Amazing job you’ve done, I saw this yacht years ago when she was competing in the Whitbread Round The World Boat Race , but you’ve done ✅ an outstanding job with your refurbishment you should be very proud of yourselves. Ciao
A truly brilliant result. You hit it out of the park and that hull is better than new, now. Thanks for sharing. Fair winds and following seas to your family.
Well done guys. You have definately made a silk purse from a pigs ear on this project. This project must of been monumental. I have seen rebuilds on you tube many times but this is far the biggest and in my opinion the most complexed. Enjoy your sailing times you have earned it. Terry Liverpool UK.
engine access is outstanding. galley is outstanding, two companion ways below, and a cutter rig. No nonsense sailing boat which probably has a 10 knot hull speed. Ok maybe 8 knots. And can sleep the whole family. Wow! I like what you have done. Boy would I like to get that bugger on a beam reach in some good wind. Wow!
Our top speed has been just shy of 15kts without pushing but our cruising speed is really around 8-10kts. She loves a beam reach. 90 TWA becomes 60 AWA and she trucks along! We never push her though as we sail short handed and we aren’t keen on breaking stuff either but those speeds are comfy and fast enough for us 😉 We love her and the awesome living platform she offers us!
It's truly remarkable what folks such as yourselves can take on. And here I am sweating the thought of needing to pull my little 25hp diesel in my 34' sloop to find and fix a transmission leak. I truly envy your skill set.
This is a really nice boat. Not "good for a scrappy conversion" but just properly nice. It's simple. pretty cramped for an 80-footer, but four cabins, three bathrooms, all well done and properly holding... what more does one want? Will you ever reveal how much you spent on all this beauty including the conversion? I wonder how it looked in its time. I also wonder how fast it goes? I follow another family here on youtube who did a racer conversion. But they chose an IMOCA-60 (66?) boat for conversion. Very different boat, and a different result. Craaaazy!!!! 🙂 But it flies 20 knots on just a main and a jib... and chews through sails like cheese. I wonder how racy your racer is. How deep is your keel, by the way? Yes, I watched the resoration slideshow, might have missed it. Anyway, cool boat. Good job! Kudos.
Thank you. She’s actually got 5 cabins and an additional 3 open berths. We’ve had our family come cruise with us for a few weeks and it’s nice not being crammed in even when there were 9 of us on the boat. The reason we haven’t revealed the final cost is because it is hard to put a number to it considering we did all the work ourselves and got a lot of materials at really good prices. We spent about NZ$300k excluding our time etc. The other boat you are following is probably our friends on NV. Very different kind of boats and very different kind of refits. She’s faster than our boat but in terms of a conversion to a comfortable cruiser I think ours is more practical with a 2.7m draft, a dry inside of the boat when sailing and most importantly privacy. Something that was important for us cruising as a family for over 20 years and especially once the kids were teenagers! We usually cruise at a speed of 8-10kts without pushing which is fast enough for us. The fastest we’ve sailed her is at 15kts. Previous owners have sailed at speeds above 20kts but like I said we don’t push her like that. Her racing days are over and we try and make the gear last and avoid breakage and stressing out the rig… Thanks for following along :-)
Lovely boat. I like your layout and use of space. I'm currently converting a 60ft sailing yacht into my home, and it's great to see examples like yours! Subscribed.
I've seen people blow 1M+ on boats that pale in comparison to what you have. I have no idea what you actually put into it (not to mention all your labor). But just wow. Honestly, in all the stupidity around the world, I keep trying to remind people to get out there and #doepicshit. What you've done is exactly what makes the world awesome
I know. This layout just blows away so many others. So well done. I expect that much of it has to do with hardware. A high engine is odd, and it’s worth discussing, but so many sailing craft this size have dedicated engine rooms. This does not - and it really shows. It’s one of the most striking designs I have yet seen... and I watch a LOT of these videos!
What an amazing job you have done to refit this beautiful lady. Well done. So much space and heaps of beds (storage rooms) . Fair winds and smooth seas.
It would be interesting to hear about your electrical and electronic systems...what is essential and what is "fluff"...nice video! Beautiful boat!! We want to see and hear more...
Very unique boat both in looks and setup. I am new to the sailing world still just drinking information from a fire hose here. I love the fully enclosed rear pilot area looks very safe and secure and the visibility seems amazing! The interior is spacious as a damn motoryacht! So impressive!
Absolutely beautiful ! What a fantastic job you’ve done - and you’re living onboard full time I take it ? I hope you’re planning to record all your adventures in her ? 😊
What I really like here is the use of standard hardware fittings. Anyone that has tried to source a door handle to match a 20 year old one made in France by a company that went out of business in 2003, would appreciate just going to the local hardware store to get a replacement. Also, the table is an excellent idea! I've been on a race boat that used a plastic picnic table which had to have the legs attached before every use, then was stowed legless afterwards.
Thank you ☺️ we tried to follow the KISS principle…(keep it simple stupid) haha. The table is another story…we bought it because we got tired of eating off our plates off our laps and then it was one of those jobs of building a table we never got around to so four bolts to secure it down seemed an easy solution 😉
You should both be very proud of this considerable achievement. Who can got put a price on having a boat that meets all your needs. Beautiful work all round but I lost count of the number of heads.😉 Well done.👍😀⛵️
What an amazing adventure ! How old are the kids ? Send more videos of your experiences . I sailed across the Atlantic with my daughter last year ,and it was an experience I will never forget. I have a 50' Beneteau and plan to head to your neck of the woods next year . Fingers crossed . Be safe .
Our kids are 12 & 15 and have been boat kids their entire life except for about a year when we built our house. Our son turned one during the Pacific crossing and our daughter has been living on a boat since she was 3 hours old 😉 It was definitely harder sailing with them at a young age with no family around, doing passages while sleep deprived but it’s definitely given them a totally different experience growing up! I must say the age now is probably my favourite though as they are now old enough to really get into the lifestyle and participate in everything we do from free diving, spear fishing, surfing, to kitesurfing and of course sailing the boat. There are so many families cruising that it’s really awesome watching them hang out with their friends, exploring on shore or cheering each other on when they learn new tricks kitesurfing 😉 Make sure you say ‘hi’ when you get to the Pacific - we just love it here 👌
Thanks much for the tour! Very tidy. It's amazing how well she turned out. Your extensive boatbuilding experience is clear. Congrats on an amazing home and amazing boat! Since you already have a generator, consider going with an electric drive in a future refit. With an AC electric motor and regeneration (hydrogeneration), it's possible to charge the Lithium ion propulsion bank from sail power (in addition to windmill, solar and generator), and costs are falling rapidly. It's cleaner and more in harmony with nature to be able to use fossil fuels less often with electric drive. The large propulsion battery bank can also be used for house loads, and Lithium ion batteries have much more usable capacity than Lead acid, in addition to being lighter and higher capacity. If cared for well, they can last many times longer than Lead acid also.
Beautiful vessel.. I love what you did with it!! So clean an spacious!! I just found your channel an I've subscribed. Looking forward to the adventure... Fare winds and following sea's ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Remarkable work! You've brought this yacht to stellar form. I look forward to seeing her in all her Whitbread sailing glory! And with that galley, I imagine we won't be seeing any freeze dried fare!
Nice bright clean scheme. I assume you have one or two water makers plus plenty of dive gear on board. Beautiful job that I can only imagine how much work was involved.
Glen Peters we have one watermaker onboard that makes up to 270 litres an hour and plenty of free dive gear. We do have a hookah system though for cleaning the hull 😉
I have a two bedroom one bath home with living room and kitchen. Your boat has more room than my house. Plus the deck space on nice days. The refit is exceptional, very impressive! I'm interested to learn what typical cruising speed is after the keel modification. Information about the boat on the Internet indicated 9Knts max and cruise at 8knts. I suppose the keel weight will affect the upwind beat performance. I was in the Canal Zone for four years and rescued and refit a 26' day sailer. I was always a regular at the Cristobal Yacht Club and Club Nautico Caribe at the Carribean entrance to the Panama Canal. I remember an owner on one yacht told me that "gentlemen don't beat". Your boat and keel modification reminded me of that. I subscribed
We average 8-10kts comfortably without pushing her. Sailing her double handed does mean we have to sail her sensibly. We know from a previous owner that their highest 24hr average was 300nm. We sail her up to 30 degree apparent wind angle, with our ‘old and baggy’ sails. Hoping to upgrade to nice and crisp new sails at some point in the future 😉 She definitely is spacious and perfect for our family as we outgrew our last boat quickly once the kids got to a certain age😉 We spent a few years in Panama as well, the Pacific side though, from 2003-2006.
This refit is absolutely incredible, just wondering how much of the refit was drawn up by a naval architect based off your requests? I’ve been looking at a locally famous racer from the 80’s/90’s that I thought would be a great candidate for a refit, but very intimated by the scope of the work required, you’ve reignited my interest in that project. Thank you for sharing your project and please keep posting your travels and adventures!
Henry Gerken Thank you. We only had one of the original designers involved with the keel modification as this was quite a critical part to get right to ensure righting moments are kept etc. Good luck with the project - sounds interesting 👌
bill hanna no we didn’t. We already carry 1800 litres and didn’t need extra and the keel was enough of a project as it was. Some of the other Ocean80 yachts utilise a fuel tank in the keel though.
Fantastic job you have done. I like the all white paint scheme below.. If I might make some observations: No handholds anywhere on deck.No hand rail on gangway. Not a single handhold to be seen anywhere at all below. No handholds in the showers or the galley.No fiddles on any flat surfaces.No portholes . No leeboards on any of the bunks.I've never sailed on an 80 footer so have no idea how stable she is to not need anywhere to hang on as you move about at sea.
Thank you. Firstly, at 80ft she is very stable and movements are a lot slower in comparison to a smaller boat but there are handholds and handles in lots of different places. Narrow passageways like in our master cabin etc don’t have them as it’s not necessary. There’s a handhold on the main companionway in, then the next open space crossing (saloon/galley) has a large handrail along the entire island bar and handles in different places where necessary leading to the forward section. On deck we only need to go up forward to reef the main, otherwise everything is controlled from the aft cockpit. Our lifelines/rails are very high and there is lots to hold onto on the way forward, but most importantly on passages we run additional lifelines to tether/clip onto along the deck from the aft cockpit all the way forward to the furlers on both sides. In terms of portholes & hatches, there’s about 10 hatches, 6 port holes and 4 fixed windows and a deck hatch to enter the transom.
Hi! We used a vinyl plank flooring from a hardware store. The sole is out of marine ply which had been sealed (epoxy paint and/or epoxy coated) prior to putting the floor down. The engine is the same as when we bought the boat. It’s and old marinised (Sabre) 185hp Ford 6 cylinder turbo diesel. Got a few little oil leaks we are nursing until we can afford a new engine but starts first time every time and has never let us down! 🤞
Great design sensibility on the interior. Clean, simple, functional, nice. Did you take a pass on a symmetrical or asymmetrical head sail? Didn’t see a spin pole or sprit.
A bit too totally white, but a wonderful layout. Very well designed for serious crew sailing. Much better than many others posted on RUclips. More on the galley and the electronics, generator, water maker, etc. would be welcome - especially since so much clever design went into this lovely yacht. One oddity is the relative height of the engine. That much weight must adversely impact the center of gravity. Any comments on that would also be appreciated. You could make quite a bit more videos on a layout as well put together as this!
tm502010 90% of the engine is below the waterline 😉 If anything, the one thing we aren’t quite happy about is the extreme angle it is mounted at however there wasn’t any options to change that except to change the transmission to an angle drive but that was out of the budget for us unfortunately. Hoping to one day upgrade to a new engine with an angle drive 😉 We will definitely take your suggestions for content into consideration. Our next video will be more about us, but we are also planning to share more details in changes we’ve made to sail her short-handed etc in the near future 😉
Wow !! that was some restoration for a boat of this size .I think your husband could build a shopping mall with a pen knife.....all you need now is a about six or seven more kids ....you have the room and if one or two of them go over the side at least you have five or six left.....
That’s a firm no to more kids 😂 but it made me crack up reading it…teenage has me thinking I could lose one, potentially two right now over the side at times…just kidding - we love them and living this life with them!
I worked on two of these Whitbread racers in Norway in 2007. Le Post and NZ Endeavour. The layout looks pretty close ot what we worked on. I have photo's of me up forward (looks like the area of the forward head). They where pretty basic speed machines, interiors not even painted.
Terrific job, my only criticism is that when a boat is a wood finish inside, it is cozier and has a more warmly feel. The white and grey gives the boat much more light, but gives a more colder feel. And that wooden table looks out of place ,just does not go, I get it might be the right size, but you can see it's from a lounge in a house. just my opinion, but does not take anything away from such a fantastic, difficult renovation. Well done indeed.
Thank you. We agree that a wooden finish on the interior gives it a lovely finish. We had that in our last boat which was beautiful but it is also why we opted against it on this boat as we knew from our last boat there’s a lot of maintenance involved in keeping a wooden interior looking good. On this boat we opted for simple, easy to maintain finishes and of course on a project of that size, time and money played a huge part too. As for the table, that was never meant to be a permanent feature. We used it during the refit to have a place to put our plates until we build a table and then never got around to making the actual table. A future project maybe?! along with a list of other jobs and projects we have yet to finish off…
I thought she looked familiar, Creighton's, of course, Naturally! I sailed on her on a three week try out for the Whitbread in 1988, during which we ran into the worst storm in the Med in many many years and got stuck in Melilla for over a week, together with many large commercial vessels, which tells you how bad it was. I am very familiar with that galley, as I was cooking the day we hit the storm and everyone was too ill to eat the meal I had just completed ;) My bunk was in the very peak, and as she came down off the waves running at 20 knots before the storm, the hull at the bow flexed so much it pushed me out of the bunk! The trip included getting arrested by the Morrocan Navy, getting all our wallets stolen elsewhere, and quite a lot of interesting sailing. I didn't get the gig, and later I was happy about that, as she broke her rigging and had to return for repairs on one leg, and lost a crew member who I knew by then in the Southern Ocean (recovered, but too late, he'd hit his head). Although she won her class, she was not much of a racer, but I bet makes a really good travelling home. I'm glad you saved her. Best wishes to you all, and the boat! ✌
Thanks for sharing!!!! It’s always amazing to hear the stories from past crew!!! Yeah she wasn’t a one off race boat build and certainly no lightweight racer either but she has a very fast hull which makes her a fast and comfortable cruiser! We don’t push her as we do sail short handed and can’t afford to be ‘caught out’ or break anything but we cruise comfortably averaging 8-10kts which is perfect for us. She’s a real pleasure to sail. We often wonder how we are ever going to be able to downsize again when the time comes!?! Thanks again for sharing and hope you still get out there sailing ⛵️
@@Camarasailing Re Downsizing With Age (TM): Yes, just about everything else will be small. If less offshore, cat? I'm not doing a lot of sailing just now, but I Have Plans :) I think you're using her just as she was conceived to be used... Cheers!
Wonderful tour of a remarkable "sailor's" yacht. You have a lovely, very pleasant voice. Hope things settle down so you can get you a crew! / I am curious about the keel redo. I know it wasn't inexpensive, so you must have had a very good reason. / No dinghy? / And I subscribed! Who wouldn't? / No marinas? Thoroughbreds don't belong in a stall!
Doug H thank you 😊 We did the keel modification because 3.83m was just not practical for cruising. We do have a dinghy - an awesome 12ft AB inflatable with a 25hp Yamaha. With our lifestyle it’s important to have a good dinghy 😉 Definitely won’t find us in a Marina - but you’ll find us close to a surf or kite surf spot 😉
Daniel Marek thank you 😊 She was actually lighter, not heavier when we re-launched her. Structural strength has only increased as there are more structural bulkheads than previously. A floating sole has been replaced with a fixed sole with sole frames glassed to the hull and linking to the bulkheads. One of her original designers assisted with the keel modifications, eg the extra weight and increase in surface area required to not lose traction and keep righting moments etc which was outside our ‘scope’ but my husband is a qualified boatbuilder (wooden & fibreglass) and a qualified rigger, so everything else was designed and done by ourselves. Obviously time and budget dictated some of the methods and materials used as we didn’t want to take 10 years, nor did we have limitless funds 😉
@@Camarasailing Thank you very much for reply. In meantime I have checked your other videos and info. I am amazed and very impressed by work you have done. So "Camara" is now not only fast , but also elegant and comfortable . I also hope that your husband didnt slave you to much with glorious sanding last 3 years :) Even if , final result is perfect. Kind Regards and Fair Winds
That's jaw-dropping restoration project you've done! :O fantastic! I'm curious, the grey paint you've used on most of the interior, is that some kind of epoxy paint? and did you use a spray gun to get such even surfaces and to speed up the process? Quite some surface area to paint!
Congratulations on a magnificent job. She looks wonderful. I am interested in the original construction. It looks to be end grain balsa-sandwich. In the course of your re-build how much rot did you find around skin fittings and any through-hull fixings? We built a 53' yawl in Airex PVC foam core construction and had no problems with that (she is still going strong after 40 years, mostly in the water and not slipped every year.) but were very aware that every fitting had to have the core removed and be fastened through solid glass. The keel attachment area must have been an area of interest to check and survey. Obviously the whole area would have to solid glass and no doubt with a very strong grid on the inside. I am interested to know how balsa has stood the test of time? We used Derek Kelsall as a consultant when we built our boat. He had recently finished building Great Britain II from a design by Alan Gurney. She was a very big boat in foam cored construction in those days. Ours was a Holman and Pye design which was developed into the Bowman 57. Have you a sand finish deck, or similar? We used Treadmaster and found it great, if a little hard on bare feet. Once again, magnificent job and I think you chose exactly the right way to finish her. It would have at least doubled the costs to fit her out as a luxury yacht. What you have gained is all the space and speed of a large yacht but without frivolities that cost a fortune to maintain. Best regards, Simon
Simon Bobak thank you ☺️ The hull below water is solid glass and end grain balsa core above the waterline and on the deck. Every metre there is a full fibreglass ring frame and every half metre is a half ring frame going from just above waterline through to the other side. Very solidly built! There was one main inlet manifold through the keel and any outlets were through solid glass. The balsa core was in good condition with only localised moisture damage around fittings and hatch cut-outs (on the deck) which we removed and back-filled with epoxy. So to answer your question on how the end grain balsa stood the test of time - it did really well! Especially considering the condition she was in when we bought her (every hatch and fitting leaked). Substantial frames linking to the ring frames formed the structure of the keel mount. Some areas did have delamination due to grounding which we repaired. We also replaced all the keel bolts etc. We had guidance from one of the original designers (David Alan-Williams) with the keel modification to ensure righting moments are met as we reduced the draft by 1.2 meters. She’s been a lot of work but very worth it 😉
@@Camarasailing Thank you for your very full reply. It is interesting to hear that. It was obviously built to a good standard. So many balsa cored boats have enormous problems with the core below the water line. Some have rotten decks too. Stressed skin structures are the best way forward for strength and lightness but have to be done properly. We had internal lead ballast, so did not have to worry about the keel falling off! All below the 36 inch water level was solid glass and massively overbuilt, as you do when it is your own neck at stake. Camara looks terrific and I am sure you will enjoy her all the more because of the effort you put in. Very best wishes and happy sailing. PS Don't feel you need reply to this. Simon
Amazing job you’ve done, I saw this yacht years ago when she was competing in the Whitbread Round The World Boat Race , but you’ve done ✅ an outstanding job with your refurbishment you should be very proud of yourselves. Ciao
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A truly brilliant result. You hit it out of the park and that hull is better than new, now. Thanks for sharing. Fair winds and following seas to your family.
You guys are absolute Masters.
Thank you 😊
The best rebuilt refit of a yacht I have ever seen hats off to you… ❤ fair winds and following seas. Look forward to hearing from you.👍
Thank you so much ☺️
nice job in bringing the old girl back to life , very nice
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WOW comes to mind. Beautiful below deck open spaces. Galley is superb. Love the engine access. 👏⛵️🏝
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As someone who built boats and graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Marine Technology I’m BLOWN AWAY!!! BRAVO ZULU TO Y’ALL
The Chaplain thank you so much - that’s incredible feedback to receive 🙏
Well done guys. You have definately made a silk purse from a pigs ear on this project. This project must of been monumental. I have seen rebuilds on you tube many times but this is far the biggest and in my opinion the most complexed. Enjoy your sailing times you have earned it. Terry Liverpool UK.
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engine access is outstanding. galley is outstanding, two companion ways below, and a cutter rig. No nonsense sailing boat which probably has a 10 knot hull speed. Ok maybe 8 knots. And can sleep the whole family. Wow! I like what you have done. Boy would I like to get that bugger on a beam reach in some good wind. Wow!
Our top speed has been just shy of 15kts without pushing but our cruising speed is really around 8-10kts. She loves a beam reach. 90 TWA becomes 60 AWA and she trucks along! We never push her though as we sail short handed and we aren’t keen on breaking stuff either but those speeds are comfy and fast enough for us 😉 We love her and the awesome living platform she offers us!
It's truly remarkable what folks such as yourselves can take on. And here I am sweating the thought of needing to pull my little 25hp diesel in my 34' sloop to find and fix a transmission leak. I truly envy your skill set.
Ash thank you. You got this 😉 but I admit...engine work is the least favourite ‘boat job’ of ours too...always messy and greasy!!!
What an amzing job you have done on saving this beauty. Well done you.
nick viner thank you 😊
Impressive, what a build, thank you for the tour
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That is one of the more beautiful sailboats I think I have ever seen.. thanks for sharing!
Thank you so much ☺️
What an extraordinary accomplishment. Thank you for sharing your dream with us. Fair winds and following seas.
Steve Orr thank you 😊
This is a really nice boat. Not "good for a scrappy conversion" but just properly nice. It's simple. pretty cramped for an 80-footer, but four cabins, three bathrooms, all well done and properly holding... what more does one want? Will you ever reveal how much you spent on all this beauty including the conversion?
I wonder how it looked in its time. I also wonder how fast it goes? I follow another family here on youtube who did a racer conversion. But they chose an IMOCA-60 (66?) boat for conversion. Very different boat, and a different result. Craaaazy!!!! 🙂 But it flies 20 knots on just a main and a jib... and chews through sails like cheese. I wonder how racy your racer is. How deep is your keel, by the way? Yes, I watched the resoration slideshow, might have missed it.
Anyway, cool boat. Good job! Kudos.
Thank you. She’s actually got 5 cabins and an additional 3 open berths. We’ve had our family come cruise with us for a few weeks and it’s nice not being crammed in even when there were 9 of us on the boat.
The reason we haven’t revealed the final cost is because it is hard to put a number to it considering we did all the work ourselves and got a lot of materials at really good prices. We spent about NZ$300k excluding our time etc.
The other boat you are following is probably our friends on NV. Very different kind of boats and very different kind of refits.
She’s faster than our boat but in terms of a conversion to a comfortable cruiser I think ours is more practical with a 2.7m draft, a dry inside of the boat when sailing and most importantly privacy. Something that was important for us cruising as a family for over 20 years and especially once the kids were teenagers!
We usually cruise at a speed of 8-10kts without pushing which is fast enough for us. The fastest we’ve sailed her is at 15kts. Previous owners have sailed at speeds above 20kts but like I said we don’t push her like that. Her racing days are over and we try and make the gear last and avoid breakage and stressing out the rig…
Thanks for following along :-)
Lovely boat. I like your layout and use of space. I'm currently converting a 60ft sailing yacht into my home, and it's great to see examples like yours! Subscribed.
I've seen people blow 1M+ on boats that pale in comparison to what you have. I have no idea what you actually put into it (not to mention all your labor). But just wow. Honestly, in all the stupidity around the world, I keep trying to remind people to get out there and #doepicshit. What you've done is exactly what makes the world awesome
I know. This layout just blows away so many others. So well done. I expect that much of it has to do with hardware. A high engine is odd, and it’s worth discussing, but so many sailing craft this size have dedicated engine rooms. This does not - and it really shows. It’s one of the most striking designs I have yet seen... and I watch a LOT of these videos!
Really spacious and comfortable looking interior. Can't imagine the type of adventures you guys have in that yacht!
Wow That's a really functional boat layout.. What really neat is a boat to get a second life to become a lifestyle... Its just massive..
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This has to be one of the most beautiful boats I have ever seen great job enjoy be safe 🐬🐟☀️🎣🎣🎣
What a beautiful job you did on your sailing vessel....Can’t wait to see more...
What a stunning boat 👏
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I love the fact there is so much space down below, people are always obsessed with unnecessary storage, this just looks airy and spacious.
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What Beautiful work you did on her a Fast cruising sailboat to out run Storms so sweet
Thank you ☺️ She’s such a great boat to sail, makes passages not only faster but also much more comfortable!
Wow! Would be so awesome to live on a refitted fast boat like this.
That forward cockpit is amazing? Beautiful just beautiful
Beautiful !! Wish you many years of sailing freedom.
Very nice thanks for sharing
Thanks for sharing - plenty space and job well done
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You made the most of that lovely racer.
Fantastic, my brother was skippering Steinlager 2 for a while so I can see where you started from and have done an amazing job 🤘
Very nice interior.
What an amazing job you have done to refit this beautiful lady. Well done. So much space and heaps of beds (storage rooms) . Fair winds and smooth seas.
Stephen Murray thank you so much 🙏
Beautifully done! Can t wait to see your adventures coming.
Very well done ... I also enjoyed the first video. Very nice job. Looks really comfortable.
Thank you 😊
Absolutely wonderful👍
Amazing refit! Wow!
Really very nice work. Impressive to see what can be done...
belledetector thank you 😊
Guys, You did a great job with this boat! Keep going!
It would be interesting to hear about your electrical and electronic systems...what is essential and what is "fluff"...nice video! Beautiful boat!! We want to see and hear more...
Amazing boat. I hope you can share some of your journeys.
C Mosca I‘m working on that next 😉
Wow!! what a stunning boat,and so many berths for guests if you wanted,i'm so jealous,stay safe and happy sailing.
Now thats a REAL racer cruiser! Love it. Awesome job.
Spikeafrican thank you so much ☺️
Very unique boat both in looks and setup. I am new to the sailing world still just drinking information from a fire hose here. I love the fully enclosed rear pilot area looks very safe and secure and the visibility seems amazing! The interior is spacious as a damn motoryacht! So impressive!
Thank you so much
Absolutely beautiful ! What a fantastic job you’ve done - and you’re living onboard full time I take it ? I hope you’re planning to record all your adventures in her ? 😊
Amazing restoration and fabulous job. New fan from PEI CANADA.
Amazing, what a home
This is an amazing rebuild. Beautiful and functional
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Master yacht builder. You guys make me proud!
Cheers Myles!
Wow.... Really. Really nice!!!
What I really like here is the use of standard hardware fittings. Anyone that has tried to source a door handle to match a 20 year old one made in France by a company that went out of business in 2003, would appreciate just going to the local hardware store to get a replacement. Also, the table is an excellent idea! I've been on a race boat that used a plastic picnic table which had to have the legs attached before every use, then was stowed legless afterwards.
Thank you ☺️ we tried to follow the KISS principle…(keep it simple stupid) haha. The table is another story…we bought it because we got tired of eating off our plates off our laps and then it was one of those jobs of building a table we never got around to so four bolts to secure it down seemed an easy solution 😉
Smart layout. Plenty of space for guests but still open and airy.
I am so very jelly!
Well done, enjoy It in all the waters
Thank you 😊
Wow, the work you have done on this boat is amazing
Amazing! Excellent work done! Bravi! Greetings from Italy!
Andreadef Land Mille Grazie ☺️
This has to be the best laid out boat I have ever seen. Damn, I think you have as much room as the QE2!
Thank you so much! We love how much space we have and how open she feels. There’s no such thing as cabin fever, she’s a floating apartment 😂
You’ve had other boats! A very comfortable home to see the world! You’re work for it. Enjoy!👍🇨🇦
You should both be very proud of this considerable achievement. Who can got put a price on having a boat that meets all your needs. Beautiful work all round but I lost count of the number of heads.😉 Well done.👍😀⛵️
Superb work ! Congrats ! She looks magnificent...
pbertf24 thank you 🙏
What an amazing adventure ! How old are the kids ? Send more videos of your experiences . I sailed across the Atlantic with my daughter last year ,and it was an experience I will never forget. I have a 50' Beneteau and plan to head to your neck of the woods next year . Fingers crossed . Be safe .
Our kids are 12 & 15 and have been boat kids their entire life except for about a year when we built our house.
Our son turned one during the Pacific crossing and our daughter has been living on a boat since she was 3 hours old 😉
It was definitely harder sailing with them at a young age with no family around, doing passages while sleep deprived but it’s definitely given them a totally different experience growing up!
I must say the age now is probably my favourite though as they are now old enough to really get into the lifestyle and participate in everything we do from free diving, spear fishing, surfing, to kitesurfing and of course sailing the boat. There are so many families cruising that it’s really awesome watching them hang out with their friends, exploring on shore or cheering each other on when they learn new tricks kitesurfing 😉
Make sure you say ‘hi’ when you get to the Pacific - we just love it here 👌
Nice tour, so well done all over :-)
Thanks for Sharing
Martin Olsen thank you ☺️
GREAT JOB!
Thanks much for the tour! Very tidy. It's amazing how well she turned out. Your extensive boatbuilding experience is clear. Congrats on an amazing home and amazing boat!
Since you already have a generator, consider going with an electric drive in a future refit. With an AC electric motor and regeneration (hydrogeneration), it's possible to charge the Lithium ion propulsion bank from sail power (in addition to windmill, solar and generator), and costs are falling rapidly. It's cleaner and more in harmony with nature to be able to use fossil fuels less often with electric drive.
The large propulsion battery bank can also be used for house loads, and Lithium ion batteries have much more usable capacity than Lead acid, in addition to being lighter and higher capacity. If cared for well, they can last many times longer than Lead acid also.
Oh we wanted to go that route but we had to do what we could afford - hopefully sometime in the near future 😉
Beautiful vessel.. I love what you did with it!! So clean an spacious!! I just found your channel an I've subscribed. Looking forward to the adventure... Fare winds and following sea's ✌🏼💗😊❣️
Thank you so much and thanks for watching ☺️
Remarkable work! You've brought this yacht to stellar form. I look forward to seeing her in all her Whitbread sailing glory! And with that galley, I imagine we won't be seeing any freeze dried fare!
Andy P! Thank you ☺️ Definitely no freeze dried fare 😉
Stunning!!!
Thx for sharing! I have a picture of me at the destroyer wheel in Fort Lauderdale during the Whitbread Race layover
Amazing boat, well done.
Hanne Howie thank you
@@Camarasailing you're welcome! Looking forward to your adventures and seeing where you go with her. Thanks for sharing.
Nice bright clean scheme. I assume you have one or two water makers plus plenty of dive gear on board. Beautiful job that I can only imagine how much work was involved.
Glen Peters we have one watermaker onboard that makes up to 270 litres an hour and plenty of free dive gear. We do have a hookah system though for cleaning the hull 😉
I have a two bedroom one bath home with living room and kitchen. Your boat has more room than my house. Plus the deck space on nice days. The refit is exceptional, very impressive! I'm interested to learn what typical cruising speed is after the keel modification. Information about the boat on the Internet indicated 9Knts max and cruise at 8knts. I suppose the keel weight will affect the upwind beat performance. I was in the Canal Zone for four years and rescued and refit a 26' day sailer. I was always a regular at the Cristobal Yacht Club and Club Nautico Caribe at the Carribean entrance to the Panama Canal. I remember an owner on one yacht told me that "gentlemen don't beat". Your boat and keel modification reminded me of that. I subscribed
We average 8-10kts comfortably without pushing her. Sailing her double handed does mean we have to sail her sensibly. We know from a previous owner that their highest 24hr average was 300nm. We sail her up to 30 degree apparent wind angle, with our ‘old and baggy’ sails. Hoping to upgrade to nice and crisp new sails at some point in the future 😉
She definitely is spacious and perfect for our family as we outgrew our last boat quickly once the kids got to a certain age😉
We spent a few years in Panama as well, the Pacific side though, from 2003-2006.
Really nice boat! Enjoyed the SA accent, reminded me of home ❤️
Outstanding!
Thank you ☺️
this is the best renovation job I have ever seen! must be very expensive
They did the work themselves. He is a boat builder and got the materials at a good price.
Nice to see the amazing job you have done. I sailed on Creightons in the 2005 Fastnet campaign, wow she looks so much better now. Enjoy the Pacific.
Thank you so much
Beautiful.
This refit is absolutely incredible, just wondering how much of the refit was drawn up by a naval architect based off your requests? I’ve been looking at a locally famous racer from the 80’s/90’s that I thought would be a great candidate for a refit, but very intimated by the scope of the work required, you’ve reignited my interest in that project. Thank you for sharing your project and please keep posting your travels and adventures!
Henry Gerken Thank you. We only had one of the original designers involved with the keel modification as this was quite a critical part to get right to ensure righting moments are kept etc. Good luck with the project - sounds interesting 👌
@@Camarasailing Whats the draft/keel ballast now and what was it before?
Schutt Rostig used to be 3.83m, now it’s 2.7m and 15tons (had to add an extra ton and extend leading and trailing edge of keel)
@@Camarasailing Did you use the keel as a fuel tank ?
bill hanna no we didn’t. We already carry 1800 litres and didn’t need extra and the keel was enough of a project as it was. Some of the other Ocean80 yachts utilise a fuel tank in the keel though.
Fantastic
Fantastic job you have done. I like the all white paint scheme
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If I might make some observations: No handholds anywhere on deck.No hand rail on gangway. Not a single handhold to be seen anywhere at all below. No handholds in the showers or the galley.No fiddles on any flat surfaces.No portholes . No leeboards on any of the bunks.I've never sailed on an 80 footer so have no idea how stable she is to not need anywhere to hang on as you move about at sea.
Thank you.
Firstly, at 80ft she is very stable and movements are a lot slower in comparison to a smaller boat but there are handholds and handles in lots of different places.
Narrow passageways like in our master cabin etc don’t have them as it’s not necessary.
There’s a handhold on the main companionway in, then the next open space crossing (saloon/galley) has a large handrail along the entire island bar and handles in different places where necessary leading to the forward section.
On deck we only need to go up forward to reef the main, otherwise everything is controlled from the aft cockpit. Our lifelines/rails are very high and there is lots to hold onto on the way forward, but most importantly on passages we run additional lifelines to tether/clip onto along the deck from the aft cockpit all the way forward to the furlers on both sides.
In terms of portholes & hatches, there’s about 10 hatches, 6 port holes and 4 fixed windows and a deck hatch to enter the transom.
Beautiful
Awesome guys! Could you tell me what flooring material you used? And what is the engine you have?
Hi! We used a vinyl plank flooring from a hardware store. The sole is out of marine ply which had been sealed (epoxy paint and/or epoxy coated) prior to putting the floor down. The engine is the same as when we bought the boat. It’s and old marinised (Sabre) 185hp Ford 6 cylinder turbo diesel. Got a few little oil leaks we are nursing until we can afford a new engine but starts first time every time and has never let us down! 🤞
Great design sensibility on the interior. Clean, simple, functional, nice. Did you take a pass on a symmetrical or asymmetrical head sail? Didn’t see a spin pole or sprit.
Peter Kacandes thank you. We run an asymmetric off the bow roller (in a sock) to make it manageable for us as a family to handle.
Nice one..
Magnificent. Simply magnificent. How often do you get out and sail with it?
We are full time live-aboard cruisers 😉 Currently sailing in Fiji.
Cheers! Living a dream life. Well done
A bit too totally white, but a wonderful layout. Very well designed for serious crew sailing. Much better than many others posted on RUclips.
More on the galley and the electronics, generator, water maker, etc. would be welcome - especially since so much clever design went into this lovely yacht.
One oddity is the relative height of the engine. That much weight must adversely impact the center of gravity. Any comments on that would also be appreciated.
You could make quite a bit more videos on a layout as well put together as this!
tm502010 90% of the engine is below the waterline 😉 If anything, the one thing we aren’t quite happy about is the extreme angle it is mounted at however there wasn’t any options to change that except to change the transmission to an angle drive but that was out of the budget for us unfortunately.
Hoping to one day upgrade to a new engine with an angle drive 😉
We will definitely take your suggestions for content into consideration. Our next video will be more about us, but we are also planning to share more details in changes we’ve made to sail her short-handed etc in the near future 😉
Wow !! that was some restoration for a boat of this size .I think your husband could build a shopping mall with a pen knife.....all you need now is a about six or seven more kids ....you have the room and if one or two of them go over the side at least you have five or six left.....
That’s a firm no to more kids 😂 but it made me crack up reading it…teenage has me thinking I could lose one, potentially two right now over the side at times…just kidding - we love them and living this life with them!
Amazing.
Participated in a beauty contest I reckon...
I worked on two of these Whitbread racers in Norway in 2007. Le Post and NZ Endeavour. The layout looks pretty close ot what we worked on. I have photo's of me up forward (looks like the area of the forward head). They where pretty basic speed machines, interiors not even painted.
Beautiful work! Love it...
Life of Pu thank you ☺️
Outstanding! What is the white coating on the ceiling and walls? What an awesome build. SO much work!
Thank you so much ☺️We’ve used Jotun Jotamastic 90.
Terrific job, my only criticism is that when a boat is a wood finish inside, it is cozier and has a more warmly feel. The white and grey gives the boat much more light, but gives a more colder feel. And that wooden table looks out of place ,just does not go, I get it might be the right size, but you can see it's from a lounge in a house. just my opinion, but does not take anything away from such a fantastic, difficult renovation. Well done indeed.
Thank you. We agree that a wooden finish on the interior gives it a lovely finish. We had that in our last boat which was beautiful but it is also why we opted against it on this boat as we knew from our last boat there’s a lot of maintenance involved in keeping a wooden interior looking good. On this boat we opted for simple, easy to maintain finishes and of course on a project of that size, time and money played a huge part too. As for the table, that was never meant to be a permanent feature. We used it during the refit to have a place to put our plates until we build a table and then never got around to making the actual table. A future project maybe?! along with a list of other jobs and projects we have yet to finish off…
I thought she looked familiar, Creighton's, of course, Naturally! I sailed on her on a three week try out for the Whitbread in 1988, during which we ran into the worst storm in the Med in many many years and got stuck in Melilla for over a week, together with many large commercial vessels, which tells you how bad it was. I am very familiar with that galley, as I was cooking the day we hit the storm and everyone was too ill to eat the meal I had just completed ;) My bunk was in the very peak, and as she came down off the waves running at 20 knots before the storm, the hull at the bow flexed so much it pushed me out of the bunk!
The trip included getting arrested by the Morrocan Navy, getting all our wallets stolen elsewhere, and quite a lot of interesting sailing. I didn't get the gig, and later I was happy about that, as she broke her rigging and had to return for repairs on one leg, and lost a crew member who I knew by then in the Southern Ocean (recovered, but too late, he'd hit his head). Although she won her class, she was not much of a racer, but I bet makes a really good travelling home. I'm glad you saved her. Best wishes to you all, and the boat!
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Thanks for sharing!!!! It’s always amazing to hear the stories from past crew!!! Yeah she wasn’t a one off race boat build and certainly no lightweight racer either but she has a very fast hull which makes her a fast and comfortable cruiser!
We don’t push her as we do sail short handed and can’t afford to be ‘caught out’ or break anything but we cruise comfortably averaging 8-10kts which is perfect for us. She’s a real pleasure to sail. We often wonder how we are ever going to be able to downsize again when the time comes!?!
Thanks again for sharing and hope you still get out there sailing ⛵️
@@Camarasailing Re Downsizing With Age (TM): Yes, just about everything else will be small. If less offshore, cat? I'm not doing a lot of sailing just now, but I Have Plans :) I think you're using her just as she was conceived to be used... Cheers!
Wonderful tour of a remarkable "sailor's" yacht. You have a lovely, very pleasant voice. Hope things settle down so you can get you a crew! / I am curious about the keel redo. I know it wasn't inexpensive, so you must have had a very good reason. / No dinghy? / And I subscribed! Who wouldn't? / No marinas? Thoroughbreds don't belong in a stall!
Doug H thank you 😊 We did the keel modification because 3.83m was just not practical for cruising. We do have a dinghy - an awesome 12ft AB inflatable with a 25hp Yamaha. With our lifestyle it’s important to have a good dinghy 😉 Definitely won’t find us in a Marina - but you’ll find us close to a surf or kite surf spot 😉
She looks very nice. How much extra weight you put with this refit ? Have you consulted this with naval architect ?
Daniel Marek thank you 😊
She was actually lighter, not heavier when we re-launched her. Structural strength has only increased as there are more structural bulkheads than previously. A floating sole has been replaced with a fixed sole with sole frames glassed to the hull and linking to the bulkheads.
One of her original designers assisted with the keel modifications, eg the extra weight and increase in surface area required to not lose traction and keep righting moments etc which was outside our ‘scope’ but my husband is a qualified boatbuilder (wooden & fibreglass) and a qualified rigger, so everything else was designed and done by ourselves.
Obviously time and budget dictated some of the methods and materials used as we didn’t want to take 10 years, nor did we have limitless funds 😉
@@Camarasailing Thank you very much for reply. In meantime I have checked your other videos and info. I am amazed and very impressed by work you have done. So "Camara" is now not only fast , but also elegant and comfortable .
I also hope that your husband didnt slave you to much with glorious sanding last 3 years :) Even if , final result is perfect.
Kind Regards and Fair Winds
Wow! Is that how the interior looked when she was built? Or have you redone it?
Rick totally rebuild from bare hull 😉
That's jaw-dropping restoration project you've done! :O fantastic! I'm curious, the grey paint you've used on most of the interior, is that some kind of epoxy paint? and did you use a spray gun to get such even surfaces and to speed up the process? Quite some surface area to paint!
Thank you 😊 We’ve used Jotamastic 90 which is an epoxy primer and we used an airless spray to apply it. It made light work of painting the interior 😉
Fantastic work!
I might be mistaken, but registered in Hull UK?
Kron Editor yes she is. We kept her original port of registration.
Congratulations on a magnificent job. She looks wonderful.
I am interested in the original construction. It looks to be end grain balsa-sandwich. In the course of your re-build how much rot did you find around skin fittings and any through-hull fixings?
We built a 53' yawl in Airex PVC foam core construction and had no problems with that (she is still going strong after 40 years, mostly in the water and not slipped every year.) but were very aware that every fitting had to have the core removed and be fastened through solid glass.
The keel attachment area must have been an area of interest to check and survey. Obviously the whole area would have to solid glass and no doubt with a very strong grid on the inside.
I am interested to know how balsa has stood the test of time? We used Derek Kelsall as a consultant when we built our boat. He had recently finished building Great Britain II from a design by Alan Gurney. She was a very big boat in foam cored construction in those days. Ours was a Holman and Pye design which was developed into the Bowman 57.
Have you a sand finish deck, or similar? We used Treadmaster and found it great, if a little hard on bare feet.
Once again, magnificent job and I think you chose exactly the right way to finish her. It would have at least doubled the costs to fit her out as a luxury yacht. What you have gained is all the space and speed of a large yacht but without frivolities that cost a fortune to maintain.
Best regards,
Simon
Simon Bobak thank you ☺️
The hull below water is solid glass and end grain balsa core above the waterline and on the deck.
Every metre there is a full fibreglass ring frame and every half metre is a half ring frame going from just above waterline through to the other side. Very solidly built!
There was one main inlet manifold through the keel and any outlets were through solid glass.
The balsa core was in good condition with only localised moisture damage around fittings and hatch cut-outs (on the deck) which we removed and back-filled with epoxy.
So to answer your question on how the end grain balsa stood the test of time - it did really well! Especially considering the condition she was in when we bought her (every hatch and fitting leaked).
Substantial frames linking to the ring frames formed the structure of the keel mount. Some areas did have delamination due to grounding which we repaired. We also replaced all the keel bolts etc.
We had guidance from one of the original designers (David Alan-Williams) with the keel modification to ensure righting moments are met as we reduced the draft by 1.2 meters.
She’s been a lot of work but very worth it 😉
@@Camarasailing
Thank you for your very full reply. It is interesting to hear that. It was obviously built to a good standard. So many balsa cored boats have enormous problems with the core below the water line. Some have rotten decks too. Stressed skin structures are the best way forward for strength and lightness but have to be done properly. We had internal lead ballast, so did not have to worry about the keel falling off! All below the 36 inch water level was solid glass and massively overbuilt, as you do when it is your own neck at stake.
Camara looks terrific and I am sure you will enjoy her all the more because of the effort you put in.
Very best wishes and happy sailing.
PS Don't feel you need reply to this.
Simon
Great yacht
Thank you 😊