Doubt to Determination: Gaining Sailing Confidence One Nautical Mile at a Time

Join this channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCG6diCN-nm_nUS-BS-hJHTA/join This week I am getting even more sailing experience. I went on two outings on the racing yacht, Opus, soaking in as much knowledge as possible and then a couple practice sailings on my own. Tacking is getting to be normalized in my mind, and Vie Sauvage and I are beginning to get in tune with each other. The sailing is getting easier every time we go out together. For those that don't know me, my name is John David Schneider, and last year at this time I was an organic grain farmer and farming entrepreneur in north-central Alberta, Canada. Now I am living on this vintage sailboat, fixing her up from practically sinking at the dock. She is now running swiftly on the Pacific Ocean off the coast of British Columbia. Vie Sauvage is a 1981 Newport 28 and we've resurrected each other equally. I am on an epic quest to sail to Scotland...to start. Scotland is my ancestral home and was the first place I thought of when it occurred to me that I could sail anywhere in the world. If you would like to help support the channel and the content I am creating, here are a few ways to do just that: Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/johnswildlife Amazon Wish List - https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/2M5ZV7VY165KR/ref=nav_wishlist_lists_1 Amazon Author Page - Journals and books by John David Schneider - https://www.amazon.com/stores/John-David-Schneider/author/B0CDQVTGDL?ref=ap_rdr&isDramIntegrated=true&shoppingPortalEnabled=true YouTube Membership - https://www.youtube.com/@JohnFrasersWildLife/membership John's Wild Life Shop - https://www.johnswildlife.com/the-store Cubic Mini Woodstoves - https://cubicminiwoodstoves.com/collections/all?ref=yzg3ndi 00:00 Who I am 02:10 The Voyage 05:25 Sink water is a thing! 07:50 My homesteading experience 13:11 Tacking practice 16:00 Sailing season begins!