We can be sure to find a winch on most modern cruising sailboats, however, it's not really a winch. Check out what makes our sailing and cruising life a whole lot easier.
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To keep the heat out of our boat during the day, we use our GoSun to warm up some Nasi Goreng and cook the eggs for the first time in it. It was delicious!
A short but fun look at the evolution of sailboat winches (capstans).
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Aotearoa (Mark Williams, Adam Alexander, Bruce Maginnis)
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We get accepted into the world's most exclusive yacht club. We are currently sailing Langkawi, Malaysia while we complete some much needed boat tasks and loading up on the cruising fund...
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Our season kicks off as we finally get accepted into the world's most exclusive yacht club. Plenty of boat work still to do as we prepare ourselves and MAIA for the festive season. Exciting times ahead...
It's been confirmed, we will sail into Thailand ea...
We've received Amazing response from our sailing tutorials, so why not teach you how we did it. Let's learn Blender 3D, the free and open-source tool for creating fantastic 3D animations and visuals.
All presented in a simple and easy-to-follow beginners...
We end off our season 2 by sharing a few tools from our toolbox that we have learned along the way. Thank you for following along with our adventure of living and sailing aboard our new home! Hope some of our tips help you out along your journey. Cheers fo...
Visas expire and so we need to go back to Malaysia. However, we are in high spirits to go back to a place that feels a bit like home, with the comforts of home that we could not get in Sumatra. Like cheese, yogurt, wine, and beers!
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We spend our last few days in Sumatra visiting the Tsunami museum, saying farewell to our favorite anchorage in Rubiah Island, and then........... join us in our first 8 hour checking out saga! One certainly has to have a lot of patience as a sailor checki...
Our forecast said 8 knots coming from the South, this Sumatra squall came from the North West and blew 30 knots and lasted longer than a squall..........
Your sails will let you know if there is incorrect tension, as long as you know what to look out for.
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Using markings to assist in sail trim.
Learn to sail tutorials available to view at: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCX3r4tVOxSfwLIBRJrX1iqw
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Often-forgotten leech lines and their uses... how to use a leech line to open or close the leech of a sail. Learn to sail, basic sail trim, sailing tutorial...
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On a forecast of 8 knots of wind said to becoming straight from behind us, we set out to do an overnight crossing from Simeulue to Sumatra. All things start so beautifully. And then we experience the longest lasting 'squall' ever! - in our experience that...
In our Sailing Tutorial series, we are excited to bring you the basics of sail trim #, 2 which includes different scenarios of different conditions. Also includes other bits of info for efficient sail trim.
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A wasp decides to try make his home on MAIA, and we are having none of it. Trying to dissuade it gently, so as not to aggravate it...
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While sailing up the West coast of Sumatra, we run out of diesel for our sailboat! Now we need to ask the locals for help with our limited Bahasa language skills! Our full video is filled with the adventure!
We hope you have fun watching this one! It was certainly an adventure for us as we run out of diesel next to a remote island off the west coast of Sumatra and need to ask the locals for help with our limited Bahasa.......
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