I have to admit, the more I look at insurance costs, not to mention marina headaches and just the general uptick in regulation/costs, it seems like cruising is being put out of the reach of a lot of us nowadays. I’d love to see a video addressing issues like this.
I still don't understand these stupid discussions going around the Web, who decides if a boat can be considered bluewater or not? Expensive or cheaper? Good or Bad? Typology and specifications? Why doesn't a specific body establish it according to strict criteria to which all manufacturers must adhere? Who controls who and how? According to what regulation? And recognised by whom? Do we still want to believe in the fairytale of the CE mark? Which, by the way, I see it written everywhere even on my underpants! So I don't think we need to be a naval architect to understand a very simple, if not obvious, concept that regardless of the builder, whether it is Beneteau or any other, there is a legislative and regulatory VOID in this sector that concerns not only the construction and design, choice of the materials and their origin, the absolute lack of supervision by any recognised third independent body from the design, the construction, up to the delivery of this type of boats, the lack of training and professional courses for the staff employed by these yards, which would make the most stubborn navigator pale. The truth is that these shipyards do what they want and their constructions have one and only one denominator the profit!
@@KoDeMondo similar to cars, prices from nothing to millions. What’s a race car? Defining a bluewater can be simple to very complex as explaining what’s a race car. Bluewater are generally better built, heavier, and designed to be at sea for weeks on end. Most sailboats can cross oceans just depends on the size of your testicles. All I can say is keep watching and these things will start falling into place.
I really enjoy your videos man! Please keep it up. I believe the Shannon was commissioned by Mr. Bob Bitchin himself (S/V Lost Soul) when times were good at Lattitudes and Attitudes Magazine - just before he got his company stolen from him by unscrupulous people. If you havent done so already a story about Bob Bitchin might be a great video for you to make. Cheers!
Enjoined the episode. Thank you. My wife and I are also traveling up to the Annapolis boat show. Maybe we'll run into you. We are going to research and learn as much as when can. Plan on buying in a couple of years.
Interested in carpooling, I live in NY, so if you come thru Niagra we can meet up and take a camper down. My work schedule is the limiting factor though.
Good day sir, would you consider doing a video on "physics and beauty"? I smoke something the other day and maybe it hasn't worn off yet but maybe I'm just curious what affects overhang or the waterline vs the loa has to the righting of a sailboat on tack and run if at all. Hope your on the water. I'm sure I'm likely useing some terms incorrectly.
Great vids,, you did mention a few episodes back about trying to insure an older boat,,any chance you could touch on that in a little more detail? ie cut off years, prices, carriers, in Canada. Thanks.
I would really like to know if you could take out the partition wall between the two v births on the benneteau This would make a really nice design for family with two kids. You would basically have a large v berth with dual vanities and two doors but one large bed.
They do make them with no partition so I'd think structurally it wouldn't be a problem. Myself, I'd want to look at the single stateroom version to see what they do for structural support first.
@@LadyKSailing I hear you on an owners version to check if there is additional structural support. At this price point your not finding an owners version so taking out the middle panel might be a good option. I also am intrigued by the two head idea. I get that they would be small and less storage than a 3 cabin, but I also see an advantage for a couple to keep things separate. Each can keep the head how they prefer with their own toiletries etc.
Your videos are very informative! I currently own a Catalina 30 1977. But I'm thinking of going bigger, not much. What do you think of a Allmand31 1980? I know absolutely nothing about them. Thank you in advance
That Shannon was commissioned by Robert "Bob Bitching" from Latts and Atts magazine. He sold his magazine and the buyer ripped him off. He went from rich to broke and in leagle trouble . All within a few months. Bob is real cool person. Drop him an email about this. He would be glad to tell you about it.
You generally avoid the "cookie cutter" "Ikea" built cruisers. Why is this? Do you think they will not last more than 20 years? I do see a lot of classic plastic, but they make me nervous of what level of rot is hiding & where. And will I get a proper report of when the sails were last replaced / rigging / hours on engine ... truthful numbers.
That Shannon looks like it was sold as a hull and deck and then the buyer started finishing the boat and doing a VERY strange job of it. I am curious how you choose the boat to include since there are LOTS of boats in the $100K price range. For example I found four Hinckley Bermuda 40s between $95K and $99K. They are older, but look like decent boats and have all been repowered. Sure they don't have three staterooms, two heard or a sugar scoop transom. So what do you get for your $100K. Just a drop dead gorgeous boat built to the highest possible standards that can take you anywhere. The B40 is a great boat for the Bahamas with its four foot draft (board up), but still points prerry well with the bronze centerboard down. They also have a very, very nice motion in a seaway. Of course, if I was in the market for a Hinckley Bermuda 40, I would spend a little more since there is one with a completely new Selden rig, very recent engine, etc for only $35K more. I also found a number of other quality and interesting boats including a couple of Swans, a few Cabo Ricos, a Morgan 44 CC, and even two Nonsuch 36s in PEI and Ontario. Those Nonsuchs are huge inside, more like a 45' boat than a 36 and super easy to sail with a surprising turn of speed Quality Canadian boats from the design board of Mark Ellis.
Hey, I really just look at what's available when I make the episode and pick what bets fits an idea - sort of the idea of cruising as I see it the way I do it. Of course I can;t get them all in there and some get missed. Boats that turn up a lot get featured first as they are more available, and boats with a good support system get priority as well. Not to say your boat is neither, I just cant do them all.
Your authentic style, hyper-relevant side stories, and hesitance to allow negative commentary to stain the kind nature you bake into your content, is the cool breeze carrying a burned up market of spicy egos, and their overpriced, underwhelming vessels, cruising into the 2023-2030 marketplace. A digitally enhanced metaverse of self service, and peer to peer transactions. At last, purged of the centralized hierarchy, sanctioning shareholders enslaving boat dealers, and requiring value to be extracted from the boat market, hidden behind private contracts, to funnel this value (called profit) away from users of the system. These premium closing powers that persuasion gives to dealers (even as children we all have it) are rarely adaptable to not just benefit the dealership sales team, but occasionally serve as a benefit for customers anywhere. This market is built for buyers expecting radical, trustless transparency- yet still longing for some exclusive details to remind their friends that they really do pursue leisure (like any real yachtsman). Story telling and authenticity. Hard to put on the same task, harder to pretend they come naturally to everyone. Unicorn . Liked. Subscribed. Alerted. Show me 100 top “closers” from 2020 and prior, and I’ll find one that possesses the authentic gold. What I call an unbeatable Aloha!
I might just have to go again to Annapolis to meet you. I am leaving out of Kalamazoo Michigan. Big news is James from Zingaro will be there and I am joining his crew in December. I am so geeked!
Oh wow that's awesome! I heard Delos will as well!! So excited. I will be driving as well. Down Friday super early and fast, spend friday evening dinner in Annapolis. Show Saturday. Then leisurely drive home Sunday. Not sure if I will go Michigan way or just cross in Niagara Falls to Buffalo. You're driving?
@@LadyKSailing I saw Delos last year along with a few others channels like MJ, Parlay, Sailboat Story, Zingaro. I was going to skip this year but when I saw you were going & Sailing Soulianis I thought can't miss the Northern YT channels, So I decided to revise my plans :) Also will give me an opportunity to connect with James from Zingaro. I am sailing San Blas with him in December. I will be driving down probably on Thursday and headed back on Saturday after the show. Nothing set in stone yet though.
Love your content. Among all the sailing channels, yours is the best. So informative.
Wow, thank you!
I have to admit, the more I look at insurance costs, not to mention marina headaches and just the general uptick in regulation/costs, it seems like cruising is being put out of the reach of a lot of us nowadays. I’d love to see a video addressing issues like this.
I still don't understand these stupid discussions going around the Web, who decides if a boat can be considered bluewater or not?
Expensive or cheaper?
Good or Bad?
Typology and specifications?
Why doesn't a specific body establish it according to strict criteria to which all manufacturers must adhere?
Who controls who and how?
According to what regulation?
And recognised by whom?
Do we still want to believe in the fairytale of the CE mark?
Which, by the way, I see it written everywhere even on my underpants!
So I don't think we need to be a naval architect to understand a very simple, if not obvious, concept that regardless of the builder, whether it is Beneteau or any other, there is a legislative and regulatory VOID in this sector that concerns not only the construction and design, choice of the materials and their origin, the absolute lack of supervision by any recognised third independent body from the design, the construction, up to the delivery of this type of boats, the lack of training and professional courses for the staff employed by these yards,
which would make the most stubborn navigator pale.
The truth is that these shipyards do what they want and their constructions have one and only one denominator the profit!
@@KoDeMondo similar to cars, prices from nothing to millions. What’s a race car? Defining a bluewater can be simple to very complex as explaining what’s a race car. Bluewater are generally better built, heavier, and designed to be at sea for weeks on end. Most sailboats can cross oceans just depends on the size of your testicles. All I can say is keep watching and these things will start falling into place.
Yes, absolutely!
So glad you made Part 2! You've got me dreaming big time now.
Thanks for including the Bruce Roberts 45. I didn’t know an expeditionary class boat could be had for $100k!
See you in Annapolis next month!😎🏴☠️⛵️
I really enjoy your videos man! Please keep it up. I believe the Shannon was commissioned by Mr. Bob Bitchin himself (S/V Lost Soul) when times were good at Lattitudes and Attitudes Magazine - just before he got his company stolen from him by unscrupulous people. If you havent done so already a story about Bob Bitchin might be a great video for you to make. Cheers!
I was just about to post the same thing. Love Bob Bitchin and love Latts and Atts.
Thank you for all you do for us
Concise. Accurate. I wish every channel was like this! ;)
You always get a thumbs up without a question, my friend. Keep on keeping on.👍🌞
Enjoined the episode. Thank you. My wife and I are also traveling up to the Annapolis boat show. Maybe we'll run into you. We are going to research and learn as much as when can. Plan on buying in a couple of years.
Awesome! Yes I'll be there! Thinking we will do a dinner at Mikes Crab Shack (Pasadena) the Friday night if anyone is interested.
Continue the series !!!!
Please do an episode on purchasing a charter boat from The BVI.
Holy damn your subscribers are jumping quick. Well done.
Will you continue this series? It’s something I’m enjoying very much👏👏🍻
Yes! The plan is to keep gojng because people seem to really like it :) Thank you!
What are you think about 1973 Custom Duncan Marine Garden 46 Very informative channel Appreciate you sharing your knowledge and point of view
Omg I want that Bruce Roberts 45!
Me too!
Interested in carpooling, I live in NY, so if you come thru Niagra we can meet up and take a camper down. My work schedule is the limiting factor though.
Hey!! Yes I would come through NY at Niagara. Can I email you? Mines timsladyk at g mail dot com
Good day sir, would you consider doing a video on "physics and beauty"? I smoke something the other day and maybe it hasn't worn off yet but maybe I'm just curious what affects overhang or the waterline vs the loa has to the righting of a sailboat on tack and run if at all. Hope your on the water. I'm sure I'm likely useing some terms incorrectly.
Great vids,, you did mention a few episodes back about trying to insure an older boat,,any chance you could touch on that in a little more detail? ie cut off years, prices, carriers, in Canada. Thanks.
Show us some pilothouse boats...
And how much they cost???
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And how much they cost???
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I would really like to know if you could take out the partition wall between the two v births on the benneteau This would make a really nice design for family with two kids. You would basically have a large v berth with dual vanities and two doors but one large bed.
They do make them with no partition so I'd think structurally it wouldn't be a problem. Myself, I'd want to look at the single stateroom version to see what they do for structural support first.
@@LadyKSailing I hear you on an owners version to check if there is additional structural support. At this price point your not finding an owners version so taking out the middle panel might be a good option. I also am intrigued by the two head idea. I get that they would be small and less storage than a 3 cabin, but I also see an advantage for a couple to keep things separate. Each can keep the head how they prefer with their own toiletries etc.
Cheers to you. ..
What's the smallest size boat you would cross an ocean with and why?
Bristol Corsair 24 because 53% of the total displacement is in the weight of the keel - a slow boat.
What about Pacific Seacraft yachts, still above the 100k threshold?
Haven't seen them show up yet 😢
Your videos are very informative! I currently own a Catalina 30 1977. But I'm thinking of going bigger, not much. What do you think of a Allmand31 1980? I know absolutely nothing about them. Thank you in advance
The "cockpit" benches on the Shannon look terrible and not safe in bad weather.
Tim, if your interested I have a 43 footer in Pasadena Md very close to Annapolis if you want to stay on her, your more than welcome.
Oh thank you!!! Yes I'm kinda figuring cheaper is better and hotels get expensive near the show. Can I email you? Mine so timsladyk at g mail dot com
@@LadyKSailing sent you an email.
Pretty sure that's Bob bitchen's Shannon 52.
That Shannon was commissioned by Robert "Bob Bitching" from Latts and Atts magazine. He sold his magazine and the buyer ripped him off. He went from rich to broke and in leagle trouble . All within a few months. Bob is real cool person. Drop him an email about this. He would be glad to tell you about it.
Why not a brand new 30ft Beneteau Oceanis?
More of a cruising boat scope. The 30 is a good boat but not big enough
You generally avoid the "cookie cutter" "Ikea" built cruisers. Why is this? Do you think they will not last more than 20 years? I do see a lot of classic plastic, but they make me nervous of what level of rot is hiding & where. And will I get a proper report of when the sails were last replaced / rigging / hours on engine ... truthful numbers.
I am not sure I'd say I would avoid them. I like them mostly. Coastal cruising is how I like it and they do a great job of that.
That Shannon looks like it was sold as a hull and deck and then the buyer started finishing the boat and doing a VERY strange job of it.
I am curious how you choose the boat to include since there are LOTS of boats in the $100K price range. For example I found four Hinckley Bermuda 40s between $95K and $99K. They are older, but look like decent boats and have all been repowered. Sure they don't have three staterooms, two heard or a sugar scoop transom. So what do you get for your $100K. Just a drop dead gorgeous boat built to the highest possible standards that can take you anywhere. The B40 is a great boat for the Bahamas with its four foot draft (board up), but still points prerry well with the bronze centerboard down. They also have a very, very nice motion in a seaway. Of course, if I was in the market for a Hinckley Bermuda 40, I would spend a little more since there is one with a completely new Selden rig, very recent engine, etc for only $35K more.
I also found a number of other quality and interesting boats including a couple of Swans, a few Cabo Ricos, a Morgan 44 CC, and even two Nonsuch 36s in PEI and Ontario. Those Nonsuchs are huge inside, more like a 45' boat than a 36 and super easy to sail with a surprising turn of speed Quality Canadian boats from the design board of Mark Ellis.
Hey, I really just look at what's available when I make the episode and pick what bets fits an idea - sort of the idea of cruising as I see it the way I do it. Of course I can;t get them all in there and some get missed. Boats that turn up a lot get featured first as they are more available, and boats with a good support system get priority as well. Not to say your boat is neither, I just cant do them all.
I still think at this price point production is the answer. I think Hunters are a good answer.
May I ask what your name is? I hate to refer to you as Mr "Lady K Sailing".😬
Try, Tim !
@@paulb1794 👌 I shall ! Thank you!
Yep just Tim :)
@@LadyKSailing Nice to meet you Tim!!
Your authentic style, hyper-relevant side stories, and hesitance to allow negative commentary to stain the kind nature you bake into your content, is the cool breeze carrying a burned up market of spicy egos, and their overpriced, underwhelming vessels, cruising into the 2023-2030 marketplace. A digitally enhanced metaverse of self service, and peer to peer transactions. At last, purged of the centralized hierarchy, sanctioning shareholders enslaving boat dealers, and requiring value to be extracted from the boat market, hidden behind private contracts, to funnel this value (called profit) away from users of the system.
These premium closing powers that persuasion gives to dealers (even as children we all have it) are rarely adaptable to not just benefit the dealership sales team, but occasionally serve as a benefit for customers anywhere. This market is built for buyers expecting radical, trustless transparency- yet still longing for some exclusive details to remind their friends that they really do pursue leisure (like any real yachtsman). Story telling and authenticity. Hard to put on the same task, harder to pretend they come naturally to everyone. Unicorn . Liked.
Subscribed. Alerted. Show me 100 top “closers” from 2020 and prior, and I’ll find one that possesses the authentic gold. What I call an unbeatable Aloha!
I might just have to go again to Annapolis to meet you. I am leaving out of Kalamazoo Michigan. Big news is James from Zingaro will be there and I am joining his crew in December. I am so geeked!
Oh wow that's awesome! I heard Delos will as well!! So excited. I will be driving as well. Down Friday super early and fast, spend friday evening dinner in Annapolis. Show Saturday. Then leisurely drive home Sunday. Not sure if I will go Michigan way or just cross in Niagara Falls to Buffalo. You're driving?
@@LadyKSailing I saw Delos last year along with a few others channels like MJ, Parlay, Sailboat Story, Zingaro. I was going to skip this year but when I saw you were going & Sailing Soulianis I thought can't miss the Northern YT channels, So I decided to revise my plans :) Also will give me an opportunity to connect with James from Zingaro. I am sailing San Blas with him in December. I will be driving down probably on Thursday and headed back on Saturday after the show. Nothing set in stone yet though.
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