What a story, your video told, without a single spoken word. Little Miette was the boat the could! P.S. are you sure you weren’t going around Cape Horn?😂😂😂
Great blog & RUclips. Curious if there is anything you significantly dislike about your IP? Wife and I are considering a similar boat, and a similar path down the west coast. Any thoughts would be awesome.
The only complaint with the Island Packets built 1990-1994 is that the factory glassed-in the chainplates in a way that makes them impossible to inspect and prone to corrosion. We have met 3 other people with IPs built in this era, 2 of which have had a chainplate failure. The best solution is new external chainplates, but that still is a massive job with all of the carpentry that stands in the way. There is a yard in Florida that specializes in IP chainplate replacements to the tune of $20k. We’ve had no problem, but because we cannot inspect them, we decided Miette would remain a coastal cruiser, not crossing the Pacific.
Thank you so much for the response. I've read this as well. Every owner I talk to loves their IP. Do you share any of the frustration that I read from armchair captains about their lack of speed - or does the robustness of the design after being stuck in a storm far outweigh a couple knots? Thanks again - for the videos - also your blog is awesome on sub stack. The writing is very engaging. @@SVMiette
She's not a fast boat by any means, but comfortable and built like a tank. Of the nearly 9,000 miles we've sailed, most of that has been downwind, so we're still learning how to get reasonable speed upwind, and have found we can get to within 50° off the wind and still have decent speed. I should also add that we use the staysail regularly, and find the staysail boom works well in keeping a good shape on the sail. Downwind, the IP design is a winner. The full keel makes marinas a challenge, but we track so well in big following seas, stuff that would give a fin-keeled boats a fright. Thank you for the compliments on the blog, it means a lot! Good luck on your boat hunt!
Wow! Was that dangerous?
absolutely! And terrifying.
It is called Punta Mala for good reason. Been there and experienced that. Nasty....
What a story, your video told, without a single spoken word. Little Miette was the boat the could!
P.S. are you sure you weren’t going around Cape Horn?😂😂😂
Great blog & RUclips. Curious if there is anything you significantly dislike about your IP? Wife and I are considering a similar boat, and a similar path down the west coast. Any thoughts would be awesome.
The only complaint with the Island Packets built 1990-1994 is that the factory glassed-in the chainplates in a way that makes them impossible to inspect and prone to corrosion. We have met 3 other people with IPs built in this era, 2 of which have had a chainplate failure. The best solution is new external chainplates, but that still is a massive job with all of the carpentry that stands in the way. There is a yard in Florida that specializes in IP chainplate replacements to the tune of $20k. We’ve had no problem, but because we cannot inspect them, we decided Miette would remain a coastal cruiser, not crossing the Pacific.
Thank you so much for the response. I've read this as well. Every owner I talk to loves their IP. Do you share any of the frustration that I read from armchair captains about their lack of speed - or does the robustness of the design after being stuck in a storm far outweigh a couple knots? Thanks again - for the videos - also your blog is awesome on sub stack. The writing is very engaging. @@SVMiette
She's not a fast boat by any means, but comfortable and built like a tank. Of the nearly 9,000 miles we've sailed, most of that has been downwind, so we're still learning how to get reasonable speed upwind, and have found we can get to within 50° off the wind and still have decent speed. I should also add that we use the staysail regularly, and find the staysail boom works well in keeping a good shape on the sail. Downwind, the IP design is a winner. The full keel makes marinas a challenge, but we track so well in big following seas, stuff that would give a fin-keeled boats a fright.
Thank you for the compliments on the blog, it means a lot! Good luck on your boat hunt!
Thanks again! Look forward to more content!@@SVMiette