⛵
Thank you!
THANK YOU !
I don’t get why the boat would sail into the wind if sails are sheeted in? Would seem the lift would be down wind.
Looks like you explained that at about 10:05. Thanks!
So many watched videos trying to get basic trimming knowledge. This is the first one to explain it as I needed. Thank you!!!!
Thanks for watching!
I haven’t sailed in 5-6 years. This was a great quick refresher. The presenter is an excellent communicator. Nicely done.
Awesome! Glad it helped!
You are a great teacher. Thank you for this video
Thanks, and absolutely!
Wow, Great explanation!! 🤯
Thank you!
I have sailing team tryouts in 20 mins - wish me luck!
Go get em!
@@sailinghickamharbor260 I almost fell off the boat! Can’t wait to do it again tomorrow!! Also! Your tips were super helpful!! I got the hang of it after a while and my team won one of the races!! Thank you so much for putting together such a helpful and comprehensive guide :D
@@r7skt Congrats! That's so great to hear. Happy to help ☺
Brilliant explanation! Thank you!
Much appreciated!
“As long as the wind is steady”
Which is laughable, right? 😂 Always lots of variables to consider.
Super helpful. Just watched a bunch of videos on tacking and this was the most helpful by far. Thanks!!
Killer! Thank you!
The “sheet” does not refer to the sail. It is a rope. To sheet in means to pull on the rope.
A sail begins to luff at the top first, so watch the top of the sail and steer the boat to eliminate that luff
Great observation! Depending on the point of sail, you may not want to steer to eliminate the luff and should adjust the sail instead.
A sail begins to luff at the top first, so watch the top of the sail and steer the boat to eliminate that luff
The first thing to know is counter-intuitive. A boat is not pushed forward by wind behind the sail. The boat is sailed into the wind (against the wind). It is the difference between high pressure on one side of the sail and low pressure on the other side of the sail that propels the boat forward.
Yes! Just like we talk about!
That entire video should be 5 minutes. 12 minutes on wings and hundreds of degrees, um 270 is the number. Who did you steal the shirt from?
This video really helped me through RYA 1 - thanks! The RYA way is slightly different in that you push the tiller extension away and swap sides with it pushed over. You straighten the tiller after you have swapped sides. Your pulling the extension towards the mast saved me many times when I got totally confused - it happens! When the boat is going round in circles and the sheet is wrapped around your ankles that microphone trick is a capsize-saver. Thank you again - liked and subscribed.
Oh that's great news! Congrats and thank you!
Nice explanation…
Excellent video. This is what I've been looking for. Thank you very much.
Really good info in this man. Thanks for making this video
I appreciate it 🤙 Glad it was helpful.
Damn! I learnt more in this video than I did on my 8day sailing trip with friends 😂
😅 That just means time for another trip! Thanks for watching.
I’m about to be in a race and I forgot some things! This was very helpful.
Good luck!
Fabulous! Thank you so much. Your explanations and illustrations really were home runs! Thanks again!
Thank you!
Perfect thank you!!!
This noob wants to use an airplane wing to explain how a sail works? (6:13) LOL! Don't need to watch any further .. . . . (Good thing that he has the work "INSTRUCTOR" in big letters on the back of his shirt. Otherwise we would not know.)
Newton's 3rd Law, Bernoulli, + other things, there's a lot happening. The sail DOES work like an airplane wing, but not all wings look the same or work the same 😉 Here is a great article on the complexities of lift and how there's still much we dont know: www.scientificamerican.com/article/no-one-can-explain-why-planes-stay-in-the-air/
FINALLY !!!! Im an aircraft mechanic AP-IA. This my freinds is the BEST INST VIDEO EVER for explaning sailing. Wind, Hydro, Aerodynics, THIS GUY HAS IT ALL. I PROMISE. THANKS SIR.
Whoop whoop! That's high praise! Thanks so much for watching 🤘
Best explanation I have come across so far! Well-done!
Thank you!
Oh gosh the old 'a sail is an airplane wing' thing again. As shown in the drawing, an airplane wing is 2 feet thick so the path on one side is different than the other. A sail is less than a millimeter thick so the path is the same shape and distance. This video can be helpful, in the same way that if someone taught you the sun goes around the earth you'd know to expect dawn in the morning. But it's not accurate. Just look at the explanation of thickening/pressure/speeding up. Think of the leading edge of a jib sail - it has no such thickening squishy bulb part. This really isn't even the way an airplane wing works but that's a different problem. Look if this video helps you make the right decisions sailing more power to you but I wouldn't suggest you take it too seriously as science.
If your deduction were true, sails would not belly outward. That's caused by pressure difference
@@charlesbechtel9976 oh there's a pressure diiference - absolutely. I'm in no way saying that NOTHING in the video is true. Life isn't always binary, some things are complicated. That's why i said the video can still be useful even when inaccurate.
@@markm417 Hey! We appreciate the comment. The sail works similarly to an airplane wing, not exactly like it, but to give people a reference point of something else they can compare it to, we talk about the airplane wing. It's a strong visual which aids in people remembering what's happening. I don't think we say in the video that the comparison is 1 to 1 or perfect, but the main point, that the curved shape aids in creating pressure differences, is accurate.
What's also true is that the drawing I made is of an asymmetrical airplane wing, but there are also symmetrical wings. There's more to lift than just the pressure differences, but once again, it's an "INTRO" to sailing theory.
@@markm417 OK so what parts are true-all of it actually