Can we turn an Open 66 race boat into a fast family cruiser?! | Ep. 1

Caio! We are Timo and Jo, an Italian and English couple with countless ocean miles under our belts, including sailing half way around the world from Europe to Fiji! Last year we bought an Open 66 ft race sailing boat originally designed and built by the famous Hungarian sailor Nándor Fa. He raced her in the 1992 Vendée Globe (round the world single handed race known as “the Everest of the seas”), coming 5th and becoming the first non-frenchman to finish the race. We are currently in Fiji transforming NV from an ex race boat to a performance family cruiser! We're planning to set sail again in October 2022 , giving us just over a year to turn our dreams into reality and get back on the water! With limited time and money we have plenty of challenges ahead. This is the first episode in our refit series. In this video we introduce ourselves and give a bit of background info about the boat, our project and future plans. Subscribe to our channel and track our progress as we release videos showing our transformation of this old gladiator into a performance family cruiser, which we'll need to make both dog and baby proof! Never stop to dream, never stop to sail! You can find out more about the boat, us and our refit plans on our website www.sailingnv.com or follow us on Facebook https://m.facebook.com/sailingyachtnv and Instagram https://www.instagram.com/sailingnv/ --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Consider supporting us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/sailingnv If you don't like Patreon but would like to chip in for a coffee, beer, sand paper or epoxy click here https://ko-fi.com/sailingnv --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MUSIC BY ELLIOTT SUTCLIFFE __________________________________________________________________________________________ #sailingnv #sailingvlog #refit #sailing #boatlife #Open60 #raceboat #cruising #bigboat #boatwork