Really really liked the long clips of just sailing in the challenging seas. No music, no narration. Just sea sounds. Outstanding!!

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

The sea was quite tricky. Not very big but quite confused. It's so difficult to film as the sea tends to look much flatter than it is. Thank you for another really generous and kind comment.

@legend343

6 жыл бұрын

Totally agree.!!!⛵️⚓️👍

@joeyhayesus

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! I watch a lot of sailing videos, and this might have been the very best for just capturing the sea and the motion of the boat. Very well done.

@Redlegarty

3 жыл бұрын

Couldn’t agree more.. I could watch this 20 times just for that

@colemansantino2617

2 жыл бұрын

Instablaster

Great experience and amazing video, the sound of the wind and waves are just absolutely overwhelming in beauty and might. Kudos, captain!

@samingosailing

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Dan C. You might like my sail from NW Spain to Madeira this year. 800 NM downwind Portuguese Trades were quite strong kzread.info/dash/bejne/dqmCsaepoKjeeag.html I'm looking forward to sailing in the northern North Sea again. I love Norway. ATB James

classic understatement film flattens the seas, a few times I have seen that myself.

I had planned that trip for my retirement sail in my 27ft Sabre Minerva in May 1992 but after singlehanding up to Crinan and spending a week listening to the forecasts for Viking and both Upsires being constant NE gales i had a rethink. I called my wife to join me and we transitted the Caledonian then sailed for Thyboron. Not too bad a crossing but twice as far and took 4 days. Still the 3 month cruise of the Baltic followed by the Keil and Dutch canals, Belgium N France and a dash back to UK made it worth while.

@samingosailing

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for commenting on the video. I do love those northern waters. My attempt to get back to Shetland last year ended at Peterhead. I also sailed Shetland to Norway in 2016 and thoroughly enjoyed working my way round to Mandal and then across the Skagerrak and down the Kattegat, via the islands, to Kiel.

Excellent video! I have worked offshore and the Shetland Islands and Norway are beautiful cruising grounds. As you say, seas always look smaller on camera so that was a very lumpy crossing. Hat off to you sir! Fair winds, Chris

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

It was the confused sea that made it more interesting. Thank you so much for watching. Fair winds and stay safe. James

Oct 2020 ... Well sailed ! Thanks .It is a nice presentation and we sailed with you ..like I did 10 years ago in South Africa

@samingosailing

3 жыл бұрын

That is very kind of you to watch the video and then send me a kind message. Many thanks. I hope you are still getting out on the water. Stay safe. James

As part of my cirnav, I sailed singlehanded from Lerwick down to Stornaway. Nice seeing Lerwick in the video after all these years. Looks like you are using an electric autopilot. I used a Sailomat servo pendulum windvane most of the time even during the biggest seas in the Southern Ocean.

@samingosailing

4 жыл бұрын

Wow! I'd love to hear more about your voyage. Did you write a blog? A book? I would be terrified to venture in to the Southern Ocean. The one thing I have not decided on is which windvane. The longest sail alone was 1,400 nautical miles and although the electronic self steering was wonderful it made me feel a little vulnerable. The electronic Raymarine Evolution steering with Linear Drive is very sophisticated and does not use much power but ... Thank you so much for watching the video. I do love those northern waters above Scotland.

It's nice to watch sailing again near NewYear, thank You. Оbviously our boats were close to each other! I left Tananger at 9 july and came to Lervik at 12 july, one day after your departure.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Grigory. Yes! I left Lerwick on the 11th and arrived in Bergen on the 12th. It was quite a quick crossing and quite lively closing on the Norwegian coast. I sailed back to Peterhead in Scotland from Stavanger. Happy New Year. Fair winds and stay safe. James

I agree with the other comments on here about the no music, long sea sections etc. The quality of the image is excellent too. Well done.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Looked like fun! Felt so calming and rhythmic with just the boat going up on the waves, and the sound of Momma Ocean! I am a terrible sailor, but would still love an ocean trip like this! Great job!

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Nancy. It's a fairly empty bit of Ocean up there and the light is amazing in the summer. Not much land to the N and NW and it can get pretty lively. The return sail from Norway to Scotland was very enjoyable if you want to take a look kzread.info/dash/bejne/nmdpm9WCnaexg84.html Hope you experience an offshore passage before too long. Fair winds and stay safe. James

@nancyleedunn

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for replying!! I wiill go take a look! What a great way to live, out there in the sea!

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for watching the video.

You were definitely using both hands on this solo sail 😆🤙⛵️

I love your boat and am very impressed with how well you have set everything up. A great deal of thought went into all aspects I'm sure; but, then your homework paid off with a confident crossing. I never felt any anxiety for you, as I have on other cruising sites. I think I'd go anywhere on your beautiful boat.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

That is really really kind. I've probably done more NM than most but nowhere near as many as some. I am utterly selfish as a single hander. Everything on board is designed to be used by ME. 'Talisker 1' and me are a team and I'm the weakest link. Your quite right! There are some scary videos out there. If you sail far enough and often enough 'excitement' will catch up with you sooner or later. You don't have to take foolhardy risks with the sea. On the most benign day things can go horribly wrong. And as prepared as one can be ... as the wonderful Herb Payson said ... you have "got to be able to improvise".

@LuckyPlays

6 жыл бұрын

Can you point to which one of your videos goes over your set-up and boat?

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

There is a little bit on the boat here www.samingosailing.com/my-boat-westerly-typhoon-talisker-1/ but perhaps there should be more. I've never been asked that question before. ATB James

@LuckyPlays

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the prompt reply. As someone searching for their first sailboat and thinking about joining the lifestyle; I really love seeing people's boats and understanding the practical decisions about why it is set up the way it is. That kind of insight is priceless. You should do a video tour - Anyways - your sailing videos are great to watch -

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Decision on 'what boat' is really 'What are you going to do with the boat'? Race, Cruise, Sail locally, Sail Offshore a short distance or be a long way from land for extended periods. Many people just sit on their boats at week ends! How many crew etc and the list goes on. Once you have decided what sailing you wish to do you have to list in order of importance what you want on the boat. No boat will have everything so there will be a compromise.

GREAT Sounds of sailing! I love it. sooo relaxing just listening to the swells... Most channels never capture the sound in a decent quality nor length. I am sure some people here might enjoy a full episode or 2 of just images and sounds of the sea/boat.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for watching. It can be hard work to deal with on a small sail boat so its not always super fun. But when you arrive safely there are no regrets.

@bobbobbinson1841

6 жыл бұрын

My pleasure. I just found your channel from patrick lane's channel. so its time to binge watch I guess. Looking forward to future adventures.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I'm a big fan of the way Patrick puts his films together.

Awsome, just found this channel, this be my first viewing. Subscribed. Must say you handled the conditions to perfection. Now I`ll have to binge from start.Fair winds and following seas

@samingosailing

4 жыл бұрын

What a lovely comment. Thank you. I do love the northern North Sea. I've sailed from Shetland to Norway twice and once back to Scotland from Stavanger. My intention is to return to Norway and explore north of Bergen. I would love to get right up the top. I'm a cautious sailor so it will be very much arriving in Norway at the very beginning of the summer. Very weather dependent. From your comment your a sailor! Where do you sail? What boat(s). Fair winds and most of all stay safe James

@aregunnulfsen5559

4 жыл бұрын

Credit goes where credits due :) I like to sail, I`ve sailed two summers now, not sure that makes ma a sailor though ;-) I have a 30ft Omega, I sail it in the Skagerak Coast area from Kristiansand and up to the Oslosfjord entrance. My home port is "Portør" and "Kragerø Seil Forening (Kragero Yacht Club)" If you ever go past Mandal and up the east coast, give me a heads up.

"Film flattens the seas" That it does! lol. But it can't hide those white caps. Nice sailing!

@samingosailing

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for watching. ATB James

finally a boat well powered doing it's thing ! great balance and speed... no underpowered wallowing trimmed for a breeze that doesn't exist ! .. great sailing...

@samingosailing

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching the video. Those seas up there can be testing. Have you had a look at my videos of my sail to Madeira and The Azores 2018? Part 3 kzread.info/dash/bejne/dqmCsaepoKjeeag.html has some interesting sea conditions to test the self steering. ATB James

Great footage very impressed

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Josh. Really kind of you to watch this video. I'm sailing with 'Talisker 1' in the Atlantic this summer. We left the North Sea in early June and reached Madeira on June 20th. We (the boat and me) reached the Azores yesterday. I hope to bring me and my small ship home safely by the end of July. So more videos to come perhaps. ATB James

Nicely done... thanks for posting =]

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

Fascinating to watch your videos, I notice you have a life raft fixed to the real guard rail, do you have a tender inflatable as well ?

@samingosailing

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Richard. Thank you for watching the videos. I do have an inflatable tender stored on the coach roof, just forward of the spray hood, and a small outboard for getting ashore when at anchor. But a friend told me a frightening story! He was sailing off the north coast of Svalbard. Look it up! You would struggle to be any further north. He struck rocks in what he thought was open water and his boat was clearly going to sink. He tried to launch the life raft and it simply would not inflate. His shoulder is still damaged from the exertion of pulling the cord. The life raft failed to inflate. Now in very grave danger he waded through the cabin to the forepeak where his inflatable was stowed, the water by this time being waist deep and dragged his inflatable back through the cabin. There was just time to pump it up. The two men stepped up in to the inflatable as his boat sank! ATB James

Great video 👍

@samingosailing

Жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching.

Some interesting footage on norwegion coast approach. It would have been more interesting to see footage up from the bow looking aft and forward. I wonder how many yachties get confused about windspeed over deck regarding true wind and apparent wind as so many skippers are so realiant on instruments and readings . As to wave height and and film reduction effect most people probably over estimate wave height and wind speed because windometer reads 30 knts every now and then they assume their sailing a force7 whereas there actually in a force 5 gusting a 7.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Hello Anthony. Many thanks for your comment. I know you will understand that it is a priority that the crew remain able. As a single hander to be disabled would disable the boat. The odd bit of filming is taken when I'm not working the boat and I certainly don't leave the cockpit unless I have to. I also have the most basic camera equipment. My priority is the passage and to make it unremarkable i.e. a safe passage. I know how the boat feels and when she needs to be reefed and comfortable. Cruising you tend to be underpowered. Yep .. you and me understand the difference between apparent and true wind speed. I'm not terribly interested in what the instruments read. What you observe around you is more important. Approaching the Norwegian coast it was a pretty consistent 25+ knots with regular gusts of 30+. It's not the wind that rules but the waves. I've been in much bigger seas of course but when the waves are confused, as they were approaching the Bomlafjord, it makes the sailing just a bit harder. The wind strength was just a bit easier to see on the video in 'flatter' water, in the fjord, at the end of the video. ATB James

Amazing footage. I would love to duplicate that passage someday..

@samingosailing

4 жыл бұрын

Yes! Not too much traffic at 60 degrees north. Beautiful colours and at the right time of year nearly 24 hours daylight. I've done it three times. Each time quite different ... but demanding. Indeed any sea passage is a challenge and not to be taken lightly. I would NOT do it in winter. That is bordering on madness. Those brave men who sailed the Shetland Bus! They had to do it! Thank you so much for watching. ATB James

awesome , and yes the film and the flattening affect . Its like being in a chair lift ( skiing) and commenting on how i can ski those moguls easy . Then i totally disappear while in them . LOL .

@samingosailing

5 жыл бұрын

Cor ... moguls. Those were the days when I was a much younger man. My legs burn when I ski now! Thank you so much for watching. I love those northern waters. Thank you so much for watching. ATB James

It appears that you appear to have your engine gear lever in reverse, presumably to lock the prop? Is it a fixed prop? and which gearbox? I also do this (Volvo, fixed prop) and it makes less noise and goes faster.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Hello Geoff. Yes to stop the shaft turning. The gear box Volvo MS2. The engine 28HP Volvo 2003 that's been out and refurbished. It's not a noise issue, although you can hear it turn. It's just good practice. The propeller is a Bruntons 18" 3 Blade Varifold to suit 3200 rpm , with a 3.02:1 Gear Box Ratio. Fair winds and stay safe James

Ahh yes the old saying that the "camera never lies" really isn't true when filming seas, I know myself. But the "camera doesn't do it justice" is so appropriate.... Scared at any time..? What autopilot system do you have, because it handled the seas fantastically.?? Great video! Warren s/y Legend

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Scared is probably not the right word. Being scared and frightened hampers decision making. I always get anxious before casting off and then settle down once we are out there. When I'm no longer anxious will be the time to stop. I always say one should not be surprised at sea. If your surprised then perhaps one should not be out there. The boat was set up for me to go a lot further. With elderly relatives I have not wanted to go too far and for too long. 2-3 months max. I had lots of chats with the very good techi guys at Raymarine. The steering gear is their Evolution-200 Type 1 Linear. The original and older drive (which looks exactly the same from the outside) is perfect but is now the spare. Its all wired so that it can be swapped fairly easily. I'm still not decided re a wind vane should I go much much further one day. Raymarine say I won't need one !!?? For me to decide.

@arcturusarcturus1552

6 жыл бұрын

legend343 vb

@jtkilroy

5 жыл бұрын

Understated

Great job, man.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much. Next videos I hope from my sail UK to Madeira Porto Santo. I'm now bound for the Azores ... leaving in a few hours time.

Stupid question.. does the boat have an autopilot to stay on course? Are there alarms to warn you of issues? Thanks

@samingosailing

3 жыл бұрын

It's not a stupid question at all and thank you for watching the video. A single hander especially would not be able to sail without self steering. The greatest of them all Joshua Slocum, the first person to sail single-handed around the world in the late 1800's had a boat, so well balanced, that he could lash the helm. I have a state of the art electronic self steering that not only keeps the boat on the course I have set but also adjusts for motion. With regard to alarms I do have an audible alarm on radar and on AIS that I can set to guard the boat. Any vessel coming within a certain distance will set the audible alarm off. This alarm is invaluable particularly on much longer ocean voyages where I try to sleep for 15 to 20 minutes every hour though I will have used it on this cruise to Norway. I am woken most though on these short sleeps by a change in the way the boat is working. Stay safe ATB James

Great no silly music and just sailing

Great filming. As you say, "Quite lively". What is your practice for getting some sleep at night? Best, Patrick

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you Patrick. Make sure there is nothing showing on AIS and Radar for approx 30 NM all round. Then sleep 15 minutes. Set alarms. Then repeat the process. I get very well rested doing that. You've been further than me. What do you do? ATB James

@patricklaine6958

6 жыл бұрын

I tried the 20 minute routine last year on several relatively long solo passages James, but by the end of the second night, I felt so fatigued I was not confident that I was making good decisions. This year I went for 40 minute cycles (supported by an alarmed, transmit and receive AIS) and I felt great. Obviously, I only do this in blue water ops; when coastal overnight, I just stay up. Not ideal I know, but I feel safer doing this than being exhausted all of the time. Again, thanks for sharing your great trip videos.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! The coastal stuff you can't relax. I never sleep. My limit for a passage close to land is about 27 hours. I have a friend who went a very long way alone and the 15 minute sleeps were not easy for him for the first 48 hours. After that it was fine. Getting to a more normal sleep pattern on his return was tricky. www.amazon.co.uk/Tuesday-n-Me-David-Foreman/dp/0954693280

@captlarry-3525

6 жыл бұрын

how is your confidence in the range and sector alarms on radar ?My 1980's Ratheon ( JRC) radar has those features.. but only out to 16NM. haven't used it yet..

@patricklaine6958

6 жыл бұрын

Really good question Capt Larry. My (slightly) negative bias towards radar comes from my use of it during the 70s and 80s. I really didn't like its resolution then, and how you had to constantly tweek it just to get a mediocre image of the world around you. The good news is that now, according to many other viewers, radar resolution is much better, energy usage much more efficient, and alarms much more reliable. So, I really can't comment on your particular 80's Raytheon with sector alarms, other than to say that apparently, modern generation radars are MUCH improved and more user friendly. It would be great if you could test yours, and then go on a boat with someone with a recent generation radar, and compare and contrast the performance. That would be a very interesting video! :-)

what do you do in the evening with the sail? do you keep going slower? or at the same speed

@samingosailing

4 жыл бұрын

What a good question! A single-handed lady sailor used to 'heave to' and have a proper nights sleep. 'Heaving To' can be answered another time. Sailing skippers talk about a 'business like' reef as the night draws on i.e. reducing sail. In much longer passages than this one in the ocean (when I've been off shore alone for many days), invariably the main sail will be have at least one reef. The systems on my boat allow me to reef and shake out reefs very smoothly and quite quickly so I will have sails set for the conditions. Radar will normally show approaching squalls and with PredictWind / Iridium Go I have a very good idea of the weather, certainly for 4-5 days ahead. Sometimes a little longer. Weather has begun to be so much more volatile in the last ten to fifteen years. I set an audible guard alarm on AIS and Radar. I try to sleep for 15 minutes every hour. Sailing at this time of year in Norwegian waters there is practically twenty four hours daylight. Many thanks for watching. James

@henryandrew8622

4 жыл бұрын

@@samingosailing thank you so much for the response. so interesting. Not sure I could handle the 15 minute sleep patterns though!

What type of automatic tiller do you have. Can’t see any vane.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Raymarine Evolution. It's a bit special to say the least. It has just steered the boat and me for 4,000 NM over the last two months ... first across Biscay to Al Coruna, then to Madeira (800 NM non stop down wind 6's and 7's for most of the way), then 550 NM to the Azores. From the Azores we ('Talisker 1' and me) sailed 1,400 NM to Falmouth mostly upwind. ATB James

Hi, what boat is she? Thanks for the video 👍

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Mick. Westerly Typhoon. Westerly made a Storm 33 which was popular, particularly with the bigger rig. The Typhoon is just a Storm but bigger being 37' long and with a fractional rig rather than the Storm's masthead rig. Only 40 Typhoon's were built before the company ran into trouble. Thank you for watching. James

like your videos......wish you a happy new year :-)

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Happy New Year to you too. ATB James

Great footage. I love the Typhoon: Big brother to my Storm. What log speeds were you getting surfing down the waves? Impressed with the auto helm. Seems to handle the corkscrewing pretty well. Stay safe!

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Chris. Thank you so much for watching. Which rig have you got on your Storm? You have a great boat. The Typhoon is a bit of a mile eater. I like her very much. I saw about five Typhoons before buying mine. The self steering works well. I've done a lot of work on the boat for ME to sail her. I've been in much bigger seas but those approaching Norway this year were steep and confused. Me and 'Talisker 1' had to work quite hard. I've forgotten what was showing on the log but we averaged 6.4 for the trip. Max speed over the ground at one point was 13.4 kts. I have the track and stats recorded on my iPad. Fair winds stay safe .. James

@ChrisBurton1706

6 жыл бұрын

Samingo Sailing Thanks for your reply James. I've got SM6 with the taller twin spreader rig. I love it: Quick, strong and comfortable, although with the boys growing it's getting a little tight now.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Best Storm. Great Boat. Where are your home waters ?

@ChrisBurton1706

6 жыл бұрын

Samingo Sailing We keep the boat at Marchwood in Southampton. I love and hate the Solent in equal measure. So busy but plenty of weekend destinations. One day we'll let the lines go and sail away. We went down to the bay of St Malo over the summer. Lovely! Are you on the east coast? I think your first vlog started there.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Yes! I'm a Thames Estuary sailor. Thanks for watching Chris. Really appreciate it. Hope to see you and your Storm one day. ATB James

Exciting ride, right on the outer edge of fun =)

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Thomas. Sailing is probably only really enjoyable 20% of the time. It can of course be scary. I do everything I can to avoid 'scary' and not being safe. I'm always nervous before departure but settle down when underway. This trip was uneventful and safe. Me and the boat had to work hard for about 18 hours on this North Sea crossing and your right! It's not much fun while your working hard but it was safe, uneventful ... and enjoyable afterwards! There are some seriously scary videos out there as you know. And there are some sailing videos that have a following too .. in which they demonstrate how to have an eventful, scary and frankly dangerous experience. They also expect others to risk themselves going to their rescue! Thank you for watching. James

@Sirbadone

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks much for your reply!

Pretty cool video. How rough do the seas need to get before you start getting nervous?

@samingosailing

5 жыл бұрын

What an interesting question. In simple terms ... a lot rougher than this video. My nerves are always pre departure from port. I can get anxious. This anxiety only eases once I've cast off and me and the boat are underway. I don't think I should be out there if something is going to surprise me or if I could not improvise out there. When the going gets tough you should know what you have to do. If I look after the ship, the ship will look after me. So I would not get nervous out there. I would be fully concentrating on doing the right things. Have a peep at the videos I made of a cruise to Madeira and The Azores in 2018. There are some quite nice waves in Part 3 but again nothing untoward. ATB. James

@samingosailing

5 жыл бұрын

I forgot to say that of course confused seas can be much more difficult. And actually they were confused off the Norwegian coast on this cruise.

Please excuse a landlubber, but who is steering the boat?

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for asking the question and for watching the video! The steering system is manufactured by Raymarine. It is their Evolution steering which is very state of the art. Electronic steering keeps the boat on a compass heading. However, the Evolution system is quite a bit more sophisticated than JUST following a compass heading. It responds to pitch and role and waves and corrects very quickly indeed. I've just sailed single handed for 4,000 NM in the Atlantic. It did a very good job. ATB James

The Invisible Man at the Helm! LOL

@samingosailing

5 жыл бұрын

She does well!! Could not live without her! Thanks for watching.

Must have nerves of steel and a strong stomach to cope with those big waves.

@samingosailing

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Camelia. It was an interesting crossing. On much longer ocean cruises I find I get in to a ships rhythm after 36 to 48 hours and start to feel very much in to a routine. After two weeks at sea you then don't want to arrive! It's only 30 hours or so to Norway from Shetland in my boat so it is testing precisely because your not in to rhythm. I do get sea sick and I remember I did feel a little queasy in the early hours on this trip as the seas built up. What made it slightly more challenging was not that it was too rough but the seas were a little confused with no settled wave pattern. I don't worry about sea sickness. It's never stopped me being able to work the boat. But I don't allow myself to get cold ... ever. As a passage ... it was unremarkable for me i.e. if its unremarkable it means it has been a safe trip. That is the most important thing for me. Thank you so much for your comment. Stay safe ATB James

Those waves always look a lot smaller on video.

Good sail skipper.. thanks

@samingosailing

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Shaun. Thank you very much for watching. And for your kind comment. ATB James

It's always a little crazy with a confused sea!

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

I would not be keen on crazy! Rather 'calm', understand the conditions, and respond accordingly. ATB James

@seannoble8948

4 жыл бұрын

@@samingosailing What exactly is a confused sea? Ive never heard that term before.

@samingosailing

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Sean. Good question and easily answered. The Fall3n mentions this in his comment. Waves, swell are governed by wind direction. Simply put ... a wave direction has established itself and then the wind changes direction so waves will cross one another. Multiply this on occasions! Perhaps add in wind over a strong current. This was a fairly routine passage. ATB James

How do you keep the horizon level in the video?

@samingosailing

5 жыл бұрын

I suppose with relatively decent sea legs I try to move with the horizon. Though I'm probably crouched, wedged in or sitting. Thanks for watching. ATB James

Total respect, I fished those waters in a 20 metre trawler in winter bloody awful weather. Also sailing solo that must take balls

@samingosailing

5 жыл бұрын

Your job was infinitely harder. And winter is quite a different scene up in those northern waters. I think of the guys who sailed the 'Shetland Bus' in WW2. They could not operate in the summer months due to the near 24/7 daylight. So they always sailed in winter relying on darkness to get through but also sailing in terrible weather. A humble leisure sailor like me can pick a good weather window and have a pleasant sail, most of which will be in daylight. And sailing alone is an attitude thing. I'm happy alone and I've sailed a fair distance single-handed. Respect to you Sir! Friendship of course came from seafarers. Thank you for watching. James

@MrAli171

5 жыл бұрын

Hi James yes the Shetland bus guys must of had a horrible time, there’s I nice memorial at Scalloway, I served 9 years in the Royal Navy as a stoker, then was what they call driver on small trawlers so working on deck and taking care of all the mechanical gear aboard, I then moved up to a 38m freezer trawler As second engineer and then chief, we fished a lot off the top of Norway in January, which made me realise how bad it must of been for the Russian convoy Vessels, I am planning to learn to sail this year as I miss being at sea All the best Alastair

@samingosailing

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Alastair. Huge respect to you Sir. A proper professional sailor. Absolutely right about the Russian Convoys. There is a marvellous book 'One of Our Submarines' by Edward Young. Young describes arriving in Lerwick in winter in terrible weather. His description of the patrols above Norway protecting the conveys is a real eye opener. They surfaced at night and those on watch had a very tough time. A conning tower was not the driest place! And it was pretty inhospitable below. But you know all about that having worked the decks in the same conditions. Enjoy the sailing. Fair winds and stay safe. All the very best James

What boat did you use?

@samingosailing

3 жыл бұрын

Hi. She is a Westerly Typhoon. The 20th of 40 Typhoons built by Westerly in the very late 1980's early 1990's. Mine was built 1991. She is a fast and stable passage maker, sails in light airs and can be reefed right down in a blow. Thanks for watching the video ATB James

Good trip!

@samingosailing

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for watching. Most of all ... a safe trip. ATB James

That is quite some sea. Wow

@samingosailing

5 жыл бұрын

It was a tricky confused sea. Nothing untoward though. Thank you so much for watching. ATB James

Show the boat inside while under sailing.

@samingosailing

3 жыл бұрын

I'm afraid the camera is an afterthought when on passage. I do my best to give an impression of what it is like to sail as safely as possible. There is much more cabin filming in the 2018 series of videos to Madeira and the Azores. Thanks for watching. James

the ghost helmsman is outstanding.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

State of the art Raymarine!

@spwb2k

6 жыл бұрын

well done sir and thanks for the reply. Sail On!

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much ..

Love it.

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Hi fellow east coast sailor! I hope all is well with you and your Sigma. I'm heading west. Left Orford last Friday and now in Lymington and probably heading over to France and then possibly Biscay. Have a great summer. Fair winds and stay safe. James

@sailinggraphix

6 жыл бұрын

Hi James, Thanks. I've been following your progress on Instagram. Hoping to head south with the boat sometime in July too. Good luck with everything. Piers

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Piers. I'm following you on Instagram. Perhaps catch up one day. ATB James

beautiful and a little frightening but that's why you do it, ya?

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Greg. I try to avoid fright at all times. I try to be as safe as possible and take the minimum risks. I feel nervous before a passage. I would be worried if I was not nervous. I've just sailed my boat to Madeira, the Azores and returned to the UK from the Azores after an eleven day non stop 1,400 NM voyage. I hope the videos will be available soon. But I do not do it to frighten myself. To challenge ...yes! But always within my abilities as a sailor. ATB James.

How deep do you think the water is lol

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Hi Stephen. Much deeper than the southern North Sea. I suppose on the track we took from Lerwick to Bergen max depth was 350 metres but the Korsf Jorden (the fjord we entered in to Norway) is about 600 metres in parts. But how about 5,000 metres and more. Me and 'Talisker 1' left Suffolk 1st June, sailed to Madeira and are now in the Azores. We will sail back to Falmouth this month, god willing and then return home to Suffolk. I feel vertigo! In my home waters crossing from Harwich to Holland I might see a maximum of 60 metres. Thanks for watching. James

Her bow really pushes to leeward with each decent swell...

@samingosailing

4 жыл бұрын

It was an interesting and testing sail but most important of all for me ... it was a safe passage. There was swell from one direction and wave from another direction, not to mention a northerly set current as we got closer to the Norwegian coast. A confused sea. The camera always flattens the sea and makes it look much less rough that it was in reality. 'Talisker 1' is an excellent sea boat. Her flawless performance in 2018 sailing me 4,000 miles in to the Atlantic bears testimony to that. Thank you so much for watching the video. Stay safe ... James

@johnmorrow4719

3 жыл бұрын

@@samingosailing great comment.

@samingosailing

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnmorrow4719 Thank you

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@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks Jan.

big waves. scary.

@samingosailing

3 жыл бұрын

I'm always apprehensive before setting off but I prepare very thoroughly. This passage was testing but most important of all ... it was safe ... and uneventful. And that is how I like the voyages to be. Thank you so much for watching. ATB James

@johnmorrow4719

3 жыл бұрын

yes. I got almost seasick watching.

@samingosailing

3 жыл бұрын

@@johnmorrow4719 Thank you for watching.

Now do it no handed

Too many adverts and the story has hardly started!

@samingosailing

2 жыл бұрын

Its ghastly ... I agree. I will contact KZread to see what can be done. Thanks

este video, es, un, burdo trucaje.

Boring

@samingosailing

6 жыл бұрын

Wow thanks Harleydog! That's the biggest compliment yet. Boring means safe and that's what I try to be at sea. Could not be more grateful. Your obviously a master mariner to recognise that. I've just completed a 4,000 NM Atlantic Circuit. Thankfully that was uneventful and safe. So there will be more boring videos soon.