Episode 13 – Sailing the Chesapeake Bay on a New Seawind (part 1)

Another opportunity to charter a Seawind 1260 arose, and Toni and I jumped at the chance. This Seawind 1260 was a new 2022 model, Imi Ola, recently displayed at the Spring 2022 Annapolis Sailboat Show. Imi Ola had similar options that Toni and I have discussed, including the 32” TV, Fusion sound system, CZone, underwater lights, radar, solar package, forward sonar, and washer. Monica’s sixth sense kicked in and she timed her visit from Florida just in time to accompany us. We chartered Imi Ola for 5 days. Join us in part 1 for the first 2 days of our great 5-day experience. Imi Ola can be charted through Sail-Away Catamarans at https://sailawaycatamarans.com/ Update: The issue with the autohelm was traced back to the CZone and low house battery. This caused the CZone to automatically go into load shedding mode which would shutoff the autohelm. Once the batteries came up to full charge, there was a setting in CZone that had to be reset. I do not know what this setting was but will need to learn it. I always like it when apparently complex problems have simple solutions.