Single handed that is. This was the first time I've ever sailed by myself. Got home early enough and the wind was blowing in the "perfect" direction for some...

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so I just got back at a wind direction

there is now where it was promised to be

supposed to be coming out of the

Northeast it's coming out of the

southeast and that'll make sailing

single hand it a little bit difficult

but even with that challenge there it's

not often that I have a chance to do

this so I'm gonna try it anyway those

cats over there

they've been eyeing me for quite a while

but will not let me pet them so if you

have any tips on how to get that love

and affection let me know so this is the

problem that I'm talking about with

single-handed docking as soon as I take

that line off boat the bow of the boat

at least swings into the neighbors there

which is not optimal for what I'm trying

to do so the new plan after thinking

about it and looking at the wind

forecast is a to go get food and try

again in about an hour but before I

leave food I'm going to go ahead and

pull the cover

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all right so I showed you guys how how

the sale cover comes off let's see what

needs to be done down below before we

take a trip and I'm clog the

dehumidifier a little water in there

jump back down the drain

okay that is stowed sort of I'm gonna

move stuff towards the center of my

table move all the art and Catholic

imagery somewhere where will not fly

across the cabin and as it has done in

the past put the glass bottles in the

sink the Brita is down the soap bottle

should probably go in the sink as well

here I'm gonna push back plastic we're

over there I'm sorry about the

single-use already got the bedroom ready

so we're not even gonna look at that but

the engine room here to open up the

seacock for the engine

and I'm going to leave the air

conditioner open battery charger says

that we're charged up I'm making sure

nothing is in front of the rudder cable

here nothing back there only electrical

panel I'm going to shut off the AC

circuits and turn on my navigation that

uh that beeping is the depth sounder

everything in the front cabin is pretty

stable where it is so I don't need to

rearrange that but I do put the trash

can right here I have the best luck with

it right between those doors it doesn't

have a lot of room to move I've got my

Garmin GPS it's a 4 21s quite an old

bottle but still works and love it I'm

going to attach the data cable to that

I'm gonna put the cushions up where they

actually would go on the seats good book

and cockpit right there I do say so

myself

next up is the shore power it's always

safest to start from the dock box and if

you

think about it really should be the only

way you do this now there's no chance of

electrocution when I pull out the other

side just um

do these I like to check them every time

I pull them to make sure that uh they're

not melting this one feels a little bit

warm but it's not good

Plus now that they're unplugged they can

just go onto the dock over here nice and

gently nice and gentle

so the main halyard is normally routed

to this wench right here but today and

try routing it all the way back to that

Jade wench because I'm not gonna be

using my jib if I can like to do all

this looks like it is just long enough

to reach so got that line going from the

front the boat to the back engine

running right now I'm gonna practice

getting on and off the dock a few times

before I actually try getting out of it

anywhere if I had a GoPro mount or

something I'd be able to film myself

doing that but I think today I'm just

gonna focus on sailing it was actually a

lot easier than I thought it would be

getting out of there I'm gonna swing the

boat around make a loop around the dock

here and then come back at it like I

would currently there's hardly any wind

so this is perfect for practicing

a wise a sailing instructor once told me

that you want to go as fast as you're

willing to hit something when you're

docking and that is about how fast I'm

going right now

one point six knots a little bit

catawampus right now but uh I'll take it

considering that's the first time I've

ever done that by myself

probably sail fenders are up the wind is

increasing a little bit but that might

just be a little puff going to nuts

now as I exit the marina hopefully

coming back here in a little bit

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it's not really showing up on camera as

well as a as it ought to but it's really

gorgeous out here

there are rainstorms all around me the

blue skies heading my way and

yeah if you didn't catch that that was

supposed to be metaphorical and deep but

I'll let you interpret that how you want

you one big complaint I had about the

cockpit is the autopilot it's way down

there and it's kind of inconvenient to

read so I'm gonna try it yeah see what I

can do

alright so the autopilot is keeping us

on course it looks like I'm gonna try to

raise the main now get into the wind

okay

well got the autopilot off cut the sail

raise engine turned off I'm sailing

probably just do a couple laps and then

I head back in I'm gonna have to get the

jib out because the wind is way too

light for just the mainsail

I'll never get across the bay here I'm

not only about a two mile trek I'm gonna

bring out the jib on the Left got the

furling line kind of paid out here so

that doesn't go in the water

and winched up on the left but I just

wanted to take a moment to share how

balanced I am right now I've got

terrible trim on I mean but I'm not even

on the at the helm right now and track

it along quite nicely had a good heading

about two knots right now with the

mainsail alone I'm gonna pull out the

jib and we'll see how fast I'm going

so with the Jim out

got about four knots so that doubles our

speed I'm gonna try to work on trimming

it a little bit just noticed on the name

sheet it's twisted and it's twisted

about 180 because when I put that

brand-new main sheet on I but

nevertheless we're still going about

four knots and targeting me I arranged

marker over there tack over and head

back probably so sailing single-handed

is something that you'll have to learn

if you want to sail around the world but

right now I'm kind of just enjoying the

afternoons after work sailing it's a lot

of fun so try not the autopilot on a

kind of a clothes for each year to see

how how well it can do and so far it's

still pretty well I almost got to find

knots right there works is a huge relief

for me means I can do this a lot more

often

I don't even have to worry about the

help tracking along I hate doing

narrations on these but the audio on

this segment was pretty bad

basically I'm talking about tacking

steps

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wasn't the cleanest tack I've ever done

especially when the camera fell over but

pushing six knots here if I can get the

trim just right there it is it's a

pretty good speed for the light air we

have

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the first time in a long time that I've

been able to sail without that stupid

shackle falling in the water

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so I hang a little bit philosophical

here I know that I could actually call

this single hand sailing because not

really doing it by myself clearly God is

in the wind and all that as elegant as I

can put it really where am i more

theological inclined friends you kind of

put it to me that way a beauty of

sailing is that you're really putting

your whole whole being into God's hands

I'm not really in control of any of this

it's all dependent on the wind the waves

are tied if you're a monotheistic

theological kind of person and then

you'll kind of get what I'm talking

about if not then you should check it

out you might be wondering why I'm

wearing a brace on my knee because I had

a knee surgery awhile ago kind of ruined

my whole summer really I don't I don't

recommend it but uh feels a lot better

and don't tell my surgeon that I'm out

here already because I'm not supposed to

be sailing for another few weeks except

once I get back towards the marina is to

get the engine back up and running and

drop the mainsail cuz docking with

mainsail up is not something that I have

ever wanted to do ever and of course as

I head in it begins to sprinkle a little

bit hopefully I don't see any storms

around me so it shouldn't get any worse

a little bit more about the autopilot

this one's a wheel mounted autopilot

system

typically for a boat as big as

anticipation is you would not want to

use something this small I would

definitely like to upgrade to a to a

system that is mounted directly to the

rudder like one of those nice hydraulic

ones but this is a what came with the

boat

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this is the moment I've been waiting for

and dreading docking single-handed for

real this time

not just to practice although it's

identical to practice still not looking

forward to it allegedly that boat there

is for sale get it for sale

ha well made it back okay not really any

issues getting back into the slip but

now that I'm back got put away probably

gonna go up to the clubhouse and get

fish tacos and then I go to bed early

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