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In this episode we head back to Florida to take ownership of our new-to-us cat, Double-Wide! She’s a beautiful 2004 Seawind 1160 catamaran, built in Australia, and we’re her fourth owners. She’s in pretty good shape, but definitely isn’t without issues, as we discovered during our trip. http://www.sailingwithdogs.com/2016/12/02/we-officially-own-a-new-boat/ We start our time in Florida meeting up with Chuck, Double-Wide’s previous owner, and he helps us to get familiar with the boat, hoists the jib which had been packed away in storage, and talks us through a bunch of spare parts that had been collected over the years by him and the owner before him, Cameron. Then, it was off for a whirlwind shopping tour of Naples, FL with visits to West Marine (where I pondered the style of womens’ sailing clothing - really guys, we need some better options!), Bed Bath & Beyond, and Target. We spent the evening unpacking then had an early night. Next morning, we had some tasks to complete before we could leave, including inflating the “ancient pice of crap” dinghy we’d inherited with the boat - we were happy it seemed to still be in one piece even if it didn’t look especially pretty … Finally, we took off on our first sail on the new boat! More of that next time. Thanks for following along on our adventures at sea, and we promise that the dogs will eventually be joining us - just a few more months and we’ll be on the boat with our black labradors Porter and Lily in tow for a mammoth sailing adventure! Video gear used in this video: Sony A7ii camera with 35mm and 55mm lenses Sony ECM-GZ1M Zoom Microphone Came-TV CAME-Single 3-Axis 32-bit Gimbal (used with Sony A7ii) Sony RX1R Mkii camera (fixed 35mm 2.0 lens) RodeVideo Micro compact microphone GoPro Hero5 Black GoPro Pro 3.5mm Mic Adapter Rode SmartLav Zoom H1 audio recorder Black Pro Basic Common Outdoor Sports Kit for GoPro Hero 5 Boat info: Seawind 1160 Catamaran Music by: A Himitsu: ‘Adventures’ Andrew Applepie: ‘Beach’ Dyalla: ‘Could You’ Andrew Applepie: ‘Eyes’ Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/sailing_with_dogs/ Check out our website: http://www.sailingwithdogs.com