How NOT To Splash A Catamaran: Our Failed Start To This Sailing Season - Episode 68

After being out of the water for 4 months, we head back to Grenada to prepare Symphony for the next sailing season. All goes well at the start, but the problems pile up until we run into something that requires us to haul back out of the water for a repair.
It's not all doom and gloom, we still manage to have a little fun on the way visiting some spots in Grenada and kiting at Union Island.
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Link to follow where we are right now: forecast.predictwind.com/tracking/display/SV_Symphony
If you want kiteboarding lessons, Gary is your guy! Here's his website: www.exumakitesurfing.com/index.php
Want to learn how to make a soft shackle? Here's the instructions I used: www.animatedknots.com/soft-shackle
If you want to hear more about the intro song, check out the band talking about it here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2ezeImol8iXaZY

[@tonyfromaus7855]

Aw mate it ain’t all roses is it. Bugger. But you guys have the right attitude and I’m sure that all will be ship shape on board Symphony soon… if it isn’t already. 👍🏼 Thanks so much for sharing the journey with us. Please don’t be afraid to let the camera linger on those trouble area close ups. I feel like I’m taking an armchair captain course watching and imagining I’m doing it too. I figure if one hour of actual experience equals about 100 hours of armchair observing, then I’ve only got about another fifty years of training before I’m all set to go. 😁 Sincere thanks for your generosity sharing your adventures with us. Fair winds.

[@SailingSymphony]

'ain't all roses' is a good way to put it! But it seems to work out in the end most days. I'll keep trying to be informative, I've got a few ideas for videos explaining the things that we didn't know when we set sail.

[@chasing2852]

Well, Todd and Erin, that all sucks, but you are in good company. We began our season spending two extra months in Florida in fix mode with one thing after another, with the highlight being an engine rebuild! Yup, big money spending start to our boating season. That said, we have finally made it to Great Harbour, via Bimini. We talked about you guys as we left Miami and arrived at Browns Marina. Lots of water under the keel since we first share that experience! I hope that you are fixed and underway and thanks for sharing the beginning of your new season. Hi to the boys from us! Cheers, J.

[@SailingSymphony]

We are under way! Enjoying our last day in Martinique before we head to Dominica tomorrow. Hope we can catch you in April!

[@canuck55551]

Sorry for troubles, I feel guilty that I enjoyed the video so much lol. True account of the realities of cruising and getting a boat off of the hard.

[@SailingSymphony]

Oh I was laughing at points while editing, it all caught up with us! But we figured we'd get back on the track at some point, all you can do.

[@deanbruce434]

Wow I am amazed at your patience and ability to press on. I would love to understand your skill sets as I ponder to enter into the Cruising world! 👊🏼

[@SailingSymphony]

Oh man, I have NO special skills for this, all learned along the way. I knew some basics of how things worked. You'd be surprised at how fast you pick up plumbing, electrical, and engine knowledge from others. I don't kn ow about the patience stuff, there was a lot of cussing off-camera!

[@chasing2852]

One more thing...we are taking the bikes over to Sugar Beach today and will raise a glass to your both at the beach bar where Erin and I were first introduced to the ankle biters!

[@SailingSymphony]

Yes! Those bugs were awful!

[@rjarrod]

Thanks for the video. Howdy from Texas!

[@SailingSymphony]

Howdy back!

[@96chevydually6.5L]

Welcome back! Looking forward to the next adventures

[@SailingSymphony]

Glad you are here! We've got 3,000 miles to cover, should be some fun along the way.

[@thomasw5430]

Welcome back. Sorry to hear about all the issues with the boat. Looking forward to your future adventures and sadly your boat tepairs

[@SailingSymphony]

Thank you! We're all good now, although I think there is a new problem brewing. I'm sure I'll document it :)

[@Boody523]

Wow that is a lot going wrong at once, you sure did have a good attitude about it, and just rolled with it. I had same problem with inverter and now have a spare 3000 on board lol.

[@SailingSymphony]

I saw one for sale in Martinique after we got it fixed and I was tempted to buy it, just in case! Curious if there is a way to rig up 2 3000k inverters, that way at least you’d have some redundancy.

[@thomasbrasse3145]

What does guardianage cost? Monthly? Percentage of work done? Interested for a budget. Seems well worth it. ALSO- I watch Wind Therapy. Jeff is awesome and I love watching them.

[@SailingSymphony]

It was $50US each time Jaco checked the boat, ended up being around $700 for 4 and a half months. Well worth it, I was able to ping him when I needed stuff done and it got done. And yes Jeff is a riot, we just left them in Saint Lucia and sadly won’t be getting together again till this fall in Annapolis. But then I think we’ll be sailing with them down to the Bahamas for the next season.