Sam Holmes Sailing · video

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Sam Holmes sails 17 miles from Montauk to Block Island, maintaining 5.5 knots with a favorable current.Watch Due to high boat density in the main anchorage, he anchors one mile offshore and uses a dinghy to reach land.0:52 Maintenance tasks include disassembling, cleaning, and greasing a winch, which he rotates 90 degrees to improve the tailing angle.1:52 He attempts to join two ends of an endless loop line by tapering, sewing, and using heat shrink, eventually succeeding after several failed attempts.4:42 While sailing wing-on-wing toward the Cape Cod Canal, he uses a large spinnaker pole to stabilize the headsail.5:29 He initially plans to enter a narrow, shallow inlet at Martha's Vineyard at night but decides to anchor off a nearby beach instead due to darkness.6:37 He later anchors in Newport, Rhode Island, to prepare for a transit through the Long Island Sound.7:45

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