You Won't Believe What Happens When Sailing Alone in the North Channel

Sailing alone in the North Channel, and I ran aground.

In this video I continue my sailing journey into the north channel, leaving Drummond Island and heading to Canada. Single-handed sailing isn't easy; I made several mistakes on this day.

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[michaellippmann]

Hey...great video.
Years ago an old sailor told me a story...all of us start out our sailing careers with 2 bags, the one bag is labelled luck and is full, one bag is labelled experience. And of course the experience bag is empty, so as time goes on and we set off out sailing we draw from the bag of luck as needed and also if we have learned anything we put that into the bag of experience. Woe be to the sailor who after many years of sailing finds himself out on a dark and stormy night, on a lee shore with an empty bag of luck and an even emptier bag of experience!
Lesson here is to learn from our mistakes and fill that bag of experience! Sailing is an activity that you can never learn enough of, I have been lucky enough to be sailing for 50+ years and learn new stuff from my boat or from other sailors every time we head out sailing. It teaches you that situational awareness is really important and that mother nature and her moods do not suffer fools lightly!
Thanks again for the video!
Cheers
Mike and Ally 🇨🇦
S/V Bears Mistress II

[kenlinnington]

Great video, thanks for your honesty and humility. Fair winds to you.

[coreybaumann]

I hope everything’s going well for you. I know it must feel really nice to be back in
Canada. Enjoy.

[santiagomoebio]

I'm a beginner sailor. And I already know that I won't learn something until I make a mistake doing that thing, and the mistake has consequences. In only a few months I've been in so many situations, including having to be rescued by a tourist party boat (and I party'd with the tourists). Videos like this one, when one can almost feel being in the boat with you, making the right or wrong decisions, and seeing the consequences, are priceless. Thanks for sharing your adventures!

[timmaude]

Great videos. Darcy says wear a harness Jason and clip in. We want to continue to see your videos. Cooler than Queretaro but even more fun. Don't sweat the little miscalculations. Every sailor has made numerous mistakes. We learn from them.

[kurtpedersen]

i am similar to you but started 10 years ago in a 26ft. it's been 10 good years and I enjoy watching you go through the same experiences. etc. Kurt from Denmark

[virginiai.]

Looks like a fab sail you got after the little boo-boo.

[Anasta]

After all the headaches I think you are just doing great. 👍. You are very brave to have undertaken this whole trip, your planning has been great, no one gets by without a mistake. Stop beating yourself up.

[frankone]

That thin line next to your mainsheet at the boom end is going to cause you grief. If it's the clew outhaul then it should be coiled and tied so it doesn't get you in trouble.

[sempertalis]

Thanks for sharing, even the not so pleasant moments ❤
Everyone got a lesson and that's how everyone made progress.

[OMIF]

In your situation, I would have put the main to bed and sailed (Downwind) with the head sail. Less heal and, with the furler, you can shorten sail easily if overpowered.

[SailingInScotland]

Good lesson learned, when in tight quarters always pay attention to the markers. Troubleshooting electronic devices should always be secondary. Everyone runs aground.

[dcmsr]

I've watched your sailing videos thus far and thank you for documenting and sharing your experience as a new sailor. It has certainly helped me to get a better perspective as to what to look for as I start my journey into being a new sailor. I will also start in freshwater as that is the closest resource for me. (Northern Ohio). ASA classes are there and discounts to veterans. I would like to get a boat to grow into being I want a liveaboard. I have at least the fall and winter months to make preparations. Looking forward to spring '25. Keep the videos coming.

[hrmacdonald]

Hell of a day Jason...let me guess...it was the spreader that put the tear in the main?
Keep getting back up in the saddle...you are doing great!

[niclaslarsson]

We all learn by mistakes, just go out there, make them and learn. Started out 15 years ago as a novis solosailor and would like to add some things:
PFD with safety harness!, clip in to the middle of the boat with a short safetyline. If theres is nowhere to clip in...make them points yourselves. If you fall overboard in those temperatures, your done.
Backup working electronics thats ON, AND papercharts if everything goes black on the screens.
As a temporary autopilot, rubberlines. Learn to balance the sails for the course/boat and you can sail with a rubberline at the tiller for hours.
Sorry for the bad english...I´m Swedish.
Fair winds and keep going!

[Morechocolatenow]

Maybe someone already mentioned it but a Tiller Tamer will make your solo sailing so much easier.

[NatTate-fe]

Comment! I just realized your boat is green. Nice.

[mattyg]

Great vid, that's why you drive a tank.

[tommycheshire]

I noted for the log, that you did not clip in when you went forward. You must be lucky than I am. Also I noticed no one was around.