@@GroppeljohannKlotenkempe-vr6oh As the Dashews aged, they needed to switch to engine power. These boats are very fast and comfortable in the rough seas one may encounter on an ocean passage. search on RUclips for, 'FPB: The Way'. A very large yacht that doesn't go anywhere can be replaced with hotel rooms. These boats are for voyages.
This is just the sort of yacht i would like, it does look like a Dashew but I'm glad more builders are going for this type of yacht. I think the constant speed engineer with controllable pitch propellers is a good idea, i served on many ships with this sort of arrangement, i was a Chief Engineer on tankers of various sizes. I might have added a small generator to recharge the lithium batteries if you were anchored somewhere for a week or so, Great video, you could maybe show a bit more about storage as it is something of Great importance if going for extended periods here or there.
I love it. Way more than every Single boat you allready showed us. That would be my dream vessel. I would take the Crew quater in to a Workshop, but everything else look perfekt to me. And as allways... nice job
I love a 05:46 threshold and a good sealing door, also love fiddles and rails in a galley. I dislike flybridges and would prefer a private wheelhouse if chartering. An open helm station like this, however, is welcome when ferrying family and friends. Good video, good boat. I aspire to own one.
Any opportunity to see visuals of this gorgeous vessel in action, during rough seas? An attempt to view the engineering effect related to stability, fit, function of key egress and entry. Thank you for a thorough walk through.
There are two things I don't like about this boat which I also like. Beam and draft. Having said that, she is beautiful. I love the ultra-utility and robust construction. Very impressive.
Looking at the Praxis web site, I notice that the batteries are rated for operation at temps up to 25c. Is the engine room, or at least the two battery racks, air conditioned to keep the batteries "happy". That being said, she looks wonderful, how does she perform in heavy seas?
Good question. Batteries are water glycol cooled to control their temp in warm engine room. They also reduce the charge/discharge maximum when temperatures exceed that figure (which they do summer in the Med).
Thanks for the tour. Looks like it rolls quite a bit with that narrow beam. Never been a fan of athwartships masters. It sure does have a lot of tech for being an explorer. Looks like they built it pretty rugged though.
Yes she can roll but us also demonstrably stable but not stiff. DMS Magnusmaster have proved effective at nulling the roll. Almost flat in a steep 3m quartering sea. They do nothing for pitch and yaw.
Hey there, John. The black sponsons (tubes) on the tender look great, and fit the colour scheme of Vanguard, but will be hell in tropical climates, if our experience here in Australia of living aboard with a RIB is any guide! Great video, and subscribed. Vanguard is a dream yacht.
You have a point. We had made an aluminium tender, but it was destroyed in a fire at the yard. This Highfield tender was what we could secure in the time available. I'd prefer the orange tubes on the same model used by Antarctic Survey (in their brochure), but it was not to be. It looks mean and burns your legs if you are not careful in the summer sun. Black is also proving a PIA to keep clean unless its regular.
She is designed to be operated by 2 people. Having completed a longish deep sea passage, 3 crew would be better. So, if it's a couple, you'd need a competent deckhand who can stand a watch, at least for anything other than coastal cruising. The crew cabin has space for 2, but that's up to your circumstances. Crew in the EU come in around 150/200 Euro per day. Some amateur souls will travel for free for the sea time, but it's potluck what you get; they tend to be retired types and opinionated on occasion. Major costs have been fuel and marina's, in Turkey (Antalya) they were $500 per night! I'd budget $200K per year as a floor inc. a crew member semi-permanently. Less if the owners are a competent couple and like anchoring (she is capable that regard with huge batteries), more as cruising gets longer or more crew. Anchoring is easy and saves a lot of marina costs. Hope that helps?
Cool looking boat - Can't see the upper bridge being very practical in bad weather - should be glassed in. Can also see in the videos that the narrow beam creates some roll.
If that was available as coupe it would make a decent tender for a large explorer, especially with the crane lift points. Something to take for a day or two up rivers, or into shallow water areas.
Beautiful yacht! I love the modern interior, and the design of the boat. What is the cruising speed, and range at that speed? You said over 3k, but I thought these types of boats (Dashaw) had longer range.
I'm careful with distance claims and there is a lot of marketing hype out there. FPB 70 has more beam and displacement than us yet claims 5000 miles. Not sure. We did the first 1500 miles and clocked 3.5 l/NM 7.5/8.5 Knots. Since then fixed a few things like rudder alignment so it got better. So with my ocean crossing hat thats what you have. Writing a marketing brochure and i'd probably slow the boat to 7KN and add 500/1000 miles. HVAC off, stabilizers retracted. Hope that explanation helps. Chris
I would have placed the Praxis Battery Banks outside the Engine Room proper to keep them as cool as possible; the engine room on the 2 submarines I served on could average 40+* Celsius & spike to 57*C when ventilation was secured during casualty drills. The Arksen 85 has the right idea in establishing a separate, climate controlled, WT Battery Compartment.
I think they are water cooled so should stay cool even if the engine room is warm. not sure what system is in place incase of a fire. The ship i work on has a 1MW battery pack in its own room and is designed so that if there is a fire the cell that caught on fire should just be left to burn out. (ship is 80m long and built in 2023)
You are spot on. We did try, but we needed more space to make it happen. The batteries are water/glycol cooled to control the temperature, and the glycol tank is skin-cooled by seawater. Arksen 85 has a lot more internal space, so they have better options in a much bigger boat. With the cooling, we can now charge at up to 35kW, and the temperature does not exceed design limits even when the ER temperature is in the mid-40s Celcius. BTW 57 is inhuman, I've seen 52 on a steam turbine ship in the valve compartments, which was bad enough.
Had a look at buffalo nickel fbp70 which is also for sale, when comparing the two what is evident is that the fbp is an explorer that is built for long trips away from the dock, loads of provisioning space, loads of fridge freezer space which the xpm’s lack. Also as a grotty hunter/fisher from the tropics my wife would confine me to the outside of this boat. To much black is what ruined levanna Bering 70. I note that not too many boats are built for the tropics, lack of outside shaded space, lack of screening for midges and mozzies. That said if the lotto goes the right way I’d still give this boat a serious look.
Are there any yachts on your channel you consider to be a great compromise between range and speed? say 25 knots top speed and 1000nm? Or is that just not feasible?
I took the Bering 70 for a trip, did not like it as heavy and slow even with larger (Cummins?) engines. I'd note their offering is now 2m longer for the same beam and that would improve matters. Bering make some really nice and voluminous boats so its just an observation of a single model, nota reflection on the company.
At 10:10; what's that sticking out of the panel's seams (a door pull)? At 24:27; A desk, but no chair or it's built in (pull out)? ;-) Ah, plenty of range for a trip to Hawaii or is it intended for island hopping in the Caribbean?
At the price point and size of this vessel there is several better options out that offer 7k nm range and better layouts. She dose look beautiful from the outside however, great exterior design.
Refrigeration is very limited for long passage, engine room is messy. The FPB yatch are still the best for explorer boats, longer range with smaller engine, better hull design, better everything. And the orange paint is ridiculous.
There is a Fridge Freezer in the galley, a fixed fridge under the stairs, and three large Dometic portable chest fridges/freezers that we double use as stools for the tables. It is not obvious from the video, but we have five fridges on board in some form or other. Chris
what a lovely bit of motor. my only concern is the lithium battery banks. their location is not ideal in case of any sort of emergency; water related or fire related, they're in a location such that things will go sour quickly in case of any minor leaks or ruptures or fires.
You have a good point here and we did sweat the design trying to move them. Space and weight distribution won the day. The design of these Praxis units is that each battery tray is actually a self contained battery room, linked to a common exhaust in case of thermal runaway. So there exists at least one level of protection between the elements and anything high voltage. We also moved potential salt water leaks (bilge and watermaker supply pumps), well away from the Stbd battery where they were initially located. The batteries are also temp monitored and glycol cooled to keep them in the "safe zone". Chris
@@chrisleigh-jones5492 Are they made so that if it catches fire you can just leave it to burnout a single cell/ tray? (on the ship i work on we have a 1MW battery bank and its made so that you just leave it to burn if it catches fire) Also all the controls and instruments in the bridge is some of the nicer i have seen in a yacht. looks somewhat similar to what we have on our ship.
@@multi422 Yes, the individual cells are isolated in their own mini battery compartment . They are rated such as thermal runaway will not propergate. There is also an exhaust from each compartment to above deck so it does not discharge to the engine room.
I like yachts with the old classic look with up to date electronics and engine or engines. This yacht is impressive 👏 but the color is not my cup of tea.
It's not, well spotted. It's a 6kW array if all run at 100%, shading is inevitable and we have some set up issues, so its more like 2kW of useful power coming from various arrays as they sun moves around. There is an upgrade being installed soon that will hopefully move the needle to about 3kW and for longer in the day. Min consumption with the HVAC off is about 1.5kW.
@@GroppeljohannKlotenkempe-vr6oh There are two different battery banks on Vanguard. House batteries are 3 by 7kw.H, giving 21kW.H in total. Power batteries are two by 60kW.H giving 120kW.H in total. So there is the ability to sit at anchor wich HVAC running all night or for several days without running generators. Solar also slows the battery drain rate. Chris
She not a luxury " cocktail" yacht she comfortable yacht with many safety features. Non slip covering on the deck, the deck gentle sloped to allow run off of sea. The fiddles on top of cupboards galley area. The salons feels cramped as there is the galley, the helm, dinning and seating areas. But she not a luxury yacht she feels more workman like yacht. She is Explorer more likely to be find in larger oceans. She has a narrow shape like a destroyer, " Greyhounds of the Sea". 😊
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Man the Dashew FPB design is everywhere now.
Great boat n excellent presentation as usual
Glad you enjoyed it 🫡
It reminds me of Steve Dashew's Deerfoot line of fast, economical, all-weather, long-range cruiser.
Your talking about their sailing vessels?
@@GroppeljohannKlotenkempe-vr6oh As the Dashews aged, they needed to switch to engine power. These boats are very fast and comfortable in the rough seas one may encounter on an ocean passage. search on RUclips for, 'FPB: The Way'. A very large yacht that doesn't go anywhere can be replaced with hotel rooms. These boats are for voyages.
Very impressive yacht especially for what it is designed for 👍🏻
This is just the sort of yacht i would like, it does look like a Dashew but I'm glad more builders are going for this type of yacht. I think the constant speed engineer with controllable pitch propellers is a good idea, i served on many ships with this sort of arrangement, i was a Chief Engineer on tankers of various sizes. I might have added a small generator to recharge the lithium batteries if you were anchored somewhere for a week or so,
Great video, you could maybe show a bit more about storage as it is something of Great importance if going for extended periods here or there.
I love it. Way more than every Single boat you allready showed us. That would be my dream vessel. I would take the Crew quater in to a Workshop, but everything else look perfekt to me. And as allways... nice job
Thanks 🙌🫡
I’m impressed by your tour. As a boat driver o have some big clever boats I had no idea that this amazing engineering is possible. Cheers
Thanks! I appreciate it :-)
I love a 05:46 threshold and a good sealing door, also love fiddles and rails in a galley. I dislike flybridges and would prefer a private wheelhouse if chartering. An open helm station like this, however, is welcome when ferrying family and friends. Good video, good boat. I aspire to own one.
What an amazing yacht. Awesome video!
Thanks a lot!
I’ve been waiting for this walkthrough!!! Thank you!
Thanks for watching 🫡🙌
Great work as always. Superb boat. 👍
Any opportunity to see visuals of this gorgeous vessel in action, during rough seas? An attempt to view the engineering effect related to stability, fit, function of key egress and entry. Thank you for a thorough walk through.
I will see what I can do 🫡 Thanks for watching 🙌
There are two things I don't like about this boat which I also like. Beam and draft. Having said that, she is beautiful. I love the ultra-utility and robust construction. Very impressive.
Amazing boat👍👍👍
It really is!
This is the perfect pocket yacht. Outstanding!!
Pocket yacht at almost 80 feet?🤣
@robdurfee6861 Well, you'll need deep pockets to buy one at least.
Deep pockets ❤
Looking at the Praxis web site, I notice that the batteries are rated for operation at temps up to 25c. Is the engine room, or at least the two battery racks, air conditioned to keep the batteries "happy".
That being said, she looks wonderful, how does she perform in heavy seas?
Good question. Batteries are water glycol cooled to control their temp in warm engine room. They also reduce the charge/discharge maximum when temperatures exceed that figure (which they do summer in the Med).
Thanks for the tour. Looks like it rolls quite a bit with that narrow beam. Never been a fan of athwartships masters. It sure does have a lot of tech for being an explorer. Looks like they built it pretty rugged though.
Yes she can roll but us also demonstrably stable but not stiff. DMS Magnusmaster have proved effective at nulling the roll. Almost flat in a steep 3m quartering sea. They do nothing for pitch and yaw.
@chrisleigh-jones5492 long narrow hull with immersed ends probably means yaw is minimal.
@@chrisleigh-jones5492 how is movement in head seas? Is she dampening well after a wave or is she pitching a while?
Great boat
Hey there, John. The black sponsons (tubes) on the tender look great, and fit the colour scheme of Vanguard, but will be hell in tropical climates, if our experience here in Australia of living aboard with a RIB is any guide! Great video, and subscribed. Vanguard is a dream yacht.
Thanks for watching and thanks for subscribing 🫡
You have a point. We had made an aluminium tender, but it was destroyed in a fire at the yard. This Highfield tender was what we could secure in the time available. I'd prefer the orange tubes on the same model used by Antarctic Survey (in their brochure), but it was not to be. It looks mean and burns your legs if you are not careful in the summer sun. Black is also proving a PIA to keep clean unless its regular.
what would be a realistic cost per year to operate with a full crew, fuel, maintenance, food, moorings etc. if used as a full time live aboard
She is designed to be operated by 2 people. Having completed a longish deep sea passage, 3 crew would be better. So, if it's a couple, you'd need a competent deckhand who can stand a watch, at least for anything other than coastal cruising. The crew cabin has space for 2, but that's up to your circumstances. Crew in the EU come in around 150/200 Euro per day. Some amateur souls will travel for free for the sea time, but it's potluck what you get; they tend to be retired types and opinionated on occasion. Major costs have been fuel and marina's, in Turkey (Antalya) they were $500 per night! I'd budget $200K per year as a floor inc. a crew member semi-permanently. Less if the owners are a competent couple and like anchoring (she is capable that regard with huge batteries), more as cruising gets longer or more crew. Anchoring is easy and saves a lot of marina costs. Hope that helps?
Cool looking boat - Can't see the upper bridge being very practical in bad weather - should be glassed in. Can also see in the videos that the narrow beam creates some roll.
If that was available as coupe it would make a decent tender for a large explorer, especially with the crane lift points.
Something to take for a day or two up rivers, or into shallow water areas.
Beautiful vessel. What's the hull material and specification?
VIP cabin looks pretty more nicer than the owner one
Beautiful yacht! I love the modern interior, and the design of the boat. What is the cruising speed, and range at that speed? You said over 3k, but I thought these types of boats (Dashaw) had longer range.
I'm careful with distance claims and there is a lot of marketing hype out there. FPB 70 has more beam and displacement than us yet claims 5000 miles. Not sure. We did the first
1500 miles and clocked 3.5 l/NM 7.5/8.5 Knots. Since then fixed a few things like rudder alignment so it got better. So with my ocean crossing hat thats what you have. Writing a marketing brochure and i'd probably slow the boat to 7KN and add 500/1000 miles. HVAC off, stabilizers retracted. Hope that explanation helps. Chris
Impressive. However, Bering seems to offer a redundancy factor on safety. Wire rails don't scream safety when exploring.
Great boat to do the northwest passage. What heat options does it come with? Tia
Two Webasto diesel heaters and good insulation above waterline. Cabins also draw preheated or cooled air from the saloon so its not wasted.
@@chrisleigh-jones5492 thanks for the info
Personally this XPM stack up short compared to Berings 77,especially if pricing isn't too far apart.
I would have placed the Praxis Battery Banks outside the Engine Room proper to keep them as cool as possible; the engine room on the 2 submarines I served on could average 40+* Celsius & spike to 57*C when ventilation was secured during casualty drills. The Arksen 85 has the right idea in establishing a separate, climate controlled, WT Battery Compartment.
I think they are water cooled so should stay cool even if the engine room is warm. not sure what system is in place incase of a fire. The ship i work on has a 1MW battery pack in its own room and is designed so that if there is a fire the cell that caught on fire should just be left to burn out. (ship is 80m long and built in 2023)
You are spot on. We did try, but we needed more space to make it happen. The batteries are water/glycol cooled to control the temperature, and the glycol tank is skin-cooled by seawater. Arksen 85 has a lot more internal space, so they have better options in a much bigger boat. With the cooling, we can now charge at up to 35kW, and the temperature does not exceed design limits even when the ER temperature is in the mid-40s Celcius. BTW 57 is inhuman, I've seen 52 on a steam turbine ship in the valve compartments, which was bad enough.
Had a look at buffalo nickel fbp70 which is also for sale, when comparing the two what is evident is that the fbp is an explorer that is built for long trips away from the dock, loads of provisioning space, loads of fridge freezer space which the xpm’s lack. Also as a grotty hunter/fisher from the tropics my wife would confine me to the outside of this boat. To much black is what ruined levanna Bering 70. I note that not too many boats are built for the tropics, lack of outside shaded space, lack of screening for midges and mozzies. That said if the lotto goes the right way I’d still give this boat a serious look.
Are there any yachts on your channel you consider to be a great compromise between range and speed? say 25 knots top speed and 1000nm? Or is that just not feasible?
Can this be compared to the Bering 70??? 🤔
I took the Bering 70 for a trip, did not like it as heavy and slow even with larger (Cummins?) engines. I'd note their offering is now 2m longer for the same beam and that would improve matters. Bering make some really nice and voluminous boats so its just an observation of a single model, nota reflection on the company.
Great mechanicals and overall design -what is hull material and draft?
Hull is 15/12mm 5000 series aluminum. Draft is about 1.5 m, props are in semi tunnel's protected from ice. She can dry our on firm ground.
At 10:10; what's that sticking out of the panel's seams (a door pull)?
At 24:27; A desk, but no chair or it's built in (pull out)? ;-)
Ah, plenty of range for a trip to Hawaii or is it intended for island hopping in the Caribbean?
At the price point and size of this vessel there is several better options out that offer 7k nm range and better layouts. She dose look beautiful from the outside however, great exterior design.
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What is the beam of the boat?
Beam is 5m, quite narrow for the length.
Nice yacht.... but a open tender on a explorer ship would not be my choise!
R there 2 or 3 cabins? I think this boat should have at least 3.
3 Cabins, sleeps 6 long term but there is also a double bed in the Saloon so she can easily sleep 8 for a few days plus.
I only saw 2 cabins
@@blaine2237 two cabins plus the crew cabin.
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Did anyone else think the VIP seemed nicer than the primary?
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Refrigeration is very limited for long passage, engine room is messy. The FPB yatch are still the best for explorer boats, longer range with smaller engine, better hull design, better everything. And the orange paint is ridiculous.
There is a Fridge Freezer in the galley, a fixed fridge under the stairs, and three large Dometic portable chest fridges/freezers that we double use as stools for the tables. It is not obvious from the video, but we have five fridges on board in some form or other. Chris
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The only reason a Highfield tender was specd. is that they’re very light weight due to being made of tissue paper.
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what a lovely bit of motor.
my only concern is the lithium battery banks.
their location is not ideal in case of any sort of emergency; water related or fire related, they're in a location such that things will go sour quickly in case of any minor leaks or ruptures or fires.
You have a good point here and we did sweat the design trying to move them. Space and weight distribution won the day. The design of these Praxis units is that each battery tray is actually a self contained battery room, linked to a common exhaust in case of thermal runaway. So there exists at least one level of protection between the elements and anything high voltage. We also moved potential salt water leaks (bilge and watermaker supply pumps), well away from the Stbd battery where they were initially located. The batteries are also temp monitored and glycol cooled to keep them in the "safe zone". Chris
@@chrisleigh-jones5492 Are they made so that if it catches fire you can just leave it to burnout a single cell/ tray? (on the ship i work on we have a 1MW battery bank and its made so that you just leave it to burn if it catches fire) Also all the controls and instruments in the bridge is some of the nicer i have seen in a yacht. looks somewhat similar to what we have on our ship.
@@multi422 Yes, the individual cells are isolated in their own mini battery compartment . They are rated such as thermal runaway will not propergate. There is also an exhaust from each compartment to above deck so it does not discharge to the engine room.
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I like yachts with the old classic look with up to date electronics and engine or engines. This yacht is impressive 👏 but the color is not my cup of tea.
Looks like an amazing boat but completely useless to someone like myself due to no Wheelchair Accessibility.
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10.5 KW of solar power? I'd like to understand how that figure is calculated. Doesn't seem realistic.
It's not, well spotted. It's a 6kW array if all run at 100%, shading is inevitable and we have some set up issues, so its more like 2kW of useful power coming from various arrays as they sun moves around. There is an upgrade being installed soon that will hopefully move the needle to about 3kW and for longer in the day. Min consumption with the HVAC off is about 1.5kW.
@@chrisleigh-jones5492 Those numbers seem more realistic. Appreciate the reply.
@@chrisleigh-jones5492 I‘d be interested in the battery capacity. Somewhere around 20-30kwh would be my guess
@@GroppeljohannKlotenkempe-vr6oh There are two different battery banks on Vanguard. House batteries are 3 by 7kw.H, giving 21kW.H in total. Power batteries are two by 60kW.H giving 120kW.H in total. So there is the ability to sit at anchor wich HVAC running all night or for several days without running generators. Solar also slows the battery drain rate. Chris
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She not a luxury " cocktail" yacht she comfortable yacht with many safety features. Non slip covering on the deck, the deck gentle sloped to allow run off of sea. The fiddles on top of cupboards galley area.
The salons feels cramped as there is the galley, the helm, dinning and seating areas. But she not a luxury yacht she feels more workman like yacht. She is Explorer more likely to be find in larger oceans. She has a narrow shape like a destroyer, " Greyhounds of the Sea". 😊
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