Sealing leaky windows properly. How to makes sure that the windows on your boat stay sealed and the inside of your boat stays dry. The windows on Paikea are quintessential Catana design. They are curved and space-age looking but they are far from practical and downright expensive to replace. As (like most cruisers) our budget […]

The hotly debated topic of exposed helm stations on a catamaran. In this episode, we are traveling down the west coast of Portugal on a cold and rainy day. It’s not that pleasant outside so the question is – would we prefer to have our helm station nicely protected and out of the elements? Not

How to make waterline markers and why we think it’s such a good idea. Continuing on from our previous video on watching your weight, Shayne goes through the process of how we made the waterline markers for our catamaran. The idea behind this trick is to monitor how our boat is sitting in the water.

Sailing with a code 0 on our 1990 performance catamaran. The idea behind removing our original aluminium front beam and replacing it with a carbon fibre beam with longeron and bow pole https://youtu.be/RNuBhgp9HWo was so that we could increase our sail inventory by allowing us to fly different types of sails. From our new bow

How did we know it was ok to change our aluminium beam to a carbon one? Take a behind the scenes look at why we decided to change our aluminium front beam on our Catana42s for a carbon fibre front beam and longeron. Shayne talks about the amount of load our catamaran sees at the

We have a new carbon fibre bow pole to fly our mast head and fractional spinnakers from. Now we need a Code 0 to complete the perfect sailing set. Luckily Anna knows the pointy from the blunt end of the scissors and she sets to work to turn something old into something new. Here is