This video is what many videos purport to be but are not; a quick and concise introduction to basic sail trim! This is exactly what I was looking for! The mention of the jib fairlead car was just enough "rule of thumb" for beginners without going into the depths of sail twist! PERFECT! Also this is the first mention of how to use tale tails on the main sail that I've run across. I found the pace and dept of information on this video easily digestible and immediately applicable on my next weekend charter.
Think of the leading edge of the sail as the front of a wing on a jet. The curvature into the wind causes lift and “pulls the boat forward. In a broad reach or downwind you are being pushed by the wind. The fastest you will go is on a close reach with a proper curvature on the sails to give you the most forward lift of your sails (wings). 😊👍
Glad I could help! Sorry we took so long to put these out there. We all probably had less than stellar 1st training experiences. That is the reason we made these.
This is awesome! Thank you for the clear and simple explination. I have often heard it said that your sails need to be properly trimmed but never knew what they werre talking about.
Thank you that was taught very well nice and simple and straightforward, I had no idea that “telltale “ was a nautical term I am still smiling about it
At 5:25 it would be helpful if you used windward and leeward instead of pointing in and out. It’s a little confusing when you talk about telltales pointing in to the port side. Doesn’t that statement depend on whether you were on a port or starboard tack? In your first illustration it appears the boat is on a port tack and you talk about The telltales “pointing out” (does that mean to starboard?) and easing the main to port. Wouldn’t it be bringing in the main If the boat is on a port tack? I think you mean to say, if the telltales are pointing to Leeward ease the main and if the telltales are pointing to Windward tighten the main. In other words, move the main in the direction the telltales are pointing. If I am correct, it is the same as your helpful tip about trimming the jib. Or do I have it backwards? Thank you for your help.
Great point! Yes, to be more precise it makes more sense to use the terms windward and leeward. However, the saying is "in, bring it in, out, let it out!". People tend to remember these simple sayings far more, so that's what we were going for in this video.
Dank voor deze mooie film! Ik hoop ooit ook eens tot Helgoland en terug te raken. Een vraagje - is dat geen grote knoeiboel nabij Helgoland met die verkeersscheidingsstelsels? Ik heb helaas geen AIS.
Well this was rather informative. As a central continental land locked individual, sail handling has always been some mystical unknown to me. If only there were some sort of course or school that could teach me all about it.
Glad the video was helpful! There is definitely a lot of info and skills to learn :) A sailing course is a great way to start. Check out www.nautilussailing.com for info on our week long live aboard sailing courses, that will help you confidently embark on your own sailing adventures!
@@SwitchModeMutations Would be great to have you aboard one day! These courses really are a blast with a wonderful balance of structured learning, lots of hands on experience, and some amazing adventures exploring beautiful islands in the process :)
@@NautilusSailing I'm already sold on the idea. My girlfriend and I both intend to fly in to attend your A.S.A certification catamaran sailing course once we've settled our landlocked business here and start our fantastic journey together. It's only a matter of time and timing. See you at our earliest opportunity. A little luck and a lot of ambition has us headed your way. Thank you so much for the channel and services you provide.
Wow thank you for this brilliant series. Finally decided its time to get out onto the water. Thank you for the easy to understand demonstrations, much appreciated.
It covers only first 25% of the proper sail trimming for absolutely novices, but a kind of a good introduction. Find RYA sail trimming ebook for a very clear step-by-step purpose oriented sail trimming techniques.
This is the basics, it will get their boat going at all points. This topic can go very deep and we admit that. Many good resources and the RYA is at the top of the list. North U with the ASA is very good too.
As a sailing novice I found your instructions to be very clear and helpful. In the midst of so much jargon and terminology, I am always seeking out fundamentals to build upon. You have aided me in my journey! Thanks very much!
Generally we don't use the topping lift for main trim. A combination of traveller position, mainsheet controls the leach tension (twist) and boom vang as well. With in-mast furling you can't use the halyard tension to increase the draft but that is handy in light wind.
Ok, I am still learning, so I very well may have missed something, but you said at 3:28 that if the top telltales on the jib are luffing then you should move the jib car forward. But wouldn't this increase sail twist, which would increase angle of attack toward the top of the sail, which would decrease air pressure there, which would lead a greater tendency to luff, not less...?
I think I do have it back-to-front. If the car is forward, it's pulling more (relatively speaking) on the leech; if it's aft, it's pulling more on the foot (and giving more relative slack to the leech, allowing twist). If that's right, what you said makes sense.
You've got that right. Think in extremes, if your track was long enough to pull the foot really tight, then the leach would be loose. Move it all the way forward so it's pulling straight down, the leach would be tight. Twist is leach tension, more twist is a loose leach, less twist is tight leach.
Hey Stephanie... That was the plan and COVID kind of threw a wrench into things. We will hopefully get back to more videos soon! Glad you are enjoying them...
A very good explanation of trim without being technical. When I used to teach sailing this is how I taught it to beginners. Much easier for a newbie to understand. Good job
Thank you for this. I got lines everywhere . A tiller in my hand. The wind changing directions constantly and the only thing I've found I don't like about sailboats...obscured view of where I'm going. Only had her under sail once so far. But it was sweet! The keel started humming and I could feel her come to life. Only trouble I get so focused on all this trimming I almost forgot to pay attention to where I'm going. I'm lost but hooked. 🤷♂️
Ha! Love it Gregory... Yep, that feeling of the wind in the sails, the boat picking up speed and knifing through the water is what it's all about :) Have fun out there!
Very good edit!! Just to pinpoint: imagine you're sailing in good stable conditions, does it add something trying to get the upper telltales in line or is the turbulence up there normal, unavoidable or harder to explain?
Great question Fabien. If you think about the surface area of the sail, the smallest portion is at the top, which means most of the power is coming from the lower part. In perfect conditions you can occasionally get the top telltales to flow nicely, but airflow up there tends to be more varied, thus leading to breaking telltales 50% of the time.
Great question Andy! So yes, the same rules for watching telltales to determine airflow on the mainsail do apply to a catamaran. What is different, are the reference points on a catamaran of roughly where the boom should be in relation to the boat. We are working on some catamaran videos and are hoping to have those out in 2021! The pandemic has just wreaked havoc with our best laid plans :(
Hey Josh... Great question. Each boat, because of the layout in the cockpit, may be a little different. However, on many of the newer monohulls we sail, this trick seems to work with winch placement. Glad you are enjoying the videos!
Moving boom on traveler is to increase or decrease heeling ,depower or increase the boat speed not to move it in respect of the point of sales. With centered boom we ease or trim in the mainsail with mainsheet for different point of sales
Hey Marek... You are right that moving the traveller can change amount of heel and depower the mainsail. However, you can't leave the boom in the middle of the boat for all points of sail, or you are not getting the correct angle to the wind or the optimal sail shape.
Sorry we missed this question, the video team that we hired used Adobe Premier and After Effects, plus they have mad skills at their craft. They did a great job.
Hey Ian... Good question! Both the jib and the genoa refer to the front sail on the boat. The difference is size. A jib is a smaller sail that does not overlap the mast, and a genoa is larger and overlaps the mast.
the distance between the life lines and the genoa on different points of sail varies according to the boat and genoa or jib size. It's not a constant as you stipulated, please give a percentage for each point of sail. You should be happy someone is paying attention
Hey Francis... Yes, you are absolutely right that the distance between the lifelines and the genoa is not a constant based on the hull shape of your particular boat. However, this is a good starting point to get you close to good sail trim. From here, use the telltales to dial in perfect trim and note the exact position of the genoa in relation to the lifelines on your boat.
if I am here looking to learn ,you list the explanation of each term u r using. it will make it more enticing to watch the video without stop let me google what is he talking abt. i have no doubt you are good instructor but i am layman student ....
Read so much over egged stuff to just get to what you fantastically summed up in 5 mins - Great Stuff - Many thanks
Excellent Paul! Appreciate the feedback... We tried our best to keep it concise, yet thorough.
The tip about the in and outer telltales was brilliant!
Yep, that's a good one to remember Corey!
Haven't seen this whole concept explained better anywhere, well done and thanks
I agree, please make more content! Sailing lessons are so expensive and reading just isn’t the same
This video is what many videos purport to be but are not; a quick and concise introduction to basic sail trim! This is exactly what I was looking for! The mention of the jib fairlead car was just enough "rule of thumb" for beginners without going into the depths of sail twist! PERFECT! Also this is the first mention of how to use tale tails on the main sail that I've run across. I found the pace and dept of information on this video easily digestible and immediately applicable on my next weekend charter.
Thanks for the great feedback James!So glad you are finding these videos helpful...
Kudo's to the bloated and cretinous comment praising "quick and concise".
Think of the leading edge of the sail as the front of a wing on a jet. The curvature into the wind causes lift and “pulls the boat forward. In a broad reach or downwind you are being pushed by the wind. The fastest you will go is on a close reach with a proper curvature on the sails to give you the most forward lift of your sails (wings). 😊👍
That is correct. We decided not to go too much into the aerodynamic theory, and yes that is how it works.
This is a terrific guide for sail trims. Very concise and helpful. Thank you.
Haven’t sailed in years but looking to get back into it. These videos are great, thank you.
I hope you started up sailing again! Have fun!
Elementary sail trim tips. Just what I was looking for!
Beautifully and simply explained. Thank you so much!
Not learning much, still enjoying this series very much! Best sailinstructionseries I’ve seen!
You’re amazing simple and direct explanation where we’re you when I took my training
Glad I could help! Sorry we took so long to put these out there. We all probably had less than stellar 1st training experiences. That is the reason we made these.
Awesome video. Just enough info to be interesting, just concise enough to keep my attention.
Excelente vídeo. Straight forward. Very good explanation. You are a great teacher. Thanks and good sailing.
This is awesome! Thank you for the clear and simple explination. I have often heard it said that your sails need to be properly trimmed but never knew what they werre talking about.
Glad it was helpful David!
I am now a level 2 rookie sailor.
Way to level up, keep going. It's much more fun to learn to sail in real life.
G’day, I’m not a sailors boot lace but your explanations on how this all works is easy to help understand the theory of sailing😎🍺👍
Cool, thanks!
Thank you that was taught very well nice and simple and straightforward, I had no idea that “telltale “ was a nautical term I am still smiling about it
Glad you enjoyed it!
Thank you for this fantastic and informative video. You are a great at teaching and explaining.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video very helpful ... I found other videos so confusing but this has helped me so much ... many thanks
Excellent Eamonn! Thanks...
At 5:25 it would be helpful if you used windward and leeward instead of pointing in and out. It’s a little confusing when you talk about telltales pointing in to the port side. Doesn’t that statement depend on whether you were on a port or starboard tack? In your first illustration it appears the boat is on a port tack and you talk about The telltales “pointing out” (does that mean to starboard?) and easing the main to port. Wouldn’t it be bringing in the main If the boat is on a port tack? I think you mean to say, if the telltales are pointing to Leeward ease the main and if the telltales are pointing to Windward tighten the main. In other words, move the main in the direction the telltales are pointing. If I am correct, it is the same as your helpful tip about trimming the jib. Or do I have it backwards? Thank you for your help.
Great point! Yes, to be more precise it makes more sense to use the terms windward and leeward. However, the saying is "in, bring it in, out, let it out!". People tend to remember these simple sayings far more, so that's what we were going for in this video.
What kind of yacht are they sailing here?
Sorry for the delayed response. It's a Jeanneau 439 2012
Dank voor deze mooie film! Ik hoop ooit ook eens tot Helgoland en terug te raken. Een vraagje - is dat geen grote knoeiboel nabij Helgoland met die verkeersscheidingsstelsels? Ik heb helaas geen AIS.
Well this was rather informative. As a central continental land locked individual, sail handling has always been some mystical unknown to me. If only there were some sort of course or school that could teach me all about it.
Glad the video was helpful! There is definitely a lot of info and skills to learn :) A sailing course is a great way to start. Check out www.nautilussailing.com for info on our week long live aboard sailing courses, that will help you confidently embark on your own sailing adventures!
@@NautilusSailing Sincere thanks. I'll enroll as soon as I'm able to reach the coast. It's going to be great.
@@SwitchModeMutations Would be great to have you aboard one day! These courses really are a blast with a wonderful balance of structured learning, lots of hands on experience, and some amazing adventures exploring beautiful islands in the process :)
@@NautilusSailing I'm already sold on the idea. My girlfriend and I both intend to fly in to attend your A.S.A certification catamaran sailing course once we've settled our landlocked business here and start our fantastic journey together. It's only a matter of time and timing. See you at our earliest opportunity. A little luck and a lot of ambition has us headed your way. Thank you so much for the channel and services you provide.
Wow thank you for this brilliant series. Finally decided its time to get out onto the water. Thank you for the easy to understand demonstrations, much appreciated.
Straight to the point and suitable for earlier stage sailors. Brilliant
Glad you liked them. Thanks for the feedback.
Why you not pick up your back plate and point us out where all real all that stuff.
And who likes a paff fish?
Very clear and helpful video! Thank you.
This is great
Excellent points on elementary sail and boom trimming
Very helpful!!! My husband and I are honing in this skill and this is a great video explaination!
It covers only first 25% of the proper sail trimming for absolutely novices, but a kind of a good introduction. Find RYA sail trimming ebook for a very clear step-by-step purpose oriented sail trimming techniques.
This is the basics, it will get their boat going at all points. This topic can go very deep and we admit that. Many good resources and the RYA is at the top of the list. North U with the ASA is very good too.
Thanks Tim
I think you are doing a great job with the videos. Keep them coming they are great refreshers
Will u hv a video showing us how to control mainsail traveller, including when to adjust the traveller when to adjust the side via the winches ?
That's a good idea, so many times the traveller is ignored, but it's useful in lots of conditions. We'll do that in our next series.
As a sailing novice I found your instructions to be very clear and helpful. In the midst of so much jargon and terminology, I am always seeking out fundamentals to build upon. You have aided me in my journey! Thanks very much!
So glad the videos have been helpful on your journey!
So easily explained.. Thanks a lot
Jesus.. some warning before coming in hard with that terribly loud (and pretty bad) music would be nice...
Sorry, that was several years ago and you can't really edit that out to repost. Our new masterclass has much better music.
I screen shot your instructions and have them handy when I'm sailing !
What a FANTASTIC idea Paul! So glad these video lessons have been helpful :)
Well done all the info i needed with out being over detailed,
Great explanation thank you
Exellent video, giving the basics without making it over-complicated for a beginner 👍
Thanks Ricky! Appreciate the feedback...
Good information
Simple. Very good thank you
Glad you liked it!
How do you fine tune the main? Topping lift and boom vang or just the main sheet?
Generally we don't use the topping lift for main trim. A combination of traveller position, mainsheet controls the leach tension (twist) and boom vang as well. With in-mast furling you can't use the halyard tension to increase the draft but that is handy in light wind.
Nice....and....precise. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
Practical and clear explaining, thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
This video talked about a genoa. Is it any different for a jib?
Good question. It's the same!
Perfect
epic thx
Thanks so much
Outstanding condensing of the basics. You know what's important and what isn't.
Ok, I am still learning, so I very well may have missed something, but you said at 3:28 that if the top telltales on the jib are luffing then you should move the jib car forward. But wouldn't this increase sail twist, which would increase angle of attack toward the top of the sail, which would decrease air pressure there, which would lead a greater tendency to luff, not less...?
Or do I have the relationship between jib car position and sail twist back-to-front?
I think I do have it back-to-front. If the car is forward, it's pulling more (relatively speaking) on the leech; if it's aft, it's pulling more on the foot (and giving more relative slack to the leech, allowing twist). If that's right, what you said makes sense.
You've got that right. Think in extremes, if your track was long enough to pull the foot really tight, then the leach would be loose. Move it all the way forward so it's pulling straight down, the leach would be tight.
Twist is leach tension, more twist is a loose leach, less twist is tight leach.
My goal as a student sailor is to learn to make the bottom 80 percentiles look bad and at least try to keep up with some of the others
Very, very helpful. Thank you so much
Great video, Thank you!
Glad you liked it.
Well done! Rey concise and informative!
we need more videos!
Hey Stephanie... That was the plan and COVID kind of threw a wrench into things. We will hopefully get back to more videos soon! Glad you are enjoying them...
Please come to Sweden!
Love too. Especially in Summer the thousands of islands and bays to anchor or tie off look splendid.
I'm taking ASA 101, 103, 104 & 114. Your channel is amazing. All the concepts become clear to me when I watch your videos. Thank you!!!
Awesome Melody! So glad they are helping as you prepare for ASA certification. Good luck on your course!
A very good explanation of trim without being technical. When I used to teach sailing this is how I taught it to beginners. Much easier for a newbie to understand. Good job
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the compliments
Thank you, that was just enough information to begin with....
Very welcome
Thanks for sharing.
Sail triming is one of my weak points and I found this video very helpful.
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you for this. I got lines everywhere . A tiller in my hand. The wind changing directions constantly and the only thing I've found I don't like about sailboats...obscured view of where I'm going. Only had her under sail once so far. But it was sweet! The keel started humming and I could feel her come to life. Only trouble I get so focused on all this trimming I almost forgot to pay attention to where I'm going. I'm lost but hooked. 🤷♂️
Ha! Love it Gregory... Yep, that feeling of the wind in the sails, the boat picking up speed and knifing through the water is what it's all about :) Have fun out there!
great content!!
Thanks, glad to help
This is by far the best simple to understand video on setting sails. Thank you on behalf of my family :)
Our pleasure! You're welcome
Very good edit!! Just to pinpoint: imagine you're sailing in good stable conditions, does it add something trying to get the upper telltales in line or is the turbulence up there normal, unavoidable or harder to explain?
Great question Fabien. If you think about the surface area of the sail, the smallest portion is at the top, which means most of the power is coming from the lower part. In perfect conditions you can occasionally get the top telltales to flow nicely, but airflow up there tends to be more varied, thus leading to breaking telltales 50% of the time.
Just what I was looking for. Thanks.
Glad I could help!
Do your trim guidelines apply to Catamaran? Or Monohull only?
Great question Andy! So yes, the same rules for watching telltales to determine airflow on the mainsail do apply to a catamaran. What is different, are the reference points on a catamaran of roughly where the boom should be in relation to the boat. We are working on some catamaran videos and are hoping to have those out in 2021! The pandemic has just wreaked havoc with our best laid plans :(
does the tip of the boom being over the primary winch on a beam reach work for all size boats? great stuff btw
Hey Josh... Great question. Each boat, because of the layout in the cockpit, may be a little different. However, on many of the newer monohulls we sail, this trick seems to work with winch placement. Glad you are enjoying the videos!
Excellent explanation, thanks so much!
Glad it was helpful!
Moving boom on traveler is to increase or decrease heeling ,depower or increase the boat speed not to move it in respect of the point of sales. With centered boom we ease or trim in the mainsail with mainsheet for different point of sales
Hey Marek... You are right that moving the traveller can change amount of heel and depower the mainsail. However, you can't leave the boom in the middle of the boat for all points of sail, or you are not getting the correct angle to the wind or the optimal sail shape.
Brilliant. So simple but awesome tips.
Glad you liked it!
Great insight. Where was this filmed?
Hey Joel... Glad you enjoyed it! We filmed this in the Sea of Cortez, Mexico sailing out of La Paz. It's a beautiful area to explore...
I just learned more in this ONE video, than I have in FOUR other videos combined! Thanks for an informative and easy to comprehend lesson!!
Hey Christopher... So glad the video lesson was helpful! That's what we are going for, simple, easy and straight forward :)
Nautilus Sailing 👍
The editing and graphics used is next level. Which software do you use to make those graphics of boat 🚢 and wind.
Sorry we missed this question, the video team that we hired used Adobe Premier and After Effects, plus they have mad skills at their craft. They did a great job.
@@NautilusSailing what a beautiful video really . Good work by you and the team you have hired
Is a Jib sail the same as the Jenoa Sail?
Hey Ian... Good question! Both the jib and the genoa refer to the front sail on the boat. The difference is size. A jib is a smaller sail that does not overlap the mast, and a genoa is larger and overlaps the mast.
Best explanation yet.
Glad you think so!
😊☺️
Great rules of thumb for basic sail trim! Will keep this in mind during my next ASA course. 👍
Fantastic! Good luck with your ASA courses...
Passed the BKB course just the other day! Was able to apply some of the tips from this video. Thanks!
@@cotedazure Fantastic! Congrats on passing the ASA 101... Best of luck :)
fantastic. You should do more videos
Thanks Brad! We are working on more videos right now, so stay tuned :)
@@NautilusSailing Great news! We have learned a ton from your videos. I think you have some of the best content on UA-cam. No joke!
the distance between the life lines and the genoa on different points of sail varies according to the boat and genoa or jib size. It's not a constant as you stipulated, please give a percentage for each point of sail. You should be happy someone is paying attention
Hey Francis... Yes, you are absolutely right that the distance between the lifelines and the genoa is not a constant based on the hull shape of your particular boat. However, this is a good starting point to get you close to good sail trim. From here, use the telltales to dial in perfect trim and note the exact position of the genoa in relation to the lifelines on your boat.
if I am here looking to learn ,you list the explanation of each term u r using. it will make it more enticing to watch the video without stop let me google what is he talking abt. i have no doubt you are good instructor but i am layman student ....
Good idea. We will try and explain and show the terminology in future videos!
Wow subscribe! More sailing videos should be done exactly like this! Thanks!
Welcome aboard!
Good delivery and to the point.