Leveling Up Sailing Skills for a Performance Catamaran (EP 5)

• August 08, 2023 by Sailing AWEN |
• Language: EN
• Play Time: 00:15:15
• SAILING YOUTUBERS

We are leveling up on our sailing skills and essential training for a circumnavigation on an Outremer 52 Performance Catamaran! We spent the last year waiting for our new sailboat to be built by spending three different weeks at Outremer Week learning the nuances for how to sail performance catamarans and getting critical training for a world circumnavigation. ⛵️ 🎓

0:00 Sporty Experience
1:20 Back to France
2:40 Meeting AWEN
4:00 Sailing Outremer 52
5:28 18 Knots Boat Speed
8:02 Outremer Week
11:38 Regatta Time
12:56 What We Miss
14:40 AWEN in the Water

Our learning plan included:
🌟 More Navigation: We did a refresh on navigation and learned new topics like celestial navigation and using advanced navigation software for systems like Octopus from Adrena Software.

🌟 Seamanship & Maneuvers: We got better at sail trim, reefing, tacking, and jibing with precision, ensuring a smooth and efficient passage through changing conditions and, of course, docking and maneuvers in tight quarters.

🌟 Safety & Rescue: We learned crucial safety protocols and how to use the life raft and how to operate the safety equipment for long-haul voyages, including man-overboard drills, emergency procedures, and communication systems.

🌟 Offshore Maintenance: We learned how to diagnose problems on a sailboat and how to fix problems quickly in a challenging environment where you need to be self-sufficient.

🌟 Offshore Medical: We learned how to do major triage, diagnosis and how to approach a medical emergency while reducing risk to the crew.

🌟 Weather: We dove deeper into understanding weather patterns and forecasts, so we can make informed decisions and navigate through various weather conditions.

🌟 Diesel Engines: We learned a lot more about diesel engines, how to look for problems, regular maintenance and how they work.

🌟 Rigging & Rope Work: We learned a lot more about rigging and rope work beyond knots and fixes.

🌟 Energy & Electrical Systems: We learned all about the power systems on the boat and how to use energy most effectively.

We recognize this project is ambitious, so being prepared is critical. By spending time doing this training, we feel much more confident that we will be ready to start our voyage when our Outremer 52 Performance Catamaran is out of the factory in La Grande Motte.

⚓ Join us as we learn what it takes to circumnavigate successfully and make the transition to liveaboard cruising.

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🎶 MUSIC by Epidemic Sound

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Hello! We are Holly and Stephane 🇺🇸🇫🇷

We have made the transition from full-time software professionals from the SF Bay Area to liveaboard sailing explorers who always keep one eye on the weather and our hearts in a song. Our goal is to complete a circumnavigation and we recently transitioned to a performance catamaran and are madly in love with our Outremer 52. We are working with Outremer in France (with the help of Google translate) to launch our boat project and start our journey as sailing vagabonds. While it’s not a race or speedtest, we are doing our first Bluewater crossing this year and we are excited to see AWEN stretch her legs and dance on the water. Join us as we share what we’re learning living without Amazon, (but with Starlink), and attempt this new life of travel and adventure on the ocean. Please be patient with us as we continue to improve our YouTube vlogging skills. Our goal isn’t to make our life a movie, it’s to give back to what others have shared with us, which is why we don’t monetize our channel.

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Sailing AWEN

We are Holly and Stephane are formerly from the San Francisco Bay Area but have a home in Tahoe. Our 'someday' plan was to sell our belongings, buy a boat and with reckless abandon sail away to visit distant lands, which we did starting in 2020. You can follow our transition and journey in our totally candid podcast, Covert Castaway, wherever you listen. Or, you can follow every stop we’ve made with pictures, blogs and stream our podcast directly on www.sailingAWEN.com. You can also find us at https://www.facebook.com/SailingAwen and we update this most often, or our blog at www.sailingawen.com. https://www.noforeignland.com/boat/awen

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