The island of Sao Miguel is famous for its hot springs, and we tried them out! Come along as we test out the different hot springs, each with its own water qualities.
We also explore how tea is made on the islands largest tea plantation, Cha Gorreana!
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Here we're having a look at:
Jib tack position
Jib Clew (sheets) position
Bridle wire wind indicators
F18 downhaul block tidy
Tiger Mainsail hoist
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After the THEFT of our radio, Captain James teaches you how to fix the VHF connector for the antennae. This is a MUST to know for any cruising sailor or circumnavigation, as this may happen to you. Hope it helps. Fair winds!
100' RG-8x cable: https://goo...
Wind strength here around 25 knots.
Sailing the boat backwards can be very useful. If it’s windy you can just put the boat head to wind and then use the rudders in reverse but be careful - they are extremely twitchy when going astern!
Use the mainsheet ...
Here's the juice - 2 bows down!
pitchpole (third-person singular simple present pitchpoles, present participle pitchpoling, simple past and past participle pitchpoled)
(of a boat) To capsize end over end, as in heavy surf
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In this episode we’re looking at quite a few boats in the US - this is because most of the boats being sent in are from the US (and most are Hobie 16s)
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25 knots of wind, Hobie 16, 85 kg of Joyrider - let's see how this goes.
Big pitchpole, double hull down the mine shaft aftion mid way through follwed by a rather efficient righting proving that if there's enough wind to capsize in a spectacular fashion, t...
8 days have passed on our voyage across the pacific ocean and we receive late night communication from our buddy boat, SV Gea. They are in trouble 100 miles behind us.
We turn around the ship and sail to their aid.
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Do It Yourself Bowthruster installation video - Sailing SV Compromise
📹 VIDEO DESCRIPTION: In this video we show you how we installed our bowthruster, we decided on the 5kw Lewmar because it offers us plenty of power to get the bow moving.
We now have...
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 difference to your sailing experience.
There are of course more brands of blocks in use, all that we are...
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 to cross bar connection kit.
Exciting times.
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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 reduced by around 5m2 leaving you with 9m2 on the main.
There will be another video coming read...
Here we're taking a look at the trapeze system.
And other aspects of your cat sailing.
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Thanks again to everyone who's sent in thier cat!
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3,000 nautical miles across the Pacific Ocean. Follow Alexa’s day and get a taste of what it’s like to spend a day far, far out to sea.
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NOTE: I guess this video eludes that we have many guests on Aquarius, but over 2.5 years of sailing we had less than 10 people visiting us.
Our goal is to circumnavigate the world in 4-5 years so we move fairly “fast” also in some extremely remote loc...
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.
Thanks to Martin for having a camera on his head as well.
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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.
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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 - 22.7 knots
Timex Iron man global trainer - 23.00 knots
Strava on the iPhone - 22.6 knots
Locosys GW ...
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 works.
We look at all of that in this video.
Wikipedia description - A jibe (US) or gybe (Britain) is...
Hey guys this episode is more boat work while we are on the hardstand in Malaysia. We fix the top cabin by fibreglassing and we have some news about our dive compressor.
We hope you enjoy!!
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Our water-maker fails, so Troy strips it down and troubleshoots the problem. As water-makers require periodic seal replacement, we hope this video shows others how simple it is, to field service a Katadyn Watermaker.
Along the way, we hope to share a bit ...
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 can give you the rage. Here's how to address that.
Fitting a snap shackle to your mainsheet makes ...
We explore a third island in the enchanted archipelago of the Galapagos and make a few friends. We are soon to learn that nobody uses their real name in this part of the world. They all have nicknames and that’s what sticks.
The issue of the sticky wind...
Here we are for some more,
Frank's 20 Miracle videos:
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uATpztHtpqA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwcW5HFlH8A
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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 working very nicely.
Unfortunately after some testing the mast cam down due to a broken forestay. This...
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 unceremonious dumping of the pilot into the sea!
In conclusion - this was the only boat that didn't get...
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 addressing those small issues.
This was the first sports catamaran that was ever invented! Created in ...
In this episode on the Sailing Britican Channel, we answer questions about the following:
- What’s the deal with insurance and hurricane cover?
- Do you need a license for your dinghy?
- What permits or licenses do you need to have to operate a boat?
- W...
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 like this!
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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 next!
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Haaaaapppy Birthday dear Jacksooooon. This is going to be a tough one to beat. We sail to one of the Galapagos Islands' more remo...
After an awesome overnight stay in Blue Lagoon, Comino Island/Malta we moved anchorages to avoid the crazy crowds of tourists and meet up with our friends.
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 long as you do the right thing with the mainsheet.
Sheet in hard before the tack
turn into the w...
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 - tell him that Joe sent you!
It really is a great place to go sailing though.
www.wildwind.co....
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