This is Ed Farinelli and today we're gonna get out of the marina and try out our new
code zero the sale that we bought about two months ago our codezero sail finally arrived
we're gonna do a test sale later on to see how it performs uh on the boat but pretty much
this is the sail that we were missing here on JOY we have a Genneker sail that really serves us well
with 140 meters and this code zero is going to help us with uh angles a little bit tighter um
so this is going to be very good for next season so we're excited to test it
and we waited patiently for a day like this one
blue skies warmer temperatures great sea conditions and wind speed between 5 and 15 knots
but before leaving port let's get joy prepared
get the code zero out of the locker and prepare the flight bridge for navigation
remove all of the uv ray protectors install all the cushions back in place
and get the char plotter and all electronics ready to go
our winches are located all the way to the side i like to open the sides of the
fly bridge closure in order to make it easier when putting the sails up
it takes a little bit of preparation every time that you get out of the marina this time is no
different but it takes a little bit longer because we had uh covered all of our alliance here to be
protected by uh uv lights just removing the lines here making sure they are available so uh we can
raise the sails uh with uh no issues so once we get get back we uh we're gonna be protecting the
lines once again since we're gonna be here uh for about two more months in the winter time
that is just impressive the amount of dirt this sport that we have here in valencia blows here
into joy every i would say two to three weeks we have like a very black dusk all over joy
so we were like planning to leave and uh we're end up like uh cleaning joy a little bit more
because it's so much dirt all over and that's because i washed the entire boat two days ago
open it
so we put everything away including the big tv that we had here
and it's time to live port so we're gonna untie the lines and we're gonna
leave it on the deck because whenever we get back we want the lines over there so
we can throw it back into joy and that way we can make it much easier for us
now one thing to pay attention is the size of the pin you have on your furler
ours is a factor fx plus 4500 which have a 12 millimeter pin and the Sail came with a
10 millimeter hole meaning that i'll have to use adapter for today but we'll have a little
bit of work during the week in order to make this hole bigger that way the sail will fit perfectly
the idea today is to save various wind angles and speed i checked the forecast
before leaving the marine and it looks like we can divide the day-to-day in three parts
first we're gonna sail in light winds then the winds can start to pick up and in the middle
of the day we'll have around 10 knots as we get back to the marina in the afternoon we may see
wind speed up to 20 knots we will keep the cold zero up the entire time to see how it behaves
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and as predicted we had initially a light breeze with only six knots of wind
and we're super impressed here with uh how fast the boat goes with the code
zero uh for you guys to have an idea we're sailing here at that angle of 70 degrees
true wind speed at six knots and the boat is doing a speed of a ground of
five knots we don't have any currents or anything like that so uh this is gonna come very handy
uh during crossings because you know the sails are pretty much the engine of the sailboat so
we're very glad that we have done this uh this purchase and have on our set of sale code zero now
joy was moving along at almost five knots at 70 degree
make angle
this is perfect conditions and especially here at
the mediterranean sea i believe we will see many days like this one
not before long the wind started to pick up and it started to vary between 7 and 10 knots
that's when we try different angles like 50 degrees all the way to 90 degrees
we invited a great couple that are our neighbors here at the marina to sail today
Natacia and Marcelo the girls were just having a great time chatting
about their sailing experiences encounters with dolphins and whales along their journey
on the other hand me and marcelo were crossing our fingers
for the wind to increase a little more so we could see how the sail would behave
and sometimes you just got to be careful what you wish for the wind certainly did pick up
and in a matter of minutes we went from a light breeze of 6 knots to 12 knots then close to 20
knots of apparent wind enjoy was now moving along at a boat speed of close to 10 knots
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and we're back here in the marina and of course we're not able to film anything getting
into our slots because it always is kind of stressful as we were getting here into the marina
uh the wind picked up and it was about 20 knots so the wind was going blowing that
way and throwing us to our neighbor's boat so we're not able to catch the camera from shore
everything went fine in the end and we're safe back here in the marina
and the cold zero really performed the way we wanted so we're very happy we got the code zero
and now just counting the days to get out again and start cruising the Med!
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