Well done have been there many times. My bow is so high out of the water the least bit of wind causes problems. You handled that well though, good to see. Hopefully reversing out is not as windy and all goes well.
What a great sleep, I'm sure! Thanks for sharing. Hello from Savannah Georgia. I used to get to sail in the Florida Keys on my sloop 23". Your patient,honest style of skippering suits how I went about it. In that manner it seems more of the moment's can be enjoyed a bit more. Me and my buddy had fun learning the charts and the channels around Key West on our small boats. We navigated a destroyer which we served together 5 years before we got assigned to Key West Naval Air Station. He got a old motor boat and I got a 18 " sloop, fiberglass over wood, n a 500 lb.keel. the perfect 1st sailboat. I'm thinking that we mostly used visual aids around the Keys and a chart, where our navy days experience made it easy and fun. We caught fish and learned to sail. Watching you're travels and how you take care of the vessel is good for the soul to watch.
Hi Scott, that was an enjoyable read. The sea can hold adventure for all of us no matter where or what we sail. You I’m sure get much better weather than we will ever have which makes me jealous of your playing grounds. I’m glad to have you along and I hope your still enjoying your sailing. All the best from Wales mike 👍
Hi Frazer, you go all day without wind but come to moor and you get the whole days wind in 10 minutes 🤣 Ye enjoyed the day and the shenanigans, all part and parcel to me. Nice to hear from you mike
I felt your struggles mooring in that wind. I have just got back from Corfu and Med moored on the last day in Gouvia marina in a 25 knot crosswind. We got lucky and moored up OK but watching some of the big charter boats come in and seeing their bow get snatched by the wind and everything go tits up in seconds was quite shocking. Even magic buttons could not mitigate a 25 knot sideways blow.
Hi Tony, it’s definitely the luck of the draw sometimes berthing. It can be flat calm all day with no one about and just as you come into berth there is a sudden blow from the wrong direction and where did that crowd of onlookers come from? lol 😂 mike
Hello,it's Paul the lad who asked you about the mooring, I was in heswell boat yard and I had to get a wagon to move to Bangor to get it lifted in, So the first thing what happened is one of the pipes blew , then on the way He hit a sign or a bridge and my mast got deep scratches and so all the Ariels and the echo max ,nav light is hanging off .so I could not go to the TT 😢 Oh well s--- happen hahaha What a driver he never checked the height And I love your park hahaha 🤣 Best wishes Paul
Mike,Im glad to see even experienced sailors like you have as much 'fun' manoeuvring in tight spaces as I do, Sea Hustler will turn on a sixpence going pointy end first but in reverse, she is as well behaved as a 3 month old puppy that has just discovered where the doggy treats are kept. In all honesty I would have done things slightly differently than you did, basically, I would have spent two one hundredths of a second debating whether to go in backwards and immediately opted for the 'inexperienced and crapping myself the whole time option from the get go, then turn her by hand with what I believe is called warping once she was tied up securely away from all those expensive shiney boats nearby.
Hi Mike, TBH how you explained it would happen for you is just about what happened for us. I did end up bow in then warping about. Sometimes it’s the sensible answer, not that anyone as ever accused me of being sensible 🤣 Cheers 🍻 mike
Thanks Mike, I love your videos almost as much as I love sailing, which is a helluva lot!
Almost eh Phil, can’t be doing too shabby then 😁 thanks for the compliment Mike
Enjoyed your video and especially your narration. Thank you.
Always welcome, thanks for coming along 👍
Well done have been there many times. My bow is so high out of the water the least bit of wind causes problems. You handled that well though, good to see. Hopefully reversing out is not as windy and all goes well.
Thanks! Never normally have a problem on departure but to make life even easier we’ve turned Swallow around with warps. Cheers 🍻 mike
That horizontal rain is more like the weather I'm having this summer!
Another great video Mike.
Think the low pressure doesn’t want to go north this year!
What a great sleep, I'm sure! Thanks for sharing. Hello from Savannah Georgia. I used to get to sail in the Florida Keys on my sloop 23". Your patient,honest style of skippering suits how I went about it. In that manner it seems more of the moment's can be enjoyed a bit more.
Me and my buddy had fun learning the charts and the channels around Key West on our small boats. We navigated a destroyer which we served together 5 years before we got assigned to Key West Naval Air Station. He got a old motor boat and I got a 18 " sloop, fiberglass over wood, n a 500 lb.keel. the perfect 1st sailboat.
I'm thinking that we mostly used visual aids around the Keys and a chart, where our navy days experience made it easy and fun. We caught fish and learned to sail. Watching you're travels and how you take care of the vessel is good for the soul to watch.
Hi Scott, that was an enjoyable read. The sea can hold adventure for all of us no matter where or what we sail. You I’m sure get much better weather than we will ever have which makes me jealous of your playing grounds. I’m glad to have you along and I hope your still enjoying your sailing.
All the best from Wales mike 👍
That last bit looked fun without the magic button! Hope you enjoy the rest of your trip.
Hi Frazer, you go all day without wind but come to moor and you get the whole days wind in 10 minutes 🤣
Ye enjoyed the day and the shenanigans, all part and parcel to me. Nice to hear from you mike
🌬 ⛵🍰 sometimes the easy option is the only option.
It’s sure the sensible one 😁
Mistro of the close maneuver - brilliant, thank you both again, we learn something from you every time 👍 Happy holidays
I back at ye have a great season 😁👍
I felt your struggles mooring in that wind. I have just got back from Corfu and Med moored on the last day in Gouvia marina in a 25 knot crosswind. We got lucky and moored up OK but watching some of the big charter boats come in and seeing their bow get snatched by the wind and everything go tits up in seconds was quite shocking. Even magic buttons could not mitigate a 25 knot sideways blow.
Hi Tony, it’s definitely the luck of the draw sometimes berthing. It can be flat calm all day with no one about and just as you come into berth there is a sudden blow from the wrong direction and where did that crowd of onlookers come from? lol 😂 mike
Hello,it's Paul the lad who asked you about the mooring,
I was in heswell boat yard and I had to get a wagon to move to Bangor to get it lifted in,
So the first thing what happened is one of the pipes blew , then on the way
He hit a sign or a bridge and my mast got deep scratches and so all the Ariels and the echo max ,nav light is hanging off .so I could not go to the TT 😢
Oh well s--- happen hahaha
What a driver he never checked the height
And I love your park hahaha 🤣
Best wishes Paul
OMG Paul what an experience! I hope he is going to fund all the required repairs. Feel for you mate you must be up the wall. Keep the faith mike
Mike,Im glad to see even experienced sailors like you have as much 'fun' manoeuvring in tight spaces as I do, Sea Hustler will turn on a sixpence going pointy end first but in reverse, she is as well behaved as a 3 month old puppy that has just discovered where the doggy treats are kept. In all honesty I would have done things slightly differently than you did, basically, I would have spent two one hundredths of a second debating whether to go in backwards and immediately opted for the 'inexperienced and crapping myself the whole time option from the get go, then turn her by hand with what I believe is called warping once she was tied up securely away from all those expensive shiney boats nearby.
Hi Mike, TBH how you explained it would happen for you is just about what happened for us. I did end up bow in then warping about. Sometimes it’s the sensible answer, not that anyone as ever accused me of being sensible 🤣
Cheers 🍻 mike
at least Neyland is nice place to stay albeit windy , milford haven area looks like great sailing grounds
I there seems to be lots of river to sail and discover but will time allow it? Be nice if we could have a settled high pressure 😁
Wot no bow thruster??😂😂😂
Blanked off for seeing what difference they actually make. Just an experiment 🔬🤓