Q+A Live: Your catamaran sailing questions answered
ALL CLASSES OF BEACH CATAMARAN ARE DISCUSSED HERE – WE’LL BE TALKING ABOUT YOUR ISSUES WITH THE SAILING, BOAT HANDLING AND MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT YOU ARE HAVING.
DO YOU HAVE PROBLEMS OR ANY QUESTIONS RELATING TO YOUR CATAMARAN OR SAILING YOUR CATAMARAN?
IF YOU DO, YOU’VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. I’M HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
IF YOU’D LIKE TO PRE-LOAD A QUESTION FOR NEXT WEEK PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DROP IT OFF HERE.
THE NEXT Q+A WILL BE AT 1830 GREEK TIME ON FRIDAY
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ALL CLASSES OF BEACH CATAMARAN ARE DISCUSSED HERE - WE'LL BE TALKING ABOUT YOUR ISSUES WITH THE SAILING, BOAT HANDLING AND MAINTENANCE ISSUES THAT YOU ARE HAVING.
DO YOU HAVE PROBLEMS OR ANY QUESTIONS RELATING TO YOUR CATAMARAN OR SAILING YOUR CATAMARAN?
IF YOU DO, YOU'VE COME TO THE RIGHT PLACE. I'M HERE TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
IF YOU'D LIKE TO PRE-LOAD A QUESTION FOR NEXT WEEK PLEASE FEEL FREE TO DROP IT OFF HERE.
THE NEXT Q+A WILL BE AT 1830 GREEK TIME ON FRIDAY
Support Joyrider TV
⛵️Channel Membership https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1lH...
⛵️Patreon https://www.patreon.com/joseph_bennett
⛵️Getting a T-shirt or Hoodie https://totaljoyrider.com
☞ Buy stuff that I use
⛵️Sungod Sunglasses https://www.sungod.co/s/eR4VYYu3/
⛵️Telemetry Overlay use code JOYRIDERTV for a sweet discount https://bit.ly/telemetryoverlay
⛵️Get perfect audio (waterproof) with Instamic https://instamic.io/?aff=119
⛵️If you want shoes like mine https://xeroshoes.com/go/joyridertv
Joyrider TV is one of the best channels on YouTube for catamaran sailing tutorials, maintenance, Q+As and great small cat sailing content.
Whether you sail a Hobie, Nacra, Aclass, acat, Prindle, Hurricane, Dart, Windrush, Tornado, Unicorn, F18, F16, Topcat, GETAWAY, Dragoon or even a Minicat, you'll find something here to help you.
#catsailing
#joyridertv
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