I've been "sailing" my whole life, but learned more watching this series of UGA Sailing videos. Thanks so much!

@ugasailing9571

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Thomas! We're thrilled you found them helpful. Happy sailing, Allison

You’re videos are my constant go to for our practices and reinforcing what we go over! Thank you!

@ugasailing9571

5 жыл бұрын

That means a lot, thank you so much for your comment :) -Allison

Regarding your description of weight placement…every boat I’ve ever owned has responded exactly opposite. I sail a “Duck Punt” and it has no rudder. In order to tack you must move your weight forward. I lived on a Flicka that sailed to weather in light air perfectly balanced. I would lean forward slightly to head up, back to fall off. My current Montgomery 15…same thing. In order to come about I shift my weight a bit forward for a smooth tack. I don’t know where your information comes from, but it’s not supported by my real world experience in a variety of different boats. 🤷‍♂️

Love watching your videos. Nice work. Thanks

@ugasailing9571

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Gui! Means a lot! -Allison

Really fantastic teaching! Easy to pay attention

Great video. Thanks for posting. Science aside, everything you say about sailing without putting the “breaks” on, works on the water.

@ugasailing9571

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Glad you found it helpful! Allison

Excellent video

Brilliant video. Many thanks from a sailing novice.

Mikka Kittey/Tessa Violet of the sailing world... and I mean that as a compliment. Well done once again. I learn a lot every time I watch another video. Excellent. I need to take notes. Da... thanks!

@ugasailing9571

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Tedd! -Allison

Valuable. Really helpful and very practical. A technique that builds confidence. Tougher with unirig but also works.

It’s been almost 30 years since I was a student at UGA. Somehow I feel like I’m learning more now!

Great explanation.

Excellent explanation! Keep up the great work.

@ugasailing9571

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much, Reza! Your support means a lot! -Allison

This is some great stuff!

@ugasailing9571

5 жыл бұрын

Hi John, thanks for the encouragement! Means a lot. -Allison

This is great! Thanks!

@ugasailing9571

3 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thanks for the support :)

Really learned so much from this video

@ugasailing9571

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, CJ :) Glad you found it helpful! -Allison

works great for me , good vids thanks, KISS

@ugasailing9571

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Neil! Glad you are enjoying them. -Allison

for all the Rudderless sailing how to videos... this is the only one that actually EXPLAINS its, not just shows it

I have heard that a two masted boat such as the Polynesian Hokulea, Not only can initiate, but maintain any long course relative to the wind with sail balance alone: Sheeting the foresail more than the aft. So that windward pivots are checked by more foresail push and leeward, by more aft sail push. Does this work on a sloop? For all courses even downwind and broad reach?

Thank you for a very informative video. It helped me get into ruderless sailing quick and easily! However, there's an error in the information provided. At around 5 minute mark, you stated that moving your weight aft will cause the boat to head up, and moving your weight forward will cause it to bear off. This is incorrect. It should be the opposite: weight aft = bear off, and weight forward = head up. This is due to the Center of Lateral Resistance (CLR) being moved in relation to the Center of Effort(CE): CLR ahead of CE = weather helm, CLR behind CE = lee helm. (Please note that this effect is subtle on a small dinghy with a planning hull). A more detailed explanation is available in the PDF document "Rudderless Sailing" by Joel Brand.

Because you have incorrect explaination of wing lift, so you have incorrect explain of "hull turning, helming". "hull turnning" is effect of drag, not the lift. Google for Arvel Gentry, he explained this a lot.

@DavidDewis

2 ай бұрын

It’s not just me that thought her understanding of lift was wrong then. The “speed over the top has to speed up to meet the air at the bottom” theory has been scientifically proven wrong so many times. The air is quicker over the top, but the same air does not meet up again at the end of the wing. Also, if it did work as she claimed, the forces would cause the boat to move laterally towards the curved side. Drag affecting rotating makes a lot more sense.

@gilph3

2 ай бұрын

Concur, drag is the predominant force

@stephengratton2294

19 күн бұрын

I did as suggested and looked up Arvel Gentry. I downloaded his paper "DESIGN OPTIMIZATION OF INTERACTING SAILS THROUGH VISCOUS CFD " and quickly realized it was not going to help me as it was a specialized accademic paper and you need degree level knowledge to understand it. As a sailing instructor you need a simple explanation to help everyday sailors. Perhaps we just need to go along with observation that heeling to leeward turns the boat into the wind and leave it at that.

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Brilliant .. if anyone says anything negative about this presentation then ..1 they are not bright enough to to keep up ... or 2 they have their heads up their bottoms contemplating the amount of ink in a marker pen ........ I have been sailing for 50 years I took a lot away here ... and this was informative and really well produced and presented....to boot ...

@ugasailing9571

2 жыл бұрын

Your comment made me giggle- thanks for the lighthearted acceptance of my dying markers! And thank you for the kind words, means a lot :) -Allison

An aircraft flies due to the many forces involved with conservation of momentum.

@ugasailing9571

2 жыл бұрын

Yes there was an article not too long after we released this video adjusting the previous understanding of Bernoulli's principle that someone commented on- we replied and said we were crossing our fingers that others would visit the comment section to read the amendment. Can't edit the video, though :/ Thanks for the comment! -Allison

@owntor1

2 жыл бұрын

@@ugasailing9571 whatever you say.

Buy some new marker pens!!!! and you are too quick in explaining.

@ugasailing9571

3 жыл бұрын

Yep haha not our best pen visibility video, we agree. Whoops!