I love it! The joke you pulled on us viewers was great. Rent your boats and sail a tri. I lived aboard, cruised, and chartered my very similar trimaran for several years and like a catamaran, they are great fun boats to take friends (and others) sailing. I am sorry you didn't get a good breeze that day, maybe another day when the wind is blowing 20 knots you can go again and show the boat at speed. Yes, minimal interior accommodations for the length of the boat but it has to be kept light to sail well. Flying a hull even in light air usually thrills guests and sailing into the waves in a good breeze scares them, after soaking them with all the water blasting back from the bows. The speed and ease of sailing is balanced by the rough motion going upwind. It is like flying a very small airplane in a storm. The boat is pitching rolling, jumping, and shaking so much you have to be holding on to something all the time. And that nice big bed? Hahahahaha! You don't lay down on that going upwind in wave because you will get thrown out of bed, across the cabin and slam into the far hull side before dropping down. The only somewhat safe place is in the aft cabin. Watching crew members trying to work the mast in those conditions is also worrisome, you wonder if they are going to make it back to the cockpit. So, the answer is... Never go upwind except in calm seas! Yeah, right. Don't we all hope for that? Sailing circles around every other sailboat is really fun. Cruising catamarans sail like slugs compared to a proper trimaran, and unimarana (those MONOhull boats) might as well be anchored when you blast past them doing 20 knots. Each boat has advantages and disadvantages, areas they shine and areas they stink, and more hulls equals more money. A simple sailboat cost formula is: Unimaran = $ Catamaran = $$ Trimaran = $$$ After years on the Tri, I built a monohull...
Thank you so much for your well reflected feedback! I’m happy you enjoyed the humour and also thank you for watching! I’m loving my monohull and she sails so good in all weather from 15 kts of wind and up. So guess there will be many miles to go with BE FREE before changing anything. All the best and cheers 🍻
@@tim1398 They will make great videos as always! And they will show the speed the Tri can do, along with the difficulties a fast, light boat brings. Surfing waves downwind heading across an ocean at 20+ knots is quite exciting. And the sound! I'm sure they will record what it sounds like below decks at 20+ kts and the water is cavitating along the hull and it makes a loud rumbling that makes you think you are going twice as fast. During the daytime it is okay but trying to sleep with the noise making everyone stressed out. Many times someone would come on deck looking scared because of the sudden increase of noise below but once on deck they would see everything is fine, we just surfed down an unusually large wave and hit close to 30 kts and on deck it was quiet. They will learn to reef down at night for safety. We saw a 6 ft diameter log floating vertically out of the water more than a thousand miles offshore, the 6 ft waves were going up and down the log, it was stationary like it was a pile driven into the ocean bottom. We saw that during the daytime while sailing at 18 kts, if we had hit that we wouldn't sink (3 hull advantage) but it would have exploded a large area of the boat. I've seen other large semi-floating objects that would do extreme damage to any multihull at speed, and even a lightly built monohull would suffer severe damage. But speed is what really causes the worst damage so you learn to slow way down at night for safety. Slowing down at night is also nice because it allows you to sleep. SLV will surely tell everyone how rough going upwind in anything other than calm seas can be. It is shocking to many sailors how violent it can get if you have to make your way upwind. Like off a lee shore. Sure you can reef down and make it relatively comfortable by going slow enough that the boat just rides up and over the waves. The problem with that is that you make no headway. The boat just sails along going up and down the waves while staying in almost the same place. To make progress you have to give the boat more power which means now the boat is busting through the top of the swell then diving down and up again to launch off the crest of the next wave. And the speed change is something monohull sailors don't expect and why windvanes don't work well on light multihulls (upwind), the boat changes speed constantly and quickly which changes the apparent wind considerably going upwind. You have to hand steer and are constantly falling off and heading up depending on where the boat is on the swell, it slows down going up so the apparent wind requires you head up some to keep the wind speed up, then fall off when surfing down the back of the swell. Of course you are also steering to avoid the breaking wave crests to try to keep a bit dryer so you sail a constant slalom without adjusting sails or tacking. Great fun with a good crew that is experienced, rested, and eager! Not so much with a limited crew on a long passage. However, it is really only challenging when going upwind so most cruising multihulls are very comfortable 95% of the time. I'm sure SLV will love their new boat and will share the Good, Bad, and UGLY with all of us who sail along with them on YT.
Yes, a Kyle background story would be lovely. Also, I noticed she mentioned a dive compressor on her boat and i don’t recall you posting much of any diving or snorkeling footage. That would be a great addition and all it takes is a GoPro camera.
I can promise you we will give you plenty of underwater adventures as well. We both have dive gears and are soon going to better places for scuba diving. Cheers 🍻
I love the way the trimaran boats look that the kind I would buy or build 1 day maybe a 140'. Very nice boats. Stay safe Thomas and healthy love your videos. God bless you
@@SailingwithThomas I hope my dream comes too also my friend I don't give up easy if I can't have the boat that I want and at least I will have one to live on it will be like camping everyday in March 14th I will be applying for my retirement and when I'm 65 I'll have my full retirement so I can save up and buy a cheap boat someplace but one that see where the maybe have someone teach me to do some sailing anyways you stay safe out there and your swim platform you have on the back of your boat that is the ideal thing right there one that is raised it seems like it would be better because of the swells coming in but as long as it don't hold water in it drains it should be okay you have a really nice setup on your boat God bless you take care my friend
OK you had me,NOT...however it is plain too see you both have a lot in common. Wish you both all the wind you can handle .Enjoy your company and enjoy life. You are pretty darn free you two. Thanks for sharing 👍😊😀 Oviedo FL...
Yes, what o good life saling an trimaran. I have just an Bavaria 42. And thinking off baying an katamaran to live on , and sailing,saling . I love yours vidios. I live in Sweden and have my boat in Enköping. Best regards. Stefan Ivarsson.
First comment, awesome channel. You guys make a great team👍. But don’t take my word for it. The public from all around the world seems to think so too. I appreciate your candor with sharing. I will be buying a boat soon as well. You guys are helping me and I’m sure others. Cheers to you both 👍🍺
Talk about "A Big Tease".......OK guys, you got me...LOL No trimaran. But you both look and talk so happy together....may it continue into the adventures...cheers
do not think twice mate, what a fantastic boat, we haven't see footage of this boat sailing in heavy seas but this boat as established a bench mark for a cruising versus sailing pleasure , so go for it and enjoy
Thank you for watching and for your kind words! It’s a bit too expensive to me at the moment and still very happy with BE FREE. But would been so much fun to be cruising around the world in this. Who knows what future brings. Cheers 🍻
Ha ha🤣 Yeah it was to good not to play around with. Normally I don’t do click baiting as I’m not a big fan. Rather have you surprised by content outside your expectations.Not sure if I succeed in my philosophy though... All the best 🍻
To expensive for me but for sure would been a fun yacht to cruise around the world with. However both Kylie and I are happy solo sailors loving our respective yachts. Cheers 🍻
I actually really liked this boat until I saw that galley! Now it wouldn't even make the list! But, if your looking for a fun day sailor, it might be a little more appealing.
For being a 60 foot boat it seemed to have very little room inside compared to other 60 foot sailing boats. If your main concern is the speed of the boat then your in good shape, but if your thinking about world sailing, I think the Rapido is lacking.
Rapido 60 is amazing boat, got to sail on one two years ago while visiting St. Croix. We sailed and lived aboard a 2005 Privilege 615 Catamaran for 12 years, great memories on that boat, but we recently sold it and bought a condo in Key Largo, Florida. Key Largo is the first Key in the Florida Keys including Key West, we didn't quit sailing we just downsized, our new boat is a 2020 Corsair 880 Sport Trimaran. Corsairs are known for their insane speeds and this one doesn't disappoint. On a recent sail from Key Largo to Key West, we covered the 92.7 miles in 5.7 hours and reached speeds of 14.2 to 17.6 knots and on several occasions reached 21.7 knots. Even at those speeds the Corsair is very stable and easy to sail.....
Thank you so much for watching! For sure would been a fun boat sailing around the world. But to expensive and the running costs... All the best and cheers 🍻
@@testicool013 Well i was in engineering for years, if you put hinges or any other folding device it will break at the weakest point if put under a lot of stress.
HI - Love your vids. Great Job! Rapido trimarans - I would be curious how the noise level is on them while at anchor and while sailing. I'm sure the sound of the waves is a bit higher on this boat than on yours. Or is it about the same? I'm thinking in terms of very long passages...would the sound of the waves drive you to madness? I'm asking cause you can hear the waves during your walk-through of the boat...maybe it is just the camera's microphone being overly sensitive??
Thank you so much for watching and for your comment! BE FREE is pretty quiet both at anchor and at sea. I don’t think the camera increased the sound from the splashing noise as it’s actually pretty loud on the Rapido. I loved to sail this racing yacht but living on it would drive me nuts. Not much space and as you point out quite a lot of noise due to empty hulls with lots of resonance on each side. I would love to have a yacht like this for racing though! Cheers 🍻
Can you give the pluses and minuses on this lovely machine over your 55 and Kylie's please Thomas ; as single sailor or whatever group ownership . Your views , opinions , on yacht type , maybe specific yachts , choice would be welcome for many folk I think. Cheers
Cool boat, thanks for the tour! How fast would your monos go on that 9.2 knot leg by comparison? You should have started the episode by both getting fringe-bangs haircuts.
Probably not more than 4 kts! We had 13 kts in 10 kts wind outside but the 9,7 was in the channel with shade from island. Ridiculous fast in no wind! Thank you for watching! Cheers 🍻
Hi there, unfortunately not. It’s frequently asked question and I would off course share if she in the future decide to do this. Not everyone wants to spend so much time editing as it takes quite a lot of time
If you're doing a crossing and it's night with a light rain, you're at the station in the elements? If they'd have a half enclosure around the pilot station, I'd be a lot happier. Who wants to single hand it in a downpour with zero protection from the elements? The lack of area to sun and hang out on the bow would really stink if you had kids. And the kids better be big or you could have them walk out at night at anchor and fall in out of the back bedroom. I love the boat. Just a lot you lose over a cat and the only thing you gain is it's faster. If you ask friends you only have 1 extra cabin for them. There has to be a better way. The half round with nets for the rear with 2 stations a lot of race tri's use and instead of netting you can use carbon so you get a huge salon and 2 pilot stations closer to either of the two outriggers and they're shielded somehow. Slightly wider frontal and mid area over the waterline so you can have 2 cabins in front and a larger salon with huge storage under it. I agree not to increase the width below the waterline. I'd also put manta ray shaped lifting on the center board, keel, and V daggerboards to get some lift out of them to keep it up as high as possible. You're giving up a lot for that extra speed. A cat you have 4 bedrooms with 2 full baths or 1 master in 1 sponson and 2 in the other. With a large 360 degree view salon. And shielded stations so you don't get soaked sailing in a storm. You still get soaked, but at least something protects your face. Gunboat 55 does 25 Gunboat 68 does 30 Rapido 60 does 25
Thank you for watching and for your intresting comment. A gunnboat would definatly be my first choice if at all going towards multihull. But its way above my budget unfortunatly. All the best🍻
The laws of physics cannot overcome the inherent instability of the trimaran. It is an inherently dangerous design. It was invented by Arthur Piver, who lost his life at sea in one of his trimarans. Some tri's are beautiful and superbly engineered. If you know you can always go to sea in one of those, with several very experienced crew, then sure, have fun. But for most of us that isn't at all practical. Far from land, short-handed, the wind comes up unexpectedly and you are over-canvassed with just two or three of you available to reef quickly. That is the reality of sailing offshore for long distances. Sea conditions worsen, the gusts get stronger and bingo, wind and sea apply their forces to the enormous surface on the underside of your boat and you are capsized. You are now screwed. My two cents is that you're putting yourselves at an unreasonable risk.
Thank you for watching and for your comment. I actually agree with you in lots of your statments, and if you watched the entire episode this was a bit humoristic video. I realize lots of people missunderstands humour and even only read headliners. It was kind of a answer to all the viewers that was saying my solo sailor friend snd I should buy a boat together. The answer is later out in this very episode. Anyway wish you all the best🍻
Thank you 😊 O Lord my God, I bless thee with good health, good weather, good friends and wise judgement ❤️ 😊 🙏 💖 In Jesus name praise 👏 Our Holy Abba, Amen.
Thank you for watching and sharing your knowledge with me! I did not know this origins from China. Totally agree with you it’s funny this have become so universal. All the best and cheers 🍻
Yeah totally agree with you. I would love to own this one but it for sure would not been my first choice as a family yacht. Believe it’s a bit to big and complicated for solo sailing as well so BE FREE will still be sailed by me for a long time
Thank you 🙏🏻 I’m so happy with my yacht as she is in top condition and excellent set up for my purpose. Incredible safe and sturdy yacht in crazy weather as well as fast sailing in moderate winds! At the moment I have not found anything that can compete with what I have
Great video,gotta say you had me,l noticed the jib track is vey close to centre of boat,is this why it sails closer to the wind?Am happy to follow you guys on 3 hulls,2x1 hulls ,3x1plus 2x1hulls,with or without washing machine or dive compressor,whatever gets you two where you want to be 😉
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 It’s not only jib track it’s also rotating mast and all carbon fibre. Entire yacht weighs in at 50% of BE FREE... thank you for your support and being here!! All the best 🍻
@@SailingwithThomas they are awesome, but way too proud of their product. I can’t imagine spending more than 500k to build one. It would be cool if a kit was offered in this type of boat, so that the decamillionares can have the turnkey boat, and we poor folks can have one with a little blood sweat and tears.
Who gets which cabin or is there a tete a tete. That is the question. Size matters and a cat has it. Thumbs down on the Rapido. Would not like having to go topside to get to the other cabin. La Vagabond is buying one to build in Viet Nam and they will put kids in aft cabin which means they can not be watched. Big mistake.
I’m sure LV have thought it through before ordering similar. However from my perspective and experience not my first choice as a family yacht. But 5 stars for fun factor when sailing ⛵️ All the best! Cheers 🍻
Ha ha🤣 👍🏻 No worries! Just humour and no marriage or toddler in the future of this channel! She is a skilled sailor and super intelligent and that’s the new sexy! All the best 🍻
I love it! The joke you pulled on us viewers was great. Rent your boats and sail a tri.
I lived aboard, cruised, and chartered my very similar trimaran for several years and like a catamaran, they are great fun boats to take friends (and others) sailing. I am sorry you didn't get a good breeze that day, maybe another day when the wind is blowing 20 knots you can go again and show the boat at speed.
Yes, minimal interior accommodations for the length of the boat but it has to be kept light to sail well. Flying a hull even in light air usually thrills guests and sailing into the waves in a good breeze scares them, after soaking them with all the water blasting back from the bows.
The speed and ease of sailing is balanced by the rough motion going upwind. It is like flying a very small airplane in a storm. The boat is pitching rolling, jumping, and shaking so much you have to be holding on to something all the time. And that nice big bed? Hahahahaha! You don't lay down on that going upwind in wave because you will get thrown out of bed, across the cabin and slam into the far hull side before dropping down. The only somewhat safe place is in the aft cabin. Watching crew members trying to work the mast in those conditions is also worrisome, you wonder if they are going to make it back to the cockpit.
So, the answer is...
Never go upwind except in calm seas! Yeah, right. Don't we all hope for that?
Sailing circles around every other sailboat is really fun. Cruising catamarans sail like slugs compared to a proper trimaran, and unimarana (those MONOhull boats) might as well be anchored when you blast past them doing 20 knots.
Each boat has advantages and disadvantages, areas they shine and areas they stink, and more hulls equals more money. A simple sailboat cost formula is:
Unimaran = $
Catamaran = $$
Trimaran = $$$
After years on the Tri, I built a monohull...
Thank you so much for your well reflected feedback! I’m happy you enjoyed the humour and also thank you for watching! I’m loving my monohull and she sails so good in all weather from 15 kts of wind and up. So guess there will be many miles to go with BE FREE before changing anything. All the best and cheers 🍻
Hmmm, wonder how SLV will fair if they ever get theirs?
It would not been my first choice as family yacht but pretty sure they will be fine and super happy fast flying sailors. Cheers 🍻
@@tim1398 They will make great videos as always! And they will show the speed the Tri can do, along with the difficulties a fast, light boat brings. Surfing waves downwind heading across an ocean at 20+ knots is quite exciting. And the sound! I'm sure they will record what it sounds like below decks at 20+ kts and the water is cavitating along the hull and it makes a loud rumbling that makes you think you are going twice as fast. During the daytime it is okay but trying to sleep with the noise making everyone stressed out. Many times someone would come on deck looking scared because of the sudden increase of noise below but once on deck they would see everything is fine, we just surfed down an unusually large wave and hit close to 30 kts and on deck it was quiet.
They will learn to reef down at night for safety. We saw a 6 ft diameter log floating vertically out of the water more than a thousand miles offshore, the 6 ft waves were going up and down the log, it was stationary like it was a pile driven into the ocean bottom. We saw that during the daytime while sailing at 18 kts, if we had hit that we wouldn't sink (3 hull advantage) but it would have exploded a large area of the boat. I've seen other large semi-floating objects that would do extreme damage to any multihull at speed, and even a lightly built monohull would suffer severe damage. But speed is what really causes the worst damage so you learn to slow way down at night for safety.
Slowing down at night is also nice because it allows you to sleep.
SLV will surely tell everyone how rough going upwind in anything other than calm seas can be. It is shocking to many sailors how violent it can get if you have to make your way upwind. Like off a lee shore. Sure you can reef down and make it relatively comfortable by going slow enough that the boat just rides up and over the waves. The problem with that is that you make no headway. The boat just sails along going up and down the waves while staying in almost the same place. To make progress you have to give the boat more power which means now the boat is busting through the top of the swell then diving down and up again to launch off the crest of the next wave. And the speed change is something monohull sailors don't expect and why windvanes don't work well on light multihulls (upwind), the boat changes speed constantly and quickly which changes the apparent wind considerably going upwind. You have to hand steer and are constantly falling off and heading up depending on where the boat is on the swell, it slows down going up so the apparent wind requires you head up some to keep the wind speed up, then fall off when surfing down the back of the swell. Of course you are also steering to avoid the breaking wave crests to try to keep a bit dryer so you sail a constant slalom without adjusting sails or tacking.
Great fun with a good crew that is experienced, rested, and eager!
Not so much with a limited crew on a long passage.
However, it is really only challenging when going upwind so most cruising multihulls are very comfortable 95% of the time.
I'm sure SLV will love their new boat and will share the Good, Bad, and UGLY with all of us who sail along with them on YT.
You should do a little “interview” with Kylie. I’m sure people would love to hear her story
Will do in the near future! Thank you for watching🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻
@@SailingwithThomas following the northern brother 🥳
Yes, a Kyle background story would be lovely. Also, I noticed she mentioned a dive compressor on her boat and i don’t recall you posting much of any diving or snorkeling footage. That would be a great addition and all it takes is a GoPro camera.
I can promise you we will give you plenty of underwater adventures as well. We both have dive gears and are soon going to better places for scuba diving. Cheers 🍻
An amazing piece of engineering. Beautiful boat.
Sure is!! Flying away and so smooth 💪🏻 Cheers 🍻
Kylie is an absolute GODDESS!! Gosh, I love her.
She sure is! Thank you for watching 🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻
Super excellent vibes! Keep surprising us, Thomas!
Thank you so much🙏🏻 Happy our feel good vibes shines through the screen. Cheers 🍻
What a speed machine; it would be a lot of fun and also comfortable at sea, but not so much space for her size at anchor. I am a little envious.
Thank you 🙏🏻 It’s a ridiculous fun yacht to sail! To much money to me though... Cheers 🍻
I love the way the trimaran boats look that the kind I would buy or build 1 day maybe a 140'. Very nice boats. Stay safe Thomas and healthy love your videos. God bless you
Thank you so much for watching and your kind words. Hopefully your dreams will come true one day soon. All the best and cheers 🍻
@@SailingwithThomas I hope my dream comes too also my friend I don't give up easy if I can't have the boat that I want and at least I will have one to live on it will be like camping everyday in March 14th I will be applying for my retirement and when I'm 65 I'll have my full retirement so I can save up and buy a cheap boat someplace but one that see where the maybe have someone teach me to do some sailing anyways you stay safe out there and your swim platform you have on the back of your boat that is the ideal thing right there one that is raised it seems like it would be better because of the swells coming in but as long as it don't hold water in it drains it should be okay you have a really nice setup on your boat God bless you take care my friend
The Rapido trimaran is an amazing boat, and so fast. Loved your video.
Life`s short I suppose.
OK you had me,NOT...however it is plain too see you both have a lot in common. Wish you both all the wind you can handle .Enjoy your company and enjoy life. You are pretty darn free you two. Thanks for sharing 👍😊😀 Oviedo FL...
Ha ha🤣👌🏻👍🏻 You’re not easy to fool... Thank you so much for watching and leaving a friendly comment! Much appreciated🍻
Yes, what o good life saling an trimaran. I have just an Bavaria 42. And thinking off baying an katamaran to live on , and sailing,saling . I love yours vidios. I live in Sweden and have my boat in Enköping. Best regards. Stefan Ivarsson.
This video is too short! But enjoyed it you're so happy-go-lucky and more. Thank's to you and Kylie the new member!
Thank you so much! Happy you enjoyed this episode🙏🏻 All the best 🍻
First comment, awesome channel. You guys make a great team👍. But don’t take my word for it. The public from all around the world seems to think so too. I appreciate your candor with sharing. I will be buying a boat soon as well. You guys are helping me and I’m sure others. Cheers to you both 👍🍺
Thank you so much for your kind words!
I’m happy you hang around here enjoying this video as well. Cheers 🍻
You are having fun, nice to be on a super expensive yacht but that is not what makes the channel, we will take you on any boat your choose!
Thank you so much for your kind words 🙏🏻 All the best and cheers from BE FREE 🍻
Get one, you two are a perfect couple, it will happen ;-) .. With love from Sweden
Tack så mycket! Det blir nog inget samboende med det första. Det här var mest humor🤣 Skål 🍻🇸🇪
Talk about "A Big Tease".......OK guys, you got me...LOL No trimaran. But you both look and talk so happy together....may it continue into the adventures...cheers
Oooops! Sorry 😅 We had to much fun making this video and could not resist to be a bit click baiting. Thank you for your kind words🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻
Great day boat or doing the local regattas, as a liveaboard nice if you like camping.
I really agree with you! Fun yacht but not for solo sailing. I’m really happy with BE FREE and no plans of changing any time soon. Cheers 🍻
I love that you get right to the point ane not talk several minutes just to get " enough" footage! Vinteren kommer i Nord-Norge😁🇳🇴)
Thank you so much🙏🏻 Nyt høsten og vinteren i nord. Cheers 🍻
do not think twice mate, what a fantastic boat, we haven't see footage of this boat sailing in heavy seas but this boat as established a bench mark for a cruising versus sailing pleasure , so go for it and enjoy
Thank you for watching and for your kind words! It’s a bit too expensive to me at the moment and still very happy with BE FREE. But would been so much fun to be cruising around the world in this. Who knows what future brings. Cheers 🍻
I hope Kylie is the one chosen to be the eye candy👍
Ha ha🤣 Funny comment! Cheers 🍻
Yes absolutely go the rapid do 60 whooooooo hooooo
Thank goodness it's clickbait. For both your types of sailing your current boats are great.
Ha ha🤣 Yeah it was to good not to play around with. Normally I don’t do click baiting as I’m not a big fan. Rather have you surprised by content outside your expectations.Not sure if I succeed in my philosophy though... All the best 🍻
Kylie can be my captain full time anytime. No need for Rock Paper Scissors here. 😉
Ha ha🤣👍🏻 She enjoy solo sailing as much as I do so don’t think anything will change anytime soon... Cheers 🍻
Made me smile, thanks Kids !!
👍👍👍 😬
Thank you 🙏🏻 Happy you enjoyed this episode! Cheers 🍻
What a beautiful sailing vessel. Hmmm, the girl the SV, Thomas, that my friend is something to think about.
Thank you for watching and your sweet comment 🙏🏻 All the best! Cheers 🍻
You should buy it
To expensive for me but for sure would been a fun yacht to cruise around the world with. However both Kylie and I are happy solo sailors loving our respective yachts.
Cheers 🍻
I think I would keep accidentally falling down the steps from the galley/sink. It would take some getting used to
I actually really liked this boat until I saw that galley! Now it wouldn't even make the list! But, if your looking for a fun day sailor, it might be a little more appealing.
Love this boat 😀
It’s definitely something special! Cheers 🍻
Kylie is an amazing woman! and amazingly beautiful!!
Yes she is! Thank you for watching and your kind words. Cheers 🍻
are the rapido's easy to single hand? how are they compared to dragonfly?
You two are sweet and silly a nice combo. Sending you good wishes from Sam Diego
Thank you so much🙏🏻 All the best 🍻
For being a 60 foot boat it seemed to have very little room inside compared to other 60 foot sailing boats. If your main concern is the speed of the boat then your in good shape, but if your thinking about world sailing, I think the Rapido is lacking.
I’m totally agree with you. This is definitely not a family cruiser. However it’s flying on business class if you enjoy fast sailing 💪🏻 Cheers 🍻
@@SailingwithThomas Horses for courses .
@@SailingwithThomas lol isn’t this la vagabondes new boat? Guess they are gonna put thei two kids in the aft cabin…
@@donaldvanvliet9039 It will be interesting to see how they make it work.
@@donaldvanvliet9039 But where are they going to put the baby sitting and the extra crew help they now have?
Waterworld before the flood
Thank you so much for watching 🍻
Rapido 60 is amazing boat, got to sail on one two years ago while visiting St. Croix. We sailed and lived aboard a 2005 Privilege 615 Catamaran for 12 years, great memories on that boat, but we recently sold it and bought a condo in Key Largo, Florida. Key Largo is the first Key in the Florida Keys including Key West, we didn't quit sailing we just downsized, our new boat is a 2020 Corsair 880 Sport Trimaran. Corsairs are known for their insane speeds and this one doesn't disappoint. On a recent sail from Key Largo to Key West, we covered the 92.7 miles in 5.7 hours and reached speeds of 14.2 to 17.6 knots and on several occasions reached 21.7 knots. Even at those speeds the Corsair is very stable and easy to sail.....
Yeah heaps lots of fun sailing!!! Thank you for watching and your comment🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻
Yes you should
Thank you so much for watching! For sure would been a fun boat sailing around the world. But to expensive and the running costs... All the best and cheers 🍻
Rapido 60? I subscribed!
I'd buy a Rapid 50 if I had the money, folding amas make it more marina friendly.
Yeah it’s for sure a challenge with such a wide body on a yacht. However soon to be forgotten when out sailing ⛵️Cheers 🍻
If you add the ability to fold up it defiantly would take away a lot of strength,
@@patrickcoleman3 no it doesn’t
@@testicool013 Well i was in engineering for years, if you put hinges or any other folding device it will break at the weakest point if put under a lot of stress.
@@patrickcoleman3 unless it’s over engineered
HI - Love your vids. Great Job!
Rapido trimarans - I would be curious how the noise level is on them while at anchor and while sailing. I'm sure the sound of the waves is a bit higher on this boat than on yours. Or is it about the same? I'm thinking in terms of very long passages...would the sound of the waves drive you to madness? I'm asking cause you can hear the waves during your walk-through of the boat...maybe it is just the camera's microphone being overly sensitive??
Thank you so much for watching and for your comment! BE FREE is pretty quiet both at anchor and at sea. I don’t think the camera increased the sound from the splashing noise as it’s actually pretty loud on the Rapido. I loved to sail this racing yacht but living on it would drive me nuts. Not much space and as you point out quite a lot of noise due to empty hulls with lots of resonance on each side. I would love to have a yacht like this for racing though! Cheers 🍻
Can you give the pluses and minuses on this lovely machine over your 55 and Kylie's please Thomas ; as single sailor or whatever group ownership . Your views , opinions , on yacht type , maybe specific yachts , choice would be welcome for many folk I think. Cheers
Cool boat, thanks for the tour! How fast would your monos go on that 9.2 knot leg by comparison? You should have started the episode by both getting fringe-bangs haircuts.
Probably not more than 4 kts! We had 13 kts in 10 kts wind outside but the 9,7 was in the channel with shade from island. Ridiculous fast in no wind! Thank you for watching! Cheers 🍻
🤣🤣🤣🤣😅😎Shout out to SV LaVaga!
it looks like you were really ripping along there.
Yeah it was super fun! All the best and cheers 🍻
Yes !
Need more followers and patreons I guess🤣 Lots of money.... Cheers 🍻
Great Trimaran 👍👌
Its a plain crazy sailing machine 💪🏻 Cheers 🍻
Just before the ring ceremony you both would cut a trail like scalded dogs 🐕🐕👍🎩😎⛵️!!!!
Ha ha🤣 I don’t think so🤣 Thank you for watching and your fun comment👍🏻 Cheers 🍻
Does Kylie Have a sailing channel??
Hi there, unfortunately not. It’s frequently asked question and I would off course share if she in the future decide to do this. Not everyone wants to spend so much time editing as it takes quite a lot of time
Welcome to SwT, where the water is wet, and the humor is dry.
Ha ha🤣 You got that right! Thnx for watching🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻
Looks too complicated , if you could simplify the running rigging , yes great boat to cruise on. I believe in the KlSS the theory
Thank you for watching🙏🏻 Definitely not my first choice for solo sailing either. Fun-factor is 10/10 points! Cheers 🍻
I knew you were joking, but hope sailing the tri made you realise that you both have great boats, which are perfect for you )
Ha ha🤣 Maybe or did we? All the best John! Cheers 🍻
Can You please give more info about Rapido 60.
Thank you for watching! I have updated the description here with link to the listing of this boat as well as his video from when it was new. Cheers 🍻
What boat model does Kylie have? Never mind...I see it is a Beneteua 49
You got it right! Thank you for watching🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻
The docking of the trimaran will only cost 3X that of a mono hull.....
Very nice....
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻
Careful bro. Sail the “boat” for a season or two before you buy it 😎.
To expensive for me to buy at the moment. Cheers 🍻
If you're doing a crossing and it's night with a light rain, you're at the station in the elements? If they'd have a half enclosure around the pilot station, I'd be a lot happier. Who wants to single hand it in a downpour with zero protection from the elements?
The lack of area to sun and hang out on the bow would really stink if you had kids. And the kids better be big or you could have them walk out at night at anchor and fall in out of the back bedroom.
I love the boat. Just a lot you lose over a cat and the only thing you gain is it's faster. If you ask friends you only have 1 extra cabin for them. There has to be a better way. The half round with nets for the rear with 2 stations a lot of race tri's use and instead of netting you can use carbon so you get a huge salon and 2 pilot stations closer to either of the two outriggers and they're shielded somehow. Slightly wider frontal and mid area over the waterline so you can have 2 cabins in front and a larger salon with huge storage under it. I agree not to increase the width below the waterline. I'd also put manta ray shaped lifting on the center board, keel, and V daggerboards to get some lift out of them to keep it up as high as possible.
You're giving up a lot for that extra speed. A cat you have 4 bedrooms with 2 full baths or 1 master in 1 sponson and 2 in the other. With a large 360 degree view salon. And shielded stations so you don't get soaked sailing in a storm. You still get soaked, but at least something protects your face.
Gunboat 55 does 25
Gunboat 68 does 30
Rapido 60 does 25
Thank you for watching and for your intresting comment. A gunnboat would definatly be my first choice if at all going towards multihull. But its way above my budget unfortunatly. All the best🍻
What is a boat ?
A boat is a hole in the water where the money goes!
Does Kylie have a sailing channel?
Not at the moment and not active on social media either. She is a smart girl
Great adventures!! Keep sailing safe Be Free team!! I love trimarans!! awesome! How much is this Rapido selling for?
Thank you for watching 🙏🏻 Its at reduced price now for 1 mill US$ or 980K EUR 🍻
@@SailingwithThomas thanks for the information!
Also put the listing in the description if you wanna see more. All the best 🍻
The laws of physics cannot overcome the inherent instability of the trimaran. It is an inherently dangerous design. It was invented by Arthur Piver, who lost his life at sea in one of his trimarans. Some tri's are beautiful and superbly engineered. If you know you can always go to sea in one of those, with several very experienced crew, then sure, have fun. But for most of us that isn't at all practical. Far from land, short-handed, the wind comes up unexpectedly and you are over-canvassed with just two or three of you available to reef quickly. That is the reality of sailing offshore for long distances. Sea conditions worsen, the gusts get stronger and bingo, wind and sea apply their forces to the enormous surface on the underside of your boat and you are capsized. You are now screwed. My two cents is that you're putting yourselves at an unreasonable risk.
Thank you for watching and for your comment. I actually agree with you in lots of your statments, and if you watched the entire episode this was a bit humoristic video. I realize lots of people missunderstands humour and even only read headliners. It was kind of a answer to all the viewers that was saying my solo sailor friend snd I should buy a boat together. The answer is later out in this very episode. Anyway wish you all the best🍻
Thank you 😊 O Lord my God, I bless thee with good health, good weather, good friends and wise judgement ❤️ 😊 🙏 💖 In Jesus name praise 👏 Our Holy Abba, Amen.
Thank you for watching and for being here🙏🏻
All the best
It´s funny that every one around the world plays rock paper scissors!! As many other ancient games it was invented in China!
Thank you for watching and sharing your knowledge with me! I did not know this origins from China. Totally agree with you it’s funny this have become so universal. All the best and cheers 🍻
No room
True! For being a 60 fot its not much space inside and out! But it’s faaaaaaaast! Cheers 🍻
I dont like it, not totally sure the Amas are safe, looks a bit dicey in a big sea could bury and flip the thing.
It’s definitely a different way of sailing compared to what I’m used to. I’m still very happy with BE FREE ⛵️ All the best 🍻
Please explain. I thought tri were safer on tilting....as u can feel the tilt before hand
Why not buy a speed boat
LOL 😆🍻
this thing is fast but not for families for sure.
Yeah totally agree with you. I would love to own this one but it for sure would not been my first choice as a family yacht. Believe it’s a bit to big and complicated for solo sailing as well so BE FREE will still be sailed by me for a long time
Interior Seems small for a 60 footer,
Yes it’s definitely not much space for it’s size. But guess you choose performance over comfort sailing something like this.
Thank you for watching 🍻
No, don’t buy anything you grow out of, better something to grow into.
Yeah BE FREE is perfect and we both love our yachts. Kylie’s Idee of rafting up as a cat is better🤣 Cheers 🍻
Wedding it is :)
Ha ha🤣 I don’t think so! Cheers 🍻
@@SailingwithThomas well if you change your mind and want to sell your bavaria, let me know, as I'm looking for similar yacht as yours.
Thank you 🙏🏻 I’m so happy with my yacht as she is in top condition and excellent set up for my purpose. Incredible safe and sturdy yacht in crazy weather as well as fast sailing in moderate winds! At the moment I have not found anything that can compete with what I have
Great video,gotta say you had me,l noticed the jib track is vey close to centre of boat,is this why it sails closer to the wind?Am happy to follow you guys on 3 hulls,2x1 hulls ,3x1plus 2x1hulls,with or without washing machine or dive compressor,whatever gets you two where you want to be 😉
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 It’s not only jib track it’s also rotating mast and all carbon fibre. Entire yacht weighs in at 50% of BE FREE...
thank you for your support and being here!! All the best 🍻
@@SailingwithThomas 50% !!!! Wow Be Free Be Heavy!
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Thank you 🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻
That hob looks a little low tech :-)!
True! Thank you for watching 🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻
That is one sexy AF boat.
Sure is! Thank you for watching 🍻
How much? Roughly
1 mill US$ is updated reduced price
Häftig båt.
Helt syk båt! Seiler fortere en vinden blåser🍻
Aren’t those boats 1.7 million dollars?
Yeah that’s starting price. This one is at reduced price for 1 Mill US$
@@SailingwithThomas they are awesome, but way too proud of their product. I can’t imagine spending more than 500k to build one.
It would be cool if a kit was offered in this type of boat, so that the decamillionares can have the turnkey boat, and we poor folks can have one with a little blood sweat and tears.
Yeah I hear ya! Way to much money to me as well😅
Who gets which cabin or is there a tete a tete. That is the question. Size matters and a cat has it. Thumbs down on the Rapido. Would not like having to go topside to get to the other cabin. La Vagabond is buying one to build in Viet Nam and they will put kids in aft cabin which means they can not be watched. Big mistake.
I’m sure LV have thought it through before ordering similar. However from my perspective and experience not my first choice as a family yacht. But 5 stars for fun factor when sailing ⛵️ All the best! Cheers 🍻
Hell No
To expensive for me anyway, and we both love our boats. Cheers 🍻
don't buy!
No worries it was just for fun! Not gonna sell our boats in a long time.... we both love solo sailing ⛵️ Cheers 🍻
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Thank you for watching🙏🏻 Cheers 🍻 🍻
Not another couple.....does she look good half naked? How else are you gonna get click bait?
Ha ha🤣 👍🏻 No worries! Just humour and no marriage or toddler in the future of this channel! She is a skilled sailor and super intelligent and that’s the new sexy! All the best 🍻
@@SailingwithThomas Better to be Captain of your own ship. Jmho
Yeah nothing going to be changed in the near future🍻
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Thank you 🙏🏻 All the best 🍻