I don't think I was the only one that was a bit sceptical when you changed boats but I have to say "It's looking pretty dam spiffy". Good luck guys you deserve it.
Thanks a lot Joe, I guess up close we could always see the potential so we're confident we could bring her up to scratch and we're really pleased how she responded to the work we did. A boat's never finished though and the to-do list is expanding again already!
@@SailingKittiwake just watched all vids in one go,from falmouth,great job on paint,leave you on way to balierics nearly 5hrs solid,now new boat shock,great and tough looking,,but want old dinghy backlove way showed spray hood being made more of this please as doing up my boat same age t27 thanks must sleep sometime.
Oh what a difference from Kittiwake! So much space below and you have it organized so well. I hope you can get that shower working. It would seem that the rigging/sales are in pretty good shape, plus the electronics, while older, are at least useful. Plenty of time to upgrade as time And funds become available. All in all kids, you made a great purchase for future adventures. I look forward to you sharing them here!
Thanks so much Edward. We love Skua :) Yes, we made a great deal! There's time for upgrades as you say, but even the older gear on board is super useful and we couldn't have afforded to buy it now, so it's great!
Thanks to both of you! I'm the one who asked about the space available between the 2 boats on Instagram! I watched episode 38 like suggested by Elena, but this one is even more detailed! Enjoy!
I have to really congratulate you on this boat! If I were looking at it, I would have walked. Way too much work and potential problems. But sounds like you got a real good deal and the owner was willing to work with you. Very important. I have purchased and refit 5 cruising boats in my life to varying degrees. And cruised them many tens of thousands of miles. Sailed in company with Tatyana 37’’s in the past. It looks like you guys have overcome some pretty big issues. Now have a great boat! If you get tired of the teak decks, you will find that in some countries where boat work is cheap, you can do the dirty deed. Ha ha. Very interesting that the Volvo is Perkins based. That’s a huge plus. Never heard of that. One boat I had, had a Perkins 4-154. Was well over 10K hrs when I sold the boat. Engine surveyed out great. My next boat had a Perkins 4-236 that was pushing 20K hrs! Still going strong. That boat carried 1000L of diesel so could do a lot of motoring if necessary. So again, congrats and enjoy! You did a lot of good things there. Looks like you handled it right.
You guys must rattle around in there compared to your previous boat. Quite the upgrade. Single fuel is a nice feature, most people don't think about that with a diesel stove and only comment on the smell.
Cheers James! :) Yes, it's been a huge advantage - no looking for gas for hours in the heat and it consumes way less. When we sit on opposite settees, we still can't believe how far we are from each other. Haha! And yet, in most places in the Med, we're still the smallest sailboat around.
@@SailingKittiwake That's because Tayanas tend to be way bigger inside than outside. That's like quite a few smartly thoughtout classics were in the seventies, with Tayanas on top notch position though.
yes a very good boat tour , covering all the interesting / important points, well impressed by your kitting out,,, and none more than the canvas work , well donr that girl ..
Brilliant tour of your beautiful boat. Cannot wait to follow your adventures. She is a wonderful boat and you will be safe going anywhere in her and your attitude to maintenance and budgeting is one to follow. Looks like you need some baggy wrinkle on your shrouds. I have made traditional BW but I recall Ruby Rose used some pool noodles with some success. Happy days and fair winds. Andy UK
Thanks so much Andy! I've heard it takes forever to make the old school type? Picking apart bits of rope? Pool noodle sounds like a good idea. It's definitely something we need to sort as the checkstays touch the main as soon as it's set for more than a beam reach
You guys are probably one of few that switch from a cat to a mono, but in your case, I think it's a great move. Very nice boat! Lot's of luck & fun with it! Happy greetingz, Wim
Amazing boat, ticks all the boxes. Excellent previous owner who made good and costly choices. I can now understand your enthusiasm when you bought her. Oh, and only now I see what a tiny girl you are :-)
Yes, he really went to town with her 10 years back or so! Fingers crossed it will all keep working 😊 Ha! I’m about 158cm tall, so not super short, but Ryan is veeery tall 😊
@@SailingKittiwake I am impressed. Every time I comment I receive a really nice reply. Thank you very much your efforts to reach out and thank your viewers is very cool. Your channel is a community, not a one way video feed. I've decided to become a patron because of your efforts to reply to comments and of course your fantastic photography/videography.
Randy S we do our best to reply to everyone 😊 We really appreciate it when people find the time to comment, and you leave lovely comments, Randy 😊 so thank YOU! Wow that’s awesome, feeling very grateful 😊 Speak to you on Patreon 😊👋
Hey, nice to see your boat. Maybe it has been said already, but I would only change one thing to start with. Get reef 3 from in the cockpit and reef 1 on the mast, that's safer.
Beautiful inside your boat! Planed on sailing the world back in the day with my brother! He passed early, so I never gave it ago! Don’t wait to sail for to long
A great tour. Regarding the Taylor heater, get yourself some spares for it like a spare burner and jets and make sure the burner is original equipment. There are knock offs which don't last long at all. My own had a burner which developed a fracture in one of the pipes feeding the jet, very hard to see so I had no idea the cabin was filling with fumes. Truth is I am lucky to be alive I think...
Ok it’s official I’m jealous I really really like your new home it will be nice to see after a while at anchor how your feeling about it all. Congratulations 👍👍
Great video, as usual. We are in the process of refitting our second Tayana 37 (hull #328) so we have been following your progress closely. We sail mostly in the Chesapeake Bay presently, but will be heading either up the U.S. coast or down the U. S. coast and into the Caribbean soon. I hope our paths cross sometime soon!
I'm a big fan of tillers, but maybe because I started by sailing dinghies. I think they make a lot sense for small cockpits. Maybe you could make a permanent tiller that can lift up for convenience? I love the keel stepped mast and the old school "captain haddock" oil skins, "proper job" as we say in Bristol.
Haha yep, a tiller and fisherman oilies are definitely a salty look! They say if you learnt to sail before you learnt to drive a car then you prefer a tiller... we're going to do some sails with the emergency tiller and see how it is. We went on a boat with a smaller cockpit than Skua recently but because they had a tiller, lashed out the way, it felt twice the size.
Nice! Been waiting for this one and it was well worth the wait. A very well thought boat made for cruising the big wide blue and living aboard. Yours has a couple of nice upgrades too, including the nice diesel stove/oven.
don't take this the wrong way but so glad you guys upgraded, i was worried about the cat getting you everywhere you wanted you go. looks amazing and not so coffin like! lol
My friend, in the tropics, in coral, you MUST have chain for the anchor. No rode!!! And keep a close eye on the Tayana 37 chainplates where they mount to the hull. Some of them have been corroding so watch them carefully.
Cheers Troya, chain is high on the priority list believe me! Thankfully our chainplates have been replaced by the previous owner. We'd like to eventually go to external chain plates :)
So are we! Every time we see her, one of us invariably says something along the lines of 'god she's beautiful' or 'I can't believe that's our boat'. I think buying a boat is a 90% heart, 10% head decision, you need to love a boat to put the work in and make the sacrifices, and Skua is definitely worth it!
@@SailingKittiwake I've seen one of these yachts near my dads boat, for years. There are lots of modern, fast, slick etc boats around my dads boat.....but the boat that looks just like yours is by far the most beautiful in the area
She looks great you should both be so proud. I've heard the cutter rig is preferred for off shore work do you think that is true? Thanks for the wind vane info. I found that very helpful. Thank you for a wonderful boat tour full of really helpful info. Skua appears a great move for you. Fairwinds
Hi Ken, it's certainly been nice so far, having a staysail is great, especially when the wind picks up and you just want a small amount of sail area. Much nicer than winching in a big Genoa or reefing a huge main on a sloop rig
I love it a couple of young Tubers who actually mentioned they have a log book, gee what a novel idea. I'm not making fun I'm complimenting them as seemingly true sailors who get it. They apparently understand seamanship and safety two items that will take them very far. I have the same boat only it's called a union 36 these are true ocean passage vessels. Robert Perry was an exceptional Naval architect.
We have even created our own independently published ones too 😂 That’s how much we’re into logbooks. Great boats the Unions, we thought we’d end up with one of them, but then found Skua 😊
@@SailingKittiwake The "traditional" Log Book will bring You a huge advantage should You ever land in any insurance case of whatever sort. No better showing of the "right" seamanship than having years and years of properly kept records.
My parents owned a similar boat a CT37 which is I think the same craft. There mast was laminated spruce and the interior was all teak and copper or bronze. The hull of either boat is beautiful! Are you planning on around the world eventually? I have been following some of the soloists that have sailed the globe. Enjoy your videos very much!
Hi Kerry, yes early Tayanas are officially called CT’s, including Skua, but everyone knows them as Tayanas so we use that! No idea where our adventures will lead us, whatever we think will be most fun at the time :)
@@SailingKittiwake have you guys read Joshua Slocum's, Sailing around the world alone. Read it and aim for it. You have a good craft, just gain some experience and do it. You are appealing to younger people, show them what dreams are made of. I would if I had nobody to depend on me. I just wouldn't come back to the land. The ocean is my mistress but life dragged me away from her. The urge to follow my bow sprit is growing stronger these days. Anyway if you have not read his book, you would do well if you did. My parents boat was named Sea Shaman. www.google.com/search?q=joshua+slocam&oq=joshua&aqs=chrome.2.69i57j46j69i59j46l2.5289j0j7&client=ms-android-google&sourceid=chrome-mobile&ie=UTF-
Thank you for a very professional tour of a Great Boat. One request: in a future video would you please expand on the use of diesel cooking and heating. I have heard much of the smell and the danger of CO2 and Oxygen levels. I really admire what you have done with the new boat. the Old Coastie
A superb video. Simply the best ‘boat tour’ I have ever seen. The quality of your videos just keeps on improving. You are really going to enjoy this boat ‘Captain Haddock, and first mate Ryan - lol.
Very nice boat, to get asign for SSb you can make a Ham license, if you learn by your own it costs only the examination tax and the book. I made it ten years agi, and I learned about 60 hours for it. The advantige of ssb is no costs anymore after getting the license.
Cheers Peter, I heard the ham licence is more complicated but I think something satellite based that could come in the liferaft with us if we had to abandon Skua is preferable.
The examination got easier, no more morse alphabet, I think it was about 200 Pages to learn, but many is easy, some technic and many usefull staff for working with ham.
Yes in the US you do not need to spend very much for an amateur license ($15) which is all you need, and I'll bet it is the same in the EU. I did it a year ago studying flash cards on HAMSTUDY.ORG site, very easy hamstudy.org/ . Get at least your General License. You can take all three exams at once and save $30. You might have been confused by the license require for professional marine operators licences which is costly. Note you must pass each license level in order, I made the mistake of jumping into General directly and had to then study for Tech. In the end I took and passed all 3 exams in one sitting. One advantage is you get a shorter call sign which is handy. Just a bunch of memorization. It's a nice toy that you apparently already own especially if you have buddy crusiers that have one too, like SV Ruby Rose. Note you can also setup inexpensive world wide email and weather mapping services if you have a Pactor box. By the way looks like you got a great boat with some nice extras like the diesel stove, steering vane and ssb radio.
I was watching another RUclips channel where this family lost the rudder in the middle of the ocean, and then they improvise some thing look like a rudder and try to make it to where they were going I'm glad that this sail boat got the standby rudder a great feature. Lol
Thanks for the tour. With a diesel stove and diesel cabin heater I would respectfully suggest you add a C02 and oxygen monitor/alarm just for peace of mind. Don't get the non marine one buy the purpose built marine version. Also did not see a first aid/medical kit if you do long ocean passages it would be prudent to have a suitable kit. I have followed you with nittiest right from the start. Safe and happy sailing, you now have the ideal boat for ocean cruising.
Thanks a lot Stumpert! You're right about the CO2 - we had one on Kittiwake but slipped my mind on the new boat. We do have a medical kit but I'm sure we could do with topping it up and renewing some stuff :) thanks for following and fair winds to you!
Ain't it CO aka carbon monoxide You want to monitor in the first place? CO2 is a nearly inert, nontoxic gas while CO from burning hydrocarbon is the unsmellable bio-toxic stuff people die of involuntarily in their sleep.
The new boat looks great...it's got style and character. Some feedback if you don't mind and please take this constructively. Both of you still talk at the camera, not to the people who will see it. You have to treat the camera as if it was an old friend that you're talking to, as if you're having a conversation. Look at the footage from Uma, RAN, Tula, Project Atticus and Free Range Sailing...they do it very well. I used to produce a lot of corporate training videos, so my advice is based on this experience. I see you both as a work in progress and your 15k subscribers means you are getting traction. All the best both of you 👍
Thanks a lot Gaz. We thought we had improved on that, but maybe this is not the best episode for that kind of “chatting” style. Keep an eye out for the next episodes and let us know what you think. The next one should show our progress, we hope!
Tayana look like nice boats. We have done about 15,000 miles on a Pearson invicta which is 38, and classic. When you say dirt cheap, what do you mean? Sorry if you mentioned how much in a video somewhere. What is the circumstances you found here under? I guess it wasn't listed online?
She wasn’t for sale yet and she had been neglected for years. The owner suddenly needed to sell fast. You can take a look at how she was when we got her in this episode: ruclips.net/video/6sy5T57UryM/видео.html We got her for under $30K.
Not being picky, but I am pretty sure Hydrovane ("Survive your adventure" - pretty scary slogan to my ears, anyway) are made in the US. Used to fit them to bigger boats, and they seemed pretty robust. Certainly the castings were REALLY heavy, when fitting them.
Great start-up video and walk through. I've been particularly interested in your transition from cat to mono. It seems like the right change for you. I hope you can sort out the steering. I look forward to your upcoming videos. Nice boat.
Emptying the shower tray . . . . Can't pretend to be an expert (limited sailing experience but I have fitted out some inland barges). I know some GRP yachts just drain showers to the bilge and rely on the bilge pump. Not recommended (long hair blocks bilge pumps and shower water is slimy, goes smelly). I used a whale gulper on a manual switch for one boat. Much better solution than the impeller-type pumps. The gulper is ok to run dry and copes with hair.
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Really one of the best “boat tour” videos out there. Clearly produced by someone who writes for a living.
Thanks so much Dexter ❤️
I don't think I was the only one that was a bit sceptical when you changed boats but I have to say "It's looking pretty dam spiffy". Good luck guys you deserve it.
Thanks a lot Joe, I guess up close we could always see the potential so we're confident we could bring her up to scratch and we're really pleased how she responded to the work we did. A boat's never finished though and the to-do list is expanding again already!
37 footer, not too small, not too big....Great tour of your T37.
Cheers Rick, she's a great size - perfectly liveable and not hard to sail :)
Beautiful T37. Your hard work has paid off handsomely. Very much looking forward to your adventures aboard Skua
Thanks a lot Warren, we're excited to share the adventures! Fair winds :)
@@SailingKittiwake just watched all vids in one go,from falmouth,great job on paint,leave you on way to balierics nearly 5hrs solid,now new boat shock,great and tough looking,,but want old dinghy backlove way showed spray hood being made more of this please as doing up my boat same age t27 thanks must sleep sometime.
Its a lovely boat; And Ryan must be really enjoyng the headroom below deck
He LOOOVES IT! And I'm not worried about him developing chronic neck and back pain :) Phew! :)
... especially around the sink 😆
How tall is he? Out of interest? My boyfriend and I are currently looking at sailboats but he is 6'7 so it's harder for us than most!
I love your boat, it seems to have plenty of head room and surprisingly roomy inside.
Thanks a lot Ron! Yes, she's got a lot of room for 37ft :)
Oh what a difference from Kittiwake! So much space below and you have it organized so well. I hope you can get that shower working. It would seem that the rigging/sales are in pretty good shape, plus the electronics, while older, are at least useful. Plenty of time to upgrade as time And funds become available. All in all kids, you made a great purchase for future adventures. I look forward to you sharing them here!
Thanks so much Edward. We love Skua :) Yes, we made a great deal! There's time for upgrades as you say, but even the older gear on board is super useful and we couldn't have afforded to buy it now, so it's great!
Thank you for the tour of your new boat!!!! Can see there is loads of work that went into it!!! Fair winds!!!
Hehe we’re glad it shows 😊 Nice to see you comment again 😊
It's a nice boat, and you can even still get one built new from Tayana.
Terrific boat tour, well done you two. Let the adventures begin again.
Thanks Anne! Adventure time :D
Thanks to both of you! I'm the one who asked about the space available between the 2 boats on Instagram! I watched episode 38 like suggested by Elena, but this one is even more detailed! Enjoy!
Thanks so much Patrice, glad you enjoyed it! Love your logo :)
I have to really congratulate you on this boat! If I were looking at it, I would have walked. Way too much work and potential problems. But sounds like you got a real good deal and the owner was willing to work with you. Very important. I have purchased and refit 5 cruising boats in my life to varying degrees. And cruised them many tens of thousands of miles. Sailed in company with Tatyana 37’’s in the past. It looks like you guys have overcome some pretty big issues. Now have a great boat! If you get tired of the teak decks, you will find that in some countries where boat work is cheap, you can do the dirty deed. Ha ha. Very interesting that the Volvo is Perkins based. That’s a huge plus. Never heard of that. One boat I had, had a Perkins 4-154. Was well over 10K hrs when I sold the boat. Engine surveyed out great. My next boat had a Perkins 4-236 that was pushing 20K hrs! Still going strong. That boat carried 1000L of diesel so could do a lot of motoring if necessary. So again, congrats and enjoy! You did a lot of good things there. Looks like you handled it right.
Cheers! That’s fantastic news for us 😁
loved all the boat work videos, great job and great boat choice!
Thank you! 😊 We do lover her 😍
You guys must rattle around in there compared to your previous boat.
Quite the upgrade.
Single fuel is a nice feature, most people don't think about that with a diesel stove and only comment on the smell.
Cheers James! :) Yes, it's been a huge advantage - no looking for gas for hours in the heat and it consumes way less.
When we sit on opposite settees, we still can't believe how far we are from each other. Haha! And yet, in most places in the Med, we're still the smallest sailboat around.
@@SailingKittiwake That's because Tayanas tend to be way bigger inside than outside. That's like quite a few smartly thoughtout classics were in the seventies, with Tayanas on top notch position though.
yes a very good boat tour , covering all the interesting / important points, well impressed by your kitting out,,, and none more than the canvas work , well donr that girl ..
Haha! Thanks Roderick. It was worth the swearing 😂
@@SailingKittiwake i wish my wifey could swear like that !!
Brilliant tour of your beautiful boat. Cannot wait to follow your adventures. She is a wonderful boat and you will be safe going anywhere in her and your attitude to maintenance and budgeting is one to follow. Looks like you need some baggy wrinkle on your shrouds. I have made traditional BW but I recall Ruby Rose used some pool noodles with some success. Happy days and fair winds. Andy UK
Thanks so much Andy! I've heard it takes forever to make the old school type? Picking apart bits of rope? Pool noodle sounds like a good idea. It's definitely something we need to sort as the checkstays touch the main as soon as it's set for more than a beam reach
Sailing Kittiwake yes it takes ages' tbh when I said I made some I spent hours,
and made about 50cm.... pool noodles is the way to go. Andy UK
You guys are probably one of few that switch from a cat to a mono, but in your case, I think it's a great move. Very nice boat! Lot's of luck & fun with it!
Happy greetingz, Wim
Thanks a lot Wim! We think it was a great upgrade 😊👌
@@SailingKittiwake Totally agree!
A very good and concise tour of Skua , you truly have a most comfortable boat ,it is really beautiful, youve done a great job on it , well done
Thanks a lot Howard! It was hard work but worth it 😊😊😊
Congrats. Beautiful Skua. Your hard work has been an inspiration to those of us who sometimes get discouraged when attempting much smaller projects.
Cheers Mickey! Hard work always pays off 😊
Thank you for sharing. I think you have a beautiful boat with a lovely traditional ambience about it.
Cheers Richard! 😊
What a lovely boat and so much space. You will have lots of fun in her
Thanks Tracey! She does feel huge to us after 2 years + on a 26ft catamaran 😊
The interior finish is beautiful. Can't wait to see more of your sailing adventures. Be safe out there!
That's a great blue water boat.... have fun this summer and beyond!
Cheers Daniel! We shall oblige 😁
Lovely, you all are well sorted. Good on you!
Amazing boat, ticks all the boxes. Excellent previous owner who made good and costly choices. I can now understand your enthusiasm when you bought her. Oh, and only now I see what a tiny girl you are :-)
Yes, he really went to town with her 10 years back or so! Fingers crossed it will all keep working 😊
Ha! I’m about 158cm tall, so not super short, but Ryan is veeery tall 😊
Such a nice boat! Watching your videos always makes me miss you so much!
Aaaawww ❤️😘 We miss you too!
Skua is a real beauty!
Thanks for the tour, loved it.
Cheers & fair winds
Thanks a lot Randy! Glad you enjoyed it 😊
@@SailingKittiwake I am impressed. Every time I comment I receive a really nice reply.
Thank you very much your efforts to reach out and thank your viewers is very cool.
Your channel is a community, not a one way video feed.
I've decided to become a patron because of your efforts to reply to comments and of course your fantastic photography/videography.
Randy S we do our best to reply to everyone 😊 We really appreciate it when people find the time to comment, and you leave lovely comments, Randy 😊 so thank YOU!
Wow that’s awesome, feeling very grateful 😊 Speak to you on Patreon 😊👋
Wow nice up grade from kitty! But I do miss the little turtle shell. Can’t wait for you to start a new adventure with skua! Be safe and stay loving!
Thanks so much! Kittiwake was cute, such a great first boat. But Skua just feels amazing.
Hey, nice to see your boat.
Maybe it has been said already, but I would only change one thing to start with.
Get reef 3 from in the cockpit and reef 1 on the mast, that's safer.
What a great boat, who knew so much storage was possible, and the wood work is awesome. Thanks for the tour. Fair winds
Thanks James! Yes, the carpenters did an amazing job back in 76!
Glad to see that all that hard work is paying off. A beautiful Boat!
Cheers Jim! We’re so grateful to have her.
Stunning boat so beautifully put together. 🚢
Thank you! 😊
Beautiful inside your boat! Planed on sailing the world back in the day with my brother! He passed early, so I never gave it ago! Don’t wait to sail for to long
Thanks so much, yes she’s a real craftsman’s boat. That’s sad about your brother, sorry to hear it.
A great tour. Regarding the Taylor heater, get yourself some spares for it like a spare burner and jets and make sure the burner is original equipment. There are knock offs which don't last long at all. My own had a burner which developed a fracture in one of the pipes feeding the jet, very hard to see so I had no idea the cabin was filling with fumes. Truth is I am lucky to be alive I think...
Thanks for the tip, although we're heading for warmer climes so it's down the priority list at the moment :)
Ok it’s official I’m jealous I really really like your new home it will be nice to see after a while at anchor how your feeling about it all. Congratulations 👍👍
Thanks Chad 😊 We love her ☺️
Great video, as usual. We are in the process of refitting our second Tayana 37 (hull #328) so we have been following your progress closely. We sail mostly in the Chesapeake Bay presently, but will be heading either up the U.S. coast or down the U. S. coast and into the Caribbean soon. I hope our paths cross sometime soon!
Excellent! Let us know your boat name and hopefully we can catch you somewhere 😊
Love your boat .....so much character ...really enjoyed your video...well done both.
Thanks a lot Micky :) and thanks for commenting! Hope you enjoy seeing us sail her too.
Thanks so much for a great tour of your lovely home. Stay safe guys x
Cheers Tim!
Excellent Video "So much more room for activities!!"
Yessss! 😊
excellent photography at 21-48!
Thank you J S! 😊
very nice! Always so well thought out and proper! :)
You’ve got it - she’s proper ❤️
A gorgeous boat. Certainly is cozy. Thanks for the tour.
Cheers William 😊
Nice work guys!! All the way from New Jersey... see you around
Cheers! 😊 See you out there.
Fantastic! Impressive, well done !
Thank you! Cheers!
Big step up from that tiny catamaran.
Awesome tour. Thanks For your hospitality.
Muchas gracias for watching, Marco!
Now you guys got your ship together....happy safe sailing....Cap. lv ya...
Cheers Lee 😊
Great video, many thanks very interesting boat , good looking . Warm greetings from the garden island of Kauai. Sailing around the world
Cheers Rimas! Hope you enjoy the channel :)
Have to go back and watch all of your vedios looking foward to it
Thanks a lot Frank! The first episodes... we didn’t know what we were doing 😅 they get better towards the end of season 1/beginning of season 2 😊
I'm a big fan of tillers, but maybe because I started by sailing dinghies. I think they make a lot sense for small cockpits. Maybe you could make a permanent tiller that can lift up for convenience? I love the keel stepped mast and the old school "captain haddock" oil skins, "proper job" as we say in Bristol.
Haha yep, a tiller and fisherman oilies are definitely a salty look! They say if you learnt to sail before you learnt to drive a car then you prefer a tiller... we're going to do some sails with the emergency tiller and see how it is. We went on a boat with a smaller cockpit than Skua recently but because they had a tiller, lashed out the way, it felt twice the size.
Very i formative video of your boat , thanks
Thanks for commenting, Glyn!
That's a lovely boat. Congratulations. Looks as though she can crack on under sail as well. Bon voyage!
Nice! Been waiting for this one and it was well worth the wait. A very well thought boat made for cruising the big wide blue and living aboard. Yours has a couple of nice upgrades too, including the nice diesel stove/oven.
Thanks Kevin, yep we've been really lucky finding one that had been so well equipped.
Still lurking and loving every video you make😬 Sail on beautiful Skua and crew, fw&fs⛵️👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks a lot Michael 🙏 It’s always great to see you comment 😊
Wow the boat is looking brilliant well done on your hard work looking forward to your up and coming videos
Enjoy enjoy
Cheers Ian 😊
I really enjoyed your video, shes such a beauty. We just bought our first sailboat.
Nice! What did you get?
@@SailingKittiwake we go a beautiful 30ft s2 c9.2
don't take this the wrong way but so glad you guys upgraded, i was worried about the cat getting you everywhere you wanted you go. looks amazing and not so coffin like! lol
Haha! Thanks Erin. Poor Kittiwake ❤️
We do feel we made the right choice though 😊
My friend, in the tropics, in coral, you MUST have chain for the anchor. No rode!!! And keep a close eye on the Tayana 37 chainplates where they mount to the hull. Some of them have been corroding so watch them carefully.
Cheers Troya, chain is high on the priority list believe me! Thankfully our chainplates have been replaced by the previous owner. We'd like to eventually go to external chain plates :)
Thank you for sharing your home with us. Love the work you have done so far. Cannot wait to see what's next.
Well thanks for watching!
Im so in love with your boat, and you guys are great!
So are we! Every time we see her, one of us invariably says something along the lines of 'god she's beautiful' or 'I can't believe that's our boat'. I think buying a boat is a 90% heart, 10% head decision, you need to love a boat to put the work in and make the sacrifices, and Skua is definitely worth it!
@@SailingKittiwake I've seen one of these yachts near my dads boat, for years. There are lots of modern, fast, slick etc boats around my dads boat.....but the boat that looks just like yours is by far the most beautiful in the area
She looks great you should both be so proud. I've heard the cutter rig is preferred for off shore work do you think that is true? Thanks for the wind vane info. I found that very helpful. Thank you for a wonderful boat tour full of really helpful info. Skua appears a great move for you. Fairwinds
Hi Ken, it's certainly been nice so far, having a staysail is great, especially when the wind picks up and you just want a small amount of sail area. Much nicer than winching in a big Genoa or reefing a huge main on a sloop rig
Hi guys. We saw Kittiwake recently when we were near the Bristol Channel. At least it was a small cat called Kittiwake!
Hey, Kittiwake is actually somewhere in Italy at the moment 😊
fantastic boat !! cool couple !!
I love it a couple of young Tubers who actually mentioned they have a log book, gee what a novel idea. I'm not making fun I'm complimenting them as seemingly true sailors who get it. They apparently understand seamanship and safety two items that will take them very far. I have the same boat only it's called a union 36 these are true ocean passage vessels. Robert Perry was an exceptional Naval architect.
We have even created our own independently published ones too 😂 That’s how much we’re into logbooks.
Great boats the Unions, we thought we’d end up with one of them, but then found Skua 😊
@@SailingKittiwake The "traditional" Log Book will bring You a huge advantage should You ever land in any insurance case of whatever sort.
No better showing of the "right" seamanship than having years and years of properly kept records.
Lovely boat for long travels!!! Keep on going guys!, great blog.
Thank you! We hope you’ll come along for the ride 😊
Lovely boat
Thank you!
You guys have been busy! Well done!
Cheers Rick! She’s come a long way 😊 Hope all is good on Calypso II 😊
Thanks nice tour 👍
Cheers Al! Glad you enjoyed it.
Love the windlass
Good tour and a great boat. You'll go far with it.
Hehe fingers crossed! 😊🤞
My parents owned a similar boat a CT37 which is I think the same craft. There mast was laminated spruce and the interior was all teak and copper or bronze. The hull of either boat is beautiful! Are you planning on around the world eventually? I have been following some of the soloists that have sailed the globe. Enjoy your videos very much!
Hi Kerry, yes early Tayanas are officially called CT’s, including Skua, but everyone knows them as Tayanas so we use that! No idea where our adventures will lead us, whatever we think will be most fun at the time :)
@@SailingKittiwake have you guys read Joshua Slocum's, Sailing around the world alone. Read it and aim for it. You have a good craft, just gain some experience and do it.
You are appealing to younger people, show them what dreams are made of. I would if I had nobody to depend on me. I just wouldn't come back to the land. The ocean is my mistress but life dragged me away from her.
The urge to follow my bow sprit is growing stronger these days.
Anyway if you have not read his book, you would do well if you did. My parents boat was named Sea Shaman.
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Thank you for a very professional tour of a Great Boat. One request: in a future video would you please expand on the use of diesel cooking and heating. I have heard much of the smell and the danger of CO2 and Oxygen levels. I really admire what you have done with the new boat. the Old Coastie
A superb video. Simply the best ‘boat tour’ I have ever seen. The quality of your videos just keeps on improving. You are really going to enjoy this boat ‘Captain Haddock, and first mate Ryan - lol.
Wow thanks Nick! ☺️ We hope you’ll enjoy following along our adventures.
Haha! 😂
Awesome tour! Beautiful boat
Love the tour of the new boat, great !! :) :)
Thanks so much, glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for your lovely comments :)
Very nice boat, to get asign for SSb you can make a Ham license, if you learn by your own it costs only the examination tax and the book. I made it ten years agi, and I learned about 60 hours for it. The advantige of ssb is no costs anymore after getting the license.
Cheers Peter, I heard the ham licence is more complicated but I think something satellite based that could come in the liferaft with us if we had to abandon Skua is preferable.
The examination got easier, no more morse alphabet, I think it was about 200 Pages to learn, but many is easy, some technic and many usefull staff for working with ham.
Yes in the US you do not need to spend very much for an amateur license ($15) which is all you need, and I'll bet it is the same in the EU. I did it a year ago studying flash cards on HAMSTUDY.ORG site, very easy hamstudy.org/ . Get at least your General License. You can take all three exams at once and save $30. You might have been confused by the license require for professional marine operators licences which is costly. Note you must pass each license level in order, I made the mistake of jumping into General directly and had to then study for Tech. In the end I took and passed all 3 exams in one sitting. One advantage is you get a shorter call sign which is handy. Just a bunch of memorization. It's a nice toy that you apparently already own especially if you have buddy crusiers that have one too, like SV Ruby Rose. Note you can also setup inexpensive world wide email and weather mapping services if you have a Pactor box. By the way looks like you got a great boat with some nice extras like the diesel stove, steering vane and ssb radio.
What a fine boat
We still can’t believe she’s ours 😍
I was watching another RUclips channel where this family lost the rudder in the middle of the ocean, and then they improvise some thing look like a rudder and try to make it to where they were going I'm glad that this sail boat got the standby rudder a great feature. Lol
Yep it's a good backup for sure
Life of Pi next by "First Aid manual" .... huh! nice mix of humor and cynicism! lol! =)
Hey, I liked that kiss! Thank you for the tour. Enjoyed.
Thanks for watching 😊
Thanks for the tour. With a diesel stove and diesel cabin heater I would respectfully suggest you add a C02 and oxygen monitor/alarm just for peace of mind. Don't get the non marine one buy the purpose built marine version. Also did not see a first aid/medical kit if you do long ocean passages it would be prudent to have a suitable kit. I have followed you with nittiest right from the start.
Safe and happy sailing, you now have the ideal boat for ocean cruising.
Thanks a lot Stumpert! You're right about the CO2 - we had one on Kittiwake but slipped my mind on the new boat. We do have a medical kit but I'm sure we could do with topping it up and renewing some stuff :) thanks for following and fair winds to you!
Ain't it CO aka carbon monoxide You want to monitor in the first place?
CO2 is a nearly inert, nontoxic gas while CO from burning hydrocarbon is the unsmellable bio-toxic stuff people die of involuntarily in their sleep.
gotta love those boat tours! Nice one guys! Pretty boat, happy life!
Cheers Manuel 😊
Lovely boat. You did a great job!
Thank you!
Thank you a nice tour of Skua.
Nicely Done! Thanks!
Cheers Rex!
A beautiful boat, congratulations!
Cheers Tusk!
You've got a great boat, i'm excited to see where you take her!
Thanks a lot, we're excited to show you :)
Great refit guys
Cheers!
Ready to see the world.
Hehe 😁
The new boat looks great...it's got style and character. Some feedback if you don't mind and please take this constructively. Both of you still talk at the camera, not to the people who will see it. You have to treat the camera as if it was an old friend that you're talking to, as if you're having a conversation. Look at the footage from Uma, RAN, Tula, Project Atticus and Free Range Sailing...they do it very well. I used to produce a lot of corporate training videos, so my advice is based on this experience. I see you both as a work in progress and your 15k subscribers means you are getting traction. All the best both of you 👍
Thanks a lot Gaz. We thought we had improved on that, but maybe this is not the best episode for that kind of “chatting” style. Keep an eye out for the next episodes and let us know what you think. The next one should show our progress, we hope!
looking good have fun !!!!
Cheers Phillip! We’ll be happy to oblige 😊
Tayana look like nice boats. We have done about 15,000 miles on a Pearson invicta which is 38, and classic. When you say dirt cheap, what do you mean? Sorry if you mentioned how much in a video somewhere. What is the circumstances you found here under? I guess it wasn't listed online?
She wasn’t for sale yet and she had been neglected for years. The owner suddenly needed to sell fast.
You can take a look at how she was when we got her in this episode: ruclips.net/video/6sy5T57UryM/видео.html
We got her for under $30K.
that is a lovely boat and i hope you guys get more subs as well
Thanks a lot Alan 😊 Fingers crossed 🤞
Grazie! Grandi!
Nice tour, lot of room for a sailboat.
Good job!
Not being picky, but I am pretty sure Hydrovane ("Survive your adventure" - pretty scary slogan to my ears, anyway) are made in the US. Used to fit them to bigger boats, and they seemed pretty robust. Certainly the castings were REALLY heavy, when fitting them.
No they're made in the U.K., and the headquarters of the company are in Canada.
@@SailingKittiwake Well there you go. Thank you for the info. Keep safe, shipmates :-))
Great start-up video and walk through. I've been particularly interested in your transition from cat to mono. It seems like the right change for you. I hope you can sort out the steering. I look forward to your upcoming videos. Nice boat.
Thanks a lot John! 😊 We hope you’ll enjoy the next videos 😊
Fabulous well done
Thanks Brian 😊
Emptying the shower tray . . . .
Can't pretend to be an expert (limited sailing experience but I have fitted out some inland barges).
I know some GRP yachts just drain showers to the bilge and rely on the bilge pump. Not recommended (long hair blocks bilge pumps and shower water is slimy, goes smelly). I used a whale gulper on a manual switch for one boat. Much better solution than the impeller-type pumps. The gulper is ok to run dry and copes with hair.