I'm the same way, but his videos are fantastic, glad he sailed up the coast of Ireland, living in the states now, an it made homesick, Keep up the content man, an stay safe 👍

I've never sailed, but his ocean crossings and sailing videos has inspired me to learn and I'm currently looking at a dirt cheap O'day 23 to sail around Lake Champlain or wherever I want as it goes on a trailer.

Totally wrong. Read any sailing text book. Imagine if the widest part of your boat is abeam the mast, then using your system the preventer would essentially lie below and in line with the boom providing zero angle between the boom and preventer. Don’t fit a karabiner to the end of the boom because you won’t be able to release it with the boom out of reach over the side of the boat.

@@jonherod955 Jon it seems you did not get the jist of what I am saying. A preventer is a line taken from somewhere along the length of the boom (usually aft of half the boom length) to a point on the side deck (usually near the widest point of the hull, i,e, the beam and on the same side as the boom is swung out, and a metre or two forward of the swung out position of the boom) , and used to prevent the boom from violently swinging across the cockpit from whichever side it is out on. Once the main sail & boom are swung out when running directly down wind and the preventer is tensioned/tightened up (by whatever means used) if the wind backs the sail it won't slam violently across , possibly taking someone's head off in the process. I never suggested attaching a caribiner to either front or aft end of the boom. Just to clarify. When I advised Sam to fit a caribiner , I meant for ease of attaching the preventer to the boom, NOT for a lifeline/harness strop. The lines a suggested having coiled up on each side deck were preventer lines for boom,NOT for a life line or harness strop, but the preventers when not in use.

@@sligeach Apologies for my rather strident reply earlier, but I did fully understand what you meant and I disagree with your advice. I agree that the key to a preventer is the largest angle possible between the boom and the preventer. If you picture a yacht sailing downwind with the boom well out, then your method gives a small angle and the preventer could be ineffective if an accidental gybe occurs. A bigger angle is generated by taking the preventer as far forward as possible, as Sam is already doing, and running it through a bow cleat outside of the shrouds. The preventer should always be attached to the end of the boom if possible. If it is attached at some point before the end of the boom then there is a risk of the boom failing at that point should the boat broach and the boom go into the water. This has been the guidance in any sailing text book I’ve seen. Your original post states ‘fit a caribiner so you can easily clip onto boom.’ Again I understood you meant the preventer and not a life line, but again I disagree for the reasons I stated. If you use a carabiner to attach the preventer to the end of the boom(where the preventer should be) then you cannot reach it to release the carabiner if the boom is well out whilst sailing downwind. However it is rigged, it should be possible to remove the preventer on any point of sail, or stow it along the boom in the case of a preventer that is permanently attached to the boom. Sorry for the longwinded reply.

What are you flying?

@@joeg5414 ATR 72

I might give that a try

Where there's a will there's a way so get free man, Don't let the feeling of being stuck (and whatever gave rise to that feeling) prevent you from living your dream. You got this!

Same, like when they can hook up and share memories from the sea…

Mostly only on the bigger passages. I’ve caught a few tuna and a mahi

does the line goes on the outside side of the shrouds? If yes, that means that the tension side would be chafing on the shrouds? And is the line attached at the very end of the boom?

@@MikeSantis yes, goes outside of the shrouds. Tension side does not have that much tension to do any damage, this is preventer :) Yes, connected to end of the boom. I am a solo sailor and my idea was to avoid leaving cockpit..

I think I might have narrowed it down to two fuel line connections

Yes

@@samholmessailing :D Hi Sam, and thanks

Southern Norway

Looked a bit like ’tres hombres’