Sailing and upgrading our performance catamaran, a Catana42s named Paikea
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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Last week we left Shayne on a rather pleasant trip from Antigua across the Atlantic Ocean on his way to Toulon in France. This week shows the transition to North Atlantic conditions with the wind building and the sea state starting to make off-watch snoozes a little more challenging. Gone are the light breezes and
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This is the first in our Gunboat Atlantic Ocean crossing series. Shayne shares with us an insider’s view into what crossing oceans is like for a professional Gunboat crew. These videos are a real treat as Shayne takes the time to share his experience sailing a Gunboat 68 from Antigua in the Caribbean to Toulon
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We are in Antigua and it’s just weeks away from Hurricane Season. Shayne has been asked to help deliver a Gunboat 68 from the Caribbean to France while Anna and the kids stay behind with Paikea. It means last minute repairs to the carbon solar panel bracket we put together in Cadiz, Spain. See our
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Today we are sailing from Antigua to Barbuda. The kids are vegging out and Shayne is enjoying tweaking Paikea as we reach along between 9 and 10 kts. The lack of rudder doesn’t hold us back too much in these conditions but you can see it working hard on our Sailmon display. We did have
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