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Ep 35: Pro Tips: Handy Sailing Gear
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 4 พ.ค. 2021
- Welcome to Episode 35 of Carpe Diem Sailing. In this video I talk about a few items of personal sailing gear that I never leave the dock without. Hand Bearing Compass, Marine Binoculars, Harness, Inflatable PFD, Rigging Knife, Head Lamp, Sailing Gloves. I discuss features to look for and price ranges. Includes the usual PDF handout in our show-notes to help make decisions and I demonstrate how to cut Dyneema with ease
SHOWNOTES
www.carpediemsailing.com/show...
CARPE DIEM SAIL TRAINING
www.carpediemsailing.com
LEARN TO SAIL PLAYLIST
• Learn to Sail
TETHER FAILURE
www.sail-world.com/news/20097...
SEEARCH
www.seearch.ca/
RUSSEL BELT KNIFE
www.grohmannknives.com/index....
SPINLOCK
www.spinlock.co.uk/en-can/cat...
MUSTANG
mustangsurvival.ca/
STEINER BINOCULARS
www.steiner-optics.com/binocu...
FUJINON BINOCULARS
www.fujifilm.com/us/en/consum...
That is an invaluable tip. Always have a sailor's knife when wearing a tether. Lifesaving in dire situations. Thank you so much.
My pleasure Joseph. Thanks for watching.
Just realised this is a Canadian channel after about 15 episodes! Even better! Cheers from Québec
Thank you JB F! Glad you're enjoying the content. Where in Quebec. I spent my teenage years in Ottawa
I find that there was not one minute in this video that was just "fillings" to "make time", that was sooooo refreshing! Thank you.
23 minutes of useful information.
I love my Plastimo too and had it for 10 years.
I do have reservations about jacklines and tethering yourself, especially if you sail solo.
I vividly remember a sailboat being brought into Nanaimo by CCG and no one allowed to approach.
The sails were rags, the boat was in terrible condition and what was not to be seen was the apparent solo sailor that had been dragged by his boat when he fell overboard with his tether hooked up.
One trick with jacklines is to soak them in fresh water before installing them as tights as you can , and when they dry dry they shrink! :-)
I went with Steiner commander 7x30. I find the quality was worth it and (7x) is enough mag to keep us out of trouble! LOL
Sailing gloves are very useful while racing but while cruising in the PNW they help keeping your hands warm! 🙂
thanks
Thanks Alain. I appreciate the kind feedback. Tethers and jacklines are a very hot topic, almost as hot as lazy jacks and preventers. My personal belief is to rely on a tether while single handed only as an absolute last resort and use one that can be released under load or always carry a knife and nowadays a PLB
Good stuff .. like to see the arch. Nice item for small crew sailing.
More to come! Thanks for watching
I have tough hands, long time hay farmer, but I do wear gloves especially while racing. I can use the glove the let a halyard run while storing the sails (20 ft boat, I should add). After this video, will purchase a knife, great advice.
Thank you, glad to hear it
Great, concise info. Thanks. Some of those cheap kitchen knives can cut. I still have a couple I bought in Switzerland some years ago. The arch looks like a good thing where you can spot people in the sea. I'd really like to see it demonstrated by an objective person. Thanks again.
Thanks for the comment. Will definitely do a video on the arch
Marco, Very interesting video with a great assortment useful gear. Your tip about the ceramic knife is quite something. We look forward to watching your future videos, in particular testing the SeeArch!
Thanks Neil. I appreciate the support. Definitely looking forward to playing with the SeeArch
Great tips. I agree. I bought the plastimo and use it also when I go flying. Definitely a must have. I also have the marine binoculars and enjoy them very much. I also enjoy being in the kitchen and definitely recommend the ceramic knife. Great tips, Marco. Thank you so much. Very much interested in the sea-arch. Looking forward to your video. Once again thank you so much for these videos. Thoroughly enjoy them.
Thanks Paolo. As ever thank you for the wonderful support.
Great, very useful, thank you Marco.
Good info and tips. Keep them coming.
Thanks Chris, will do!
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Nice presentation and camera work.
I was particularly interested in your recommended binocular sizing recommendation as this is not obvious unless you have a lot of experience (as you clearly have). So thanks a lot and keep those video coming.
Greetings from France 🇫🇷
On the 2021 vendee globe, few sailors wore harnesses or lifelines because they felt it gave them a false sense of security, & if they fell overboard they would never get back on board at the speed the boats were travelling.
Yes this is an ongoing discussion with many single handers. Certainly with the speeds they are maintaining, being dragged is not an option.
Great Video Lots to add to my Christmas list
Awesome! Thank you!
as always great info and tips!
Glad you like them! Thanks for watching
Thank you, That was very helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
Great stuff Marco!! Thanks much!
Thanks Steve. Good of you to take time to leave a comment. I appreciate it.
Great vid
Thank you. I’m delighted to hear you enjoyed it and thank you for taking the time to comment
Hi Marco, again a great video. Just discovering your channel. By the way, I work for the adult h company that makes Dyneema. Small world 🙂
It sure is. Thank you AeroBill
Very useful
Thank you for your comment
14:47] Sailors' rigging knives? You want a proper sailor's rigging knife? Get one from Mudd Sharrigan in Wiscasset Maine - you can look him up in Wooden Boat's archives. He's over 90 years old, still making his knives, but he won't be doing this for a whole lot longer. Get your order in now, you are going to have to wait a little while, but the price is half of what they ought to be.
Thank you for this comment. I checked out his knives, very cool. I will look into ordering one if I can.
@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine Mudd? his real name is seldom remembered, he's Armenian. He's actually my sister's father-in-law. One man, one knife, one at a time.
Good episode, lots of equipment options! Could you elaborate more about the binos with compass? I’m trying to find out if my next set will have to be with or without compass. I particularly dislike to have technology to back up technology but many people say I have to buy one built in. Could you tell me more about your experience? Thank you!
Thanks for the comment Dan,
I did briefly touch on this in my video. When I bought my binoculars I thought the built in compass would have been a desirable feature. In retrospect after twenty plus years of heavy use I have not really used the compass so if I was buying today I would probably go for the Fujinon Polaris or Steiners without compass. As mentioned in the video the built in compass is not damped enough and is actually hard to use on a small boat to get an accurate reading. My Plastimo hand bearing compass with glow in the dark illumination has been fine. Hope this helps your decision making.
@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine thank you for taking the time to respond. I appreciate it!
Hand bearing compasses are fine, but the iPhone app, Compass Eye, is just as handy, and the iPhone is always in your pocket. And Compass Eye is cheaper, too.
Thank you for the comment. I will check it out but like I said in the video, I’m personally not big on electronic backup to electronics. The benefits of my hand bearing compass is that it will work no matter what and does not not need batteries or software
Where did you find that blue basic tether Marco?...short of sewing one. I'm not big on all the gizmos that get in the way and make clipping in and out more difficult than it needs to be. Wack and she's on, that's what I need
Its now yellow but essentially the same
www.westmarine.com/west-marine-orc-specification-single-safety-tether-11878709.html?queryID=9c2bea9c5ee9e3568e94c07052adf3da&objectID=11878709&indexName=production_na01_westmarine_demandware_net__WestMarine__products__en_US
@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine See, that's what I mean. All the 'new' ones have a snap shackle and safety carabiner. I don't want that junk... just a good ol simple one like you have there. Pretty sure I'm going to have to sew one. Cheers
Get the digital bearings app for your iphone
Thanks Andy. What is the app called? I would like to try it in my next video on plotting
Just an FYI - Show notes are not connected to the correct document.
Thank you I will look into it right now!
I see what happened. Will correct ASAP
Where is the hatchet to cut lines loose.
I'll just use a cleaver from the galley!
Where’d you get your Russell Knife?
www.grohmannknives.com/index.php/products/outdoor/3-boat,-army-or-yachtsman-detail
I just got one in stag horn too
@@CarpeDiemSailingMagazine
You mentioned you worked with the RCN. That’s where I got mine. Lol
@@stevewoodrow3712 Yes they were a staple, coast guard too. I really like that the CF used such items with such a strong Canadian heritage.
6:10] Yes, you could be drug to death and drowned by your safety harness and tether if can allow you to get into the water. Sail single handed that is the risk you take. How many times has this actually happened??
Yes I agree it is a risk and people have to be aware that the harness and tether are not a guarantee of safety. I've heard of several incidents where this has happened and people have died.
20:35] Sea Arch? When it is fully integrated into my harness and PFD, yeah maybe. As a completely secondary strap on appliance. No.
Your choice!
6:50] I'm taking a deep breath here to calm my nerves. "Fail safe," technically means 'fail to safe,' or if a system fails it will fail to a safe condition. Which is different than mere redundancy. Alone, sailing single handed, being drug to death over the side of your yacht by your tether and harness at say six or seven knot is not a safe condition, it is only slightly less lethal than the alternative. Your second "fail safe" is to cut away from that? Think about that statement.
You really don't ever want to go overboard.
When I was a very small child, like three or five years old, sailing aboard my families Pearson Ariel, I was forced to wear this little monkey harness - I hated it. I didn't even wear a life jacket. I could hold the lifeline and look over it, but it was impossible for me to fall overboard. Just the way my parents arranged it. That was fifty years ago - more than.
Semantics. I think most people got the message I was trying to deliver.