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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How did we make a heart with dinghy in our logo? While Ania was driving the dinghy like madwoman, Bartek was flying the drone, recording, and giving her directions to maintain the path that would resemble the shape of a heart. Check out how it worked out ;). All the best! Ania and Bartek If you enjoy our videos and think it's a good idea that we share our family life off the grid then please be so kind and support our effort. If you'd like to see a video on a particular subject please feel free to send us suggestions. Every one of your comments and every one of your dollars do count and make us feel that what we do is needed. Thank you so very much! https://www.patreon.com/SailOceans What is Patreon and how you can support us: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rwvUj... Adventures of Ania and Bartek with two little kids sailing across oceans on a 15 meter trimaran as a way of promoting alternative way of life off the grid. In 2014 we managed to materialize our dreams and traded a land based home in Poland for a permanent life on the ocean aboard our dearest new home - sailboat "Poly". For us sailing is a way of free life in sync and harmony with nature and each other. It's a way of experiencing life, people, and places, entirely on our own terms. For many years it was just a dream, but we followed it and it came true. We are here and now, no longer chasing the dream. We'd like to share it with you so that you can follow your dreams, too. Follow us to see all the amazing, interesting, crazy, scary, and funny people, places and situations that we experience and learn from. Welcome to our family life unplugged. Ania, Bartek, Kuba and Julian SailOceans Subscribe at: https://www.youtube.com/caribcharter Follow us: https://www.facebook.com/sailoceans/ https://www.instagram.com/sailoceans/

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Los nuevos trajes SuperTherm de Rooster están hechos con neopreno Limestone que no provoca alergias de piel y es respetuoso con el medio ambiente. https://gosailingshop.com/es/collections/new-rooster%C2%AE-products

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