Into the Blue: Day 1 from Tahuata to Raraka

[@joemeatmama2267]

Looks like a beautiful boat and a beautiful trip. Awesome.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Yep we’re very lucky to be enjoying this part of the world on such a sweet boat! 🙏

[@pakkelly]

Your philosophical musings about the sacrifices and rewards of the remote cruising lifestyle are very interesting. Spirit XL is loving that beam reach. Your caretaking attention to her strengths and weaknesses remind me of The Police song “Every Breath You Take.”

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Every move you make 😁 these amazing boats take such good care of us looking after them is the least we can do 😁🙏 we’re very thankful to have such a wonderful boat to explore the world with 🙏

[@26N80W]

Love what you are doing. Thanks for keeping it reel and sharing your dream.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Awesome many thanks 🙏

[@kevsworld69]

Thank you both for sharing your passage! It really is a highlight of many lives to hear your description and enjoy a few moments of open water. ❤❤❤

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Agree. The view from the boat alone is fantastic.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thank you it’s the reason we share it here so happy to know a few people enjoy it 🙏

[@jonathanlewis1352]

I’ve written a number of articles for a now online publication called Small Craft Advisor. A few months ago I wrote a piece about how decades ago my wife and I sold our condo, car and possessions and boarded our boat for an extended adventure to the Caribbean from Maine. It wasn’t until we boarded the boat that I realized my key fob only had one key left on it. The freedom from “stuff” really hit home. I’ve got a rack full of keys now. You two are doing this exactly right. Watching that Hammerhead perform is a simple pleasure. Thanks again.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks we agree but it’s hard to keep life simple these days especially when everything pushes you towards complexity and material gain. Living on the boat keeps it simple as we have little room for things that aren’t purposeful in life we also feel that materials things are a burden and that why we only have the bare minimum. Hard to taste the simple pleasures of life if you’re overwhelmed with material things. My grandmother always said to live out of a bag. Best advice ever!

[@UUBrahman]

Excellent narrative - particularly liked the work around on the main traveler rigging reinforcement.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Many thanks glad you enjoyed it 🙏

[@colinboniface194]

You do not ramble on... It is so refreshing to listen to experience from a free mind, living the dream... There is no need for manufactured drama, to keep people interested... What a magnificent voyage on a remarkable Tri...

[@triplex7144]

So many sailing channels do manufacture drama. I used to work with gardy as a young fella. He was always a professional and is a very competent mariner. No drama required.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks 🙏

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Comments like these make our day so thank you both very much 🙏

[@Robert-xm2kz]

Really enjoy these passage videos and the explanations of how you make passage. Thanks!..

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Cheers Robert that’s great to know thanks 🙏

[@DD-xx8wh]

really enjoy and learning about all the detailed sailing decisions to make, always something! ...great video just like being onboard, can't wait for the next!

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks glad you enjoyed the more technical side of cruising 🙏😁

[@markgumprecht2295]

Looking forward to the day when she is all fixed up, and you can really see what she will do! After seeing what you did to Spirit no. 1, I’m sure she will be amazing!

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks 🙏 we’ll definitely do our best and it’ll be a slow and fun ride 😁

[@HHO....]

Just Fantastic Folks 🐬🐬👍🏻💫

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Many thanks 🙏

[@olivierbesida2584]

nice wake of the hull in the water, inspiring wake of lifestyle for the soul

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Yeah shes pretty efficient and the small wake shows it. A simple lifestyle isn’t so easy these days but its a must if you want a life without noise and chaos 😁

[@Hubcap3738]

Your channel is awesome

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks 🙏 comments like this really make our day stoked you enjoy it!

[@ricorichmond8214]

Beautiful sail can’t wait to for the views of the atoll!

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks 🙏

[@tedschmid9946]

She sails so beautifully. I love following your journey.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thank you so much appreciate you taking the time to comment 🙏

[@davidharlem6824]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the sailing lifestyle. As you say, not many talk about it. I never realised the impact of salt, particularly attracting moisture. Hope you continue to encounter fair winds.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thank you 🙏 yeah the old salt water is our enemy number 1 😁 funny that as we live on it! We often dream of the ocean being fresh water and a storm being 15kts of wind 😁

[@PN_48]

Great vid and good piece on how life afloat really is - anchorages and mojitos are lovely, but there’s a heck of a lot of work needed to get to that point! Really interesting to see your sail setup / speed in various conditions as well👍

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks 🙏 like all things in life it’s a balance based on proof of work 😁

[@claverton]

Ah, my regular feel good vid! Look at that wake, absolutely magnificent. Can't wait to see her with upgrades that you'll be doing.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Nice one thanks and glad you enjoyed it! We’re excited as well to think of how she’ll be in the future. Lots of ideas and time will iron them all out 😁👍

[@captainsensible298]

Really like the main reefing system you've sorted. You picked a great weather window, like the Fountain Pajot sails, they have served well.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Agree. Also enjoyed hearing the reasoning behind the passage planning in the previous video.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks 🙏 the sails have been far better than we expected and are proof that looking into 2nd hand sails can be a good move to save both time and money!

[@thomsonsails]

The groundswell shows in the video ok. Boat trucking along beautifully.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Awesome yeah she loves nice and easy!

[@robbinbaker5497]

Thank you the the vid. The Hammerhead is my dream boat but,,,$$$. Probably just stick with my Corsair 31. Good to see you resisting the urge to hammer down. That’s tough for me 😬

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thank you!🙏 have to say they were also once our dream boat we just didn’t know it at the time 😁

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

9 knot average in relatively mild conditions is great! Love seeing how she sails. LOL even with a triple reefed headsail and double reefed main, she won't slow down much in a reasonable wind. That shows the efficiency of the boat. Sort of like a glider that has so much lift that it's hard to land. Remain impressed with the boat motion. What a seakindly design. She leaves a very clean wake. Can you show the wake of the leeward float? (Chris calls them floats and not amas.) Can see the swell when the boat goes into a trough. I guessed 2 meters before you said it. Thanks for explaining more about the realities of the cruising lifestyle. You gave a really balanced view.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks mate 🙏 every sail she impresses us more and more such a wonderful boat and layout for living on as a couple. Will try and show more of the floats wake in future vids. Glad you enjoyed hearing what we love about the lifestyle. We don’t like complexity and we feel that governments create complexity so more we can get away from them the better and out here’s not a bad place to escape too 😁

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

@@TrimaranSpiritXL Glad you're increasingly appreciating Chris' design. It's a real pleasure to see her sailed well. Governments to the extent that they preserve and protect freedom arguably have a valid purpose. (Although there may be other means to achieve a similar purpose.) To the extent that they don't, they don't. (That's a paraphrase of the first few lines of the U.S. Declaration of Independence and also contrasts the current state of things.) Freedom requires responsibility, and both are exactly what you get with a boat.

[@kennethhammond6683]

Surprising how much a little bottom growth slows the boat down.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Oooh yeah it happens fast it’s something we try hard to keep on top of 😁

[@massoud999]

Cool

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Cheers 🍻

[@HancoZ]

Wondering why you never mounted a wind vane on Spirit. Beautiful reportage.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Do you mean windvane self steering? If so it’s because they’re too slow to react to a performance multihull and not only that they take up precious aft boarding space 😁

[@waynedoeblin6801]

It’s not all beer and skittles as they say,but the rewards far outweigh any downsides there are,and there are some for sure. Wondering where in Australia you are going to come ashore,I’d love to say hello.You mightn’t be into that kind of thing.That I can understand.A long way yet before Australia is on the horizon.All the best🙂

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

True that! We’ll be heading to QLD and based around Brisbane for a bit but mainly east coast. If we’re ever in the area drop us a line and come say hi!!

[@leighmarkey6679]

So cool that you two found this boat. Do you plan on keeping the main sheet set up, or are considering a traveler in the future?

[@theosphilusthistler712]

They sure do, here in NZ, but to get that insurance you have to first use a slip to get a survey. And if you have a multihull it's orders of magnitude harder to get insurance. Basically insurance companies here want it so that you have a brand new, or used with all new components, boat with zero risk of anything bad happening to it in order to be able to pay a few % of its value to them annually to get to put it near water.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks 🙏 and no we plan to keep the mainsheet the way it is. May change the leads and have it come back to the winches either side of the cockpit time will dictate what we end up doing but for now we like the three point system.

[@SimonClaringbold]

Once you've strengthened up the sheeting points, have you got a feel for how fast you'd be able to comfortably cruise at? The wake is so clean, there is some incredible efficiency there

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Yeah I’d say once we get her dialed in we’ll be looking at an easy 1-2kts of extra speed. We’ll have a nice flat reacher that’ll give us some good speed in the light as well as off the breeze in heavier airs.

[@jc9474]

Great video Jase, never really thought about the liberation side of just sailing before. My little 20' Tri is about 5% of its value just in insurance per year (to sit on its trailer in the shed most of that time). I imagine most marinas require certificate of insurance, do you get temporary insurance, or just avoid marinas?

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks 🙏 Yeah unfortunately most marinas these days do require insurance which is getting harder and harder for boats that want to sail and cruise internationally. We’re all being inundated by government regulations even out here! 😁

[@erbrock1]

Do the marinas the require you to carry any sort of insurance in order to use a slip? Just curious how that works. Your boat is terrific.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Yes most do along with some countries now requiring it for entry.

[@jimgard254]

Are you making a list of volunteers for the refit in AUS, thought I might put my name down😊

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Yep and your names top of the list!

[@miojogames1887]

thisis a bealtiful boat would be nice to have som ewies 3/4 of it sailing or some drone....

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks 🙏

[@jimdoyle8224]

It's good blah blah mate!

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Cheers Jim thanks 🙏 blah blah 😁