How can this channel have less than 100,000 subscribers?!?!?! This channel is so underestimated. Please keep it up, the hockey stick growth cannot wait forever. You both are great people and your channel is super informative. Your decisions, upgrades, and topics are so well thought through and deliberate. Such a tease. LOVE the dolphin footage!
Thank you so much William! Playing the long game hoping to continue growing the channel! It sure is easy to wonder why it doesn’t happen faster though! Haha!
Greetings @Amicaner, I totally agree. I just found this channel last week and I am amazed by the information these sailors are giving and not boring. I had to subscribed. I am very positive their subscribe numbers will go up. Happy Sailing ⛵😎
You folks do a fantastic job in presenting your boating ventures! After several episodes, I fell over too as I was surprised to see that you folks are also from Pittsburgh. I grew up there, still have family and a small residence there, and now though reside in Punta Gorda Florida, boating here in fantastic Florida! Your posts are from the heart, informative, and clearly show how you all devote your energy, hard work, and passion into boating and sailing! I look forward to all of “yinz” ventures ! (Smiling here)
Stumbled on your channel while sailing video surfing. I used to own that Balboa 20' that you had. Great to see how well you fixed it up. I bought it on ebay and did some work on it (including recoring the cabin top) while lake sailing around northwestern PA then sold it when I moved back to Colorado. Great job!
Amazing, after playing with dolphins we dined ashore and had cheese cake for dessert. One of the most congenial sailing episodes, exceptional footage. You guys are now #1 on my viewing list, so relaxed. Loved it!
The part with the dolphins was so amazing! I wonder if they are looking for some treats. Wow, I love the cheese cake recipe. I can't eat dairy or gluten and that cheese cake would be perfect. I'm going to try that!
A very informative video, great to hear about your new boat, looking forward to seeing it. Katie's cooking is simply awesome, I can see Parker slowly getting larger around the middle lol. I hope your summer is fantastic as your learn all the idiosyncrasies of the new boat. Take care, be safe and sail on.
I loved all the information in this video. I obviously don't know anything about boats, so this is really cool. Some moments where it sounded like a different language for sure. So happy for you and Katy!🎉
I spent an enjoyable month at Cleveland East Yacht Club on my new to me 1963 Choey Lee Robb Yawl 35’ a teak sailboat who won her class in the Mackinaw 1968.
It is interesting this conversation about encapsulated being better than bolt on keels. You still can’t run them aground with impunity. If you damage the bottom of the keel you won’t know for some time. If you do the same with a bolt on keel the damage can be seen inside the hull and monitored and even temporarily repaired. Bolt on keels get a bad ramp because when they break news reports show upside down hull with out the keels on. Encapsulated fill with water and sink. Take care with no matter which keel you have I don’t think one is worse than the other. Encapsulated give a false sense of security.
Well you could get one of the pontoons out of the water and then you could possibly heel, you won’t find the comfortable feeling you get while heeling and getting the toe rail wet.But you will feel that warm feeling when you fill your britches after getting one of your pontoons out of the water.
Parker did you redo the interior in teak or another wood, the interior really makes your Allied ll stand out with warmth and not the bland stock that mine was designed with. If you would make a note what areas you recovered and type of wood? Please. Jimmy Allen
So Boundless is the same Boundless as Bohemia's buddy boat? You Tube time is hard to follow sometines. Congrats and good choice - a wonderful boat. Cheers.
Hey “angry boy”, you look like the lead singer of INXS 🎉 Seawind was indeed wonderful and upgraded with a lot of love, but understand you guys could appreciate some more room to live aboard 100%. ❤ and keep on doing what you’re doing!
I can certainly understand the security that comes from a full encapsulated keel and skeg or keel hung rudder, also heavy displacement for motion comfort. The problem I have with all heavy displacement boats, whether they are heavy monohulls or catamarans, is they all have poor sailing performance relative to wind speed without huge rigs and sails. If your boat only does 60% of wind speed compared to the 90-100% of a performance boat then you end up waiting until there is enough - but not too much! - wind to go anywhere, or motoring more often in light or unpredictable winds and through land shadows, ruining the serenity. Below 100% wind speed you probably miss out on regularly surfing with waves too unless you own a surfboard. See Toby's reaction to surfing the Outremer 52 yesterday on Yachting World as an example.
Well here it is 45 minutes after midnight. And I am out on my lanai looking at the star's reflecting off the ocean. And thinking about your title of the video. "Never well want to sail or own a cat". I wouldn't say Never. And as far a room on a boat they do have alot of bang for your buck. And the Sea winds and HH cats are dang fast. But you are young and it takes time to learn from the school of Hard knocks. Some learn faster than others. And there is pros and cons for both. So on the New boat. Have you ben down on the boat to see it yet? Is it really as good as the pictures show? And if it isn't, what do you think it is going to cost to fix it? It is going to cost a bit more to fix down there. That's if you need parts. Ok. Thank You for this weeks video and update. Until next time, Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii!
The metric which never gets mentioned regarding cats is the amount of boat you get for the $$$, which should be the only measure ....so while they have more room for the length....it's irrelevant. I would be very wary of thinking that a skegged rudder is stronger. It's significantly easier to engineer a spade rudder for strength than a skeg. Skegs are notoriously hard to laminate and many skegged rudders are effectively a poor, underbuilt spade rudder with a decorative skeg to spoil the hydrodynamics. And spoil the hydrodynamics they do...and a boat with better sailing performance can get you out of trouble. Don't underestimate light wind performance here too....just a many disasters happen in light wind with a disabled diesel. Fin keel and spade rudder can be built to take the ground. It's just that modem production boats aren't. Because they are cheap. But the performance advantages of fin and spade are just so pronounced that it's just crazy not to want that. And you can find older performance boats that make much better blue water cruisers than modern production boats. The other myth is that fin and spade boats do not track well. The best two boats I have ever sailed for course holding are both fin and spade. Both have long waterlines and moderate relatively narrow hulls. On my Sundeer 60 I have watched to boat hold course on a close reach for over an hour without the autopilot. It's a balanced rig and a balanced hull. The Sundeer is a light, small 60 footer. It has only 4 berths. Most days we do around 200 miles. The rig is the same size as my previous 43ft Hanse. On our best sail we average 10 knots with little effort or fuss. It has a fin keel and spade rudder both built for grounding. The rudder stock is 200mm diameter. It has 2 watertight bulkheads and is built to 3x ABS in relevant places. Despite this the boat has a displacement length ratio of 90. Which makes it an ultralight. However it's comfortable at sea, as well as being safe and fast. There are other cruising boats around with these attributes. Look at the work of Carl Schumacher, Chuck Paine, Rodger Martin, Joe Adams, Graham Radford. Interestingly when you look at a boat like a Sundeer or an Adams 13, the proportions are not wildly different from what Herreschoff drew, just with modern materials. There are few multihulls we don't outpace with the Sundeer......
"the amount of boat you get for the $$$, which should be the only measure" - that's entirely dependent on whether your financial situation is a limiting factor in your decision.
How can this channel have less than 100,000 subscribers?!?!?! This channel is so underestimated. Please keep it up, the hockey stick growth cannot wait forever. You both are great people and your channel is super informative. Your decisions, upgrades, and topics are so well thought through and deliberate. Such a tease. LOVE the dolphin footage!
Thank you so much William! Playing the long game hoping to continue growing the channel! It sure is easy to wonder why it doesn’t happen faster though! Haha!
Greetings @Amicaner, I totally agree. I just found this channel last week and I am amazed by the information these sailors are giving and not boring. I had to subscribed. I am very positive their subscribe numbers will go up. Happy Sailing ⛵😎
You folks do a fantastic job in presenting your boating ventures! After several episodes, I fell over too as I was surprised to see that you folks are also from Pittsburgh. I grew up there, still have family and a small residence there, and now though reside in Punta Gorda Florida, boating here in fantastic Florida!
Your posts are from the heart, informative, and clearly show how you all devote your energy, hard work, and passion into boating and sailing! I look forward to all of “yinz” ventures ! (Smiling here)
Stumbled on your channel while sailing video surfing. I used to own that Balboa 20' that you had. Great to see how well you fixed it up. I bought it on ebay and did some work on it (including recoring the cabin top) while lake sailing around northwestern PA then sold it when I moved back to Colorado. Great job!
I and you are on the same page with sailboats that we like, but l would never change a full keel boat.
I sure do love the full keel! I’m eager to start experiencing different scenarios and conditions with this different hull design.
Amazing, after playing with dolphins we dined ashore and had cheese cake for dessert. One of the most congenial sailing episodes, exceptional footage. You guys are now #1 on my viewing list, so relaxed. Loved it!
Thank you, David! We are so glad you enjoyed the video 😊
The part with the dolphins was so amazing! I wonder if they are looking for some treats. Wow, I love the cheese cake recipe. I can't eat dairy or gluten and that cheese cake would be perfect. I'm going to try that!
A very informative video, great to hear about your new boat, looking forward to seeing it. Katie's cooking is simply awesome, I can see Parker slowly getting larger around the middle lol. I hope your summer is fantastic as your learn all the idiosyncrasies of the new boat. Take care, be safe and sail on.
I loved all the information in this video. I obviously don't know anything about boats, so this is really cool. Some moments where it sounded like a different language for sure. So happy for you and Katy!🎉
I spent an enjoyable month at Cleveland East Yacht Club on my new to me 1963 Choey Lee Robb Yawl 35’ a teak sailboat who won her class in the Mackinaw 1968.
Sounds like it was a really fun month on a beautiful boat!
i have a rum cola, cheers from Germany... btw i found the boat tour vid of your new vessel...its amazing, congrats for landing the deal!!
The Dolphins are saying, "Look another cute couple! Look !we made them smile!" Happy Sailing ⛵
🤣🐬 Thats probably exactly what they are saying!
It is interesting this conversation about encapsulated being better than bolt on keels. You still can’t run them aground with impunity. If you damage the bottom of the keel you won’t know for some time. If you do the same with a bolt on keel the damage can be seen inside the hull and monitored and even temporarily repaired. Bolt on keels get a bad ramp because when they break news reports show upside down hull with out the keels on. Encapsulated fill with water and sink. Take care with no matter which keel you have I don’t think one is worse than the other. Encapsulated give a false sense of security.
Obviously your not a blue water cruiser .
@@jimmyallen2245 I am actually and with an encapsulated keel. I am not prone to one solution solves all problems mentality though.
Well you could get one of the pontoons out of the water and then you could possibly heel, you won’t find the comfortable feeling you get while heeling and getting the toe rail wet.But you will feel that warm feeling when you fill your britches after getting one of your pontoons out of the water.
I sailed on a small trimaran once and the feeling of the windward ama coming out of the water was wild. That boat was FAST!
Parker did you redo the interior in teak or another wood, the interior really makes your Allied ll stand out with warmth and not the bland stock that mine was designed with. If you would make a note what areas you recovered and type of wood? Please.
Jimmy Allen
The teak veneered bulkheads and trim are original! I varnished everything, and built some extras out of cherry, and ash.
Your ALLIED ll was an amazing refit, thanks for the note reply on interior wood.
the music seemed to match the dolphins swimming!
So Boundless is the same Boundless as Bohemia's buddy boat? You Tube time is hard to follow sometines. Congrats and good choice - a wonderful boat. Cheers.
Soooo glad you are going for monohull!! Cats are for the weak, mono’s for the real sailors. Enjoy👍👍
Do both Seawind and Boundless have running backstays?
Hey “angry boy”, you look like the lead singer of INXS 🎉
Seawind was indeed wonderful and upgraded with a lot of love, but understand you guys could appreciate some more room to live aboard 100%. ❤ and keep on doing what you’re doing!
🙈 those dolphin shots where awesome!!! posted initial post before I saw those.. jawdropped and wonderful to look at…. Amazing!❤🎉
Did you get the Allied ll sold?
❤❤🥰🥰
I can certainly understand the security that comes from a full encapsulated keel and skeg or keel hung rudder, also heavy displacement for motion comfort. The problem I have with all heavy displacement boats, whether they are heavy monohulls or catamarans, is they all have poor sailing performance relative to wind speed without huge rigs and sails. If your boat only does 60% of wind speed compared to the 90-100% of a performance boat then you end up waiting until there is enough - but not too much! - wind to go anywhere, or motoring more often in light or unpredictable winds and through land shadows, ruining the serenity. Below 100% wind speed you probably miss out on regularly surfing with waves too unless you own a surfboard. See Toby's reaction to surfing the Outremer 52 yesterday on Yachting World as an example.
Well here it is 45 minutes after midnight. And I am out on my lanai looking at the star's reflecting off the ocean. And thinking about your title of the video. "Never well want to sail or own a cat". I wouldn't say Never. And as far a room on a boat they do have alot of bang for your buck. And the Sea winds and HH cats are dang fast. But you are young and it takes time to learn from the school of Hard knocks. Some learn faster than others.
And there is pros and cons for both.
So on the New boat. Have you ben down on the boat to see it yet? Is it really as good as the pictures show? And if it isn't, what do you think it is going to cost to fix it? It is going to cost a bit more to fix down there. That's if you need parts.
Ok. Thank You for this weeks video and update.
Until next time, Aloha from the Big Island of Hawaii!
Go North to buy, Florida boat cost to much, S Florida which for Termites!!!!!
Good to know!!
The metric which never gets mentioned regarding cats is the amount of boat you get for the $$$, which should be the only measure ....so while they have more room for the length....it's irrelevant.
I would be very wary of thinking that a skegged rudder is stronger. It's significantly easier to engineer a spade rudder for strength than a skeg. Skegs are notoriously hard to laminate and many skegged rudders are effectively a poor, underbuilt spade rudder with a decorative skeg to spoil the hydrodynamics. And spoil the hydrodynamics they do...and a boat with better sailing performance can get you out of trouble. Don't underestimate light wind performance here too....just a many disasters happen in light wind with a disabled diesel.
Fin keel and spade rudder can be built to take the ground. It's just that modem production boats aren't. Because they are cheap. But the performance advantages of fin and spade are just so pronounced that it's just crazy not to want that. And you can find older performance boats that make much better blue water cruisers than modern production boats. The other myth is that fin and spade boats do not track well. The best two boats I have ever sailed for course holding are both fin and spade. Both have long waterlines and moderate relatively narrow hulls. On my Sundeer 60 I have watched to boat hold course on a close reach for over an hour without the autopilot. It's a balanced rig and a balanced hull.
The Sundeer is a light, small 60 footer. It has only 4 berths. Most days we do around 200 miles. The rig is the same size as my previous 43ft Hanse. On our best sail we average 10 knots with little effort or fuss. It has a fin keel and spade rudder both built for grounding. The rudder stock is 200mm diameter. It has 2 watertight bulkheads and is built to 3x ABS in relevant places. Despite this the boat has a displacement length ratio of 90. Which makes it an ultralight. However it's comfortable at sea, as well as being safe and fast. There are other cruising boats around with these attributes. Look at the work of Carl Schumacher, Chuck Paine, Rodger Martin, Joe Adams, Graham Radford.
Interestingly when you look at a boat like a Sundeer or an Adams 13, the proportions are not wildly different from what Herreschoff drew, just with modern materials.
There are few multihulls we don't outpace with the Sundeer......
"the amount of boat you get for the $$$, which should be the only measure" - that's entirely dependent on whether your financial situation is a limiting factor in your decision.