Safety At Sea For You & Your Family - The Joe Cooper Interview! | Interview
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 31 มี.ค. 2024
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This week we interview sailing veteran Joe Cooper on his experience sailing dinghies, racing in the America's Cup, and teaching sailing. We talk about Cole Brauer's Sailboat, setting up a sailboat to go to sea for the cruising family; jack lines, PFDs, safety seminars, and special regulations you can use to make your sailing experience safer.
Practical Sailor sure hit the jack pot when they hired you. Keep up the good work.
Thanks!
I like the emphasis on LEARNING safety not BUYING safety. It's much more about what you do than having all the latest 'safety' gizmos
This chap is excellent! I'm not a sailor yet but I could listen to this guy all day!!
Had a navigation glitch in the Chesapeake on a small sailboat that was following the governor cup race boats. I was crew and just came on deck to relieve nighttime watch. I realized that the flashing buoy we were heading towards did not match the time flash frequency of the one on the chart we were supposed to be going towards. . I reviewed the chart and realized that it was actually a lighthouse on the eastern shore. We diverted. Timing the light flash of beacons is a very important.
Good eye
Joe is a great resource! I will Check Rule 1 on my boat tomorrow! I already know I will have Refrigerator door issues! Safety is Key! Thank You!
Super dooper Cooper “…. By doing this you save both yourself and those who listen to you.” 1 Timothy 4:16
Ha I remember delivering a 45 footer from New Caledonia to NZ & we hit a pretty serious blow & i got the storm staysail out fitted it up dropped the main (As it only had 2 reefs in it) She blew up to 50+ so ended up dropping the Storm jib & run at 7 Knots bare poles BUT the owner said he was going to throw the S jib away as he thought it was too small to do anything useful & at that moment he wished he had a smaller one .
An impressive display of knowledge and wisdom by an expert to another expert. It is very evident that there is a great deal of preparation for the boat, as well as, the boater. Another great video Tim! Thanks, Marty
Awesome interview! I learned a lot from this interview. I also downloaded the Offshore special regulations to study. A lot of "gold nuggets" of information. Thank you!
I've been wanting to move up to a larger boat for many years. I'm getting more active on the steps and viewing many of your and other YT and have pretty much settled on the category (and probably the model) of boat described here. I'm only used to lake and costal bay sailing at this point, but I'm almost exactly as you have described... wanting to do east coast: Nova-Scotia to the Caribbean. Watching this video and a tiny remark made at 1:40 pretty much hit me blind-sided! I didn't know that I could be financially able and even quite used to sailing but still have INSURANCE be a red line barring me. I've never viewed (so far) any boat videos that even mention such an obstacle. In fact many have been just the opposite... Sailing La Vagabonde - "We never sailed before and thought we just buy a boat, hop on with no experience and sailed away."; Gone with the Wynns - "We bought the boat, then took a class, then sailed away."
Could you give a video on aspects of getting Insurance? Do we need (and/or what kind of) formal class(es) with some kind of certificates? If one was planning on NOT requiring financing, does one need to be insured? If financing is used, is it different? Is it like car insurance, that it is mandated for at-least liability? Can the insurance company restrict one to only certain sailing grounds, not leaving the country, etc? World-wide issues? Are rules different for a foreigner cruising in the US? If experience is required, how does one get "official" experience that meets an insurance company's requirements? Not knowing what I don't know... are there other insurance/financing issues?
Oh... and thanks for both Lady K and now P.S. They're must watch staples!
Great questions. Would love to see PS take a go at that question about insurance AND even the financial dealings with agents, brokers, boat yards, and such. To say it is a minefield in the great expanse would be an understatement. Given that PS exists on subscribers, they could afford to tick off some of the bad apples - so to speak. So, what do you say? Take 'em on!
Wow. Out of the park. Lots of new homework. Thank you. : )
Awesome interview. Joe seems like my kinda no-BS guy. Best to prepare well and practice the basics. Nice format PS. Really like the videos (and the written stuff). Thanks.
Small boat sailing teaches a lot about self reliance and preparation.
Unique and good advice about considering the boat upside down!
Thank you Joe Cooper; you provided just the advice in nine succinct points that my wife has been urging me to find and learn.
I have sailed with Coop. Amazing experiences and a constant source of knowledge (and a lot of fun too). Thanks Coop
Fabulous discussion. Many thanks.
It’s like the 5 hour class for drivers. We don’t realize how much information we forget.
- education
- planning
- best practice
Amazing episode!
Tim, WOW! This is such important/critical information for survival and preventative measurements. Excellent! Thank you Mr. Cooper. Happy Sailing ⛵
Big thumbs up. This type of information is so so important. Can't say thank you enough. Trying to absorb everything before we get our boat an out on the water to start our new life. THANK YOU . I looked up that website and its all about racing?
The content I think of for my site is aimed at and based on experiences with shorthanded, i.e. Solo or Double handed racing And deliveries, so yes, from that POV, racing. BUT it has been my contention for ever that that kind of racing, solo, DH. The Bermuda 1-2 or any of the races with DH class in them, N2B, Marion2B, the Halifax race, the DH boats all have exactly the same questions to answer as the "average Couple", like our hypothetical family in their Beneteau. I contend that the "average Family cruising boat is in fact shorthanded- Like the chafed line at the top of the interview, a problem in a 40-foot race boat with 10 souls aboard is a PIA. Similar problem in a 40-footer with Mum and Dad aboard becomes very important much faster than in a crewed boat. So, Safety and seaman ship, DH is a mindset is not a number. I was the mate aboard when we brought the J-Class Endeavour from France to the Caribbean with 12 crew and THAT was shorthanded, so it is a mindset. I think I mention in the interview shorthanded is how most families sail their boats.
I grew up sailing at night now I take people out at night and they are clueless where they are so now I try to show them how and what I am looking for & at. I have other sailors follow me into port never realizing why they were following us. They later asking how I knew where I was at. I really wish it would be mandatory to take a safety course and basic rules of boating. Most power boaters don’t even know the basics!
Amen! While I deplore the idea of more training and certifications, I welcome a written and "road" test on the water. Imagine. Nah. It makes too much sense. It'll never happen. 🙂
Amazing content. Enjoyed listening.
Great interview. Thank you.
Great info - thanks so much!
excellent and thought prevoking, thanks
simply a must watch, absolutely brilliant
Awesome content! Straight forward and to the point, great interview.
This is your best work yet. And I see you smiling again. Kudos
Hey Tim, Epic interview with Joe Copper! Thanks!!!!!!
I am going to look at an offshore capable sailboat Monday, it’s like TH-cam knows this as this video pops up on my feed.
Good questions, Tim, and really excellent responses from Joe. You two can save lives!
Nice to see you with practical sailor, thank you for the good interview!
Great interview, thanks for your video. Good stuff
Similar to drills in the USN: practice, practice in the dark, practice in adverse conditions, practice shorthanded, practice with the backup systems and practice 'worst case scenarios'.
It's fun, you'll have 'done this before', and you'll be a confident sailor.
Great video, since many of us are Cruisers not necessarily racers it would be great for you to do an interview with the winning sailor aboard Mowgli. That in my understanding was pretty much a cruising boat that won the global solo challenge.
Great suggestion!
Spot on concerning the training. And, you can bet that everything from the smallest to the largest and lightest to the heaviest will become a 'missile hazard' in an unexpected roll or knock-down. 'Lash and Stow' is the #1 starting point for safety. If you sail with neophytes, they will not know this. Be fanatical about lashing and stowing. The sea plays no favorites. Author John Vigor has tips throughout one of his books with the heading 'THINK INVERTED'. That's what you want to do before you leave sheltered waters. I recommend crewing aboard different boats being delivered offshore before you decide if offshore sailing is really for you. Going offshore is not like sailing in close coastal or sheltered waters, not by a long shot. The cabin in rough weather can become more like being inside a cement mixer truck on an unpaved road. I think it would be best to try it first. You need not go offshore to enjoy sailing or cruising. A few thousand miles of offshore experience on other boats may be the best investment you could make before you decide to cast off for distant lands.
Grate little book he wrote. Banking good things so when the bad things happen, you have a positive balance...
Not a sailor, but hoping. Great thought processes and mindset. The learning from teaching I can attest to from teaching martial arts and SAR.
Just taught a class in map reading for mountaineering. Map reading and orientation is definitely a lost art that we all need to know how to do.
Sweet! Topo maps and charts are essentials. Lost art...sadly. Fellow climber agrees.
Nice I enjoy all that thank you 🙏
The more you teach.... the more you learn
Great interview i'm going to watch the full one,the Pfd's an being tied in hits close to home because I have jumped off my boat to retrieve a sailbag that blew overside not thinking the boat was on autopilot and even though i'm a very strong swimmer i couldn't catch it had to swim to shore about a 2 miles away, if that had been twenty miles dunno if I could do it any further an well it's called hope drowning doesn't hurt as much as claimed
Great content thanks to ladyk :). knowledge isn’t practice. One can think they know in theory how to shoot a gun. But one that shoots the gun knows. Never forget when someone said you think you know what a cat is. Furry some cuddly. The cat will say I am not that.
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A video explaining what it takes to go from zero to competent for wannabes like me would be awesome. It seems a bit daunting and I'll be ready to buy later this year. What's the best path? School? Volunteer crewing? Paid crewing? Haven't sailed at all in 20 years and am currently landlocked.
I'd love to have some drinks with this man and pick his brain about sailing.
Please see if you can get and post his 12 ‘isms’ that he had in a shirt for the high schoolers :)
Great Idea!
Honestly this day and age how many people can use paper charts in a sexton to navigate open ocean I would just really love to know.
I cannot answer that. But having done so in the mid 1990's, I can assure you it is a valuable skill. As a side bar, having that skill just makes one feel proud of one's skills at sea..
All good advice from someone who is obviously very experienced. However, the one throwaway comment Joe made suggesting in-mast furling sails are prone to problems is simply not empirically accurate. Since 1985, when Dodge Morgan sailed American Promise solo nonstop around the world with a Hood Sails in mast furling mainsail, I think this assertion has been outdated thinking. I'm an offshore sailing coach who was a mainsail trimmer on grand prix racing maxi boats and understand the aerodynamic benefits of non-furling mainsails. But I also have many thousands of offshore miles on boats with in-mast furling mains and can attest to their reliability and ease of use. Also, a very significant percentage of cruising boats over 60 feet, such as Oysters, Hinckley's and Bavaria's use in-mast furling, which simply would not be the case if they were problematic. I'm not here to evangelize in-mast furling, only to point out that they can be a real benefit for short-handed crews on larger vessels and are not really something to worry about. Cheers.
You just can't teach about that moment when you fire up the EPIRB, tie off the string throw it out only to watch it being eaten by a shark. Sailing like life can just be an absolute bastard some days. At least where those two are sailing they have accurate charts. Not stuff that is 5km out. Ahhh to sail some place civilised.
I nearly spit my coffee at my computer screen. That was too funny. Sadly...probably too true as well. Thanks for the laugh.
The more we know the less we know...