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@@Coleen_West I don’t know. I have not toured the factory where they do the layup. This is at a separate location but has been doing the plug manufacturing and layup since Christoph Rassy took over. I can tell you that it is very solid. According to their website, the deck and hole are cores except in areas where extra strength is needed, and then it is solid glass.

@@sailinghaldis ...they are the Boston Whalers of the sailboat world. I remember hitting the hull of one and it was like punching a concrete sidewalk. Won't do that again!

@@Coleen_West Haha! thank you. Not senior mgt. I’m definitely a worker bee! 🐝

The engine fixed wound up just being to clean the air intake. It was very easy. The transmission leak was more painful, but it just required changing the gaskets

You’re correct but not nobody, watch again. We did have an MOB during this ordeal. Fortunately no injury and since the boat was just bobbing in the water, they were able to swim right up to the ladder.

I thought it was 90 days but I may be wrong. After delivery, I immediately did the export process for temporary importation relief which gave me 18 months.

Definitely better in person!

I had the same question. I was told that it was Magnus‘s decision. He likes a low cut sail. I’m sure the additional sail area is beneficial for low wind situation. The problem is leeward visibility and at certain points of sail it does drape over the lifeline.

Thank you DC! I can’t wait to see your next video headed down the coast!

Thank you so much! 😊

I do. She’s in a cradle in Duluth. I never took her out in anything super rough but I don’t think that that hull shape would slam either.

Loved that Swedish beer!

@@sailinghaldis Love your channel, great to follow your journey from where your boat was built in Ellös.

JK is the man. He wrote a nice piece about this in the November December issue of cruising world.

We didn’t stop in Gibraltar. It was just fine floating by. I am easily excited by these landmarks and places with historical significance. I’ve heard that the monkeys are quite bad in Gibraltar. That’s a good question about the actual wavelength. It’s probably a bit shorter than the length of the boat. So my guess is 30 to 40 feet. The seas in the Skaggerak during our upwind slog loosened my fillings, but didn’t seem to affect the boat despite some heavy slamming.

I wanted to keep the back as clean as possible. So no pole, no big solar array. I found a good place to mount the Starlink on the rear hatch window with suction cups. I downsized the 100lb Tohatsu 9.9 engine to the Honda 6hp. I can lift this one on and off the dinghy pretty easily. Now that I’ve been on the boat for extended period of time I wish I had more solar capability. I also wish I had the European electricity input to charge my batteries when in the Marina. The current solar is not adequate to charge the batteries with the fridge and freezer going so I have to run the Genset every few days

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I was very happy to have radar data to back up the AIS when I could not see that tanker at anchor. Zero visibility conditions were very concerning. The thing that really got me at night was hearing the sound of blow holes. Of course I thought it was orca and had that flashlight going continuously. I’m not even sure if I was hearing blow holes or maybe it was dolphins!

@@sailinghaldis Yes but in reality it is Radar that you should use as your primary and use AIS as the backup as it is only useful if the other vessel also has it installed and turned on especially in poor visiblility having said that in daylight and good visibilty AIS is the easier of the two to interpret but the one thing about sailing is you never stop learning and making mistakes fair winds to you

I agree! One of the major issues I had was a fickle Raymarine radar. Fortunately, it was functioning when I needed it most. Unfortunately, it has not worked since I left Palma. HR has been great with the vendors and just emailed me that Raymarine will replace the unit in the spring when she goes back in the water.

@@sailinghaldis Raymarine is a great company if you have any issues along with Garmin always excellent service

Thank you! 😊

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Thank you for that advice. I did learn a lot about the boat over the summer. I will try the trick with the kicker! HR did a nice job with this one. After arriving in the med it was a lot of anchoring and more motoring than I would like. The boat is quite comfortable to live in.

Thank you for watching. It was an amazing trip. You are right about the boat!

Which time clip are you looking at? What could I have done better. Very interested in learning.

@ I was looking at the period after you left Porto and you mentioned that you were doing 6.8 kts but 8 over ground with the current. Then you said the wind was about 20 over the stahbid quahtah. The camera caught the main and jib and the boom was pretty much above you in the cockpit and your ensign indicated that the wind was blowing from the stahbid quahtah. In that case you should have run the boom out much further down wind and I noticed you jib was also too tight. Its sheet should have been slacked so the sail had lots if curvature in it, it was flat. I noticed that you had reefed your main so perhaps you couldn’t tell that it was stalling, but it was. If you added telltales to both sails you would easily detect stalling. Do a search for telltales and you’ll see what I mean. They’re very handy fir sail trim, especially in light air which you’ll have a lot of in the Med. Is she laid up in the Med for the wintah now?

I was thinking the same thing and no preventer either. Is that something youve chosen not to rig up? Thanks in advance for the insight as I learn more about offshore work.

Everything tastes great at sea! 🌊

I loved Porto’s energy. I felt it even though I was only there for and hour.

@@sailinghaldis The river divides two cities, Porto on the left and Vila Nova de Gaia on the right (for those travelling upriver). In reality, they are cities founded on two villages of different Celtic tribes, very much enemies. Even today there is a lot of animosity between these two populations!

Super cool! Thank you for that. I need to visit Porto again for more than just fuel.

Very true. Thanks for watching and for the clarification. I knew as I was going through this video that I was a bit off with that statement. I’m a huge Patrick O’Brien fan and am halfway through the canon. I faintly knew that the British dominated the seas well before Trafalgar but have been reading more about it. Fascinating hard times back then with such dedication.

Be careful if you go into Gib @@sailinghaldis. You’ll meet all these ‘Spaniards’ … as they speak perfect Spanish. Woe betide you if you suggest they are Spanish! I once nearly made that mistake and learnt you will never come across people more resolutely British than Gibraltarians! More British than the Brits🙂 And long may they remain so, if that is their desire

Yes @@sailinghaldis, 1066/The Battle of Hastings, Trafalgar and Waterloo are three battles pretty much everyone in the UK will know about. Sort if imprinted on the national psyche at birth 😉

They are elvstrom EPEX sails

Ah, EPEX @. The look _wonderful_ ❤️

I have a Bimini that covers the entire back. We kept it up in the Mediterranean. It was essential under the hot sun ☀️

In that weather and with all the traffic, you’d have to make several stops.

Polish and Austrian. 😊

Two of my ASA course videos were in the IP. We saw some action, especially in the Gulfstream. It handled the heavy weather beautifully.

@@sailinghaldis speed is a secondary thing for me comfort is primary for me

The inner forestay is dyneema and stored at the mast. I have a Hank on white storm jib. I’ve only set it up in the Marina. It really needs to be pre-rigged. I thought about it for about five seconds in the Baltic and can say that setting it up in a rough sea state would be the last thing I’d want to do. The bow lacks good hand holds and feels pretty exposed. Breezy has a very wet bow!

Oh, so it _is_ for a storm jib @@sailinghaldis. Very close to the forestay rather than being further back, and as you say, by the time you want it, you don't really want to be up there. You would both need to hank-on ready for use, but also somehow store the storm jib until required. Did HR say anything about _how_ they would propose you use it? I'm sure it must be thought through, just trying to work out the actual usage 🤔

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Yes! I was a lost soul that day. Unfortunately, we never saw an actual docking area where we could potentially fill with diesel. I’m so glad we went to Porto. I would like to get back there sometime. It was an incredibly vibrant area with a lot of music and boats, parading up and down that estuary. We only stayed for about 40 minutes.

Yes, Porto is a beautiful spot @. I’m guessing you didn’t have a pilot guide as you need a lot of guides to get you all the way around to the Med 🙂

I actually did have the pilot guide . There are pictures from it in the video. I don’t want to say that the guide was inaccurate, but we could not see the fuel dock. Plus, it was shallow and Porto was right down the coast so we hightailed it out out of there.

@iainhunneybell I just watched your transat video. Nice job!!

Checking up on me now @ 😂❤️

I agree we should have “wested” a bit more and doused the diesel. It wasn’t too long though.

Well @@sailinghaldis on that transat video, you'll see our rig in 25kn trades (which are constant), twin foresails and main, albeit main sheeted in more than normal for a run to keep it off the spreaders ... 18 days of friction wear on expensive sails 😲

@@iainhunneybell Great story. The little piece of my story that I left out was that I reviewed the weather forecast with Martin, the master rigger before I left. He was in his office going through the forecast and I thought downwind 20’s would be manageable. He was kind enough to translate the m/s for me but said, “You’ll be back” with a smile. That line has echoed in my head ever since. I didn’t got back but…he knew!!!

Thank you for the kind comment and for watching. There’s more to come including a dumb mistake. Overall, it’s been such an amazing experience!

@@SailingAman-b7k I believe any port with passport control should suffice. We exited at Lysekil only because I needed to maximize my time outside of the European Union due to the extended time of the trip. I had been in the EU for the factory tour in February and then had planned greater than 90 days from my arrival in Sweden to exiting from southern France. As a result, I exited the EU as quickly as possible, so the entire trip from Sweden all the way to Breat was outside of the EU and gave me just enough time to be legal. Lysekil was convenient and easy. We were able to go online and schedule border agents to meet us at the stock and stamp our passports. Thanks for watching! 😊

Thank you for watching! The trades! I cans wait!

Thank you! 😊

Sorry! I misspoke. Of course it’s Portugal. 🇵🇹 I’m recording these ad lib at sea so there will be mistakes. Sincere apologies. 😊

Thank you!😊

Good idea. I will add to the comments. Thanks for watching. It’s June 20-22, 2024

i promise, it was a multinational decision as I was sailing with a Latvian and a Scot. 😊 The goal was to get across as quickly as possible as we had a very narrow window before the wind would turn southwesterly. The weather during the trip was so contrary, and we only made progress by taking advantage of brief periods of fair winds. Thanks for watching!

@@sailinghaldis 🤣🤣Excellent answer. 👍Your boat is beautiful. And you were at my place in Brest, so all's well. Bon vent.

@@ThierryLarnicol I love Brest and the whole Brittany coast. I have been told that the best sailers are there and I see why. I’m longing to go back and may return in a couple years.

Motoring upwind is very slammy. However, if you put some main out and motorsail 30° off the wind it’s a bit more tolerable. It doesn’t completely stop the slamming, but it is less severe. It’s definitely related to the hull shape. I’ve been on older sailboats with more “V” and they will slam, but it’s less frequent and not as severe. Some of the slamming can be bone jarring and scary. It’s hard on the boat, the rig and the people on board. Thanks for watching!! 😊

Yes,It lost me on that one. Boat well laid out but hull Could be a bit flat to get Good speeds on certain Tacks.

Thanks Efi!!