https://www.moderngeographic.com/paul-exner-blog daily 0.75 2025-05-14 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1591564372724-NVC6KAD3YA7AIM5JV1D1/paul-exner-sailing-blog-favorable-arguement-offshore-sailing.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog https://www.moderngeographic.com/paul-exner-blog/sail-heavy-weather-in-comfort-storm-trysail monthly 0.5 2021-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1635790139813-TPNK6A8PO79MY8PF59YZ/Storm+Trysail+Sail+Heavy+Weather+in+Comfort.jpeg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Sail Heavy Weather in Comfort — Storm Trysail - Make it stand out Storm Trysail by UK Sailmakers aboard Paul Exner’s SV Solstice, a full keel Cape George Cutter 31. https://www.moderngeographic.com/paul-exner-blog/2019/8/26/great-bluewater-sailboats-full-keel-cutter monthly 0.5 2021-11-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1566872475811-U1M9MSI5J31VOGI5CM8H/full+keel+cutter+solstice+paul+exner.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Great Bluewater Sailboats ... Full Keel Cutter The SV Solstice (Cape George Cutter 31), co-designed, built, and owned by Paul Exner is sailing under full cutter rig in the Antigua Classic Yacht Regatta. Anyone going to sea is a specialist, and their boats don’t need to be oversimplified for the sake of simplicity; instead, serious offshore boats are tunable and configurable to harmonize with a wide variety of ocean sailing conditions. If you’re looking to get across the ocean as fast as possible with high expense, why not own a jet airplane; otherwise, the full keel cutter is a great option for bluewater sailing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1566869503377-0F0PIZQFEQ5MLW45BN9Y/full+keel+cutter+paul+exner+bristol+channel+cutter+28.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Great Bluewater Sailboats ... Full Keel Cutter The inaugural build of the Bristol Channel Cutter 28 constructed at Cape George Marine Works in Port Townsend, WA … a classic bluewater specialist … a vessel to go anywhere by sail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1566869882092-4JATMOBLB45GJIJHHFNG/full+keel+cutter+rig+paul+exner+specialist+lyall+hess+falmouth+cutter+34.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Great Bluewater Sailboats ... Full Keel Cutter All smiles aboard his brand new custom Falmouth Cutter 34 by Lyall Hess; owner, Gunnar Strobel receives in-depth hands-on coaching and consulting from Paul Exner during Moon Raven’s maiden 9-day Bluewater Sea Trial in the Pacific Northwest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1566871981534-R3TCY0OVI53F0FWE1MEC/full+keel+cutter+sail+plan.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Great Bluewater Sailboats ... Full Keel Cutter Cape George Cutter 31 (SV Solstice: co-designed, built, and owned by Paul Exner) is sailed under asymmetric spinnaker along the Pacific coast of Central America, notorious for light winds. Here the spinnaker (designed by Pat Considine of UK Sailmakers, Chicago) is flown expertly from the ATN Tacker; in addition, the stay-sail is used in conjunction with a full mainsail to propel the SV Solstice swiftly in light wind. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1566870867379-BGWQUOI7NB30KH7634GT/swan+48+heavy+displacement+sloop+paul+exner.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Great Bluewater Sailboats ... Full Keel Cutter The Swan 48, designed by Sparkman & Stephens … a heavy displacement sloop with a “full” forward section, like her full keel predecessors. She requires a large genoa to drive her to windward. One of the early hybrid-designs to capitalize on the popularity of the I.O.R. rating system (International Offshore Rule, circa 1970-1983) while calling itself a performance-cruiser. The boat is so powerful that it proves quite unwieldy offshore for most short-handed crews crossing oceans today. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1566890755732-25XOJTQDG0WDANCKDZ97/full+keel+cutter+specialist+vessel+Paul+Exner.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Great Bluewater Sailboats ... Full Keel Cutter Paul Exner sailing closehauled in the Caribbean Sea aboard his SV Solstice which he co-designed and built from a bare Cape George 31 hull. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1566870730820-N6DD5F83NSMBLEFENYW4/full+keel+cutter+Island+Packet+440+paul+exner.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Great Bluewater Sailboats ... Full Keel Cutter Island Packet 440 cutter employs the Hoyt Jib Boom which is much more than a self-tacking jib! This cool design by Garry Hoyt revolutionized the stay-sail and is effectively implemented as standard equipment aboard Island Packet yachts or retro-fitted aboard other yacht designs. The Hoyt Jib Boom effectively negates the need for deck tracks for the staysail; instead, the “jib-outhaul” allows for a full configuration of stay-sail twist settings, with one self-tacking jib sheet. The versatility of this design greatly simplifies the operation of a 3rd sail for the cutter-rig, and provides more flexibility to match sail trim with sea states. https://www.moderngeographic.com/paul-exner-blog/2019/7/24/a-modern-argument-in-favor-of-full-keel-bluewater-sailboats monthly 0.5 2021-09-07 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1564089199017-0RYDUJEJVGQ7E89PG6P1/Mod+Geo+Sailing+Solstice.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Full Keel Sailboats ... Favorable Argument https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1564159071417-OJK9TFYI96HGVNY4T9XD/Mod+Geo+Go+Anywhere.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Full Keel Sailboats ... Favorable Argument Paul Exner’s SV Solstice carries a complete inventory of offshore sails. Despite the large interior volume consumed by sail stowage, the following sails provide excellent coverage for a variety of points of sail and wind conditions: mainsail (3 reefs); super yankee; working yankee; staysail; storm jib; storm trysail; and A2 asymmetric spinnaker (settable by ATN Tacker or movable pole). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1581562810703-ZY8H4VZTSJB9FRY4YLFS/paul+exner+sailing+classic+cutter+solstice+cape+george+31.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Full Keel Sailboats ... Favorable Argument The full keel cutter provides flexibility when choosing a sail configuration for the conditions at hand. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1564051507240-2CQHMN7OAE3GSEZJ2XXM/Paul+Exner+Solstice+Articulating+15+Watt+Solar+Panel.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Full Keel Sailboats ... Favorable Argument Exner’s custom articulating 15 Watt solar panel; coupled with a specific charge regulator, this basic setup really puts out the juice! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1564052003868-CKEDU7VYT4S1OX9A8G8U/Paul+Exner+Solstice+full+keel+running+rigging.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Full Keel Sailboats ... Favorable Argument https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1564051697635-8ADE4TO1GB4X4CGKMNBX/Paul+Exner+Solstice+bluewater+full+keel+cutter.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Full Keel Sailboats ... Favorable Argument Paul Exner’s hand-built SV Solstice (from a bare Cape George 31 hull) is refit in the British Virgin Islands following massive destruction caused by Hurricane IRMA’s direct hit on the territory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1564088723011-0OZEXQCT4U7KSOLVVZ1A/Paul+Exner+wind+vane+autopilot+full+keel.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Full Keel Sailboats ... Favorable Argument https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1564051295295-NDNRINQ8VUWOJA0GIRAQ/Paul+Exner+Solstice+full+keel+cutter.jpg Paul Exner Sailing Blog - Full Keel Sailboats ... Favorable Argument Paul Exner’s SV Solstice … full keel bluewater cutter. https://www.moderngeographic.com/paul-exner-blog/2018/1/8/epic-plan-bvi-to-hawaii-all-chips-in monthly 0.5 2021-07-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1515427570908-N04Q3AIQLOI9PSTNSDEL/modern+geographic+BVI+TO+HAWAII+Expd+Series+Map.png Paul Exner Sailing Blog - EPIC PLAN ... Caribbean to Hawaii BVI TO HAWAII ... 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Heavy Weather Sail Training — Alenuihaha, Hawaii - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/fc5d4a2b-df26-44c5-89b6-3fe9cf3baa88/Alenuihaha-Heavy-Weather-Sailing-Expedition-Trysail-Storm-Sail-Rigging-WEB.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Heavy Weather Sail Training — Alenuihaha, Hawaii - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/8d25418e-8ae6-4702-9004-f586ca0892ae/Paul-Exner-BIG-email.png Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Heavy Weather Sail Training — Alenuihaha, Hawaii - Make it stand out Paul Exner has crossed the Alenuiahaha more times than anyone by sail since 2018 — the most senior and experienced sailing instructor actively practicing and innovating sail-coaching methodology anywhere in the world. https://www.moderngeographic.com/hawaii-sailing/expeditions/live-aboard-sailing-hawaii monthly 0.5 2023-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1573115080890-X8OOCEI01P5YM2O80AOH/Modern+Geographic+Advanced+Passage+Making+It+Easy.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Live Aboard Sailing — Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1611002588677-MJMD6IAIY7U8BJQ25JNI/Hawaii+Sailing+Live+Aboard+Fun.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Live Aboard Sailing — Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1606547082826-MJ1O9FI6FAFO7YBPEOUG/Modern+Geographic+Live+Aboard+Sailing+Full+Stack+Approach.JPG Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Live Aboard Sailing — Hawaii Align everything you know, sense, and think about skipper-level action and decision-making — in doing so you’ll (literally) go-anywhere by sail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1573113748011-O8EVZ31S5QR7XCA7ZHMW/Modern+Geographic+Advanced+Passage+Making.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Live Aboard Sailing — Hawaii PHOTO: Autonomous Full-Stack, Master Sailor — Paul Exner aboard his self-built SV Solstice, built from a bare hull (Cape George 31) — a ten-year project completed by Paul Exner from stem to stern — now sailing the ocean waters of Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1611001063350-FJOHX1NJVSM4A16VR9IH/Live+Aboard+Sailing+Hawaii.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - 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3-Day Immersed Live-Aboard Expedition SV Solstice (Cape George Cutter 31) making passage on a close-reach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1623653141284-VXLAXAJ4SAT6MK7BMTP6/Paul+Exner+Autonomous+Full+Stack+Approach+to+Sailing.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - 3-Day Immersed Live-Aboard Expedition Align everything you know, sense, and think about skipper-level action and decision-making — in doing so you’ll (literally) go-anywhere by sail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1623653526997-QVMFXLJX5MA4LHQFOIZ8/live_aboard+sailing.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - 3-Day Immersed Live-Aboard Expedition https://www.moderngeographic.com/hawaii-sailing/expeditions/heavy-weather-instruction-alenuihaha-channel monthly 0.5 2023-05-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/b42f292e-e42b-48b0-962f-c5bcb20aeef2/Alenuihaha-Heavy-Weather-Sailing-Expedition-Trysail-Storm-Sail-Rigging-WEB.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Heavy Weather Expedition — Alenuihaha, Hawaii - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/7af1fcf4-2435-49cd-83dd-bf05bdf88e7a/mastermind-sailing-heavy-weather-logo-fin2.png Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Heavy Weather Expedition — Alenuihaha, Hawaii - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/55be9c13-65db-455b-85b7-288b308302f8/heavy+weather+sailing+mastermind+peer-to-peer.png Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Heavy Weather Expedition — Alenuihaha, Hawaii - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/e7f4e78b-18da-4118-9b81-eac28764a675/Alenuihaha-Channel-Hawaii-Maui-Cross-Section.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Heavy Weather Expedition — Alenuihaha, Hawaii - Make it stand out Alenuihaha Channel — the topographic / bathymetric cross-sectional view looking east between Big Island and Maui, Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/a4843d4c-b6c1-4a70-8ccf-6eab6421c5e6/Alenuihaha+Hawaii+Heavy+Weather+Sail+Training.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Heavy Weather Expedition — Alenuihaha, Hawaii - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/0f1a2156-0a45-4e24-a7d7-df49c1cc01c5/Paul-Exner-BIG-email.png Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Heavy Weather Expedition — Alenuihaha, Hawaii - Make it stand out Paul Exner https://www.moderngeographic.com/hawaii-sailing/expeditions/3-day-bluewater-sailing-instruction-mzaxx monthly 0.5 2022-04-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1584502930224-KN8VWD4RPRFJGYLUVHN8/Paul+Exner+Sailing+Solstice+Hawaii+Sunset.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - 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Hurricane Sailing // Sailboat Storm Management - Make it stand out MAP SOURCE: NASA — worldwide Hurricane and Tropical Storm intensity and tracks. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/c047e821-b724-4544-8be7-77d94df79efa/Paul+Exner+Solstice+Monsoon+Trough.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Hurricane Sailing // Sailboat Storm Management PHOTO: SV Solstice rigged for heavy weather and fore-reaching under the Monsoon Trough as we sailed her near the Intertropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/91a30085-24bf-41d0-bd85-8a1e7384aa5a/Hurricane-Sailing-Expedition-September-clipped.png Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Hurricane Sailing // Sailboat Storm Management - Make it stand out EXPEDITION SCHEDULE: The MOD GEO Hurricane Expedition will sail September 19-22, 2022 during hurricane season in the Central Pacific Ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/7e1d422a-d128-4cbe-bf59-316ffa75d5e0/Paul+Exner+Hurricane+Sailing+and+Sailboat+Storm+Management.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - 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Sail Coaching // One-On-One — Guru Introspection https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1573113748011-O8EVZ31S5QR7XCA7ZHMW/Modern+Geographic+Advanced+Passage+Making.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Sail Coaching // One-On-One — Guru Introspection Autonomous Full-Stack … Paul Exner aboard his SV Solstice. Paul built this boat from a bare hull (Cape George 31). The deck and cabin-house are his design. Paul began the Solstice Project in 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1613931210018-AKD69JIDO6JGMS0FR4VE/Modern+Geographic+Live+Aboard+Sailing+Hawaii.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Sail Coaching // One-On-One — Guru Introspection Enveloped by a warm front, the SV Solstice uses the MONITOR-brand windvane (a servo-pendulum design) to sail the boat on a broad reach point-of-sail. 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PHOTO: SV Solstice anchored remotely off Makalawena Beach, Hawaii Island. https://www.moderngeographic.com/hawaii-sailing/expeditions/expert-level-sailing-hawaiian-islands monthly 0.5 2023-04-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1592456027896-GRB7AFB3FGRX66XECF0Y/hawaii-offshore-sailing-instruction-hualalai.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Expert Level Sailing — Hawaiian Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1573115360094-HM93H0Q407WYR20I19WA/Modern+Geographic+Advanced+Passagemaking+helming+under+spinnaker.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Expert Level Sailing — Hawaiian Islands Under spinnaker at night, keeping watch single-handedly in mid-Pacific Ocean while the off-watch crew sleeps — Ryan Bradfield sails for speed to make distance ahead of a Tropical Cyclone forming astern of us days before Hurricane Season begins in the Eastern Pacific. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1573113748011-O8EVZ31S5QR7XCA7ZHMW/Modern+Geographic+Advanced+Passage+Making.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Expert Level Sailing — Hawaiian Islands Autonomous Full-Stack … Paul Exner aboard his SV Solstice. Paul built this boat from a bare hull (Cape George 31). The deck and cabin-house are his design. Paul began the Solstice Project in 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1613931210018-AKD69JIDO6JGMS0FR4VE/Modern+Geographic+Live+Aboard+Sailing+Hawaii.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Expert Level Sailing — Hawaiian Islands Enveloped by a warm front, the SV Solstice uses the MONITOR-brand windvane (a servo-pendulum design) to sail the boat on a broad reach point-of-sail. This setup keeps Solstice ON-course even with following seas and wind abaft the beam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1631764935796-PQ7FL4M9JSDQ2MXI251Z/Expert+Level+Sailing+Lesson+Paul+Exner+atmosphere.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Expert Level Sailing — Hawaiian Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1592464952658-EVZ6K5C2CSTHJ66UNV6A/hawaii-offshore-sailing-instruction-ready-the-sails.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Expert Level Sailing — Hawaiian Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1592443503953-XV5WNDV5QZRRV5ZRM0Z6/Hawaii+Offshore+Sailing+Solstice+Sunrise2.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Expert Level Sailing — Hawaiian Islands https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1613787014625-1PE7A24X11OT3ZYMXDUG/go-anywhere-by-sail-practice.png Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Expert Level Sailing — Hawaiian Islands https://www.moderngeographic.com/hawaii-sailing/expeditions/coastal-sailing-immersion-hawaii monthly 0.5 2022-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1573115080890-X8OOCEI01P5YM2O80AOH/Modern+Geographic+Advanced+Passage+Making+It+Easy.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Coastal Sailing Immersion — Big Island, Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625800077969-Q3EHJFXRL0IYF2GRNJ7G/live+aboard+a+sailboat+and+go+anywhere+by+sail.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Coastal Sailing Immersion — Big Island, Hawaii https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625734176104-2EJ10LB19VQZF08L6DJK/go+anywhere+by+sail+marlinspike+seamanship.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Coastal Sailing Immersion — Big Island, Hawaii Align everything you know, sense, and think about skipper-level action and decision-making — in doing so you’ll (literally) go-anywhere by sail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1631670456873-DASKPAMAPSKOYL91J5KT/Sailing-Instruction-with-Paul-Exner.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Coastal Sailing Immersion — Big Island, Hawaii SV Solstice (Cape George Cutter 31) making passage on a close-reach. https://www.moderngeographic.com/hawaii-sailing/expeditions/sail-hawaii-captain-sailing-confidence monthly 0.5 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1592443503953-XV5WNDV5QZRRV5ZRM0Z6/Hawaii+Offshore+Sailing+Solstice+Sunrise2.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Sail Hawaii — Captain-Level Sailing Confidence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1573115360094-HM93H0Q407WYR20I19WA/Modern+Geographic+Advanced+Passagemaking+helming+under+spinnaker.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Sail Hawaii — Captain-Level Sailing Confidence Under spinnaker at night, keeping watch single-handedly in mid-Pacific Ocean while the off-watch crew sleeps — Ryan Bradfield sails for speed to make distance ahead of a Tropical Cyclone forming astern of us days before Hurricane Season begins in the Eastern Pacific. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/8934f472-5331-40bf-8235-bd5431b2ca72/Alenuihaha-Channel-hands-on-crossing-by-sail.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Sail Hawaii — Captain-Level Sailing Confidence Autonomous Full-Stack … Paul Exner aboard his SV Solstice. Paul built this boat from a bare hull (Cape George 31). The deck and cabin-house are his design. Paul began the Solstice Project in 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1631055449320-AWKYJKHMMS0W6JJXTBLD/sail-hawaii-paul-exner-captain-sailing-confidence.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Sail Hawaii — Captain-Level Sailing Confidence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1704416695670-TCQLOAQFCKGSKNXXOFEO/Ocean-Passagemaking-Sailing-Mastermind.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Sail Hawaii — Captain-Level Sailing Confidence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/ec34275c-5eb8-4967-93a7-d37c6d54f3ce/Alenuihaha+Channel+Heavy+Weather+Sailing+Cold+Spray.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Sail Hawaii — Captain-Level Sailing Confidence - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1592464952658-EVZ6K5C2CSTHJ66UNV6A/hawaii-offshore-sailing-instruction-ready-the-sails.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Sail Hawaii — Captain-Level Sailing Confidence https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1613931210018-AKD69JIDO6JGMS0FR4VE/Modern+Geographic+Live+Aboard+Sailing+Hawaii.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Sail Hawaii — Captain-Level Sailing Confidence Autonomous Full-Stack… PHOTO: Paul Exner coaching Bradley Jackson at the helm of Paul’s SV Solstice. NOTE: Paul built Solstice from a bare fiberglass hull (Cape George 31). The deck and cabin-house are Paul’s design, constructed using the cold-mold technique. Paul began building his SV Solstice in 1991 and launched her in 2002. Paul has sailed Solstice extensively in the Atlantic, Caribbean Sea, and the Eastern and Central Pacific Ocean. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1714614342759-SQCRUMB9C908M25JXBTM/HWM-Julia-experiential-learning-FINAL.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Sail Hawaii — Captain-Level Sailing Confidence - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1613787014625-1PE7A24X11OT3ZYMXDUG/go-anywhere-by-sail-practice.png Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Sail Hawaii — Captain-Level Sailing Confidence https://www.moderngeographic.com/hawaii-sailing/expeditions/master-sailor-paul-exner-method monthly 0.5 2021-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1592443503953-XV5WNDV5QZRRV5ZRM0Z6/Hawaii+Offshore+Sailing+Solstice+Sunrise2.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Master Sailor Methods — Paul Exner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1573113748011-O8EVZ31S5QR7XCA7ZHMW/Modern+Geographic+Advanced+Passage+Making.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Master Sailor Methods — Paul Exner Autonomous Full-Stack … Paul Exner aboard his SV Solstice. Paul built this boat from a bare hull (Cape George 31). The deck and cabin-house are his design. Paul began the Solstice Project in 1991. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1613931210018-AKD69JIDO6JGMS0FR4VE/Modern+Geographic+Live+Aboard+Sailing+Hawaii.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Master Sailor Methods — Paul Exner Enveloped by a warm front, the SV Solstice uses the MONITOR-brand windvane (a servo-pendulum design) to sail the boat on a broad reach point-of-sail. This setup keeps Solstice ON-course even with following seas and wind abaft the beam. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1573115360094-HM93H0Q407WYR20I19WA/Modern+Geographic+Advanced+Passagemaking+helming+under+spinnaker.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Master Sailor Methods — Paul Exner Under spinnaker at night, keeping watch single-handedly in mid-Pacific Ocean while the off-watch crew sleeps — Ryan Bradfield sails for speed to make distance ahead of a Tropical Cyclone forming astern of us days before Hurricane Season begins in the Eastern Pacific. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1592464952658-EVZ6K5C2CSTHJ66UNV6A/hawaii-offshore-sailing-instruction-ready-the-sails.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Master Sailor Methods — Paul Exner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625847343832-H3WT92I4DFVDQOFFPVU3/Paul+Exner+Solstice+Monsoon+Trough+B%26W.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Master Sailor Methods — Paul Exner PHOTO: SV Solstice sailing in the thick of a Monsoon Trough, skippered by Paul Exner in the Caribbean Sea. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625848814568-E4P51723ZP1MDU614YUQ/master+sailor+methods+paul+exner.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Master Sailor Methods — Paul Exner https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1613787014625-1PE7A24X11OT3ZYMXDUG/go-anywhere-by-sail-practice.png Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Master Sailor Methods — Paul Exner https://www.moderngeographic.com/hawaii-sailing/expeditions/hawaii-ocean-sailing-expedition monthly 0.5 2022-03-10 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625711287153-MW0NRJ8KBQD50MMDVJ1B/live+aboard+a+sailboat.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Hawaii Ocean Sailing Expedition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625780254685-YCBX7PKFACGGFVM4O8IG/Hawaii+Sailing+Anchorage+Modern+Geographic.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Hawaii Ocean Sailing Expedition PHOTO: Autonomous Full-Stack Master Sailor — Paul Exner aboard his SV Solstice he built from a bare hull (Cape George Cutter 31) — a ten-year project completed by Paul Exner from stem to stern — now sailing the ocean waters of Hawaii. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625713356706-8SBW7NQ8ZOVZBXWW31R6/Paul+Exner+autonomous+full+stack+approach+for+master+sailors.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Hawaii Ocean Sailing Expedition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1627080312271-6V5IEA2KWF4M88W3VLNT/Sail+Hawaii+live+aboard+a+bluewater+sailboat.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Hawaii Ocean Sailing Expedition PHOTO: SV Solstice (Cape George Cutter 31) sailing close-hauled in the offshore waters of Hawaii. As the sun sets astern of us, we’re offered the perfect opportunity to gain night sailing experience while living aboard a bluewater sailboat. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625779408949-O4L73K8FHLUZZSI0TVEP/Paul+Exner+go+anywhere+by+sail+autonomous+master+sailor.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Hawaii Ocean Sailing Expedition Align everything you know, sense, and think about skipper-level action and decision-making — in doing so you’ll (literally) go anywhere by sail. https://www.moderngeographic.com/hawaii-sailing/expeditions/full-keel-immersed-live-aboard monthly 0.5 2023-04-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1623653141284-VXLAXAJ4SAT6MK7BMTP6/Paul+Exner+Autonomous+Full+Stack+Approach+to+Sailing.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - 3-Day Immersed Live Aboard Sailing Expedition Align everything you know, sense, and think about skipper-level action and decision-making — in doing so you’ll (literally) go-anywhere by sail. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1623652964201-PHQ0TJE2JKYZNGGXM3D9/Paul+Exner+Solstice+Closehauled+BVI.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - 3-Day Immersed Live Aboard Sailing Expedition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1623652465596-H4Y2B35YBKYPVIDXT49Y/Full+Keel+Sailing+Immersed+Live_Aboard.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - 3-Day Immersed Live Aboard Sailing Expedition SV Solstice (Cape George Cutter 31) making passage on a close-reach. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625730693590-VQAI6CS2K724MBGXU7WW/full+keel+sailboat+go+anywhere+by+sail.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - 3-Day Immersed Live Aboard Sailing Expedition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1623653526997-QVMFXLJX5MA4LHQFOIZ8/live_aboard+sailing.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - 3-Day Immersed Live Aboard Sailing Expedition https://www.moderngeographic.com/hawaii-sailing/expeditions/live-aboard-sailing-expedition monthly 0.5 2021-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/e07bcab5-9074-41f0-a3d1-801f48d27cee/Paul-Exner-Hawaii-Sailing-Expedition-Kevin-%26-Will.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Live Aboard Sailing Expedition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625729420533-RD1YXRA5IQC1QEB0H79D/learn+to+go+anywhere+by+sail.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Live Aboard Sailing Expedition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625798191540-3PYVUCLZAJ0HCT737SYS/sail+hawaii+go+anywhere+by+sail.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Live Aboard Sailing Expedition One great reward only available to live aboard sailors is the option to find peace at anchor with no-other boat or person to be seen. PHOTO: SV Solstice anchored remotely off Makalawena Beach, Hawaii Island. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/657f7fc1-2757-44dd-89d8-f16dab32d774/19+May+16+Exner+Solstice+bow+shot+--1549.jpeg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Live Aboard Sailing Expedition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625729865924-C1YIJXQUWXRREZ3I0PQ7/sail+hawaii+interisland+passages+beautiful+anchorages.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Live Aboard Sailing Expedition https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1625733601091-1ZENUU6MEC6LPXQQKGYT/paul-exner-master-sailor.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - Live Aboard Sailing Expedition Align everything you know, sense, and think about skipper-level action and decision-making — in doing so you’ll (literally) go-anywhere by sail. https://www.moderngeographic.com/hawaii-sailing/expeditions/sailing-immersion-hawaii monthly 0.5 2021-10-28 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1611001063350-FJOHX1NJVSM4A16VR9IH/Live+Aboard+Sailing+Hawaii.jpg Hawaii Sailing Expeditions - 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A complete analysis of weather information is incorporated into our plan using multiple sources of digital and analog information. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1572852441279-OIWUZQE5HZ3O4J2CY7DH/Paul+Exner+Tenacity+Go.jpg Bluwater Sailing Instruction Do you have the tenacity to pull-the-trigger on your sailing dream? Get off the dock — GO ANYWHERE BY SAIL https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/59029a9b893fc0548ad6aa58/1572894087070-QG17X16KCKD6Z84WZZCL/modern+geographic+bluewater+sailing+instruction.jpg Bluwater Sailing Instruction Gunnar Strobel managing SV Solstice under spinnaker in the Pacific Ocean. 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It’s difficult to get weather-models to produce error-free predictions in Hawaii, despite what Windy Ap, or GFS Model, or whatever "convincing" numerical prediction is trying to sell you. Professional meteorologists trained to interpret models and provide educated opinions often can’t accurately predict Hawaiian winds. In fact, I phoned the NWS in Honolulu and chatted directly with a meteorologist there who told me we'd see 15-18 knots of wind in the Alenuihaha (the day I wrote this story) — instead we encountered sustained wind in the low 40-knot range. There's an accelerated "wrap around" effect that mariners experience while sailing the Hawaiian Channels—the wind increases significantly at the north and south corners of the islands. The phenomenon is related to a few physical oceanographic features making it hard to model correctly on a broad scale, mostly due to the prevalence of vorticity which Computational Fluid Dynamics still can't get right a lot of the time. There are several meteorological parameters that contribute to the phenomenon we call “wrap around” effect: barometric pressure; insolation; humidity; land/sea temperatures-differences; Troposphere anomalies (ridge/trough); gradient wind-fields, and compounding centripetal forces leading to vortex-wrapping into a localized LOW born above a massive islands like Big Island with two volcanoes over 13,500' tall. While crossing the Alenuihaha Channel on July 16, 2019, our heavy-weather setup was a triple-reef mainsail, storm jib, and furl-reefed working-Yankee. I re-ran the staysail sheets to a windward secondary winch, and ran the Yankee furling-line to a dedicated winch. I setup the running backstay to the lazy-primary winch. The mainsheet was rigged normal. I pre-made my favorite tuna-salad ... and we headed out from Oneloa Beach on Maui for Kalihi Point on Hawaii Island. When we got out from behind the wind shadow of Haleakala volcano on Maui (10,000 ft elev.) the breeze picked up to mid 20s. We could see lights ahead with intermittent illumination, confusing, we later figured they weren't from ships at all, but from aircraft, were told later that there's air-cargo service which could've explained what we were seeing. Then the puffs started coming in. Big puffs — and head seas! Solstice would rise up and point to the stars in the sky. Low-level cumulus clouds typical of Trade Wind weather blew rapidly overhead against the near full moon. We had to feather in the stuff, and could sail when it got a bit lighter. SOLSTICE WAS FLYING ... man, she was in the groove in Heavy Weather! I took the helm directly for about 1.5 hours and I became totally conscious of what we were doing. I was having a blast hand-steering the boat! She was going up wind like a freight-train. Occasionally she'd hit a wave and slow-down fast, lost inertia translated into a torquing motion of our bodies. The salt spray was wild — so much salt was caked on my face and eyebrows that my face began to hurt! It all became SO real when the Moon set an hour before sunrise as we were 20nm west of Upolu Point, Big Island ... It blew, man did blow hard! The wrap around was kicking in. Pitch blackness all around. The rigging was howling! We carefully furled the already partially furled Yankee. The triple-reefed mainsail and storm jib was still too much sail — the fore-reaching heavy weather method produced SO MUCH apparent wind that Solstice's aerodynamic plan was SO AMPED-UP! I thought the additional forces could break the main-halyard, mast-head sheave, or mainsheet tackle; I bled the power and feathered; we opened the sheets and balanced the plan. 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