So glad I found you, Capt. I have just over a year left before I embark on my last item of my bucket list. Crossing Atlantic on catamaran, solo. Thanks to you I might change the destination in Europe to that beautiful wine cellar in Croatia. Thank you for all your advice and tips.

Ahoy, Captain Stropnik, Congratulations for yet another demonstration of simplicity, excellence and passion for the art of seamanship. Thanks for sharing your experience and the wonders of your Croatia. Fair winds!

Hi Captain! I'm going through this series of videos and they are ALL AMAZING! Pure knowledge! Love the passion and detailed instructions you provide. While I already got my credentials and love chartering bareboat, I would definitely love to spend a week if you ever do a delivery, learning from you. What a Great way to teach sailing! Amazing Job and thank you for your time doing these videos!

I love the way you present this video. I is not a class just you talking out of experience what works for you, with lots of practical examples. So thank you very much.

Just genius. A mountain of little tips, all extremely valuable. I love the dinghy ones. Thank you for sharing your expertise.

Hvala Igore! Jako poucan video. Kao i svi tvoji. ❤

Hello Igor!Nice to see a fellow pro skipper sharing his knowledge! Most if all of these tips needs years of experience ( theory is good but practice is better). The more knowledge you pass to bare boaters the easier and safer our job will be. Nice talking to you again,keep up your good work!!!

Glad to see that you've posted a new video! Really interesting how you compare the catamarans to the mono-hulls. Also, that area of the world is just so beautiful. I'm about an hour into this one, but I'll watch all the way through over the next day or two. Thanks again for posting.

You are the best! You explain everything in such great detail! Thanks.

This is just so amazing. I can watch this over and over and over again. Never styop with these video and crossing oceans. If i had ZAR 200 000.00 i would come to croatia and charter a boat with you as skipper and then for a week you open your knowledge to me, and my wif and kids can have fun in the process.

Amazing! Best Catamaran learning video on this planet 👍

We missed you, welcome back. Another great video as always

Greetings Captain Igor, Many thanks for your time and sharing your knowledge. My bucket list item is to buy a used Cat and sail her in the Caribbean. you have great in depth practical knowledge and I like the way you question the designers in fundamentals. it's very important that they take it back to the drawing board. Kudos. safe travels. Croatia is Def on my list now, thanks to you.

Excellent training video … I’m very interested in getting into sailing and this has shown me that “I can do this!”. Lots to learn of course, but your teaching makes it easy to follow. Thanks 😊

1:04:35 eeek standing on the roof hatch :D Thanks for the great educating sailing videos, I started to watch them all!

Excellent video Igor, so much detail and I really do learn a lot!! Cheers Nigel 😃

Igor- one of your best videos-awesome!!!

Love your passion along with your communication skills.

Hey Igor, great to see you putting another video out there for us! Hope all is well with you :)

Thank you for informing us this interesting topic. Beautiful boat.

Great video, lots of useful information. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing your expertize!

very comprehensive and well done, well explained video!

Excellent video again mate, well done.

Thank you for the information. The only channel I have found that is not selfie oriented. This is about sailing. When we come to Croatia maybe we can meet up for a cocktail at Rendezvous.

Thank you for sharing your knowledge, amazing videos 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Thank you for this video Igor!

Thanks for these informative videos! Do you have one showing you reefing/unrewding the main while on the way? Thanks!

I love how you lock the wheel and use engines to move around.

Igor, do not be afraid of a 4:11 video! We love it! Deeper understanding takes time. Sucks that you have to sail a Lagoon, but se le vie. I look forward to your Gun Boat video!

A very nice video/good content. There are always things we can learn from more seasoned skippers. I love Croatian seas, still peaceful and relaxing. Though I've never sailed a cat yet.

4 hours of joy. Sitting indoors in the rain. LEARNING. T.Y.

9:49 Great attitude as always Igor. Really enjoying your videos, Craig from Australia 🫡

Amazing work! Congratulations and thank you for sharing! Any plans to do a docking tutorial? The way you explain things leads me to believe that it would be extremely useful as well! Just like your videos up to now.

Igor, great video, thanks for sending all the tips and tricks. I do like the Med Mooring as we don’t do a great deal of that in the Caribbean. I’m sad we did not get to make the trip across the Atlantic on my new Aura 51. I would love to set up time for you to come over and do a Video on the new F&P 51 to hear your feedback. Cheers and keep up the great videos! it’s also amazing how many folks were on this boat during filming!

Svaka čast za pristno, profesionalno razlago, katero marsikdo ne osvoji nikoli.....

Those mooring buoys have a metal rod inside, it's not very tick and often corroded. If You want to feel safe, attach Your mooring lines under the buoy, where it's chain is. A bit more difficult and dirt, but if You expect heavier conditions, well worth it.

Changing sails like on a raceboat 👍💪 and the selftacking setup is only good for upwind performance, like the sail is more close to the center, so you can sail harder to the wind (as the charter boats have no barber for the jib/genoa)

Dziękujemy.

Thanks!

Hi Igor, fantastic informative video as always. Quick question . On mooring with a buoy, could you not use the bridal? It is already connected to the right part of the boat.

Hi, great video! Do you also have an idea for the following problem? I would like to use an anchor buoy in crowded bays. But on the Isla 40 by Fountaine Pajot, the anchor is behind the trampoline, so you can't get to the anchor from the boat.

A very suitable size of the light genova for comfortable opening and closing. The pinon is too long for the light genova size of 100 m2. You can shorten pinon by at least 1/2. There will be les problems in narrow marinas.

Hi Igor, great video. How did you do the variation on that bowline knot you used at the bottom of the dinghy?

@40:48 I've never known the props to turn when the engine is off and you are in forward or reverse. Would putting it in forward solve the water pump issue I wonder? Folding props for the win.

So so very thankful for your videos, such a blessing. Kindly please comment why wouldn't you use bridal/epsilon to connect to the mooring? Other comment, would really watch and learn from your videos about sailing Lagoon catamaran in strong winds and high waves. And also safety videos (man overboard operations, broken rudder, avoiding lighting). Once again thank you so very much for your videos. Your videos should be a must to see for charter clients, so they could have more fun and less negative experiences.

And use a anchor alarm instead of anchor as a back when moored on a bouy , anchor will damage reef , the bouy is there in many places where anchoring is not allowed

HEY IGOR always good info and knowledge keep making youtube thumbs up :) a little info from me Viking when you change all filters write the date on a tab so you know when it's time to change and maybe service ah have a good and safe day from Viking😀

Thanks for sharing your experience! Is the rainman a12V or 220V version? I‘m just switching from a Sunbeam44 to a catamaran, not decided which one. In which video you are discussing bridge deck clearance on a CAT? By the way I like the Konoba Arsenol very much, too. Best regards from Austria and fair winds.

Thanks so much for this video. When you lock the wheel when you come into the dock do you lock it one side or the other? Or centered? Also why lock it? Will the rudders move if not?

thanks for your demonstration and i would like to know more if possiable

Thanks

52:54 - Hi Igor, what is that downhaul line you use when dropping the mainsail? Is that attached to head of mainsail? Does it run outside the mast? I haven’t seen one of these before but I like it 😉 Thanks for another great video 👍

Hi Igor, I plan on winning a very large lottery this week, over a billion dollars. I just want to let you know I will be contacting you very soon to see if you have time to assist me in purchasing and teaching me to sail the oceans on a very special yacht. After watching all your videos, I don't think there's anyone better suited for the job. I haven't decided yet if it will be a multihull or a large schooner of some sort. What would your choice be if you wanted to live the rest of your life on the water and price was no object? 🤣

for any boat that size they should have digital throttles. so you can have a remote. they use a control box to shift and accelerate at the engine so wireless and wired controls are possible.

Use your bridal or "epsilon" from your anchor for the bouy

Went to Croatia many years before and during the war. The best place for water sport, great food and wonderful people. Looking forward to come back. Great video this. Don’t like the boat, strange helm position weird code zero shape. Most lagoons have crooked cabinets and flimsy steering systems.. other than that: great video

You need a crew for 1 or 2 weeks this winter? 10 years as machine marine engineer on north atlantic.

Okay so up sizing your lines is similar to up sizing your battery cables. they last longer and have way less stress. makes since to me.

do you redo the mooring ropes when the tide changes?

Igor, I'm jot sure how things work, but if I was there I would be making an effort to give you a hand, having lines ready and even having the platform at hand when your docking. Is there a reason why guests don't help?

Hi, where do you find those red dinghy fender?

Hi Igor - can you tack when the code zero is unfurled?

Danke!

For your trick with the anchor: How about coiling up some more chain on deck and secure it with a rope thin enough so it is destroyed when the anchor starts to really put load on it? Just an idea...

Hi Igor, what make is the passerella.

Do dropping anchor damage the reef? isn't that why they have the buoys? Will one get in trouble with the local law, even the buoy broken?

Hi Igor, your water hose impres me :) Can you send model and where I can buy such thing. Thank you.

What is the name of the material used for that code 0? Thanks

When was this filmed, which month?

I am a bit confused: Yanmar says in the manual for their SD60 saildrive on page 18 clearly that you can go into reverse.

Do you name the two bow lines EPSILON?

I giggle a little when ever you say cleat

@20:08 I can't see that being a real problem if you have your topping lift and main sheet reasonably tight, helping the shrouds do their job. Its all about balance and dispersing loads...

@3:48 Why not just replace the factory bridle with quality line that won't break? Under all but storm conditions a factory bridle is just fine for a mooring ball. I still do what Igor does but it seems excessive.

BabaBueee.....

Anchor in possidonia no!! We have to protect this plant!

I watch sailing channels all the time. almost every boat with self taking have to short of tracking rails, they need .5-.75 meter more on each side. would have less load on the sails and produce more speed. makes me think they get kick backs from the sail companies when they fail sooner.

Monohauls use 2 lines to moor, not one.

Hi Igor great video, fyi these guys are attaching a bridle on a lagoon without additional cleats, not easy to see how but appears to be eyelets where trampoline meets hulls, would that work for buoy also?: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n8WDpNCZtZrMgIk.html

Only 4 houres

Lesson 1, buy a real catamaran, one that can actually sail at reasonable speeds. Condomarans take forever to get anywhere...... You keep saying it's not a racing boat but all good cruising boats have dedicated sheet winches and separate halyard winches. Lagoons are cheap boats that cut every corner possible, especially when it comes to sail handling. I only got 15mins in but your advice is novice at best. I suggest anyone that wants to go cruising should join a club and sail on club racing yachts, you will learn more in one season than you will in five years of cruising.

Why not use a Spinnaker or Parasailor downwind?

Thanks!