Hugh Robertson Sailing · βίντεο

Τι καλύπτει αυτό το βίντεο

A solo sailor completes an 80-mile overnight passage from Eromango Island to Port Vila, Efate Island, in Vanuatu, to seek shelter from strong easterly winds.Watch The vessel, a sailboat, maintains a broad-reaching point of sail using a triple-reefed mainsail, full jib, and staysail.2:16 While anchored in Port Vila Bay, the sailor resolves persistent engine starting issues by upgrading the negative cables between the engine block and the house batteries.2:33 Additional maintenance includes wrapping spare sheets around the shrouds to improve grip.2:39 During a week-long stay, the sailor tours the National Library, National Museum, and Parliament Building, and completes a 124-kilometer moped circuit of Efate Island, noting infrastructure projects including a Japanese-funded bridge replacement and a damaged wind farm.2:21 After departing Port Vila, the sailor transits the Hilliard Channel to anchor at Port Havana, where they explore a local stream near Lelapa Landing.16:16 Upgrading battery-to-engine-block grounding cables effectively resolves engine starting failures.14:04

Σκάφη σε αυτό το βίντεο

Περισσότερα από το Hugh Robertson Sailing

26 differences from most other cruisers, part 2 of 2Απρ 202626 differences from most other cruisers, part 1of 2.Απρ 202630 stories of sailors less fortunate than me during my ocean-sailing years on Sea ChangeΙαν 202630 mistakes I made and things that broke on my solo circumnavigation on Sea Change, Part 3 of 3Δεκ 2025

Από Hugh Robertson Sailing — δείτε το σκάφος του καναλιού, το πλήρωμα και κάθε αναλυμένο βίντεο.

The Sailing Directory Newsletter

Ένα email με τις καλύτερες ανακαλύψεις του στόλου — τις στιγμές, τα σκάφη και τις ιστορίες που αξίζουν τον χρόνο παρακολούθησής σας. Εισάγετε τη διεύθυνσή σας για να λάβετε το δικό σας αντίγραφο.