Too low and your capsize tally will increase, too high and you'll end up with massive forearms. Getting your mainsheet cleating angle right makes a big ...

Here we're looking at why different boats might have the tiller arm at different angles. Also we're taking a look at the benefits of the newer 'Laguna' tiller ...

The mainsail area of a Hobie 16 is just under 14m2, unfortunately I couldn’t find any information regarding the reefed sail area. My best guess is that it is ...

Here we're taking a look at the trapeze system. And other aspects of your cat sailing. Ways to support the channel - https://www.patreon.com/joseph_bennett ...

Check out Will's Joyrider TV tribute from Hawaii - https://youtu.be/i4asE2_O42E Please send any photos or video to [email protected] Include a small ...

HOBIE CAT SAILING IN VASSILIKI BAY, GREECE. THE HOBIE 16 IS STILL THE BEST RIDE! This time we had chase cam from a powerboat, super smooth with a gimbal. ...

The mast is back up with some new beefy rigging. Time to test the Hobie 14 Evo in more wind. Around 25 to 30 knots. Small chop. 30 degrees, good times. Ways ...

Here, we're testing four different GPS' to see what differences they come up with on a typical Vassiliki speed run. Results: GoPro Hero 7 - inbuilt GPS - ...

Before we can look at the gybe we have to look at the correct downwind sailing angles, before we can look at that we need to understand how apparent wind ...

Jib furling in a strong wind can end up being quite flappy and untidy. Here we look at how we can roll the jib nicely. Jib battens getting caught on the mast ...

Here we are for some more, Frank's 20 Miracle videos: www.youtube.com/watch?v=M23H4pDM5d0& https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uATpztHtpqA ...

Here we are taking our newly rebuilt Hobie 14 for a shake down sail in the famous Vassiliki cross shore wind. Testing the new OS3 Evo mainsail which was ...

Here's a short clip from testing the Hobie 14 with the OS3 Evo mainsail. After around 20 minutes of great sailing the forestay snapped resulting in the ...

A big THANK-YOU to all of you that have joined my Patreon recently and have us well on our way to next goal of being fully sustainable! $2 may not seem like ...

A follow up to the Catamaran Tacking video, the Hobie 14 is notoriously difficult to tack and even more difficult to get going once stalled. Here we are ...

Here's a look at the mainsheet arrangements of all of the Tornado catamarans at the 2019 Europeans at Rimini, Italy. If you like this sort of thing, you'll ...

Here we are once again - Showing us your cats! I’ll be featuring different boats every Sunday 1730 Greek time so keep an eye out, it might be your boat coming ...

Tenders (RIBs, Dinghies) are vital to the life of live-boards (as we discovered last year when we didn't have one anymore!) So we were thrilled to finally ...

Here we go over the technique for improving tacking on any type of catamaran. It's all about the mainsheet! You don't need to go into the tack with speed as ...

We borrow a sailing dinghy and I try to teach Margarida the finer points in sailing but I fail miserably and we have a fight. Dont worry we make up and discuss ...

Here we're taking a look around Wildwind in Vassiliki, Greece. If you are thinking of coming out email - [email protected] to see if he can offer you a deal ...

Our dinghy - Salty Sausage - has had a long rest over the winter, slumbering in her dinghy bag. The time has come for her to earn her keep. ----- About us ...

Here we're taking a look at the jib system and spinnaker set up on our racing Tornado. There are many ways of doing it but this is what we have settled on - a ...

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