Light boats are fast boats - World Sailing

Light boats are fast boats - World Sailing It seems every where you in the YouTube world you look sailing channels are building, buying, testing and talking about performance yachts. And who wouldn't want to get from A to B in their sailing catamaran in the quickest time possible? When Rob rowed across the Atlantic Ocean in a 7 meter plywood boat they had one motto, "Light boats are fast boats" they didn't take anything aboard that didn't serve a purpose. So it may come as no surprise that our eldest son Finn is rowing and competing in the fast, sleek and very light, lightweight category while overseas in Europe this year but today he has trials to find out 1, Can he get down to the extremely light weigh in weight of 70kg and 2, Can he still perform at that weight. As we splash back into the water our sail drives rebuild complete our thoughts are with Finn and his rowing trial. Will his light boat be a fast boat? Like love the road to success does not run smooth. Thank you for helping keep us afloat and supporting the creative process. You can be part of the crew for less than the price of a coffee. https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis Some of our supporters prefer to make a direct contribution by Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/donate/?hosted_button_id=QXFNKDRGFDAP8 We also have crypto wallets if you'd like to contribute to our maintenance fund that way: BITCOIN bc1qds53n9tqepxvauqn9dygtczltyu6genkfp9a8a ETHEREUM 0xB4Cb9e1Aa9c000055DAde5E077809B904EE34CDD WEB SITE www.thecruisingkiwis.com SOCIAL MEDIA Follow us on: Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/THECRUISINGKIWIS Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/THECRUISINGKIWIS Much love to you all, Rob, Rachel, Finn, Declan, Ivan https://www.patreon.com/CruisingKiwis BACK STORY In 1997, after rowing at the Atlanta Olympics, Rob rowed a tiny 7m (22 foot) plywood boat 2,500 miles from Tenerife (Canary Islands) to Barbados (Caribbean). It took six weeks for Rob and rowing partner, Phil Stubbs, to complete winning the inaugural Atlantic Rowing Race. Skip forward to 2014 and, married with three children, Rob and his wife Rachel purchased Javelot, a 43 ft Fountaine Pajot catamaran. Armed only with Rob's 3 years of racing P class yachts from the age of 11 to 13, and Rachel's non existent sailing knowledge, We set off to learn the ropes of ocean sailing. We broke stuff, replaced stuff and got to know their boat before heading offshore with the kids, Finn (then 13), Declan (then 11) and Ivan (then 8), in tow. Through trial and error we have become confident wayfarers, kind of. The plan? To sail around the world. Part of the journey will be retracing Rob’s eldest brother Kerry’s travels at sea. Using Kerry’s original letters from the 1970’s we hope to retrace his movements from Australia through Indonesia and South East Asia to Cambodia where Kerry’s life was cut short after straying into Cambodian waters in 1978. Kerry and two friends were attacked by a Khmer Rouge gun boat, captured, tortured and executed. www.brothernumberone.co.nz ***** Follow us in real time on Instagram and Facebook @thecruisingkiwis @finn_hamill @declan_hamill @ivanhamill #sailing #fastboat #boatlife #TheCruisingKiwis #214