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Brilliant video. One of the best training videos on the Parasailor that I have found and one of the few for us monohull sailors. Especially appreciate the sail trimming section of the video.

Try the prop in chop & you will find it is slower than a fixed one because the chop stops the boat & it takes time for the prop to re pitch to get drive. In other words it pulses. Just look over the stern & you will see the water jet out, stop then jet out. The boat will not punch through the waves, I have been a freind of their MD for 30 years & they know about this. When the boat starts to move forward under sail you will have to lock the prop as it will spin like the fixed one & not feather. Manouvering in port needs practice as it can do wierd things until you get used to it. It has a strong prop wash Where it wins is motor sailing. You can just put it in fast tickover whilst sailing & it will pitch up & give miles more extra push than a fixed prop Mine has 5000 hours use now

One of my favorite sailing channels. Best of luck for the future.

Nice video’s.. the problems you had with antifouling systeem were not new. I have a boat in Zeeland the Netherlands and last year the y take a sailing boat out the water. The growth of 2-3 inches on the boat . The manager from the Finsulate company was informed that the boat was taken out of the water and he showed up. He was shocked and didn’t know what to say. The owner of the boat was very unhappy like you… have a nice life

good video, I love it. Thanks for sharing this and all the best to you and your family. I am just closing my first circumnavigation and think of doing another round but would love to improve on my downwind setup. I do have an assymetrical on a top down furler and that works great to about 160 degree but not very stable from there to about 175 and only good to about 15 kts. I am a small boat too. 31 foot Monsun at 4 tons. Doing 2000 nm Wing on Wing drives me insane so I really consider a Parasailor because every circumnavigation is 70-80% downwind (if going West). You are a small boat too and say you have flown yours to 19 kts. Have you flown it up to 25 by now ? Have you done extended dead downwind ? If so, hows the stability dead downwind. Ever had to take it down in blow (25+) .....

Surprising you don't show the steps involved in the assembly of the dinghy whose components fit into the 2 bags. It would be of interest to know what is involved and how much time it takes, particularly if you are a day sailor who wants to stow it in their vehicle.

What model and diameter did you buy? I have a very similar boat so this would be very useful, thanks!

Super Video - trying to order all parts that don’t come with it - is the threaded fitting for the little freshwater hose (6x8mm) for the plastic tank connection included? If not - what is it called? Or perhaps you have a list of the parts you use? Thanks again for helpful video

Haha we will say tomorrow morning for 3 am if it is before 12am, if it is after 12 am then we will say, on accident, tomorrow morning then correct ourselves and say, i mean later today...😂

Are you still happy with the size of the 260?

I am in Tahiti Marina Papeete myself and curious to know what customs fees had to be paid when you imported from New Zealand? Really good review and looks like a great craft. Sun cover a good idea I should think. Cheers

Well you added an extra blade so you may be overloading your engine and although you are going at lower rpm you may be using more gas. I believe a 2 blade prop is more efficient I believe a folding two bladed prop is the best fir efficiency.

It is very very expensive sail and not UV stable so have short life span but I agree it is amazingly simple to use, very pracyical and beatiful!

Maybe string netting across the transom to help keep items aboard.

Rolf Magnusson is a legend in Swedish yacht design. His most famous boat is the half tonner Joker/Ballad

Hi guys. After some time with the unit would you buy it again? Any issues you can share that would help a prospective buyer and installer? I am on verge of deciding on a watermaker for my boat and the Zen30 Is on the short list. Thanks.

Dear Bart, How many HP outboard engine would be minimal or comfortable with the same dinghy and 2 persons only? Kind regards and happy sailing, Pieter

at least 24 boats just finished a week to two week stay in Minerva Reef. One of my friends said it was stormy, but none of the folks there, some of whom are Vloggers on TH-cam, have put videos out and won't probably for a while, as they get behind . My friend barely does TH-cam and he was the last to leave Minerva pretty much. Probably because he really enjoyed it ? They were mostly heading to Tonga/Fiji ect.

Dank voor jullie beelden so far, veel succes in NZ

I enjoyed your video,well done!

3 o' clock tomorrow morning.

Hello, good morning and thank you very much for sharing our experiences on your TH-cam channel. We are thinking of installing a Bruntons Autoprop propeller on our 38-foot sailboat. After so many miles traveled, what would be your experience and rating of this propeller? Regards

It is not a good idea to revele such place....

"At 3am tomorrow " I would say. {You know it is 'morning' because you have used "a.m."}

Hi Kim, Liz and Bart. Your video is superb👍👍. It's quite rare to see a parasailor on a monohull. Its use is really very detailed. I looked at it very often and finally bought a second-hand sail. But there is little information or guidance for its installation. I noticed that you have two pulleys for the lines, which are installed on the fargue rail: is this installation strong enough? This would really be ideal for me👌. I wish you a good stay in New Zealand and great sailing⛵🏝⛵.

Brilliant

Thanks! That was a really helpful video, received much valuable information. Like mounting the watermaker on top of something. I was considering hanging it, that obviously was a bad idea. Are you still happy with the ZEN 30?

My wife and I just discovered you guys and watched your last one to NZ and this first sail ,what a superb way of getting to NZ ! Congratulations from a couple of Kiwis 😊

Congratulations to the four of you, hope you will finx a good life in New Zealand. I hope to sail there once, sk your videos has been very interesting and useful. But for now I am sailing happily around my home waters of Norway. Thanks for shearing your adventures. Best regards from Jarle

Hi Bart, Kim and Liz. Thank you so much for making this video. I've dreamed of having a parasailor for a long time and now purchased a second hand model for my 8.4M sailing boat. Searching for guidance, I found your channel. Not only do you share your experience in a very practical and complete way, I appreciate that your style is to deliver the facts without the padding. I learned so much. I will get afloat at Easter so will be sure to watch again just before that. What I especially notice in this video is the very steady camera work, the perfect angles and the on-screen annotations and top quality sound. It's so easy and pleasant to watch, and I learn a lot. The drone footage is a bonus. Great video doesn't happen by accident! Until now, I did not subscribe to any sailing vessel TH-cam channel. It's time to change that 🙂. Tot ziens! Oops - looking through your channel, I see you are entering the next chapter of you life. While you move on to new pastures I will catch up on all your past videos. I've visited New Zealand. What a great place to settle, even if just for a while.

Good luck! Thank you for excellent trip with you!

Wow Bart And Kim And Liz ,all The best of luck with your new plans in New Zealand . Really looking forward to following you in this new adventure 🎉🎊🎊

Mooi nieuw hoofdstuk in jullie avontuur 🎉🙌🏼

Good luck with your plans in New Zealand!

How has it held up? Thank you

Good luck, hope we get some nice videos about the country and your life.

Welcome to NZ...

Good luck with your plans in New Zealand, sounds good. Interested to see how it goes for you.

Heel gaaf! Maak er een mooi avontuur van daar! En bedankt voor alle filmpjes!

So many lovely memories... it's a pleasure to watch your movie with all the places we also have visited before... our kids were around the same age as Liz, when we visited Cape Reinga and went sand boarding in the sand dunes! I really do understand your decision to settle down in NZ. Definitely not the worst country to live in. As you already know we have lived there for a shorter period of time and enjoyed every single day. Our kids really liked the school they attended in Auckland even if schools in Sweden are also very good (as least the ones our kids have attended). I am already looking forward to your upcoming videos about life and sailing in NZ! Good luck with everything and keep us posted! PS: Yes, Autosol is great! Made in Germany! We have used it plenty of times. I just used it a couple of days ago to polish our propeller and even our tank which I hade to take out and clean in the process of the engine change (used Autosol only on the outside of the tank though).

I wissen You all the best. You friends from Menedi will stay in NS aß well. So Good luck to All of You. My old schoolfriend from SY Alrisha are in Whangarei aß well. It seams that the Focus of the World is turning to kiwi-country 😂

Wow jongens!! Geweldig. Jullie doen de dingen waarvan wij altijd hebben gezegd goh zullen we?? Terwijl we hier bang op onze kont bleven zitten.

Congratulations all of you! I grew up in Auckland (on the North Shore and in the Eastern suburbs) - great city. If you carefully chose where you live, Liz will be zoned into a good school and will have an awesome educational and culturally rich experience with her classmates. Working on the Nth Shore, you'll probably want to live there, instead of having to cross the Harbour Bridge to/from work every day.

What a fantastic boat. I love it.

Hello, it is tremendously important the decision taken by you and in fact it is tremendously GENIUS, SENSIBLE, PRUFENT, INTELLIGENT AND WISE. CONGRATULATIONS AND GOD BLESS THE THREE OF YOU. PS. LIFE RULE No.1 the less you count, the better off you will be. Rule of Life No.2 Dreams are not counted, they are shown. The baby is growing at 4G speed. 💯👏👏👏

Ik ben geboren in Nieuw Zeeland, verhuisd naar Nederland. Waar ik met Bart in het AMC heb gewerkt. Grote kans dat je de baan zult krijgen want Nederlandse Ok assistenten zijn zeer gewild in Auckland

Once your sail starts needing repair it only gets worse. Its typically better to just replace them if you guys can. You can have them put you channel name it to help you guys self promote. Thanx for the video cheers.

That was a great video... very authentic... it was obvious how worried you were when suddenly leaving Manura Reef, not an optimal start of such a trip. I would have been worried, too. But, again, you did it! I'd say not only Tranquility performed very well - you did, too. What a feeling it must have been to approach the shores of Aotearoa... actually, my wife and I also cried when watching you sailing into the Bay of Islands... well done!!

That's a tough call... but really interesting to see and hear how you cruisers spending so much time on observing the weather. A very special place this reef. Looking forward to see your next video about the last passage to NZ!!!

OMG.... this package situation would have driven me crazy... but you seemed to stay calm all the time. And you were successful in the end! Well done!