How NOT to Douse a Parasailor. E55

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How NOT to Douse a Parasailor. E55

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Күн бұрын

Ah, the Parasailor. That beautiful headsail that allows you to sail comfortably and safely in light downwinds. It's an awesome sail. But for some, it can be intimidating.
Last season, we flew our Istec Parasailor onboard our Leopard 45 Sailing Catamaran on a lovely afternoon making our way up the Exuma Land and Sea Park islands. As we approached our anchorage, we set about dousing the sail. We had 14 knots of true wind. Well, dousing it wasn't all wine and roses. We made several mistakes causing the dousing to be difficult, exhausting, and very stressful.
In this episode, we met up with Martin Town from Parasailor USA to tell us what we did wrong, what we could have done better, and what we did right.

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@ryanpotter4138 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Marty, Jeff and Adrian that helps

@SailingWindTherapy 2 жыл бұрын

Cool!

@marktaylor484 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent and great visually for a simple soul like me.

@SailingWindTherapy 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it. Hope it helps prevents some horrors. 😊

@csimpson80 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent. Thank you.

@SailingWindTherapy 2 жыл бұрын

You’re very welcome!

@Seabee2nd 2 жыл бұрын

good info, thanks crew

@SailingWindTherapy 2 жыл бұрын

Our pleasure!

@mike57876 2 жыл бұрын

Great video I’m now ready for that thing

@pleclerc1 2 жыл бұрын

Very informative video guys, even priceless for newbies like us that have so much to learn still. We hit a wreck last week and caused a lot of damage to the starboard keel, heading to Savannah for some repairs :(

@SailingWindTherapy 2 жыл бұрын

We saw that. Stop hitting stuff! 🤪

@pleclerc1 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailingWindTherapy learned my lesson, it wont happen again!

@frankdellacorte9411 9 ай бұрын

Good video, very informative. How about using the engines help reduce the apparent wind.

@SailingWindTherapy 9 ай бұрын

Yes! We now use the engines if necessary to reduce apparent wind. Fortunately we only had to do that once. We’re glad you liked the video.

@johnq.public2621 Жыл бұрын

😀👍👏👏👏

@SailingWindTherapy Жыл бұрын

My dad always said: If you can’t do something right…at least make a video out of it.

@kodiak7 Ай бұрын

For the price of the parasailor, the notes could come laminated.

@svvalor9826 2 жыл бұрын

Is your boat currently in Greenport NY? Pretty sure it was yours.

@SailingWindTherapy 2 жыл бұрын

Yep!

@MarkBarter Жыл бұрын

Brilliant video. We have an Oxley Bora and we had the exact same issue this summer sailing from Sicily to Greece. We knew we needed to de power the sail but our sheets aren't long enough. If we had let one go it would have ended up in the water. I used the windlass to pull the snuffer down. The force caused damage to the sock which we are yet to repair. Unfortunately we got almost no support from Oxley when we purchased the sail so we have had to try and work all of this out ourselves. Trial and error with a sail like this is very dangerous particularly on a monohull where going overboard is a real danger. Is it possible to get a copy of the notes that the dealer provided?

@SailingWindTherapy Жыл бұрын

Thanks Mark. I know they are similar but the Istec Parasailor is a different sail and company than the Oxley. I'm surprised that you didn't get any support from Oxley though because I know Paul is pretty active in the community.

@3tsedwards Жыл бұрын

Im looking to buy a second headsail for my leopard, would you buy this over a geniker, code z, asym or others?

@SailingWindTherapy Жыл бұрын

We love our Parasailor. Many Other headsails require a bowsprit which we didn’t want since it’s a pain in the ass when picking up mooring balls and anchoring. The Parasailor is pricy but worth it to us. But we’re not at all experts on other headsails like Asyms or even symmetrical spinnakers. There is a Parasailor knockoff called an Oxley but we believe it’s a much older version of the original Parasailor and our sail is already three versions newer than that one.