Ola & Caroline s/v Relax Interview and Boat Tour: Part 4 | #57 | DrakeParagon Sailing Season 5
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- Caroline and Ola spent years sailing their first Linjett 35, so when the time came to build the second one they had a lot of great ideas about how to improve the design...both inside and out. Best of all, many of the fixes are super simple and user friendly. KISS: Keep It Simple Sailor!
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About 20 seconds into the description of the preventer, I backed up about 3 times to try and understand how it was rigged. After I gave up, I found that Drake had Ola go over it in detail. Thanks Drake! Great video. This guy (Ola) is amazing. Their boat is amazing. I'll be watching this again for some other ideas like the hinged companionway hatch boards with the removable seat. Great stuff!
That is one cool rigged boat.
Ola and Caroline are a very inspirational couple. I watched all the videos you did with them. I really appreciate how you took the time to ask the questions I was asking myself as I was watching. I also appreciate the patience you had to create this video series with an insight into their own thought processes behind the decisions they made. You allowed them to tell their story in a way they may not have been able to tell on their own. By doing so, you gave all of US the privilege of meeting them and learning from them. Congratulations to Ola and Caroline on a brilliant boat design and build. And Thank You for putting this video series together. I am a better sailor and cruiser as a result.
Great Video! Very informative, I was so impressed with how Ola and Caroline set up their boat. The preventer, the hinged hatch, and the v-berth door which doubles as a magazine rack how cool. Love the Orca. You did a great job, Drake, on the interview! I had to stop the video a few times and sketch the preventer design.
It’s a crazy world these days. Hope u guys are staying safe. Thanks for the videos. You are a true master.
Thanks Mark, glad you're enjoying the interview with Ola and Caroline. We're really loving all the beautiful work they did on their boat (That wood inlay on the head door!!!) and have even taken some ideas from them. (preventer anyone?) We're hunkered down at the moment and just acting as though we're on a long ocean voyage...with the added benefit of sporadic internet. You stay safe as well and take care. ⚓-Monique
What a really well set up boat full of inspired innovation, great tour well explained a truly fascinating episode. I really enjoyed it thanks for sharing can't wait for whats next.
And that preventer rig looks like a lovely companion piece to a barber hauler for a foresail. (I really love the idea of being able to control and trim sails with JUST lines and inexpensive parts that are easy to keep spares of. Blocks, lines, low-friction rings = $$, traveller tracks and cars = $$$$$)
Lots of good ideas put in place, thanks 👏
Very Impressive! Another stone-cold Viking! I love to get a tutorial on his fishing equipment and procedures.
Safe Voyage to you all.
thank you very much for the preventer trick!!! super
Bruno, we thought so as well! Simple yet effective...and keeps one from having to tromp all around deck while underway. It's definitely on our list! (✿◠‿◠) ⚓-Monique
We just need to get two extra Barient 28 winches. - Drake
@@drakeParagon 2 cleets would do
@@BrunoWiebelt Yes! :)
Great set up, wonderful couple and informative video. 👍👍👍
Fabulous episode. I had to rewind to get my head around that magic door lol. Great boat and some neat ideas. Looks like a Contessa 26 coming next time. Cheers and stay safe. Andy UK
great interview and boat tour, drake's interviews are always so chill and thoughtful 😎 well designed boat, thought about an ultra-warmed head and warmed wet locker many times, somewhere on my todo list. cheers to these cool sailors ⛵️
Being able to design a boat a second time after having lived aboard for some time is such a cool opportunity! I just think of all the little tweaks I would make aboard Paragon if given the chance. And yes, LOVING that warmed wet locker. What a cool idea to be able to access if from both the cockpit and inside the boat. And that preventer system...that's something we're seriously considering. It's on the list! (✿◠‿◠) ⚓-Monique
Can’t wait to see the contessa
Such a great boat! :) :) :)
Awesome boat! 👍
They really have built a beautiful and comfortable boat with all sorts of custom features. Personally, I love the inlaid art on the head door. Just lovely! (✿◠‿◠) ⚓-Monique
@@drakeParagon yes they have. Great couple.
@@skulijakobsson5116 Indeed!
Nice features on this boat. I hope you are safe during this time, we are stuck on our boat in Spain. Trying to wait it out and hopefully save some of the season.
Thanks, we're in the same boat. We were planning to sail back to Svalbard again this summer, but instead we're grounded in the UK hoping to have enough time to maybe sail to Faroe and/or Norway if the restrictions are lifted this summer.
@@drakeParagon Færøerne and Norway should be possible later as they are hit less hard with the virus than UK and especially the south of Europe. Not sure if there are any sailing restrictions for pleasure boats in my home country Denmark at the moment at all. The northern parts of Jutland, Læsø and even Anholt could also be interesting for you.
Me, I prefer to go south ;-)
Thanks for the great tour. That boat looks fantastic well thought out the build quality seams to be superb. Thats what happens when you do it yourself. If I could I would love to have one of those. What make is it?
Thanks
Hi Drake! This serie of interviews with Ola & Caroline is awesome. I have enjoined it very much. Ola is a very smart and handy guy. I’m leaving a tip at your paypal . My question: I have seen 4 long wooden planks that are lashed on the stanchion post of s/v Relax. What are they used for? how?
Hi Javier!
I’m so glad you enjoyed our interview of Ola and Caroline aboard s/v Relax and thank you so much for the tip!
Those wooden planks that they had lashed to the stanchions of Relax had two uses. The two wider and shorter ones that were amidships were fender boards. The other two thinner and longer ones on the bow were for pushing ice away from their boat. The two ice pushers had a finger-length metal spike in one end that allowed a better hold on the ice.
They left Greenland before we did and gave the two ice pushing planks to us before they left. Thank goodness they did because we had to use them to push away several large bergy bits that came into the harbour.
Also, at one point at the southern tip of Greenland we were tied up to a cement pier covered with huge tires. A bad storm came in and we were really worried because storm winds and waves were bashing Paragon up against those tires.
That’s when Éanna had the great idea of using those planks as fender boards!
I emailed you 5 photos of how we used those planks. They are frames taken from an upcoming episode. :)
Thanks again Francisco! We’re working hard on the next episode and the tip really means a lot to us.
Take care,
Drake
Does he keep the outboard like that when he sails around S america or around West Indies ?? it will get stolen..
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