Here we take a look at some more details regarding attaching your bowsprit to a Hobie Tiger or FX1. These methods can be used on any spinnaker catamaran.
For more details please check out this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pd296KMwvUE&t=63s
W...
See us this time how Mario, Sven and Vanessa head over to Poros to get Nina back on board, having a barbecue and bring the guests to their ferry on Aegina.
This is groundbreaking! Using only a piece of rope you can fit a self gybing system to your boat (sorry for the misleading title)
Very handy if you are sailing single handed or with a spinnaker.
Possibly the most simple, cost effective upgrade for you bo...
In this episode we sail to Rhodes then get caught in a massive electrical thunderstorm. We visit a well stocked chandlers that Jenny compares to a "shoe shop", we repair our heads and meet our daughter and her fiance at the airport.
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Here is an explanation of the routing of the one line system compared to the two line system.
The boat used here is an FX1, the same system would be used on the Hobie 16, Hobie Pacific, Dart 16, Dart 18 and many more. If you're not sailing a two man dedic...
See us this time with our friends Sven and Vanessa on board. We sail from Paros to Antiparos, Kimolos and Milos. On Milos Nina left the boat to help Great Circle.
In the last blog we left Woody to look after the boat in the Aegina and get on with maintenance work while we returned to England for a few weeks.
It's great the kids are curious and want to learn about maintenance work on the boat, but obviously it slow...
This is in addition to the https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8a_W9Xe1rEE
Hobie Tiger jib system video.
We look at a solution to furl your jib if you have self tacking, also we have a look at the plastic jib tack/forestay protector tube.
Ways to support th...
See us this time with a lot drone shots on our way from Ios to Antiparos. We play pirates and try to get a free drink on GreatCircle. Next morning we go further to Paros, but that's not so easy in the beginning...
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Here is a look at the set up of the self tacking jib system on a Hobie Tiger catamaran.
We look at the route that the sheet takes and the rigging of the jib cunningham.
For the hoisting of the jib please check out this video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?...
In this episode the mast and equipment at the top needed a good clean after all the sand from the Sahara that was blown across over the winter. With Jen being the lighter one of the two of us she drew the short straw! Just a short video of her first time. ...
This Hobie 16 sailing tutorial takes you on a classic joyride with live commentary and multi-camera footage from the senior Wildwind instructor. Filmed in Vassiliki, Greece this is excellent sailing weather in one of the best locations in Europe.
This tu...
See us this time how we sail together with our friends Marijke and Mark from GreatCircle to Santorini, enjoyed the town and have a few nice days on Ios.
Luckily no operation needed for the ruptured tendon in my left arm. Nice to be back for a while and meet our friends but can't wait to return to Greatcircle again.
Nice weather though and a lot of sailing going on on the lake. A very special thanks to Nina...
In this episode we give you a tour around our sailboat, a Bavaria 47 yacht called Dream. We are currently sailing around the Aegean sea. We left Crete at the beginning of May and are doing an anti-clockwise circuit of the Aegean. Come along and join in our...
Join us on our live chat with our guest, Keith, from the You tube channel Sailing Zatara. We had a great evening with Keith and glad that he could join us.
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We spend a few more days on Mykonos, relax on the beach, try to clean Seatramp on Paros and head over towards Ios to meet GreatCircle again.
You can support us and buy us a few GB data:
https://www.paypal.me/seatramp
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This footage is from a few months ago while still in Lefkas. It was missed out of our main Travel and Sailing BIG blogs due to lack of time, bandwidth and disk space!
We've uploaded it as a smaller microblog here because it raises important issues.
Wa...
Mario's boys came to visit us on Mykonos - party metropolis!
And what happened? Of course, we had a wonderful sailing trip around Delos, but they prefered to do a fuel filter change instead of going out!!
Thanks to Skandr for his two songs, Dancin in the...
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After a top sailing day to Milos and a wonderful trip up the hill to Plaka we hit a bit of bad luck forcing us to sail overnight to Poros and fly home to Amsterdam. Bad luck never comes alone as the very end of the titles of this episode shows
Yes this is the one you have been waiting for!! We set sail aboard Dream to a local natural anchorage and on route we give DREAM a bit of a shake down to see what she will do.
A couple of days later we set off on our first proper sail, just over 80 miles ...
See us this time how we left Leros, had a stopover on beautiful Levitha and sailed to Mykonos with a mix between too much wind, no wind, too high waves and no waves...
Again thanks to two wonderful Soundcloud artists:
Ron Pope - A drop in the ocean
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Wow!
On 20th May 2017 we slept the first night on our boat Seatramp.
Since then, we visited 9 countries, sailed around 7000 miles and still love what we are doing!
Big thanks to all of you who watch our weekly episodes and follow us in that part of our ...
Sailing from Ios across to the turquoise Despotiko Bay at Antiparos and to the protected anchorages at the charming town of Naoussa on Paros where we meet up with Tanga Catamaran again. Part of the footage was borrowed from Sailing Seatramp.
See us this time how we spend a few wonderful days on Kos with our friends GreatCirlce.
Mario tries his MacGyver skills on their Lagoon 52 to improve their gangway range
We thought it was worth doing a standalone blog just on this because it was quite serious and there was a lot to learn from it.
We are involved in a genuine rescue at sea while on a Greek ferry between Athen and Aegina. About half way along our journey ...
Beautiful sunset at Astypalaia when we leave early in the morning to meet Mario & Nina and their Seatramp in Ios. Together with them we explore Ios and make a daytrip to Santorini.
See us this time how sail from Karpathos to Tills and Nisyros.
Nina squeezed her fingers on Tilos and a boat on Nisyros touched the ground while entering the harbour.
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A marvelous sunrise in Lindos when we are leaving towards Karpathos. We sail around the eastside of Karpathos and visit Olymbos by bike. From Karpathos we cross back to the north-east towards Astypalaia. Never heard of before, but the island can easily com...
Around the corner from Kos to the beautiful Symi, very nice this time a year. Next is Chalki, a small island west of the Rhodos coast before we go around the south corner of that island to another wonderful anchorage : Lindos.
See us this time how we get a new crew member.
Nina`s daughter joins us for her Easter holidays. Together we sail from Creta via Kasos to Karparthos.
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We had mixed feelings about leaving Lefkas - it was sad to say goodbye to our new friends but we were really excited about setting sail again.
We did last minute shopping, engine checks and a rig inspection from where we could see all the walks we'd done...
A couple of days in Kos with Seatramp and Sander and Rud followed by a round tour to Kalymnos where we stay at Vathi and Vlychada. This episode is mostly filmed and edited in 4K, let us know whether this makes a significant difference.
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