Hallberg Rassy 44: Secret to the Slamming, Sicily to Italy. Sailing Breezy Ep23 s2 4K

We depart Taormina, Sicily after one night and sail to Marina di Reposto Porto D'Etna for a couple days of work from the marina. From he marina we have a stunning view of Mt Etna. While there we tour the beautiful city on the hill of Taormina and Nicole and her friends spend the day at a beach club while I repair the swim platform. An incredibly powerful gas spring came loose. I manage to re-extend this spring with dyneema and a winch and safely reattach it. We leave from the marina and head for mainland Italy in favorable winds and find that the new Hallberg Rassy hull form loves speed through a choppy seaway with an angle off the waves. Admittedly, I first discovered this in the Baltic but needed a bit of a reminder.