Sailing at the Top of the World - Svalbard: Ep 6
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มี.ค. 2023
- We're continuing sailing up into the arctic, aiming to get up to the high latitude of 80 degrees north.
In this video, we finally make it to Svalbard, arriving in Longyearbyen.
We get to grips with anchoring next to calving glaciers in the fjords and dealing with the ice hitting the boat.
We encounter a juvenile Minky whale, and some Killer Arctic Terns and pay a visit to the world's most northerly town (and pub) of Ny Alesund.
All music for the video was provided by Josh Woodward.
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Documentary quality coverage of sailing in this region. Keep up the great work for all of humanity!
Stunning sailing, and absolutely stunning scenery. We are so enjoying your adventures now that we have had the chance and the time to catch up. Keep them coming! Dave and Marilyn (Citara 3).😊
One of the best TH-cam sailing channels. You’re deserving of far more subscribers.
What an absolutely outstanding video. I want to visit the Northern Isles, starting in Orkney, work my way up, Norway and then Svalbard. Probably by plane. Although I'm a fisherman, I don't think I have it in me to do what you did. No VAT, no visa, but the gov recommends you carry a gun, but not into shops. The guns are for scaring the bears, you mustn't shoot them though, that just makes them very angry, and they can run at 30mph, 3/4 of a ton of teeth. Fabulous footage. What a wonderful adventure to go on? If this was on TV, I would start watching TV again.
Svalbard looks like such a magical place. The arctic tern that threw up on you was probably trying to tell you that she has a nest nearby! And to see a minke whale. What an opportunity. I noticed that its mouth looks very much like a porpoise or dolphin's mouth.
I see there are katabatic winds there too. Juneau, Alaska gets legendary katabatics, locally called the 'Taku Wind', due to the 240 mile long and 40 mile wide Juneau ice field. In the winter and early spring, the air compresses on top of the ice field when the sky clears and the temps drop. I've seen winds up to 70 knots in our harbor and about 10 miles from the harbor, it's not unusual to get 100 knots sometimes, with higher gusts up in the mountains. Really makes winter sailing difficult. We get a lot of spindrift that can freeze onto a boat. Sometimes our large tugs and barges come in covered in ice. Here's what the Taku Winds look like: th-cam.com/video/aqexpux2Av8/w-d-xo.html
Loved this instalment of the adventure! Can’t wait for the next one 👏
Totally amazing 🤩🐋💎🛥️💖
Fantastic voyage, quality story telling and in a cold dark winter food for thought for next years sailing adventures...what a fantastic adventure.
Just brilliant footage, excellent dialogue I loved your journey 😊
Your journey seems to get more special and interesting the further North you go, onwards and upwards.
Absolutely breathtaking. Superb episode. Thank you.
Omggg the scenery in this video is next level. So beautiful! And the wildlife ❤ can't wait for the next one
Great footage, thank you for sharing
Superb footage ,of an amazing adventure 🥃
You're definitely getting the editing down to a fine art, great video again.
13:15 just Wow, unbelievable footage, the whale 🐳 looks like it just wanted to say hello!
Thanks for another fantastic video! The whale encounter was just magical!
Thank you.
Fantastic voyage, well done, I travelled to Svalbard previously so recognise some of the locations, scenery, even the boat I traveled on in Longyearbyen (Villa), travelling the way you did looks an even greater adventure, "memories for life" again well done!!
Love your videos! Can you please explain the changes you had built into your mainsail to make it easier to reef downwind? Thanks
Glad you're enjoying the videos!
We don't have a mast track fitted, and the previous mainsail used the plastic lugs that slide into the mast groove.
We now have the Selden OWS sliders fitted to the new sail.
support.seldenmast.com/en/products/sail_hardware/ows_sliders.html
These still fit into the mast groove, but have 4 wheels with bearings in that push up against the mast, so create less friction. They are also much stronger and so less are needed, which means even less friction.
We now just let the boom out to de-power the main some. Then we release the halyard and pull the sail down at the luff by hand. We just reef as normal here, just pulling the luff and leach down (by winch with the reefing line) in stages until we can get the ring (dogbone) under the hook (ramshorn) at the gooseneck.
Unless we're sailing deeper than 150° we don't have to alter course at all.
Previously using the plastic lugs, it was very difficult (but not impossible) to pull the sail down at the luff like this, as they created a lot more friction.
Hopefully, you can see in the video that doing it like this, we're still driving forward and the boom is safely locked in place with the preventer.
@@SailingHiraeth Thanks for the explanation
Fantastic storytelling and imagery, feels like we are on the journey with you 😊
Great trip you've done my research for me! and tips. what kind of heating do you have onboard?
Thanks
We just have a air blown diesel heater, but we didn’t use it much as it wasn’t that cold, in summer the temperature rarely drops below 5 degrees.
But we would recommend fitting a cabin heater that’s heater from the engine cooling system similar to how a car heater works, as way up north you spend a lot of time motoring and it a really cheap and easy installation.
Many thanks that’s what I thought as no stack. Been trying to decide to upgrade web diesel blower unit over engine heater v mini wood burner… diesel or engine web type don’t dry out boat as well but not sure of using the burner on the move v the engine option. Look forward to more videos
Let’s get this in context: Miles’ casual remark about the wind being 38kts and gusting well into the forties means, in Beaufort terms, gale force 8, gusting up to strong gale force 9. Winds when most sailors are tucked up in the bar, hunkered down somewhere or, if they are out at sea, they’re wondering how many sets of trousers they’ve got left to change into…….But there you are, nonchalantly keeping going, wandering around with a rifle slung over Sally’s shoulder, fending off chunks of ice with a large stick and talking about heading to within 600 miles of the North Pole. Absolutely delightfully bonkers, aided by the waltz music. This should be compulsory viewing for all aspiring sailors, it’s certainly compulsive…….Thank you