What's it like sailing a Catana Ocean Class Performance Catamaran? We took their demo boat for a sail while in France, and watch what we learned. TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro - Sailing Catana Ocean Class Demo boat in France 0:40 Leaving the Dock at Port de Canet En Roussillon 2:15 Sailing Balearic Sea 9:07 Return to Port de Canet En Roussillon LINKS: SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfh_pM48xnJ7dr4jTvt8cw?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://bluedotvoyages.com/contact-us/ READ SAILING LOGS ON OUR WEB SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar COMPLETE PLAYLIST: SAILING & CRUISING VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaPq2o05r6wnJqaqyeABUKiu CATAMARAN MAINTENANCE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaOcpGajnaH0DPm1U0otTJtc Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. We are traveling the world our Leopard48 Sailing Catamaran PILAR. We produce travel videos and blogs and offer charter sailing experience trips in exotic places! Watch our videos and live vicariously through us! Then, schedule your adventure with us! Master Captain: Stephen Bell First Officer: Dawn Bell #catamaransailing #leopard48catamaran #sailing

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Since we bought our new Catana performance catamaran ocean class 50, we have been busy planning. It is being built at the Catana Catamaran factory in Canet en Roussillon France. We visited in February and were able to see our hull #27, as well as 26, 25, 24, 23 - all in different stages of production. TIMELINE: 0:00 Intro 1:00 Barcelona 2:20 Catana Catamaran Factory - Monday 9 AM Hull #23 4:50 Reverse Bow Hull Design - Unique Feature 5:47 Dagger Board Design 6:43 OUR BOAT! Hull #27 9:15 Compolite Foam 12:00 Hull #26 13:00 Hull #25 13:40 Dagger boards 14:00 Hull #24 14:30 Interior Tour LINKS: SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfh_pM48xnJ7dr4jTvt8cw?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://bluedotvoyages.com/contact-us/ READ SAILING LOGS ON OUR WEB SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar COMPLETE PLAYLIST: SAILING & CRUISING VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaPq2o05r6wnJqaqyeABUKiu CATAMARAN MAINTENANCE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaOcpGajnaH0DPm1U0otTJtc Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. We are traveling the world our Leopard48 Sailing Catamaran PILAR. We produce travel videos and blogs and offer charter sailing experience trips in exotic places! Watch our videos and live vicariously through us! Then, schedule your adventure with us! Master Captain: Stephen Bell First Officer: Dawn Bell #catamaransailing #leopard48catamaran #sailing

Salty Dawg Sailing Association BVI Rendezvous West End Yacht Club Regatta

Sint Marteen was a most convenient place to complete our boat repairs. PLUS hang around the billion dollar yachts at Isle De Sol Marina, and watch them squeeze through the Simpson Bay Bridge. Plus, we conquered St. Peter’s Hill, hung out at Simpson Bay Beach, and fueled up at Bobby’s Marina for our next adventure. TIMELINE: 0:00 Introduction 0:25 Sail Repair Remounting - North sail batten boxes proper operation 1:40 To the top of St Peters Hill ! 3:36 We visit the Isle De Sol Billionaire’s Marina 4:40 Will these Boats fit through the Bridge ? 5:40 Leaving Sint Marteen 6:55 Simpson Bay Beach 7:54 Phillipsburg - Bobby’s Marina and the Dinghy Dock LINKS: SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfh_pM48xnJ7dr4jTvt8cw?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://bluedotvoyages.com/contact-us/ READ SAILING LOGS ON OUR WEB SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar COMPLETE PLAYLIST: SAILING & CRUISING VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaPq2o05r6wnJqaqyeABUKiu CATAMARAN MAINTENANCE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaOcpGajnaH0DPm1U0otTJtc Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. We are traveling the world our Leopard48 Sailing Catamaran PILAR. We produce travel videos and blogs and offer charter sailing experience trips in exotic places! Watch our videos and live vicariously through us! Then, schedule your adventure with us! Master Captain: Stephen Bell First Officer: Dawn Bell #catamaransailing #leopard48catamaran #sailing

Our St. Martin Sailing adventure visiting Grand Case for the night life, Busco rum for day drinking, listening to REAL Reggae, a night parade and Simpson Bay Bridge. TIMELINE: 0:00 Introduction to St. Martin 0:24 Grand Case 1:06 Busco Rhum 3:00 REAL Reggae and nightlife 4:00 Night Parade 4:46 Simpson Bay Bridge 6:43 Sail Bag Repair 8:18 Pilar’s Spa Week 9:16 Fort Louis LINKS: SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfh_pM48xnJ7dr4jTvt8cw?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://bluedotvoyages.com/contact-us/ READ SAILING LOGS ON OUR WEB SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar COMPLETE PLAYLIST: SAILING & CRUISING VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaPq2o05r6wnJqaqyeABUKiu CATAMARAN MAINTENANCE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaOcpGajnaH0DPm1U0otTJtc Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. We are traveling the world our Leopard48 Sailing Catamaran PILAR. We produce travel videos and blogs and offer charter sailing experience trips in exotic places! Watch our videos and live vicariously through us! Then, schedule your adventure with us! Master Captain: Stephen Bell First Officer: Dawn Bell #catamaransailing #leopard48catamaran #sailing

Our sail from Bermuda to St. Martin was a LONG 6 days. Avoiding squalls, we chose the departure day knowing we would have some doldrums, but this was worst then we thought it would be. It made the trip take longer than we anticipated, burned more fuel running the iron jenny. And our new sail batten box broke making sailing even more handicapped. Crew morale picked up a little during a mid-ocean swim, but our arrival in St. Martin was the most welcome respite. TIMELINE: 0:00 Introduction 0:15 November 14 - Day 1 Avoiding Squalls 2:11 November 15 - Day 2 Light Wind Parasailing 3:45 November 16 - Day 3 Let's fly the Code Sail 4:27 Sail Issues - Broken Batten Box 6:58 November 17 - Day 4 Let's almost lose the code sail in a squall 8:57 November 18 - Day 5 Back to motor sailing and a mid-ocean swim 10:39 November 19 - Day 6 Finally some wind we can kind of sail with 11:12 November 20 - Day 7 Land Ho LINKS: SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfh_pM48xnJ7dr4jTvt8cw?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://bluedotvoyages.com/contact-us/ READ SAILING LOGS ON OUR WEB SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar COMPLETE PLAYLIST: SAILING & CRUISING VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaPq2o05r6wnJqaqyeABUKiu CATAMARAN MAINTENANCE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaOcpGajnaH0DPm1U0otTJtc Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. We are traveling the world our Leopard48 Sailing Catamaran PILAR. We produce travel videos and blogs and offer charter sailing experience trips in exotic places! Watch our videos and live vicariously through us! Then, schedule your adventure with us! Master Captain: Stephen Bell First Officer: Dawn Bell #catamaransailing #leopard48catamaran #sailing

Welcome to Bermuda, the land of historic turquoise waters, white sand beaches, cathedrals, caves, underwater caverns, and the Bermuda Triangle platter at “Wahoos” restaurant. We rented a car (if you can call it that), and went to explore Spanish Point, Admiralty House Park and Tunnels And Crystal Caves The grand finale? A boat dragging anchor. Spanish Point was evidently named after the Spanish ship that first explored the reefs. Admiralty House Tunnels were dug by a captain that reach from the cove to the house. The large circular room was just for fun at parties. Crystal Caves were discovered In 1907 by Carl Gibbon and Edgar Hollis while playing cricket.  When the ball disappeared into a hole the boys went to retrieve it. But the hole kept getting deeper and deeper. They had discovered was the entrance to the natural wonder of these underground caverns. Owned by Wilkonson family since 1884, they set up a research trip to find out how deep it went. A 14 year old was lowered into the hole by his father using a strong rope tied to a tree 140 feet down. With just a bicycle lamp, he witnessed the magnificent splendor of the crystal formations around a lake 55 ft deep. Even Mark Twain visited - twice - and described the shining stalactites, thousands and thousands of them as white as sugar, and thousands and thousands brown and pink and other tints. The caves were also used in the film Neptune’s Daughter. Meanwhile in St. George's Harbor, we got to wait out a 24-hour 45-knot wind storm in the anchorage that had everyone on alert, while we watched a boat drag anchor and hit another boat. Evidently the captain had gone ashore to check in. We have a rule - we don’t leave the boat in bad weather. No exceptions. TIMELINE: 0:00 Introduction 0:37 Spanish Point & Admiralty House Park Hidden Tunnels 9:21 Crystal Caves 13:43 Boat Dragging Anchor LINKS: SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfh_pM48xnJ7dr4jTvt8cw?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://bluedotvoyages.com/contact-us/ READ SAILING LOGS ON OUR WEB SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar COMPLETE PLAYLIST: SAILING & CRUISING VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaPq2o05r6wnJqaqyeABUKiu Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. We are traveling the world our Leopard48 Sailing Catamaran PILAR. We produce travel videos and blogs and offer charter sailing experience trips in exotic places! Watch our videos and live vicariously through us! Then, schedule your adventure with us! Master Captain: Stephen Bell First Officer: Dawn Bell #catamaransailing #leopard48catamaran #sailing

On November 4, we left Bohicket Marina in Charleston and sailed to Bermuda. As the first leg of our journey, we covered over 900 miles in a mixture of headwinds, tailwinds, storms, and beautiful calm days. Joining us were Renata & Kevin, friends from Johns Island SC. Enjoy this glimpse into our adventure. TIMELINE: 0:00 Introduction 0:30 Day 1: A Rough Sailing Start 1:41 Engine Room Broken Float Switch 4:05 Day 2 5:23 Day 3 6:30 Day 4 7:10 Day 5 8:10 Day 6 Land Ho Bermuda 9:40 Mechanical checks 11:25 Sail Bag Rip Troubleshooting 12:39 What else Broke? - Seal drive sensor, Head Pump, Bilge float switch 14:35 Farewell to Renata & Kevin 15:37 Fuel Up process for 50 boats 17:00 Candid pics & Trip Stats LINKS: SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfh_pM48xnJ7dr4jTvt8cw?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://bluedotvoyages.com/contact-us/ READ SAILING LOGS ON OUR WEB SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar COMPLETE PLAYLIST: SAILING & CRUISING VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaPq2o05r6wnJqaqyeABUKiu CATAMARAN MAINTENANCE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaOcpGajnaH0DPm1U0otTJtc Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. We are traveling the world our Leopard48 Sailing Catamaran PILAR. We produce travel videos and blogs and offer charter sailing experience trips in exotic places! Watch our videos and live vicariously through us! Then, schedule your adventure with us! Master Captain: Stephen Bell First Officer: Dawn Bell #catamaransailing #leopard48catamaran #sailing

Watch us raise 4 different sails on a Balance catamaran with our friends Paul and Meg.

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2025 Annapolis sailboat show favorite. The GODU dinghy tender. Listen to all these features!

Are we buying a new performance catamaran? What is the best blue water sail boat for us? This part 2 covers the Outremer and the Catana OC50 and OC2. AND we reveal our final choice. Part 1 - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HY0IaEpgkQs Part 2 - you are here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nVUubsQteuQ FINAL CHOICE: The OC2 Features: Sails at only 3 knots wind speed Refrigeration - 19 cu. Ft full size with ice maker Built in 2 drawer freezer Wine/beverage refrigerator Dishwasher Watermaker 800 amp lithium 2500 kw solar 250 nm/day average 920 liters water 71 sq meters usable floor area 3 bulkheads give it great strength 48V electric US and European sockets 2000 W Solar Raymarine systems Built in TV Coppercoat Advanced lightweight strong interior foam core materials Carbon infusion core Fully glassed in cockpit Speed with silence due to extra foam insulation Helm with room for 5, and all lines within reach Electric daggerboards controlled from cockpit enhance safety Forepeak sail storage over 10 cu meters Sail package includes Main, Genoa, Solent, Code, Spinnaker, Get more details here! https://catana.com/en/ocean-class/ TIMELINE: 0:00 Introduction 0:22 Outremer 1:53 Brand New Boat 2:38 Catana Ocean Class OC50 15:55 Annapolis Boat Show Day 3 17:15 GODU Dinghy 20:06 What Boat did we Buy? 22:10 Leopard 48 for Sale 22:25 Winter 2026 Sailing Plans LINKS: BUYING A NEW PERFORMANCE CATAMARAN PLAYLIST: SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfh_pM48xnJ7dr4jTvt8cw?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://bluedotvoyages.com/contact-us/ READ SAILING LOGS ON OUR WEB SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar COMPLETE PLAYLIST: SAILING & CRUISING VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaPq2o05r6wnJqaqyeABUKiu Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. We are traveling the world our Leopard48 Sailing Catamaran PILAR. We produce travel videos and blogs and offer charter sailing experience trips in exotic places! Watch our videos and live vicariously through us! Then, schedule your adventure with us! Master Captain: Stephen Bell First Officer: Dawn Bell #catamaransailing #leopard48catamaran #sailing

Is it time for a Performance Catamaran? What is the best blue water sail boat for us? Come along with us as we explore 3 performance catamarans - Balance, Outremer and Catana OC50 at the Annapolis Boat Show and beyond! We give you the pros and cons (in our opinion). Part 1 covers primarily the Balance catamarans, and Part 2 will cover the Outremer and the Catana, AND reveal our final decision. TIMELINE: 0:00 Introduction 0:36 Annapolis Boat Show 2:21 Why buy a new boat? 4:26 Balance 580 10:36 Sailing a Balance 482 - Sailing at 30 degrees, Solent, Assymetrical Spinnaker, Self tacking jib 13:57 Electric Furler at boat show 14:56 Pros and Cons of Balance Catamaran LINKS: SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfh_pM48xnJ7dr4jTvt8cw?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://bluedotvoyages.com/contact-us/ READ SAILING LOGS ON OUR WEB SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar COMPLETE PLAYLIST: SAILING & CRUISING VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaPq2o05r6wnJqaqyeABUKiu Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. We are traveling the world our Leopard48 Sailing Catamaran PILAR. We produce travel videos and blogs and offer charter sailing experience trips in exotic places! Watch our videos and live vicariously through us! Then, schedule your adventure with us! Master Captain: Stephen Bell First Officer: Dawn Bell #catamaransailing #leopard48catamaran #sailing

When we got back from the Bahamas June, we told you about a long list of projects that we wanted to get accomplished this summer. Here's the info on the top 10 accomplished , plus there were many more smaller things we won't mention. Questions? Drop us a comment! 1. New Dinghy Wheels - https://truekit.us/products/true-kit-quicklok-launching-wheels 2. New Refrigerator in Salon - https://defender.com/en_us/isotherm-cruise-cr-200-classic-refrigerator-freezer-1200bb4zl0000 3. New Furler Drum, Line and Clutch - 4. New Stack Pack Sail Bag - North Sails 5. New Code Sail and rigging - see below. 6. New Shore Power Breaker - https://www.ebay.com/itm/285207592127 7. New Water Heater - https://marinepartssource.com/11-gallon-water-heater-120-volt-kuuma-11841 8. New Windlass Motor and Rollers - Quick (sourced from MMarine.com) 9. New Fan Motors - directly from Caframo - must call or email 10. Fixed Hatch Leaks Why did we add a code sail? Lighter winds particularly in 50-130 degree range. Code Sail Primary Components Information: Compression Post and Bow Sprit - sourced from SparCraft Africa - shipping cost higher but only place we get the Leopard specked items Split Trampoline from Sunrise Products Code D (gennaker) North Sails Pad Eyes - Harken Continuous Line Furler - Selden TIMELINE: 0:00 Introduction 3:10 Dinghy Wheels 4:45 New Refrigerator 6:54 New Furler Drum 8:07 New Sail Bag Stack Pack 8:45 New Code Sail with Compression Post, Bow Sprit, Continuous Furler and Tortion Cable 16:27 New Shore Power Breaker 17:40 New Water Heater 18:45 New Windlass Motor 21:06 New Fan Motors 21:43 New Hatch Seals LINKS: SUBSCRIBE TO CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCjfh_pM48xnJ7dr4jTvt8cw?sub_confirmation=1 SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL NEWSLETTER: https://bluedotvoyages.com/contact-us/ READ SAILING LOGS ON OUR WEB SITE: https://bluedotvoyages.com FACEBOOK: https://facebook.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/bluedotvoyages.sailingpilar COMPLETE PLAYLIST: SAILING & CRUISING VIDEOS https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaPq2o05r6wnJqaqyeABUKiu CATAMARAN MAINTENANCE VIDEOS: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLz8Z8h1MloaOcpGajnaH0DPm1U0otTJtc Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. We are traveling the world our Leopard48 Sailing Catamaran PILAR. We produce travel videos and blogs and offer charter sailing experience trips in exotic places! Watch our videos and live vicariously through us! Then, schedule your adventure with us! Master Captain: Stephen Bell First Officer: Dawn Bell #catamaransailing #leopard48catamaran #sailing

While sailing Saturday, we caught this dolphin pod and watched them for an hour! National Geographic would have loved this video opportunity! Tail slapping again and again - herding fish! Such an amazing thing to watch.