Yesterday we pulled the Extreme 40 – Smart Recruiters out of the container and today we put up the mast and went for a sea trial. Two guys from Offshore Challenges came out to SF to coach us including how to put the boat together and we rotated through positions on the boat. This is a whole new game for me multi’s are very different to sail than mono’s. What I love about this sport is how you can sail but have to start at square one and learn everything again just by moving within the same sport. I helped with logistics when Ishares came to the bay a few years back with Hugh Styles at the helm and was able to go out sailing then but only as a guest this time I am actually crewing.

Extreme 40’s are 40 feet long, have a 23 foot beam, displace 1250 kilograms of water, have a mast height of 62 feet and a claimed top speed of 40 knots (46 mph, 74 km/h). The mainsail is 75 square metres and the jib is 25 square metres. The Gennaker used for downwind sailing is 110 square metres.