those are the performance sail it's not made by dacron the regular dacron it's a plastic
thing it's a not so heavy like dacron and it's stay very very good in shape in wind
offer good performance than the regular sails
we're going to drop the mainsail
bloomin' 'eck and that was dropped that came down like a whistle wow
repeat the manoeuvre in a slower way yeah
very good so we have the very quick emergency mode and the slow controlled measured mode
each kind of boat has his own advantages
monohulls, catamarans and trimarans each one is good for his purpose I'm very satisfied
with this catamaran because
of this size
offer a very, very big place
here on the cockpit
you could have a party here
exactly, exactly
and look I'm just standing
with my hands in my pockets you know
and it's a rigid cockpit it's not a trampoline you can you can move the benches to increase
or decrease the space between the guests
you can put here a bimini top to have shadows
or we can make a very large bimini top fixed one
and of course you can have a full enclosure if you need
that all costs more money inevitably yeah
i'm trying to get as close to that monohull as we can and also to try and feel the wind
on my face
we're very close to the wind, aren't we - the wind's there
keep turning to starboard - go back to where all those yachts are becalmed ha ha ha ha
so we had a situation there where we needed to have the sun on our faces the sail was
blocking the sun and Danielle who was on the helm was over there and couldn't really see
what we wanted to avoid like those yachts we've just gone by yeah so he was able to
go on to the other side of the boat and helm from over there and we could do what we want
to do on this side of the boat which is talk about the boat and Romania is not famous for
yacht building not for the pleasure yacht building but in the past Romania has had a
very big industry in the boat, big boat, big ships building we have a big fleet in the
past the fishing, the Romanian fishing fleet, it was I believe fourth or even third in the
world fourth or third biggest fishing fleet in the world in Ceausescu times Really?
yeah Danielle I uh Yeah it's great yeah it's true so uh after you made a lot of boats uh
so it it exists expertise here but not in pleasure boats but the people who uh have
experience in boats uh wood steel and glass fibre are still in in the field so what special
features does this boat have what do you think this has that sets it apart from other catamarans
the space inside it's um very good you have uh a good head room inside 175 I've I've been
in the V8 catamaran and yes it is much more room inside this and more comfortable you
have the proper uh bunk - these mattresses they're nice and soft and comfortable
whereas in the the V8 catamaran you're sleeping more or less in a cot a canvas slung between
two poles the front bed have uh 90 centimetre to the to the shoulder so as you can see I'm
lying down in the forward berth and my feet are not quite at the bottom space like this
in the bows of the boat you would normally put lightweight things like an inflatable
radar reflector or lifejackets that sort of thing you want to keep the weight out of the
front of the boat but there's a lot of headroom above me so even the tallest person can sleep
here with comfort and if you've got wide shoulders there's plenty of width for them you could
get two people in here really so I remember when I was the young I sleep with my wife
in the in the 90 cen...
90 centimetre bed and we were very cozy it was very cozy
plenty of room for two people
there we go
err the stern bed it's uh 80 centimetres so uh
four persons or even six persons um can stay over the night
this is the aft berth
so I can't I can't reach the bottom yet nearly there anyway it's slightly smaller than the
forward berth but so one person here one or two people in the forward berth actually you
could probably get two small children in this aft berth you could accommodate a lot of people
there is a lot of space on this boat and if you want to sleep outside in the open air
well you can do that it's flat and level and stiff all you need is a carry mat or something
on the on the deck and uh you can have a canopy over the top of you a bimini which will protect
you from dew or rain but mainly it's to protect you from sunshine here in Romania or Greece
or Mediterranean it's the sun that you really want to protect yourself from most of the
time and that bimini fits underneath the boom because the boom is very high it's high so
I can I can walk underneath it and not be worried about hitting my head on the boom
you will have a very good sun protection and a huge space for your solar panel
so you might have electric motors you can have electric motors and you can use that
also in a restricted area which are yeah starting to be a lot yes but well like the Danube delta
like Danube delta like a lot of place in Holland in Turkey and even in Greece there are a few
islands yeah which are protected so you can't go there with a petroleum engine exactly yeah
so yeah I'm looking at that thinking well okay the slider come to see the slider from
this position you see it's the same style as this is the outhaul you can you can uh
tighten uh on that winch if you if you need to use it
what's this rope here
this is the halyard of the of the jib
the first ring it's for the first it's on the other side and this one is on this side
here well it's no problem coming to the mast no problem. I try to keep it simple.
If you'd like to buy an ELF 26 then the best thing to do is to
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so Ewa what do you think of it so far?
well it is brilliant can we get one can we bring one home I'd like to sail one home yeah
no not much bouncy left and right very smooth
beautiful goes even with the small wind you
can relax you can read a book have a party beer it doesn't it's going to stay in the
same place where you put it ha ha yeah it is, it's fantastic