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At long last I've joined the ranks of sailors with episodic film posts.  I haven't reached into vlog territory yet, maybe that could happen too.  So here are a few sailing videos which might be of interest.  At least, the high def scenery is great.  I have others on my "JonathanOasis" patreon and youtube channel. 

First is my recent coastal race film.  The main race problem being lack of wind for any speed along this beautiful stretch of coast.  I've finally found out that we were the last boat standing in this race even after sunset, everyone else threw in the towel.  This day race turned into a great sunset cruise.

JonathanOasis Sailing the Southern California Coastal Race Series 2015

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWN67r2OY_s

The second video I'll mention here is the first in a series of race videos from recent One-Design ocean races (NOOD's).  If you want hot foredeck footage this is it because in the next episodes everyone gets to see my real messy spinnaker hoist and in a later race, 2 crazy penalty turns.. with me on the foredeck handling relentless tacks and gybes and cleaning up the mess.  A lot of fun.

JonathanOasis 2015 San Diego NOOD Regatta [Ep. 1 of 5], on Kraken, Beneteau 36.7

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4JmEsO66zkY

Now you might be thinking, what's up with sailing on someone's 36' Beneteau?  Well the owner used to have a Downeaster 38 ("One Love").  So that makes him hip.  Cruising plans changed after having babies and now he races the French boat.  The Downeaster is clearly a better cruising boat I have to say though.

The time and equipment cost involved in pro-editing these films is way more than I'll likely gain back from advertising revenue. Sailing or sailing videos just are not that popular in terms of viewership.  Just in case though and to make my videos easier to follow, I set up a patreon web page for anyone to subscribe to be notified of new episodes or pledge for future videos. The link is http://www.patreon.com/jonathanoasis ---  I will be producing some of my previous Downeaster footage too, this summer in between racing videos.   My old footage includes my Downeaster rigging replacement videos which could be informative and entertaining.