#boatlife #sailing #sailingonabudget #cruising #offshoresailing #boatmaintenance #solosailing 85ft sailing yacht departing narrow marina avenue, less than 6’ of clearance either side of 21’ wide boat.

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The Bottom Up Crew were a little rusty in there first major racing weekend, with the breeze up and the co-ordination between the crew members slightly off they put there J109 on it side in back to back gybes. The video footage always help with the debrief which enable us to correct our mistakes getting on on point for the rest of the weekend. The less than perfect gybes show how forgiving the J109 is even when the breeze is up. After the broach letting both the sheet and kicker go and putting the wheel hard to leeward is all that you need to get the boat off its ear and heading back in the right direction. The major mistake with both of the gybes was the time it took to get the main sheet across. The delay in getting the main across caused the spinnaker to set too early on the new gybe, without the main creating a wind shadow over it there was too much power in the kit which started the broach up, which was made ever worse once the main flipped across. The second change which may have avoid the broach would have been to quickly ease the new sheet 4 or 5 feet the second the spinnaker filled on the new side, this is the next best thing to reduce the power as the kite sets on the new gybe. The redline racing team dusted themselves off and pushed hard enough across the weekend to end with a 3, 2 and a 1 which was enough the take the overall victory in the annual Strangford Lough Narrows regatta. We hope you got some value out of these back to back gybes, learning what not to do.

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“FRIENDSHIP” is a highly updated and beautiful example of the Picnic Boat Mark III – the only one with state of the art Volvo D6 440 engines, which were installed new in 2024 and have less than 65 hours on them. Hinckley maintained under our YachtCare program, she boasts an extensive list of upgrades and preventative care maintenance. Highlights include new (2024) Garmin electronics, (2024) Volvo D6 engines, (2021) a custom davit system, (2021) bow rail, (2021)and a cockpit sunshade system—to name a few. A head-turner since day one, she’s equipped with all the right features and is turnkey ready for her next owner. She also comes with our Certified Pre-Owned warranty, along with transferable Volvo engine warranties for added peace of mind. Link: https://hinckleybrokerage.com/yachts-for-sale/hinckley-picnic-boat-mkiii-2010-4394964/

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Fantastic partnership between father and son sailing the Hobie Tiger F18 always produces fantastic results. Dave and Joel.

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This cabin cruiser is a 2-cabin/1-head layout. With a regular lazy-jack mainsail and roller-furling Genoa, she is fit to sail along BC's coastline in all types of conditions!

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