Fantastic demonstration with highly variable winds. Really shows, in a short period of time, why you want a performance boat that can do well in more conditions. Beautiful video. Thanks! Great narration by Dean.
You know, you should really document a passage delivery from Cape Town to Grenada with the stops in St. Helena and Fernando...maybe on Hull 29 that's coming up next! 🙂
This is just the warm up. Gotta get those camera angles just right 😅. But you're on the mark about capturing the ultimate "Balance Shake Down". And if you'll have me, let's make it happen. 😁😁
@@richardburger3350 absolutely, great question. At the narrowest point between the island and the mainland there are some really shallow banks. This is the reason for the sudden increase in swell. It's concentrated between the channel and then runs over the banks causing a very sudden wave height increase. Knowing this was coming up we raised the boards as a precaution. Normally we may not have raised them all the way in this exact location, but as this was a sea trial, we opted to raise them all the way to demonstrate that we can hold our course upwind through a narrow channel, even without the boards. These types of circumstances occur when people are looking for anchor around islands with shallow reefs. This was done here on this day to demonstrate the boats ability to perform safely through precarious situations, even if a board is lost. I'm sorry we didn't explain that in the video better, so thank you for asking.
Love those sails!
Fantastic demonstration with highly variable winds. Really shows, in a short period of time, why you want a performance boat that can do well in more conditions. Beautiful video. Thanks!
Great narration by Dean.
Well done young paarman, really love this, hope there are lots of future opportunities to create more balance content like this
Thank you... and yes, that's the idea. Hopefully sooner rather than later. Also, thank you very much for your awesome support in our channel.
Superb video. Make more like these!
You know, you should really document a passage delivery from Cape Town to Grenada with the stops in St. Helena and Fernando...maybe on Hull 29 that's coming up next! 🙂
This is just the warm up. Gotta get those camera angles just right 😅. But you're on the mark about capturing the ultimate "Balance Shake Down". And if you'll have me, let's make it happen. 😁😁
@@balancecatamarans Sounds good, we want to have a 4th for the passage! Are you in Cape Town in December, we could chat about it then 👍
@@kirkb3473 I'll be Cape Town. See you soon!
She's a real beauty. Boat also ;)
I’m a bit confused. Why would you raise the daggerboards when going 30 degrees upwind? That’s when they are most useful. Please explain.
@@richardburger3350 absolutely, great question.
At the narrowest point between the island and the mainland there are some really shallow banks. This is the reason for the sudden increase in swell. It's concentrated between the channel and then runs over the banks causing a very sudden wave height increase. Knowing this was coming up we raised the boards as a precaution. Normally we may not have raised them all the way in this exact location, but as this was a sea trial, we opted to raise them all the way to demonstrate that we can hold our course upwind through a narrow channel, even without the boards.
These types of circumstances occur when people are looking for anchor around islands with shallow reefs. This was done here on this day to demonstrate the boats ability to perform safely through precarious situations, even if a board is lost.
I'm sorry we didn't explain that in the video better, so thank you for asking.