SV Triteia Teams up with Hydrovane for a New Project! The Gold Standard of Self Steering Windvanes

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2 жыл бұрын

Episode #241 : Season 8 : Installing and Testing Triteia's new Hydrovane
Hello Friends,
I am super stoked to share this video with you all! Triteia and myself haven teamed up with Hydrovane to field test an "Upcycled" unit.
I have long said that Hydrovanes are the BEST wind vanes on the planet so I and BEYOND excited to have on mounted on Triteia!
Check out Hydrovane here: hydrovane.com
and see their great installation video here,
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@rainfinger 2 жыл бұрын

We used a Hydrovane on our circumnavigation in the 1980s, steering in light air across the doldrums, steering in storms in the North Sea, using one now on our voyage across the Atlantic. Hydrovane is the best piece of gear an offshore sailor could wish for.

@Nerd3927 2 жыл бұрын

Emergency rudder and self steering is a golden combination! Congratulations on getting this deal!

@weedknoll 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you're getting to do this! Aux rudder is a big deal for peace of mind, even if you rudder repair looks pretty good. Also, you're awesome and deserve some sponsors.

@svoctopus4888 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the link. They don't have my Ericson 41 in their list, but I know that would not be a problem for them. With the correct measurements they could put one together rather quickly. No problem for them. I did look up the price for my old Albin Vega that I had. Dang! It's $6752! That's twice what I paid for that boat! I sold it for $3500. I'm not keeping my Ericson 41. I'd like to get a Formosa 41 or larger Formosa. And yeah, I'll probably go with the Hydrovane. They are the best.

@irvingbee5842 2 жыл бұрын

Hi fabulous upgrades, you must be getting what us British call Itchy Feet 👣. All good things James to you and yours.

@dingobeaver6919 2 жыл бұрын

Top solo installing, glad u didn't drop anything 👍🙂

@dwayneblair2924 2 жыл бұрын

awesome...have a great memorial day james. and everyone

@greglynch3662 Жыл бұрын

Looks like very nice quality product. Congrats on the sponsorship. Working my way through your videos. Very enjoyable!

@donnakawana 2 жыл бұрын

This is an amazing bit of kit to have! Personally I feel this is the Best Steering system out there for many reasons. I'm sure that's why you've got it... So nice when new sails are balanced an windvane is doing it's job..!! Like putting performance tires an engine in an ripping about ......so much fun!!! Thanks for sharing your life with us and Fare winds and following sea's ✌🏼💗😊❣️

@seaonDeltaLady 2 жыл бұрын

Only a pleasure to watch a pure, mechanical form of engineering .. Nice box opening! Perhaps the long term question is ;" can it be made better ?'' Thanks for the great views .

@edwardfinn4141 2 жыл бұрын

Yes almost anything can be made better for sure… Kirsten Neuschaffer is entering the GGR she put a new Hydrovane on her boat , And substantially upgrade the mounting brackets and tubing.!

@roadboat9216 2 жыл бұрын

Good info, thanks! And the fact that the vane rudder is much further aft and of the “spade” type, it should have much more authority that the raked barn door rudder on the keel. I had an Alberg 35 and this was one feature that I didn’t like. Some people actually mounted a second spade rudder on the counter and used the barn door as trim only. This essentially does this AND give you good self steering. What a winner.

@maddog0870 2 жыл бұрын

Watching you put the vane rudder on, the music reminded me of Mindcraft. Played that for years with my son. Happy building music. Thanks for the real life Mindcraft. I'm trying to decide now which windvane to put on my boat.

@gbayfan3 2 жыл бұрын

Hydrovane could not find a more perfect fit than working with you. Good things happen to good people and you deserve it. Glad your life has been on an upswing.

@SailorJames 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you 🙏🏻

@barbarakasem8966 2 жыл бұрын

Wow!! What an amazing new tool!! Quite important to have for a sailor of your status!! Congratulations!

@mpb9671 2 жыл бұрын

you are building momentum since your crossing ... so good luck and continue to be humble and yourself... you will go far ! Congrats !

@boathemian7694 2 жыл бұрын

I had great luck with my old Aries on my Tahiti ketch and used a Sayes rig on my schooner. When the vane wouldn’t work we had autopilot so we could deal with all conditions and latitudes.

@tylernordine3875 2 жыл бұрын

Heck ya! Congrats! Looks great and will be amazing on your way to the South Pacific!

@grownnotflown2 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work! Can see your personality showing more in your videos very awesome.!

@gardenwaster 2 жыл бұрын

That's a beautiful piece of kit you got yourself, well done dog

@WillN2Go1 2 жыл бұрын

Belt (tangs) and suspenders (Hydrovane) - great to see. And of course -just in case- the drogue. btw every sailor I met in the Bahamas has seen your video and is talking about your rudder incident and drogue workaround, or they're planning to watch it - everyone is learning from your experience. Great contribution to sailing. Can't wait to read the article in Cruising.

@SailorJames 2 жыл бұрын

That’s great to hear that people are learning from my nightmare 😂 hope you had a fantastic trip

@WillN2Go1 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailorJamesThanks. Boat, sails, wind, the ocean, people were amazing. Definitely fantastic. The idea just popped in my head for a sponsorship, "I found this on a scrap pile and thought it might be useful. It saved my life. You're going to have to buy yours." I've got two on the list for my cat.

@benkanobe7500 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations. HV couldn't have picked a more humble and honest person. So, where do I look to learn how it works?

@Frankenstompbox 2 жыл бұрын

Nice upgrade! BTW I like your choice of music.

@dcstrng1 2 жыл бұрын

Glad to see Triteia is getting a HydroVane -- you're way ahead of me on the installation, but got one for my ODay 30 -- found the HydroVane folks truly wonderful to communicate with, both in various recommendations for mine (to me mounted off-center due to swim-ladder, and boat rudder position) as well what was eventually shipped, when it will arrive (months ago) and even the fact they felt they'd over billed me by accident and reduced the price (something I'd not have been any wiser about, except that they told... ) Surely is a refreshingly impressive and robust looking steering vane...

@patrianostra5121 2 жыл бұрын

you are a source of inspiration, thank you very much. M

@protonneutron9046 2 жыл бұрын

That's great you got a reliable system. I see it working but don't know how it works. Will have to read Hydrovane literature.

@elgato894 2 жыл бұрын

SUPER SUPER SUPER SUPER STOKED.

@jaysondillin3669 2 жыл бұрын

Love the videos

@saltspringdesign 2 жыл бұрын

yah, i want a hydrovane for Mystic now; it turns out they are not far away from us, in Vancouver. Great vid bro; learned something important from it :)

@TinCupChalice40 2 жыл бұрын

SO AWESOME!! MUSIC IS GREAT TOO

@chrismitchum452 2 жыл бұрын

Ahhhh, New toy!! Gotta dig that!!! \m/

@captainmike808 2 жыл бұрын

That thing is siiiiick!!!!

@cD-vg5go 2 жыл бұрын

Hi James, Can You put Hydrovane in touch with Bums on a Boat, Joel and Michael could Really use one bad! This is gonna be Sick !! especially after crossing with drag bags for steering.. Wohoo!!

@dadzilla007 2 жыл бұрын

Your getting some significant upgrades, electrical, new sails, a new steering system. Still that's a lot of water you plan to cross, water-maker?

@SailorJames 2 жыл бұрын

No watermarker, no way I can afford it, people sailed the oceans in small boats for decades before water makers were available so I am not concerned. I have designed a decent rain catchment and practice water conservation onboard

@captainandthelady 2 жыл бұрын

I believe that most of the boats in the Goldin Globe Race use Hydrovane. 'Nuff said.

@edwardfinn4141 2 жыл бұрын

Yes Many GGR racers use the Hydrovane. You might like to know that One of those racers Kirsten Neuschaffer, whom I met here in eastern Canada Has installed a new Hydrovane on her Cape George 36… As well she upgraded the entire mounting brackets and connecting pipes on that Hydrovane This equipment was fabricated locally in PEI. It’s bullet proof for sure. And what a boat she has, I think she is definitely a contender to win! And what a sailor, she left Nova Scotia Canada in November and sailed to South Africa as a Shake down cruise….

@andrewbrown2063 6 ай бұрын

When installing mine recently I looked at how to transfer the shape of the transom onto the teak wood mount, including tracing an accurate line and using an electric sander. I soon figured that the only way to be sure was to tape 60 grit sand paper facing out, on the transom with super strong tape at exactly the right place; draw hatching with pencil on the back of the mount to provide a progress guide and start rubbing in in 1cm movements. That teak is hard! It took over three thousand rubs, a few hours, and twenty different sheets of sandpaper but little by little the hatching disappeared as the wood adopted the shape; the last little island of original wood took an age to disappear, but disappear it did. Result - a perfect fit with no wobble.

@dulls8475 Ай бұрын

You need to answer who is sponsoring who and what the race committee are pushing and for what reasons....

@nedfisher3688 4 ай бұрын

Merci!

@SailorJames 4 ай бұрын

🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

@edwardfinn4141 Жыл бұрын

The Hydrovane is especially good for an Alberg because the rudder steers from the actual stern of the boat Versus the other types which use the original rudder which itself is centred one third of the way forward from the stern and along the trailing edge of the keel. So, better leverage, less stress on the steering equipment…

@michaelpurdy1409 Ай бұрын

Hi, could you show how you have rigged your control line and also how you fix your main tiller when using the Hydrovane please

@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 2 жыл бұрын

Happy sailing james ....does that thing use self locking nuts in the cast upper and lower mountings.. you wouldnt want them working loose in deep water. Good to see Salty🦋 back and in good health.. she needs to keep taking the full course of Malarial meds. There's a report on Whale sharks getting hit by ship and boat propellors in migration waters where they cross shipping lanes. Unlike whales and dolphins they dont float so they sink if they stop swimming so its hard to establish the losses. Unlike the Atlantic Right whales they ha,vent come up with a interactive sonar boy system to sen e whales and ships and get the ships to slow down so the whales can get out the way.

@melee401 2 жыл бұрын

Well,,,,whatever. You won't be leaving that Sea Squid behind anytime soon. Glad to see someone FINALLY did a vid on a Hydrovane install. Erick NBJS is not enamored with his wind steering. He uses the electric to keep a more steady course most always. With your upgraded electrics, keeping a hungry auto-pilot fed will be far easier. You have the advanced points of a 30' boat here. ,,,,,AND it's an Alberg design. It would not surprise me at all to find the inventor of the Hydrovane tested the prototypes on an Alberg 30. I mean c'mon man,,,,,,,it's a little freight train windward.

@SailorJames 2 жыл бұрын

I have found my Hydrovane keeps perfect course so long as there is wind 👍🏻

@melee401 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailorJames Very happy to hear that. :)

@dreabling85 2 жыл бұрын

You are a fucking legend James! Love the tattoos and the bling too.😄

@michaelosmon 2 жыл бұрын

I don’t know you and I only heard of you yesterday. The first video I saw was your journey to Hawaii. 5 days in you talk about your wife left you. This hit me in my heart. Anyway, later you mentioned this hydrovane and my mind said I bet they’d hook you up if they knew your story. Now I see this. Good for you sir. I purposely went looking for a video with your ex wife. You seem happier now…..like you are so much more authentic. Maybe your journey changed you, or maybe you changed who you were for her. I don’t know. Either way, I Identify with so much you have to say. I appreciate you and I appreciate you sharing your time and experience Also, I like the design of the new rudder with the top support looks like a hinge and the bottom support mounted in clamps so if you hit something it will hopefully pull out rather than just break off.

@elgato894 2 жыл бұрын

HOPE YOU SAIL AROUND THE WORLD ONE DAY MY FRIEND,WOULDENT THAT BE WONDERFUL,LOVE YOUR LADY FRIEND,ALWAYS A SMILE .💑

@bidask123 2 жыл бұрын

ST- I am looking forward to see if you filmed your Molokai Channel crossing.

@SailorJames 2 жыл бұрын

I did indeed 👍🏻

@roncanizares9966 2 жыл бұрын

Good video, James. What vane did you have before?

@roncanizares9966 2 жыл бұрын

Found it. An older Sail-o-mat.

@victorimmature 3 ай бұрын

Did you sell the sailomat 3040 ?, with all the manuals and its history it was like a collectors item .

@SailorJames 3 ай бұрын

I gave it away

@scottmc59 Жыл бұрын

I am looking for a solution to the line that is looped to cockpit to adjust wind vane. I have not been able to melt the two ends together in a way that holds up under normal usage. Do you or anyone have any suggestions. The rigging folks at West Marine said that would not work. I know lines can be spliced but this is 3/16th. The smallest fid I have is 1/4. Any suggestions?

@SailorJames Жыл бұрын

I have had the same problem and ended up tying a knot between them, which is mildly annoying but worked ok for 6000+ miles this season… I will try and remelt them soon.

@scottmc59 Жыл бұрын

@@SailorJames I just watched their install video again. Looks so easy. I may have wrong line. Also weve sailed with it now and she says it won’t work if line has salt on it. I tied a knot also but I’m limited in range. Can’t even get to beam reach. I bought a double length line run back to cockpit. It will work for now but really need to create that loop. I think it’s a major weakness in the design to be dependent on that tiny line melted together to hold.

@lisalisalisa7721 2 жыл бұрын

This may be a dumb question but I never hear anyone discuss it on any of the channels I follow. When do you sleep when doing that 30 day crossing? Isn’t there supposed to be a watch at all times? I had a friend tell me a story how a sailboat hit a huge cargo container out in the middle of the ocean in the middle of the night, they did not see it and did not have good instruments apparently, (it had fallen off a cargo ship) they literally had to abandon their boat as it began sinking. It took two days for them to be rescued on their rescue inflatable. That story alone freaked me out. When the hell do you sleep?

@SailorJames 2 жыл бұрын

I talk at length about my sleep schedule on this video… What I Learned On My First Solo Ocean Crossing; Ship Handling to Sleep, Gear Failure to Landfall! kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gNaFZqSVxJfUnGw.html It’s impossible for solo sailors to watch and as far as containers go you would not see them at night nor would radar pick them up. It is likely what I struck that damaged my rudder. The process I described in that video link is the same system all the solo ocean sailors I know use.

@lisalisalisa7721 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! I will watch that. Seeing you without a damn rudder gave me a knot in my stomach. So glad you have the new gear and sponsorships. 🎉👏👏

@stallion78 2 жыл бұрын

Nice system. Do you think it’s better than sail-o-mat ?

@SailorJames 2 жыл бұрын

A billion times better

@dulls8475 Ай бұрын

He has teamed up with them....

@chhindz 2 жыл бұрын

Did you lock off the tiller?

@SailorJames 2 жыл бұрын

Yes I do

@greghorne8678 2 жыл бұрын

How do you find it going down wind?

@SailorJames 2 жыл бұрын

I find it works great as long as there is wind

@WayfarerHawaii 2 жыл бұрын

did you donate to the ala wai swamp monster?

@xfoxtrotwiskeykilo995 2 жыл бұрын

What was the matter with the vane you had ?

@SailorJames 2 жыл бұрын

The old one was from 1972 and the aluminum casting failed on me twice with the threads stripping out. It also needed a complete rebuild

@MOSSFEEN 2 жыл бұрын

And Im like 7ft Tall

@lisalisalisa7721 2 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂🤷‍♀️

@bmunday 2 жыл бұрын

@triteia that was some bs dude. there was no reason to mount the mountpad with epoxy vs 5200 unless you were to sand the paint OFF as epoxy prep. why didnt you just 5200? that whole spiel made no sense. I think you may have made a weaker surface join than with 5200? you didnt show your internal backing plate install? what did you do?

@SailorJames 2 жыл бұрын

5200 is not a hard surface, Dude.

@bmunday 2 жыл бұрын

@@SailorJames yer missing the point. epoxy is not a bond on paint. at best, its not very compressible, and will eventually fissure. i was really bummed when you didnt surface prep for epoxy? i was like he must be using a sealant backing plate to firm up a mechanical bolting?

@andrewbrown2063 6 ай бұрын

It is best to form the pad to the exact shape of the transom with sandpaper. You are now relying heavily on that epoxy not failing.