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Transatlantic Sailing Voyage. Exploring St. Helena Island. A Jewel in the South Atlantic.
Ep198. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic sailing voyage on the 50' (Xquisite X5) Catamaran. We completed our sailing passage to St. Helena Island, and now it is time to explore the Island. There is so much to like about...
Transatlantic Sailing Voyage. Arriving at St. Helena Island in the middle of the South Atlantic.
Transatlantic Voyage. Arriving at St. Helena Island in the middle of the South Atlantic. INTRO - To watch the full video, click this link: https://youtu.be/U7NijJw398k Ep196. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic sailing v...
TransAtlantic Voyage. Sailing Namibia to St Helena. Dolphins, Breakdowns and Seasickness.
Ep196. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic sailing voyage on the 50' (Xquisite X5) Catamaran. We leave Walvis Bay Namibia on our way to St. Helena Island in the middle of the South Atlantic. We are visited by dolphins. We...
Transatlantic Sailing. Walvis Bay Namibia. Must do excursion. Land Rover through the dunes.
Ep195. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic sailing voyage on the 50' (Xquisite X5) Catamaran. We stop in Walvis Bay Namibia and go on a Land Rover excursion through the massive sand dunes of their desert. It was stunning a...
THE FINAL COUNTDOWN! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 84
[Yacht Refit & Restoration Week 83] (Ep.92) Were finally at the FINAL COUNTDOWN! We get our forestays measured up and replaced. What a workout that was! We test out our sails to ensure everything is running smoothly. Get some fittings installed such as...
Transatlantic sailing. Dodging ships in the fog. Boarded by Pelicans and Seals in Namibia.
Ep194. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic sailing voyage on the 50' (Xquisite X5) Catamaran. We are on Day 5-6 of the voyage. The weather has gone from calm and sunny to cold and foggy and we have to dodge running into a ...
50′ Xquisite X5 Catamaran. (4K) Guided tour of all features while sailing across the Atlantic.
Ep193. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we break away from the story of our South Atlantic Sailing Voyage and do a dedicated episode where we have the owner of Xquiste Yachts, Tamas Hamor, take on a top to bottom guided tour of every component and fea...
Transatlantic Sailing on a 50′ Catamaran. Day 4-5. Cold Wind, Waves and Fog on way to Namibia
Ep192. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic sailing voyage on the 50' (Xquisite X5) Catamaran. We are on Day 4-5 of the voyage. The weather has gone from calm and sunny to windy, cold and foggy. We have to reef our sails f...
INSTALLING all our MAST FITTINGS | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 82
(Ep.90) So that time has come for us to get our mast prepped in sense of mast lights and get our synthetic rigging attached. We did that and were all prepared to get the mast hoisted... but do you think the weather played well with us? Definitely not! W...
Transatlantic Sailing on a 50′ Catamaran, Xquisite X5. Day3. Entering Namibian Waters.
Ep191. In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we continue our Transatlantic sailing voyage on the 50' Xquisite X5 Catamaran. We are on Day 3 of the voyage. The weather has been good but the wind has been a bit too calm. We enter Namibian waters and the c...
Leaving Cape Town for our Transatlantic. Fiasco! Immigration deemed one of us “undesirable”!
In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we will explain the issue that kept us locked in Cape Town for 10 extra days. We finally get the paperwork to leave and we have a fiasco getting out through immigration where one of us is deemed "Undesirable" and told...
Sailing on the TAG 60 Performance Sailing Catamaran | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 81
(Ep.89) We took the 60ft Tag yacht from St Francis to Port Elizabeth, finish up our anchor and also finish up installing our anchor windlass. We also receive a gift from Vetus in the mail!! Can you guess what it is!?? What's left on our list you may ask?...
Xquisite X5 Catamaran. Test Sail before I leave Cape Town for Transatlantic Voyage
In this episode of Cruising Off Duty, we will test sail the Xquisite X5, 50' Catamaran that I will help sail across the South Atlantic, Across the equator and to the Caribbean. We wanted to try sailing with a Parasail for the first time, which will be the...
10 Things To Do In Cape Town South Africa.
In this episode, we are going to show you what you can do if you have a week in Cape Town, South Africa. I originally thought I only had 2 days in Cape Town before we sailed away for the Caribbean but due to a boat registration delay, we were stuck in Cap...