Sailing Catamaran QUIXOTIC - Passage New Zealand to Fiji '17 

I am with you. It's hard not to be. And something like this is unattainable, just impossible for most people. Save your whole life, couldn't do it, speaking as a college graduate. You are born in to this kind of money.... usually

Thanks, Philip! I agree and we adhere to the KISS principle whenever possible!

except for going head to wind for a mainsail change fml make it hard for yourself to save one minute of off course lol

Wet cat

It's a plastic foam-filled dinghy made in New Zealand. Called a Smart Wave 3500. Deep vee - good at powering through chop! With rod holders and a swim ladder. Heavy though - 250lbs without motor. We lift with boom crane. Cheers

jim smith hey, this is cool

She was helping. Guess I should have reserved judgement until witnessing the entire video.

Ded

It's a GoPro - only camera we have. If you want to buy us a new one we can send you our address ;-). Tucking in a reef is easy - just loop a line through the ring at the mast - all cats I have sailed are like this. And cats are stable so it's not dangerous to go forward. I prefer to take salt spray and feel the wind on my face - putting in a dodger (which we have) takes away from the experience; putting sides would be even worse (and in the heat of the tropics, a full enclosure would be unbearably stifling). Yes - cats are loud. Yes - it's annoying on passage. But they are very fast. And we spend less than two weeks a year out in seas big enough to pound the boat hard enough to be annoying. We loved our mono for certain reasons and we love our cat for others. Cheers!

LOL... sorry for sounding judgemental. Just woke up. Been having a debate in my head on my next boat, cat or mono. Have had 2 monohulls. Sailed lots of cats, just little hobie cats. Not the same I guess. Just looking for direction either way. Since I can't afford a true offshore cat, I wil go with the Mono hull again. In heavy seas and high winds, I would still be uncomfortable sending me or someone at night to the mast. They ain't that stable. And one thing I know about cats is reefing is all important. But yes they are fast. Glad you love your boat. Thanks for the video.

You're welcome. We reef down at sunset so we don't have to at night. Also we have jacklines rigged for safety if we ever have to go forward alone or at night. Good luck and fair winds!

Wow why don't you tell me how you really feel... you're so eloquent.

Why? It's above water line. If it fails we can screw a piece of plywood in place...

Sweet! Thanks! We will check out the FB page. Cheers

Ride the Trades Feel Free to post some of your RU-vid videos in the group!