3Di North Sails Factory Tour for Our #Outremer 52 Catamaran (Ep.4)

We take a North Sails factory tour in Minden, Nevada, to see how 3Di sails are made from fiber to final sail. Since performance sailboats are about sailing more than motoring, we are excited to see how these sails perform as we begin our circumnavigation on our new Outremer 52. ⚓ Join us as we learn what it takes to circumnavigate successfully and make the transition to liveaboard cruising. 🆓Our sailing channel is currently AD-FREE but there are other ways you can support our Outremer 52 project. 👍🏻 Like, subscribe, share our YouTube videos or check out our blog, podcast or social pages below ⭐️Check out our new catamaran sailing blog! https://sailingawen.com 🎧COVERTCASTAWAY PODCAST anywhere you listen or stream directly at https://sailingawen.com/podcast INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/sailingawen/ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/SailingAwen/ FACEBOOK GROUP: https://www.facebook.com/groups/sailingawen/ 📧EMAIL US: sailingawen@gmail.com 🌎TRACK US at https://www.polarsteps.com/SailingAwen ⛵️AWEN will be featured at the MIAMI BOAT SHOW! Meet us there!! Learn more about the show dates: https://www.miamiboatshow.com/en/home.html OUTREMER 52 OWNER’S REVIEW: https://www.katamarans.com/owners-reviews/outremer-52r/ 🎶 MUSIC by Epidemic Sound ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello! We are Holly and Stephane 🇺🇸🇫🇷 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 are working 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 speedtest, 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 living without Amazon, (but with Starlink), 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, which is why we don’t monetize our channel. More about us here: https://sailingawen.com/about-us #outremer #boatlife #catamaran #travelvlog #digitalnomad #lifestyle #sailboats #stayhealthy #learning #vlog #podcast #live #motivation #travel #nomad #boattour #sailingadventure #bucketlist #adventure #mediterranean #nomad #retirement #adventureawaits #ocean #learning #blacksails #northsails © Sailing AWEN 2023 00:00 Introduction 01:11 In Our Backyard 01:50 We Switched Sails 04:43 Our 3Di Sail Plan 06:27 Arrive at Factory 07:38 It Starts With Fibers 08:52 Pregger Process 09:27 Twelve Layers 12:18 Hardware Staging 13:52 Let's Break Something 16:17 How the Molds Work 19:45 Putting in the Molds 20:46 Under the Heat Lamps 22:04 Quality Control 23:52 Curing 26:55. Sewing Large Sails 27:47 Maintenance 28:10 Computer Models 29:22 Mind Blown