A quick video from this year’s shorthanded (3 crew) return from Bermuda. I don’t want to spoil the surprise so without further ado: My ego may never recover 😛 That night was some of the most intense helming I had ever done. The winds got stronger (30+) and the seas larger the next day but […]
Sailing Through Time – A Glimpse of S/Y Sea Pearl
The 830 nautical mile voyage from Jost Van Dyke, British Virgin Islands to St. George, Bermuda was some of the most relaxed time I’ve ever spent at sea. After a bit of nervous energy regarding the number of hacksaw blades aboard I settled into a very comfortable watch schedule where each day was comfortable conditions […]
SavvySalt’s Ultimate Guide to Dockline Handling!
Watch this video to learn dockline handling’s key techniques and concepts; become invaluable to your skipper when pulling into the dock. This video that doesn’t allow embedding shows you why you should never sacrifice yourself to save the boat: the boat will be OK! Slides: SavvySalt’s Ultimate Guide to Dockline Handling from SavvySalt Transcript Docking […]
Our Atlantic Gale: Chip is Not Impressed
I got to crew on a delivery from Nantucket, MA to the Annapolis Sailboat show this year. The GRIBs indicated that if we went far enough south that we’d miss the worst of the low crossing our bow, we even delayed our departure to help it pass. That didn’t work out; the wind never clocked […]
First Nighttime Doublehanded Spinnaker
It was a busy night. We set the chute around midnight after rounding Cape Ann; we triple checked everything and had a great, if hesitant, hoist! Then Gurhan then got his first solo night watch with a preview of the Perseids to keep him company. I set an alarm for when we’d get close to […]
CBI to BVI – From Dinghy Sailor to Bareboat Charter Skipper
These are the slides and a video of the presentation used at Community Boating (CBI) to guide new sailors onto the path to becoming bareboat charter skippers. The slides were made for dinghy sailors, specifically those from CBI, but will be enlightening for any sailors who haven’t yet skippered a bareboat charter or two. Here […]
FEARLESS’ Newport to Bermuda Constitutional
What a different experience this year! Instead of days reefed this year we alternated between champagne sailing and fighting to keep steerage in calms. We only used the big genoa and spinnakers; we only put in a single reef once when a squall approached but never caught us. Not that this trip was without drama. […]
Grenadines Bareboat Adventure 2016
Team Yacht Sauce just hosted the world premiere of SavvySalt’s latest video. To put the “world” in “world premiere” I’d better share it before I partake fully in the festivities… without further ado: Grenadines Logistics Our research told us that we were in for a lot of tradewinds sailing that would be impacted by the […]