Pleides Under Sail :-)

Here's some photos of Andy Crawford's boat, PLEIDES, under sail on a beautiful day in Bocas Del Toro, Panama!

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... Nice ride!! She sleep 6-8? Great to see Andy back in the saddle!

PLEIDES passing the anchorage, taken from Rhapsody :-)

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PLEIDES underway from Red Frog Marina, Old Bank, Bastiamentos in the background ...

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With only the genoa out, PLEIDES making very respectable way, Old Bank in the background ..

Does it get much better than this? A man, his boat, and uhm, some beautiful tantric yogi to make the voyage even more pleasant. With Nicholas Corea

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... Leave it to Andy to have the beautiful boat, women and friends. Keep smiling bro

... Of COURSE there are hot chicks in bikinis on Andy's boat!

... so sweet

... <3 Andy Crawford

... Handsome Musicians + Sailboat = Hot chicks!

... tantric yogi is not accurate...ive been lectured and chastised for this......"acro yogi" is the preferred terminology

... Can we get some pics of these acro yogini's?

Oopsies ... yes Nico ... as much as I like the sound of "tantric yoga" it is inherently inaccurate :-) Acro (as in acrobatic) Yoga is actually the beautiful art form these ladies present. Very interesting to see, by the way :-) That they are "hot" ... well, uhm, I didn't say that, even if it IS true lol.

... saweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeT!

... go ahead rub it in...ha....the girl in the frosting on the cake....some guys have all the yachts...ha..ha...wahhhhhh

... It's a yachts life with Patrick and Andy together ~ girls, girls, girls! "~) Gotta love it!

... Funny thing about solar panels, they don't work as well underneath a bimini. :P <- said out of jealousy

... wind power on boat?? try iT...

... too true, Mark Leutwyler, but this was just a short relocation cruise from one marina to the other so, as the batteries were full, I decided to keep the sun-shade up for the sake of my new crew, the Flying Gypsies, who aren't tantric at all but who are very kind and lovely people none-the-less and are quickly becoming dear friends :)

... I would be happy in the dinghy! I need some time in Caribbean again. Some salt water would cleanse those snarky comments away. :) Haha

... Hey cousin Jim Crawford, I had a wind generator on my last boat (3 boats ago) and it is very practical in the Eastern Caribbean where they daily have 20+ knot trade winds almost every afternoon. But here in Bocas we seldom get enough wind to make it all that viable, although it is a cool feeling to go out sailing to windward, beating up-wind (into the wind) and thus increase the apparent wind over the deck just to charge the batteries and have some fun :)

... Well, you have to turn up the stereo when those waves are slapping the bow anyway, so what a perfect time for the extra power to kick in.

PLEIDES heeled over nicely (tho unbalanced) under genoa only, making at least 5, maybe 6+ knots! It was a nice day for a sail :-)