We can reef at any time, in any conditions at any point of sail Every boat owner should be confident that they can reef their mainsail in any conditions. We can reef our mainsail at any time – this means that even if it is blowing dogs off chains and we are heading downwind we […]
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A tour of Paikea, our Catana42s, would not be complete without discussing the carbon fibre rotating mast. We have mentioned the rig before in a previous post Recycling a TNZ America’s Cup mast into a rotating rig. Rescued from the rubbish, this is a mast with history. It is the old America’s Cup Team New
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You’ve seen the videos on why we chose a boat from the 1990s to live on, and you’ve had a look at the transom and aft cockpit upgrades and future plans, and now it’s time to share our ideas for the deck of Paikea. If you are familiar with our channel you would already know
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In our previous video we told you why we bought a 33 year old catamaran instead of nice new shiny one. Now it’s time to take you on a tour of the old girl. This week is all about the aft end of the bus. The transom and cockpit in particular. Join us as Shayne
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This episode dives into our thoughts on how to go about looking for a good cruising SAILING boat. Now we say SAILING because there are a lot of boats out there that are great platforms to liveaboard should you just want to hang out in the bays, however, if you want to do some bluewater
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In last week’s post we showed how we made carbon fibre chainplates for Paikea. The chainplate arrangement was originally a stainless steel strap with a backing plate bolted through the bulkhead. The bulkhead was a eglass/plywood construction that had lasted more than 30 years but now the plywood core had rotted away and only the
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You may remember we had problems with our chainplates pulling out of the deck when we were in Las Palmas in the Canary Islands. If you haven’t seen the episode you can check it out here https://youngbarnacles.com/moving-chainplates/ We had issues with water ingress through the deck at the base of the chainplates. Our solution was
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Shayne is off on another jaunt across the Atlantic Ocean. This time he is delivering a Gunboat 62 from the Azores to Toulon in France. The original Grand lady of the legendary Gunboat series, this old girl still has plenty of boogie left in her and shows off her good looks and performance during a
Join us for a wrap-up of our three-part series on crossing the Atlantic Ocean on a Gunboat 68. It’s an informal discussion filmed while en route from Antigua to our next job in Martinique. The usual trade winds had disappeared and we thought it would be a good opportunity to debrief and share our thoughts
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You’ve seen how well the Gunboat 68 has performed in light to moderate conditions so can you guess what happens next? Jump on board with Shayne and the crew as they leave the Azores for their final leg of the journey into the Mediterranean Sea to Toulon in France. After a week spent making repairs
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