Indian Ocean crossing – photo gallery
Crossing the Indian Ocean from Cape Town to Fremantle on board HIR3.
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South Atlantic crossing – photo gallery
Sailing from Salvador to Cape Town…
Photo Gallery from our second Atlantic crossing this year. Sailing from Salvador de Bahia, Brazil to Cape Town, South Africa on board HIR3…
Atlantic Crossing – Photo Gallery
Ceuta – Las Palmas – Mindelo – Salvador
Photo Gallery – sailing from Ceuta through Gibraltar Strait to Las Palmas, Gran Canaria, then to Mindelo in Cape Verde islands and across the Atlantic to Salvador de Bahia, Brazil…
Mediterranean Photo Gallery
Sailing from Croatia to Gibraltar…
HIR 3 across 3 Oceans – part 1: Poreč – Pula – Mali Lošinj – Bari – Cagliari – Ceuta
Video Gallery:
Before & After
Restoring A Boat In 6 Pics…
#1 Hull
#2 Underwater
#3 Navigation Table
#4 Salon
#5 Cockpit
#6 Deck
Sailin’ on the Edge
Video trailers for our little round the world sailing adventure…
Sailing to Cape Horn on board HIR 3 – video…
…and a very short trailer…
Photo Gallery 2017
2017 HIR3 Photography
Some of the best photos taken on board HIR 3 in 2017…
Keep it simple!
To be successful at sea we must keep things simple.
To be successful at sea we must keep things simple. – R.D. (PETE) CULLER
Shipyards are building bigger and bigger boats and equipment are getting more and more sophisticated and that’s great for comfortable cruising, but everything is becoming really expensive and complicated.
Although it’s nice to have electric pumps, hydraulic swimming platforms, push-button sail adjustment, electronics and cool gadgets, we must accept the fact that all these systems eventually stop working (usually at the worst possible moment). If you don’t have them on board, they won’t brake and you’ll be able to enjoy sailing, instead of fixing things. Nobody likes gadgets more than me, but I like simplicity on the boat better…. So, my philosophy is: KEEP IT SIMPLE!
1st Offshore Sailing
Poreč – Dubrovnik – Zadar… 500 miles…
The time has come to put HIR3 and ourselves to the first real test. We have finally sailed offshore 300 miles non-stop from Poreč to Dubrovnik and then another 200 miles to Zadar.
I have been working on the HIR for a week on dry berth and then another week in the marina before she was ready to set sail.
My crew came to Poreč, we went shopping and had a few drinks before going to sleep. We sailed out around 7am with a light breeze and rain, but eventually the rain stopped, the breeze freshened and during the night we had strong bora (about 30 knots). We sailed with double reefed main and jib without any major problems except that it was really cold… We had moderate wind the next day and ideal night sailing afterwards. It took us 58 hours sailing to get to a new marina in Slano. We celebrated with a special Captain Morgan Black Spiced Rum;)
We broke the table in the salon and a few wooden pieces in the interior, but other than that, the boat behaved great and we enjoyed the ride.
Good boat, good crew, good times:)…
Join us! Set sail on board HIR3 in one of our next adventures… sasa.fegic@gmail.com
18 – 25.5. One-Way Sailing: Poreč – Split
25 – 28.5. Komiška regatta: Split – Komiža – Split
28.5. – 3.6. One-Way Sailing: Split – Zadar
3 – 7.6. One-Way Sailing: Zadar – Rijeka
10.6. Fiumanka: Rijeka
11 – 14.6. One-Way Sailing: Rijeka – Zadar
14 – 18.6. Long Weekend: Zadar – Kornati – Zadar
18 – 21.6. One-Way Sailing: Zadar – Split
21 – 25.6. Long weekend: Split – Vis
25.6. – 2.7. One-Way Sailing: Split – Poreč
Everyone is invited to join me… In case you decide to be part of this fantastic project full of awesome sailing, easy life, good parties, great food and excellent company, you will need to accept some terms and conditions:
1. We kindly ask for a small donation for the project and sailing expenses are shared by the crew,
2. HIR 3 is a great boat, but she is an old lady that has her own will and sometimes we will need to accommodate her so she is happy as we are:)
3. There are maximum of 5 spaces on the boat so in the case of a big request, the choice of crew will be left on the captain (big boobs have the priority;)
4. We will all participate with the duties on board in relation with your capabilities, so if you do not now how to sail, do not worry, there is always some toilet to clean:)
5. It is obligatory for everyone to have a good time!
Murphy was a sailor!
Edward A. Murphy must have been a sailor… Only a person who owns a boat could have come up with that. Who else could have written these laws!? :)…
Edward A. Murphy must have been a sailor…
Edward Aloysius Murphy Jr. (January 11, 1918 – July 17, 1990) was an American aerospace engineer who worked on safety-critical systems. If anything can go wrong, it will.
Only a person who owns a boat could have come up with that. Who else could have written these laws!? :)…
- If anything can go wrong, it will.
- If there is a possibility of several things going wrong, the one that will cause the most damage will be the one to go wrong.
- If anything just cannot go wrong, it will anyway.
- Smile . . . tomorrow will be worse.
- Left to themselves, things tend to go from bad to worse.
- If everything seems to be going well, you have obviously overlooked something.
- Everything takes longer than you think.
- Every solution breeds new problems.
- A falling object will always land where it can do the most damage.
Only a boat owner can truly relate to his laws… because unfortunately, they are all true! Now, after more than two years of working on a refit of HIR 3, I can really relate to all of them… but all it takes is sailing in a favorable breeze on a sunny day and it’s all worth it!
Voilier 'HIR 3' 