I love your guilty smile when you said you were leaving Philippa in a hotel in Bonaire! Guilty pleasures ahead involving excessive amounts of beer, I suspect. Philippa is beautiful, intelligent, fun and I am certain she is a great person to be with .... but a break is good for both! I hope she is doing exactly the same as you - gin or vodka cocktails rather than beer, maybe, and lots of spa treatments ...
Hi Neil, haha, that made us laugh, thank yuo for your kind words, I was actually writing part of a book lol so not so many spa treatments although that sounds divine..but you are right time apart is always healthy.. thanks Neil for being here...
@@SailingAequus Writing part of a book? Wowza, intriguing. That surely deserves a video saying what it is about, what books, if any you have previously written, are you a budding JK Rowling novel author, or a Stephen Hawking non-fiction writer? Do you have a background in journalism/PR/Communication? Maybe you are writing a modern 'Robinson Crusoe' book based on your travels? Or a lifestyle and sailing guide? It could be anything.
To be fair to Elvstrom sails, we have to say that 3 boats fitted with them we have never had a problem with quality or stretch. Last boat a Bavaria, 12 years no issues still good when we sold it. Impavidus, 5 years + plus and still crisp and sharp. So good to see parts of the marine industry standing behind their product. Some don't..... Sail Safe Guys, Ant, Cid & the pooch crew.
Great Video - James has taught you well. With this video, its like I am a friend you are taking with on your trip. Jame from Zingaro has the same speaking ability. Like James you are giving me a more intimate look into your personality. Example would be the cooking breakfast. Also because you are on video, strongly suggest when leaving the cockpit to have a life vest on. Keep up the great work and look forward to more.
I admire your courage to solo that size of vessel. No matter the distant ANYTHING could happen! It shows your confident in yourself and boat. Good job!
Thank you for interesting (except that British food part) and entertaining episode. I really appreciate you explaining the details which is not only informative but also comes out as a very honest narrative. Will be awaiting the next video! Thank you!
British food is crisp sandwiches, or fishfinger and salad cream sandwich - heaven! What's not to like?! James went for the crown of British culinary expertise: a fry-up with HP brown sauce! The food of champions, as he says; superlative Have you ever seen a finger on a fish? Captain BirdsEye has. (Now trying to remember what Americans call crisps ... failing to come up with anything)
delivering a 50 foot hanse from new Caledonia to Hawaii i sailed frew 23 chines fishing boats at 3 am , not one of the buggers had AIS on ?? Keep an eye ball watch at all times mate .
Hello Bill, James and I have experienced this many times, tiny fishing boats that don't even put their lights on and possibly asleep in their boats.. it is a great worry for all concerned.. thanks Bill
haha very good question, we havde to get things shipped to a marina (when we are in a marina which is rare) or find a friend, it is a difficult one for sure but we manage... Thanks pmgear
Hello from Chile!! Congratulations!! Very nice videos! You are so Nice! So Funny!! And your Sailboat is awesome. Can I ask you something? What speed have they achieved with the different wings? Thank you!! Sail Safe!!
Love your sailing footage. I keep punishing myself watching refits, with zero sailing. Thanks, James, from yet another James (must have been a popular name).
It is nice that you are not required to check out of Bonaire first; then cleared into and out of Curacao; and check into Bonaire again. Nice job on the trip and video. Thank you for sharing.
James, even though you said you were nervous and excited at the same time your exterior appearance looked cool calm and collected. Philippa, I hope you had a super lovely indulgent evening and overnight stay. Stay cool guys xxx
James Sailing Zingaro is more dashing wearing a shirt with the Elvstrom logo. 😂😂😂. Elvstrom is a responsible company and takes good care of customers. Excellent.
Man, I envy you guys who are able to sail around there world at your leisure! Though I have boats I have never sailed on a sailboat! I would love to be in your shoes! I wish you all the best and LOVE the videos!!
Don’t just live a little… Live a lot!! Great sail James and a really nice boat. I always add 8 drops of Tabasco sauce to my bottle of HP sauce, gives it a really nice kick! 😃 Cheers Nigel
Another great video - very tempted to switch from motor to sail :-) One thing that I would have expected on a Solo sail is some safety kit on - life jacket and EPIRB ?
I have found that when I need to motor upwind, that if I roll out a very little bit of the genoe (50% or so) and sheet it tight, it provides significant speed increase and much less pounding because it helps to pull the bow down and through the waves instead of up and over them .
@@SailingAequus I sheet the sail so that it is about 1/2 as close to centerline than normal by trimming the leeward sheet hard and then adding some to the windward sheet to pull it about 1/2 the distance to the centerline. You have a self-tacking jib so you may not need to do that but haul it is tight and flat. You then fall off just enough to fill the sail which on my boat is only about 10º apparent 15º true. The speed increase and comfort more than make up for the small extra mileage. For full disclosure, my boat is a 30' masthead rig with overlapping genoa but I have suggested this method to others with larger boats up to the low 40' range and they found the same thing. The motor alone is just not powerful enough to slice through the waves and you end up riding up over and slamming off the back side. With the bit of extra pull from the flat jib, you power through rather than riding over the crests of the waves. Nest time you find yourself in those conditions and let me know how your boat does. All you have to loose is rolling out a bit of the jib and if you do not like it just roll it back up and never leave the cockpit.
@@SailingAequus The first time I did this, I was heading out into the Straight of Georgia, BC, Canada with 35 knots on the nose and +60 miles of fetch. I saw about 2' of the keel stump on another 30' in my group as he crested over the tall short period waves before slamming back down with the rig looking scary under bare poles. I was only able to make 1.7knts at wide-open-throttle and told my wife that I either needed to put out a bit of sail or we would need to turn back. I rolled out 6' on my 30' and strapped it tight. My speed increased from 1.7 to 7.1knts and instead of crashing off the backs of the wave crests, we parted them and went mostly straight through. The ride was so good that my 14-year-old daughter crawled up in the vee-berth and went to sleep.
Impressive customer support! So why didn't Phillipa go with you? And I can't believe she didn't at least give you a shopping list for while you were there. LOL
Good question. I really don't know... If money really wasn't an issue probably a superyacht with a full-time crew to fix everything! lol. More down to earth but still out of my budget would probably be a MC60 catamaran. www.mcconaghyboats.com/mc60cat
Hey congrats on the awesome story and starting your channel! James would you mind sharing what sort of business it was that you eventually sold? Very inspiring!
Uhh... I am 2 weeks away from taking delivery of brand new epex genoa and main from Elvstrøm. Hope it was only a bad batch of glue, however I know others have experienced delamination on fairly new sails as you did. Anyway, really enjoy your channel James!
@@adrenazanetti3660 Well size does matter, that's why the cargo boat @ 144 ft was hard to see. But 600' Container ship would be a lot easier to see. Haze/time of day/sun position are all factors. The boat in question was just a little over twice the size of Aequus
Hi James and Philippa, In Australia we don't call Ketchup Ketchup we say Tomato sauce or "Dead Horse". If you plan on coming to our shores you need to know the lingo.LOL. Fair winds to all. Chris
Cool as a cucumber James! You are quite the seaman, you made it seem like a walk in the park! Nice bacon and egg sandwich too :) I never thought of eating it with brown sauce... Got to give it a try sometime!
Nice bit of solo work there - sailing and filming ! Zingaro James is a good friend to have , but I was expecting to see you two “out on the town ?? 🤔😂 Love the dolphin “escort” both directions 👍😊
Good to see you on your own channel, finally get to see more of your stunning Bavaria, it may be the only monohull I can sway my wife to before I'm pressured into buying a cat. Keep the videos coming please!
And in addition you can tell her that we seem to be the only boat 'out in the anchorages' that doesn't rock at night like crazy we sit very flat (if thats what yo need to sway here lol)
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I love your guilty smile when you said you were leaving Philippa in a hotel in Bonaire! Guilty pleasures ahead involving excessive amounts of beer, I suspect. Philippa is beautiful, intelligent, fun and I am certain she is a great person to be with .... but a break is good for both! I hope she is doing exactly the same as you - gin or vodka cocktails rather than beer, maybe, and lots of spa treatments ...
Wow, that lady shoved the test swab up your nose very thoroughly!
Hi Neil, haha, that made us laugh, thank yuo for your kind words, I was actually writing part of a book lol so not so many spa treatments although that sounds divine..but you are right time apart is always healthy.. thanks Neil for being here...
@@SailingAequus Writing part of a book? Wowza, intriguing. That surely deserves a video saying what it is about, what books, if any you have previously written, are you a budding JK Rowling novel author, or a Stephen Hawking non-fiction writer? Do you have a background in journalism/PR/Communication? Maybe you are writing a modern 'Robinson Crusoe' book based on your travels? Or a lifestyle and sailing guide? It could be anything.
So what did you do to refinish the deck from grey teak to brown?
Hey David, we haven't done anything to the deck recently other then washing it.
To be fair to Elvstrom sails, we have to say that 3 boats fitted with them we have never had a problem with quality or stretch. Last boat a Bavaria, 12 years no issues still good when we sold it. Impavidus, 5 years + plus and still crisp and sharp. So good to see parts of the marine industry standing behind their product. Some don't..... Sail Safe Guys, Ant, Cid & the pooch crew.
Naughty boy. Solo sail always strap on out of cockpit. Good effort with that size boat.
Good seeing you, amigo. Fair winds, and hope to meet up with you both again. ;)
You frightened us! Please wear your PFD sailing solo.
Why is everyone going on about solo sailing a big boat ? With all that technology It practically sails itself ,
Nice vid tho
Great Video - James has taught you well. With this video, its like I am a friend you are taking with on your trip. Jame from Zingaro has the same speaking ability. Like James you are giving me a more intimate look into your personality. Example would be the cooking breakfast.
Also because you are on video, strongly suggest when leaving the cockpit to have a life vest on.
Keep up the great work and look forward to more.
All these comments about sailing, did you see the horror he calls a breakfast sandwich? OMG.
I admire your courage to solo that size of vessel. No matter the distant ANYTHING could happen! It shows your confident in yourself and boat. Good job!
Absolutely Rico...
Thank you for interesting (except that British food part) and entertaining episode. I really appreciate you explaining the details which is not only informative but also comes out as a very honest narrative. Will be awaiting the next video! Thank you!
British food is crisp sandwiches, or fishfinger and salad cream sandwich - heaven! What's not to like?! James went for the crown of British culinary expertise: a fry-up with HP brown sauce! The food of champions, as he says; superlative
Have you ever seen a finger on a fish? Captain BirdsEye has.
(Now trying to remember what Americans call crisps ... failing to come up with anything)
Chips, crisos are chips in the US lol
One thing to add, would like to see a safety harness being solo , but as always its your call.
I was thinking the same thing. Again, PPE is the captain's call, right? OSHA giving out tickets internationally?
I hope he can tread water well..really well.
delivering a 50 foot hanse from new Caledonia to Hawaii i sailed frew 23 chines fishing boats at 3 am , not one of the buggers had AIS on ?? Keep an eye ball watch at all times mate .
Hello Bill, James and I have experienced this many times, tiny fishing boats that don't even put their lights on and possibly asleep in their boats.. it is a great worry for all concerned.. thanks Bill
Mate ketchup AND brown sauce🥴🥴🥴🥴🥴
British!!! lol
How do you actually send something to a ship, what do you write on the package as delivery address?
haha very good question, we havde to get things shipped to a marina (when we are in a marina which is rare) or find a friend, it is a difficult one for sure but we manage... Thanks pmgear
Nice and clean engine compartment, shows you maintain it very well. Thrusters, good job didn't know you had them. Nice sailing, AIS is a great tool.
Another great video. You Make it look easy. Things seemed to go really smooth that's not the usual. Great customer support.
Thanks. Yes, very happy how Elvstrom treated us. Top customer support.
Scare is see you not using a lifeline!
How would you pass the cargo ship if they are moving at 8 knots and you at 7?
Go behind it
Great video....I'm sure you made it look much easier than it was. Now got this overwhelming desire for a bacon & egg sarnie !
Hi Ian, go for it, don't forget the brown and red sauce lol
That is some awesome customer support. And that looks like a beautiful sail.
You have a new subscriber.
Thank you Dutch
My dream is to a buy cheaper boat to sail entire the nation...
Sounds wonderful good luck...
James is shorthanded sailing difficult?
Everything is easier with more crew but no sailing a modern yacht single handed is pretty easy these days.
Living the dream.
Be careful, solo sailing becomes addictive. Nicely done and without a bow thruster.
Hello from Chile!!
Congratulations!! Very nice videos! You are so Nice! So Funny!!
And your Sailboat is awesome. Can I ask you something?
What speed have they achieved with the different wings?
Thank you!!
Sail Safe!!
Great video ! Thank's to Zingaro for the help ! See you next episode ! :)
Absolutely, he is a great friend of ours.. miss him hugely
Love your sailing footage. I keep punishing myself watching refits, with zero sailing. Thanks, James, from yet another James (must have been a popular name).
It is nice that you are not required to check out of Bonaire first; then cleared into and out of Curacao; and check into Bonaire again. Nice job on the trip and video. Thank you for sharing.
James, even though you said you were nervous and excited at the same time your exterior appearance looked cool calm and collected. Philippa, I hope you had a super lovely indulgent evening and overnight stay. Stay cool guys xxx
Thanks Sandi..
You are a very kind man! Very good vibe! If I purchase a C57 I would sail it mostly single handed, no or go?
If I could afford a new Bavaria C57, I'd start a UTube cannel too but I have to go to work now.
WoW zíngaro está en todas partes.
Siempre v bien un amigo que te ayude.
Saludos desde Barcelona!
Nice to see a down to earth English boy giving it sum
James Sailing Zingaro is more dashing wearing a shirt with the Elvstrom logo. 😂😂😂. Elvstrom is a responsible company and takes good care of customers. Excellent.
Indeed, very good service!!
haha you can use all the swag for sails if you ever tear one! great job solo-ing!
Man, I envy you guys who are able to sail around there world at your leisure! Though I have boats I have never sailed on a sailboat! I would love to be in your shoes! I wish you all the best and LOVE the videos!!
Really good one, and nice sailmaker too🤟🥃🤟
Good on Elvstrom - I'll remember that.
Yes, Chef!!! A little short on le bacon...
Just subscribed. Love your videos and discovered your channel from your cameos on Ryan and Sophie Sailing. Cheers!
Awesome! Thank you!
a day in the life.... keep'm coming.
Thank you The86rex for being here..
Good job, videoing AND in the Explanations of everything 😎👍✅
Thanks! 👍
Elvstrom didn't only dress up your boat. They did very well and apparently as a standard service procedure. Wow, how about that!
Elvstrom really did a great job looking after a warranty claim. More manufactures should take a leaf out of their book!
Enjoyed taking this solo trip with you! Well done!
Impressive solo sail and dock, James! Love your videos. Keep up the great work, you two!
Thanks Brandon.
They’ll be my next buy! They went the extra mile.
nice mullet, well sailed
Great job with your solo sail,and great job creating the videos.they are a pleasure to watch.thx
Thank you Doug we are enjoying filming and editing them also..
Don’t just live a little… Live a lot!! Great sail James and a really nice boat.
I always add 8 drops of Tabasco sauce to my bottle of HP sauce, gives it a really nice kick! 😃
Cheers Nigel
Thanks Nigel... Will give the tabasco a try!
through in some jalapeño !
Great episode, you are made for vlogging. Masterfull docking!
Thank you very much!
Thanks for sharing !
Very courageous crossing solo on such a big vessel. Your videos capture all that matters. Both of you are awesome🤗🤗
Ahhhh thank you Mireya
Nice solo! Love the yacht too.
4 ads in 4 minutes. C ya!
I haven't lost a cap in decades. A simple lanyard to the back of the lifejacket and done. It comes off my head a lot but is easily retrieved.
Yes, the caps Elvstrom gave me had those fitted. Works a treat!
@@SailingAequus Sail maker knows! They want their cap on your head advertising their product not providing a new home for a shrimp.
Another great video - very tempted to switch from motor to sail :-) One thing that I would have expected on a Solo sail is some safety kit on - life jacket and EPIRB ?
It's torture!
Nicely done solo docking ............ : )
Thabks 👍
I have found that when I need to motor upwind, that if I roll out a very little bit of the genoe (50% or so) and sheet it tight, it provides significant speed increase and much less pounding because it helps to pull the bow down and through the waves instead of up and over them
.
Does that work if you are head on to the wind or do you need a bit of an angle?
@@SailingAequus I sheet the sail so that it is about 1/2 as close to centerline than normal by trimming the leeward sheet hard and then adding some to the windward sheet to pull it about 1/2 the distance to the centerline. You have a self-tacking jib so you may not need to do that but haul it is tight and flat.
You then fall off just enough to fill the sail which on my boat is only about 10º apparent 15º true. The speed increase and comfort more than make up for the small extra mileage.
For full disclosure, my boat is a 30' masthead rig with overlapping genoa but I have suggested this method to others with larger boats up to the low 40' range and they found the same thing. The motor alone is just not powerful enough to slice through the waves and you end up riding up over and slamming off the back side. With the bit of extra pull from the flat jib, you power through rather than riding over the crests of the waves.
Nest time you find yourself in those conditions and let me know how your boat does. All you have to loose is rolling out a bit of the jib and if you do not like it just roll it back up and never leave the cockpit.
@@SailingAequus The first time I did this, I was heading out into the Straight of Georgia, BC, Canada with 35 knots on the nose and +60 miles of fetch. I saw about 2' of the keel stump on another 30' in my group as he crested over the tall short period waves before slamming back down with the rig looking scary under bare poles. I was only able to make 1.7knts at wide-open-throttle and told my wife that I either needed to put out a bit of sail or we would need to turn back. I rolled out 6' on my 30' and strapped it tight. My speed increased from 1.7 to 7.1knts and instead of crashing off the backs of the wave crests, we parted them and went mostly straight through. The ride was so good that my 14-year-old daughter crawled up in the vee-berth and went to sleep.
wee bit of chutney lad would be smashing.. you have a new sub
Thanks for the sub Gil! Not sure about the chutney though!
Great stuff. What's that song at the end? Before the teaser for the next video?
Its called "Where do we go" by Strlght
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Impressive customer support! So why didn't Phillipa go with you? And I can't believe she didn't at least give you a shopping list for while you were there. LOL
James if money wasn't an issue what sail boat would you buy?
Good question. I really don't know... If money really wasn't an issue probably a superyacht with a full-time crew to fix everything! lol.
More down to earth but still out of my budget would probably be a MC60 catamaran. www.mcconaghyboats.com/mc60cat
Love that boat, awsome video footage, learned something new about sails. *PS: Love HP sauce*
New sail looks amazing! 👌🏼
Not bad hey, thank you Captains Grog for being here..
Hey congrats on the awesome story and starting your channel!
James would you mind sharing what sort of business it was that you eventually sold?
Very inspiring!
Uhh... I am 2 weeks away from taking delivery of brand new epex genoa and main from Elvstrøm. Hope it was only a bad batch of glue, however I know others have experienced delamination on fairly new sails as you did. Anyway, really enjoy your channel James!
Good news is that you have a 5 year warranty on delamination and it seems Elvstrom stand by their warranty which is very reassuring.
they have great customer service from what you described James!!
Nice job mate!💪👌
Thank you Cliff
Lads few days away, While the cats away and all that,
Good effort, Curacoa to Bonaire is a bar steward on a good day as the seas are always big.
Nice one Han Solo!
Thanks Wingman 5.6
Single handing is my favorite pass time!
cargo boat it was only 44 m in length (144 ft) ... why hard to see
on the horizon many boats can’t be seen regardless of size also hazy conditions where they are etc 😉
@@adrenazanetti3660 Well size does matter, that's why the cargo boat @ 144 ft was hard to see. But 600' Container ship would be a lot easier to see. Haze/time of day/sun position are all factors. The boat in question was just a little over twice the size of Aequus
Hi James and Philippa, In Australia we don't call Ketchup Ketchup we say Tomato sauce or "Dead Horse". If you plan on coming to our shores you need to know the lingo.LOL. Fair winds to all. Chris
Hahaha thanks for the tip Chris. Maybe one day we will sail to Australia!
Enjoyable story mate... looking forward to the next 🇬🇧
Thansk Andrew..
Cool as a cucumber James! You are quite the seaman, you made it seem like a walk in the park! Nice bacon and egg sandwich too :) I never thought of eating it with brown sauce... Got to give it a try sometime!
Hahaha. Ketchup AND brown sauce. This is the way!
Nice bit of solo work there - sailing and filming ! Zingaro James is a good friend to have , but I was expecting to see you two “out on the town ?? 🤔😂 Love the dolphin “escort” both directions 👍😊
Haha thanks Hamish
Very satisfying solo sail. It was good to see James again. ;-) Nice of Elvstrøm to include retainer clips with those caps!
very nice of them indeed!! clever invention..
Good to see you on your own channel, finally get to see more of your stunning Bavaria, it may be the only monohull I can sway my wife to before I'm pressured into buying a cat.
Keep the videos coming please!
And in addition you can tell her that we seem to be the only boat 'out in the anchorages' that doesn't rock at night like crazy we sit very flat (if thats what yo need to sway here lol)
Nice one!! Love your way of sharing and telling!!
Thanks Mojn.
No Phillipa but still a great episode! Hope she enjoyed her time away. I am sure it was nice to have a break.
I did, thank you Ryan, thansk for watching..
Nicely done - coming up episode doesn’t look good for the Williams :(
All good in the end lol
Well done Jim, great solo work there, you are so good on camera, a complete natural. Keep up the good work.
Thanks Mike 👍
Thanks James!
Oh James that was awesome, hi Phillipa
Ahhh thanks Tammy,,,