Wayfarer Reefing South of Shiant Isles
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- Опубліковано 11 лип 2014
- Approx 19 miles south of Stornoway. En route Stornoway to Skye the wind picked up after passing through the "Shiants gap". This is one of many short videos shot with a 'GoPro Hero 3' on the crossing.
Passage distance approx 50 nautical miles.
Single handed, departed Stornoway at 0630 (am) and arrived early evening same day.
A couple hours motor-sailing in the morning and the rest (80%+ sailing only)
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Outstanding small film. Not a bunch of folks taking selfies of doing nothing. It was a treat to see you manage a dinghy at sea in less that glass pond conditions. Thank you.
Thanks! "Not a bunch of folks taking selfies of doing nothing." made me laugh! haha
Well done .Good camera work and sailing skills in difficult conditions.
That looks lethal single handed in that sea state...a good chance of going over the side
Good Music
Thanks for this video. I just got 941, a mark I woodie, and have lots to learn. I'll be sure to give this a try in light air. Thanks for the walk through and comment- all very helpful!
Thanks for your comment. Wayfarers are really good in a light breeze.
I've changed the outhaul since the video because it's safer tightening it at the mast or even half way along the boom with a pulley at the pack of the boom and a cleat somewhere along the boom.
awesome, well done
That is a very impressive cruise. Well done.
+Mirror Cruising Thanks.
Thanks for the vid, I just piced up a Canadian made Wayfarer clone with a small cabin. Haven't reefed her yet, looks straightforward enough.
so you got a CL16 too, is what your sayin? ⛵
Very nice!
Watching you reef, I'm glad my old Wayfarer came set up with jiffy reefing! Nice when your solo out there.
+Frank Wern Aye the slab reefing lines are no problem even in a choppy sea but I've lead the outhaul through the boom so I can tension it at the mast.
That was awkward! As you can see.
Very cool video! I just brought home hull 770 she's wooden .As I am waiting for the Ice to go out I am reading and the more I read the more I doubted Id be able to singlehand .
Cool. Look after it. Wooden boats need a lot of maintenance.
Start in light winds (max 10 knots) to practice singe handed sailing.
Post a video if you get a chance to take one.
Спасибо!
Belaying the reef line at the end of the boom seems difficilt and time consuming. Maybe it's better to bring the line to the mast region. Sailing the open sea with an outboard engine is risky in case you capsize. A flooded engine doesn't work. I have a 13 ft boat with 2 sails and a pair of rows, which is always reliable. Smooth sailing, my friend.
+warjacare
That reefing line on the leech was temporary. It was led through the boom to the mast but the sheave broke. Replaced now :)
The outboard is a very useful secondary means of propulsion, twice as fast as rowing.
A drowned outboard is easy to flush through, change oil, clean the carb and replace the spark plug. (If you sort it soon enough it's only an hours work and no permanent damage).
I've never drowned that outboard but had to clean other peoples in the past (including my own outboard once when a friend was using it and didn't secure it to their transom properly).
I haven't capsized this boat in 8 years sailing it but swamped a few times having fun on a blowy day!
If I ever lose the outboard it's easily replaced. Like a life raft - it's better to have it and be able to use it than struggle with oars in a squall or in a long lasting lull.
Thanks for watching, I hope you're still sailing!
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Cheers.
An outboard on a cruising Wayfarer is pretty common. I used to have an old Seagull on our woodie.
You lose all credibility when you refer to oars as "rows".
I respect the seamanship. I also have a dinghy and i wish it was a wayfarer. Wayfarers look more stable than mine. Unfortunately there is not much wayfarers in Turkey.
Thank you. It has a large buoyancy tank forward and aft so if you swamp it you'll remain on the surface until you bail a few buckets and gain freeboard again. Luckily that doesn't happen often but when we let it swamp heeling over (having a laugh) at my home port, a large outer harbour with safe lee shores all around except the southerly entrance, those first few buckets bailed have to be fast then you can slow down and relax haha.
David S Yeah i know that feeling😁 My boat also floats after capsizing over. We capsized it once in a strong gust . Some boats tried to rescue us and didn't believe me when i said it could be turned over back again. So they struggled to pull us (sails in the water) near by our beach and we turned it back up by ourselves.
nice
Do you have a line running from the end of the boom to the masthead? What's that for?
Gavin H Yes that's the topping lift.
The topping lift holds the boom at any level/ any angle while the mainsail halyard is slack.
Just cleat the mast end of the topping lift at a height you're happy with.
When I drop the mainsail, the boom would fall to the deck without that topping lift and, the boom would slide/ scrape/ bang about at sea while slab reefing without a topping lift. Most yachts have it also.
+Gavin H
I forgot to say in my last reply that you can use the topping lift to de-power the mainsail too (while the halyard is still tensioned and the sail raised). Lift the boom up and the wind "spills" from the sail.
I sure wish you would redo this video with the reefing outhaul coming up the boom to near the mast. So nervous to watch the precariousness of tying to the end of the boom as you did. Laying the boom in the cockpit and tying it would be much better for a new sailor to watch from a safety standpoint.
On my set up similar to yours (without a topping lift), I start by pulling in the new clew outhaul to lift high the boom (thus advoiding the boom dipping into a wave on a heel), then lowering the new tack down to the boom and hooking it to the tack hook. Then I tighten the luff and lastly, I tighten the outhaul to the tension I want along the foot.
Do you often sail the wayfarer single handed and if so do you find it too powerful
+Nicks Kitchen Sorry I forgot to reply.
About 80% of my time in this boat is single handed (over the last 8 years).
It's not too powerful at all in light & consistent winds. In a stronger breeze you need to be more experienced or have a backup such as a safety boat or a reliable outboard (always have a small anchor with a few meters of 6-10mm chain then enough rope coiled in a bucket for the depth of the area you sail in so if you get in trouble you can throw it out and avoid grounding).
It is fast. It is light. A child can handle this boat in light winds and get it sailing quick but don't take chances or take it out in squally weather.
Hope this helps. Feel free to message me if you have more questions.
+Nicks Kitchen not if you know what you are doing and plan ahead
mind i just moved from solo sailing a Thistle Class dinghy
to Wayfarer #4096 which is so so much easier to handle solo
When I go solo (90%) sailing on my wayfarer but not fishing I use 2x20ltr water cans as ballast, it is so much more relaxed and cos my floor plates are 15mm in thickness then my total ballast is close to 60kg that is like having a crew. I live in Iceland and open to the Atlantic ocean (always waves). I never ever reef like in the video above it is just to risky for my taste, just mu style of sailing.
@@sigurdurhallgrimsson1291 how do you put water cans? On both sides?
Top hell.
The Part I wanted to watch was speeded up....hmmmm
You can slow it to quarter speed if you click the cog symbol.
needed dramamine before watching this.
Nearly all dinghy reefing systems are dangerous, ridiculously slow, cumbersome and a pain in the neck. How someone hasn't invented a quick system by now is extraordinary. Surely it can't be that difficult to come up with a quick system.
fingerhorn4 Hi, I have improved the method of reefing the main by fitting a proper outhaul so everything can be done from the mast. The slab lines along the boom can be tied when it suits you so you can sail on without tying them if you have to gain some lee sea room. Can also just ease the halyard and drop the boom to the deck while hove to.
I get that this reefing shown looks dangerous but now with an outhaul at the mast I wouldn't say so :)
fingerhorn4 no in fact not, there are good systems around. Selden sells fully prepped booms with double reefing systems, I would have bought one if not for my budget so I went the old way lines and blocks outside of the boom and forward.
if its not that difficult why havent you done it !
what do you mean... I have a fully functional dual reefing system that WORKS except mine is outside of the boom instead as inside as on the Selden boom. I solo sail only and may sailing is in Iceland facing the Atlantic ocean. Now I was installing a Harken furling system for my genoa and will probably change my sail style after that...... but time will tell. Maybe make a video off it.... There are good instructions in the Wayfarer book fifth edition about reefing techniques.
@@davids1000 wish you could make a video of that also.
Nice reefing in that weather. I watched this video years ago but than I didn't know about heave to. Still I try to reef before sailing
Why didn't you get to the dead zone to do this?
Takes to much time
No hurry in open waters. Not racing.