Best video I have watched in years, I have no idea how to sail but I swear I’m going out and buying a Leopard 50 and sailing the world⚓️🌴😃 just amazing 🙏🏻😎

@IgorStropnik

Ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏🙌🍻 You can do it 👍

Guess who's back, back again? Igor's back, tell a friend! ;)

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

🙌🍻👍

Man thank god I found your channel again. I watch every one of your vids! Love them all.

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Happy New Year to all the subscribers of Igor! Happy Sailing Captain Igor!!!

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Happy new year 👍🙌🍻🙏

Igor, with you I would cruise anywhere (well, almost anywhere).

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Brilliant sailing and super informative as usual Igor. Looks like Great Sale Cay was a rocket / satellite tracking station back in the day. 👍

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏🙌🍻

i love Igor's channel. better than the others. the other sailing channels seem to have become Softporn Doodles recently ;-)

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏🙌🍻

A very nice video. Looking forward to parts 2-4! However, as for myself, the Croatian Adriatic coast is much more beautiful and exciting.

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

🙏🙌🍻👍

@mikesh8968

4 ай бұрын

Not 4 me.....2 many Croatian crooks running the marine police..... They arested. MY boat saying I crossed some imaginary line...demanded 2500 in case to release the yacth......well I got a realy bad temper ...few calls landed me in the office of the a big guy.....he actually showed up with me. ....they start apologize and said it was a mistake....f go pro said it wasn't.....after they released my yacth ....we went to pay a visit to the guy running the scam.....he learned. So the hell with Croatia. View is great ....ppl are ok food great.....officials are scams galore.

Thanks Igor. Interesting adventures as always. And thanks for the boat review ☀⛵ ⚡

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏🙌🍻

Great vid thanks. Refreshing to watch pure sailing videos.

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

That's one way to spend the winter. Great video Igor!

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏🙌🍻

Well that was not the last shallow passage, we did a lot in Bahamas but endet up where you start before we head to the North! The current makes anchoring challenging and docking also. Great place to be, we will be back in February downsail from Annapolis 👍🏻

Thank you Igor for making these great videos! 🙏

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

You make wonderful videos, please keep making them!

@IgorStropnik

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Is this a vacation trip or did you het hired as a skipper?

Great video! I always learn so much watching you. Thank you!

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Great show, Igor, thank you.

@IgorStropnik

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Super great video. I am looking forward to see 3 other parts. Great job and good luck.

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Excellent. A great virtual crew ride along.

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Been waiting for you to review a Leopard. Thanks for the video

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏🙌🍻

The UKC is depth under the keel. The depth on the chart is to the water line, and then you can add the tide. If you are reading 2.5m UKC then add your draft (1.5m?) = depth of water of 4.0m - the tide = chart datum.

in the Bahamas now, there were sailboats waiting for weeks to cross because of the hyper-conservative "no north component" rule. Such a simple-minded generalization. We waved at them all anchored off Miami as we left in December for one of the best crossings we've had. I think some are still waiting 🙂

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Good job 👍 Not easy to go when everybody is waiting and telling you stories of big waves and monsters.

Great video!

@IgorStropnik

3 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

I saw you guys at Browns. I distinctly remember that solar arch set up with the long support tubes. We stayed one night at Fisherman's village and the rest at Bimini cove. Both have floating docks. I have a dinghy that looks almost exactly like that one, but I bought it directly from the manufacturer. There are usually like 7-9 bull sharks that hang around there, mostly at Big Game.

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

🙌👍🍻 Sharks there are impressive.

Grande Igor,ti seguo sempre

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏🍻

Great video

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏

Thanks Igor!

@IgorStropnik

3 ай бұрын

Welcome 🙏

Awesome journey & documentary, TY 👍🏽! Maybe once completed you could share an exported track through the Bahamas? ✌🏽

@IgorStropnik

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏 Good idea 👍

Really cool tec. to track a rain squall ! You seem to really like the Leopard since you are normally pointing out more things you would change.

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Only more sails and flybridge missing.

Depth transducer is usually set to zero at bottom of starboard hull on Leopards. So if you see 1.3 meters for example, that's what you have under the keel. Cheers.

so beautiful

Most informative video very educational ❤it

@IgorStropnik

23 күн бұрын

Thanks 🙏

@kinowhyte5270

23 күн бұрын

@@IgorStropnik would love to do a collaboration vlog here in Bahamas

@IgorStropnik

23 күн бұрын

@@kinowhyte5270 👍

We visited West End when it was Jack Tarr resort.

I can't get over that not being an actual flybridge. Just put the wheel up there Leopard!!!!!

Igor, so glad you re back! Great Content! Question: on the Nautitech 46 you said it was very silent and well build, and now you sound very happy with the Leopard 50 for similar reasons. Which are your Top 3 best Catamarans you’ve sailed so far? Thank you! Always your student!

@IgorStropnik

3 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏 Lagoon 52, Saona 47, Leopard 50.

Hay there from Texas, I have an answer to your Question. You asked in how to sail a catamaran 2, How is it safe to sail the cat SAFELY on only a head sail? The answer is by using a 3/8 inch dinema line as your boom uphill line and center your boom trailer and last add 2 preventer lines from the boom to the ends of the trailer rail.😊

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Hi 🙌, good idea 👍. I hope bum halyard pulley on top of mast is strong enough. Or just installed running stays.

I feel as I was there!

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

🙌🍻👍🙏

Hvala Igore, od tebe sam puno naucio I jos ucim. Vec par godina sam u stanju da jedrim katamarane po Jadranu sa familijom. San mi je jednom napraviti dugo putovanje ali o tome bi bilio dobro prije poslusati tvoje misljenje o zivotu na brodu. Kako god, uvijek se cudim kako su tvoji domaćini hladni i ne prihvaćaju tvoje dobre šale. Možda je to samo kad znaju da snimaš. Ja da imam novce i brod, zvao bih te da nas voziš samo da popijemo nešto zajedno i pričamo o avanturama. Na kraju, zavidim ti na tom životu i mislim da taj koncept mogu preporučiti i svojim klincima, koji se polako približavaju punoljetnosti. Hvala još jednom i sve najbolje?

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Hvala 🙏 Sretno 🙌👍

It's cool that your raymarine turns dark, when the sun goes down.

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Have to do it manually and is way to complicated…

Igor, where did you buy those paddleboard seats? Great video by the way. Cheers, Martijn

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏 On boat show but check if you can see on video the name of chairs. I am not on board.

Great video, learning so much ! Love your sense of humor. Just one question, when you look at the depth on the Raymarine, does it show the depth from the waterline or the position of the sensor ?

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏 I took a line and measured distance from ground to keel and than calculated that 1,1m on Raymarine is when we hit ground. You can probably calibrate also.

@hbpilot70

4 ай бұрын

Thanks ! Please continue making these videos. 😊

Veliko informacij, ampak se pa tudi ponavljaš veliko :D sicer pa super vsebina, informativno

@IgorStropnik

3 ай бұрын

Hvala 🙏🙌👍🍻

1:35:18 - are you sure you said beach?? hahaha lol

That's my dream of Sailing ❤

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

You can do it 👍

@memekulittv5164

4 ай бұрын

@@IgorStropnik maybe in the second life 🥰

Nice video Igor. I think this Leopard could use a bigger sailplan. The speed is terrible at 14knots wind

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏 More sails 👍

I have lived in Hawaii, California and Florida. People in Florida just dont experience high surf and seas like CA and Hawaii so their idea of rough seas or high seas might not conform to others. However, the day you went was pretty calm compared to how rough it "can" get in that area. I have seen far worse in that area than what you experienced.

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Exactly 👍🙌

Interested to know how the sunken seating area copes with a big wave?

@IgorStropnik

3 ай бұрын

If you get that big wave than you are where you shouldn’t be.

Might also be rocking forward and backward, thanks for feedback

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

🙌🍻👍

38:00 I learnt a new trick!

@IgorStropnik

5 күн бұрын

😃🙌🍻

Legenda!

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

🙌🍻

Hi Igor. Is this boat can go 30% from the wind speed. Am I right? I’m asking because I search optimal cruising cat.

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Same as other cruising catamarans. They don’t like sharp upwind.

Awesome! Let me know if you need crew. I'm in West Palm Beach

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏👍🍻

Great video, new subscriber, wife and i are really interested in pursuing a sailing life in retirement and I’m leaning toward the Leopards. Can two people sail the 50 or would the 45 be better suited? Thx!

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏 50 is much better boat than 45. Two people can sail it and size difference makes no difference.

@mikewalker1081

4 ай бұрын

@@IgorStropnik thx!

what are the chair names? 🤣

Great video, very informative as always! Btw, which headsets are you using?

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏 Headset review is in How to sail Catamaran 4. Holyland.

@pstive

4 ай бұрын

Thnx! 🙏 I'll check it out.

when batteries are advanced enough to store 10x what they do now per KG of battery, and rechargeable on solar panels, few will use sails. sails will just be a backup.

@IgorStropnik

3 ай бұрын

You will use sails to charge batteries via propeller as it’s faster than solar. And to stabilise the boat. But you are correct 👍 not many will actually sail in future. And no anchoring as your electric pods propellers will keep you in position like big boats do.

@u235u235u235

3 ай бұрын

@@IgorStropnik good point

Interesting vid again . Might want to revise the HP claim at 4.30 min. "Twice 800HP " ! Opps

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

🫣😃80hp. just checking who is paying attention 😃🙌

Igore koji ti je najbolji dio jadrana za jedrenje? juzni dio Dubrovnik, ili srednji Split ili od Rijeke prema jugu ? Hvala

@IgorStropnik

3 ай бұрын

Cjela obala. Istra za preljepe gradove a losa sidrista, kvarner je preljep i manja guzva, oko splita ljepi gradovi, sidrista ali guzva, oko zadra super maestral bez vala i zastiteno, juzno od hvara preljepo sve i manja guzva od mljeta prema jugu. Susac nema nikoga i preljepo.

can you use manual navigation in case your instruments fail?

@IgorStropnik

3 ай бұрын

Yes sextant, compass, paper charts. But your backup phones with charts have to fail also. There is more chance that whole GPS system in space fails.

If you were to judge, was it a perfect sailing day? ;-)

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

😃🙌🍻👍

How is the bimini/tent on the Flybridge? To open it you have to spread out the boom? It seems very short, no?

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Lift the boom. Once bimini is open you can lower boom back.

@claudiof.barbano5530

4 ай бұрын

@@IgorStropnik thanks, but how tall is inside the open bimini?

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

@@claudiof.barbano5530 For sitting is perfect.

you recommend always wearing PFD while sailing?

@IgorStropnik

3 ай бұрын

It’s like seat belt in car.

Have you ever sailed a Gunboat catamaran? If so, what was it like..

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Not yet.

Anyone know what brand tender that is?

@IgorStropnik

3 ай бұрын

Blackfisk

have a link for the chairs?

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Posted few times in comments.

Right On MF! You have built a great life for yourself!

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

🍻👍🙌

review a mumby 48!

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Ok 👍

Better this Leopard or FP Saona?

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Leopard

Very scared owners, safety lines everywhere and life jackets on all time 😂

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

That is my demand 😂 I like owners having life jackets as easier to pick them up if they fall in the water.

@claudiof.barbano5530

4 ай бұрын

@@IgorStropnik safety first, although I find very unlikely to fall off a catamaran under normal weather conditions

Great video, interesting review on the Leopard 50. I don't get the idea of a 3rd sun deck. The other two are already fabulous. It just adds extreme weight and makes the thing top heavy. A performance boat it isn't, after watching Sailing AWEN just vlog daily across the Atlantic on an Outremer 52, and getting 10 to 12 knots in 15 knots wind. I agree with you that the foot control on the electric winches are not great. They can be stepped on accidentally, and get lost in the sheets. Easy to wrap around a foot and create an accident. I look forward to your next videos.

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏. It is designed for charter and comfort over performance.

@pred7949

4 ай бұрын

you must be on the spectrum if you thought it was valid to compare outremer and leopard

@hbpilot70

4 ай бұрын

Just did a charter on a leopard 46. The top deck is awesome in the evening to have a drink under the stars. Thought it was also nice while sailing.

800 hp ?

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

80hp 😀

🐻💙💙💙💯

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

🙌🍻

Нормально 👌

Go sail it hate a boat tour damn

Good video Igor. I am glad you took locals advice but most importantly used your experience to know that the passage will just be fine. Many NA sailors and boat people are way too conservative and scared to do any real sailing unless they sail under 100% ideal conditions. They like getting stuck in the weeds of their training constraints holding them back from actual experience and they love talking about how much they cant do it and how much you shouldn't either.

@mvakleko

4 ай бұрын

I especially love the comment that "could do it with a hobie cat" we know you can...I hope you do it and send these so called sailors some very sailing refreshing advice 😂

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏 We met many of those sailors in marinas waiting for flat water.

@mvakleko

4 ай бұрын

@@IgorStropnik hahaaa I love it 🤣 great comment

They can synchronize bridges but not traffic lights. 😢

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

Has to be bad traffic in summer when a lot of boats are passing.

800 Horsepower...

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

80 😃

WTF, is this an ad for Leopard??? What about an instructional video, back to earlier high-quality videos! TY

Igor , do you know what luck is. Well you had it on this day. It wasn’t seamanship. Listen to local knowledge. I have made that trip several times and you simply got lucky. It did not have time to build. So stop telling people to go ahead and try it. It is far better to not risk it. You are setting up others to fail. Possibly lose their boat or worse. You are doing sailors a disservice.

@IgorStropnik

4 ай бұрын

After days analysing weather forecasts I decided to sail with having option of return if local knowledge would come true. That’s what I call seamanship. Luck is when you don’t check forecast and you have no option of return.

Dude just talks and talks and talks...can we just enjoy the sailing?

i like your sunglasses , whats the model ?

@IgorStropnik

2 ай бұрын

Julbo

@deepz000ne

2 ай бұрын

@@IgorStropnik SHIELD OCEAN MASTER ?

@IgorStropnik

2 ай бұрын

@@deepz000ne regular mountain glasses. Polarised and fotocromatic.

The new gadget in his life vest. ResQLink AIS Personal Locator Beacon - $519.95