SAILING A GIANT WINDSURF, NONSUCH 30 Cat Boat Ep.18
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- Опубліковано 19 жов 2024
- Take a tour of a stunning and very different boat. A Nonsuch 30 is a cat boat, quite out of the ordinary considering your usual sloop. She has a single huge sail, a bit like a giant Windsurf. The single large slab sail together with wishbone boom and completely unstayed mast makes her rather unique.
NONSUCH are based in Canada made a series of beautiful Cat Boats in 80s and 90s and 'No Rival' is a very fine example. I was lucky enough to spend a sunny August afternoon sailing on her with her owners.
Huge thanks to Mike for the detailed overview of the boat and for Maz for the fantastic below decks tour. Great fun and a great boat!
I owned No Rival a few years back and lived on her in London and sailed her and East Coast and to Holland, France then the Med via Spain and Portugal and then back via the french canals and can vouch for her sea keeping in a big blow and big seas. Intention was to sail her to the caribbean but couldn't afford a sat phone in those days to do the ARC. Nice to see she is still being looked after as have many happy memories of the voyages we took.
There are so many better options than the typical giant racing dinghy with Bermudan sloop combination. I'm a fan of the modern cambered junk, which jibes very gently, as well, reefs in ten seconds and also single-hands with no trouble. The Nonsuch hull with a junk rig is probably an ideal combination!
Freedom yachts are similar as well.
What an unusual but rather lovely yacht. Beautifully filmed.
Thank you Richard, glad you enjoyed it. Very kind of you to say, Mike will be delighted with your comment 😁
This is so interesting concept. I'm not familiar with it. Thank you for doing this. It was nice to see how it sails at least a little bit!
How pleasantly unusual, I'll have to look out for her next season 📷.
Isn’t she just! Roll on next season, look forward to seeing you out there Paul ⛵️😁
Friend of mine owns a NonSuch 30 in the UK, identical on the outside, completely different layout on the inside. Lovely roomy stable boat to sail and be on :-)
The Ultra?
Not surprisingly we have all kinds of Nonsuch sailboats here in Ontario Canada. Great boats. I really like the 26.
They’re beautiful boats, I’ve only seen one 26 but it looked very nice too. Happy sailing!
Captain Q has just done a your and insight into one of these probably a later version . Great idea apparently they did a ketch rigged version.
80 ft. Yachts should have this Cat Rig sesign. Imagine the living space.
Now wouldn’t that be awesome 😎
The sail area would be very massive. I don’t know that I would want to haul it up.
This was great. There's not that many videos of sailing with wishbones. I wished there would be a little bit more details how they work though. But thanks!
(i'm considering wishbones to my schooner/ketch with two free standing (and rotating!) masts)
Really hoping for some new Sailing Summer Breeze videos. Hope you are having a great summer :)
Thank you! Yes lots of sailing this summer and apologies for being slow with the videos, they will come !
Nice introduction to the Nonsuch. Love your video! We sail Katuna out of Toronto and love it.
Check your spelling of tack ( not tax ) and foresail ( not fossil ) I haven’t seen a 30 Classic yet with a bow thruster but it’s possible they added one. The boat can easily turn in her boat length!
Thanks Alison, good to hear you’re enjoying sailing your Nonsuch as much as Mike. They’re wonderful yachts.
Hi Alison. Mike here. The bow thruster was already fitted when I got the boat. I think it’s a great addition. Our marina is pretty tight here and if there’s a stiff breeze, the amount of windage forward can make things tricky. Wouldn’t be without it!
Nice video 👍👍👍
I really wanted one of these, but ...................One day I will get a sail on one!
They are a wonderful concept, I’ve been fortunate enough to have been out a couple of times with Mike now and its always a pleasure
@@sailingsummerbreeze Hope you get another chance to video sailing on this in more breeze??!!
@@lauriebloggs8391 I have been sailing on her this year actually but we didn’t film it which was probably just as well! We only went about a mile from the Marina and we were out there for over 9 hours, see if you can work out what might have happened 🤣🙈
@@sailingsummerbreeze errrr............ :-(
@@sailingsummerbreeze I’m saying absolutely nothing............
I have Freedom cat ketch by Hinterhauler , moves gloriously.
Great vid. Subbed
Thanks Dale, glad you enjoyed it :)
What year is she? @@sailingsummerbreeze I think that dble qtr berth layout is rare, none for sale here in the US or Canada out of 100's built, thx
@@dalecharlesphoto her owner tells me she’s hull no.69 built in 1979, so a fairly early example, presumably they changed the layout options later on.
Hi Dale. It’s Mike. She is the “Classic” layout rather than the “Ultra” which has the saloon aft. We looked at an Ultra before we bought No Rival but I personally prefer this layout. I’m not sure what the proportion was between the two layouts but if you check out the International Nonsuch Association website, they have copies on there of the original brochures which perfectly highlight the differences. Glad you enjoyed the video! Ricci did a cracking job!
@@seabeatrice Hi Mike! Thanks for writing. Woke up this morning and dove into Nonsuch's design and uniquness for the first time. I might be hooked, esp hearing you say there's been long passages. Really enjoyed your commentary on how she sails and handles.
9:22 Do they have some sort of LED lighting strip tucked away behind the teak to illuminate the cabin? It looks amazing!
Yes that’s right, clever idea isn’t it!
@@sailingsummerbreeze Sure is!
I'm looking for videos on this type of grements that show the execution of maneuvers, especially in strong winds, for sail reduction. I can't find any. Do you have any? Please!
Nice accommodations below, But, can you mount solar panels or a Bimini over the cockpit? Dinghy appears it would reside on a davit or is there room on deck?
Hi there! There’s a huge and uncluttered space between the mast & cockpit (as they mast is so far forward and there are no shrouds). This would easily accommodate an array of solar panels or stow a dinghy maybe up to 11’ in length or more stored sideways. This one has davits for a dinghy too. Larger versions of course come with more space, have a look at the freedom cat boats too!
@@sailingsummerbreeze Thanks, a dinghy in cruising mode on a normal Sloop would have it forward of the mast, just wondered about all those lines leading aft under a dingy on the deck of the Nonsuch. And with the traveler I was interested in best location of Solar panels and if Bimini would come down before getting under sail.
@@hypnocracy6102 yes you are correct! I think a small arched support could be easily created to protect the lines from a dinghy. All depends on the particular boat and what you want to do, lots of options. Good luck in your search!
@@sailingsummerbreeze Many chose to use a rig called Dinghy Tow.
Hi Hypnocracy. Mike here. You could certainly mount flexible solar panels on the top of the spray hood and there’s loads of space on the deck although they might suffer shading from the sail above. I use the space between the foot of the mast to store my four man life raft. The lines from the foot of the mast comfortably run above it. The previous owner did store his dinghy (deflated) in this position. I have an inflatable but keep it in a cockpit rather than on the davits. I would carry it there but our marina would charge extra for the additional length.
I believe it did have a folding cockpit enclosure at one stage I believe. It’s something I’ve considered not so much to keep off the blazing sun but rather the incessant rain! It would give us more room and protect my cockpit varnish too.
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Je cherche des videos sur ce type de grements qui montrent l'exécution des manoeuvres, en particulier lors de fort vent, pour la réduction de la voile. Je ne trouve pas. En auriez vous ? s il vous plait !
Where can I see her, what cost, is she been surveyed.
I’m afraid she’s not for sale. Not sure where you are but there’s not many in the UK.
Price?
She’s not for sale I’m afraid.
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That is aa lot of boat for 30 feet.
If your language skills were better, I might have listened to more than 30 seconds of your video.