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EP 3 - Taking my Catalina 30 HOME & my first time Sailing
December 8, 2022 · 17 min · 13K views
What this video covers
Andy completes his first passage from Dana Point to Long Beach in a 1978 Catalina 30 named Stoked.0:30 Accompanied by a crew member named George, he motors the vessel along the Southern California coast, passing Newport Pier and Huntington Beach while using Navionics for navigation.1:24 The transit concludes with a nighttime arrival at the Long Beach marina, where a local boater assists with docking after the crew struggles to locate their assigned slip in the dark.6:18 Following the arrival, Andy conducts his first sailing session with Captain Matty Black, raising the Genoa to practice tacking.8:31 During the maneuver, an old double-braid halyard frays and bunches inside a block, preventing the completion of the tack and ending the session.15:52 The experience highlights the importance of inspecting aging running rigging before attempting maneuvers under load.
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