We crossed the Atlantic Ocean in this: our Vancouver 34C
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- Опубликовано: 14 апр 2023
- The tour inside and outside of our Vancouver 34C yacht "Samphire". She is a cutter-rigged blue water cruising boat built in 2004. Filmed in the Caribbean in Antigua and on passage to Bermuda, as we started our return transatlantic ocean crossing back towards Europe
Very tidy boat
Arguably one of the greatest vids ever, in terms of reality and informative content, for anyone considering going on a solo(-ish) sailing adventure.
And as someone who is considering doing so: why am I seeing so few hammock setups either in cockpit or main cabin? Genuine Q, what am I missing? Hammocks are immensely comfortable (once you learn how to actually lay in one, we were almost all lied to😂), stable, easier or as easy entry and exit as a berth with leecloth, etc
Thank you. And I've wondered about hammocks too! I actually have one on board but I've never seriously worked out what attachments I'd hang it from (apart from along the boom at anchor, which could be fun).
Maybe one reason people don't - on small boats at least - is that you probably become a heavy swinging projectile in the way of crew trying to pass. The motion at sea can be quite violent (again, at least in a small boat).
@@feddomeijerwiersma6955 I am in complete agreement. Being a person that has used a hammock as my bed for the past 11 years, I would have expected to see more of that sleeping setup amongst sailing vessels. Hammocks are in the design of my cabin layout for the vessel I am having built.
Am a Dreamer/Wisher/Non Lotto Winner, so sailors as yourselves give this old bloke much pleasure..Thanks & Cheers.
I love this channel, you did genuinely adventour things in your youth, but you are fighting the dying of the light. Keep it up.
With magic Cow in one hand and Yorkshire tea in the other you are ready for any eventuality! ❤🏆
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Excellent sailboat. Really surprised by how much we like this one. Never seen it before but boy is it just about perfect for the US east coast and bahamas and maybe, just maybe, the Inside Passage of BC and Alaska.
Lovely video....smashing boat not to shabby !.....Its been too long come back soon...stay safe ..
This just became our #1 small sailboat choice. Very nice.
The other boat on my shortlist at the time was a Rustler 36, but I think they're even rarer in North America
@@theoddvoyage ...looking at a Rustler 36 online. Came across a boat called a Saga 36... Any thoughts on that and how would you rank your preferences between Rustler 36 and Saga 36 and your Vancouver or a Vancouver 36?
Ooh, tough one. I hadn't looked at the Saga 36 before, but I'm sure it would have been a contender if I had.
I see that Pat Lawless sailed a Saga 36 in the last Golden Globe Race, so there's probably a lot of good pointers in any video about him: ruclips.net/video/hDr_zGLk8UU/видео.html
I might still have favoured either a V34 or a R36 over the Saga36 or the Vancouver36, but only because I had already decided I also wanted to pick something built relatively recently (so our V34 was only 15 years old when we got her). I'm not sure that's a rational decision for you to follow, but at least it narrowed it down for me!
@@theoddvoyage ...checking those out.. I see also a youtube channel "Sailing Safar" and he has a Saga 36 in prestine condition. Not sure what they would cost as I can't see any for sale. But those Vancouvers are so so nice too.
This is an unusually good boat tour. Thanks for doing it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Nice view of the keel and rudder. The more I look at these classic bluewater sailboats the more I am starting to like them.
There's a lot out there. Having said that, there's no 'best' boat. But there's always something that's perfect for _you_ for _now_
Thanks for the tour, very nice boat. I'm a big fan of the Vancouver series of boats. There's a 27 for sale in Mexico right now. Fair winds!
A very well done tour. Thanks.
thank you 👍
Great boat tour. Your boat is similar in many respects to my smaller Pacific Seacraft 31. I love the location of the mainsail track as it is so easy access for single handing. I envy your tiller as opposed to my wheel. We have the same sail plan. So enjoy your videos.
Thanks Mary - I've just gone and read a long review of the Pacific Seacraft 31. Sounds wonderful, and great that they're still being built!
Good point on single/shorthand sailing. On the flip side, whenever we have three or more people in the cockpit, I'm constantly saying "I'm sorry, I'm going to have to ask you to move again!"
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I love the Vancouver 32-34. She is my dream boat for my future sailing programme. So I saved up for years... then the Brexit happened. And it is now almost impossible to import such a boat into France. I'm sick of it.
Really nice...-- QUESTION -- I see some comments on reviews about these having either cast iron or lead keels. Do you know what keel you have on this one? The comment I read said that the transome "dragged" with the iron keel. I certainly can't notice anything like that on this one. Not sure if I understand that issue tbh.
This one is lead. The V34 is a 'stretch' version of the V32. The extra two feet in the cockpit made the first few builds a little stern heavy. There wasn't room inside the (fibreglass) keel to move the iron ballast forward, but the switch to denser lead made the move possible. I don't know of anyone who is gloomy about having one of those early 1990s builds, so it either isn't a big issue or there aren't many of them on the market.
looks like a cockpit floor hatch is necessary to access the running gear yes?
The large circular steel plate on the cockpit sole is where the pedestal for the steering wheel would normally be. That pedestal was removed on this tiller-steered version, and the plate just covers the hole. There's not much under there now except the connector between the tiller and the rudder shaft.
really clear footage, great narration too - what type of camera are you using?
It's a mix of an Insta360 and a GoPro
Very informative. I had been going to ask on your transatlantic out to Antigua, you had none of the typical jerrycans of fresh water and diesel on deck. You wash entirely in salt water at sea? Trouble is you feel sticky when you tuck-in after. But where else do you hide all the fresh water?
Yes, our answer is to live with only the occasional salt wash! Salt water for washing dishes too. On a previous one week passage we measured all our fresh water usage by always decanting into bottles before use, and tallying total bottles refilled as we went. So we knew what was enough. Then we added a big margin. There's about 50 extra litres of water in bottles in the cabin, and 40 litres of diesel in a locker. We prefer not to clutter the decks, partly because there isn't much deck room, and partly because I don't think I could secure it well.
Turns out we had a fair amount of water left by Antigua, so we could have had the occasional luxury shower after all!
Better to be safe rather than sorry, and quite agree about deck clutter and securing cans @@theoddvoyage. But all squeezed into 34' 🙂
Hello!. I own a Vancouver 32 sailboat and am upgrading it step by step for a long trip in the coming years. I see you have hatches and they can be opened! I need to know the make and model of them, can you please share it with me? Congratulations on your trips and videos, they are very realistic! All the best!. Thanks in advance.
I think there may be some variety in hatches, depending on the age and where your Vancouver was manufactured.
For example, I'm sure our forward hatch is a Lewmar Ocean 40. But I've seen a hatch restoration on a Vancouver 34C where the forward hatch was a larger Lewmar Ocean 60. Maybe there was an choice!
Our saloon hatch is also a Lewmar Ocean, but smaller. I'm not sure of the size and we're not on the boat at the moment to measure it.
By the way, the Vancouver Yachts Association is excellent (18 GBP per year) and runs a private Facebook group full of knowledgeable people. A really good resource.
Thank you for your prompt response, and your recommendation about the Vancouver association. All the best!
Only short folks think 180cms/6' is decent head room!
A very informative tour thankyou. I currently own a twister 28, but aim to upsize in the not too distant future and have narrowed the choice to either the V34 classic or a Tradewind 35. A quick question, how does the V34 cope in light airs? It’s been suggested to me that they need a breeze of around f4 before they sail satisfactorily, is this true? Keep up the good work, thanks again.
Hi David, that's about right on light airs. But we also can sail reasonably in F3, if other things line up then: a decent sea state, a good wind angle, maybe use of the gennaker. Yesterday we had all three, managing about 4 knots in an 10 knot breeze coming from about 120 degrees apparent.