Good comments, been there done that! And the hallucinations can be crazy! Sadly, my crew, a 17 yr old rescue Chitzu does not do well at the helm….thanks, Andrew

Wise words Tom.

Nothing may be more satisfying than a tired sailor in front of a landside feast of warm anything with a drink of just about anything. Thank you for shaing this with friends. This is a valuable and under-serviced topic and I personally am grateful. ~__/)__*

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

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Thanks. Glad you appreciate it. Tom

Heading from Halifax Nova Scotia to Placentia Bay Newfoundland solo in about 3 weeks. Guaranteed TOF (thick of fog) and burn the eyes right out of ya. I will have Atto .J. Pilot, AIS Transponder, Radar and Epirb etc... But I can't leave the boat. I fo fifty to 60 mile days, on decent days, but that fog is the killer...may as well have been out there 3 weeks...the eyes get so lazy. Thanks Tom...good show Cptn.

Been there, thinking I have to do everything and carry the boat on my shoulders. It's an easy mistake, but one that all skippers need to get over quickly. Now, I trust my crews to do the job and wake me if there's a problem.

Next part on drinking deprivation (I mean water, of course).

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

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We've suffered that too and had to resort to whisky!

@Burvedys

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@@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns no wonder there are more sea shanties about drinking and whiskey. And these that are not strictly on it are made drinking songs nonetheless. What shall we do with a drunken sailor? Whiskey is the life of man, whiskey Johnny, I'll get whiskey where I can, whiskey for my Johnny-o... :o)

Great advice, thanks for the video. Cheer

I've been there too. On a school trip to Munich we returned via Ostend to London in couchette carriages, my father picked me up at Victoria and we drove to the Midlands. Not a wink of sleep the whole time. When I got home I collapsed fully clothed on my bed and slept through for 14 hours.

Thank you Tom

Great advice. Thanks much!

Thanks Tom. Good advice.

Very helpful :)

Love your videos Tom, i am on the hamble in moodys or premier swanwick as it is now , i dont sail i have a princess 42 now. , we are planning our first trip to france in the next month and cannot wait . keep up the great videos

Superb advice and good on you Tom for admitting a past mistake, that takes a lot, God bless you 🙏 Having had a career in the recording business I know all too well the issues that sleep deprivation causes, it’s not funny or pleasant.

I have repeatedly heard of crews from two to even four people staying on a 2 on 2 off schedule. Not for a nasty frontal passage, but for entire trans Atlantic voyages. Where they got the short watch for heavy weather confused with short watches for any time at sea, I have no idea. But we need to start shouting it from the rooftops, GET YOUR DAMN SLEEP! Humans need deep rem sleep, preferably at least 6hrs in a row, or more if Wx allows. You can go for less if you're dealing with a repair or heavy Wx, but it should not be standard procedure.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

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6 hours sounds lovely. Actually, 7 is more the mark for me, but in forty years of voyaging together, Roz and I have never suffered lack of sleep from our watch system.

The New Jersey/New York coast is a brutal place for a solo sailor making passage to Maine. Too much traffic to sleep for long, even with radar and AIS alarms.

Tom we love your videos more than you can know. We're new sailors with aspirations of cruising the world. I have to ask--in addition to "leaking like a basket," what were some of the "side issues"?

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

Жыл бұрын

Hi Kent. Good luck with your project and your lives. Roz and I are delighted you are enjoying the videos. Side issues are mostly saved for another vid, but include desperately unreliable engine, zero headroom, bucket toilet, galley in a drawer. Hope none of these come your way. Tom

I'm currently planning a two* week sail from Cardiff to Plymouth, where my trident 24 southern lady will live for the foreseeable future. For the first week its going to be and my brother (the current owner) crewing, and on the second week it will be me, my mum, and partner. Something that really irritated me is that my brother called me flippant for wanting to take my my partner out on a few sails before hand to make sure she can take the helm. I have done night sails on the boat and know that my partner currently can only steer under power, the last thing I want is to not have the ability to sleep. My mum on the other hand can steer but will panic if anything other than the sea or land appears on the horizon. * two weeks of discontinuous sailing stopping for a day in each port of call. With a trident 24 going at 4 knots it would take about 5 days with minimal stops.

@TomCunliffeYachtsandYarns

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Sounds like a prudent solution mate. Tom

What do you suggest for solo passage making? Tried 25min naps on timer and was ok, but your brain never winds down properly....

good trick is to snack on some butter

@nicholasbell9017

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Pffff...

@tallesttreeintheforest

Жыл бұрын

@@nicholasbell9017 what? butter is slow burning and works as a natural sleeping pill. i always eat some butter before going to bed.

@BrownianMotionPicture

Ай бұрын

​@@tallesttreeintheforest Another vote for butter here both for sustained energy and rest. It's become quite trendy to dismiss animal based foods unfortunately.

@tallesttreeintheforest

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@@BrownianMotionPicture yeah thanks to procter and gamble funding AHA to cook up some bogus reason so the can sell more vegetable oils. evil. evil. evil.