Conditions in the Southern Ocean on Feb 3rd 2017 were at gale force. Having seen around 15 knots of boat speed down the sides of waves, it was time to deploy the series drogue.
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@drevil27832 жыл бұрын
Never sailed a day in my life but i like being alone. This looks very peaceful.
@dulls84753 жыл бұрын
A very good practical video and no flashy stuff. Just plain hard sailing.
@cherylmariejames Жыл бұрын
Awesome! Love this! This video will save lives! Great to see the drogue in action. Looks like it did its job slowing down and stabilize the boat a fair bit
@opuspaul7 жыл бұрын
Thankyou Shane. Keep up the great work. Very helpful.
@davidzaharik54089 ай бұрын
Fabulous video... good audio as well! I was surprised considering the conditions!
@larrybarry62663 жыл бұрын
15 days later he was knocked down, dismasted, had to scuttle the boat and was rescued at sea. Unbelievable
@uthewallstreetbetsgod47144 жыл бұрын
Thanks for uploading this.
@AndyUK-Corrival Жыл бұрын
Great footage given the circumstances. Retrieval of a JSD is why I am not sure if I want one yet. Thanks for sharing. Andy UK
@eric99vigne3 ай бұрын
Very brave 💪
@chriscooling47817 ай бұрын
Never deploy any drogue weight first (power mode). Always bridle first to flake out safely.
@user-qn1qe8hc5m Жыл бұрын
great video
@ArtSailing6 ай бұрын
Hi. Did you set some sheet to tiller selfsteering after WV failed? Thanks for the very useful video. Fair winds and Good luck!
@stephenbru5 жыл бұрын
Awesome Video!!!
@moonship19464 жыл бұрын
Great video
@philipgregory53923 жыл бұрын
good video and glad to see camera on boat and seas instead of helmsman
@TroyaE1175 жыл бұрын
Man, if you get caught on that line when you are feeding it out, you are going swimming and with a tether.
@shanefreeman13845 жыл бұрын
TroyaE117 yup..requires a lot of care and is a hazardous activity even with care!!
@claverton4 жыл бұрын
In hindsight, what can you do to prevent the windvane paddle getting caught in the drogue bridle? I have a Windpilot and with this windvane you can bring the paddle up out of the water and pointing upwards fairly simply, so I would expect doing this prior to deploying the drogue would prevent it getting fouled and the way to go ... not sure whether or not you can do this with the Fleming.
@shanefreeman13844 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the comment. Yes, that's exactly what I should have done...I have had a Windpiolot on another boat. They are similar. I should have lifted the Fleming paddle before deploying the drogue. It seems so obvious in hindsight and I kick myself on a daily basis for it not being so obvious at the time!!
@claverton4 жыл бұрын
Just watching your Part 2 and I see you address this in the second vid. Excellent vids btw.
@lutzweb2 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing this real at sea test video was extremely educational and useful. god bless u man
@wesley97352 жыл бұрын
I was curious about the drogue, I'm only assuming you would shorten the sail to combat this, but as you sailing with the equivalent of a parking brake on, does this add stress to the mast? It's possibly a stupid question, but I've not actually ever sailed as yet, so I'm allowed to ask stupid questions.
@glenndavis4792 жыл бұрын
I'd say there is more stress to the boat in general where the drogue bridle is attached than the mast. I've seen some bloody oversized bracket plates used just for the drogue attachment points.
@jhyacinth7 жыл бұрын
Can you explain need for wind vane steering after drogue set. Isn't your steering fully controlled by drogue after it's deployed, that is, stern will be held square to the following seas?
@shanefreeman80367 жыл бұрын
Safe Sailing ...you are right. No need to have the windvane engaged. I had disconnected the control lines to the windvane but should have raised the paddle and got the whole thing out of the way:) you can do this with the Fleming vane...not really with the Aries or some of the other vanes.
@jhyacinth7 жыл бұрын
Shane Freeman--After posting viewed more of your vids plus post on GGR. Devastated to read about need to abandon your vessel. Hoping that the spirit that propelled you to prepare for race propels you past this calamity and thru to the other side. Godspeed.
@znon58766 жыл бұрын
Safe Sailing what happened to his boat mate?
@dulls84753 жыл бұрын
@@shanefreeman8036 No 5 aries you can but it is very clunky when you go about doing it.
@saishyamnilgiri14 жыл бұрын
Hi. Do you do some sort of sail training?
@cliffol45294 жыл бұрын
👍
@hughsmith40085 жыл бұрын
One question. Can you not deploy the drogue from the bow. Thinking it would give you a better ride and away from your wind vane? Plus keep your stern from getting swamped. Or would it been unsafe?
@shanefreeman13845 жыл бұрын
Thanks Hugh for the interest. The drogue isnt really designed to be deployed as a sea anchor(off the bow). Probably could use it at a pinch if I had to, however I was wanting to continue to put miles under the keel (which the drogue enables...and brings control to a boat at risk of being pitch poled or rolled, because of excess speed down wave fronts). Really, I should have raised the windvane paddle before deploying the drogue...and got it out of harms way :)
@ChasingContours3 жыл бұрын
Thanks for vid Shane. Which I’d seen it before I deployed my JSD singlehanded! I also did a video but didn’t record the actual deployment as it was in the darkness and all a bit frantic. Anyway here’s the video if your interested. You’ll notice a lanyard I put on to try and stop the bridle going under my hydrovane rudder. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/nt2SZ8eip5zFZGw.html
@danschroeder16903 жыл бұрын
I knew that drogue was gonna be a problem. Way too complicated
@lutzweb2 жыл бұрын
agree with you, and the video shows all the risks of deploying 100m line and 12kg chain dragging the boat, new plaining hull can probably accelerate more and this become old fashion, however i think in that situation the skipper did a great job, and seems the situation with the drougue has improved a lot
@justinpatalsky14 жыл бұрын
1k sub nice:)
@dougsrepair10604 ай бұрын
Don’t get me wrong here, but your opening frame on this KZfaq makes you look a little like Kermit the frog😅
@mikestevens80125 жыл бұрын
did you ever really think ! Sahara dessert ! waves of sand , no muss no fuss , your on a boat in the ocean , away from all the contennents , expecting what exactly ? tidings of comfort an joy .but don't go near the water ! c ya