We make these videos to hopefully inspire others to slow down and to live simply close with nature and to keep family and friends in touch with where we are in the world…… and so that when we’re in our 90’s we can be reminded of how fortunate we’ve been to live so close with Mother Nature.
Can’t tell you how much I needed your last two vids today! Stuck in a Carib hurricane hole for the summer, doing an interior repaint and waiting to get to the clear water or the Bahamas. Thanks guys!!
Sprit might need a little work and I’m sure you worked hard to get her… but it is a thing you collected that not many have the opportunity to own ! I think learning to live in every moment is the key I can afford a boat and have owned many but age and health means I share your moments so enjoy the adventure I do. And thanks for sharing.
Jas. Could you not hinge your solar panels so you can tilt then when u have liw sun angles. There are also bifacial panels now than can capture light both sides of the panel.
Mate they are hinged 🤙 so we can get access the float hatches which are underneath them. We’ve been finding that we have ample solar though and really don’t need to angle them. Have seen the bifacial and they look cool up to 30% extra production!
@@TrimaranSpirit solar has been a really good investment for me on the house. Putting bifacials on tilt frames to take advantage of a long solar day I have to the west in summer, back of the panel will pick up the morning light. In running an EV now which has been really good as not one cent spent on fuel the 1200km I've put on it. Gives a similar feeling when your putting down miles with a nice wind and you say to yourself this shits for free lol. Would be good to catch up when in Aus.
Hi guys,this is a great illustration of how protected you are on that pond you’re floating on,compared to outside.It’s such a beautifully perfect little hideaway 🙂
When I watch these kinds of clips, I am reminded of how important it is to just listen to mother nature...she has a lot to say. No need for content creation, its all there just waiting to be experienced. Thank you.
Boat looks so nice even sitting at anchor with the boom tent going on. I realize the air is still hot and there’s nothing you can do about it except more solar and maybe AC someday?
High quality images -thanks. Chris white designs has a new video on yt discussing the Atlantic 70 catamaran with two unstayed side by side twin masts for ease of sail handling for a couple.
Thanks 🙏 yes we were actually near them a few days ago crazy looking boat would love to experience her sailing at sea first hand as it looks pretty wild!
@@TrimaranSpirit I like that it combines length marking and an easy to use soft shackle at the same time. The relatively short radii of the chain and hook may be a bit harder on the dyneema, but it's relatively easy to inspect when deployed and retrieved.
For info @ChrisWhiteDesigns just uploaded a long video interview about one of his newer boats, an Atlantic 70F with side by side unstayed masts. Boat name Saphira. Really interesting boat. Chris is the interviewer.
Thanks we’ve just been near these guys and she’s definitely a cool looking boat but I’d love to experience it firsthand as that’s the only way to know how well something works or doesn’t 😁
@@TrimaranSpirit Agree you'd need to sail her to know, but it's good to be aware of her. I don't know if the video is recent or not, but apparently they were winding down their sailing season in French Polynesia, so perhaps you saw them there? Some (much) smaller Aussie cats have side by side rigs with windsurfer style sail rigs, and of course the Hobie Trifoiler was side by side. But a 70 footer with side by side rigs seems unusual. It's designed to be relatively simple to operate singlehanded, and to depower.
Thanks 🙏 the rudder has a hinge on the forward edge of the rudder cassette that allows it to hinge up. I’ll try and do another more in-depth video soon.
Another soft tacked trimaran. You're the expert at those repairs. This time you get to do the repairs at home in nice weather instead of under a tarp in New Port RI Fall weather... Love to you.
Just wow! How about lowering the board and giving us an underwater tour of the other foil? I thought the rudder steps were the old-style cavitation plates - for stopping air creeping down the trailing edge at high speed. Only because I've used similar on sailboard fins.
Hi there,you are in paradise for sure.👌You can imagine many many years ago,there was far less development world wide,and more ideal places like where you are now.Less technology too,and in some ways harder to survive remotely,for example,no water makers,no free power from the sun etc.There’s good and bad in advancements in technology. Anyway,after all that spiel,best wishes always 🙂
You must have been reading my mind. I really wanted to see an underwater view of Spirit like you took of the last Spirit. Love that rudder design. Is that a rubber gasket on the center board? Beautiful shots.
Another great video.The rudder steps are a cool addition. Ill have to go back and watch videos from inside Spirit to see if I can spot the bulkheads supporting the centerboard case, or are they all underfloor and out of sight? I can't imagine how tough it is to realise you'll have to leave that spot sometime.
Thanks for the tour of the beautiful hull. Would like a look at the floats too. Chris White gave both specific shapes for seakindlyness. Chris is a highly experienced performance world cruiser which also informs the kick up rudder and retractable centerboard, for better survivability. Thought of a swimming pool before you mentioned it. It's amazing there. Thanks for the prop and shaft reference. Totally agree about nature. A great way to restore our humanity is to spend some time in nature.
What an anchorage. Really interesting contrasting the round bottom of Spirit to the rounded squared off bottom of SV Happy Together's new Kinetic 54 cat that I just watched the haul out of. Round has the least surface area to displacement (least frictional area), at the expense of draft and lift at speed. I remember reading a study on bridgedeck shapes on I think it was a pod cat showing a 45° V shape produced the most even pressure for minimum slamming.
Stunning. I guess the only reason to leave is to go sailing but…Love the rudder steps. We had them on our Herreshoff and we never had to worry about getting back on board. Whatever negatives there may be are 99.9 percent outweighed by the safety and convenience aspects. Thanks for another awesome view of your lives.
I watch a lot of these vids an the amazin thing about yours is, WHERES ALL THE PLASTIC GONE!!!??😮😮 Normally there’s some somewhere?? Now that is beautiful! ❤❤❤❤🙏🙏👍👍🇬🇧🇬🇧⛵️⛵️⚓️⚓️
