Stitches + Balance Catamaran trifecta 442, 482 & 526
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- Опубліковано 18 вер 2024
- We left the BVIs heading to Saba, St Kitts, and Nevis with a great overnight sail. We did some awesome diving and touring, and then met up with a great group of Cruisers in Nevis -- which actually included two other Balance Catamarans (Umoya and Catalyst/482). After some great time on the water, we crossed over to Antigua, which we loved last season. During our stay at Green Island, a foil mishap had some more Balance owners (Alani) stitching Frank's foot. What a great community!
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We're Tif and Frank. In a significant act of vanity, we're making UA-cam video of our sailing exploits. In 2021, we sailed our Balance 526 Catamaran from Cape Saint Francis, South Africa to the island of Grenada in the Caribbean on a 30 day passage. Since then, we've been sailing up the islands exploring beautiful anchorages and meeting great people. Over the next few years, we'll be sailing through the Bahamas, San Blas, Panama, and across the Pacific. With any luck, eventually we'll sail around the world.
We're from Santa Cruz, California and grew up in and around the water. This is our third catamaran (we also had a Seawind 1000 and Catana 431) and eight boat (fishing boats, monohulls... boats tend to take over sometime!). We love fishing, stand-up paddle boarding, surfing and Tif has a yoga and workout addiction. It has been fun to learn to wingfoil, perfect our snorkeling skills, and watch others kitesurf (maybe someday we'll give it a try).
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Love it! Best one yet. 👍 sv Edisto
In the intro to the video I always admire how your wife breaks a bottle on an anchor)
Probably good with a baseball bat? Often used in family life?) a little joke)
I enjoyed watching all the videos. Thank you)
Lekker man lekker 🇿🇦
indeed
Just curious. What would you have done, had it not been for the two dentists/surgeons right next door?
We have the kit to do sutures and could have done it, and also carry dermabond skin glue. But, medical care was only a few hours away, so likely would have pulled anchor and went back to English Harbour, Antigua.
Yikes! And we just got our wing foil gear last month and ready to start learning the ropes, note to self, no kicking the foil!
Quick question, so you went with and extra set of the Antal cleats on the bow vs a padeye, is that just for when you pick up a mooring ball? Anything special you need to do when you have to move the tack of the Asym to the windward bow when reaching deep down wind? Do you use just soft shackles?
Cheers!
Yep. Mainly for moorings but also use soft shackles for spin guys.
@@SailingLittleBird cool, we are going to go the same route on our build 👍🏻. Hope you healed up and are out foiling again soon!
Ouch! Could you have done the stitches by yourselves?
We were talking about that. We have the medical supplies and some basic training... But none of us had done it before. Probably we would have steri-stripped it and weighed anchor for English Harbor about 4-5 hours away. At sea, we would have tried the stitches I'm sure.
@@SailingLittleBird I think liquid stitches (Glue) would have worked just as well. With less pain,