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Views from Aloft

Click on the image for a zoom-able view. Please excuse the poor stitching on the left ;-0) On this day we where conducting a rigging inspection and rig tune. Although it looked...
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Views from Aloft

      We went aloft for a safety inspection after this beautiful Cabo Rico experienced a lightening strike. You can see below that the brunt of the lightening strike was taken by the VHF antenna....
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The JP54 Performance Ocean Cruiser

Now that we are discovering fixed wing sails and hydrofoils, the world is starting to accept canting keels as standard equipment. Super accomplished sailor, Jean Pierre Dick's new yacht building company designs us a blue-water...
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Views from Aloft

Today was a HOT one! We went aloft to see if this boat can accept an all rope jib halyard. As you can see, it is not the sheave that is the problem but rather...
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And So it Begins…….

The Louis Vuitton Cup is underway and Emirates Team New Zealand broke some LVC/AC records. At one point in the leg, the AC72 team was sailing its 72-foot water line in a single second, recording a...
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Elan 37 with the Omer WingSail

It seems that cruising boats are already beginning to be affected by the wing craze. A wing you can stowe........  http://www.scoop.it/t/wing-sail-technology/p/4003314866/elan-37-with-the-omer-wingsail
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What it Takes to Win…..

.........The Red Bull Youth Americas Cup. A good video that gives you an inside look into what it takes to sail a 40 foot hi-performance racing yacht , with a fixed wing! Check it out...
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It’s Just Money

Mod 70's in tight quarters Check out this incredible broach! Last Saturday,  Team Spindrift of the MOD 70 racing fleet take a pretty bad spill near the start line, off of...
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A True World Cruiser

I don't know what it is, but I really like this boat. It almost looks armored.... [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM4Rzcm_Df0&w=560&h=315] Where do you want to go we are ready! Check out the JourneymanSailing channel for more vids.
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Views from Aloft

If you look closely you can see the Yacht Witchcraft, it's really tiny This week we were aloft to replace a headsail furler. Hood Yacht Systems provided this furler. The Hood...
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