Ep21. Motoring through the Solent!
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- Опубліковано 4 тра 2023
- No sailing unfortunately. This was a reposition day to make the following day easier. I've put about 12hrs on the engine all together now, so feeling more confident in it. Famous last words...
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Enjoying your videos, just a couple of suggestions. If you’re short handed and only want to use one sail, use the main. The main can get you out of trouble if your engine quits when entering or leaving an anchorage and will keep the boat riding steady in a lumpy sea, it will also allow for hands free tacking as it’s on a boom/ traveller. When you are raising/ dropping anchor, picking up a mooring etc release the main sheet and the boom will swing preventing the boat from sailing away while you are at the bow. On a safety note, when pulling the chain in you put a wrap around your hand, that’s a good way to lose a hand, don’t ever wrap a line or anything around your hand. Again, really enjoying your trip, it definitely brings back memory’s of when I was learning to sail. Cheers from Canada.
Cheers for the info!
Read my post about a Vire 2stroke with an attitude😀
😂 "ah-whay we go chooka-chooka-chooka" should be a bumper sticker
😂😂😂 Maybe a Tshirt 🤔
Awesome brother... another successful voyage!
Next time your raising the anchor, sit on your arse, spread your legs and you'll have better leverage pulling it up, won't pull you off balance and it'll be alot better on you're back ⚓
Excellent advice, cheers!
Finally a sailing channel without a seasoned pro at the helm (yet!). Ive got dreams of doing something similar but have doubts a landlocked towny could do it, you're proving me wrong and I like it!! Looking forward to watch where you go and how you get on, safe travels geeza
Get yer self out there, you won't regret it! Cheers!
All the best from NZ mate.I’ll buy you a beer when you get down here 👍cheers
Thank you so much!
It was a great video mate don’t worry about it 👍
If you ever have trouble pulling up chain again, use your cockpit winch.
I'm still on the side of having all chain (you mentioned people advised you at the start) you don't NEED it, but its better. That's all I was trying to say on your other video. Whatever suits you, definitely a pain trying to haul up by hand.
Definitely, was so glad I didn't need to go to the locker though!
I think the seaweed comments might be right, but does prompt a systems check which is always good. A good days motoring is a great confidence booster also gets all the motor systems lubed and smoothed so that part of the boat is definitely fine for now. Also good for batteries etc. Self steering for a single hander is the best thing out on my last boat it almost never came off I used it to hold the tiller even at anchor (turned off) I would even adjust it so the tide held the boat at anchor at best angle to the wind :)
Nice! I'll give that a go!
just came from ship happens as they recommended you and I am glad they did so I've subscribed and liked and will watch all your videos to catch up they look good by the way your not an idiot you have to start somewhere why not into the deep end first nothing wrong with that as long as you do a bit of studying and rules of the waves and get a radio licence and away you go and always remember back up important stuff like radios flares spare outboard in case your engine fails things like that. you will have your ups and downs but stick with it when the good weather comes you will reap the benefits.
Thank you! Great advice!
Thanks!
TS Royalist, Spent a week on her when I was a Sea Cadet back in the day. Had a great time climbing the masts to pack the sails.... even if I was scared of heights lol
😂😂 I am too, but I was a scaffolder for 10 years! 😂
I just found out about your project from the "Ship Happens" channel, and am looking through your initial repair videos. Haven't caught up to your launch yet, but will soon.
Your project is bringing back memories of getting my project sailboat ready and safe, and learning how to sail her.
A bit about me:
I am a fellow in his mid-60's, fairly mechanically and electrically handy, now semi-retired and living in the Portland, Oregon area in the USA. Still not "independently wealthy", so I am still doing all my own maintenance and repairs.
I bought my 23 foot sailboat as a project boat about 35 years ago and went through her stem to stern: Rebedded everything, installed a fresh/potable water bladder and electric and manual pumps, installed a stern pulpit and set up a main traveler on it, ran all the lines aft to a multiple rope clutch with a shared winch for single handling, installed new lifelines and netting around the deck so my then 3 year old daughter would be safe and stuff wouldn't accidentally roll off the deck, and ran the old stainless lifeline on the center of the deck fore and aft as deck level safety line for hanking on a safety harness when needed. I replaced/upgraded all my running rigging, and went through the standing rigging (which was fine), and had a sail loft inspect and repair my sails. I also redid most of my wiring and lights and put in a double battery bank. My boat is not ocean-worthy, but is now fit for "gunkholing" around the Puget Sound and San Juan Islands which are north of me. Most of my sailing is day/evening sailing on the Columbia River around the Portland Oregon area, where I live.
I bought a used multi-axle trailer for her and refurbished it, so I can transport her to the Puget Sound or various lakes for vacations and longer trips. It's a lot faster and more convenient than having to sail or motor her up the Pacific coast to get there from Portland. I have also used the boat as a camper on the trailer when traveling to sailing locations farther away. It also allows me to winter her at home on the trailer instead of having to pay for a slip year-round. Having her at home on a trailer makes maintenance and upgrades a lot easier and convenient as well....
Since your boat has a narrow beam (7.5 feet) , it would probably be legal to trailer her as well. (In the USA, the width limit for trailering without a special "wide load" permit is 8 feet, and I would think the UK has similar rules.) Something to consider....
I had a few thoughts regarding your 12v electrical system which I hope are helpful:
1. Consider using the empty holes in your switch panel for led indicator lights so you will know at a glance in the cabin what is powered. 12v ones (with appropriate resisters already installed) can be ordered very inexpensively from China, and they draw almost no power. (You could leave the cabin light circuit without one as you'll likely leave a cabin light switched on so when you flip that switch it will come on). I would also consider having a main on-off switch on the panel with an indicator light as a quick way to shut all circuits off. (However, you will want to leave the bilge pump switch wired direct as it will have a float switch and you'll likely want that to stay on all the time. The engine panel will also be wired directly to its separate battery).
2. Consider Installing a dual battery bank high current selector switch that will allow you to select your house bank separately, connect the house circuits to the starting battery in an emergency, or interconnect them together to allow the shore power charger or motor alternator to charge both in parallel.
3. Definitely replace all bulbs with LED's. They will draw much less power, and will last much longer. (I prefer warm white for cabin lighting as it is easier on the eyes in the evenings. Cool white or daylight white for all other white bulbs -- you want them bright and noticed.)
4. I would also consider upgrading a couple of your cabin lights to be dual bulb -- one red and one white. The red option will allow safe cabin illumination at night when sailing so you won't ruin your night vision when you duck into the cabin for something. With some creativity, you may be able to modify some of your existing cabin lights to have a selector switch and a second bulb socket. That's what I did with mine.
5. I think you may be missing a proper anchor light, which is white 360 degrees all-around. (Unless your masthead light has a white bulb that shines all-around when the red/green are turned off) These are VERY important when anchoring because you want your boat to be visible and known to be at anchor at night so your boat doesn't get rammed by another boat while at anchor.
6. If and when you rewire the mast lights, plan for a set of spreader lights as work lights to illuminate the deck.
7. Add a cigarette lighter socket on a separate circuit to the cockpit so you can plug in a powerful hand held spotlight for use at night when navigating unfamiliar waters. You may find it convenient for other uses too.
I echo Randy's warning about NEVER wrapping a line or chain around your hand -- it is far too dangerous. If you need to wrap a line to get a better purchase on it -- use a winch -- that's what they are for. For the chain, you might want to look for a small used manual chain windlass to help haul up your anchor.
I hope this is helpful. Keep up the good work!
Philip
That's a lot to unpack, cheers for the info!
Thank you Philip, i enjoyed reading that.
Good luck on your travels.
I would suggest you find yourself a used 7mm wet suit. Keep it on board along with a snorkel and mask. You can always free up your anchor easily. Safety tip: Flake your chain on the deck as you pull the anchor up, stow it later.
Cheers!
Hark at you with all your nautical terminology; chucking about comments like 'anchor rode' and 'bend on the jib' willy nilly. I'm so proud! Well done that man.
😂😂😂 I did a learning.
When you pull the anchor if you stand up or pull it from a higher spot you can manage to drop the rope directly into the hole as you pull.
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Propeller pitch and engine revs do change at sea it always makes me wonder in same way. Ps your boat was born 3 years after me lol
😂😂 Awesome!
gosh your boat has a back garden? 🤣🤣 It was flat as flat can be. 👍👍
😂😂 Looked it, but it was rolly as hell 😂
@@BumblingSailor glad it was you not me in that case 🤮 🤣🤣
I thought hovercraft (Hoverspeed?) went bust years ago. Great to see them still running.
So did I!
Your engine trouble could be simply be your morse controller may need adjustment ie. The control cable for the gearbox might need adjustment so it engages properly (like adjusting breaks on a bicycle)
I once took a load of seaweed round the prop and it caused revs to rise and speed to drop.
But that was Welsh seaweed and it's tough stuff.
Great video. 👍
😂😂😂 Someone suggested the same. So naturally I believe that's what happened, because it's cheaper 😂
Great to see another great video ,👍 may be a good thing to have a anchor snubber on your chain as it acts as a shock absorber in choppy water and saves the anchor being yanked out the sea bed and less snatching on your bow cleat 👍.
I assumed the rode would do the same job 🤷
@@BumblingSailor yes but if you are in shallower water and no[ using all the chain then a snubber is a handy thing to keep in mind.
Spectacular day on the water
Definitely!
Thank you sir! I have never anchored without a windlass or a big anchor locker, so now I know what to do when pulling up anchor on my contessa. Good job.
I thought it was going to be a pain, but it wasn't that bad really. Not quite enjoyable though 😂
Hey mate thank to you the wife kick me out the house for the pass week . I watch you video for the first time week ago . when you bought the boats and sail without any experience. Now I have fallow your foot step wife telling everyone I've gone crazy .
Thank you this experience have been the best time of my life . If wasn't for your video I would not have find myself 👍🏾
I don't know whether to be happy for you or to apologise! 😂. Fair winds whatever you do!
@@BumblingSailor thank you be happy mate your video really helped. because I have found my calling you are inspiring myself and others .look forward to your video Wife coming around mate told her I'll name the boat off her 🤪😭
@@driftingsoul4824 nice bit of bribery, she'll love it! I've heard the trick is to take her out on a beautiful day for the first few times. Because if you end up in weather she'll never come back 😂😂
@@BumblingSailor advice taken will definitely do that .happy sailing mate may the sea cross our path
Solent has fun tides for a small boat.
It was ripping near Hurst castle! In my favour though.
despite minimal sailing experience you have a lot of knowledge about boats, terminology and sailing / boating etiquette - where did you learn that from?
Great videos, definitely inspired!!
Nicely done!
Cheers!
Happy days been waiting for this video
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Brilliant mate ,i feel proud of you. You are doing it .
Thank you!
Love the calm and slight mist of that early morning before you set out. Had a good giggle at twitching rabbit thinking face.🤣
😂😂😂 I didn't even know I did that 😂😂
Aaaw!! Pinot! Thank you so much for throwing us up on the video, we were super excited to see it! Another great video and you’re doing a fine job. Listening to your motor brings back memories of our old single cylinder Yanmar on our old boat. She sounds good! Keep up the great work, we look forward to every episode!
Cheers Jon! (and pinot!)
need an anchor trip line but you will learn im sure
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Your gona need a good hat snd sunnies old mate!!
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Well, I am really enjoying your video's recommended by Ship Happens having binge watched upto Ep21. Looking forward to more.
Thank you!
Great video, you had a big promo on this week's Ship Happens, fame at last hope it doesn't change you my friend.
😂😂😂 There isn't much that'd change me... I'm too stubborn! 😂
good video mate
Thank you!
Great content. Not particularly advice for you Tery however in my anchor chain and rode set up I put a really heavy shackle at the top of the chain (only there for the weight) which helps the chain stay down and prevents a straight pull from the boat to the anchor. It may be a legitimate thing or my own invention….. others will know. Thank you for the content- I am subbed 👍
Ah, a bit like a kerrit I think. I like that idea!
youve got some balls pal. 👍good stuff
Cheers!
Just Subscribed. You 're on your way in the UA-cam universe!
Thank you!
Well done. There’s many more full day motoring days in your future. It’s the way it is. Adventure on!
Cheers!
Very cool on the Tall ship, hovercraft and being on the Solent in general. (I used to live in Portsmouth but never made it to Cowes or lymington for that matter…. ) Another entertaining day on the water. Thanks for sharing Terry. You are definitely earning your sea legs 😅
Cheers! I wish I had a better camera, maybe one day!
@@BumblingSailor Actually, we are able to see everything you are showing us, even the "dots" in the distance. (It also helps that you put up closer up pictures of what we are seeing, like that sail ship at the end of the video.)
Cool a fellow solo sailer, learning to sail is best done.. by doing actual sailing.. reminded me on my first days on my own first sailboat :)
Awesome! I'm loving it!
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Hi, Still with you after watching all your videos in a week, mad, probibly now have Stokholm Syndrome, anyway all of your repairs and refits bringing back many happy days from the past 30 years with boats.
Looking forward to the next. 👍👍👍
😂😂😂 I'll let you go eventually, promise 😂
Yes, it's a great life. Enjoy
Cheers!
well done, anchor will hold ok don't worry about it,if it sticks cleat it off, and drive the boat forward to free it, (i have a 2meter rope to turn the anchor upside down, to drop weed below waterlevel,its connected to the chain and the top of the anchor) check gearbox oil, if its clean and not silver colour your ok,(you probably know this)
but just chug along and don't push the engine it'll go on forever if its not pushed hard, but well done,and i'm impressed anchor out but 2meters still to drop before low tide,
impressed !!!! AGAIN WELL DONE!
Cheers John!
If I could just add, if you pull on the anchor ( when your lifting it) the boat will move forward, wait until it does, then it reaches right angle and lifts up,, if the boat doesn't move forward it's dragging!!! It's also a way to test the anchor when setting it
Many, many years ago I bought a Contess 26 on the south coast with the plan to sail her back to Scotland. I made it but not without some difficulty. First she had a Vire 2stroke engine with an attitude. Secondly all my sailing up until then had been in home waters. Third this was back in the day of no GPS, plotter, or autohelm. There was a lot of 20 miles forward 10 miles back, I hadn't quite got the knack of channel sailing.. When confronted with the wind over the tide at Lands End it took 5 attempts over 2 days to get round the corner. I am in my seventies now and despite everything I still think of my little Contess more fondly then eny other boat I have had. Good luck, you will love her even though you will get very wet, rain or shine.😃
That's awesome, thanks for the comment! I'm already head over heals with her!
You're doing great buddy 👍 Newtown Creek would've been flat calm but portland should be good for the weekend ⛵🏴☠️
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the water sounds nice at 4x speed. GL
15;08 your wake is also very pretty
It does!
Ahh feels like its been forever since I've seen another episode!!! Dude I busted the phuk outta the stairs getting into the cabin in ny boat the other day lol went ass over bandbox 😂😂😂
Nooooooooo! You should have gotten it on camera!
@@BumblingSailor I did it right in front of my mother too it was her first time seeing it . I tried to pull a Kevin Costner water world entry through the hatch andthe stairs slipped out and broke when I fell lmao
Just started binge watching your channel wish I had the guts to go and buy a sailboat 😂
Do it do it do it. Sorry, I'm a bad influence 😂
Once you get up to a 100k subscribers it will be time to buy a new camera. Boat in the water going somewhere. Success. The video format is working.
Cheers Robert!
wow look at the curvature of the earth !!
Think it's because of the 360 lens.
Terry, you may find it easier pulling up your anchor chain if you use fingerless sailing gloves. Saves your hands getting wrecked, LOL! TSS Royalist.
I actually used gloves the next day 😂😂😂
When doing the anchor sit on your bum with legs on the pull pit. You can pull from your body rather than just you arms. You can also fit a bouy and tipping line. Had a pull up a massive anchor by hand in a storm once. Your doing good work. If you’re ever in the Solent again, anchor off by cowes, the ice cream boat comes around in the summer
Awesome advice, cheers!
Just a suggestion, when hauling the chain I find it useful to have a couple of chain hooks on lines to give time to rest. Make the line fast to the cleat, pull in chain and put the hook on. You can then rest, let the boat break out the anchor or pull in some more chain knowing it will not run back out.
Good idea!
Could probably DIY bodge some kind of funnel to help the anchor chain go into the hole as you pull it up
Something to think about! Cheers!
Use a winch to pull the anchor
I don't think it'd work unfortunately.
If it is a cone type clutch it is easy to adjust. Google it for best advice. Usually you undo 2 bolts and tap a plate forward or back. This moves the cone to have more bite. Anyway google is your friend. Ps when you waved at Lymington I would have waved back. I meant to add that I live just off the street where the first contessa was ever built. It is now a Baptist Church.
Cheers! An that's awesome!
It's not obvious, but unless you have something heavy around the prop, revs will rise when it's fouled. If you think about it, those blades have been carefully designed and sized to make as much thrust, and so do as much work on the water as possible. Disturbing that with fouling can only make the prop less efficient and so easier to turn. Not saying that was definitely your problem, but it is one explanation.
That's a great way of looking at it, thank you!
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Ta!
finally, this is the last one I've caught up so in the next few days I will run your page, again and again, I hope the hours count for you and help the logarithm to push you up so all the best from john from Rugby UK. this is the last post today I can finally give my fingers a rest I've never typed so much in all my life lol so all the best from john from rugby UK as I've just noticed it has taken me 20 hours of binge-watching from my first message when I came from ship happens lol so speak to you next week phew.
😂😂😂 John, it's been an absolute pleasure reading all your message over the last 2 days. Thank you!
Catenary is the shape of a cable under gravity between two points, like a suspension bridge.
Cheers!
Sounds like you caught some debris (weed or manmade junk) and turning off let it fall away.. Oh and good call on the ferry!
Definitely possible! Thanks!
As somebody else mentioned. A bit of weed temporarily on your prop would cause a rev increase and thrust decrease. So probably not a mechanical issue.
Cheers!
As a cliche. I have seen a video on marine transmission repair (1 or 2 cylinder), slipping due to clutch wear, just new plates abd a balancing adjustment required. Now to find it.😂😂😂🎉
Salt & Tar episode 194 covers a marine transmission repair. Bigger than yours but should be relevant. Sorroy for any binge watching this link causes. Love your content dude 🎉😂❤.
😂😂 Cheers, I'll give it a look!
You need an anchor motor (Vertical Windlass)!
I need a lot of things, I just can't afford any of them 😂😂
@@BumblingSailor You will be. One by one.
Done a few sausage/worm maneuvers in my time 😂😂
😂😂😂 #BoatLife
If it don’t smoke is isn’t broke 😂
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I'm so pleased that you know your "stand on/give way"!! Go, sailor, go!
I did a small amount of due diligence, but probably less than was due 😂
Maybe prop cavitation if you went into a bad eddy?
Pass 🤷
@@BumblingSailor prop slipping due to turbulent water, revs go up, if you drop engine revs down the prop grips again and back to normal. Not saying that happened to you… but one possibility.
are you using a drone. Some of the shots are great.
I wish 😂
I live in Blackpool so when you get near and need any help give me a shout would love to help out in any way I can 😊
Thank you!
First again
But mine is always the best bub 😅
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What has happened to your intro? Your camera work is getting better. Loved it when it was at the bow and panned about showing all angels.
I forgot I had the intro 😂😂
How do you like the taste of HUEL and is it worth buying?
I quite enjoy it. I don't get the high protein ones or anything. It compares ok to replacing a meal cost wise, shelf stable, long life. I think it's great for sailing. I have 3 per day on passage, which is an unsustainable amount of calories really but I need to lose weight so win/win.
@The Bumbling Sailor I keep looking at it to replace super noodles as I only get 30mins for dinner. Thank you for the reply
@@stevenclarke2592 no worries. They're really handy!
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Did you take sailing lessons or just winging it?
Winging it. Never been on a boat before, just watched UA-cam 😂
"Mooring ball"? You've been watching too many US videos.
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Thanks!
Thank you so much!