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As new sailors and proud owners of an Ericsson 38, my husband and I found your videos as the most educational, enlighting and fun to watch, we have enjoyed every single one you have posted in UA-cam (many many times). This one came in perfect timing, we will have our first "long" passage from San Pedro to Catalina Island (only 25 miles) for Thanksgiving, and been practicing to balance our sails (we haven't taken classes - we just go out every weekend and practice what we've learned and observed) Thank you so much for your wisdom!!!
Great stuff, but why do sailors of a certain age feel obligated to wear pink trousers (something they would never do away from the marina)? Is there some way to blame this fashion sense on the French? :-)
When you own a sailboat as nice as Thelonious II, have sailed and survived the 79 Fastnet (let alone crewed the winner), sailed single handed twice to Hawaii and back, made wonderful video documentaries of said voyages, written enchanting and deep books about the pursuit of the meaning of life, know famous people, written famous television shows, you can wear whatever color pants your heart desires...except pink. 😉
I just found your channel yesterday and am enjoying your videos. You are an excellent sailor, writer, commentator and teacher. I also appreciate your dry wit. I have a tiny Catalina 14 foot sailboat that couldn't be any easier to sail. Thanks for posting all these videos about REAL sailing. If you are interested in drumming and music, check out my channel.
Another excellent video, thank you. Some nautical traditions can be traced all the way back to the Bible, one example; Whenever two vessels pass one another each capt shall yell “AYE” to other capt , then each capt shall blow a horn once. Honest , it’s in the Bible. An Aye for an Aye and a Toot for a Toot .
That gybing boom seems like the most dangerous event on a sailboat to me - after an electrical fire or collision. Just learning to sail Thanks for the video ! - From San Diego
Oh come now Christian, they probably had to RAISE the standards so's you would be interested in joining ...methinks ur too humble mate.... LOLOL ...OnWard...
Christian greetings from Great Britain. On discovering your channel (through luck of the algorithm) I could not help notice an uncanny resemblance to Arthur Housman the famous Hollywood actor from the 1930s. Are you by chance related? You would have got on famously with my father, a jazz pianist and sailor. Fantastic channel evokes many memories. Best regards.
Technically you are wrong on the definition of the Binnacle. To be a Binnacle it needs ONLY to House a Compass. Nothing else is required of it. Also, automobiles, tractors and other land bound motor vehicles have Steering Wheels. Aboard ship it is simply called the "WHEEL" or the "HELM" which is also the second name for the "TILLER". On a boat, the propeller is NOT called a wheel. It is a "screw". Of note about the BBINACLE, IT MUST Be Located Along the CENTERLINE of the Hull DIRECTLY AHEAD of the "HELMSMAN". Very few exceptions to this exist on Sailing Vessels but are quite common on Motor vessels. ALL-A-TAUT-O sdh T.A.'67 in CT, U.S.A.
Thelonious is immaculate! Poetic and informative. I'm so thankful for your posts, Mr. Williams. As I gather more and more miles (out of Marina del Rey) I'll keep my eyes open for you.
Christian very well done. I had my daughters watch it a couple times to give me a little legitimacy and as a review. I do a 140 mile RT sail each summer to the Lake Erie islands over a week or two. My next challenge is CA-Hawaii-CA with a heavily modified Cape Dory 22 June-August 25’ * As a professional pilot you wouldn’t believe the pilots I work with who have no idea where speed “knots” come from.
Hey Skipper, may I mentioned that you propeply raised up the "burgees" (sailing club flags, etc.) on the wrong side? 😉 Portside is traditionally the right side, isn't it? Or am I wrong? Regards
Ahoy Captain, Permission to come aboard? Where would sailors be if they had to speak like landlubbers. Oh Drat they would become landlubbers. I guess King Neptune wants it that way.
25% thicker = 10x the cost the integrated “system” engineered correctly can be very light and robust. I fly jets for a living. Each individual spar in a wing by itself is flimsy and easily bent but as a system in a honeycomb it is much stronger than even a comparable weight-wise solid piece. The hulls on most seaworthy boats are < 1cm thick, they are very strong.
I have a great video of sailing a small 12.5 cat in the hurricane if someone will dive down to the wreckage and recover the sports camera. Enjoyed this one though.
You've made a beginner sailer out of me. Thank you for the inspiration. Your books came to me on the right time in life. And gave me... Let's just say.... 'Reason' Greetings from a Dutchman.
Please don't forget where English comes from. If the King of England names an item then that is what it is like it or not. The USA have only borrowed the language from the English and are still having problems in taking that in. Apart from this one small moan Christian is slowly becoming my sailing hero.
Enjoyed the video even though knowing this stuff, but saying jibing is not dangerous, well use preventers even makeshift ones, and know when your head is in area boom could travel is necessary.
I recently finished listening to Philosophy of Sailing and hearing your voice in the first few seconds of the video made me so happy. Instant subscribe.
Your a very knowable sailor BUT... three sheets TO the wind (which is used to describe a drunk) comes from a tall ship heaved too in a storm. Three sheets to the wind means the three job sheets are sheeted TO the wind or windward. They are NOT loose or flying In the wind. The term is means the person is swaying back and forth like a ship heave to in a storm. With three sheets TO or sheeted windward. (As you know when you heave to you back fill the jib sail and the sheet holding the jib is pulling opposite of normal as it’s toward windward instead of on the leeward side. The term 3 sheets TO the wind means your moving like a tall ship heave to in a storm. NOT a ship with ropes lose and blowing around IN the wind. So the term sheet to the wind means the sheet is held in the direction of the wind and the sail is back filled. 3 sheets to the wind means 3 sails backfilled. NOT loose and flying around.
just want to say hi !!!!! my sailboat slip was in marina del rey ,,, now i am in san francisco,,,,,,,,,its frikan freezin all the time here. i miss warm summer days of santa monica.,,,,,,,,,,,there is no frikan summer here,,,,,,,,!!!!!!
Love your channel and videos, best real sailing I've seen on the Internet sir! Please continue to post, you give us older sailors hope that we too may be able to adventure off-shore someday.
How can a video that tells me nothing I don't already know be so pleasurable? I'm not good on colours so having read the comments i'll have to look at it again and pay more attention to the clothes. ...
The only one familiar was "stanchion" As an old new york city transit authority vet I remember that we did not call the poles passengers hold on to "poles"a they were called STANCHION POLES" very romantic thoughts of sailing under the stars, free of nuisances (women) lofl
Dear Mr Williams, your illustrated stories and recordings are wonderful, inspiring and delicious. One piece of advice: never bear away by first easing the forward sail, ;-) Best regards, a visitor from the country that the word "yacht" comes from (The Netherlands), and I agree, art it is, Jan
The Ericson has very large keel bolts that holds the lead keel to the keel stub. The outboard chainplates are a SS toggle bolted with an aluminum backing plate. A SS tie rod connects to the structural grid to distribute load.
Hi Christian thanks for another great listening and viewing experience. I was wondering about your jibe technique on this video. Do you usually haul in the mainsail prior to jibing and let it out after jibing? Either this way or the "chicken jibe" of going around is much easier on the rigging and sails. Thought I should point this out as beginner sailors would otherwise benefit from this video.
With a radical follow-through to the turn so the boat rounds up, the boom never hits the stops and the whole business is a piece of cake, even in 40 knots with three reefs in. It's what singlehanders do. Works well for a fin keel/spade rudder boat, which spins on a dime, and has no running backstays to worry about. And yes, probably not a technique that ought to be taught in sailing schools.
Cool. I always sheet in... Learned something new here and will try this quick spin technique in some moderate wind first. Although I have backstays to deal with also. On your long nightly passages do you use a preventer, or is that likely to just cause more trouble?
What a pity - no text, difficult to understand the terms!
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@@ChristianWilliamsYachting oh, thank you! Now everything is clear!
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Yeah, but when are we going sailing?
Pure art, Christian. Absolutely lovely stuff.
-Ben
Can't wait for you and the girls to set sail again Ben. It makes the north east winter a little easy.
As new sailors and proud owners of an Ericsson 38, my husband and I found your videos as the most educational, enlighting and fun to watch, we have enjoyed every single one you have posted in UA-cam (many many times). This one came in perfect timing, we will have our first "long" passage from San Pedro to Catalina Island (only 25 miles) for Thanksgiving, and been practicing to balance our sails (we haven't taken classes - we just go out every weekend and practice what we've learned and observed) Thank you so much for your wisdom!!!
Great stuff, but why do sailors of a certain age feel obligated to wear pink trousers (something they would never do away from the marina)? Is there some way to blame this fashion sense on the French? :-)
Patrick, as an Englishman I always blame EVERYTHING on the French. Pink trousers are no exception.
HA HA HA, you just killed the fashion guru in him :D
@@Brgnalf81 Someone has to hold the line, gentlemen. Now who will stand on either hand,
And keep the bridge with me?
The French accept blame with great style. Practice and tradition, I suppose.
My two favourite UA-cam salts, Patrick and Christian.
Great video, sir! Very informative and with light comedy lightly sprinkled in.
6:55 "Not everybody moves around the boat with the grace..." Hahahaha!
I enjoyed a lot specifically this part of the video
Excellent, thank you, I'll be referencing this with my guests before we set sail.
All the best from Vancouver, Canada.
Another great video - Thank you Christian!
Always remember, a rope is only a rope when its not on the boat!
There are two ropes on a boat. Bolt rope and Bell rope.
@@jaysparc And then, you might notice, there is a company called New England Ropes.
Splendid, old chap. Thankyou
Love your video's, thank you....
When you own a sailboat as nice as Thelonious II, have sailed and survived the 79 Fastnet (let alone crewed the winner), sailed single handed twice to Hawaii and back, made wonderful video documentaries of said voyages, written enchanting and deep books about the pursuit of the meaning of life, know famous people, written famous television shows, you can wear whatever color pants your heart desires...except pink. 😉
its not pink
ITS NANTUCKET RED
This is the first video I've seen and I loved it! The dry humor had me in stitches!
Great video! Best regards.
Thanks Christian. I will be replacing my usual "Welcome aboard" talk to newbies with this video.
Brilliantly done as always.
I just found your channel yesterday and am enjoying your videos. You are an excellent sailor, writer, commentator and teacher. I also appreciate your dry wit. I have a tiny Catalina 14 foot sailboat that couldn't be any easier to sail. Thanks for posting all these videos about REAL sailing. If you are interested in drumming and music, check out my channel.
As always, everything is shipshape and Bristol fashion from the old buccaneer.
This is destined to become a UA-cam sailing classic, as it describes the arcane terms of sailing artfully and lyrically. I learned stuff.
Good to hear from you again🤙🏻
Love it! Thanks for sharing.
I could watch you for hours!
You should Reed his books.... It's just epic...
Terrific! Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to even more new episodes.. ready when you are cap'n
Mr Williams May I ask what sort of pipe tobacco you enjoy to puff on while sailing?
Glad to see another video!
Another great video Christian. No one communicates this sport as artfully as you. You are an effective storyteller!
I'm curious to know what tobacco is in your pipe, I'm having Vintage Syrian aboard Gwelan, my Tartan 30 today.
Another excellent video, thank you.
Some nautical traditions can be traced all the way back to the Bible, one example;
Whenever two vessels pass one another each capt shall yell “AYE” to other capt , then each capt shall blow a horn once.
Honest , it’s in the Bible. An Aye for an Aye and a Toot for a Toot .
Excellent. A must-view tongue-in-cheek essay for first time sailors/guests. But when do we get a tour of the living room, kitchen, and bathroom? ;)
That gybing boom seems like the most dangerous event on a sailboat to me - after an electrical fire or collision. Just learning to sail Thanks for the video ! - From San Diego
Oh come now Christian, they probably had to RAISE the standards so's you would be interested in joining ...methinks ur too humble mate.... LOLOL ...OnWard...
As educational, entertaining and comical as always. love your work Christian.
Informitive and captivating. I really like your relaxed style of videos.
Learned from your video thank you.
Think i got it now
Green 225• starboard
Red. 225• port
White.135•. Stern
Above Beam 2 points👆
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Fine...When we ⛵️ ??
Christian greetings from Great Britain. On discovering your channel (through luck of the algorithm) I could not help notice an uncanny resemblance to Arthur Housman the famous Hollywood actor from the 1930s. Are you by chance related? You would have got on famously with my father, a jazz pianist and sailor. Fantastic channel evokes many memories. Best regards.
Technically you are wrong on the definition of the Binnacle. To be a Binnacle it needs ONLY to House a Compass. Nothing else is required of it. Also, automobiles, tractors and other land bound motor vehicles have Steering Wheels. Aboard ship it is simply called the "WHEEL" or the "HELM" which is also the second name for the "TILLER". On a boat, the propeller is NOT called a wheel. It is a "screw". Of note about the BBINACLE, IT MUST Be Located Along the CENTERLINE of the Hull DIRECTLY AHEAD of the "HELMSMAN". Very few exceptions to this exist on Sailing Vessels but are quite common on Motor vessels. ALL-A-TAUT-O sdh T.A.'67 in CT, U.S.A.
thanks for the Disappearing Thing, Christian....cause we all know us sailing folk are born different....
Thelonious is immaculate! Poetic and informative. I'm so thankful for your posts, Mr. Williams. As I gather more and more miles (out of Marina del Rey) I'll keep my eyes open for you.
The standard dropped considerably before they let
me in ;-)
ha ha ha
Fair winds ,,,/),,,,
Christian very well done. I had my daughters watch it a couple times to give me a little legitimacy and as a review. I do a 140 mile RT sail each summer to the Lake Erie islands over a week or two. My next challenge is CA-Hawaii-CA with a heavily modified Cape Dory 22 June-August 25’
* As a professional pilot you wouldn’t believe the pilots I work with who have no idea where speed “knots” come from.
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Hey Skipper, may I mentioned that you propeply raised up the "burgees" (sailing club flags, etc.) on the wrong side? 😉
Portside is traditionally the right side, isn't it? Or am I wrong?
Regards
Brilliant! Paper towels. Hehe.
Ahoy Captain, Permission to come aboard? Where would sailors be if they had to speak like landlubbers. Oh Drat they would become landlubbers. I guess King Neptune wants it that way.
I'm always amazed how flimsy everything is on a sailboat. I feel like everything should be made at least 25% thicker and it wouldn't break so easily.
There are Day Sailors, Coastal Cruisers and Blue Water Boats. Blue Water are the strongest of these.
25% thicker = 10x the cost the integrated “system” engineered correctly can be very light and robust.
I fly jets for a living. Each individual spar in a wing by itself is flimsy and easily bent but as a system in a honeycomb it is much stronger than even a comparable weight-wise solid piece.
The hulls on most seaworthy boats are < 1cm thick, they are very strong.
Wow, thanks...awesome and well-organized instructions.
I have a great video of sailing a small 12.5 cat in the hurricane if someone will dive down to the wreckage and recover the sports camera. Enjoyed this one though.
"Standards dropped significantly before they let me in" I doubt that very much Christian. L
That 12 min video went far to quick for me , I know nothing about sailing but i could listen to Christian all day
You've made a beginner sailer out of me. Thank you for the inspiration. Your books came to me on the right time in life. And gave me... Let's just say.... 'Reason' Greetings from a Dutchman.
Please don't forget where English comes from. If the King of England names an item then that is what it is like it or not. The USA have only borrowed the language from the English and are still having problems in taking that in. Apart from this one small moan Christian is slowly becoming my sailing hero.
What's your next adventure. Loved your Hawaii trip. I have to agree..... what's up with the pants?
Like your BC tshirt. Grew up in Hingham and enjoying your videos!
Fantastic!
Gracefully crouching and then reappearing in the cockpit is my new goal.
Enjoyed the video even though knowing this stuff, but saying jibing is not dangerous, well use preventers even makeshift ones, and know when your head is in area boom could travel is necessary.
Before I joined the Navy, and old crusty Boatswains Mate told me that "Port wine is red". Great video!!!
I recently finished listening to Philosophy of Sailing and hearing your voice in the first few seconds of the video made me so happy. Instant subscribe.
Your a very knowable sailor BUT... three sheets TO the wind (which is used to describe a drunk) comes from a tall ship heaved too in a storm. Three sheets to the wind means the three job sheets are sheeted TO the wind or windward. They are NOT loose or flying In the wind. The term is means the person is swaying back and forth like a ship heave to in a storm. With three sheets TO or sheeted windward. (As you know when you heave to you back fill the jib sail and the sheet holding the jib is pulling opposite of normal as it’s toward windward instead of on the leeward side. The term 3 sheets TO the wind means your moving like a tall ship heave to in a storm. NOT a ship with ropes lose and blowing around IN the wind. So the term sheet to the wind means the sheet is held in the direction of the wind and the sail is back filled. 3 sheets to the wind means 3 sails backfilled. NOT loose and flying around.
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sir!! you're the best thing on the world wide web for sure. and that's saying something because i genuinely hate most things!
You are a fascinating nautical professor!
Oh ok, so those weren't just a jumble of ropes and pulleys and what not. Thanks for the overview.
Is there anywhere in Florida where one can sail where there are no sharks or alligators or crocodiles?
Great mix of knowledge and humor. Your videos have inspired me to learn how to sail and maybe one day great my own boat. Huge thanks you to.
just want to say hi !!!!! my sailboat slip was in marina del rey ,,, now i am in san francisco,,,,,,,,,its frikan freezin all the time here. i miss warm summer days of santa monica.,,,,,,,,,,,there is no frikan summer here,,,,,,,,!!!!!!
Mr. Williams! Don't you ever stop!🙂
Christian, wondering where you got your colorful belt? I think it looks good with the "salmon" shorts
Mr Williams, what is your favorite pipe blend?
Fantastic. Very useful. Thank you for your time!
Great video Chris, i really like your voice!
Starboard and port side seem to be confusing, even to a sailing veteran like yourself!
Love your channel and videos, best real sailing I've seen on the Internet sir! Please continue to post, you give us older sailors hope that we too may be able to adventure off-shore someday.
You, sir, are the Andy Rooney of sailing. Thank you!
Boy, that brings back memories of my tweens, teens and twenties when I wasn't so busy. Thanks, Mr. Williams.
Thank you for these videos Mr Williams👍
How can a video that tells me nothing I don't already know be so pleasurable? I'm not good on colours so having read the comments i'll have to look at it again and pay more attention to the clothes. ...
Thank you so much for this video, I laughed so many times and you did not miss a second to explain one term after the other.
Really enjoyed this video Christian, you should do more of these type! 🤠
Cleats ... good for holding lines and tripping over. LOL
Sir, you know how to sail, and you know how to teach. Great vid.
Always love you videos .. And I think the pink pants are awesome . lol
Great info....just need to watch 98 more times
Great quality. Thank you very much.
makes me relaxed to listen you. Thx for sharing...
I always thought nautical terms are great candidates for SATs: binnacles and belaying pins and backstays...
Not to be confused with pinnacles, belaing(sp?), and backpains. No?
Nobody can talk about sailing better than an old sailor.
The only one familiar was "stanchion"
As an old new york city transit authority vet I remember that we did not call the poles passengers hold on to "poles"a they were called STANCHION POLES"
very romantic thoughts of sailing under the stars, free of nuisances (women) lofl
-incidentally "Captain" sir- can a sailboat overturn from too strong a breeze it the main sail?
Dear Mr Williams, your illustrated stories and recordings are wonderful, inspiring and delicious. One piece of advice: never bear away by first easing the forward sail, ;-) Best regards, a visitor from the country that the word "yacht" comes from (The Netherlands), and I agree, art it is, Jan
Jan, do you agree that "boom vang" probably derives from Dutch "vanger"? See ua-cam.com/video/VyDF2aUhuD0/v-deo.html
Nice Video. I am a german sailor and i learnd alot new egnlish words.
This may be the most enjoyable tutorial ever
its great seeing how other people set there boats ups great for ideas
Sir, the substitles on your video are blocking the items and equipments your were explaining
Try a computer screen, or just turn off subtitles (UA-cam Closed Captions).
I like it alot
What is your view on boom brakes to prevent unexpected or violent gybing?
Why not, if needed.
Christian- Here we go again. Thanks so much for the adventures. What type of windvane do you use? What is your experience with it? Thanks in advance.
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So, Christian, does your Ericsson have embedded chain plates and do you trust them? How do you know? What about keel bolts? Those really scare me.
The Ericson has very large keel bolts that holds the lead keel to the keel stub.
The outboard chainplates are a SS toggle bolted with an aluminum backing plate. A SS tie rod connects to the structural grid to distribute load.
Shipshape and Bristol fashion.
Lol. Those are paper towels. Hahhahaaa 😂😆🤣
I love that the 1st word was paper towels 🤣🤣
Hi Christian thanks for another great listening and viewing experience. I was wondering about your jibe technique on this video. Do you usually haul in the mainsail prior to jibing and let it out after jibing? Either this way or the "chicken jibe" of going around is much easier on the rigging and sails. Thought I should point this out as beginner sailors would otherwise benefit from this video.
With a radical follow-through to the turn so the boat rounds up, the boom never hits the stops and the whole business is a piece of cake, even in 40 knots with three reefs in. It's what singlehanders do. Works well for a fin keel/spade rudder boat, which spins on a dime, and has no running backstays to worry about. And yes, probably not a technique that ought to be taught in sailing schools.
Cool. I always sheet in... Learned something new here and will try this quick spin technique in some moderate wind first. Although I have backstays to deal with also. On your long nightly passages do you use a preventer, or is that likely to just cause more trouble?
All sailing schools should use this video!