HOW TO SAIL FASTER AND CLOSER TO THE WIND?

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We got new sails! Now we can sail faster and closer to the wind! Find out what we bought and why, as well as what performance improvements we achieved.
TIMELINE:
0:00 Introduction
0:13 Why New Sails ?
1:30 Sailing Performance Improvements - Sailing faster and closer to the wind
2:41 Last time flying old Genoa
3:19 Old Genoa issues - UV cover, stitching, seams, chafe, moth eaten
4:17 Sail requirements - Longevity, Cruising
5:03 Shakedown for Main Sail
5:44 Sail Choice - Dacron Main and Polyester Genoa - North Sails
7:40 New Sail Installation
12:00 Batten Pocket on North Sails
16:50 Old sail donated
17:40 3Di Ocean 330 Polyester Genoa with roller furling cushions
20:00 Genoa installation - Climbing the Furler.
23:53 It’s a wrap!
24:23 Other sail brands considered
26:10 New Sail Issues
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Blue Dot Voyages is a Sailing Adventure Company. We recently packed up our belongings, sold our house and moved on to our Leopard48 Sailing Catamaran PILAR, where we are traveling the world. We offer travel advice as well as boat maintenance tips. We offer charter sailing experience trips when we can. Watch our videos and live vicariously through us!
Master Captain: Stephen Bell
First Officer: Dawn Bell

[@trulyamazingsailing7056]

Glad you had a good trip to Antigua I followed the fleet on the fleet tracker. I have a question about the main did you put a third reef in the main. My main is coming up to be replace next year and am thinking about a 3rd reef. Thanks

[@SailingPILAR]

Ours has a third in it- grommets/ but it is not rigged. If we needed it we could tie them manually. Our experience on cats is that you really should take it down if you are considering a third reef. And just go with a really small headsail.

[@dawnbell5096]

North Sails 3Di is fantastic!

[@3tsedwards]

Great video, thanks for these. We also own a L48. Do you know what they lubed the track with?

[@SailingPILAR]

believe it or not. they used wd40. but we generally use sylguide.