Sailing Yabá · video

What this video covers

Ben and MP, the owners of the wooden boat Yabá, detail their backgrounds and sailing experience in response to audience questions. MP, born in Florianópolis, Brazil, grew up sailing on local schooners and later completed a four-day passage from Angra to Florianópolis on a 43-ft catamaran.15:49 Ben, born in the UK and raised in Australia, the Netherlands, and Belgium, gained experience on a 37-ft Grampian, a 31-ft Contest, and a Jeanneau 42, with additional time spent on various dinghies and a Weta trimaran.18:40 The couple plans to use Yabá as a platform for diving and family travel, with initial cruising goals focused on the Brazilian coast before potentially heading to the Caribbean.24:27 They emphasize that their restoration project aims to preserve traditional Brazilian boatbuilding techniques while creating a spacious vessel for aquatic activities.21:59

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