Sailing and upgrading our performance catamaran, a Catana42s named Paikea
Like any other boat from this era, Paikea came into our possession with the rather agricultural-looking stainless steel stanchion sockets. They were structurally sound however, they were an eyesore and had caught one or two toes since we had moved onboard. The inside attachment of the stanchion socket wasn’t much better with nasty-looking bolts protruding […]
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We can categorize our time on Paikea into 3 distinct phases. The first couple of years was a family adventure with 3 young children. Our plan at that stage was to fly to Europe, buy a boat and sail it back home to the South Pacific. We weren’t much into vlogging any of that –
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It’s taken us a while to install these! They were made by a very talented boat builder for us 3 years ago and we’ve sailed with them all the way from Europe to the Caribbean and back again without actually installing them where they should be. They have been living under Ayden’s mattress if we’re
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So you’ve spent the money and replaced all the standing rigging. You’ve done a bit of sailing and the wires have settled a bit. Now it’s time for a tune. How do you do that? What are you looking for? Did you know that you should be tuning your front beam as well? Prepare to
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We have a large crack in the bottom of the starboard hull. It runs longitudinally from the engine room door to the entrance of the aft cabin. Honestly, it looks worse than it actually is, as Shayne had already repaired the hull from the outside when we did our first major upgrades in Valencia so
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We have bought a Bambu Lab X1 carbon series 3d printer. It is large, it is heavy (it weighs almost 23kg) and it does not like a humid environment. So, you may ask, what’s the story? Aren’t we trying to lighten this boat? Picture of our 3d printed winglets that will attach to our rudders
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We have started our refit! Paikea is out of the water in Barcelona and Shayne is spending whatever spare minutes he has from America’s Cup work to help the boys and me with work on our own boat. Harry takes us through what our plans are for the interior refit of Paikea. It is ambitious
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Azores to the Portuguese Coast requires a fair bit of upwind sailing in this episode. It’s wet and bumpy and not particularly comfortable.
Halfway to the Azores and it’s windy! Olly (13) runs through how we sail offshore on Paikea. We loved his commentary so much that we just had to share it with you. The best thing you can do for your kids is to involve them in sailing. It gives them confidence and purpose. Plus they
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In this installment we show you how we go about reefing downwind. We can reef at any point of sail and in any conditions. If you are interested in how we have set up the reefing system on Paikea check out our blog link here , The key to any a successful reefing manoeuver is
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