#socool #jumping
We sail from Sicily to Sardinia, an overnight crossing with loads of thunderstorms on the way.
A very busy morning catching two tunas, how amazing is that?
Jasmine and Jacque arrive to spend a week with us on the boat.
Would you like to...
See us this time how we discover Monemvasia, have a great swim with a turtle, search for a sunken city and arrive on Zakinthos.
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#boating #spinaker
Unexpectedly we had to go back to London for five days.
The girls surprised us at the hotel bedroom with a very nice homemade dinner.
We use the time in London to go to Stanford’s to buy charts and pilot books, as we have found it di...
In this episode of Fix it Friday, we take a trip into town, buy some material from the chandler/hardware store and make up a new sunshade/boom tent cover.
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See us this time how we finally left Poros and start our way around the Peloponnes.
We stopped in Ermioni, Porto Cheli and Limimi Ierkias.
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#adventure #welovesailing
In this episode we leave Crotone with good winds to take us to La Castella. Strong winds but it was a good sail.
Carla takes out Ocean Fox from the Marina. We rig the Code Zero and go up to the Messina Straight to this beautiful...
This is the one that will change everything. If you are a catamaran sailor who hasn't yet experiment with lifting the hull it's a great way to improve your control of the boat as well as being great fun and looking cool!
This technique is the same if you'r...
After the boys left, we head to Alimos to get the rigg fixed.
We sail again to Aegina and next morning a thunderstorm is waiting is waiting for us on our way to Poros, where we meet the Greatis again.
Next day we invite two friends for a nice sailing d...
#sunsetdrinks #joinus
On this video we show you how we spent the first day in Italy. Our routine and issues and how hard it’s to get small things done. We always end up our days with a lovely swim around the boat and a glass of wine watching the sunset....
Aftermore than a year we're finally going to leave Greece again. We check out in Gouvia and enjoy a last couple of legs together with Seatramp. After a nice farewell dinner in Kassioni we make a final stop at the the little island of Erikoussa before we st...
Due to popular demand i've been out to see how much wind it takes to right the Hobie 16 with 85kg of crew weight.
If it is windy enough (20 knots +) then it is definitely possible. Otherwise you either need outside assistance or some kind of device such a...
We continue to go north in the Ionian Sea, if we go on like this we might even leave Greece again after more than a year. Next after Antipaxos is Paxos and this episode ends at the night of the red blood moon over Corfu town.
See us this week with with new guests on board. The Brothers Jan and Tobias arrive in time for the Soccer World Cup.
So besides sailing, soccer is on the agenda every day.
Mario bets on his Croats and wins a haircut...
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Plastic Pollution is the buildup of plastic products in the environment that adversely affects wildlife, humans and their habitats.
Lefkas (Lefkada) is an amazing island on the west coast of Greece. We lived here on our boat surrounded by wetlands and sa...
Finally we got our new Rigg! Our time back in the water didn't start very well. First we had to go out of the water again due a leaking anode and than we hit a stone in a harbour...
How bad can life be?
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#hugefish #lovefishing
I get my first tuna, very exciting! Such a big one, 50 steaks in the freezer! Sushi night then!
In this episode we are getting up very early and go on our mission to go up North to cross to Italy. We get some bad weather on the way,...
In this episode we set sail for Kalimnos. We then head for Leros where we hire a scooter and go and explore the island. We see Mousolini's holiday home, the bay where the Italian sea planes were based during WW2 the and explore the tunnels of Leros.
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The mast hinge available from Hobie is great for some extra security when putting your mast up or down. This part is made for 16s later than 2001 but there are instructions for modifying your mast base of earlier boats.
As well as facilitating the single h...
This is our first D-Log. A new behind the scenes series which will be for our Patrons only. (See our rewards page for access). Short weekly videos to show its not all sun and sea and sunbathing!
Hope you enjoy it. This first one is open to everyone as a ...
See us this time when we remove the Mast of SeaTramp, fix the rudder problems and our frustration is getting bigger and bigger about all new problems we discover.
Luckily our friends from GreatCircle hop over and rescue Nina for a few hours.
#goingup #flags
We made the first attempt to cross to Italy, but the weather was terrible and we had to go back to Pilos.
So we decided to go up to Corfu to get better winds and cross from Othonoi to Leuca, successfully this time with great winds to take u...
In this episode we pick our daughter and her Fiance up in Rhodes, we sail around a few islands, stop off in Simi, and then Nisiros where we go and explore the live volcano by scooter. We drop them off in Kos.
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Both Sander and Seatramp left us in Katelios, so just the 2 of us going north along the east coast of Kefalonia and Ithaca. Beautiful but very different anchorages at Pera Pigadhi, Vathi and Kioni before we cross to Lefkada
This should be useful for anyone who needs a better understanding of how to sail.
We'll look at:
points of sail
mainsheet position
traveller position
how to use telltales
downwind sailing angles (no spinnaker)
The Hobie 16 revolutionized multihull sail...
Here we're looking at ways of managing your sailing experience when single hands on a double handed Cat.
All of the techniques here could be used when sailing double handed.
This tutorial gives you a look at basic boat set-up, crew positioning and how bes...
After we did not use the wintertime for a new antifouling, it is time to get Seatramp out of the water and start the first topics on our long to do list.
See in the first part of our maintenance video how Seatramp comes out of the water and we start our b...
#donkeylife #beautifutown
We visit Rhodes town, the centre is inside the old Castle. We sail our code zero, such a good feeling of freedom!
Then we go from Rhodes to Lindos, such a beautiful bay, one of the most amazing anchorages we had. Another Castle ...
Against our tradition we decided to use extreme click bait for this video as Sander joins us during his holiday on Zakynthos. Very nice images of Shipwreck bay and Turtle island, as well as some quite ok drone shots around the 52S at work
Here we're looking at where to be on the boat while going upwind.
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Mario is back on board and we pick up a friend, Timo, in Athens for a short weekend sail. Nina has to fix a rope at the mast.
On the same day as Timo left, Bernd joins us for a nice sailing week to Kythnos and some touristic activity.
We hope you like our...
The last blog was about returning from England and Woody's experiences in Aegina - a visit to the Parthenon and witnessing a live sea rescue.
In this blog we leave Aegina and head down through Cyclades to Crete and beyond!
Our first stop was Russian Bay,...
It is possible on the Hobie 16 or any other boat with a fully battened jib (without self tacking) For the jib to gybe around the front of the forestay, meaning that it gets stuck there until you pretty much gybe again.
Here is how that happens and how to a...
We're looking at some mounting possibilities for your Gopro on a Hobie 16 or other Cat.
There are of course many other places where you can put your camera but these are my personal go-to options.
For top of the mast mount please check out this video:
htt...
See us this time how we had to redock the catamaran GreatCircle and Mario left to Germany. Nina had to take care of both boats for a long lonely week on Poros.
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Here we take a look at how to right a Hobie 16, the technique is similar for all small catamarans.
Using 1st person perspective and live action commentary you feel like you're almost there!
This was filmed at Wildwind Sailing Holidays in Greece, one of th...
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