Popular motor-sailing charter yacht 'Blue Eyes" crossed the Corinth Canal in Greece. The passage took place in June, 2017 while "Blue Eyes" was sailing from her home base in Marmaris, Turkey to Croatia to spend summer season in the Adriatic. "Blue Eyes" is available for charter in the Adriatic, Mediterranean, and Aegean seas by Contact Yachts company.

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Ο διευθύνων σύμβουλος της EKKA Yachts μιλά στην κάμερα του #OlympicYachtShow.

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We got increasingly frustrated by our small petrol (gas) outboards that we use very infrequently on our dinghies and Chat 18 catamaran. Never quite knowing whether they would start, or how long they would run. Usually because the small jets would clog up, a problem aggravated by the ethanol fuel now used in the UK, USA and elsewhere. So earlier this year we bit the bullet and bought a used Torqeedo 1103 electric outboard. It was on ebay, from "one careful lady owner" - actually the advert said "only used on a fresh water trout farm" which we hoped was much the same thing. And we have been very pleased with it this summer, using it on Sagitta's tender, sometimes for long distances, yet never seeing the charge drop below 80% So we then tried using it on our Chat 18. And immediately discovered two problems, probably common to other small daysailing boats. First, the battery was much larger than the integral petrol fuel tank. So, when tilted up on the swingdown bracket, the Torqeedo hit the tillerbar. That meant we had to use the transom mount, which in turn meant the leg had to be angled back in use to clear the immersed rudder blade. Very inefficient and too close to the surface. And second, when tilted up and turned sideways the tiller control arm would detach - something that doesn't happen with a petrol outboard. So we had to remove it, and then reattach it whenever we wanted to motor. Fortunately Torqeedo has realised that many people have these problems and so supply reasonably priced, extra long cables, not just for the battery but also for the tiller arm. Accordingly we bought a 1.5m (5ft) battery cable and a 5m (16ft) tiller cable. This video shows the results of the first motor, one calm winter evening. I still have to re-route the cables through the back of the cockpit and more permanently mount the tiller arm. The deeper propellor is more efficient and there is no aeration when cornering or in waves. Top speed was very close to 5 knots, about hull speed on an 18ft boat. In reverse speed was about 3 knots. Although it's more awkward to lift the outboard leg without the battery in place it does now fit comfortably below the tillerbar when raised for sailing. So we're very happy so far! For once there is audio on this short video. But even if you turn the volume to high you won't hear the outboard - another bonus! More on the Chat 18 here https://sailingcatamarans.com/index.php/designs-2/2-catamarans-under-25ft/475-chat-18-daysailing-catamaran And Torqeedo here https://nestawayboats.com/

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Hand feeding Rick Wallabies 🥕🍎 • • • One if the biggest highlights of Magnetic Island was getting to hand feed Rock Wallabies. There's SO many Wallabies on Arcadia Point living in and around the giant boulders. They are super curious and friendly and come right up to you to take food right out of your hand. There are signs around for appropriate food to feed the Wallabies and what foods not to feed these awesome animals. Charlie had such a great time feeding all the Wallabies and giving them carrots and apples. And we saw a few joeys in pockets! #sailing #sailingfamily #yachtlife #magneticisland #rockwallaby #Wallabies #sailingkid #australia #fbq #Queensland #travellife #travel #discover #sailinglife #sailboatlife #liveaboard #fulltimeliveaboard #Charlie #boatlife

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Diving the Banda Sea -Shorts - The Forgotten Islands - Banda Sea, Indonesia. A trip with Master Liveaboard into this amazing region. We had a UW-photography workshop with Gerald Rambert. IG - https://www.instagram.com/gerald_rambert/ . I hope you'll enjoy this video! If you have any questions, please leave a comment down below. Music: https://www.storyblocks.com/audio Voiceover: https://murf.ai/text-to-speech AI Invideo (10 minutes are free!): https://invideo.io/i/pyu Join me on Instagram: Everything big - https://www.instagram.com/project_yet_unknown_all/ Everything small - https://www.instagram.com/project_yet_unknown/ Check out my pictures on ... Scopio: http://bit.ly/2OtkRLg Wirestock: https://wirestock.io/peter.jantsch

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