Crossing the Gulf Stream to Bimini from Florida. Sailing Bahamas on Leopard 50 Sailing Catamaran. 2nd Episode, Abacoss: • Sailing Bahamas, Abaco... Review of boat: • Leopard 50, Sailing Ca... www.alivesailin... / skipper_igor
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@RickFuhrmann4 ай бұрын
Best video I have watched in years, I have no idea how to sail but I swear I’m going out and buying a Leopard 50 and sailing the world⚓️🌴😃 just amazing 🙏🏻😎
@IgorStropnik4 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏🙌🍻 You can do it 👍
@poprostuadas7 ай бұрын
Guess who's back, back again? Igor's back, tell a friend! ;)
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
🙌🍻👍
@moleisrich17 ай бұрын
Man thank god I found your channel again. I watch every one of your vids! Love them all.
@IgorStropnik6 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@Liamwalrus7 ай бұрын
Great vid thanks. Refreshing to watch pure sailing videos.
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@LUCID999997 ай бұрын
Brilliant sailing and super informative as usual Igor. Looks like Great Sale Cay was a rocket / satellite tracking station back in the day. 👍
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏🙌🍻
@kirstenbosch75917 ай бұрын
Happy New Year to all the subscribers of Igor! Happy Sailing Captain Igor!!!
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Happy new year 👍🙌🍻🙏
@Muratshayev7 ай бұрын
Thanks Igor. Interesting adventures as always. And thanks for the boat review ☀⛵ ⚡
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏🙌🍻
@cestmoi12627 ай бұрын
Igor, with you I would cruise anywhere (well, almost anywhere).
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@michaelb8707 ай бұрын
That's one way to spend the winter. Great video Igor!
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏🙌🍻
@akathesquid57947 ай бұрын
in the Bahamas now, there were sailboats waiting for weeks to cross because of the hyper-conservative "no north component" rule. Such a simple-minded generalization. We waved at them all anchored off Miami as we left in December for one of the best crossings we've had. I think some are still waiting 🙂
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Good job 👍 Not easy to go when everybody is waiting and telling you stories of big waves and monsters.
@user-rh5km2fy7b7 ай бұрын
Super great video. I am looking forward to see 3 other parts. Great job and good luck.
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@texmexbbq7085Ай бұрын
Awesome stuff! Glad I stumbled across this…incredibly educational - your command of the English language and knowledge of modern sailing are amazing
@IgorStropnikАй бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@mesutkayman7 ай бұрын
Thank you Igor for making these great videos! 🙏
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@zelengajko7 ай бұрын
Hvala Igore, od tebe sam puno naucio I jos ucim. Vec par godina sam u stanju da jedrim katamarane po Jadranu sa familijom. San mi je jednom napraviti dugo putovanje ali o tome bi bilio dobro prije poslusati tvoje misljenje o zivotu na brodu. Kako god, uvijek se cudim kako su tvoji domaćini hladni i ne prihvaćaju tvoje dobre šale. Možda je to samo kad znaju da snimaš. Ja da imam novce i brod, zvao bih te da nas voziš samo da popijemo nešto zajedno i pričamo o avanturama. Na kraju, zavidim ti na tom životu i mislim da taj koncept mogu preporučiti i svojim klincima, koji se polako približavaju punoljetnosti. Hvala još jednom i sve najbolje?
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Hvala 🙏 Sretno 🙌👍
@nadastropnik64457 ай бұрын
A very nice video. Looking forward to parts 2-4! However, as for myself, the Croatian Adriatic coast is much more beautiful and exciting.
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
🙏🙌🍻👍
@mikesh89687 ай бұрын
Not 4 me.....2 many Croatian crooks running the marine police..... They arested. MY boat saying I crossed some imaginary line...demanded 2500 in case to release the yacth......well I got a realy bad temper ...few calls landed me in the office of the a big guy.....he actually showed up with me. ....they start apologize and said it was a mistake....f go pro said it wasn't.....after they released my yacth ....we went to pay a visit to the guy running the scam.....he learned. So the hell with Croatia. View is great ....ppl are ok food great.....officials are scams galore.
@segelabenteuer757 ай бұрын
Well that was not the last shallow passage, we did a lot in Bahamas but endet up where you start before we head to the North! The current makes anchoring challenging and docking also. Great place to be, we will be back in February downsail from Annapolis 👍🏻
@KirkThomson7 ай бұрын
Great video! I always learn so much watching you. Thank you!
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@tyronerobertssr7105 ай бұрын
Great show, Igor, thank you.
@IgorStropnik5 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@LawrenceBroussard7 ай бұрын
Really cool tec. to track a rain squall ! You seem to really like the Leopard since you are normally pointing out more things you would change.
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Only more sails and flybridge missing.
@jonny8smith7 ай бұрын
The UKC is depth under the keel. The depth on the chart is to the water line, and then you can add the tide. If you are reading 2.5m UKC then add your draft (1.5m?) = depth of water of 4.0m - the tide = chart datum.
@mountaindweller91186 ай бұрын
Depth transducer is usually set to zero at bottom of starboard hull on Leopards. So if you see 1.3 meters for example, that's what you have under the keel. Cheers.
@u235u235u2356 ай бұрын
when batteries are advanced enough to store 10x what they do now per KG of battery, and rechargeable on solar panels, few will use sails. sails will just be a backup.
@IgorStropnik6 ай бұрын
You will use sails to charge batteries via propeller as it’s faster than solar. And to stabilise the boat. But you are correct 👍 not many will actually sail in future. And no anchoring as your electric pods propellers will keep you in position like big boats do.
@u235u235u2356 ай бұрын
@@IgorStropnik good point
@nicknach7 ай бұрын
i love Igor's channel. better than the others. the other sailing channels seem to have become Softporn Doodles recently ;-)
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏🙌🍻
@mwide1007 ай бұрын
Been waiting for you to review a Leopard. Thanks for the video
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏🙌🍻
@joseph44815 ай бұрын
You make wonderful videos, please keep making them!
@IgorStropnik5 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@marktaylor4847 ай бұрын
Excellent. A great virtual crew ride along.
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@thezacker6 ай бұрын
Thanks Igor!
@IgorStropnik6 ай бұрын
Welcome 🙏
@johnkosowski33217 ай бұрын
I saw you guys at Browns. I distinctly remember that solar arch set up with the long support tubes. We stayed one night at Fisherman's village and the rest at Bimini cove. Both have floating docks. I have a dinghy that looks almost exactly like that one, but I bought it directly from the manufacturer. There are usually like 7-9 bull sharks that hang around there, mostly at Big Game.
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
🙌👍🍻 Sharks there are impressive.
@TheocraM19917 ай бұрын
Grande Igor,ti seguo sempre
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏🍻
@JSS8222 ай бұрын
Igor, where have you been? So glad you're back.
@IgorStropnik2 ай бұрын
🙏👍🙌🍻
@_.JP._5 ай бұрын
Awesome journey & documentary, TY 👍🏽! Maybe once completed you could share an exported track through the Bahamas? ✌🏽
@IgorStropnik5 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏 Good idea 👍
@j.d.38757 ай бұрын
Might also be rocking forward and backward, thanks for feedback
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
🙌🍻👍
@Joemoorgan7 ай бұрын
Hay there from Texas, I have an answer to your Question. You asked in how to sail a catamaran 2, How is it safe to sail the cat SAFELY on only a head sail? The answer is by using a 3/8 inch dinema line as your boom uphill line and center your boom trailer and last add 2 preventer lines from the boom to the ends of the trailer rail.😊
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Hi 🙌, good idea 👍. I hope bum halyard pulley on top of mast is strong enough. Or just installed running stays.
@megamilyon61117 ай бұрын
I have lived in Hawaii, California and Florida. People in Florida just dont experience high surf and seas like CA and Hawaii so their idea of rough seas or high seas might not conform to others. However, the day you went was pretty calm compared to how rough it "can" get in that area. I have seen far worse in that area than what you experienced.
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Exactly 👍🙌
@DarkSevariant7 ай бұрын
It's cool that your raymarine turns dark, when the sun goes down.
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Have to do it manually and is way to complicated…
@pinkfloatsailing30897 ай бұрын
Is this a vacation trip or did you het hired as a skipper?
@switchmuso3 ай бұрын
38:00 I learnt a new trick!
@IgorStropnik3 ай бұрын
😃🙌🍻
@TheNicombraun6 ай бұрын
Igor, so glad you re back! Great Content! Question: on the Nautitech 46 you said it was very silent and well build, and now you sound very happy with the Leopard 50 for similar reasons. Which are your Top 3 best Catamarans you’ve sailed so far? Thank you! Always your student!
@IgorStropnik6 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏 Lagoon 52, Saona 47, Leopard 50.
@EdwardTilley6 ай бұрын
Great video!
@IgorStropnik6 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@wjstewdog7 ай бұрын
Great video
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@martijnvanhagen26057 ай бұрын
Igor, where did you buy those paddleboard seats? Great video by the way. Cheers, Martijn
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏 On boat show but check if you can see on video the name of chairs. I am not on board.
@lonniepee98047 ай бұрын
If you were to judge, was it a perfect sailing day? ;-)
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
😃🙌🍻👍
@geoffstrebel28084 ай бұрын
I can't get over that not being an actual flybridge. Just put the wheel up there Leopard!!!!!
7 ай бұрын
Nice video Igor. I think this Leopard could use a bigger sailplan. The speed is terrible at 14knots wind
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏 More sails 👍
@Feemaboomy7 ай бұрын
We visited West End when it was Jack Tarr resort.
@IgorFrost7 ай бұрын
Hi Igor. Is this boat can go 30% from the wind speed. Am I right? I’m asking because I search optimal cruising cat.
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Same as other cruising catamarans. They don’t like sharp upwind.
@erkananil6202 ай бұрын
Igor is that rule when you see over 21 knots winds you automatically drop main sails?
@IgorStropnik2 ай бұрын
You reef around 21kn.
@andrejstropnik91157 ай бұрын
I feel as I was there!
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
🙌🍻👍🙏
@kinowhyte52703 ай бұрын
Most informative video very educational ❤it
@IgorStropnik3 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏
@kinowhyte52703 ай бұрын
@@IgorStropnik would love to do a collaboration vlog here in Bahamas
@IgorStropnik3 ай бұрын
@@kinowhyte5270 👍
@AllenMichaelsVlogs7 ай бұрын
Awesome! Let me know if you need crew. I'm in West Palm Beach
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏👍🍻
@SailingZeekamel6 ай бұрын
Veliko informacij, ampak se pa tudi ponavljaš veliko :D sicer pa super vsebina, informativno
@IgorStropnik6 ай бұрын
Hvala 🙏🙌👍🍻
@hbpilot707 ай бұрын
Great video, learning so much ! Love your sense of humor. Just one question, when you look at the depth on the Raymarine, does it show the depth from the waterline or the position of the sensor ?
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏 I took a line and measured distance from ground to keel and than calculated that 1,1m on Raymarine is when we hit ground. You can probably calibrate also.
@hbpilot707 ай бұрын
Thanks ! Please continue making these videos. 😊
@mvakleko7 ай бұрын
Good video Igor. I am glad you took locals advice but most importantly used your experience to know that the passage will just be fine. Many NA sailors and boat people are way too conservative and scared to do any real sailing unless they sail under 100% ideal conditions. They like getting stuck in the weeds of their training constraints holding them back from actual experience and they love talking about how much they cant do it and how much you shouldn't either.
@mvakleko7 ай бұрын
I especially love the comment that "could do it with a hobie cat" we know you can...I hope you do it and send these so called sailors some very sailing refreshing advice 😂
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏 We met many of those sailors in marinas waiting for flat water.
@mvakleko7 ай бұрын
@@IgorStropnik hahaaa I love it 🤣 great comment
@memekulittv51647 ай бұрын
That's my dream of Sailing ❤
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
You can do it 👍
@memekulittv51647 ай бұрын
@@IgorStropnik maybe in the second life 🥰
@u235u235u2356 ай бұрын
can you use manual navigation in case your instruments fail?
@IgorStropnik6 ай бұрын
Yes sextant, compass, paper charts. But your backup phones with charts have to fail also. There is more chance that whole GPS system in space fails.
@roidigitalggroup17214 ай бұрын
so beautiful
@maximlevchenko7969Ай бұрын
which catamaran is better - Leopard 50 vs Neel 51
@IgorStropnikАй бұрын
Leopard 50
@user-hv2hn6gp4v6 ай бұрын
Interested to know how the sunken seating area copes with a big wave?
@IgorStropnik6 ай бұрын
If you get that big wave than you are where you shouldn’t be.
@texmexbbq7085Ай бұрын
Are the couple you are with in this video the owners of the boat?
@IgorStropnikАй бұрын
Can’t talk about who owns it.
@RGF567 ай бұрын
Interesting vid again . Might want to revise the HP claim at 4.30 min. "Twice 800HP " ! Opps
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
🫣😃80hp. just checking who is paying attention 😃🙌
@pstive7 ай бұрын
Great video, very informative as always! Btw, which headsets are you using?
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏 Headset review is in How to sail Catamaran 4. Holyland.
@pstive7 ай бұрын
Thnx! 🙏 I'll check it out.
@pred79497 ай бұрын
1:35:18 - are you sure you said beach?? hahaha lol
@roko16819436 ай бұрын
Igore koji ti je najbolji dio jadrana za jedrenje? juzni dio Dubrovnik, ili srednji Split ili od Rijeke prema jugu ? Hvala
@IgorStropnik6 ай бұрын
Cjela obala. Istra za preljepe gradove a losa sidrista, kvarner je preljep i manja guzva, oko splita ljepi gradovi, sidrista ali guzva, oko zadra super maestral bez vala i zastiteno, juzno od hvara preljepo sve i manja guzva od mljeta prema jugu. Susac nema nikoga i preljepo.
@dano56587 ай бұрын
Have you ever sailed a Gunboat catamaran? If so, what was it like..
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Not yet.
@JurasPresentations7 ай бұрын
Legenda!
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
🙌🍻
@ThePpaulmvp7 ай бұрын
what are the chair names? 🤣
@mikewalker10817 ай бұрын
Great video, new subscriber, wife and i are really interested in pursuing a sailing life in retirement and I’m leaning toward the Leopards. Can two people sail the 50 or would the 45 be better suited? Thx!
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏 50 is much better boat than 45. Two people can sail it and size difference makes no difference.
@mikewalker10817 ай бұрын
@@IgorStropnik thx!
@u235u235u2356 ай бұрын
you recommend always wearing PFD while sailing?
@IgorStropnik6 ай бұрын
It’s like seat belt in car.
@SailingSeahorse20266 ай бұрын
Anyone know what brand tender that is?
@IgorStropnik6 ай бұрын
Blackfisk
@DerekAlexander-yv9dr7 ай бұрын
Right On MF! You have built a great life for yourself!
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
🍻👍🙌
@laurence96957 ай бұрын
Great video, interesting review on the Leopard 50. I don't get the idea of a 3rd sun deck. The other two are already fabulous. It just adds extreme weight and makes the thing top heavy. A performance boat it isn't, after watching Sailing AWEN just vlog daily across the Atlantic on an Outremer 52, and getting 10 to 12 knots in 15 knots wind. I agree with you that the foot control on the electric winches are not great. They can be stepped on accidentally, and get lost in the sheets. Easy to wrap around a foot and create an accident. I look forward to your next videos.
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Thanks 🙏. It is designed for charter and comfort over performance.
@pred79497 ай бұрын
you must be on the spectrum if you thought it was valid to compare outremer and leopard
@hbpilot707 ай бұрын
Just did a charter on a leopard 46. The top deck is awesome in the evening to have a drink under the stars. Thought it was also nice while sailing.
@claudiof.barbano55307 ай бұрын
How is the bimini/tent on the Flybridge? To open it you have to spread out the boom? It seems very short, no?
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Lift the boom. Once bimini is open you can lower boom back.
@claudiof.barbano55307 ай бұрын
@@IgorStropnik thanks, but how tall is inside the open bimini?
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
@@claudiof.barbano5530 For sitting is perfect.
@tj78707 ай бұрын
review a mumby 48!
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Ok 👍
@vincentbrault67307 ай бұрын
WTF, is this an ad for Leopard??? What about an instructional video, back to earlier high-quality videos! TY
@claudiof.barbano55307 ай бұрын
Very scared owners, safety lines everywhere and life jackets on all time 😂
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
That is my demand 😂 I like owners having life jackets as easier to pick them up if they fall in the water.
@claudiof.barbano55307 ай бұрын
@@IgorStropnik safety first, although I find very unlikely to fall off a catamaran under normal weather conditions
@ThorfinnurPetur7 ай бұрын
800 hp ?
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
80hp 😀
@boydwood61047 ай бұрын
They can synchronize bridges but not traffic lights. 😢
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Has to be bad traffic in summer when a lot of boats are passing.
@JohnBraman4137 ай бұрын
have a link for the chairs?
@IgorStropnik6 ай бұрын
Posted few times in comments.
@claudiof.barbano55307 ай бұрын
Better this Leopard or FP Saona?
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
Leopard
@calvingarrett32457 ай бұрын
Go sail it hate a boat tour damn
@beargraham52457 ай бұрын
🐻💙💙💙💯
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
🙌🍻
@DarkSevariant7 ай бұрын
800 Horsepower...
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
80 😃
@user-gu6nj8wo1p7 ай бұрын
Нормально 👌
@johntripp20287 ай бұрын
Igor , do you know what luck is. Well you had it on this day. It wasn’t seamanship. Listen to local knowledge. I have made that trip several times and you simply got lucky. It did not have time to build. So stop telling people to go ahead and try it. It is far better to not risk it. You are setting up others to fail. Possibly lose their boat or worse. You are doing sailors a disservice.
@IgorStropnik7 ай бұрын
After days analysing weather forecasts I decided to sail with having option of return if local knowledge would come true. That’s what I call seamanship. Luck is when you don’t check forecast and you have no option of return.
@eccentricsmithy27464 ай бұрын
Dude just talks and talks and talks...can we just enjoy the sailing?
@DarkSevariant7 ай бұрын
The new gadget in his life vest. ResQLink AIS Personal Locator Beacon - $519.95
@deepz000ne5 ай бұрын
i like your sunglasses , whats the model ?
@IgorStropnik5 ай бұрын
Julbo
@deepz000ne5 ай бұрын
@@IgorStropnik SHIELD OCEAN MASTER ?
@IgorStropnik5 ай бұрын
@@deepz000ne regular mountain glasses. Polarised and fotocromatic.