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Captain Lang Sailing Tutorials
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Captain Lang brings a fresh look at many sailing topics and has a few new ideas of his own.
No Birds Allowed!
Keeping birds off your boat is a challenge. I have several unique solutions along with several commercial solutions to keep the birds away.
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Line Handling
Просмотров 7 тыс.2 года назад
This video shows how to preventing tangles and keeping lines out of the way.
The Difference between True Wind & Apparent Wind
Просмотров 33 тыс.4 года назад
Apparent wind is the direction of the wind what you feel while sailing. However, it is not the true wind direction. In this video I explain how to figure out what the difference is and how to use that information. Understanding why the true wind direction is always aft of the apparent wind will help you understand sail trim and aid in getting up wind.
Jackline Redesigned
Просмотров 26 тыс.4 года назад
This is a new video that replaces the two older jackline videos. It is a much better redesign. I no longer use any plastic clips and it is ever less expensive and easier to build. Using 4,200 lbs 1 inch nylon webbing this jackline should hold in the most severe conditions. A Jackline is suppose to keep you on the boat and I believe this design will accomplish this with minimal fuss. While every...
Sea Sickness Prevention Exercise
Просмотров 26 тыс.4 года назад
Sea sickness and motion sickness can be controlled! Using a simple exercise you can get your "Sea Legs" before you get on board! Please watch the entire video to get the most of the exercise. The only side effect of this program, if done correctly, is better health and balance! Most people can cure their sea sickness or motion sickness, all it just takes a little time every day for at least two...
Test and Review of the EmeTerm Electronic Seasickness wristband
Просмотров 20 тыс.5 лет назад
I do a real live test at sea with a test subject who get seasick easily. I also do a quick unboxing and explain how to use the EmeTerm. Please watch the whole video because the test starts off looking good but ends in tragedy!
Introduction to Charts & How to Check Your Compass
Просмотров 11 тыс.5 лет назад
This is the first in a series on navigation. We Introduce nautical chart by downloading the free charting program "OpenCPN" and show how to get free charts. We then set up and use Google Earth Pro another free program. Using the two programs we explain what a range is and how to use it to check your compass. OpenCpn.org free charting program opencpn.org/ Google Earth Pro www.google.com/earth/ve...
Advanced SAIL Trim Part 2
Просмотров 44 тыс.5 лет назад
In Part two I explain how we match the sail twist of the main sail to the twist of the jib. If you haven't seen part 1 please watch it first as it explain why the wind direction changes as you go up the mast and why we need sail twist to compensate. I also demonstrate setting the how to create an air channel between the main and the jib. Join the crew at www.patreon.com/captainlang
Advanced Sail Trim Made Easy, Part 1
Просмотров 90 тыс.5 лет назад
To get the fastest speed we need the shape the sail for the best airflow. Because of the effects of apparent wind and the change wind speed with altitude the apparent wind direction changes with height above the water. In this video I show how to safely adjust the Jib or genoa sheet traveler (Fairlead) and how to use a series of telltales to know when the sail twist is correct. This is the firs...
Checking and Tuning your Standing Rigging
Просмотров 48 тыс.6 лет назад
Point higher on both Port and Starboard tacks and prevent damage to your standing rigging by checking and tuning your rig. This video cover easy ways to check to see if the mast is leaning to one side or the other and to check the tension on the standing rigging.
When, Why and How to Reef your Sails
Просмотров 217 тыс.6 лет назад
Reefing your sails while you are underway is not hard when you know how. This video covers the basics of when, why and how. This is beginning level video.
Boat Tour Showing many of my Unique Modifications
Просмотров 25 тыс.6 лет назад
Over the many years I have been restoring my 1982 Lancer 30 foot sailboat I have come up with many unique modifications that you will find interesting and amusing.
Learning to Sail: How to Sail Downwind using the Traveler, Preventer and Whisker pole
Просмотров 81 тыс.7 лет назад
Sailing down wind using the traveler, a preventer and whisker pole. W cover jibing the jib while using the whisker pole. We also talk about the three points of sail, Beam reach, Broad reach and Run. Help the Captain make more videos www.patreon.com/captainlang
How to Prevent and Cure Sea Sickness
Просмотров 208 тыс.7 лет назад
I have tested all of the seasickness prevention and cures shown in this video so you can learn from my experience. Seasickness is no fun and it can ruin a a boating adventure. While no single method works for all I am sure you will find something in this video that will help you prevent and cure your seasickness.
Learning to Sail: How to Heave to
Просмотров 152 тыс.7 лет назад
Heaving to is an important skill that is often overlooked. It is an excellent storm tactic and it can be used to "park" the boat in open water that is too deep to anchor. I recommend practicing heaving to in fair weather so when things are rough you can do it without have to think too much.
How to use prop walk to turn in place & Backing into a slip
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How to use prop walk to turn in place & Backing into a slip
How to make a Tripline Anchor Buoy for Safer Anchoring
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How to make a Tripline Anchor Buoy for Safer Anchoring
Learning to Sail: How to Sail Upwind in a Channel
Просмотров 29 тыс.7 лет назад
Learning to Sail: How to Sail Upwind in a Channel
Learn to Sail: How To Tack a Sailboat
Просмотров 37 тыс.7 лет назад
Learn to Sail: How To Tack a Sailboat
That was very clear. Thx
I want to add this bc I found something that works for me and hopefully it works for anyone out there. I’m very prone to getting sea sick I have thrown up almost every time I’ve been on a boat besides the past 3 times. Idk why this works but if you take Dramamine less drowsy 2 hours before your trip and then take a Dramamine nausea medicine pill right as you’re getting on the boat it makes it to where I can ride any boat and I am never sick after that. Just make sure you eat before taking medicine. Also it gets rid of anxiety for some reason idky but it calms you down a lot and you don’t have a worry in the world. Ik this works for me but hopefully it works for everyone out there that easily gets sea sick like me.
@tracenewman1604 It is my recommendation to take it the night before. In your case, you might try taking one the night before and then 1 just before you leave on the boat. Just be careful if you take it the night before, and you intend to drive, as it might make you drowsy.
I want to add this bc I found something that works for me and hopefully it works for anyone out there. I’m very prone to getting sea sick I have thrown up almost every time I’ve been on a boat besides the past 3 times. Idk why this works but if you take Dramamine less drowsy 2 hours before your trip and then take a Dramamine nausea medicine pill right as you’re getting on the boat it makes it to where I can ride any boat and I am never sick after that. Just make sure you eat before taking medicine. Also it gets rid of anxiety for some reason idky but it calms you down a lot and you don’t have a worry in the world. Ik this works for me but hopefully it works for everyone out there that easily gets sea sick like me.
Thanks for not wasting 20 minutes for 3 minutes of info
Hey are you still around no new videos in two years?
@thewaterheaterfactory Yes, I am still around. My long-time crew member, camera -man is no longer able to sail. I am training a replacement and hope to start new videos soon. Thanks for asking.
Ah, i get it, always wondered how a sail boat moved into the wind. Obviously im not a sailor, just interested in the process. Great stuff, thanks.
Interestingly…. Lying supine and closing my eyes resolved symptoms. It made for an interesting experience at the airport. The spinning feeling (MDS), was resolved with 0.5mg clonazepam. Otherwise, it hung around along with some nausea. I’m not normally motion sick and I do have an injury that has resolved in a number of compensations. I suspect these compensations + the stormy seas pushed me over my edge. I’m going to try gravol ahead of boarding to see if that resolves symptoms. Otherwise, I’m going to try scopolamine.
Very Very helpful!
Cure for sea sickness ?... Go take a nap under an apple tree.
@@dubes5594 This is an excellent suggestion. However, you do have to remember to put the apple tree in the center of the boat so the boat doesn't end up tipping over.
I took sailing classes weeks and months .. I have learned more washing these short videos than all the time I spent with my other instructors ... great videos
I preferir being drowsy than nauseous
I heard you should drink your own urine....
Hello Captain, Wonder what you used to clean up the mess? On my boat, the seagulls eat their dinner (crab) and it s a real mess. I have tried Dawn, Oxy crystals, CLR, bleach, Krud cutter and soft scrub. The Dawn detergent remove some of the mess but Im still left with some very stubborn stains and Im beginning to scrub through my deck paint. Any suggestions are appreciated. Many Thanks.
I did this a few times a day for 2 weeks prior to getting on the boat. We've been sailing for over 4 weeks now and I haven't been sick at all. I felt some slight queasiness but I was down in the galley at the time. Thanks for the great info
you don't mention anything about tying off the loose bottom of the sail. Yes if overpowered you go faster by reefing. And you do not have so much leeway too.
Easing so much sheet seems asking for trouble, why not helm into a wind for two minutes and make it safe?
No, This is the best way! We do it in racing: The boat keeps going, It’s steady, on starboard tack - right of way, and even the reefing line is tied to allow the reefed sail to fall/fold freely instead of being crushed by the boom end of the line as it is tightened. Don’t know what you mean exactly by “Helm into the wind “ ? Going higher doesn’t facilitate the reefing, but slows the boat, destabilizes it, increases the risk of stalling and accidental tack, particularly so in rougher seas.
need to tie a water knot on the webbing. also, aren’t you briefly unclipped at the mast?
you are correct a water knot would be better on my prototype but sewing on the final finished version. The way it's supposed to work at that the mast transfer, is that you put the new clip on first before you take the old clip off. Sorry, If I didn't make that clear.
@@CaptainLang thanks for the video. it’s an issue for singlehanders.
The complicating facotr, of course, is cross wind. With a boat that has a long keel with cut away forefront, as soon as any wind hits the boats while you are going slow either foreward or backward, the bow wants to blow off downwind and if the wind is strong it can easily over power the effect of the rudder that has little water running over it..
Hello. Very tick neoprene dry suit and very big buoyant life jackets and waterproof epirbs for every one at the storm. Saul only in no shark waters. My deeply respects. Please tell to the others too.
Great video! Thank you very much! 😊
This man needs to get a life!! He doesnt mind polluting the sea with his lump of scrap! And the noise and the damage that does to creatures in the ocean. You are in THEIR home.... Your sailing around on the gulls natural habitat.... What gives you the right to do that.?.😂 Id shit on your stupid boat as well if i was them! 😂
I'm starting to learn to sail again as the last time I used a sailing boat was when I was 14 im now 53and that was a sailing dinghy so it's slowly coming back to me. Great video explanation
Clean as a pin!
Im working with a fish lab at my university this summer. First day out on the boat i was sea sick for 4 hours straight. Only affected me when the boat was stopped wierdly enough... I would run to the back of the boat and yak, and then id run back to the front to try and assist with something 😂
You should always splice your main brace and yo ho ho
Just get to the point! Smoke some marijuana, or eat it and seasickness will NOT effect you.
Thank you for the video! How did you tension/connect to the 2nd cleat? The video cuts out at 01:16, my question is about the seconds that would have followed.
When I made the video I already knew that this first design was not going to be my last so I was just faking the attachment at that point. But if you go to 2 minutes and 58 seconds, you can see where I'm attaching the lines for real.
@@CaptainLang Thank you. You seem to be using lines which can be tensioned after you connected both ends. Makes sense to me now.
So in this example, where the wind is to port, the tiller would be set as if trying to steer the boat to port?
Yes, if the main fills with air because the boat has fallen off (to starboard) a little bit, the boat will start to move, then the steering (set to port) will push the boat back up into the wind and stall it out again.
Your Awesome !! I like your ingenuinety..
Great analysis and solution! This is a common sense approach to backing up on a sailboat. I can’t wait to practice this technique of standing on the backside of the helm.
Haven’t read all the comments, so this may be redundant,, but to me, your credibility went way down when you started referring to the fender as a “bumper”. New boaters watch these videos to learn and you aren’t doing them any favors teaching them incorrect terminology. When I teach new students I find myself saying things like: see that thing on the deck? It isn’t a “rope” it’s a line,, and a lines has a name which describes its purpose. It’s a halyard, or a sheet, or a downhaul etc. If you know the correct term, use it, teach it. If you don’t well I’m not sure what to say but pretty sure I don’t need to spend much time on this channel.
Why not have the two tethers attached to yourself as with regular tethers, use one going to the mast then clip on the second to work at the mast then unclip the first to go forward. The drawback is as you go forward the boat is very narrow, so the tether is again too long.
My tether going forward is very short, as all I am doing is down on the deck, like setting up an anchor or hooking up the tack of a spinnaker.
@@CaptainLang Not how you portrayed your method in the video.
I appreciate your explanation. Being new at sailing when I try to look up how to do things, the videos seem to be designed more to impress the viewer than instruct because they use salty old sea dog vocabulary. I realize that I need to learn these terms but I prefer videos like yours that explain things where I can understand.
I'm not sure I would trust 4200 pound rated nylon webbing. The knot will reduce this to 2100 pounds breaking strength immediately and if you fall hard it may very well put more strain on the webbing than it can hold.
Let's say it's only 2000 lbs and a 200 lbs person dropped hard enough to put 2000 lbs breaking force on it. That would be 10 times the force of gravity, all concentrated on a narrow strap. The damage that would be done to your body with that kind of force would mean that the strap breaking is the least of your problems.
That was the info i wanted , good man . 15 degrees , i knew there would be an ultimate point , and the reason makes perfect sense . Thank you .
Got lots of “oooo’s!” and “ahhh’s!” berthing my 31 footer that loved to prop walk like crazy.
If the goal is to create vertigo, we can stand without turning and hold our head down and turn up and down,turn 360, we can increase the speed, we can also turn in our place. do you think this one can work too?
So basically don’t do anything fun on a cruise?
Great explanation, thank you
Taking novormine
I like your install 73s from a fellow ham
Does not work at all on a Windows 11 machine with 4K monitors. It can't even download charts as it claims it needs a directory, which was already created because the app sees it in other settings..... Navionics is the way to go.
I'm sorry you're having trouble. I produced this video using my Windows 11 notebook, and I haven't had any issues. Navionics is excellent software, but I was trying to offer a free way to learn and experiment. You should be able to use the techniques that I was teaching in the navionic software. Thank you for commenting.
Excellente vidéo. But i think you are wrong on the 1 inch difference gonna make your top of the mast off of 1/2 a inch. What is true is if you have one inch more on one side. The correction is give 1/2 inch from the other side and take 1/2 inch from that one side. But in the case you have like in this exemple one inch difference. So the the mistake is 1/2 inch. Let say your boat is 10 ft large and 40 ft high. The triangle (5x40) keep his angle. It rotate from the base 1/2 inch the top gonna move about 8 time more (40/5=8) . So the top of the mast should be like 1/2 x 8 = 4 inches off. 4inches off gonna certainly make difference in the sailing performances. That is why it is important to be as accurate as possible to center the mast.
seasickness, keep your eyes on the horizon, not down inside the boat. works for me.
Did anyone who have had seasickness tested the exercise? Did it help?
Only one RUclips viewer said it worked. It worked for several friends that did it in preparation for the video. I have no reports of it failing. I am disappointed in how few people have reported back.
Was he pulling on the line that controls the jib or the mainsheet
This is a great video. Thank you! Happy Sailing!
I like your ideas, the soft loops and to the mast, I sail on the Irish west coast, rarely see blue skies! Lots of rain, wind and cold!
No. Trim your boat to ride smoother and don't eat so much.
Thx for video🤝🇩🇰