I CLIMBED THE MAST FOR THE FIRST TIME!
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- Опубліковано 12 жов 2020
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Have you ever climbed the mast of your sailboat? Have you done it underway? Or in a storm? For the first time going up the mast, we were lucky enough to do it in the harbor when it wasn't too windy or choppy out. It definitely was still scary though!
Hope you enjoy this one :)
Big hugs,
Dana
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I'll be completely honest here: I care nothing about boats or sailing. I will continue to support both of you and your lovely adventures because I enjoy watching two people work together so harmoniously and work towards a goal. Also the video editing is top quality. Keep doing what you're doing loves!
I have absolutely no clue what all these sailory words mean, but I immenseley enjoy the calm and free nature of your videos. I really like the editing as well!
All the best to you guys, stay safe! =)
Nothing like learning to sail! My father and grandfather taught me over 40 years ago. As your confidence grows do not loose those life jackets. I wear one every sail, as well as my passengers which is what I was taught. I lost a friend to a senseless sailing accident that had he had a life jacket on he would still be sailing today. Enjoy your sailing journey the learning never ends....
I love the sailing community, and that everyone is doing their best to help with sage advice (mostly) and encouragement. Keep up the good work Wild We Roam and good luck!
I was so happy to see Lou belaying for Dana!!! Great job! I was worried that you would not have secondary protection, but you did! Always think...what happens if this fails! Do not trust your life to one piece of equipment! Great job!
Just hearing the water is so calming ♥︎
Dana is a real prize, just love her go and get it attitude. Hang on to her, there are not many like here around!
reminds me of my wife
Hi guys, As an ex sailmaker & professional racing sailor please take this advice. Your halyards are too sunburnt and chaffed and need to be replaced. Same with the mainsheet that’s why you found it hard to get it out of the cleat. I was really nervous for you using that climber as you didn’t have a hand on the mast to steady yourself. One set of waves from a passing boat and you’ll swing around like crazy. With two people it’s safer & easier to climb traditionally. Get someone to teach you how to go up and down without that silly climber. Pull yourself up the mast and have the other person tail. Also, your mast looked inverted in the top section. Maybe not enough backstay? Maybe it needs to be tuned up. The mainsail looked a bIt deep up there too which confirmed it for me. So I’d say get help to retune. Ask a sailmaker or rigger to help you. Better still get a coach for a while. Also, while you learn take down your Bimini. You guys need to steer with your hands and see the sails. Steering with your feet is for pros.
Please take the mast inversion seriously. Go find out what happens. Ask a professional.
This is outstanding and invaluable advise!
@@sailingavocet Hi guys, love your channel too. In regards to advice I wonder if you might shed some light. I have seen so much conflicting advice on here and reading I realise much of it is stuff I’d really advise against. So how do you deal with that? I know Chris is a good sailor already so you already have a good filter but do you have advice for these two who are newer?
@@chrispomfret8592 Well we never rely on youtube comments to influence our decisions ;) Chris does a lot of research prior to many projects especially when its something like the rigging or electrical (like when he built our battery banks) He always contacts professionals to see if they can give their two cents, and its just like getting a second doctors opinion. You can never be too safe! You can never be too safe!
Sailing Avocet Nice perspective there. I think you guys are showing how it should be done. I particularly respect you are sailing small boats. Cleo how much value do you place on racing or messing about in sailing dinghies? How strongly would you recommend others to sail small boats too?
What a view of something not many people get to see. This video is so important to us that sail. Thanks for sharing this electrifying work of art with us that watch your channel. Outstanding job. Well done. Thanks.
In my opinion, reefing is as important as anything else you can learn so great job.
Even little accidents can be big lessons. When an accident or a near-miss happens, take a moment to debrief. Look at what went wrong, what went right, and what could have been better. Is it something you might want to add to your safety brief?
Lines under tension can be dangerous. Give yourself a little space between your hand and the hardware when you can. From the location of the wound, I'd guess you gripped the line with your pinky toward the tension, which is good. If something goes wrong, it's better to lose a pinky than a thumb.
I love that you are being deliberate in your sailing practice. Think things through, take it slow, and always think safety and you'll do fine.
I've never sailed and know nothing about sailing but can identify that your words come from experience and knowledge.
Thank you for caring to share. Wish you safe times 😊
I will watch ANY video you post with ANY adventure you have. I'm so glad you guys are taking the time to get comfortable with what's ahead and not stressing yourselves out. I can't wait to see what's next and what's next after that!! LOVE YOU BOTH!!! Hoping you're doing well and staying comfy and cozy 😚❄
Best husband ever ❤ "I asked really nicely because it is going to be Fun!"
You go girl! Gutsy climbing the mast.
I loved the camera shot going up with the sail, when it fell off I said, “Oh no!” Out loud. Normally that wouldn’t be a big deal but it was 10 pm, my wife and our dog Roscoe has just fallen asleep and my “bark” woke them up! Thanks for the laughs explaining things on my end! Talk about a lucky bounce, the camera could have jumped overboard!
I was nervous for Dana climbing up the mast. You are both rocking it :)
I get more and more impressed with every episode you guys upload! I can’t believe how much you’ve learned in such a short time! Amazing.
It would be great to have some videos describing sailing terms and parts of the boat/sails for those of us who followed you here from van life. Stay safe xoxo
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Maisie, this is a great video I came across a few months ago.
Thank you 😊 that was brilliant!
Go Dana!! Up that mast like a boss ;)
This is awesome - and I cannot wait to watch all 250 videos!!!
Dana, you are fearless!
I admire your guts and determination. I love to look at the ocean - from the shore! I am very afraid of the deep ocean and would hate the feeling of being on small vessel in open water. You two are great.
i had a dream last night where i met the both of you and you really helped me get through something and encouraged me to live creatively wild, i know this is strange but thank you and i am loving the content
Bravo Dana on your first trip up the mast and your main halyard retrieval. 👍👍👍
Keep a watch on that finger. Infections seem easier at sea. You missed an opportunity. Every time you go up the mast check all the rig you can reach and see. You never know when you will catch a missing cotter pin or a worn shackle or a broken wire on a stay.
great time to take pics of the rigging
they are a good family!
It's like Lt. Dan praying God for the shrimp in the storm in Forrest Gump.
Thank you for this! Made my whole morning 😂
That’s was so fun to watch!❤️
You two are doing it!! I love seeing the joy in your faces!
Loving this adventure and keeping up with you guys! I will say I miss van life but I’m so excited to see the memories this journey brings you! Love you guys
You guys are awesome! Am happy for you and impressed!... you are bit by bit figuring out the sailing thing! 👍🤙 and, as always, great video! I really appreciate how you always support eachother with such respect and love... finding balance in the smaller and the bigger picture, together!😊
Blessings! Love from Puerto Rico🌴😎
Way to go Dana on climbing the mast!
Thats the best knot book
This was such a fun and beautifully filmed and edited video, one of my favorite boat life videos so far! ⛵
I love how much the nature of comments has changed on your channel. It’s all sailing advice! :)
You guys are doing so good. Awesome stuff.
FYI
Try replace frayed lines before they break (usually the most inopportune time). Then check where it frayed and try place a Scotchman, smooth the area or sacrificial material to save your lanyards/lines.
Feet sailing! Yay! You guys are glowing! Love your content.
Looking good!
Sooooo much fun! Thanks for that beautiful video
Nicely couple great teamwork..
good job guys , i would get nice set of gloves for next sailing !!!
Im enjoying your videos. I live in a housetruck but used to sail I learnt on a very classic wollacott 28 ft. No winches, self furling headsails. But it was fun.
So watching you two makes me miss sailing. The peace of it is so beautiful. And gales well I don't think I ever slept as deep as after a storm ❤️
Oh Lord! I am so happy to see you using Ashley's Book of knots. I bought my first copy in about 1978, my second copy in about 2012. Good Video.
Sailing is a very special feeling of being in tune with the elements
very well done on the mast-climbing - especially the low-level up AND down practice.
She Wares it Well , Loo on the crank grinder and off sailing . Well done and great admiration for you two as a team and you even read the book of knots .Keep it up stay safe and enjoy your trips .Thank you for the video .
Enjoying watching this journey as you’re learning! Dana you were amazing!
I love this!!
The joy of sailing is painted on your faces! Have fun out there! Always good wind and fair waves!
Loved how relaxed you looked steering with your feet Dana! Looking good!
It is so fun watching you two, you just tackle anything that comes up and you're doing so well at everything. Great channel!
Word of advice - if you want to stop your halyards from banging against the mast, shackle both of them to the shroud turnbuckles when not in use. Oh, and if I don't bleed, I haven't been sailing...
What a great sailing video. And how brave are you, going to the top of the mast! It's a magical moment when you raise the sails and turn the engine off. Sailing close hauled is the most challenging point of sail, learning to trim the sails for best performance is where the art and science meet. You two are doing so well, keep it up!
That looked like a lot of fun to climb the mast - way to go, Dana! You guys look like you are working your way to become great sailors. You two make a great team! Stay safe and continue to learn from experienced sailors! Love you both!
Such a joy.
You two are so inspirational! Way to go! Thank you for sharing your journey with us!
You guys look so relaxed and really able to enjoy your boat.
Love watching you two best of yachties
“The difference between an adventure and an ordeal is attitude” - Bob Bitchin. Keep learning and seek adventure. Well done to you both...
OMG well done Dana you rock !!!!!!
Like you all expanding your knowledge by sailing with other people and using a long sleeve to protect from the sun. I would suggest gloves(without fingertips if you prefer) to protect your hands; especially as you spend more and more time working the lines.
I agree, watching them handle the lines without gloves makes me so anxious!
Send them some gloves 😃
@@sheenatalks8529 it's a must to wear gloves on my yacht.
Its awesome yall are taking it slow and easy to get prepared for the open passages
Beautiful times!
How fun ! Sleeping on the boat with waves hitting the sides perfect sleep
Omg you two are amazing !! That was so brave , and cool at the same time lol .. so proud of you both !!
So comforting to watch, thanks for the upload!
Wow, just think when u look back on ur life how many amazing adventures you've both will have tackled!! Nice work! Im living van life right now n i love it! So glad i went for it.
you made me wanna get a van, now you're making me wanna get a boat
I love my bike& hammock thankyou.
@@lindamon5101 atm i just have walking boots and a tent
@@twitch1512 that is all u need.
Nice work and lovely sailing! Balanced boat is a great feeling. Looking forward to each new adventure.
Congratulations guys! You've come a long, long way! Keep it up!
Dana you are a star. Next step join
the circus. Much love Dana and Lou
from Zurich.
you guys, always taking us together on these beautiful journeys of yours
That was nice, thank you
You guys look soooooooo healthy!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lots of love from Nepal
I love how quickly you guys have picked up ropework.
Nice! Its always the best spot to watch the sunset ;)
really enjoying your videos! :)
I have had my boat now going on my 4th year. One of my favorite upgrade purchases was to get a masthead wind instrument. I always had a windex up there, but having specific numerical values displayed for my apparent wind angle helped me immensely dial in how far upwind I can point and really steer that coarse. I can easily not when not watching that. I’ve discovered that I can point 30* Apparent without luffing but go noticeably faster if I point 35-40. I can also control my tiller pilot to hold an Apparent wind angle coarse, which it does better than I because I get distracted. It was a bit pricey to get installed (my smaller 27’ boat doesn’t have as much room inside mast to run the cable) but I have no regret and I feel it’s really refined my point of sail awareness. In my cruising ground, to get anywhere I’m either sailing close hauled or deep broad reach-often dead downwind.
Woo hoo!
You go girl ! Nice video. :o)
One word....Gloves!
climbing the mast was one of my fears when I bought SV Wahine. now it is one of my favorite things to do. I am a solo sailor so I use the ATN Mastclimber
I noticed you used snap shackles to hold you on from the halyards. From safety point i was taught to NEVER trust snap shackles holding your life!! What i used to do was use ignore the snap shackle and tie a bowline
OMG - rather you than me - that looked high!
LOL. I was that guy after a guest let got off the halyard... On a 22' boat with no backup line and a crew mate much heavier than me it was quite a rock and roll experience. PS. I don't think you needed to take off the shackle, just push through a loop and make a hitch. PPS. Glad you're getting some third party input, at some point consider spending a day with a very experience captain /instructor because UA-cam university can only teach you so much.
Another fab video that makes me want to get out on the water even though I can’t swim and I’m scared of water 😂😂
Wow!!!!:0 ;)
Did you use a prussik knot, super simple and effective, so fun, all I use them for is hammocks now haha.
you should consider follow through figure of 8, or figure of 8 on a bite when attaching to the harness. Bowlines are a good knot, but a figure of 8 is easier to visually inspect and see that it is correct. just a throught
It was intense watching. Can't imagine what you guys were feeling going thru it.
I have zero sailing experience, but would leather work gloves help working with those ropes? Like preventing rope burn?
Great job!!!! as always
Yes gloves are on almost every boat. Some sailors like the ones with out the fingers on them as the fingers material can get caught in block and tackle or even in winches breaking fingers or even amputations. So snug fitting gloves are best.
Are you going to make a video about maintenance? Curious for example if and how often you have to clean the sails or change out ropes.
I've done a similar injury on that mainsheet cam cleat on our Rasmus. It is sitting too low to the top of the aft cabin top.
Ours was the exact same way when we got the boat, there just is not enough room to get a hand in there and pull it down out of the cam. Our solution was to make a soft shackle out of some scrap 5/8" dyneema we had left over from a box of rope samples our sailing club had. We made a huge 8" loop soft shackle out of that scrap which we added to the bottom of the mainsheet block to raise it up 8". That has made all the difference in the world.
You could just make a 6-8" pendant out of rope to do the same thing, with a basic bowline loop on each side. Try it, we think it makes the Rasmus mainsheet way easier to handle.
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Have you guys gone blonde ? 😅 I’m so happy for you two!!! 🪐
My rigging is 40 years old and needs replacing. I'm too scared to climb my mast. My son has agreed to help.
Cheers Gray
Australia
Praying God sends you 🙏 the help He has for u. Obviously some people see it as FUN. Wow respect to those people 👏
@@designdoctor247 thank you!
HalleluJAH
Praise JAH
If your rigging is that old it’s way past time to drop the mast and give it a proper inspection. Lay it on some cradles and check everything in very close detail. Service sheaves, check for corrosion & make sure fittings are still fixed solid. You won’t need to go up the mast then. On a racing yacht I advise owners to do this every year. In high end racing it’s done much more regularly than once or twice a year too.
@@chrispomfret8592 thank you for your sound advice. When in Cairns, where my son lives I will get some crane quotes.
Again Thank you!
Cheers Gray
Australia
The #1 phobia is fear of height.
I has had it too, and I was very nervous when I climbed up a small ladder, but 3 months ago I started to work at a a supermarket, where one has to go up and down a latter several times every day - and now it's: No problem at all.
That had convinced me that 20+ meter up in a mast is no problem too.
That was good. Now next time you need to go ahead and get the toe rail wet and let her fly. Then slowly work your way up to sailing in some kinda scary winds to be well repaired for when your not planning for it. To be close to port and help if anything should go wrong.
If you have the toe rail of a Rasmus in the water you are doing something really wrong.
With that much heel the boat is seriously overpowered and the leeway on the 4' 3" shoal keel woyld be ridiculous. The boat slows way down and gets crazy weatherhelm over 20-degrees of heel. The rudder is like a big brake beyond that point plowing water.
There is no point in making it heel more than that. Reef and get the boat stood up back straighter and it will point again and speed up to weather instead of wallowing with 20 degrees of leeway sideways off the bow and slow as molasses.
@@svbarryduckworth628 I will have to try it on one one day. Thats when my catalina and my Macgregor both start to feel like they were meant to be up right they feel like they want to veer off wind like she said they were doing.
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This feels like a „Day XYZ of quarantine:“ 😂😂
If your going to mount your gopro on to stuff that moves for camera angles tie a tether string to your gopro so if the chain mount fails it doesnt fall 60ft and usually into the water.