Crossing the Atlantic: Las Palmas to the Caribbean The Atlantic crossing started in light airs out of Las Palmas, following the Moroccan coastline south — a stretch of ocean that turned out to be more eventful than the wind speed suggested. A Visit From the Moroccan Coast Guard A patrol boat closed in on AIS […]
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Arriving in the Canary Islands after a great sail down from Cadiz. The next instalment in our video diary as we prepare to take our modified Catana42s across the Atlantic Ocean. Our carbon longeron and front beam are fantastic but Shayne is worried about chafing on the navigation lights we have installed inside the bow
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Mainsheet Systems Compared: Why Paikea’s A-Frame Doesn’t Hold Up In the Gunboat 68 mainsheet post, the traveller system handled twist and power as two clean, independent controls. Paikea runs something very different — a double-ended A-frame system, common on older-style French catamarans, with no traveller at all. Two sheets, one to a winch on each
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Making a Solar Bracket and Leaving Cadiz Three days to build a new solar mounting frame from scratch, before a weather window slams shut and Paikea’s first real open-ocean passage begins. How the old frame broke The original solar frame took damage from something every liveaboard sailor eventually experiences: an anchor that didn’t hold. Riding
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Sailing Downwind on One Rudder: Balancing a Broken Boat 800 Miles from Land Read More »
This content is for Youngbarnacles members. The technical library, forum, and downloads are available to members only. If you’re not a member yet, here’s what you get access to — 25+ years of grand prix composite and rigging knowledge documented in depth, one new members-only video every month, and a technical forum where people building
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