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Meet Sailing Instructor Mark Noneman – Catamarans!

October 10, 2022/by D Henderson

Meet pro Catamaran sailing instructor Mark Noneman of Calypso Sailing. Learn more about Mark, how he got started, and his advice to sailors.

Catamaran Qualification and Training

February 3, 2021/by Grant Headifen

How do I Switch to Skippering a Catamaran? We get this call almost every day – “I’ve been sailing a monohull for years and am confident. I want to take a catamaran on a sailing vacation. What does it take to switch to a catamaran? Do I need a Catamaran Certification?” Looking at switching over […]

How to rig a temporary Barber Hauler on a Catamaran

March 14, 2020/by Grant Headifen

Following on from last week’s excellent post by SVN Magazine on Barber Haulers, this week we show how to make your own very simple Barber Hauler while on a catamaran on a sailing vacation (or on your own catamaran). The issue is that the catamarans have their jibsheet track on the rooftop of the salon. […]

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 1

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is the start to a 10-day blog series sailing on a Lagoon 450 with the yacht charter company BVI Yacht Charters based in Road Town, British Virgin Islands. We used approximately the 10-day itinerary in the above google maps animation.

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 2

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is Day 2 of our sailing trip in the British Virgin Islands with BVI Yacht Charters on a Lagoon 450. Needing a little hair of the dog from Willie T’s, the crew elected to sail to Jost Van Dyke island for our next stop over in White Bay where the famous Soggy Dollar bar […]

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 3 and 4

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is day 3 and 4 of sailing in The BVI with BVI Yacht Charters on a Lagoon 450. DROP AND GIVE ME 20 yelled Jeff as we did mountain climbers, burpies, press ups and beach sprints for a morning workout. What a way to start a day and White Bay beach is the best […]

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 5

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

At the north west end of Cane Garden bay is the water and fuel dock. To start the day. we topped off with water and fuel and headed out for a sail up the north side of Tortola. The At the dock I filmed a couple of videos that we will be including in our […]

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 6

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is Day 6 of sailing in the BVI with BVI Yacht Charters for 10 days on a Lagoon 45 Catamaran In the morning we snorkeled the coral garden in the north east end of Savannah Bay for a second time. See day 5 for a quick underwater video of the coral. This area is […]

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days day 7

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is Day 7 of our trip to the British Virgin Islands with BVI Yacht Charters on a Lagoon 45 Catamaran. The reggae band the previous night sang a song that went something like “I crashed my car into a bridge and I don’t care” – kinda appropriate for my wake up call at 7:30 […]

Sailing in the British Virgin Islands for 10 days – day 8-9-10

October 3, 2016/by Grant Headifen

This is days 8, 9, and 10 of our 10 day sailing vacation in the British Virgin Islands with BVI Yacht Charters on a Lagoon 45 Catamaran. Day 8 Some of the crew needed to leave early and so we sailed from the idyllic Cooper Island to Roadtown so that they could meet an 11:30 ferry. We […]