Girl with patreon account goes sailing in hot place

[toddster]

Meh. That's what the Diesel engine cruising spinnaker is for.

FKT

FIFY

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

FIFY

What, for going to windward and pointing higher?

News to me but as I have never used a spinnaker, what do I know.

FKT

 

[toolbar]

Agree - I’d want an oven too. We use ours a lot.

Actually the switch from a gas oven to an electric convection oven was more important to us than going with induction for the hobs. Perfect temperature control, even heat distribution. There might be good gas ovens somewhere but I have never seen one that can compete with electric.

Paul

 

[Dogscout]

This is what I see when I see a stern arch with solar panels and dinghy and other shit

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

The Salt & Tar couple have done their first overnight passage in their boat after 7+ years of building.

 

[Kris Cringle]

That arch has me thinking; How much more would it need to clear a yawl mizzen? Hmmm,...

 

[Jud - s/v Sputnik]

The Salt & Tar couple have done their first overnight passage in their boat after 7+ years of building.

Wonder what they have for self-steering on that big wooden tub (for longer overnights, I.e., passages)? They’ve got a dinghy in davits astern - surprised they didn’t fit windvane self-steering.

 

[10thTonner]

I know it's damn useful and practical to have an arch like that, but, I fucking hate it. Sigh.

It’s pretty pretty handy because if you can’t stand it’s ugliness anymore you can conveniently hang yourself from
it.

 

[Israel Hands]

It’s pretty pretty handy because if you can’t stand it’s ugliness anymore you can conveniently hang yourself from
it.

Well actually, when you are at the helm, tucked under your bimini, you don't see its ugly glory.

 

[low bum]

The Salt & Tar couple have done their first overnight passage in their boat after 7+ years of building.

Oh they're actually sailing now? Then she's going to have to start showing some serious skin now or their viewership will drop like a rock.

 

[low bum]

It’s pretty pretty handy because if you can’t stand it’s ugliness anymore you can conveniently hang yourself from
it.

I always thought this was one of the hidden benefits of electric halyard winches.

 

[Fah Kiew Tu]

Wonder what they have for self-steering on that big wooden tub (for longer overnights, I.e., passages)? They’ve got a dinghy in davits astern - surprised they didn’t fit windvane self-steering.

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I don't think they have anything yet but I don't follow them all that closely. I've always thought that boat design was the ugliest one George ever drew.

Anyway you can have a dinghy in davits or a wind vane steering gear. They chose the davits. I guess they can unbolt it all if they decide a wind vane is necessary, which has always been my plan.

FKT

 

[low bum]

I shudder to think what Salt and Tar's boat is going to look like in 2 years once all that fir lumber and plywood starts giving up the ghost.

 

[TheDragon]

Think windage is my message. Giant waves sweeping the deck sure might be a thing in the Southern Ocean but on typical cruising routes in the lower latitudes not so much

Arch with a few solar panels = probably give up 1-2 degrees of pointing. Add a dinghy and a motor on the stern rail and it increases
Lining up jerry jugs on the railing - about 1-2
Paddleboards or kayaks on your lifelines - 3 degrees
Using mesh nettings on your lifelines or fixed mast steps all the way - maybe 4 or 5 degrees. Both are a ton of windage and mast steps are a lot of weight up high, thus you can't carry as much sail.

These are just WAG so don't take them too seriously. The mesh on the lifelines is hundreds of little drag devices and is probably the worst offender.

So that's why my tacking angle is 100 degrees! I have all but the dinghy on the stern rail, but two outboards, and without the mesh netting on lifelines. I might ditch the kayak on the lifelines, I've only used it a few times. But I cannot live without the mast steps, with my rigging issues I've been up the mast over a dozen times just in the past month (very light so weight is not the issue), and being singlehanded they make it trivial to climb the mast.

 

[Zonker]

If you've been up the mast a dozen times in a month sometime might be seriously wrong with your rigging...

 

[bmiller]

No bikini or hot girl but some pretty cool machine work and aquadrive install.

 

[Dilligaf0220]

Jeez it's only halfway through September.

So many vicarious pages.

Sometimes it's fun to watch the start, before social media became their job.

 

[AnIdiot]

Well, I wish him the best. As for simple, exciting, gorgeous sailing videos, I think he has very few equals. And from a part of the world that doesn't get as much coverage due to the low bikini ratio. Ulcerative cholitis is certainly made worse by stress and I bet paying for a house with a deep water dock and keeping a cruising yacht in North Sea trim takes everything he makes, even with sponsorships.

Erik has posted a trailer for videos from his summer odyssey:

 

[IStream]

I got over to see Tally Ho on Saturday during the PT Wooden Boat Festival and it was a mob scene. The crowd formed well before the 10am start and was still just as big at the scheduled 1pm close. Understandably, you could only stand on deck a peek down into the hull but based on what I saw of the hull up close and the interior from 10' away, the level of craftmanship is as high in real life as it appears on video.

 

[low bum]

I heard that the Tally Ho scene was a joyous madhouse. It's going to break Youtube when he goes around the Horn.