Following the Sanctuary Cove Boat Show last week, we took a few customers & the Seawind 1160 Lite out for a spin on the Sunshine State’s Gold Coast waters. It was the perfect day for a sail with the winds reasonably strong and our sails ready for action. The test sailors on board had sailed a couple of times before and were helping the guys tack. And steer.. Terry Jones on the bow explaining the Lite’s Genoa. Checking performance levels. It was great to be able to show the Lite’s advantage with lift & acceleration over the heavier models. Crew complete with Seawind Caps – how a Seawind should be sailed! We hope everyone enjoyed their sail just as much as we did. Don’t miss out on the next test sail after Sydney Boat show or alternatively contact us to book a test sail…

If you have been following the dramatic developments of the 34th Americas Cup, with 72ft hydro-foiling catamarans being tested, you may have witnessed video, (see below if you haven’t seen it), of the incredible capsize of defending Oracle Team USA 17 which pitch-polled in spectacular fashion, leaving the Aussie skipper Jimmy Spithill and his team to pick up the pieces and start again. Though this is incredible viewing and will make for a very nervous and intense racing series next September, I can already hear the traditionalist monohull sailors preaching again from their barstool, “I don’t sail catamarans, they capsize”. This type of broad sweeping statement is of course as much ignorance as it is nonsensical. For example, in the 400+ modern catamarans that Seawind have launched in the past 20 years, they have never had a boat capsize and now days you hear of…