I'm glad you and your ship came back from those horrific conditions. May the sailors forever remember this perilous day. God bless the bravery of you, and the seaworthiness of your ship. May I add that the music fits the terrifying weather perfectly. Jokes aside, beautiful boat. It looks like a fun day out there.

@TheCorsair

5 жыл бұрын

It was great until the genoa blew out.

Nice video. Thank you.

@TheCorsair

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

Only time I sailed in a gale was on the Chesapeake. Cutter rigged, so had only the staysail and a reefed main up. Loved it. (Cabo Rico 38).

@TheCorsair

Жыл бұрын

Can’t go wrong with a Cabo Rivo

I'm sailing with you. Love watching the water.

Great video. Love the action feeling in it. Thanks for sharing. Fair winds from Norway 🇳🇴

I am very excited I am going to buy a Hans Christen at the end of next year. They seem to be a Grand boat and I have been looking a long time. If was a toss up between a Dutch Sailing Barge and Hans Christen. I have been a Merchant Marine most of my life now and after fifteen years of working off the West Africa African Coast I wanted something to show for it. A Hans Christen is just the ticket. Sail or no sail life would be good. Thinking of the Great Loop.

@TheCorsair

5 жыл бұрын

Congrats! Great boats!!!!

Awesome footage! Your videos are getting more cinematic. Thanks for sharing!

@TheCorsair

8 жыл бұрын

+SailBros Thanks for watching!

I really lov the hans christians. Such handsome boats

lovely day for a sail, I'd call that a mainsail , one reef and working jib kind of day. Keeping the main and a jib will balance the boat.

I can almost feel my hands doing your bright work.. Subscribed and thumbs up..

Very nice boat! We have a blue water cruiser as well and find in those conditions she's much better balanced with a reefed main and staysail. She'll develop more power and punch through the waves better. Looks like at the end of the video there was some sail damage. If new sails are needed that would help out performance.

A heavy application of music detracts from sailing videos. You can always mute the sound, but then you miss what little wind and water sounds are eeking past the blasting music. Nice boat .

Fun ride! Beautiful vessel!

Cool, I used to sail my Westsail 32 out of Herrington Harbour North about 10 years ago.

Couldn't help but catching your excellent video of "Duchess" which I took delivery of in 1987. She looks as beautiful as the day she came off the trailer in Falmouth MA. The only recognition I can make is that I had the Nav station configured on the starboard side and removed the bunk that would have been there, plus the fact that she was delivered with a blue hull and was the star of the harbor in Mystic CT where we had her moored. Recall many wonderful hours sailing New England waters before we had to sell her in 1994. Last I knew she was heading to the Bahama's.

I really enjoyed that. Nicely done.

@TheCorsair

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching

What a beautiful sailboat ⛵

Besides the winds, the temps were also unseasonably cold! Great video.

@TheCorsair

8 жыл бұрын

+s/v Mariah Thanks...yes, it was a bit chilly!!!

love the music on the video

@TheCorsair

8 жыл бұрын

+alan mckinnon Thanks! I thought it was appropriate for the conditions!

Beautiful boat!!

@TheCorsair

8 жыл бұрын

+James Ajac It is a beautiful boat. The owner, Bruce Moody, has a KZread channel.

@jamesajac4384

8 жыл бұрын

found it thanks!!

After launching "Duchess" in '87 in Falmouth MA and sailing her throughout New England waters for several years I lost track of her as she was heading to the Bahamas. Your video brought back many exciting moments and it was awesome to see she can still handle the "weather"

@BruceMoodysails

6 жыл бұрын

Ed, awesome to cross paths with you. I am the current and proud owner of Duchess.

@BruceMoodysails

6 жыл бұрын

I'd love to chat with you about Duchess and give you an update. She's solid and in good (and continuous) care, and she takes good care of us.

@edmcmanus

6 жыл бұрын

Sorry that I haven't gotten back to you sooner but have been away. Please contact me at emacsrq@gmail.com as it is easier than through KZread. Ed McManus

@steveharding1656

5 жыл бұрын

My chance here to ask the two owners of Duchess , would you think she is the right boat for me and my wife to take across the Atlantic ? From Canaries to Bahamas from Panama to Australia back to UK not yours obviously lol, but you never know In the future she may be for sale. Seriously I was looking at a bigger boat but I don't know this boats look like really nice liveaboards

@steveharding1656

5 жыл бұрын

Enjoyed the film by the way

Very nice boat!

Look at the flag at the end of the sea wall at 33 seconds in.... And yes I agree with the comment below, using the Mainsail, even double reeled, balances the boat better, and takes strain off the rigging.

An exceptional boat is the queen who got you thru repeated storms, gales and crossings of 10, 35 and 55 days.

Fantastic footage! I think I got spray on my face.

@TheCorsair

8 жыл бұрын

+S/V Southern Lady It was a fun day on the Bay!

Nice day for a sail, in fact heavy displacement boats with full keels need some wind and not being very rough out there you can get them to move quite nicely. The boat like this can handle way more seas and wind than this. (previous owner of 1971 Morgan 40 Classic)

Hans Christians are sailboats for the sailor!!

Your the only notification bell I've turned on.

No gale here, possibly force 5. Try sailing offshore in 20-25’ seas with the top 1 1/2 blowing off in a spray, not foaming yet but spray, and you’re surfing down the wave fronts. Now there’s something to get excited about. I’d have the main up with a reef for better balance

Nice yacht. World love to have someone show and describe the interior with all the storage.

@TheCorsair

8 жыл бұрын

I'll encourage the owner to make a video tour of the boat.

@andrewbarron8857

7 жыл бұрын

Have a look at Sailing Vessel Prism's You Tube Channel. They are cruising on an HC33T and just recently did a terrific video tour of theirs. Very in-depth.

Love your vids, can anyone tell me about the soundtrack? Loved the music

force 4 is a yachtsmans gale. You may be interested to know that a main sail gives a lot more structural strength to your rig. Less chance of a fracture caused by loads unevenly distributed through the mast. Happy sailing.

@peteboyle7

8 жыл бұрын

Force 4 is a dinghy sailors gale not a yachtsman's. Force 4 is ideal for most yachts

Shipmate! Thank you very much! We shall sail again, soon.

@TheCorsair

8 жыл бұрын

+Bruce Moody Thanks for sharing the adventure!

Ha,ha. Considered calm seas and moderate wind here off Oahu. Plus no Kaiwi channel current 😂😂 Put that mainsail up bruddah!

A GALE ? LOL....that was a betty.

Great video. Excellent music!

Wow, she sails well with only head sails. This is the kind of weather we get on San Francisco Bay every summer afternoon...big fun. Does she get much weather helm, especially with the main up? Cheers

great footage, fantastic music. very entertaining.

@TheCorsair

8 жыл бұрын

+Sean “SV Inopii” Thompson Thanks for sailing with us!

Nice video and music. I have been watching for an excellent buy on a 33 for several years now. 1986-1987. Beautifull boats.

@steveharding1656

5 жыл бұрын

Why haven't you Bought one yet in that time , I don't mean that as bad as it sounds I'm wondering is it that hard to find one? This intrest me as I'm not ready yet but looking now to see what's my happy choice boat.

@theintruder77

5 жыл бұрын

We are planning on selling the family cottage and waiting to get out part out of it. Getting tired of cottage life because you cannot control who your neighbours are. With a large enough yacht you will always have waterfront property and if get intrusive neighbours you can always move. There are also many less door knockers and visitors on a yacht if it is anchored in a secluded cove somewhere private. Society is getting busier every summer and that is getting bothersome.

Beautiful boats, you stated early on that you put a reef in the main but chose not to hoist (I didnt read through all the comments) but she will handle more than you can by all means. I usually run my boat through some hard conditions once or twice a year and I am never disappointed (I have a Ranger 33; not as stout as this lady). I would enjoy a sail on a Hans in these conditions though

Where’s the gale ? Looks like a nice days sailing !

@TheCorsair

Жыл бұрын

My girlfriend’s name is Gale!🤣

Another Tuesday on the Bay.

@TheCorsair

4 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Ha ! Mamaroneck we're practically neighbors. What kind of speeds did you make ?

Is it better to sail in a storm with a storm jib or a storm trisail/reefed main? Sails on the main tends to turn you windward and into the waves while the jib will tend to turn you away from the wind broaching the waves... Also those weren't Gail conditions. Just a brisk Sunny day with scattered clouds. Dramatic music does not a storm make.

@jimb6208

4 жыл бұрын

This is not a storm.

Like the music. Who is it please?

Leaving flames in the wake at a scorching three and a half knots.

Where's Gale???? Is she down below ???

@TheCorsair

7 жыл бұрын

Hahaha! Actually, she is the blonde. Her name is "Gale!"

@shurrpa5425

7 жыл бұрын

The Corsair love your boat by the way!!!

@TheCorsair

7 жыл бұрын

Well thanks! Just to be clear the boat (Hans Christian 33) in this video is not mine. I own a Cabo Rico 38 and a Sea Sprite 30.

@Jeremy-fy1sz

6 жыл бұрын

Considering they shredded the head sail, we'll let them call it a gale

@vincent7520

6 жыл бұрын

She was sick. Remember : "Sic transit Gloria (nickname Gale) mundi" !…

So a quick question ... what's the point of putting a reef in the main if you never put it up?

@TheCorsair

4 жыл бұрын

Youll have to ask the owner

you dropped staysail , and blew genoa?

@TheCorsair

7 жыл бұрын

+NAT HEISLER I was just a passenger. The genoa got blown around the front of the forestay and blew out before we could get it under control. If it was my boat we would have raised the main with double reef and only used the staysail.

@natheisler2918

7 жыл бұрын

yes those things happen fast

Average conditions here in Hawaii. Any sailboat can do that so what's the big fuss?

@capriciouskapena7938

7 жыл бұрын

Jeffrey Wood ha,ha I sail my little Hobie cat here on Oahu in 20 knts. Pupule, but fun!!

oh come on... how beatiful can a SY be...!?

Why not only use the staysail? Would have save the Genoa.great video on the hc33

What would we all have given for just one protracted look at the instruments, Oh Well!

👍

These sailboats will handle much more of a blow than shown in this video but it looked like a fun day otherwise.

Look like a peaceful sail so what’s the deal with that music good Lord

Great footage but info like speed ect would be nice.

Lamo..put up the main sheet & lets see some sailing....

A gale...

Do you still have this boat at HHS?

@TheCorsair

4 жыл бұрын

It’s not my boat but the owner does still keep it at HHS.

22 knotts a Gale! We didn't go out unless it was 20 knots! Mamaroneck Long Island Sailors!

@TheCorsair

6 жыл бұрын

+michael d yeah you're the man!

You should really cite the music in your notes. I'd guess Two Steps from Hell w/Julie Elven vocals, but not sure.

I'd like to see a hans converted to a schooner rig.

@TheCorsair

5 жыл бұрын

That would be interesting

Storm conditions?

@TheCorsair

7 жыл бұрын

+Ralph B No. just a Gale Warning issued by USCG.

Here is what a Small Craft Warning looks like inside the San Francisco Bay. kzread.info/dash/bejne/d5ltsZKeoa2cf8Y.html

No I was crew on a 102 foot Motor Sailer!

Beautiful boat,how did she handle in that weather?

@TheCorsair

8 жыл бұрын

+High voltage Lineman2019 she handled very well. The only criticism I had is that her forward bow/hull is quite wide and blunt and as such she occasionally pounds waves that my Cabo Rico would just slice through.

If it's a gale, why's that guy on the bowsprit? Hello......

What ? is gale the name of the boat ??

@TheCorsair

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣🤣

NO GAIL!

Gale?

What’s the music please?

@TheCorsair

5 жыл бұрын

Rada by Thomas Bergersen

To call those conditions a "storm" is a huge exaggeration, to say the least...

@TheCorsair

8 жыл бұрын

+Jack Rabbit hahaha....well, it "captured" your interest!

@jackrabbit5047

8 жыл бұрын

+The Corsair Sure did. They are gorgeous boats.

@TheCorsair

8 жыл бұрын

Jack Rabbit Indeed!

Ha ha. To see what a real gale looks like, go to minute 32 in our spring passage video. kzread.info/dash/bejne/mKRh0Nd-csfcl5c.html

@TheCorsair

5 жыл бұрын

Looks more like a squall than a gale.

@jalmberg

5 жыл бұрын

The U.S. National Weather Service defines a gale as 34-47 knots of sustained surface winds. We were hove to for about 10 hours off Cape Hatteras in that sort of wind. Not bragging, but not exaggerating, either.

Gale? You mean clickbait?

...what gale? A gale is 35 to 40 knots of wind...

@TheCorsair

7 жыл бұрын

When we cast off aboard S/V Duchess the winds were blowing out the west at 22kts with gusts to 27kts; challenging but nothing a robustly built HC33 couldn't handle. We headed north from Herring Bay towards the Bay Bridge and the winds continued to accelerate as we made great time under staysail and genoa alone. By the time we reached Thomas Point Light the winds were sustained in the high 20's with gusts as high as 37 kts and the Coast Guard was issuing Gale Warnings for the Upper Chesapeake Bay.

@RealityIsTheNow

7 жыл бұрын

Fair enough. I guess it just wasn't apparent from the footage. Though...sitting here on my ass in the air conditioning is quite different from being there!

nice stable ride given the chop. videography was as choppy as the water.

no Gail there, I mean , gale...., no gale,,,

@TheCorsair

7 жыл бұрын

Actually, the Blonde in the video is named Gale.

bit over dramatic on the music..but nice sailboat.

This wasn’t even a force 4 day, let alone gale force. Why the click bait and the dramatic music for a little day sail?

That was obnoxious.

@TheCorsair

7 жыл бұрын

+davidgeorge11 hahaha don't hold back!

What's wrong with your mains'l mate, couldn't get it up? You want to come and sail in the Irish Sea...

@TheCorsair

6 жыл бұрын

Not my boat. Owner didn’t want to hoist the main.

Shame about the music. The noises of a boat on water is precious.

If that's your definition on a storm it's either a Clickbait or you just don't know the definition of storm

@TheCorsair

8 жыл бұрын

+Jimmy Holmgren Right you are! Thanks for watching!!!

Gale ? WTF?? its a millpond !

@TheCorsair

6 жыл бұрын

Yeah it was just a little breezy but the USCG issued a Gale Warning.

@Vinnie101a

5 жыл бұрын

The Corsair: Gale warning . . . For tomorrow? 🤣

click bait I have seen lesser boats in a lot heaver weather. no gale there.

@ngilman1

4 жыл бұрын

That isn't the definition of click bait.

Great but ???? The music???? That wasnt a whip up of the seas Get real mate

Would have been better with the sound of wind and waves, rather than pretentious music.

Common Corsair.....wtf ?? ....that's nowhere near to a gale its 2/10th of a gale!!

@TheCorsair

6 жыл бұрын

Yawn

What’s with the overly melodramatic crap music?

Why oh why oh why the rubbish music ?

@TheCorsair

4 жыл бұрын

Turn down the volume! 🤣