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Lagoon 400, 40 ft sailing catamaran, 2013.

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Posted: Thu, 24 May 2018 - 20:06

Day 4 After period of good sailing, we hit 20-30 kn headwinds and 3m waves on the nose this morning. Motorsailing beating to wind 4 to 6 kn to minimize impact of slamming and improve comfort

Posted: Thu, 24 May 2018 - 20:03

Day 4 After period of good sailing, we hit 20-30 kn headwinds and 3m waves on the nose this morning. Motorsailing beating to wind 4 to 6 kn to minimize impact of slamming and improve comfort

Posted: Thu, 24 May 2018 - 19:57

prvih sedem ur poti Valovi tri metre, vcasih kaksen pride preko 5m in poskropi kokpit. Veter na book, 2x skrajsana jadra. Veter do 40kn, soncno. Imeli smo kapucino in kosilo. Brez karkoli

Posted: Mon, 14 May 2018 - 23:38

Potovanje se zacne jurti ob osmih zjutraj. 777 NM do vhoda v koralni greben. Vso pot bojo 2 do 3 m bocni valovi. Veter tudi bocni celo pot v glavnem do 30 vozlov. Planirano je 4-5 dni za prehod

Posted: Tue, 8 May 2018 - 22:11

We have spent last five days in Boat Works shipyard servicing our boat. To get there, one has to do 12 NM picturesque river cruise. On one side national parks, on the other large number of upmarket

Posted: Wed, 2 May 2018 - 20:22

After resting for two nights, we decided to move on to Southport, 158 NM north. Southerly wind was bit weaker, waves bit smaller and we motored less than previous leg. Hard part was around Ballina

Posted: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 - 22:16

Decided to depart from Port Stephens in strong southerly conditions, sail overnight and arrive to Coffs Harbour. Exit from Port Stephens bar was exciting as we exited one hour after high and SE swell

Posted: Thu, 26 Apr 2018 - 16:45

We started 3 am Wednesday from Manly to go 80 NM to Port Stephens and arrive before night. Had second reef in main and unfurled full jib. At this point not confident enough to handle sails at night

Posted: Sun, 22 Apr 2018 - 19:53

Na pot gremo v sredo ob treh zjutraj !! Zivcnost se dviguje. Tanja gre se dvakrat delat. V cetrtek je predviden mocan vdor zraka iz antarktike , sunki do 50 vozlov ki nas bo zaustavil za tri dni

Posted: Sun, 15 Apr 2018 - 23:27

Tanja stops working on 24-apr, and PredictWind forecast looks good for departure morning 25-apr. We need to get to Southport, 400 NM north. Departure to New Caledonia is scheduled for may 14. We

Posted: Sun, 4 Mar 2018 - 09:00

The guy that sailed this boat in Southern Ocean, Kenneth, was kind enough to explain in details how his warp was made. See this unique video. https://youtu.be/hQ-svmgOxqw His logic makes

Posted: Wed, 28 Feb 2018 - 16:52

Sem sel testirat nova jadra, ko sem koncal ciscenje morske rasti pod vodo. Nova jadra, zaupanje v jambor, lep dan, cisti podvodni deli, lepi valovi, dobro nastimana jadra dosegel 10.3 najvisjo

Posted: Sat, 24 Feb 2018 - 20:49

Rigging inspected. No faults detected apart from broken sail protector on lower spreader. Not sure if will get fixed. Rigging now 18 K NM and 5 years. Tanja did all the hard work of climbing

Posted: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 - 23:00

Priprave za potovanje so v koncni fazi. Za neurje bomo imeli 125m 20 mm najlonske vrvi ki jo vlecemo za colnom v U obliki. Po potrebi bomo z shackle pripeli sidro, pomozno sidro, ketno, karkoli

Posted: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 - 22:27

One more time

Posted: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 - 22:19

12 items left to do.

Posted: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 - 22:12

Boat is now 95% ready for the trip. Last big item is thorough rig inspection this weekend. Tanja will do that and also install radar reflector.

Posted: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 - 21:42

Sitting in Manly and preparing for free diving. My lungs out of shape, so far can do 2 min 45 sec without air.

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