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After two seasons sailing our new Fountaine Pajot catamaran we decided to switch to an Outremer performance catamaran to continue our liveaboard cruising project on a sailboat. We didn’t know how we wanted to cruise until we got out there and did it and realized we were on the wrong platform to sail the way we wanted to for a circumnavigation. In this video we share how we got here, the lessons we learned and why we made the change.
For more detail on our full story, please visit Covert Castaway podcast anywhere you listen or stream from our blog directly at:
https://www.sailingawen.com/covert-castaway-podcast
Special thanks to:
Nick Hathaway at 45 Degrees sailing for teaching us the ‘ropes’ on med mooring and so much more.
Loic Kerbrat from Yacht Tech International for all your help in those early days.
Andy and Mia from 59 North for demystifying blue water passages.
https://www.59-north.com/
Delos crew, The O’Kellys and The Wynns for inspiring us from the beginning!
And our kids, our family and our friends for supporting our crazy dreams.
Songs by Epidemic Sound
— Chapters —
00:00 Intro
01:06 Our story
01:54 A serious life moment
02:50 Serious planning
03:34 Checking the boat in La Rochelle, France
03:52 Downsizing
04:07 Start of Covert Castaway
04:14 Building our sailing experience
04:43 Meetup with Saona owners in Italy
05:06 Commissioning
05:17 Covid happened
05:28 Commissioning – part 2
06:08 Casting off – Cruising the Med
06:42 Season 1 summary
06:59 Start of Season 2
07:15 Croatia
08:22 Greece
09:03 Turkey
10:18 Lessons Learned
11:20 Outremer dreams
12:13 Outremer test sail
13:40 For Sale
15:14 Back home
15:23 What’s next for us
17:24 Next episode
17:32 Virtual tour