Insights on a Mini 6.50 ocean racer - Ep139 - The Sailing Frenchman

You've been asking many questions in comments since I have started this Mini Transat project.
Here is the answer to a few of them.
Drop your comments in the section bellow of you have more questions and I'll try to do another one soon.

Music:
• Nuux
• The Watt Enterprise
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• Barley and the Herbs
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• Julii Sharp:
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• Delicieuse Musique – Hip Dozer
• Curtis prince:

[ukpitts]

Fantastic, i learned a lot, especialy the 3D trimming and soft constrictor clutches. Thank you, boat geekery rules! More please.

[ZZ-ekmx]

Hi Hugo, been watching you from the very beginning & this is my first ever comment on your fantastic & inspiring videos. This Q&A and in depth technical video is the type of 'value-added' content you should have more of in your mix of videos! No one else in the Mini world has or is doing them! Watching someone sailing is great but learning from them is even better. There are many small boat owners, like myself (mid 1990s water ballasted 8m sports boat) who love to tweak and improve their systems and what better way to learn than from someone on their Formula 1 of sailing, the Mini6.50. The systems may seem obvious or insignificant to you but In fact you need to go into more detail, (steady camera pls:). My questions from this video are: 1) how do you stop your autopilot RAM from adding friction/resistance to the tiller when manual steering? 2) what is the bearing/sealing at the tiller pivot as it goes thru the deck? 3) how does the thin aluminium bowsprit cope with the large downwind sail area and large righting moment of the boat, plus how does the folding method work? Many thanks and good luck with the Sponsor hunt. Your bilingual and top quality video content creation abilities would be a real value asset to a potential sponsor. Many thanks.

[tomwaite]

Hugo, you have many SAILBOAT GEEKS out there ...more like this please

[chataguasailing]

My inspiration. I’m 16 and I’ll ready want to do what you do Hugo💪🏼

[esvarwyn]

Wow 3D system answers all my questions thanks I had no idea! It makes sense on a cruising boat to clear the side-decks for walking. Those sails are way way sexy. Thanks Hugo!

[patrickbanfield]

Brilliant! More Q&A geekery please. In particular, your bowsprit seems to rotate rather than retract. I would like to see more about that, and why it is better than retracting.

[CarloVelista]

That was great! Thanks a lot, Hugo. I’d love to see more technical videos on the mini, navigation, tactics, etc. You’re really a good communicator

[jiefflerenard]

Your English pronunciation is really improving, some say never loose that cute french accent but it is actually condescending .In any language most regular folks think something is wrong with you is you cannot speak as they do.It is my believe that you have reached the level where you need professional help to overcome the last idiosyncrasies of American English.
Why? will you say! Because you deserve to be taken seriously at the international level, you owe it to yourself!You deserve it.

[billywhizz]

A brilliant video, very informative! Many thanks for taking the time to explain in such a clear way.

[sailingmarie]

Thanks Hugo. I’ve learned a lot of racing boats!

[winstonlord]

Brilliant Vid. As a superannuated yacht and dinghy racer. I love the techy stuff.

[keithc]

Fantastic! This was my favorite video of yours. Watching from California, I sail a VX One design.

[Superbobstar]

Great mustache dude! Thanks for showing off the hardware and tech on your boat.

[toesandfingers]

I've been in love with the mini 650 since I first discovered them several years ago. Now, I just had the pre-purchase survey completed on one! Your videos are a good inspiration for me and I learn a lot, so thank you!

[mhensen]

So cool, now I know why you have a bazillion lines running to the cockpit, and a lotta balls.... thanks for the tour sir, now I feel I could totally rac... naw can’t lie lol, good luck Hugo!

[Karma-fpho]

Thanks for explaining the constrictor clutches.

[benwalker]

Loved this walk through of all this good enough!

[kayakincheese]

Excellent questions and excellent answers, thanks!

[andrewskipwith]

Awesome boat tour and I reckon first q&a vlog whilst gybing!

[marioantoniomolinatejerina]

Fastastic video. Thanks very much for your clear explanations. Great Job.