Schooner MALABAR X: arrival in Key West
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- Опубліковано 22 гру 2023
- Schooner MALABAR X comes home to Key West where she will begin her next chapter offering public and private charters with Sunset Sail Key West.
Music by Pink Floyd: Echoes (i have no rights to this music, but it’s awesome)
That took me back almost 50 years.. As a yacht delivery skipper based UK I'd taken on a delivery from the UK to Alicante in Spain, then another of maybe the most beautiful yacht I ever sailed, ' Aberking and Rasmussen, 53ft yawl 'Bacchanal' to Greece, not wishing to head back immediately to the UK I set off around Piraeus, introducing myself to various yacht charter agents, a couple of weeks later I walked back into 'Valef yachts' and was greeted like a long lost son.. "we need a Mate for our schooner, 'Nordlys".. 1930s, New York built Bermudan rigged schooner, a few hours later I was on a plane headed for Samos.. A few days later, I'm way out at the end of the bowsprit, looking back along the hull under full sail, heeled over, almost gunwales under, blue/white crashing waves tearing past, I decided at that moment that yachts, instead of being an occasional way over earning some extra money, would instead be my career.. shortly afterward I went down to the saloon to discover the ports under water due to the list and sunlight coming through the water illuminating the entire saloon an intense flickering blue.. a magical moment..a life-affirming moment.
Poetry sir
Damn cool story
A wonderful little story, James! Loved it. And 'almost 50 years ' ago. You could no doubt write a book, about your many adventures, the ports and countries you visited, the colorful characters you met and got to know.
I'm off, to look up the yawl BACCHANAL and the schooner, NORDLYS.
@@robertbondy7416 If Bacchanal doesn't show up, try Baccarat.. it was named Baccarat at one stage apparently having been won by a new owner as a result of a win at the game :>) Last I heard it was under the Dutch flag.. good luck !
What an absolute beauty she is.
An amazing boat, well sailed, beautifully filmed with a great soundtrack, what's not to like!
Why oh why spoil it with the motor running?
music over the sound of water, they have the motor running. Thats whats not to like.
@@WoobieeeeI believe we only turned on the motor once in the harbor proper
My family (parents and four kids) chartered (with 2 crew) the Malabar X in the Virgin Islands for a week around 1972. Great experience. My brother and I slept on the deck. The only destination I specifically recall is The Baths at Virgin Gorda. Happy to see she has been rebuilt and still sailing! … she was definitely showing some age when we were aboard.
Took my breath away. As fine a piece of sailing as I've ever seen. Notice how the crew began tidying the lines well before she enters the harbor. A pro job all around. Nice video work too. Thanks, Malabar, you've made this old armchair sailor's day.
WOW! The captain and crew did a fantastic job sailing her! What a beauty!!!
Pink Floyd was a nice touch to this video.
I’ve sailed this vessel before…and her sister ship True Love…beautiful pieces of art!
Beautiful boat and great handling!
Spectacular arrival for a spectacular ship! Great footage and soundtrack, epic!
She's a Classic, to be sure.
Thank you for sharing this.
Fun to see her under sail and how the crew goes about bringing her in.
That's a good life lived...
Nice boat, good crew. Loved the Pink Floyd, perfect tune for the video.
The beautiful boat combines perfectly well with the song!❤
Alden boats are the most beautiful boats. I looked at one, it was too damaged to repair. Broke my heart.
What a graceful beauty. And a great choice of music -- I'm going to have to go listen to this whole album again now :)
Glorious, brilliant, beautiful and so groovy.
Absolutely wonderful. Well done. Reminds me of when I was much younger and living on board in Hawaii, coming in from day sails or overnights between the islands. Good job.
So nice era of sailing boats in my Cabo Verde islands, no planes, only sail boats. Old timers and beauty.
What a great video with the perfect song track!!!
Wonderful boat, thanks for sharing.
Great sailing crew and camera operator! Beautiful vessel! I'm guessing this isn't their first rodeo in that marina?
you got that right
Excellent thanks for posting this!
Awesome sailing!
Very cool! All with a three man crew. Everyone should learn/experience this! I dug the Pink Floyd too.
This is just gorgeous.
Well done, both seamanship and video.
What a beauty. Just fantastic. She's an impressive vessel Captain. On a glide. Great crew too. !00% Clearly you have the Conch.
Our family bota for many years… so glad to see her looking and sailing so fine!
seriously sharp sailing!
to melt away ❤️ what a stunning scenery 🙏💫✨💫👌 I bow down 😍
Beautiful ship, and so well handled.
Majestic in every sense of the word!💪👊
Oh she's Stunning
Fantastic song choice!
perfect music, nice boat!
Oh Gosh.
That’s soo pretty!
And seriously impressive handling!
Captain Seth , so glad I could be apart of this thank you!
How beautiful... 💙💙💙
She’s absolutely gorgeous!
In the late 1800’s, my family had two 45 ft sailboats that sailed around Florida selling tools, kitchen gear, clothing etc. they were the ACE hardware and GREYHOUND bus of their time. They were originally from Alsace Loraine and were shipwrecked on the Florida keys reef and later set up a house in Key West.
Wow!
How about a full boat tour?
MAGNIFICENT!!
That was some gutsy badass sailing into that cove.
Four schooners in our family over fifty years. Always a beautiful sight seeing one under sail. Ernie Minney
She's gorgeous and I love the music choice!
Wow! I almost bought this boat about 40 years ago in West Palm Beach. Looks a "little better" now...
Made some moves Captain Ron would be proud of in that marina.
We had a old painting of one, this is the first time I see one sail just like in the painting.
fantastic ... and moored just aside When and If ... WOW
i didn’t know what i was looking for , but finally met the girl of my dreams!…she is gorgeous…love the way she moves…can’t get enough of her…
Awesome!
The music....the sailing...OMG...pinch me!
Crew of three!!! Thats some nice handling
Awesome video
What a beauty
Lovely boat and great seamanship. But it was harder in the old days without an engine.
You think?
What do you think?
Not harder at all, just a tiny bit more skill
they just used sculling oars and/or barge poles to move in the harbor pre-engine. many larger boats would be anchored or moored out in the harbor and the crew would get back to shore on the ships tender.
Boat and Pink Floyd 🤩😍💓
hell yah......Well done Captain.....Finnster
Gorgeous
great
I just made a video on the CA Thayer docked in San Francisco, amazing ships indeed!
❤❤❤❤❤❤
Praise the Lord... That`s it.
Very nice. I sailed on her on Seneca Lake when Doug Hazlitt owned her.
beautifull Boat
Pink Floyd - Echoes
what a dream
I bought my schooner (Windolee) because of Malibar, when she was in Chicago during the 50s. Nice filming. A boat lover filming an absolute fantastic schooner. Just subscribed … what took me so long? Sailing into Stock Island, right?
Nice 👍
Beautyfull
♥️🎉
You had me at *bing*
What a sailboat
❤
Quel beau bateau ..
Is this Malabar any relation to the Malabar that sailed the waters of Long Island sound. Of Bridgeport Ct. and Stratford Ct.?
Cool
As a schooner driver myself, I have just one word for this video... EXCELLENT!!! (Capt. Mike schooner Island Time -- Fells Point, MD) You boys need a cannon, though.
Lovely! Is she under power as well? Looks like it from the exhaust under the stern. 🤔
Engine is on but not in gear
Beautiful! Submarine sound?
Pure and simple beauty and grace. The essence of a sailing boat.
Wonderful Music by Pink Floyd Album Meddle tune Echoes
Delicious!
Reminds me of Winslow paintings
This tunes are 53y.o. Album Meddle released 1971 or 72 don't know exactlly...
Se is beautiful.
This boat used to sail in the Finger Lakes
I don't know about that. Seems like too much draft for the Erie Canal.
Built in Ithaca, sailed out of Watkins Glen on Seneca Lake. John Alden design.@@jeffreyerwin3665
Correction, rebuilt in Ithaca, NY
That bilge pump appears to be working pretty constantly.
I am no sailor so where is all that water coming from?
It’s not coming over the side?
Beautiful old boat.
that’s the engine exhaust, not the bilge
@@americanschoonerassociation - the water coming out is not "condensed" exhaust fumes, though. While exhaust fumes from burning carbohydrates ;) gives carbondioxide (CO2) and water (H2O) this is a lot more water than ever in those fumes. So a form of water cooling (using sea water) is combined with the exhaust? Using the exhaust pressure as pump cooling water out maybe?
Which ones Pink?
Extremely beautiful ! But the question is ...Can it survive a stormy weather in The crossing of the Atlantic or Cape Horn or is it only for Lakes (and in Summer time)?
The MALABAR X won the Newport to Bermuda Race in both 1930 and 1932, she’s more than just a lake-boat
A beautiful tribute to John G Alden! It was quite enjoyable watching you sail in. You can be forgiven for having the foresail hanging over the rail since you had only a helmsman and two hands to handle 4 sails. (My criticism is quite tongue in cheek, great job!) Where were you bound in from?
Fort Lauderdale to Key West
Only been watching 30 seconds of this and I have an odd urge to run rum.
Fabulous
Bombezio
Hum... at 0:56, is that the generator spitting out water, or the bilge, or.... wouldn't be an Iron Jenny, would it? :) I understand getting ready to drop the sails and all, but...
Still , makes me want to be one of the lucky stiffs on board!
John Alden sure was a scribbler of fine lines when he scribbled the lines of this one.
Very nice , but why is the engine on ?
Possibly making sure engine runs before docking ?
responsible seamanship is all about mitigating risk, not just bravado
Insurance. Like safe driving your car, have a back up.
Any idea why its named Malabar? Any stories with Kerala(South-West of India)?
She's a beauty. (Despite the running engine, which kinda spoiled what otherwise is dream scene)
No engine-less sailing ship could have ever docked in that parking lot.
Old timers would have had plenty of room to maneuver offshore under sail, drop anchor or moor with crew rowing to shore.
It's a necessary trade off with vessels packed on top each other in busy marinas.
The captain did a beautiful job bringing her in under full sail, lowering the fore sail, then turning her into the wind and bringing her to a dead stop a stone's throw to the shore. No sail-only captain could have done better.
But aesthetics-wise, I understand your comment.
Tight quarters for a crew of three to get all of that sail off, especially the gaff rigged fore and main. Two halyards each, throat and peak, and you don't want to drop those gaffs on your head. Belaying the halyards to ease the sails down while flaking the sails - nicely done.
YES the engine is running, but NO it’s not in gear (for all the trolls here in the comment section).
Hi, I was first officer on the three master Tallship Alma Doepel in Melbourne Australia and we sail under full sail (12 sail) but we only had up 10 sails the day we sailed up the Yarra River which is a shipping river.
And we if I remember right did not have the engine on but ready to go.Now you have to have the engine on but you don’t need it in gear.
Anyway they is a picture of it some where going up the river.
Well done crew.