Matt and Amy are the real deal. Their productions are not a (often half naked) performance for the camera, but rather a record of an actual round the world circumnavigation. And that makes them the best sailing channel I watch.
This is all incredibly fascinating to me! I finally got the opportunity to go on a real sailboat last May in Key West and it was hands down, the coolest experience I have ever had on the water! It was a wooden schooner and there were only 9 people on it plus the two crew that took us out. As soon as we got away from the island, the sails went up, and we picked up beautiful winds for our 2 hour sail! We even raced another sailboat and WON! I learned while on the sailing that it is tradition to race other sailboats when you find you are heading the same direction as another you meet on the ocean. Not sure if that's true or not but it was a BLAST! I can't wait for the next opportunity to go sail again! Absolutely loving your channel and your travels. I picked up watching at about Indonesia but I plan to go back to the very beginning and watch all of those too. Such great stuff!
@@SailingYachtFlorence it was a good one I really like your explanation videos like the spinnaker one. I know that they are not as popular as the regular videos but they really help me understand how and why you are doing what you do when I watch the regular videos. They enhance the experience is what I am trying to stay so thanks for making them.
Fabulous. Bought my first yacht in April, a Dehler 37 CWS. Motorsailer before. Really learning how to sail. Two voyages this summer from Northern Ireland to the Scottish Western Isles. A video like yours is invaluable! Thank you.
Lots know about poling out the headsail, not so many about using a guy to pin it in place. Nicely explained. Also loved your preventer, a piece of string is not a preventer. You have a PREVENTER 😀😀
Matt and Amy, I have just discovered your channel and I love it. I have been binge watching your channel and am only hald done. By the time you reached New Zealand, You had enough adventures for several life times and your adventures continue. I am so happy for you. And I thank you for sharing your adventures with us. Happy and safe travels to you.
You always impress me with all the prep work you do with anticipation of the unforeseen, be it the sails or boat and all they entail or cooking with an eye on tomorrow. It’s been a MO of yours from the beginning and certainly must reduce the anxiety of unfamiliar situations or at least make them more workable, tolerable. Just love the movement of a boat under sail, the rise and fall with a steady wind. Stay safe. Cheers 🥂
Yes I enjoyed the episode and it was very interesting to learn about the trade winds and how they work and how you use them to sail. The whole setup you have was good to learn about. Thank you
Great to see how you are rigged for those long ocean passages. As an experienced sailor my self its rare that I 'learn' much from the many sailing Vlogs I watch. But having never done a ocean crossing with a stay sail, it was great to see and learn how you were able to use it both when sailing wing on wing in a broad reach and also when sailing on a run. Once again a great well produced video.
Really interesting and I love how you are trying different setups and experimenting. Also such a very clear & and straightforward explanation together with the 'why we do it' Would love to see more of these ...
Super excited to see a bonus episode. Once again incredibly informative and entertaining. So refreshing watching a sailing channel that shows actual sailing. You guys rock✌️
Thanks for that very informative video showing your sail set-up. Your explanations, filmed at the 'coal-face', together with the graphics, all combined to give a really clear understanding of how and why you do this.
Before a downwind passage it is a good idea to put foam around the spreaders to avoid chafe. You can use the swimming noodles duct taped onto the spreaders.
I agree with the comments, you are both so consistently good at this sailing/vlogging gig. Glad you’re doing what you love in life.Thanks for sharing it!
Great explanation of how you set up for the tradewinds. Thank you. I did it on my Fontaine Pajot 37. I had a large twin jenniker set up on the one roller luff. With the main down in its bag ,the twin headsail would pull the boat from the front ,so a stable course and an easy job for the autopilot. Easy to just roll the sails smaller when a squall came through. And could sail to 30 degrees either side of dead downwind. Catamaran, so no rolling. And poles not needed as sheeted through a snatch block on the rail worked fine. Good luck, and stay safe. xxx Mark/Alchemy
Good to see the techniques explained so well, thank you! I sailed across the Atlantic a few years ago and agree with all the points you make. New to your channel, subscribed. 👌🏽🎉
Thank you for sharing your off shore sailing experiences and how you maintain living off the grid; the logistics and repairs. You depend on each other for everything. As a mountain back packer, I find your navigation, satellite communications, solar power, 12v systems and food preparations very interesting.
Very interesting. Your experience with this setup shows, and I can see where I can apply that to our rig. We are in trade winds virtually all the time.
Great bonus! I particularly like learning what a couple of seasoned dinghy sailors sacrifice on trim for practical trade wind sailing. These are some really valuable nuggets of information from my perspective a long time racer who has not done any trade wind sailing. Thank you!
Thanks. It took us 18 months (in which time we sailed from England to NZ) to slow down from our dinghy racing background to cruising speeds. Now if the boat is leaning over enough to make the tea spill, we put another reef in. It is a very different mentality.
Just caught wind of this episode, sorry couldn't resist. It's great that you have the time to teach us about the sails all what they do. Thanks and nice see your both well.
Thank you for such an informative ep. I’m not even a sailor but really learned from your diagrams and explanations. I watch your vids for the travel but this was next level and I loved it. Thank you 🙏 be safe, have fun and please keep sharing because you two have a beautiful way which is lovely to watch. Terima kasih from Australia 🇦🇺
I definitely look forward to your posts! And these short, informative videos, allow us to see tidbits on how you handle the different conditions! Until the next one....fair winds!!!!
Ha! my comment to your last video was that I had to figure out poling out the genoa and, hey presto, the next video does just that!! Brilliant, thanks!
It is a bit more tricky putting it up solo on a rolling boat, definitely something you will need to work out a process for and mark all the lines in the right place if doing it on your own.
@@SailingYachtFlorence yes, definitely something I'm going have to practice with to get right. I hope though that I will have my partner with me for the trade winds sailing. By the way, I can't remember if Florence had the inner forestay originally or if you added it later. It's something I've had in the back of my mind for a while...
@@SailingYachtFlorence Yes, I agree but I'm going to have to have a chat with a reliable rigger first I think. I'm not sure if I'd have to install a corresponding running backstay...
Really good explanation. I’ve evolved a lot of these measures over time, but hadn’t thought of reefing/flattening and fixing the main. Good idea. As usual, a superb video.
Very interesting. Near identical to a rig I used on a twin foresail yacht on a transatlantic. 130 genoa poled out and sailed slightly by the lee. Then mainsail out the other side, just off the spreaders and held by a gybe preventer. And then the second upwind foresail, a 95 self- tacker, held behind the main, much like you use the staysail. Only difference was to put the genoa sheet through a block on the end of the pole to minimise chaffe on the sheet. Advice by someone far wiser than me, was to never trust the pole roller and use a block held in the pole end
Wonderful technical sailing explanations. Thank you. I follow several sailing channels but you are one that I never miss. But you are the only the second one to have crossed the Indian that I have watched. Left UK 2016, now in Seychelles!!!! Good! Of course you got there! These videos wouldn't be up otherwise. Will you be going to Madagascar? Looking forward to more.
Hi Rick, Thank you. Sadly Madagascar is closed so we are not allowed in. If that changes we will definitely go there as it was one of the places we really wanted to see before we even set off from England. At the moment it will have to be Mayotte and then SA as they are the only places open on route.
Matt and Amy are the real deal. Their productions are not a (often half naked) performance for the camera, but rather a record of an actual round the world circumnavigation. And that makes them the best sailing channel I watch.
They are. The thing that I particularly like is how they have a solid set of skills and demonstrate seamanship of a high order. Safe and considered.
Congratulations M&A ! it is very nice to watch your sailing channel who didn't turn into a clickbait, safe journey ahead!
Once again, beautifully edited and most instructional video. Easily the very best real sailing channel.
Everything about this channel is brilliant, probably the one i look forward to most of all.
Me too.
That makes five!
Six ++
Great, clear, simple but not simplistic little tid bit. Thanks for sharing days and days of perfecting your techniques on the Indian Ocean.
This is all incredibly fascinating to me! I finally got the opportunity to go on a real sailboat last May in Key West and it was hands down, the coolest experience I have ever had on the water! It was a wooden schooner and there were only 9 people on it plus the two crew that took us out. As soon as we got away from the island, the sails went up, and we picked up beautiful winds for our 2 hour sail! We even raced another sailboat and WON! I learned while on the sailing that it is tradition to race other sailboats when you find you are heading the same direction as another you meet on the ocean. Not sure if that's true or not but it was a BLAST! I can't wait for the next opportunity to go sail again! Absolutely loving your channel and your travels. I picked up watching at about Indonesia but I plan to go back to the very beginning and watch all of those too. Such great stuff!
Two Fridays in a row you made my weekend thanks Matt and Amy
Thanks Steve, next friday will be 3 in a row, but then back to once a fortnight, this one is a shorter explanation video :-)
@@SailingYachtFlorence it was a good one I really like your explanation videos like the spinnaker one. I know that they are not as popular as the regular videos but they really help me understand how and why you are doing what you do when I watch the regular videos. They enhance the experience is what I am trying to stay so thanks for making them.
I felt like I was at sailing school,. You both are awesome 😎🌞✌️🙏. Best of sailing.
Fantastic sail set up masterclass. You are both highly accomplished sailers who are also wonderful communicators. well done, good luck and fair winds
Fabulous. Bought my first yacht in April, a Dehler 37 CWS. Motorsailer before. Really learning how to sail. Two voyages this summer from Northern Ireland to the Scottish Western Isles.
A video like yours is invaluable! Thank you.
Super stoked for the two of you. Best SAILING channel on UA-cam.
Favourite sailing Chanel !!!
You two are excellent sailors. Great to follow you. Enjoy
Love the explanation of how the rigging is used, how adjustments are made and the reasons why. Top quality video. Thanks for this.
Perfect explanations....love it !! PFG Sechelt BC
Excellent descriptions and superb video editing. Looks lovely (watching from my stable armchair!)
Always manage to learn something new to help me out at sea 10/10
New sailor here, thankyou, excellent block of instruction.
Best sailing channel !!
Lots know about poling out the headsail, not so many about using a guy to pin it in place. Nicely explained. Also loved your preventer, a piece of string is not a preventer. You have a PREVENTER 😀😀
Matt and Amy, I have just discovered your channel and I love it. I have been binge watching your channel and am only hald done. By the time you reached New Zealand, You had enough adventures for several life times and your adventures continue. I am so happy for you. And I thank you for sharing your adventures with us. Happy and safe travels to you.
You always impress me with all the prep work you do with anticipation of the unforeseen, be it the sails or boat and all they entail or cooking with an eye on tomorrow. It’s been a MO of yours from the beginning and certainly must reduce the anxiety of unfamiliar situations or at least make them more workable, tolerable. Just love the movement of a boat under sail, the rise and fall with a steady wind. Stay safe. Cheers 🥂
Well done guys, very informative and an excellent example of how to make good use of conditions
Yes I enjoyed the episode and it was very interesting to learn about the trade winds and how they work and how you use them to sail. The whole setup you have was good to learn about. Thank you
Get review of your various sail plans. It is always so instructive to see how others solve the same problems we all have. Thank you
I think I could do that, I sure I could, almost, well, if I keep watching and learning, you guys are awesome , what a pair love it all.☺
Like these "how we's"- short and sharp!
Comfort and safety at Sea is critical. Very educational video. Sailing at its best!
One of the best explanations I have seen, thanks guys.
Great to see how you are rigged for those long ocean passages. As an experienced sailor my self its rare that I 'learn' much from the many sailing Vlogs I watch. But having never done a ocean crossing with a stay sail, it was great to see and learn how you were able to use it both when sailing wing on wing in a broad reach and also when sailing on a run. Once again a great well produced video.
This was great for me who doesn't sail but enjoys following you two. I like to learn and this video gave me exactly that. Thanks.
I loved your explanations of how you use the sails. You’re both such good communicators, but you don’t over-do it. Thanks for another great episode. 😊
Really interesting and I love how you are trying different setups and experimenting.
Also such a very clear & and straightforward explanation together with the 'why we do it'
Would love to see more of these ...
Thanks! as a new Sailor, I just learned a lot! Well done!
I LOVE your passage and technical videos. Thanks for this!
i have never before seen that stay sail being used like that. Pretty badass!
Well done, glad the trades are fair. Excellent camera work.
Super excited to see a bonus episode. Once again incredibly informative and entertaining. So refreshing watching a sailing channel that shows actual sailing. You guys rock✌️
Thanks for that very informative video showing your sail set-up. Your explanations, filmed at the 'coal-face', together with the graphics, all combined to give a really clear understanding of how and why you do this.
Before a downwind passage it is a good idea to put foam around the spreaders to avoid chafe. You can use the swimming noodles duct taped onto the spreaders.
I agree with the comments, you are both so consistently good at this sailing/vlogging gig. Glad you’re doing what you love in life.Thanks for sharing it!
Love your shows, wishing you fair winds and safe travels. ♥️♥️ From NZ .
Love the commentary on the setup
Great explanation of how you set up for the tradewinds. Thank you.
I did it on my Fontaine Pajot 37. I had a large twin jenniker set up on the one roller luff. With the main down in its bag ,the twin headsail would pull the boat from the front ,so a stable course and an easy job for the autopilot. Easy to just roll the sails smaller when a squall came through. And could sail to 30 degrees either side of dead downwind. Catamaran, so no rolling. And poles not needed as sheeted through a snatch block on the rail worked fine.
Good luck, and stay safe. xxx Mark/Alchemy
Really interesting and helpful 👍
Thanks for posting. Clear explanation of how to do this. Great channel too
Great actual sailing channel, safe journey.
You and UMA are really informative in sailing technique(s)
Thanks for this….we have the same setup and sail wardrobe as you so this was really useful. Learnt lots from it 😊⛵️
Guys you are great . So good at explaining things
Great info and very well presented. Thank you. Fair winds.
A lot of cruising sailors tend to ignore good sail trim - this team appreciates it.
Good to see the techniques explained so well, thank you! I sailed across the Atlantic a few years ago and agree with all the points you make. New to your channel, subscribed. 👌🏽🎉
Thank you for sharing your off shore sailing experiences and how you maintain living off the grid; the logistics and repairs. You depend on each other for everything. As a mountain back packer, I find your navigation, satellite communications, solar power, 12v systems and food preparations very interesting.
Very interesting. Your experience with this setup shows, and I can see where I can apply that to our rig. We are in trade winds virtually all the time.
Very informative! I may not understand fully but very good for noobs like me.
Great bonus! I particularly like learning what a couple of seasoned dinghy sailors sacrifice on trim for practical trade wind sailing. These are some really valuable nuggets of information from my perspective a long time racer who has not done any trade wind sailing. Thank you!
Thanks. It took us 18 months (in which time we sailed from England to NZ) to slow down from our dinghy racing background to cruising speeds. Now if the boat is leaning over enough to make the tea spill, we put another reef in. It is a very different mentality.
Just caught wind of this episode, sorry couldn't resist. It's great that you have the time to teach us about the sails all what they do. Thanks and nice see your both well.
Glad to see you two finally get nice conditions, you deserve it. You certainly paid your dues to get there. Thanks for the video! Sail on! : )
Awesome. Thanks for sharing your sailing tips. I’ve learned so much.
Great set up. Well done. 👍👍
Really helpful video with some nice tips. Thanks for sharing your valuable experience.
Thank you for such an informative ep. I’m not even a sailor but really learned from your diagrams and explanations. I watch your vids for the travel but this was next level and I loved it. Thank you 🙏 be safe, have fun and please keep sharing because you two have a beautiful way which is lovely to watch. Terima kasih from Australia 🇦🇺
Excellent video this week! Very interesting!
Outstanding tutorial 👏🏻👏🏻
Beautiful sailing conditions
Thank you for the lesson. Much appreciated.
Thanks Guys.
Great informative video👍
Great stuff nice to see how it’s done 👍👍
Brilliant. As a sailor starting out, the knowledge you give in your videos helps a lot!!!
Hope all is well.
Happy sailing! 👍
I definitely look forward to your posts! And these short, informative videos, allow us to see tidbits on how you handle the different conditions!
Until the next one....fair winds!!!!
A great video, I always learn so much off of you both xx
Excellent video. Really enjoyed that.
So informative! So skilled.
Berry usefull! Thanks love tour video's 🤗🤗😘
Ha! my comment to your last video was that I had to figure out poling out the genoa and, hey presto, the next video does just that!! Brilliant, thanks!
It is a bit more tricky putting it up solo on a rolling boat, definitely something you will need to work out a process for and mark all the lines in the right place if doing it on your own.
@@SailingYachtFlorence yes, definitely something I'm going have to practice with to get right. I hope though that I will have my partner with me for the trade winds sailing.
By the way, I can't remember if Florence had the inner forestay originally or if you added it later. It's something I've had in the back of my mind for a while...
The removable inner forestay is standard on OH37's so we have always had it. It shouldn't be too difficult to add one for you though.
@@SailingYachtFlorence Yes, I agree but I'm going to have to have a chat with a reliable rigger first I think. I'm not sure if I'd have to install a corresponding running backstay...
Fantastic and informative! Thank you!
Thanks for showing the set up.
Oh yes, have bookmarked for watching later this evening.
Great explanation of sail set! Thanks
Fantastic Episode!!!
Lovely clear explanation!
Excellent! Love the technical aspects of your journey.
Cracking video plenty of information you 2 have got it safe travels
Really good explanation. I’ve evolved a lot of these measures over time, but hadn’t thought of reefing/flattening and fixing the main. Good idea. As usual, a superb video.
Very interesting. Near identical to a rig I used on a twin foresail yacht on a transatlantic. 130 genoa poled out and sailed slightly by the lee. Then mainsail out the other side, just off the spreaders and held by a gybe preventer. And then the second upwind foresail, a 95 self- tacker, held behind the main, much like you use the staysail. Only difference was to put the genoa sheet through a block on the end of the pole to minimise chaffe on the sheet. Advice by someone far wiser than me, was to never trust the pole roller and use a block held in the pole end
Excellent. Thank you for the details.
I really liked your thorough explanation of how to form the Genoa. I'm learning how to sail and that's one of those things I haven't figured out yet.
Nice, guys! Keep on with all these very informative content about sails hoist and trimming. And what's best: in real life conditions!
Really good explanation - thank you!
Y’all are like…. Awesome
Wonderful technical sailing explanations. Thank you. I follow several sailing channels but you are one that I never miss.
But you are the only the second one to have crossed the Indian that I have watched.
Left UK 2016, now in Seychelles!!!! Good! Of course you got there! These videos wouldn't be up otherwise.
Will you be going to Madagascar? Looking forward to more.
Hi Rick, Thank you. Sadly Madagascar is closed so we are not allowed in. If that changes we will definitely go there as it was one of the places we really wanted to see before we even set off from England. At the moment it will have to be Mayotte and then SA as they are the only places open on route.
We enjoy your adventures. Thanks for sharing. I'm always impressed at how positive you are in such trying conditions!
And there was me thinking I was the only one to leave the pole up with preventer lines and lazy jib sheet still in place, well done kids!
Thank you for the sail information.
Thanks for the knowledge, I've learned a lot.
Awesome iv been sailing for years but never thought to use that set up down wind .
Great instruction video!! More of this would be nice :)
Always love your videos!!
I can't wait to get into the trades to practice what I've learned from this video. Thanks, guys.