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Hi. Yeah, I priced up having a charging coil retrofitted. Best part of £400 all in. It’s still a possibility but I’m probably going to go for more solar instead.

​@@Morningvicar That's a crazy price! Sounds like more solar is the way to go. Keep the videos coming - I enjoy them

It is indeed, sold to a new owner in Chichester Harbour then on to me in 2021.

Yes, another reef would have made it a lot more comfortable upwind and no slower. We were overpowered upwind but underpowered downwind, we didn’t want to think about reefing between legs. Would have been a different story if we weren’t trying to win 😊

Glad it was helpful! Are you now having a lie down after seeing the price?

@@Morningvicar Indeed. I probably won't be getting up again for quite a while. On the plus side (as you said) it's much heavier/more substantial than I expected & seems pretty robust. So let's hope it proves its worth...

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That sounds about the same as me. I had thought of putting spacers in the to fill the gap but have never bothered. It doesn’t seem like a problem tbh.

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@@Morningvicar Thanks for the speedy reply - that's put my mind at rest. I was thinking of adding some washers but it sounds like it's not necessary. Always enjoy your videos!

It's always really quick when you don't have to do it yourself:) You're right...Too much jib would give me lee helm, but it never gets that unbalanced. In fact i've never felt lee helm on the Shrimper. Mast rake is a big factor. With low tension rigs like ours, as the wind rises and loads increase on the mainsail, the rig is pulled back, moving the centre of effort aft and giving more weather helm. I think high peaked gaffs like ours amplify this effect. A full jib (hard in upwind) keeps the rig more forward and counteracts it a little. In my case, the jib is very new but the mainsail is knackered; it has stretched and has a large belly in it (much like me) this also moves the centre of effort aft and increases drag=weather helm. If i were to casually glance at my own rig sailing upwind in moderate conditions i would say that the jib is over tight and the main is often backwinded, it doesn't look fast but its balanced and I think its the most efficient way to use the two sails i have at the moment. What i really need is a new main....my reefing regime may well change then.

@@Morningvicar That's really helpful, thanks v much. Hadn't thought about the effect of a low tension rig. And now I'm wondering about my mainsail! I think mine is fine, but are there some key signs for when a sail is losing shape? Or is it simply down to an experienced eye?

Mine is really obvious when you see it, but looks fine on the videos. yours looks great.

@@Morningvicar OK, great - thanks!

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Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it

It was a mixture of IPhone, DJI action cam and an Insta360.

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Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you. We had 5 cameras onboard, a phone each, a DJI action camera on the flagpole and a 360 light field camera on the hatch. The 360 captures everything and you can zoom and pan etc afterwards.

@@Morningvicar my word, that’s so good, thank you! ⛵️🍾❤️

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I’m glad you enjoyed it. It was a privilege to sail alongside Le Grand Léjon.

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Many Thanks.

Thanks. I used an Insta360 on the cabin hatch on a gopro mount. I hate wearing gloves....

@@Morningvicar thanks i h8 them too

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360 camera, captures everything. you can then pan, zoom etc afterwards. you can see it on the companionway hatch from the gopro (actualy a dji) shots from the stern.

@@Morningvicar Thanks, had no idea about that. Must look into it .

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Sailing gloves for every one!

yes indeed

many thanks for watching. we had a great time

You should! but what i didn't show was the state of the cabin afterwards. i'm still tidying up.

You should. Good way to test skills and your boats ability.

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thanks for watching, glad you liked it. it is interesting, each time i upload a video, i intstantly lose 3 or 4 subscribers. Its become a joke in our house

according to navionics, the highest up wind speed was 5.3kts but most of the time it was around 4.5kts. pretty sure a lot of that was sideways :)

interestingly, starboard beat was about 10% faster. i'm putting that down to the outboard being out of the water. next year i'm taking it out completely

Yes i can imagine that, i also can notice more speed, with centerboard up, wenn sailing with the wind till half wind. Btw are you coming over for the ISW this week in the Netherlands?

alas, i'm back at work

neither did i...

I certainly will be.

Thank you! Cheers!

Nice 👍

no. the outboard can't pivot or lift, it just sits there. you'd think that the drag would be horrendous but it doesn't really affect us that much. Think of it as a saildrive leg.

@@Morningvicar ok thanks for the info

it's definitely a rule....I will be getting a wind vane, yes.....and a bigger boat :)

Thanks so much

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so do I. (it's chucking it down at the moment tho)

We saw you all halfway down the coast and wondered what was going on. Sorry about that, we had 42 boats to berth (three over 100ft)

@@Morningvicar no need to apologise at all, our rally has been in Brixham for years, so moving to Torquay was a nice change. Glad you had a good time

sail has right of way over power Tommo :)

@@mutley192 not if the powerboat is restricted in its ability to manover 🤣

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Very lucky, I know!

we eased quite a bit later but at this point we wanted some height coming out of the mark to to stop some very big boats sailing over us and messing up our wind (looks good for the photos too)

Indeed 😊