My National Title Winning Europe Dinghy

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  • Опубліковано 2 лют 2025

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  • @captain-hooked
    @captain-hooked 7 місяців тому +18

    great video - loved the live commentary and the audio quality was spot on. Good stuff!

    • @MozzySails
      @MozzySails  7 місяців тому +5

      Thanks, normally wind noise makes any on the water commentary difficult so I have bought a waterproof lav with a small dead-cat on it pinned to my hat. I'm pleased with the results so far (it was about 8-12 knots here)

  • @NikolaKrsanac
    @NikolaKrsanac 7 місяців тому +14

    bravo Mozzy! Europe is top dinghy boat for learning fine tunning and great fun..
    respect from Croatia

  • @Spartan902
    @Spartan902 7 місяців тому +5

    To win a title in that sort of class shows just how good a sailor Mozzy really is. Well done mate! Skipper of the English entry in the future America's Cup?👍😎

  • @rgpiccioni
    @rgpiccioni 7 місяців тому +3

    I'm in Sausalito, near San Francisco CA, trying to refit (and learn to sail) a 1998 Winner Europe. Intense little boat! Your video is really helpful. Thanks!

  • @real2gone
    @real2gone 7 місяців тому +4

    Congratulations, Tom. A fine win and an excellent vid.

  • @Ollyhop
    @Ollyhop 7 місяців тому +4

    Another great video pal. It’s good the way you explain the stuff

  • @kneesurgerist
    @kneesurgerist 7 місяців тому +1

    Love to see more and more people sailing on the Europe! Keep up the content!

  • @ArjanHarre
    @ArjanHarre 7 місяців тому +1

    I'd love to see more of this dinghy up on the plane ... I used to race R-class and 16 footers and the rush of being on the plane is awesome.

  • @mallorcariders
    @mallorcariders 7 місяців тому +1

    Good video Mozzy! This one will make me to sail my Europe dingui again after 8 years!

  • @warwicks2780
    @warwicks2780 7 місяців тому +1

    Very insightful. I’ve sailed a lot in small boats as a kid but don’t know any of the lingo. Very cool to see the parallels to America’s Cup too!

  • @paulbrown2971
    @paulbrown2971 7 місяців тому +1

    That was a very enjoyable watch. Thanks!

  • @radarriau
    @radarriau 7 місяців тому +1

    Voice was great! Yeah... Traveler adjusting over main sheet is by far the best, for sail shape stabilaty etc. Nice boat! Need one in San Francisco. Cheers!

  • @jonas2674
    @jonas2674 7 місяців тому

    Pretty cool video, good audio. Brought back some old memories. Sailed Europe from -98 to -02

  • @Siravingmon
    @Siravingmon 9 днів тому

    Great video. Lots to think about

  • @marcoschnabl
    @marcoschnabl 7 місяців тому

    That brings up some nice memories...

  • @peteharper3614
    @peteharper3614 7 місяців тому +1

    Having raced Lasers competitively it is interesting to see all the added controls.

  • @lestergilbert5224
    @lestergilbert5224 5 місяців тому +1

    Nice to call out for Dave Hollom, grand old man of British sailing (smile)!

    • @MozzySails
      @MozzySails  5 місяців тому

      Credit where credit is due

  • @samwhite1823
    @samwhite1823 4 місяці тому

    Balls to the kicker on a Europe, it's just there to set boom height off wind. Cunningham is the key setting tool via mast bend on the europ

  • @tomedom5107
    @tomedom5107 7 місяців тому

    Well done Mozzy, you are a rare talent. First time win is quite something. Euros and worlds?
    Any class you move into must get a nervous twitch!

  • @marctello8861
    @marctello8861 7 місяців тому +4

    Aer you going to go to the worl championship this year? I have been a Europe sailor for a long long time, now retired and I'm a coach, but in the 7 world championships I have atended I've never seen anyone from the UK. It would be a plesure to meet you at an event like a Wolrd Championship. Nive boat btw.

    • @MozzySails
      @MozzySails  7 місяців тому +3

      Not this year. The mid term aim is the Master Europeans which are at my home club next year. But I may do some other international events after that

  • @MrJuliancarroll
    @MrJuliancarroll 7 місяців тому

    I really like the format; audio was perfect. I'm not sold on the Europe though (it looks really slow!).

  • @mauriziocanale1669
    @mauriziocanale1669 7 місяців тому

    Bravissimo Tom!!!!

  • @ChrisPlow
    @ChrisPlow 7 місяців тому

    Great tweaking tips and congratulations on the win 🏆I’m surprised you’ve not been approached by sail GP and the Cup teams I think you know as much if not more than them. I believe the cunny was named after Briggs Cunningham an Americas Cup competitor in the day, arbitrary fact.

  • @stevencito1000
    @stevencito1000 7 місяців тому

    Well done!

  • @TheCruisingKiwis
    @TheCruisingKiwis 7 місяців тому +5

    Congratulations! So you know how to sail then and not just give great analysis.
    Go Team new zealand!

  • @clairelewis5008
    @clairelewis5008 7 місяців тому

    Great video Tom congrats on your win. Audio was great can you post the details of your microphone 😊

    • @MozzySails
      @MozzySails  7 місяців тому +2

      Hey Claire, I was using a DJI wireless mic recording through with a Shure MVL lav mic placed on my hat with a small dead cat on. I put the DJ wirelsss mic in a small dry bag in my buoyancy aid to keep it safe.

  • @StormySeaSailor
    @StormySeaSailor 4 місяці тому

    Cool ! Now, the same but with an International Moth ;-)

  • @tomalexander1300
    @tomalexander1300 7 місяців тому

    Mainsheet is like the kicker upwind like Dart 18 cat.

  • @AnttiBrax
    @AnttiBrax 7 місяців тому +2

    I still dream of owning a Europe dinghy, knowingly ignoring the fact that I had to sell it when I was a kid because I literally couldn't fit under the boom anymore.
    Too tall for a Europe.
    Not fat enough for a Finn.
    Forever stuck with a Laser.
    Congratulations on the title!

    • @evan1188
      @evan1188 7 місяців тому

      why not an OK?

    • @AnttiBrax
      @AnttiBrax 7 місяців тому

      ​@@evan1188 Unfortunately that class doesn't really exist in this country.

  • @mir630
    @mir630 7 місяців тому

    Grande Mozzy!

  • @AdmRaizoTanaka
    @AdmRaizoTanaka 7 місяців тому +3

    Yes, this fellow can Sail. He also seems to be good at engineering. He seems to have a good fitness program, a good haircut, and good communication. His videos are efficient and short.
    Should have stated dinghy's length, beam, draft, and max speeds (fastest in this vid, fastest so far, at what wind speed, etc,)

  • @MartijnDesijn
    @MartijnDesijn 7 місяців тому +1

    Very nice video mate! About the traveller: i see you have a 2:1 purchase, what is the benefit of adding a low friction ring?

    • @MozzySails
      @MozzySails  7 місяців тому +1

      If you pause at 0:45 you will see the frictions rings act as a take up for the traveller (starboard side is taking up slack). The two are joined together via some bungee cord around the front of the centreboard case. This stops the excess rope on the leeward side from getting tangled up around anything

    • @mikeh996
      @mikeh996 7 місяців тому

      Im definitely using this comment pieces to provide info about sailing to my friends that know even less then me😂​@MozzySails

  • @tomalexander1300
    @tomalexander1300 7 місяців тому

    Also, I think singlehanded tack much better and nicer with the traveller system. Eg: Ok tack much better than in a breeze.

  • @Kaidosesaling
    @Kaidosesaling 7 місяців тому

    Grate vid

  • @paulmeier678
    @paulmeier678 7 місяців тому

    Go Mozzy go

  • @d-zeronut5094
    @d-zeronut5094 7 місяців тому

    Hi. Can you tell me what the camera rig you have on the back is?

    • @MozzySails
      @MozzySails  7 місяців тому

      Made it myself from a glass lifting suction cup from park tools bonded to an old tiller extension with a ball and socket joint on the end (plus a safety line)

    • @d-zeronut5094
      @d-zeronut5094 7 місяців тому

      @MozzySails oh nice. I'll have to make one myself. Got everything except the suction cup so that's perfect

  • @Paramart
    @Paramart 7 місяців тому

    They still make these boats? I used have one as a kid.

    • @MozzySails
      @MozzySails  7 місяців тому

      They certainly do! Really popular on the continent and seen a resurgence in the UK, so much so Synergy Boats have started manufacturing them

  • @maxgrass8134
    @maxgrass8134 7 місяців тому

    I thought Europe was dead. Used to be Olympic for (really light) women, if I remember correctly.

  • @bradcole4693
    @bradcole4693 5 місяців тому

    Nice, just like a little Finn.

  • @floodo1
    @floodo1 7 місяців тому

    rad

  • @JB-rt4mx
    @JB-rt4mx 6 місяців тому

    Fenders, Anchor, Helmet, Gaff Hook, ???🤔

  • @ferdypl322
    @ferdypl322 7 місяців тому

    How would you compare the loads to those in a laser?

    • @MozzySails
      @MozzySails  7 місяців тому +1

      Generally everything is less loaded except the mainsheet upwind, however you tend to cleat that and play the traveller instead

  • @chrisbaker6367
    @chrisbaker6367 7 місяців тому +1

    Mini Finn

    • @johnandrews2853
      @johnandrews2853 7 місяців тому

      Very similar rig to the Finn, and listening to the Excellent Mozzy, he has clearly got into the class and gained a good understanding of it very quickly. I would say it took me a year to learn how to sail the Finn anything like properly! So different from the other classes he is well known for (skiffs, of several types).

  • @NoWheyHombre
    @NoWheyHombre 7 місяців тому

    Man, maybe I'm not pumping my sails enough it small gusts

  • @NinoDiVenanzio
    @NinoDiVenanzio 7 місяців тому

    I had to read the comments to understand that you hadn’t won a European sailing championship

  • @aaronmoser2661
    @aaronmoser2661 7 місяців тому

    #buyamoth

    • @MozzySails
      @MozzySails  7 місяців тому

      Technically it is a moth, measures as one at least

    • @MrJuliancarroll
      @MrJuliancarroll 7 місяців тому

      ​@@MozzySailsexcellent (and mind blowing) comeback! 🤯

  • @tomalexander1300
    @tomalexander1300 7 місяців тому

    *singlehanders. *than laser!