As a climber/sailor here's my thoughts/technique... I find the frog system to be very efficient. I use a sling around the mast to my belay loop to stop the swinging. A chest harness+pulley keeps you from being at 45 degrees and makes life a lot easier. I'd recommend a croll at the waist, jumar for foot loops and chest harness with a pulley (a long sling can make a simple chest harness). Also don't rely on cleats as tie-offs. Always tie off the bitter end to a pulley or some other strong system. Personally I really enjoy going up the mast. FYI, don't use a bowline on climbing systems. Use a figure 8. I used an ATC to descend as the grigri would bind on thicker ropes. You have to be careful and add a leg-loop safety if you use an ATC as it won't self arrest.

One of the best sailing channels on the internet. Thank you.

@danieljackson3167

4 жыл бұрын

Not one of the best... ‘this IS the BEST lol

@morphispiz9746

3 жыл бұрын

i beg to differ sir, the best real channel :)

@theoangelo455

2 жыл бұрын

instablaster.

Your film making skills (combining drone, fixed position, and multiple angle shots) along with precise editing makes for first-rate, engaging videos. Indeed, they are among the best I've seen in the sailing genre. Thanks so much for sharing them!

@AfricanFlightStar

5 жыл бұрын

Jim B agreed 100%

@JBattler

5 жыл бұрын

It would be great if he backed off enough to be able to see how it all connected together - either too close or too far. On the head is not the way to demo something on your body, 50 metres away not the way to provide a useful overview....I suggest an editing course.

@phaidros52

5 жыл бұрын

@@erikaanderaa And what I like is the sound in this and other videos because you know howto keep that wind noise out. Thumbs up!

Very nice. I actually use this method for years and it works incredibly well. From experience i would only suggest two modifications. 1) to tie a climbing rope to the halyard and raise it up. The ascender is very aggressive and can damage the halyard. 2) to have a line go around the mast and tie to the harness. Even when the water is calm some other boat can go by and create a wake which will make this mast swing and throw you on different directions. This line will keep you closer to the mast.

@mbrennr

4 жыл бұрын

I wonder, how is the halyard secured down on deck? Isn’t it a lot more load with a person than the sail? And the tackle, is that dimensioned so that it is not too much for it? Wouldn’t want anything to slip down on deck or break at the top.

@samikent5422

3 жыл бұрын

​@@mbrennr With this method 80-100% of the weight of the person is carried by the mast straight down and depending on how much the boat is rolling (almost none in this video) the remaining 0-20% is balanced out by the shrouds holding the mast up. The mast on the Contessa 35 here is capable of holding up a small car (with Erik in it), and the shrouds can take on up to 1000 lbs before they'll even consider snapping. (For example: A 30 knot gale will exert over 3lbs/sq foot, times 230 sq foot mainsail equals over 690 lbs!!!)

@gavanwhatever8196

11 ай бұрын

These are both excellent ideas.

@MindBodySoulOk

8 ай бұрын

I'm not going up any 60 meter mast!

Amazing video Erik, as always! Not sure if this was the first time you were doing this, but for those who now want to try it on their own, I would very strongly recommend they go up only a couple of meters first and come all the way down, just to make sure they know how. It would be an absolute horror to get excited and go all the way up, and then find out you don't quite know how to work the lines to get back down!

@txwallbedmurphybeds8286

5 жыл бұрын

My thought exactly. Going up looked challenging. Coming down ...eh....scary!

@elmasselcuk

5 жыл бұрын

Tunc Gercek In Turkey there is a guy called "Sailor Pilot" in youtube shows single-handed mast climb without any equipment. kzread.info/dash/bejne/pm2bxMSqfLfagpM.html Erik made a good climb on the other hand. If you have the equipment I am pretty sure it helps. Also, he forgets the gloves =).

@tuncgercek6155

5 жыл бұрын

@@elmasselcuk Wow! Great video and fantastic channel! Thanks for the tip 👍

@elmasselcuk

5 жыл бұрын

@@tuncgercek6155 U r Welcome

@clarenceoveur778

2 жыл бұрын

I somehow developed a fear of heights as an adult after a scary experience climbing a Mayan temple in Guatemala. Up until that point, I had no problem at all with climbing. Just the thought of climbing to the top of my mast sends me into a panic state. I really need to get over this, but I'm not sure quite how to go about it.

Thank you for showing all things sailing, I’m so hooked.

This was a great explanation Eric , thanks. I noticed that with this method, like I found with the conventional method of being hauled up, one of the problems is getting high enough up on the very top to be able to work comfortably on the equipment up there. I am likely going to install a couple of folding mast steps to allow me to get myself up that extra foot or so and stand comfortably at the mast head.

What a yacht and a great mariner.Bon Voyage Erik.

Good to see you back Erik. That looked cold!

Thank you again for this wonderful videography and instructions!

I always enjoy your work and points of view!

I Love this channel! Can't get enough of it. Thanks again! (Thumbs up)

Another great video! Thanks, Erik. And what a stunning place to spend a weekend.

Buddy, your videos always make me smile in awe. Keep rockin'. Thank you.

Very nice job! Thanks for sharing, and great work on the video production. You do quality work.

Thanks for sharing always awesome content ! Happy holidays!!👍👍

Hi Erik, love your videos, I had a fall using ascenders on my main halyard. The multibraid stripped off the rope with the teeth of the ascender. I now use 2 lengths of climbing rope hauled up by the halyards. Much better and I abseil down on the second one

Great video. Love the stunning scenery and straightforward information.

What an absolutely stunning place! Beautiful filming, and wonderful sailing... Good Job!!

I found you two days ago , I can´t stop thinking about ragnar lothbrok and byork ironside when I see your videos and how you enjoy when surfing the big waves in the ocean, I absolutely love your videos, the sailing itself , and the techniqs you use to film.

Awesome, thank you so much for sharing your experience with us.

It is so amazing that you take advantage of sailing in that part of the world at this time of year! As always, thank you for sharing this!

Your videos are very inspiring Erik! You are the ambassador of the winter season. Fair winds!

Nice video Erik. Very interesting and very informative. Thanks.

I'm so glad I found your page. You're to the point and very informative.

Sensational, once more. Calm and heavy weather sailing, great instructions, amazing drone footage, and a bit of humour. Perfect.

Stunning scenery to my eyes. I hope to sail far enough to reach this area one day. Thank you for sharing.

Thanks for sharing your adventures with us, Erik. Absolutely inspiring journeys, and your film-making style lets the beauty of nature speak for itself. Skål, from Texas.

Hey Eric, I found your channel the other day and since then I am hooked. The quality of ur videos is amazing and u have a gift in the way u tell your story, god bless u my friend, may your adventures bring you as much enjoyment as I get from watching, stay safe and keep enjoying your dreams)

A very interesting video like all you usually do. What also strikes me, is the magnificent music with which you accompany your videos, congratulations for that subtle sensitivity.

I really appreciate all of your effort Erik! You are an asset to KZread and the sailing community. Love your playground!! Thank you!

I love your videos even though I have never sailed a boat in my life. Fabulous cinematography and information.

Great sportsmanship we appreciate your knowledge

Nice one, I like it! Seems to be a great island to go to for a weekend!

Great photography again, the island looks stunning.

Great vid Erik. Watching from Brisbane Australia. Love your channel

+1 for all the good practices from rock climbing!

Erik, greetings from Newfoundland, my wife and I sail around this island, and we love your videos, Please keep them coming.

You live in a beautiful part of the world Erik. Thanks for sharing your climbing technique, I was thinking pretty much the same technique, have to go and give it a go.

Love your videos Erik, there is just something so real and raw about them! No fake shit like you see all over youtube. I hope one day you sail to the East coast of Iceland and join me for a viking feast.🙂

Very impressive. Looks like a safe place to have a quiet moment and take a break after climbing the mast. You did great. Thank you for making this video.🌬️🌌

Epic Sir Every time i watch you videos it inspire me to do more !

Thanks. Your videos are much appreciated.

Great videos! I took up sailing with zero prior experience this June around Stockholm. And I've loved it! Wiith some days out solo, have been especially rewarding. I've been a climber most of my life, with some rope access work thrown in for good measure. Your set up for ascending and descending is flawless. Especially with the older version of Gri Gri, as it handles thicker static lines way better than the newer versions. Good job!!

Stunning video. The editing, the music, the drone shots. It makes me want to try much harder! Well done.

Merci de cette vidéo pédagogique et sur laquelle on trouve des détails techniques importants. Merci Erik

Nice job. congratulations on your videos. Enjoyed it very much. Thanks.

Great to see you back... you deserve your beer 👍 Hahaha, most dangerous part of an extremely exposed coast is your playground, you are such a Viking.!!! Thanks for sharing Warren s/y Legend

Erik , You are getting the right kind of subscribers and the right kind of comments , congratulations on that effort . Keep up the good work . Also yes it is inspiring to see your videos , at least to the point of me visiting the barn to see what needs to be fixed and get back on the water. One can only kayak so far , there is more ocean out there .

As ever Erik a fantastic video! Best wishes to you from Ireland :-)

Thanks Eric! You have spurred me on to finish those mast steps I started two years ago.. ha ha ….

What a beautiful video! I am also a climber and I would have never thought to use a grigri this way, and it helps going down too. I will have to try that. So cool!

Incredible high production quality on your videos. Like a movie even though it is only 15 minutes. Beautiful.

Thanks so much it looks do able - I will try it when we purchase our new boat just to be knowledgeable on how... thx

Merry Christ Mas My friend, thank you for this wonderful Video,your country is a beautiful place filled with great wonderful people..cheers from the USA,God bless!

Another tremendous video Erik. You absolutely capture what it's like to be out there doing it. Definitely one of the best sailing channels there is. No question. BTW - another tip from a fellow climber - carry an extra bit of safety rope in your bag so you can make a second Prusik if needed to descend. Or carry an ATC with you on your harness as a back-up. As mentioned earlier if you end up on that single Prusik alone, it's hard to work that back down. Anyway - mucho admiration amigo!

Wow, such beauty. I have done most of my sailing in Puget Sound, the San Juan's and along the coast of British Columbia. But this scenery is 'other-worldly' Like remembering a dream

Hi Erik! Thanks once again for share and show how to go, open sea in Your Hight latitude, maintenance, safety, is really amazing see those video series, is among of job, time effort to complete one. Thanks a lot for your Job. Happy New Year.

Nice to see you back... Merry Christmas thank you for the video. Thomas Mann Southampton UK SV Deucalion

Always enjoy your videos! Would like to see more of course.

3:07 Norse spirit in action :) thank you for the awesome content, just found the channel and you seem like the real deal. Will stay tuned.

Awesome well done very informative for a first attempt

Hi Eric, Thank you for your films they are excellent. You are the real deal, the reincarnation of the sea roving Viking, your for fathers and bearing their name. I have watched all your films several times over I learn something new each time i see them. I am a keen sailor based in Cork in Ireland. I have been restoring an International Folkboat over six years she will be finished and sailing again this year. You are an inspiration as I will be sailing on my own in the future. Kindest regards, Robin.

Classic! Biltema gloves! 😂 I lived in Sweden for 13 years.. Biltema saved me thousands of kronor in boaty bits. Excellent shop.. shame it’s not in the UK. As usual a great video! Thank you for taking the time to share your experiences and knowledge with us. Great sailor, vlogger and teacher. Thank you!

Thanks Erik! This will come in really handy for me. I've never been a fan of heights, but I'm determined to do this and learn to love it now that I got a boat. I want to be in control of my own gear and I'm incredibly stubborn and after this video I can't wait to get started. Tack fra Hawaii!

Incredible photography, beautiful. I like standing in the forepeak as well when I sail. On the climbing the mast remind your viewers that all gear should be rated at 15 times the person's body weight.

You gadget freak! Love your channel! Rå kult!!

dina videos är jävligt bra!

Great video mate, Thanks.

Nice video. I also liked makeamike's and sydneyarbor1's comments about the prusik safety. Before jumars, we used prusiks to climb a rope. Hence, if you are using this as a fallback safety, one would have two short prusik loops with accompanying longer footloops. One can climb up and down using alternating pressure with loosening and raising the top with pressure on the bottom loop. Then transfer one's weight to the top loop while sliding the bottom prusik with foot loop up (und so weiter). Do the reverse to climb down.

That's how it's done, must be a real adventure when the boat is rocking.

as always,simply the best 👍in the beginning I never knew where the Norwegian people goes with the boats, til one day I took my boat and anchored in some small pace, close to some island and in the next day when I wake up I was surrounded by boats 😂⛵⛵⛵⛵ and voila the secret was revealed 😂⛵. amazing video Eric ⛵👍 always learning from your 👍

looks like all standard rock & ice climbing equipment. safety means practice, practice and practice. Love your videos.

This is by far the best sailing channel on KZread right now.

Erik, thank you very much for this video. I sail solo a lot and try to be able to do everything on my boat single-handed, just in case. Today I tried this method and after a few minutes of practice (I don't do mountain climbing) everything worked out great! Only thing I changed was the Jumar to a left-handed one (and port side safety halyard) so I can pull on the gri-gri with my right arm. Cheers, mate, keep on sailing!

Great video , thanks for sharing

Great to hear from you again. I have the same system. I secure a halyard to winch on base of mast for the safety line and this give me a little swing without allowing me to fly around. Also, I couldn't quite make out whether your mast has an internal halyard line . That would be preferable to the line on the external block. The island harbor--superb photography. Sublime setting .

Great video! Chic panoramas! Good sea practice! Thank!

Hi Erik, I do it the same way in spring and autum to replace the windsensor after hoisting the boat, works great! I’m only using both foot loops and climbing on the backsite of the mast. Great video’s!

Excellent content. Skol!

thanks for the instructional video!

Hi Erik, I love your videos, you are an inspiration. I want to make a safety point: the items you called shackles are knows as carabiners. The two you showed on the deck shot had screw gates to lock them, which is good. However the one shown near the Jumma as you climb is a push gate. In my experience as a climber the push gate can easily twist under pressure and self open, which can be serious at height, so is best avoided for this task. This gear is available in climbing shops. They will have other cool gadgets as bog fins are always dreaming up improvements. I think a body harness may be good for this, with straps over the shoulders and the fixing point at the chest, with this you won’t invert, so eliminating that small chance of inverting high on a moving boat and slipping out of the waist harness. I also recommend two jummas and two foot loops. You are Courage.

HI Eric, I'm a 66yr old New Zealander I have a Gib-Sea 106 being unused for the last 4-5 yrs due to shoulder replacement. I have been watching your videos over the last 12 mths. You have inspired me to bring the maintenance back up & go on a week long cruise around my local coastal islands. Thanks for the kick up the bum Eric. (10kt 25° almost the entire week) 😊

One of the pure sailing channels on You Tube.

Erik, I commented on your Facebook page on this topic before you started the climbing subject. Most of my suggestions have already been posted below, but for clarity, these are my thoughts also: 1. Never climb on a halyard. 2. Never climb on an external line through a block - always an internal line, or, a dedicated external climbing line. 3. There's no way of self rescue if you have to rely on the primary line and ascender. Suggestions: 1. Get a dynamic climbing line, hoist on an internal halyard, or otherwise add a dedicated anchor point to the masthead and run a mouseline to hoist a proper climbing line. 2. Toss the ascender for a second accessory cord used with a prussik or whatever knot. 3. Look at a "big wall" harness. You will suffer quickly in your thin harness if you have to hang for any length of time. 4. Don't ever put your line or loops directly through the sharp edges of gear, as shown with the ascender. Use a locking carabiner to connect them. 5. Have all safety lines (the loops with prussiks) much shorter, so you can reach them if needing to descend using them

Beautiful video. You must have a great battery in your drone. Thanks for sharing the instruction!

parabéns pelo videos, pelas aulas e por sempre pensar em sugurança!

Your a beeeuwdy Erik.. Like the way you called cross trees.. Horns.. Very Viking.. hehehe.. Great videos on island trips.. Love how you get pissed at journeys end and enjoy your tucker.. and live life to the full..! 🐬👍

Excellent stuff Erik, I am sailing towards the Mediterranean but one day I want to come to say hello in your beautiful country, cheers Erik.

I just watched s second video of yours. Thank you for passing your knowledge. Your voice, demeanour and knowledge make it very interesting to watch. You could easily be on a documentary for National Geographic, or similar.

Definitely my favourite sailing channel. Also, I read that many solo sailors like Moitessier liked to screw proper steps to the mast. Not so pretty but very convenient. Moitessier was a bit of a poet and spent a lot of time sitting on the spreaders watching the beauty of the sea. But his mast was plain wood, so mast steps were definitely easier to install than on an aluminum one...

Best sailing channel on KZread.

Cheers Erik the Viking, also to yr amazing sanctuary Ròvaer....stay safe see you soon, and Fair Winds ;-)

Hello Erik, great video and thanks for sharing the experience. I think associating a dedicated climbing rope is a good idea, although it adds an extra link which means an extra check. I use together with this a textile ladder which needs to be very taught or set in the mast track, which in turn means taking the main out of the track. A bit of a bother, but the climb is quite straightforward and it is very light and compact. Thanks again! Bruce

thx for sharing your Videos, i really appreciate it.

Good Job!

great vid, a tip from a climber/sailor.... do all the work with the leg, leave that foot on the mast. grab above the ascender with one hand, and step up completely and straighten your leg. use the arm to pull the slack only, not to pull your weight. hope someday i'll see you in norway in lofoten for a ski!

@billleskeep2033

5 жыл бұрын

Agree with leg movement. And, once at top to be able to rest a bit in a saddle is comfortable for the legs and frees you to do whatever work must be one. Oh, and take water with you as its easy to dehydrate working hard like this.

@johncotgrave91

5 жыл бұрын

@@billleskeep2033 once you get the hand of it it should only take a minimum of effort. i can get up my 50' mast in 2-3 mins tops!.

@billleskeep2033

5 жыл бұрын

@@johncotgrave91 There was a day when I could scramble better but age has prevailed on me. My last mast climb was up my 35' mast and we (I had a belayman below--he wanted it that way) and we used the MastClimber which has a seat. I found it less demanding once at the top where work took place. The seat on that thing enables the legs to hang loose for a bit. I take water anyway, that's me.

@jamessarrett4169

5 жыл бұрын

John is 100% correct, and if you do it this way, you don't need the extra block between the Ascender(Jumar) and the Grigri. Omitting it will let you stand higher at the top. If you want to keep using a Grigri, I strongly recommend getting a static climbing rope and pulling it to the top with the halyard. Climbing ropes are kernmantle instead of double braid construction. They won't bind in the grigri the way your halyards do, because they don't flattten, and will have a smooth release even under complete tension.

Erik, ...- what can I say... . I envy you like hell ! In one moment it reminded me my Lake Ontario crossing from USA to Toronto on 36-footer during Andrew hurricane - 5-meter waves. Fair winds !!!

You earned the beer! I was a mountaineer before injuries took me off the vertical. I have jummared out of glacial crevasses, deep caves and on a few big rock walls. Very nice transition to rappel. The Prussik is a great knot and can replace your Jumar if needed. Have the double fisherman’s knot on your prussik sling a little farther up from your carabiner. It’s the weakest point of the prussik loop. I’m definitely going to try your technique on my ketch mast (only 50’) next chance I get! I’d sail with you any day! Cheers.

Fantastic vid