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  • production Strider 24

  • plywood Romany 34

  • lightweight 14ft Zeta mainhull

  • Strike 15 trimaran at speed

  • 28ft Skoota in British Columbia

  • 10ft 2 sheet ply Duo dinghy

  • 24ft Strider sailing fast

  • 36ft Mirage open deck catamaran

Our Romany sailing fast to windward (8 knots) with one reef during our first Bahamas cruise. See our articles starting HERE or in the Useful Articles section to the left

Spectacular Bahamian anchorage, note the bridgedeck clearance and the scarcely visible nacelle. Despite being a liveaboard cruiser Romany is still floating above its marks

 

 

using a barber hauler on the genoa sheet to reduce sail twist. See how safe and easy it is to go forward, no climbing over a cabin roof, no need to go near the edge of the boat

Our beautiful Dave Calvert mainsail helped us get the most from Romany

Launch day! (with borrowed sails)

A round bilge Romany in a UK creek

These next few photos are of an Indian Romany, cruising off SW India. See the pdf logbook HERE

 

 

Greeting the sun... The catwalk also makes it easy and comfortable to anchor