Sailing things right
15 May 2025
19:28 · original post in Telegram https://y-b.one/boat-life/804/
This was a good sea-trial.
The plan was to reach Corsica tomorrow, but I'm too inexperienced to predict what the real sea conditions are.
I checked out everything I could and it was looking like an easy trip.
But the reality was unforgiving.
Tiny waves almost to the bow 0.5m high every 5 seconds made things extremely uncomfortable. The boat was banging and losing speed with each next one. Also waves have their own speed, so they're pushing the boat too.
In 3 hours after departure I said "fuck it" and sailed to another anchorage.
The good:
Autopilot works charmingly. My precious was handling the boat so still, that if there were no these stupid waves, I'd feel like I'm riding the railroad.
Both modes — straight autopilot and windvane mode work perfectly.




