Recent content by byanyothername

Lovely pics - very jealous!

Caught my anchor on an old mooring chain or something last summer. Was very happy to have a trip line rigged. Been thinking about how much I love the anchor trip line since then.

Inspiring.

Now that's a nice find at a good price.

But ylop's point is that you actually do view the popular monetised videos, as proven by the fact you evidently watch Erik's videos.

I don't care what videos you watch, I don't watch any youtube sailing channels at all and I'm quite happy with that. My beef is with comparing apples to oranges. I haven't watched enough of Eric's videos to form an opinion and don't care to so I will bow to your superior YouTube knowledge. I...

It does come into it though because in a $300,000 46ft boat I'm fairly confident I too could round Cape Horn the wrong way in (gusts of) 40knts and make it look comfortable and enjoyable. But due to my financial circumstances I'm going to end up having to do it in a $50,000 35ft boat which is...

That's $300,000 worth of boat in the first video. And $50,000 worth of boat in the second video. One of these is a lot more relatable for me than the other.

260 Euro a month!? Unused since 2019. That means they've paid nearly two thirds of the boat's value in marina fees, with zero use, since then!

Hope you feel better soon. I went for my first sail of the year this morning - was so good to be back on the water.

Thanks for the link. Can't spot any bargains there.

Multiple.

Dragging anchor.

Yet another reason not to have dogs - can't even enjoy this beautiful summer's day on the water.

It will obviously depend upon your boat. Personally, after some experimentation, I always reef the main first. My Westerly Centaur is much happier balanced with full Genoa and one reef in the main than vice versa. But YMMV.