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Sailing in Force 6 winds (immersive footage on my sailboat) | Little sailboat
11 August 2023 · 13 min · 5K views
What this video covers
A solo sailor departs port at low tide — 1.6 metres under the keel at the shallowest points — into Force 6 conditions with a coefficient-90 tidal range.0:13 Spray hits the boat before she clears the channel.0:06 Watching other vessels already at sea, she decides against raising the mainsail and sails on genoa alone, which proves enough to drive the boat well.0:33 She mounts a camera on the stern arch, a precarious task in the motion, then leaves it running continuously to capture immersive footage of the conditions.0:48 The sailing content is primarily observational and atmospheric: no navigation data, waypoints, or mechanical details are discussed. The boat is small — the title's "little sailboat" is the operative description — and the footage emphasises the physical experience of short-handed sailing in steep, breaking seas rather than any specific technical decision or passage outcome. Sailing on genoa alone in Force 6 is presented as a workable, if demanding, choice for a small boat short-handed.
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