You said one of the things that tells me you are off to a good start: going to replace the rigging. So many buy a boat not knowing the lifespan of rigging. I do have some questions for ya. Do you get seasick (living on a sailboat at sea and crossing oceans is a lot different than taking a dive boat out for a few hours)? Do you know how to heave-to properly? Do you know how to inspect sails? Do you know how to reef? Lastly, do you know how much boat parts cost and how short of a lifespan they have? Now to some advice: Make sure you hand clean your fuel tank before going offshore. That is the number 1 problem new sailors have besides sea sickness (I have a trick to make sure you don't get sick if you want to hear it). Make sure you test your radios and how far they can send/receive. Drop your rudder and inspect the bearings and if yours is the type that uses a packing gland, make sure that is good to go. Inspect the steering cables and pulleys and replace all cotter pins on pulleys and rigging before you go anywhere. Cotter pins are cheap but can fail and cause a disaster without any notice or show of wear and tear. Make sure the bottom is cleaned before you head out. Have backup GPS capable phones with charts on them. You've already notice how easy it is to lose one. If you aren't replacing the rigging before you go, which I really suggest you do, then at least get a professional to inspect it. Same for the sails. Your neighbor thinks like me. For years I used to carry my old anchor rode on the side of my boat in a daisy chain because I didn't have room to store it but I didn't want to get rid of it. Everybody used to comment on it saying that's a great idea to protect the hull. I'd usually just say thank you and smile knowing they didn't know the real reason it was there. I sold that boat in Fiji in 2018. I wonder if he got the idea from my old boat. BTW: Don't feel bad about not finding the phone. It's very hard to find things in the water in a marina. Usually the bottom is a thick mushy mess and as soon as you start putting your hand in it, it stirs up all the junk in the water and you can't even see your nose. Get backup phones. Actually, the word backup is something you should be talking about for most things on your boat.
Have fun guys , it will be hard sometimes but it's worth it, I'm a carpenter by trade and purchased my first yacht in Darwin and sailed it back to Cairns that's when i was 31. I'm on boat 4 now still living on it and I'm 60. You either love it or hate it , I think you guys will love it, ile be back in Cairns in May Good luck and have heaps of adventures and fun,
Good to hear from another cairns person! That’s exactly what we did, got it in Darwin and took it to cairns for a big refit and now we’re off! Thanks for the kind words and see you out there one day! 👍
Not a sailor but a 61yr old solo land traveler. Follow many sailing channels but so looking forward to following this journey, best wishes and much ❤to you both. 😊
ONYA Guys...the beginning of this old fellas dream. Will be watching with much interest and guess I'll be learning with you as happenings progress....Cheers.👍
I can’t wait to see how you two progress with your plans, I for one will be along for the ride vicariously from home with a coffee looking forward to each video. Best of luck with all you do, best wishes from Western Canada 🇨🇦
Just watch this video and I will be following your journey. I enjoy the beginnings of new sailors and the refitting of the boats ( Your New Home ). Be Safe & Fair Winds. 😊😊
Congratulations on your first episode I’ve been watching sailing channels for about five years now and I’m really excited to see how you guys do with the next five. Good luck!
Wish you both all the best...I hope you both enjoy this adventure and the ups and downs that go with it...I hope you took it for a real good sail and tested out the motor thoroughly before signing on the dotted line...there was no mention of the motor and its condition and the sails as well. These are the expensive things that you dont want to have to replace.!!!!! Insurance companies[the ripoffs] dont like 10 yr old rigging....Insurance is needed to enter into marinas or to go on a service jetty... Pls check rudder and keel bolts before leaving Darwin...Good Luck and Fair Winds to you both....
Just stumbled on this and thought “oh great , another sailing channel”, there’s hundreds of them. For some reason I kept watching, your intro is excellent, photography, editing and narration all to the point. Future plans sound exciting and you guys come across as likeable with a “let’s go attitude”. Please don’t show me you preparing dinner, cooking dinner and eating dinner, I can do that at home. Good luck guys.
oh you two are actually very likeable and seem like froth lords. I'll subscribe. If you can survive the sail from Darwin to Cairns, then you're good to go. she can be a bumpy ride.
Hi guys. Welcome. Always exciting with new yt channels. Subscribed. Btw, you don't need the backround destracting music while you talk explaining your plans. All the best
Congratulations guys ! Im going to buy myself a sail boat soon and ive been watching heaps of utube channels so im so excited to see some Australians making a sailing channel ! If your in perth.please let me know before you get here and ill come say hello and drive you round to get supplies or just show you the sites. Cant wait to see your next video.
@SeafolkSailing Your so welcome, I was smiling the whole time watching your video and you guys are my kind of people (real with no BS) hanging out to see your next upload ! Take care and be safe.
I'd be way more concerns with stray currents in the water in a marina than any wildlife. Poorly setup power in a marina kills 20 people a year and some ESD deaths are not attributed to the marina power as a cause so that number is much higher! Crocs and sharks in a marina.......very low chance. And in Bayview, even lower regardless of them finding a bull shark and croc lol Look forward to watching along! If you make it to Vancouver Island, BC Canada in your travels, stop by!
Haha yeah we won’t be jumping at the next opportunity to jump into the water in a marina again that’s for sure! Thanks for your support and also the offer, we’ll let you know for sure when we get to BC one day! 🥳
Good luck with your new journey on the water. I'm looking forward to what's ahead. Keep up the good work 💪. SV Kiwi Lady Opua Bay of islands New Zealand 👍🏿
This is amazing, me an my parter dream of doing the same thing here in wa. Good on you for taking the step to enjoy life, I wish I could take the same step
The only thing that held us back was finding the right old girl! Definitely get into it, start small if you have to and just get out there and have fun. 🙏
Hi guys, just come across your channel sounds very interesting , Just subscribed and looking forward to the next adventure before dementia Cliff from Logan city Queensland Australia. I’m on the big island
I'm also a carpenter. After work and on the weekends, I designed and built my own home without hiring any labor and did it all debt free. With that purchase came two lots. I'm planning on building another house on that land and then selling the first home to purchase a nice boat and sail around the world.
Good decision Janneau boats are capable boats. I'm a Brit in France and if you ever make it here in years to come by all means look me up I have a hotel in Lourdes and although I'm between boats at the moment and I'm sure not for long (just refitting the hotel during the closed season) your more than welcome especially as you start your new adventure. Neil
This is amazing and thank you! We’ll definitely hold you to that, we’re planning to be up in the med either 26’/27’ ! Will most likely spend two seasons up there as well! Hope the renovations go well! 🙏
Cool, taking it into consideration that your boat was. Made a few decades ago, there is an excellent chance I know exactly where it was built! I should add, and never know how to express it, that this is free and from my appreciation, kindness and I suppose mixed in with a bit of jealousy I never had the balls to it myself 🤗 I did say I didn't know how to express it and now you know, as with the hotel pain before pleasure, or as it's known in the trade sanding!!! Neil & Lizzie Welsh
All the very best team. I'm looking forward to your adventures. Also please please don't jump into the croc and shark infested waters. Your journey could end far too soon. Your phone would have been screwed anyway. IP67 is for fresh water only. Not salt! Ahoy :-)
Hi, welcome to the sailor's community. Is your boat a sun kiss 45, or rather, a sun kiss 47? It's lengthened by a sugar scoop ("Jupe", in french). If it's original, it's a SK 47. If it was added later, it's a 45, but either way, it's a 47-footer! It's a very big boat, for two people!
Hi! Yes it was added after the original build so you’re right, it’s a 47! The registration papers say 45 though. But yes she’s a nice sturdy old girl and she’s quite lovely to sail even only double handed!
Remember don't sail bigger than you need. Bigger boats means problems are harder to fix or get to because size creates distance & lengthens your ability to get things done in a timely fashion. Just saying, enjoy.
Background music makes it more difficult to understand what you’re saying- besides most of us come here to listen to the waves 🌊 and the birds and the creeks of the boat.
Davy Jones’s loves making phone calls with other people’s cell phones but due to saltwater the phones don’t last very long. Yeah it’s a 40 year old boat you are going to get to know her good bad and ugly parts.
First video of yours that I’ve watched and straight away your into the over dramatisation. Bayview marina isn’t croc or shark infested, I live in Darwin and spend a lot of time working in the Marina’s..particularly the duck ponds. Stick to the facts!
Haha she’s a sturdy build, a lot more sturdy than most of the newer production boats that’s for sure, she’s got some solid bones, this we know for a fact. 😜
@SeafolkSailing I have spent 40 years delivering yachts, many of them production boats like this. While you are right in that they have actually got worse not better over the years there is no way I would describe a 1985 jeanneau as sturdy, unless previous owners have done some remedial boatbuilding. The rigs were usually ok, though of course the standing rigging should be replaced every ten years. The hull-deck joints were suspect as was the tabbing of bulkheads to the hull. The rudder stock and internal frames were prone to failure and certainly the keel bolts should be withdrawn and inspected along with the floors. At least those early boats were not methacrylate bonded and the keels were actually bolted through floors. I have seen some production boats where wise owners have installed additional structural stiffening to good effect. The hull shapes and rigs were a bit IOR adjacent which made them reasonable upwind but pretty squirrelly and prone to control issues downwind and easily overpowered.
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It’s amazing how Delos and vaga have inspired so many. A man bun is a good start. All the best.
Having long hair means no hairdressers necessary while at sea for months and months, and bald heads aren’t for everyone 🤣
You said one of the things that tells me you are off to a good start: going to replace the rigging. So many buy a boat not knowing the lifespan of rigging.
I do have some questions for ya. Do you get seasick (living on a sailboat at sea and crossing oceans is a lot different than taking a dive boat out for a few hours)? Do you know how to heave-to properly? Do you know how to inspect sails? Do you know how to reef? Lastly, do you know how much boat parts cost and how short of a lifespan they have?
Now to some advice: Make sure you hand clean your fuel tank before going offshore. That is the number 1 problem new sailors have besides sea sickness (I have a trick to make sure you don't get sick if you want to hear it). Make sure you test your radios and how far they can send/receive. Drop your rudder and inspect the bearings and if yours is the type that uses a packing gland, make sure that is good to go. Inspect the steering cables and pulleys and replace all cotter pins on pulleys and rigging before you go anywhere. Cotter pins are cheap but can fail and cause a disaster without any notice or show of wear and tear. Make sure the bottom is cleaned before you head out. Have backup GPS capable phones with charts on them. You've already notice how easy it is to lose one. If you aren't replacing the rigging before you go, which I really suggest you do, then at least get a professional to inspect it. Same for the sails.
Your neighbor thinks like me. For years I used to carry my old anchor rode on the side of my boat in a daisy chain because I didn't have room to store it but I didn't want to get rid of it. Everybody used to comment on it saying that's a great idea to protect the hull. I'd usually just say thank you and smile knowing they didn't know the real reason it was there. I sold that boat in Fiji in 2018. I wonder if he got the idea from my old boat.
BTW: Don't feel bad about not finding the phone. It's very hard to find things in the water in a marina. Usually the bottom is a thick mushy mess and as soon as you start putting your hand in it, it stirs up all the junk in the water and you can't even see your nose. Get backup phones. Actually, the word backup is something you should be talking about for most things on your boat.
all the best, can't wait to watch your progress with the boat
Thank you!
So far so good guys. You’ve hooked me.
Love to see new sailing channels. It keeps me motivated to do the same one day. Happy sailing.
You can do it!
Great first ep!! Can’t wait to the next 🎉
Haha thank you! Next will be in 2 weeks! 🥳
Have fun guys , it will be hard sometimes but it's worth it,
I'm a carpenter by trade and purchased my first yacht in Darwin and sailed it back to Cairns that's when i was 31. I'm on boat 4 now still living on it and I'm 60. You either love it or hate it , I think you guys will love it, ile be back in Cairns in May Good luck and have heaps of adventures and fun,
Good to hear from another cairns person! That’s exactly what we did, got it in Darwin and took it to cairns for a big refit and now we’re off! Thanks for the kind words and see you out there one day! 👍
Great intro, can't wait to join the journey!
Awesome! Thank you!
Congratulations on the first videos guys 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thanks mate! Hopefully the next ones keep getting easier!
I'm looking forward to seeing your videos and adventures 🤙
Awesome! Thank you!
Not a sailor but a 61yr old solo land traveler. Follow many sailing channels but so looking forward to following this journey, best wishes and much ❤to you both. 😊
Awesome, thank you!
Love it! Safe sailing. Looking forward to the adventures.
@@craighodges2447 haha legend mate thank you! Hopefully we can keep you entertained!
So good guys!! Can’t wait to keep watching 🙌🏼
@@HarrisonMorgan-p1m Cheers big ears! Hopefully get you guys onboard in the South Pacific ⛵️🏄🏼♂️
All the best and looking forward to seeing you both on your wonderful adventures 🦘🏝️🏖️⛵️
Thanks so much! 😊
ONYA Guys...the beginning of this old fellas dream. Will be watching with much interest and guess I'll be learning with you as happenings progress....Cheers.👍
Amazing thanks mate! Hopefully we can keep you entertained! 🤩
I can’t wait to see how you two progress with your plans, I for one will be along for the ride vicariously from home with a coffee looking forward to each video. Best of luck with all you do, best wishes from Western Canada 🇨🇦
How good!! Definitely following along for the ride! 🥳
@@Insightfulnflux heck yes thank you! 🤩
Woohoo!! This is such a great intro to you guys!
@@NathanSchmidt-l5f haha we try our best! 🤣
Just watch this video and I will be following your journey. I enjoy the beginnings of new sailors and the refitting of the boats ( Your New Home ). Be Safe & Fair Winds. 😊😊
Awesome, thank you!
I look forward to watching your journey!
Amazing thank you, we look forward to sharing it with you!
Great vid looking forward to the next.
Coming soon!
Congratulations on your first episode I’ve been watching sailing channels for about five years now and I’m really excited to see how you guys do with the next five. Good luck!
Awesome! Thank you and welcome aboard!
Wish you both all the best...I hope you both enjoy this adventure and the ups and downs that go with it...I hope you took it for a real good sail and tested out the motor thoroughly before signing on the dotted line...there was no mention of the motor and its condition and the sails as well. These are the expensive things that you dont want to have to replace.!!!!! Insurance companies[the ripoffs] dont like 10 yr old rigging....Insurance is needed to enter into marinas or to go on a service jetty... Pls check rudder and keel bolts before leaving Darwin...Good Luck and Fair Winds to you both....
Best of luck guys 🤙
Well done look forward to following you. Enjoy the journey
So proud of you guys!! Such a great episode. Kat you are crazy jumping in the croc waters haha! Can’t wait to see the rest of the episodes!
Thank you!! So happy to have you guys, hopefully we can share an anchorage again soon!! 🙏🙏
Awesome guys, looking forward to following your adventures 🥰
Woooo! Looking forward to sharing more! 🥳
Just stumbled on this and thought “oh great , another sailing channel”, there’s hundreds of them. For some reason I kept watching, your intro is excellent, photography, editing and narration all to the point. Future plans sound exciting and you guys come across as likeable with a “let’s go attitude”. Please don’t show me you preparing dinner, cooking dinner and eating dinner, I can do that at home. Good luck guys.
@@BruceSymons thanks so much for the kind words! We’ll definitely try to keep the cooking shows out of it 🤣
oh you two are actually very likeable and seem like froth lords. I'll subscribe. If you can survive the sail from Darwin to Cairns, then you're good to go. she can be a bumpy ride.
Yeehaa!! Nice work guys! Cant wait to see more!! 🎉
@@Josh-h3k2f yeeww! They’ll keep coming so keep an eye out!
WOOHOO 🥳 Nice work on the 1st Episode guys! Full stoke!!
Haha thank you!! Now to keep consistent 😜
@@SeafolkSailing thats the real challenge!
Hi guys. Welcome. Always exciting with new yt channels. Subscribed. Btw, you don't need the backround destracting music while you talk explaining your plans. All the best
Haha yea and driving him around too haha
Thanks for the tip and the sub! We’ll keep that in mind for the next ones!
Wooohoooo what a good start!! Keen to keep watching the journey 🙌🏼🙌🏼
Haha thank you! We’ll definitely try to keep the consistency 😜
Loved it, more guys.
Thank you! Next one in two weeks! 🥳
i am in for the journey!😀 good luck guy’s
Congratulations, the future will be amazing.
Great 1st episode legends! Loved it! ❤
Awesome editing Kat 👏
@@Heidi-LeaHoes yeeww thanks Heidi!! 🥳🥳
Congratulations guys ! Im going to buy myself a sail boat soon and ive been watching heaps of utube channels so im so excited to see some Australians making a sailing channel ! If your in perth.please let me know before you get here and ill come say hello and drive you round to get supplies or just show you the sites. Cant wait to see your next video.
Ahh mate that’s amazing thanks so much for the offer! Hopefully you find your dream boat soon and we see you out there!
@SeafolkSailing Your so welcome, I was smiling the whole time watching your video and you guys are my kind of people (real with no BS) hanging out to see your next upload ! Take care and be safe.
I'd be way more concerns with stray currents in the water in a marina than any wildlife. Poorly setup power in a marina kills 20 people a year and some ESD deaths are not attributed to the marina power as a cause so that number is much higher! Crocs and sharks in a marina.......very low chance. And in Bayview, even lower regardless of them finding a bull shark and croc lol Look forward to watching along! If you make it to Vancouver Island, BC Canada in your travels, stop by!
Haha yeah we won’t be jumping at the next opportunity to jump into the water in a marina again that’s for sure! Thanks for your support and also the offer, we’ll let you know for sure when we get to BC one day! 🥳
Great first video guys. You have an amazing adventure ahead of you. There are more great days at sea than bad, enjoy the ride.
Thanks so much!
Wishing you happy journeys! Looks like an amazing adventure is ahead of you.
Thanks so much!
Good luck with your new journey on the water. I'm looking forward to what's ahead. Keep up the good work 💪. SV Kiwi Lady Opua Bay of islands New Zealand 👍🏿
All the best with your channel. Can't imagine how fantastic your life must be 😉
Hahaha oh but you can imagine! Thanks mate, we hope it goes well too. See ya in a few days.
Great job guys!!! Would love to see more of your adventures 😍 keep it up 💪🏼
Thanks for following along on our journey ☺️⛵️
This is looking solid, good luck guys 🎉
@@nofreestyling haha thanks mate!! 🤙🤙
Enjoyable first episode guys. Subscribed all the way from U.K. looking forward to seeing your hard work and your channel grow! 👍🏻🎉
Awesome! Thank you!
Awesome guys, hopefully see you on the water somewhere!
Thank you! We hope so too! 🥳⛵️
UA-cam having to catch up on all the awesome insta content you’ve put out already 😂
Love you guys xx
@@sammieb8624 haha it’s definitely got some catching up to do 😜 thank you! ❤️
Congratulations! Looking forward to.your adventures!
Thanks so much!
Frothing, safe travels guys. 🎉🎉👍
Yeeww!! Thank you! 🥳🤙
Good luck on your journey and adventure.
I'm Cairns based and just bought a boat and starting the same journey of fixing it up 🤠
Awesome mate! Where in cairns are you refitting? Whats her name & build?
@@SeafolkSailing it's a significantly smaller it's a 23f VDS trailer sailer, home rebuild.
Following! Good luck!
Amazing, thank you! 🤩
I'd like it noted that im the 184th subscriber, because you guys are going to have thousands of them! Good luck to both of you, when's the next video?
Thanks for subscribing mate that’s amazing and thanks for the kind words! Next one “should” be next week!
This is amazing, me an my parter dream of doing the same thing here in wa. Good on you for taking the step to enjoy life, I wish I could take the same step
The only thing that held us back was finding the right old girl! Definitely get into it, start small if you have to and just get out there and have fun. 🙏
Hi guys, just come across your channel sounds very interesting , Just subscribed and looking forward to the next adventure before dementia Cliff from Logan city Queensland Australia. I’m on the big island
Thanks for supporting us, hope you enjoy what’s to come!
I'm also a carpenter. After work and on the weekends, I designed and built my own home without hiring any labor and did it all debt free. With that purchase came two lots. I'm planning on building another house on that land and then selling the first home to purchase a nice boat and sail around the world.
That is awesome!
Great to see the start of your channel! Aussie AF too 😂❤
Looking forward to seeing what you get up to
Amazing! Cant wait to share more with you! 🤩
Congrats !
Enjoy.life at sea no matter where you travel around the world. Always stay safe.
all the best with the adventure!
Thank you! 🤩
Great video guys, looking forward to following your journey. When will you set sail?
Dropping the phone in the water is a good start.
Accidents happen 🤣
@ be you wanted a new phone anyway, right?
No better life than following your dreams, life awaits....
Couldn’t agree more! 🥳
Good luck, will watch with interest capnjohn ⚓️👍🇬🇧😎
All the best you two 😊.
Thank you! 🤩
Best of luck to you both
Thank you! 🙏
Good decision Janneau boats are capable boats.
I'm a Brit in France and if you ever make it here in years to come by all means look me up I have a hotel in Lourdes and although I'm between boats at the moment and I'm sure not for long (just refitting the hotel during the closed season) your more than welcome especially as you start your new adventure.
Neil
This is amazing and thank you! We’ll definitely hold you to that, we’re planning to be up in the med either 26’/27’ ! Will most likely spend two seasons up there as well! Hope the renovations go well! 🙏
Cool, taking it into consideration that your boat was. Made a few decades ago, there is an excellent chance I know exactly where it was built!
I should add, and never know how to express it, that this is free and from my appreciation, kindness and I suppose mixed in with a bit of jealousy I never had the balls to it myself 🤗
I did say I didn't know how to express it and now you know, as with the hotel pain before pleasure, or as it's known in the trade sanding!!!
Neil & Lizzie Welsh
All the very best team. I'm looking forward to your adventures. Also please please don't jump into the croc and shark infested waters. Your journey could end far too soon. Your phone would have been screwed anyway. IP67 is for fresh water only. Not salt! Ahoy :-)
Haha yeah it was definitely a lesson learned and we won’t be jumping at the chance to go into croc waters again that’s for sure 🤣
3 days, you should be halfway to monetization as well. Great start for a channel.
Fingers crossed! Just got to get the watch hours up and we’ll be sweet!
@ updating is always delayed. If your average watch time is 6 minutes, that 2k hours
Hi, welcome to the sailor's community. Is your boat a sun kiss 45, or rather, a sun kiss 47? It's lengthened by a sugar scoop ("Jupe", in french). If it's original, it's a SK 47. If it was added later, it's a 45, but either way, it's a 47-footer! It's a very big boat, for two people!
Hi! Yes it was added after the original build so you’re right, it’s a 47! The registration papers say 45 though. But yes she’s a nice sturdy old girl and she’s quite lovely to sail even only double handed!
@@SeafolkSailing It's a solid construction, above all. These are "the jeanneaux of the good old days", as we say in France!
Magic😅😅
Subscribed! Let’s goooo, but someone needs to get that phone back otherwise I’ll have to unsubscribe! 🐊 🦈
Haha we’ll get someone onto it asap!
Live life guys - catchya next time....
Living life is the only way! 😜
Let’s where the”ride” goes !!! Good luck and fun. I will follow!! 🎉hit 👍 and subscribe, both done!
Awesome! Thank you!
Remember don't sail bigger than you need. Bigger boats means problems are harder to fix or get to because size creates distance & lengthens your ability to get things done in a timely fashion. Just saying, enjoy.
Haha we hope we haven’t bitten off more than we can chew but she’s a tough old gal that’s for sure!
Background music makes it more difficult to understand what you’re saying- besides most of us come here to listen to the waves 🌊 and the birds and the creeks of the boat.
Well keep that in mind for the next one thanks! ☺️
Davy Jones’s loves making phone calls with other people’s cell phones but due to saltwater the phones don’t last very long. Yeah it’s a 40 year old boat you are going to get to know her good bad and ugly parts.
Wait until you are in a boatyard before talking about "most mossie infested"!! 😂😂😂😂😂
Haha anything in Australia is mossie infested though right!? 🤣
First video of yours that I’ve watched and straight away your into the over dramatisation. Bayview marina isn’t croc or shark infested, I live in Darwin and spend a lot of time working in the Marina’s..particularly the duck ponds. Stick to the facts!
Just going off the info we were provided but thanks for the update, now we know THE FACTS! ☺️🤙
I will follow you for a bit. I don't know why you have to play music while you are talking to us? I prefer to hear what you are saying.
Thanks we’ll keep that in mind ☺️
Awesome first video. Im subbing now!
Thanks for the sub!
"A 1985 jeanneau with two circimnavigations" oh sh*t. You are so screwed and have no idea how screwed..
Haha she’s a sturdy build, a lot more sturdy than most of the newer production boats that’s for sure, she’s got some solid bones, this we know for a fact. 😜
@SeafolkSailing I have spent 40 years delivering yachts, many of them production boats like this. While you are right in that they have actually got worse not better over the years there is no way I would describe a 1985 jeanneau as sturdy, unless previous owners have done some remedial boatbuilding. The rigs were usually ok, though of course the standing rigging should be replaced every ten years. The hull-deck joints were suspect as was the tabbing of bulkheads to the hull. The rudder stock and internal frames were prone to failure and certainly the keel bolts should be withdrawn and inspected along with the floors. At least those early boats were not methacrylate bonded and the keels were actually bolted through floors. I have seen some production boats where wise owners have installed additional structural stiffening to good effect. The hull shapes and rigs were a bit IOR adjacent which made them reasonable upwind but pretty squirrelly and prone to control issues downwind and easily overpowered.
No way in hell i would get in that water
Yeh Nah
Nah yeah?
That boat is 40 year old. 40 year old problems
My boat is 60 and has done 16k+ miles in the last three years bro
@SailorJames mic drop 🤣🙏
Get, do not look back!