Basic Cruising with Owen
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Physics of Sailing Video 6: Weather Helm
This video explains what is Weather Helm, what causes it, what are its advantages, and the various steps you can take to reduce excessive Weather Helm.
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Physics of Sailing Video 5: Points of Sail
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This video explains the points of sail, and explains which is the fastest point of sail, and why. This video also takes the opportunity to explain the difference between port and starboard tacks, and why they are important. However, the rules of the road, which are based on which tacks two approaching boats are on, will be explained in a future lesson. If you like my videos and find them useful...
Physics of Sailing Video 4: True and Apparent Wind
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This video, the forth in my videos about the Physics of Sailing, describes the True Wind and the Apparent Wind when you are under sail, what they are, and how they affect your sailing. If you like my videos and find them useful, please feel free to buy me a beer on PayPal for each video you find useful. You can send it to me to this email address: sowen3651@gmail.com Thanks again for watching!
Physics of Sailing Video 3: Basic Sail Trim
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Following the video on how the wind generates drive in sails, this video uses that understanding to derive the 2 basic principles of sail trim. This video is intended for Basic Cruising Students, and focuses on how to use the tell tales on the foresail to adjust the jib sheet and keep the lower tell tales flying smoothly. If you like my videos and find them useful, please feel free to buy me a ...
Physics of Sailing Video 2: Drive in Sails
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This video explains the physics of how the wind drives your sailboat forward. This understanding is essential to understand the basic principles of sail trim that will generate the most efficient driving force from your sails. This lesson introduces Newton's Third Law of Motion, and explains how this is the physics behind lift in aircraft, and drive in sails. If you like my videos and find them...
Physics of Sailing Video 1: A refresher on adding and subtracting arrows, or vectors.
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Hello, my name is Owen Smith, my degree is Engineering Physics from the University of BC. This is my introductory video and first video for Basic Cruising. My first series of videos are on the physics of sailing. This video introduces adding and subtracting arrows, or vectors, as a refresher topic for all those who may need a refresher. Then we'll apply this knowledge to understand how the wind...
Navigation Video 12: Using Magnetic Bearings to transit through hazardous areas safely
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You can draw a line on a chart through a hazardous area towards a navigation station, or land feature, determine its magnetic bearing, then get onto the line and follow its magnetic bearing with your ship's compass to get through a hazardous region.
Navigation Video 11: Using Magnetic Clearing Bearings to stay in safe waters
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In this video, we learn how to draw a magnetic clearing bearing on a chart to to stay in safe water and avoid dangerous rocks, shallows or shoals. We'll draw a line on a chart to a navigation aid or land feature, with dangers on one side of the line, and safe water on the other side. Then we determine the magnetic bearing of the line. When we're underway we use a hand held compass to take a mag...
Navigation Video 10: Canadian Aids to Navigation: Cardinal Beacons and Special Buoys
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This is my third video on the Canadian Aids to Navigation. This video explains Cardinal Beacons and Special Buoys used in Canadian Waters.
Navigation Video 9: Canadian Aids to Navigation symbols on Canadian Charts
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The Canadian Aids to Navigation include lateral beacons, navigation lights and stations, cardinal and special buoys. This video explains how these are shown on Canadian Charts, and some of the letters and numbers used on the charts, as well as how to find them in the online publication of Lists of Lights, Buoys and Fog Signals.
Navigation Video 8: Canadian Aids to Navigation: Lateral Beacons
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The Canadian Aids to Navigation system includes lateral beacons, light stations, special buoys, cardinal buoys, and more. This lesson explains lateral beacons and how they are marked on charts. The next 2 lessons explain the information included on charts, and the cardinal and special buoys.
Navigation Video 7: Understanding Canadian Currents Tables
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This video details how to read Canadian Currents tables to safely transit passes when there is no current flowing. It also describes the maximum currents and directions provided in the tables, and how they are used for trip planning. You can find these tables on the Canadian Hydrographic Service at this link: www.charts.gc.ca/publications/tables-eng.html These tables will no longer be printed, ...
Navigation Video 6: Understanding Canadian Tide Tables
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This video details the information contained in Canadian Tide Tables, published annually and how to read them. You can find these tables on the Canadian Hydrographic Service at this link: www.charts.gc.ca/publications/tables-eng.html These tables will no longer be printed but, the PDF versions can be downloaded.
Navigation Video 5: Depths and some symbols used on Canadian Marine Navigation Charts
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Canadian charts display depths below Chart Datum. This video explains Chart Datum and how depths are displayed on Canadian charts, and shows some of the symbols used on Canadian charts. Chart 1 is the Canadian publication detailing all symbols used on Canadian marine navigation charts, which you can download from this link: www.charts.gc.ca/publications/chart1-carte1/index-eng.html
Navigation Video 4: 60 D St: Time and Distance calculations
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After Lat/Long, True/Mag/Compass, & Mercator Projection, this video details Time/Dist calculations, including determining an ETA based on speed and distance to travel, and a revised ETA if your speed changes enroute. This calculation is required in the Sail Canada Intermediate Cruising Standard.
Navigation Tips: This video provides examples of common mistakes I've observed students make.
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Navigation Tips: This video provides examples of common mistakes I've observed students make.
Navigation Video 3: What is the Mercator projection, and why is it used in Navigation
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Navigation Video 3: What is the Mercator projection, and why is it used in Navigation
Navigation Video 2: Directions of True, Magnetic and Compass, and converting between them.
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Navigation Video 2: Directions of True, Magnetic and Compass, and converting between them.
Coastal Navigation Video 1: Understanding Latitude and Longitude
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Coastal Navigation Video 1: Understanding Latitude and Longitude

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  • @benjones9930
    @benjones9930 Місяць тому

    Amazing video thank you!

  • @abettermousetrap
    @abettermousetrap Місяць тому

    I have the same question as @mymicks. Why is the extra hour added for PDT ..1132 became 1232 then you said, 1649 becomes 1549. Why did you subtract the hour on the second tide? just asking as I am trying to learn this stuff. BTW. Love your videos .... TJH> Comox BC

  • @peterworsley4699
    @peterworsley4699 2 місяці тому

    It's been proved that you can sail downwind faster than the wind. But only on land so far.

  • @thewaterheaterfactory
    @thewaterheaterfactory 2 місяці тому

    Hello! do you still make videos? Looks like the last upload was two years ago.

  • @cadenorris4009
    @cadenorris4009 3 місяці тому

    One question. This doesn't explain how the drive force in sails equates to a forward motion. The drive force is mostly oriented sideways, not along the longitudinal axis of the boat. So while there IS a forward component, it is usually not the major component. How does the shape of the boat, and the implementation of a keel factor in to make your boat go forward, instead of sideways? In aviation, a similar phenomenon takes place, the reaction force isn't oriented perfectly perpendicular to the wing, it is also oriented back. This is induced drag, drag created because of the production of lift. What is that sailing equivalent?

  • @markph0204
    @markph0204 3 місяці тому

    starts at 2:00

  • @jackgalloway8314
    @jackgalloway8314 3 місяці тому

    OK. That's alrite. Thankyou

  • @PaulMitchell-m3q
    @PaulMitchell-m3q 3 місяці тому

    Thank you!

  • @marioandresheviacavieres1923
    @marioandresheviacavieres1923 4 місяці тому

    Gracias

  • @carlosnavarro3450
    @carlosnavarro3450 4 місяці тому

    There will be a 7 episode?

  • @carlosnavarro3450
    @carlosnavarro3450 4 місяці тому

    Gracias desde Mexico sus videos son muy claros

  • @jedwilliams6410
    @jedwilliams6410 5 місяців тому

    Hope you,re going to the Port Townsend wooden boat festival. If I run into you, I'll buy you a beer!😊

  • @TheEvade84
    @TheEvade84 5 місяців тому

    Super clear, thankyou. A question I am sruggling to answer: Im pondering what is minimum drag coefficient from the keep and hull in water to make a sail work? A sail boat that floated in air wouldn't work too well. I presume you need two mediums 1 for the sail another for the body to gain traction and create momentum.

  • @space_speaker
    @space_speaker 7 місяців тому

    While your words are correct, your diagram and equations are not. At 6:47 your diagram is not correct. The induced wind vector is pointed at the nose, say south (say boat is traveling north). So the equation is still Induced + True = Appearant. Sure, induce subtracts from your true like you say when going downwind, but that's evident by the math. Just let the math do the work. Why arbitrarily reverse the induced wind's vector's direction, then change the sign to a negative (i.e. subtracting), introducing a second equation to remember, to make the math work? Just let Induced + True = Appearant for ALL times. It seems your making is overly complicated. Am I wrong?

  • @scottl9660
    @scottl9660 7 місяців тому

    Sailwind the video game brought me here

  • @kenfry2664
    @kenfry2664 7 місяців тому

    Granted, you are trying to simplify here, but the incidence angle is the angle of the wing to the aircraft. The angle of attack is the angle to the apparent wind. So, for example, an aircraft with an incidence of two degrees must be pitched up 8 degrees to achieve an angle of attack of 10 degrees. Lift is perpendicular to the angle of attack, by definition.

    • @kenfry2664
      @kenfry2664 7 місяців тому

      Sails are not "flat sheets". They are curved, and are crude airfoils. Windsurfers often use RAF (rigid air foil) sails. Hang gliders use single surface wings... which are also airfoils.

  • @markandoyo2204
    @markandoyo2204 8 місяців тому

    I have collected at least 2 pillars of the integrated sailing mechanics 1. Proper Sail Plan Material-wise quality and a trimmed sail draft as yet sail draft with corresponding wind speed and a proper Sail angle technique but the number 2 pillars are the number 1 pillar were co-dependent to be harnessed 2. Hull size geometry and a hydrodynamic related streamline close angle geometry, link from these number 2 pillars, the sail sizes to corresponded with hull geometry and hull sizes👍

  • @Genxtrucker72
    @Genxtrucker72 9 місяців тому

    Very good information

  • @alanjm1234
    @alanjm1234 10 місяців тому

    The extreme fast foiling boats make all this stuff truly mind boggling. They sail upwind even when they're sailing downwind. And do so at around 4 times as fast as the true wind!

  • @humlakullen
    @humlakullen 10 місяців тому

    I’m confused… At 6:00 you said you can’t sail downwind, because there will be no wind to fill your sails..? I thought the whole purpose of sailing was to have the wind push the sails, right?

    • @alanjm1234
      @alanjm1234 10 місяців тому

      What he said was that you can't sail dead downwind at the same speed as the wind. This is correct, because if you travel at the same speed and direction as the wind, you will feel no wind, so there would be no pressure on your sails. Most boats can only manage about 50% or less of wind speed dead down wind. Big downwind sails like spinnakers can improve this, but you still can't match the wind speed because the hull(s) have drag in the water. (A hot air balloon can actually match wind speed dead downwind because it has no drag against the land.)

    • @humlakullen
      @humlakullen 10 місяців тому

      @@alanjm1234 👍

  • @humlakullen
    @humlakullen 10 місяців тому

    Awesome video, thanks! However; a curved airfoil DO create a low pressure (suction/lift) on the curved side as well. Just hold the curved side of a spoon under running water from a faucet, and you’ll see. Better yet, next time hold that piece of paper stretched out in front of your mouth and blow on top of it. Same result.

  •  11 місяців тому

    Mercator wasn't Italian.

  • @mstaufik3254
    @mstaufik3254 11 місяців тому

    Terima kasih informasinya dan arahan yg sangat bermanfaat untuk belajar.

  • @JG27Korny
    @JG27Korny Рік тому

    I think that Bernoulli effect plays a significant role especially when the sail is well trimmed. And the carbon based foils are specially designed to harness the Bernoulli effect in particular.

  • @erents1
    @erents1 Рік тому

    Well done lecture. 👍🏼👍🏼

  • @jimbob2074
    @jimbob2074 Рік тому

    This was a really great explanation, and really helped me understand better

  • @SailingSarah
    @SailingSarah Рік тому

    "buy me a beer" to the next level 😂

  • @karonte1980
    @karonte1980 Рік тому

    you have no idea how much this helped me

  • @tomcunningham8584
    @tomcunningham8584 Рік тому

    As someone who recently started sailing in my sixties, my knowledge is coming from utube and books, you deserve a trophy for how pertinent, clear and relevant your explanations are. Thank you very much for sharing!

  • @petersunhome7847
    @petersunhome7847 Рік тому

    hi owen, thank you for making these super helpful video.

  • @ColbyJager-v3o
    @ColbyJager-v3o Рік тому

    A very detailed video. Great work!

  • @josephlai9759
    @josephlai9759 Рік тому

    Excellent explanation. Thank you.

  • @algotrader8677
    @algotrader8677 Рік тому

    Sailing downwind on broad reach or run, what are recommendations for draft.? Fuller / baggier sails or flatter.? Thanks

  • @jameshanson4880
    @jameshanson4880 Рік тому

    Really helpful video, thank you! It's interesting that there's the same debate in sailing physics as there is with airplanes - whether it's Newton's third law or Bernoulli's principle that best explains "lift"! Not surprising since they're both airfoils, but I'm just getting into sailing having been a private pilot, so it's news to me. Thanks again!

  • @daviddoherty4429
    @daviddoherty4429 Рік тому

    Think I'll go with the NASA engineer. You gave a good explanation of a boat which moves sideways. And a sail is not flat when full of air it looks remarkably like a wing shape when full of air.

  • @bp-cb2gd
    @bp-cb2gd Рік тому

    Owen, thank you. I too was skeptical about the Bernoulli principle on a sail (or on a flat hand held at an angle out the window); intuitively and physically it didn't feel right. I'm going with your explanation re vector forces. thanks!

  • @stevendiraimo3315
    @stevendiraimo3315 Рік тому

    Thanks that was very helpful was dealing with this yesterday should have let the main out more makes sense now. 👌🏼👌🏼👌🏼 very helpful

  • @abettermousetrap
    @abettermousetrap Рік тому

    Great Content and video explanations says this wannabe navigator. thanks from Truro Heights Nova Scotia

  • @jwebster5840
    @jwebster5840 Рік тому

    Well done Owen, many thanks!

  • @drivercdl2376
    @drivercdl2376 Рік тому

    THANK YOU.

  • @mymicks
    @mymicks Рік тому

    I’m wondering if it’s an error or if I’m confused? Why at about 6:47 when converting the times to Daylight savings time, an hour is added to the first time but subtracted from the second?

  • @keithlittlebury2986
    @keithlittlebury2986 Рік тому

    I can't find Physics of Sailing Video 7 😢

  • @keithlittlebury2986
    @keithlittlebury2986 Рік тому

    I always wondered did my burgee/wind vein indicate the true or apparent wind? Now I know thank you, It's quite apparent.

  • @keithlittlebury2986
    @keithlittlebury2986 Рік тому

    Fascinating videos thank you. This leads me to ponder the role of the keel ?If the wind vector pushes the boat sideways how does the boat move forwards?

    • @BasicCruisingwithOwen
      @BasicCruisingwithOwen Рік тому

      The wind can be divided into 2 components, a sideways vector plus a forward vector. The keel only inhibits the sideways force component vector. There is still a forward component that pushes the boat forward. Think of a bar of soap sliding sideways at a 45 degree angle towards the side of the bathtub. When it hits the side of the tub, all sideways motion is stopped, and the bar only slides forward. The keel doesn't perfectly stop all sideways motion however, there is still some sideways drift called leeway.

  • @keithlittlebury2986
    @keithlittlebury2986 Рік тому

    Great video. thorough and comprehensive. thank you.

  • @assifkhan3803
    @assifkhan3803 Рік тому

    yes i did enjoy this video sir..thank you .

  • @jordiegundersen1465
    @jordiegundersen1465 Рік тому

    Thank you. At last a tutor that explains it well and effectively to a total beginner. 🎉❤

  • @chashko
    @chashko Рік тому

    Great work. Keep it up!

  • @gnocchi.artyst
    @gnocchi.artyst Рік тому

    Great explanation! Thank you.