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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 bunch of Fishing boat in the dense fog ...
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 feature of this beautiful 50' Cruising Cat...
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 for the first time and even though we de...
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! What's left on our list you may ask?? 1....
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 crew celebrates. If you want to follow ...
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 they may never be allowed back in...
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?? 1.Window shades 2. Water-maker Instal...
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 sail we assume we will use the most on...
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 Cape Town for 13 days. We made the best of it ...
Journey to South Africa: Visa Challenges and Beachside Bliss! DRIFTING Ep. 04
Sun, Sand, and Visa Trials: Embracing South Africa's Beauty in the Face of Challenges Journey to South Africa: Visa Challenges and Beachside Bliss! Realising we cannot sail through the mediterranean with Schengen Visas, we head back to South Africa and apply for our visas in Durban, South Afric...
Cape Town South Africa. Factory Tour of Maverick 440 Catamaran. One of our favourite Catamarans.
In this episode, I show the journey to get from Canada to Cape Town South Africa where I am immediately whisked off to take a tour of the boatyard that builds the Maverick 400 and 440 Catamaran. We love the Maverick 440 and it is priced about right for what Janice and I can probably afford to buy...
🔴 Live Update – How did my South Atlantic Sailing Voyage Go? Highs and Lows.
This is a live episode where I explain how the South Atlantic Sailing voyage went. I talk about how I liked the Xquisite X5 as well as how I enjoyed the various ports of call along the 6000 mile sailing voyage.
WE PACKING UP and Heading Home! DRIFTING Ep. 03
WE PACKING UP and Heading Home! Visa problems have us kicked out of Greece and sent back to Turkey! We pack up, head home and contemplate our options.
NO engine yet…but we got DIESEL TANKS!!? | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 78
(Ep.86) **Want to know what we still have to do.. carry on reading** So we got down to ticking off items once again.. one being the dreaded ugly cockpit floor we had with the high hatch that we kept tripping over & now she looks pretty and no one falls over.. it's a win win situation all ...
Sailing South Africa to USA. We arrived in Namibia. Voyage update video.
This is an update video on the sailing voyage so far. Each time I arrive in a new harbor and I can find decent wifi, I will try and post a quick update video so the viewers learn about our progress and get a synopsis of what has happened and get a glimpse of what they will see in the full detailed ...
Xquisite X5. Factory Tour and history of how Xquisite started. Cape Town, South Africa.
In this episode, I take a tour of Phoenix Marine, here in Cape Town South Africa, where the Xquisite X5 is built. I was really impressed with all the attention to detail and level of quality put into at every stage that allows this boat to adhere to the high ISO 9001 standards. If you are interest...
US Coast Guard keeps us in Cape Town. Voyage Delayed. Time to be a tourist.
We were supposed to be sailing out of Cape Town on May 20th, but the US Coast Guard has not issued us a registration number so we are unable to check out of South Africa. By the time things are sorted out, we will probably be 10 days behind schedule. The only silver lining is it has given me and t...
New HIGH OUTPUT ALTERNATOR for our ENGINE! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 70
(Ep.78) If you would like to support our production, THANK YOU! You can also make a one time donation: PayPal: You can buy a TSHIRT below: We service our bell housing by giving it some tender loving care, and start bolting back onto our engine. We also install our new alternator which took...
South Atlantic Sailing Crossing. What gear am a bringing to film it.
What camera gear am I bringing to film the 8 week, 10,000 mile South Atlantic Sailing Voyage from Cape Town, South Africa to the USA? Can I fit it all in my camera backpack? Want to know what gear I use. You can click this link to go to my website for a list of all my gear. There will be a Li...
Why your ENGINE needs a WATER COOLED EXHAUST! | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 69
(Ep.77) If you would like to support our production, THANK YOU! You can also make a one time donation: PayPal: You can buy a TSHIRT below: We finish up building and welding our new wet/water cooled exhaust and talk a bit about what that entails as well as service our water pump. Thanks fo...
Sailing 10,000 Miles from South Africa to the USA. Plans, Hopes and Fears.
This episode of Cruising Off Duty, I am going to explain the plans for the upcoming sailing voyage from South Africa to the USA. This will be a 10,000-mile transatlantic crossing on a 50' Xquisite X5 Catamaran. The journey will take us across the South Atlantic, the equator and then into the ...
#39m The Start of Our Circumnavigation – Cape Town to Namibia | Sailing Sisu Leopard 45 Catamaran
We did it! We started our circumnavigation! We moved onto the boat end of November 2018 and left Cape Town beginning February 2019. We had three months to prepare Sisu and ourselves for this day...Now you know why we were a bit busy :-) RYA Yachtmaster Offshore, Aftermarket stuff such as Lithium and...
MARINISING a DIESEL ENGINE | YACHT REBUILD WEEK 67
(Ep.75) If you would like to support our production, THANK YOU! You can also make a one time donation: PayPal: You can buy a TSHIRT below: We bid farewell to Moses as we got him a new job here in Port Elizabeth. We would have loved to have had him working with us but our budgets getting ti...