Thisl is the last real sailing channel - a fast ship, new challenges every day, hand-knitted solutions to problems and Captain Lionheart, a child and a well mixed crew. All held together by a woman with a great smile and nerves of steel. This is exactly how I imagine my journey around the world, thank you for your videos, stay safe and sound. (thanks Timo, my italian english is getting better and better)
Hello NV crew, good to see you once again. I hope the reef dodging goes well for you. Nemo is looking well and growing fast. Love the softwear, it looks very good indeed. Sail on my friends as it won't be long before Indonisia.
Art- or Hardware - that is the question...? 😁 Thanks for another fun and interesting video. At the end I am more than sure that the Mac Guyvers of the sea will fix everything. 😁👍 And the Grüffelo - I was reading it to my children when they have been young. In German though.
Seems to me that you have two different problems with the sails. One is ageing (by UV or wind forces). The other is the weave breaking loose, even without wear. You may or may not know, be aware of, that woven fabrics have a "self" edge where the fabric (weave) will never come apart. Where you cut fabric to what you need, however, the "self" edge is lost. Your very durable blue jeans solve this by folding the non-self edges into u-shape that interlocks and consequently you have four layers of fabric where the two parallel stitch lines are. Considering the load/force on the fabric of the sails and the integrity of the weave, I would fold the edge two times into three layers and stitch that twice in the blue jeans way before putting the luff on it. I might thrown in some textile/fabric glue as well. And use a short stitch step. My language - source of lots of sailors lingo - has this saying that the best helmsmen are on shore. Today these are called armchair expertologists. So, how did you do in sewing the sails relative to these "insights" in the first place?
Yes you are very right, but most of ours broke in the middle of the sail (and not the luff) because the membrane had deglued and disintegrated and didn't have any more structure to hold the threads together. Most were more than 10 years old... and probably their storage during the refit in the Fiji climate hadn't helped...
Thisl is the last real sailing channel - a fast ship, new challenges every day, hand-knitted solutions to problems and Captain Lionheart, a child and a well mixed crew. All held together by a woman with a great smile and nerves of steel. This is exactly how I imagine my journey around the world, thank you for your videos, stay safe and sound. (thanks Timo, my italian english is getting better and better)
What a great comment thank you :) this has made our day hehe ☺☺☺
……supported by a prinzipessa with a strong lionheart😊
@@arnokonrad7464 thanks Arno ☺️🙏
Great video as usual Jo, full of content and all enjoyable (apart from the demise of the sail 😢
Hey Ian 🤗 thanks, hope all is well with you :)
We love the new app by Chris. Happy sailing, you guys are the BEST sailing channel!
Awesome cheers David 🍻🙏☺️
So sorry for all your sail troubles. Still, you're out there, making the miles and living your dreams. I love watching your episodes.
Cheers Michael, it's always nice to hear from you :)
Thanks for showing us the Pitufino. Will definitely check it out.
Yeah it's such a neat piece of kit :)
Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for watching Peter :)
Anche le vele si stancano di navigare comuque buon vento a tutto l'equipaggio
Si é propio vero tutto si rompe e tutto si ricostruisce. Grazie del commento in italiano
Hello NV crew, good to see you once again. I hope the reef dodging goes well for you. Nemo is looking well and growing fast. Love the softwear, it looks very good indeed. Sail on my friends as it won't be long before Indonisia.
Hey Joss nice to hear from you 🤗🙏🙏
I really hope you get seen by some sail makers and they ha e the hearty sponsor your mission :)
Thanks Caroline so do we! ;)
Great video guys!
Thanks lovely :)
FELICITACIONES POR UN GRAN VIDEO !!!! LES MANDO UN GRAN SALUDO A TODA LA FAMILIA-TRIPULACION DESDE LATITUD 34 S. ARGENTINA Y BUENOS VIENTOS !!!!
Grazie e mille amico mio
Thank you guys, I just ordered pitufino👍👍 Thanks for this Video😘 I wish you a safe trip through the torres straight 👍
Hey Rainer, awesome glad to hear this :) you won’t regret it!
Art- or Hardware - that is the question...? 😁
Thanks for another fun and interesting video.
At the end I am more than sure that the Mac Guyvers of the sea will fix everything. 😁👍
And the Grüffelo - I was reading it to my children when they have been young. In German though.
haha hey Tyman glad you enjoyed it, yeah good old gruffalo!
Grande Guido 🙌
Il migliore
That Penida Island bottleneck looks frantic. All the best.
Yeah looks hectic eh! 🤯
Smooth sailing in the straits
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Exciting passage the kids loved the Nemo clips fired their imagination, the Grufalo seems a long read ago.
Cheers Hedley, nice to hear the kids are watching and enjoyed the Nemo bits :)
Seems to me that you have two different problems with the sails. One is ageing (by UV or wind forces). The other is the weave breaking loose, even without wear. You may or may not know, be aware of, that woven fabrics have a "self" edge where the fabric (weave) will never come apart. Where you cut fabric to what you need, however, the "self" edge is lost. Your very durable blue jeans solve this by folding the non-self edges into u-shape that interlocks and consequently you have four layers of fabric where the two parallel stitch lines are. Considering the load/force on the fabric of the sails and the integrity of the weave, I would fold the edge two times into three layers and stitch that twice in the blue jeans way before putting the luff on it.
I might thrown in some textile/fabric glue as well.
And use a short stitch step.
My language - source of lots of sailors lingo - has this saying that the best helmsmen are on shore. Today these are called armchair expertologists.
So, how did you do in sewing the sails relative to these "insights" in the first place?
Yes you are very right, but most of ours broke in the middle of the sail (and not the luff) because the membrane had deglued and disintegrated and didn't have any more structure to hold the threads together. Most were more than 10 years old... and probably their storage during the refit in the Fiji climate hadn't helped...
@@SailingNV - so most of it is pure ageing. That makes these modern sails into "consumables".
Ciao, great info.
Cheers Simon 🙏☺️
Thanks for the Putifino tip, hadn't seen that one before, may be just the ticket for what I need.
Awesome glad you found it useful - we’ve loved having it! :)
Love the video!! Keep them coming ⛵️
Cheers Billy 🍻
"wow you've really got to zoom in" APPLICATION TO VESTAS WIND DENIED
hahaha right ;)
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CraZy....
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Hey Paul 🤗🙏🙏🙏