Drascombe Lugger “Lily Ella” Experiments with Heavy Weather Sail Configurations off Stonehaven

Another "Slow TV" / “Slow Sailing” video! I went out with my Drascombe Lugger “Lilly Ella” to experiment with various sail configurations in increasing winds. I think I tried just about every combination, with lots of heaving to, tacking, some gybing and a man overboard drill thrown in. I didn’t show my reefing process but if anybody is interested there is a separate video    • Reefing Drascombe Lugger "Lily Ella" whils...   Please use the comments to ask any questions, or to comment! 0:00 Full sail and assessing the conditions 0:35 Heaving to to don waterproofs 1:10 Continuing with full sail 1:40 Heaving to to furl mizzen 2:00 Sailing with full main and jib, mizzen furled 4:00 Sailing with main only 4:50 Sailing with main and 2 rolls in jib 6:00 Back to main only and tacking 8:20 Sailing with full main and jib 9:36 Sailing with full sail (main, jib and mizzen) 10:00 Sailing off the wind / self steering 10:45 Effect of hardening up mizzen 11:30 Wind freshening (full sail) 13:00 Heaving to - to put two reefs in main 13:40 Sailing with two reefs, full jib and mizzen 15:30 Heaving to - adjusting main halyard 17:15 New battery in camera 17:40 Sailing with two reefs, full jib and mizzen 18:20 A bit of downwind sailing / surfing 19:50 Controlled gybe 20:45 Back upwind (still two reefs) 21:21 Heaving to - to drop main 22:00 Hove to under jib and mizzen 22:20 Sailing / tacking with jib and mizzen 26:15 Cap overboard / MOB drill 27:10 Back sailing with jib and mizzen 27:50 Heaving to - reefed main going back up. 29:20 Heading back to Stonehaven (two reefs, jib & mizzen) 30:45 Furling sails / entering Stonehaven harbour