We had an interesting final sail on Peter's Firebird in the most wind I sailed in when in Barbados - we sailed with 2 reefs. Peter's friend Eric has a foiling waveboard and he wanted to foil behind the Firebird. In the end he managed it, but there was lots of falling in at the beginning. It was hard work for Peter and I as we had to start at near zero speed, so Eric could grab the tow rope, then slowly accelerate to about 7 knots so he could get ready for lift off. Then accelerate to 10 knots very quickly, so he could lift out. And then control the speed at 10-12 rather than surge up to 15-18. But of course the wind would drop, or he'd fall in or.... but, as I say, after 2 hours he did manage to fly for maybe 30 secs. Although, if we were quick enough, we could stop and heave to after he fell in, sometimes we sailed on too far and then we had to pull in the tow rope (we discovered it was too easy to get it entangled on rudders and daggerboards), tack round and sail back. As always it was scary how quickly a head disappears from view. But interestingly we could easily see him when he was in the sun, it was when he was north of us that he became invisible (one of his sons kept a very close eye on Dad, religiously pointing to his position). Flat water helped, and lots of passing day charter cats got a bit confused by seeing a swimmer apparently a mile out to sea but happily waving!

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At the Southampton Boat Show we will be showing a fleet of Windy boats on berth numbers M104 to M110. On display is the Draco 27RS, the Windy 29 Coho, the Windy 39 Camira, the Windy 46 Chinook and the Windy 52 Xanthos… The Windy 39 Camira was 2015’s Motor Boat of the Year, whilst the Draco 27RS was 2015’s European Power Boat of the Year. Berthon also welcomes you to Collection XXII, our in-house boat show happening on site from now until 25th September. We have a plethora of pre-owned cruising, racing or motoring yachts, and the Berthon team are on hand to show you around. If you’re planning to visit us, you will be able to park on site – all you need to do is park, report to Reception and a member of the team will show you the yachts that are of interest to you.

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Global Surveyor received a new integrated system of instruments and navigation so we are now able to operate our brand new Garmin autopilot not only from the deck but also from anywhere in the vessel using our electronic devices, iPads or even Garmin watch. @gowestsailing

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This is our 60 second tour of an upcoming full episode #retroboat 12/7/2020

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