Racing a Cruiser, Double-Handed RORC Myth of Malham on a Westerly Sealord
Racing my Westerly Sealord cruising yacht (AKA the floating bungalow) in the Royal Ocean Racing Club’s “Myth of Malham” event. When you don’t have a racing boat you do the best you can with what you have.
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About Me
I run a small business called The Solent Boat Butler and spend my days repairing, maintaining and refitting sailing boats (often Contessa 32’s due to my long experience with them). I'm mostly in the central Solent area of the UK. Being a cruising and racing sailor with many thousands of inshore and offshore sea miles logged I like to think that I bring a great deal of real-world experience to my work and help many new (and not so new) boat owners to improve and maintain their boats. When I'm not fixing boats I also provide some own-boat sail training, help owners with deliveries, provide pre-purchase inspections and deliver consultancy services to those that are refitting their own boats for cruising or racing.
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Disclaimer
I hope that viewers both enjoy and learn something from my videos but please remember to take the appropriate precautions for any DIY refit works you undertake with appropriate PPE and the correct tools for the job. If you are in any way unsure as to how to go about a project or are unsure if something on your boat is safe please consult a professional. I don’t necessarily show every step of how to do a particular job so only take on a project if you know exactly what you are doing or consult a professional, I accept no liability for errors or omissions in this video, it is for entertainment purposes only.
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Music credits
Intro Music: Bensound.com
Other Music: epidemicsound.com
Пікірлер: 54
More sailing content is absolutely welcome. Great episode.
I watch your channel because of the refit. However, I did enjoy watching the sail portion of the channel. Thank you for the change of pace.
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Cool, thanks for the comment, plenty more refits stuff but I want to get more sailing onto the channel too as that’s kinda the point of the channel
Good bit of sailing for a change and the funny hats just coming!😂
Great to see the racing and a surprisingly sprightly bungalow!⛵
@RefitandSail
8 ай бұрын
Indeed! Thanks
Great episode : nice not to watch glorious sanding 😉 Good to see Jamie, too. And these views from the Needles are terrific (never been there). Beautiful kite, the most visible business card ever !
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it, yes the needles are quite a famous landmark and always nice to sail past.
Love your channel and some sailing is absolutely appreciated! Both refit and sailing are parts of the boating life, both equally important and enjoyable! Contgrats, a result to be proud of, a well sorted cruising boat dont have to be slow.....
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, pleased you enjoyed it.
great to see you sailing again George, love the spinnaker, great result.
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍.
Loving the sailing content. That's a surprisingly sprightly bungalow you've got there. 👍
Great to see George. Was an interesting race! We had some ups and downs on DT. Great to see the sea lord stretching her racing legs.
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
It was, I noticed DT on the entry list, maybe see you on the water.
Great to see some sailing on the channel. Mid fleet in a bungalow is good going😊. Come back soon Jamie. 👍
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, pleased you enjoyed it, bit of a departure from the normal refit works and so the YT algorithm doesn’t know who to promote it too but that’s to be expected. Jamie has been persuaded to come for another race so more to come I think….
Would love to see videos on double handing. Any best practices etc…cruising or racing tips…
Go Jamie 🙌🏾🙌🏾 woop woop
Hi George, what a fantastic video. Really enjoyed it. More sailing please and more Jamie. He was great. Seems like he was a perfect sailing partner. Currently saving for my first Yacht. Learning so much from your refit videos as well. Perfect mix for me, all-be-it, hopefully with a bit more sailing. Appreciate you have to keep your day job going. Liberta's not too shabby a racer as well. BTW, have you ever done Fastnet?
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Thank for the comment and keep saving for that first boat, it doesn’t need to be perfect it just needs to get you on that sailing journey and once you have some experience you will work out what is the right boat for you longer term. Yes, Jamie is a super nice guy and stay tuned for some more bungalow sailing with him and refit works in future videos. I have tried to do the fastnet a couple of times but it’s not really worked out, have done much longer races but it’s still a significant challenge and would be nice to tick it off the bucket list one day.
Great video - love the sailing content!
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, appreciate the comment, More to come!
Well you made great use of the 360 camera. Great footage George!
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Bought with donations I get and this was its first outing, still learning how to use it but a very handy camera.
Yes, good to see the mix of sailing and refit
Scary stuff this racing, I'll stick to cruising as I like a total exclusion zone of at least a nautical mile all round the boat.
Love the sail racing.
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Great, thanks for the comment!
Really enjoyed this video George and a congrats to the both of you for a very good middle of the pack result! I have done both long distance cruising, including transat, and offshore racing and very much agree on your comments regarding crew well-being. Great to have a mix of sailing and refitting on your channel.
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the feedback, good to hear. It was always the plan to have a mix of refit works and sailing, hence the name of the channel, it’s just been a bit one sided the last few months!
Thanks for the video!!! Took me back to my time on the Isle of Wight in 2006 (back in Oz now) with lots of Channel sailing. Would love to see your set up for your asymmetrical spinnaker. Thinking of getting one for my boat (Northshore 38 built in 1984).
more Jamie! good vid, thanks!
Great to see the Sealord in action, I brought mine back from Conwy N Wales in December ( no autopilot) and it was the sleep deprivation that was the hardest part. Great job guys !👍⛵️⛵️⛵️
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Managing sleep when solo or two handed is the single hardest thing when racing (or even cruising although that’s less pressured). I had a brilliant hallucination once when racing offshore in a previous boat, but I knew it was a hallucination so I went to bed!
Enjoyed the change of pace from the normal refit content, though I was kind of hoping you'd take advantage of the becalmed time to sand or varnish something... 😆
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
That’s the problem with working on boats, when it comes to my free time it’s not always what I want to be doing!
It's great being along on a sail with you. Thanks.
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoy it. More to come
Great to see racing in a 'normal' boat. I had assumed RORC was 100% carbon fibre flying machines.
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
I’d say the majority were either racing-oriented or outright race boats, I don’t think there was another outright cruiser but there were a few older designs that we would use as a benchmark, the closest to us on handicap was a S&S Co38.
With your new kite, it does look like a proper racer, or maybe like a super kitted-out cruiser doing proper racing! Well done George and Gent!
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Definitely a cruiser but I always like to cruise efficiently as even cruisers want to make a decent passage time.
this is right up my alley: those who work hard get to play hard...and make up a second channel to not get screwed by the algorithm! Well done...after all that boat fixing we were wondering whether you have time off as well...and yes, my grandfather also did some corpoate entertainment on his yacht in Hamburg after WW II so it´s fine to be out with a trusted client as well!
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Andreas, agree about the algorithm, YT doesn’t know who to promote my video to as it’s not refit related so the views are down on what have become normal levels but I want this to the the “refit and Sail” channel so will stick with it and hope the algorithm catches up!
Great George ! I as I am sure many others followed you and the race when it happened and I love the fact that you did it on a very solid however not racing boat - aka the bungalow. Watching now the race with “on boat coverage” was really nice and enjoyable. I think you did very well, in at times testing conditions - congratulations!
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Ulrich
Great looking asym! Well done, fun race! Next, Round the Island! Thx, Andrew, Florida
Very enjoyable episode. Would have been interesting to see the boat preparation too. More Jamie too!😂
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
Thanks.
Hi George, how crazy is this to come across your video, I was crewing on White Knight 7 with Oli. Did he send you the pics I took? I'm the one waving to you at 10:40.
Great stuff George, very enjoyable as usual. You have an enviable knowledge & experience of refitting & sailing. Eagerly awaiting some CO32 sailing!
@RefitandSail
Жыл бұрын
That would be nice, will try to plan in some co32 sailing over the summer.
I’m considering an Oceanlord 41 which is almost the same as your Sealord to use for Atlantic crossings, Caribbean cruising, and maybe some time in the Pacific but concerned about some of the spec numbers so would appreciate your input. Specifically the comfort ratio of 27 being on the low side and it’s not much fun doing long passages if the crew is not comfortable and feeling well. Also the sail area to displacement ratio is under 15 which means it’s not great in lighter air so I’ll need to carry more fuel as tank is not that large and I’ll have to motor more. I’m comfortable with spinnakers and light air sails if that’s the solution, I just prefer to do at least 3-4 knots in lighter air under sail rather than have to motor. You’ve done several Atlantic crossings etc so would appreciate any feedback (IFYI I’ve watched all your videos they have been great and part of the reason I’m looking at an Oceanlord) cheers. Jim