We try to fix a big mistake on our catamaran AWEN and finish up on our final projects during our technical stop in Martinique. We try to take a break and enjoy the island and find healthy diversions from the boatyard. ============== 🔔Subscribe now and join us on a life-changing adventure. Don't wait - hit subscribe now! https://www.youtube.com/@SailingAWEN/?sub_confirmation=1 🔗 Stay Connected With Us. 👉Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/SailingAwen?_rdc=1&_rdr 👉Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sailingawen/ 👉Website: https://www.sailingawen.com/ ✅ For Inquiries: Sailingawen@gmail.com 🎧COVERTCASTAWAY PODCAST anywhere you listen or stream directly at https://sailingawen.com/podcast 🎶 MUSIC by Epidemic Sound We have made the transition from full-time software professionals from the SF Bay Area to liveaboard sailing explorers who always keep one eye on the weather and our hearts in a song. Our goal is to complete a circumnavigation and we recently transitioned to a performance catamaran and are madly in love with our Outremer 52. We worked with Outremer in France (with the help of Google Translate) to launch our boat project and start our journey as sailing vagabonds. While it’s not a race or speed test, we are doing our first Bluewater crossing this year and we are excited to see AWEN stretch her legs and dance on the water. Join us as we share what we’re learning and attempt this new life of travel and adventure on the ocean. Please be patient with us as we continue to improve our YouTube vlogging skills. Our goal isn’t to make our life a movie, it’s to give back to what others have shared with us. More about us here: https://sailingawen.com/about-us ============================= ✅ Recommended Playlists 👉 FULL PASSAGE SERIES: All Together Maiden Voyage https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCR2uNbN4MQ&list=PLlCuYqC6mdr-Tr76hJxp4SmguTTGR_S31&pp=iAQB 👉 SEASON 2024 Bahamas & the Caribbean https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlCuYqC6mdr96cBPcaKTzgYs2u5I8Xz22&si=FI5GeJ8w1HcUGBpk ✅ Other Videos You Might Be Interested In Watching: 👉 Mending our Broken Heart (EP 53) #sailing #Bahamas https://youtu.be/tm8lEuFEpvo?si=qCnNPY7yMR6Vcbhz 👉 T-Boned at Anchor (EP 52) #sailing #outremer https://youtu.be/OUYQLHjPlYY?si=1JREIYGhPoyfhYej 👉 Nick of Time (EP 63) Leg 3 Day 10 #outremer52 #miami https://youtu.be/IDK_7eVxg3U?si=TNq1DibA5GEpx6Jq 👉 Galloping to the End (EP 62) Leg 3 Day 9 #atlanticcrossing #sailingpassion https://youtu.be/1g8uZlEC71Q?si=chcmESWW6tqrEsz5 ============================= ✅ About Sailing AWEN. Holly and Stephane are formerly from the San Francisco Bay Area but have a home in Tahoe. Our 'someday' plan was to sell our belongings, buy a boat, and, with reckless abandon, sail away to visit distant lands, which we did starting in 2020. You can follow our transition and journey in our candid podcast, Covert Castaway, wherever you listen. You can also follow every stop we’ve made with pictures and blogs and stream our podcast directly on our website. ================================= #sailing #barbuda #catamaranlife #oceanadventure #outremer #sailing #catamaran #outremer #boatlife #catamaran #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailboats #stayhealthy #learning #vlog #podcast #live #motivation #travel #nomad #boattour #sailingadventure #bucketlist #adventure #nomad #retirement #adventureawaits #ocean #learning #youtubecommunity #youtubelife #vlog #youtubechannel #performance #weather #SwN&x% #antigua #scubadiving #rainforest © Sailing AWEN

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MY Lauren L will be in Patagonia this winter starting January 8th, contact us now to secure your winter charter: nicks@titanboker.com / stephanie@titanbroker.com www.titanfleet.com/charter/lauren-l

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We start racing today with the Peters & May Round Antigua Race, starting at 9am today, you can watch the start from Shirley Heights or hike up to Fort Charlotte for the best views 🙌 Check out the week's schedule 👉 https://bit.ly/3kmMzdf #antiguasailingweek #ASW53 #chaseracecelebrate

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People ask us all the time — how do you fly a spinnaker on a Balance catamaran? In this video, Phil from Zoom Sails (who designed every sail for SV GoTFO) walks us through step-by-step: ⚓ Rigging with color-coded sheets & guys (Port sheet = red, Starboard sheet = green, Guys = black) ⚓ Hoist sequence — halyard + sock deployment ⚓ Trimming — sheets side-to-side, guys control foot height ⚓ Flying angles — best between the 120s°, can fly as high as 90° relative ⚓ The douse — comms, shackle release, sock down, halyard down We’ve flown “Big Purple” before, but this lesson was about balance and confidence. Even though Dennis wasn’t aboard, Phil was in Greece as we passed south — and I had to step in. My Love Bug 💜🐞 reflection? Sailing teaches us to own our triggers, protect each other when we’re flooded, and always return to the calm at the helm. 📧 Want our wind-angle PDF? Email us at gtfoplan@gmail.com. #GTFOplan #SVGTFO #ZoomSails #SpinnakerLesson Phil of ZoomSails.com CURRENT LOCATION: https://forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV-GTFO/ ABOUT OUR CATAMARAN: We love our new Balance 482 - it's a perfect size for a cruising couple to handle and is a great "balance" of performance and comfort. One of our favorite features is the excellent ventilation since we mostly live as "hookers" (aka at anchor) where the boat automatically turns into the wind so we stay cool and we don't need to battle mold. We also have starlink for easy off-grid life. Our 2400 watt solar panel array also means we rarely need to run an engine to charge our batteries. ABOUT US: We saved for a our future boat, sold everything that we owned, and shipped the rest in a container to Cape Town, South Africa. We then flew there and explored South Africa by way of a safari and touring Cape Town before moving aboard our boat. We then sailed to Saint Helena, Ascension Island, Fernando de Naronha (Brazil), Martinique, Sint Maarten (Dutch and French side), the US Virgin Islands (Saint Croix, Saint John, and Saint Thomas), the British Virgin Islands (Anegada, Norman Island, Jost van Dyke, and Anegada), The Bahamas (Inagua, Crooked Island, Long Island, George Town, Staniel Cay, the Exumas, and Eleuthera). We then sailed back to the United States, making landfall in Cape Canaveral, Florida. From there our destinations are endless! Both Dennis and Ann grew up military brats with Army fathers. Dennis (the Colonel) served 30 years in the US Army and his retirement pension helped us retire in our 50s. Ann (the ship's Captain) wrote Test Automation in Python and Java. Dennis and Ann met on Match.com where Ann had in her profile "Do you want to sail the world with me?" Ann easily brought Dennis into sailing, and he loved the GTFOplan of retiring early and sailing the world. After many years of saving, living on one income but earning two, and cutting back on everything possible, they saved enough to buy a Balance 482. Follow them as they get real about boat life and all the hassles of buying a new boat because we all know N.E.W. means Not Everything Works. Kisses, Ann & Dennis Twitter: @GTFOplan Facebook: https://facebook.com/anndennis.snellikin.3 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gtfoplan/ YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/gtfoplan Email: gtfoplan@gmail.com

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