This boat was a mixed bag. a nice boat but that engine room made me a little queasy! A great review! When will we see some more updates on Randay's boat?....almost sailing season.....!!
do the bsic on going maintenance checks and the need to spend time in there will be limited to projects only a boat yard mechanic will be able to accomplish while you rest eay at home change that oil , drain the racors , replace secondary fuel filters , replace oil filters , pull tranny dip stick and check the stuffing box weekly at least you might never have to enter that mechanical man cave
Greatly exposed prop and shaft with no skeg. I've seen many "blue water", old school sailors say the best boats have bow-aft keels or a skeg on non-fully aft keels for rudder & prop protection. Would be nice to see some info on SHTF-PB characteristics. But what do I know. I've been on motor fishing boats out past the sight of land in the Gulf of Mexico, I've been swimming, snorkeling and scuba diving in the Pacific around Acapulco, Mexico, but I have never been sailing in my near 60yrs. It's on my "bailing" bucket list. Great video as always. Thank you for doing them. You are in my top 5 favorites. - Just some Semi-Landlubber.
I had mixed feelings about this particular boat. It was fairly love/hate. A great presentation as always by Cap'n Q and Ran-Day! Always a pleasure to watch your channel.
Lol. YOU'RE FAMOUS! Wee Jack Sailing Melody did a wonderful impression of you ! Really funny. Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Great kid too. Shows you and randy got style.... yar
@@YachtHunters live chat with Sailing Melody ?! Wow. That's great. You should come to the UK and have a time. There's lots of stateside affiliated sailing clubs here. And some REALLY old boats. Lol. Gosh... you could give talks all over the country too.
Very much enjoyed this episode gentlemen! We recently purchased a Cal 34-III last summer and have found it to be a real pleasure to sail. Keep up the fine work!
After reading the delayed publication comment last night. I needed the intervention of my own general practitioner and several specialists, just to make it to tonight. The separation anxiety and ........ no I'm kidding. But, I did have to dip into a bottle of twenty-five year old Bushmills Malt, just to dull the pain ;)
Another interesting and inexpensive delivery of a CAL 40 '. Easy operation and plenty of space. As always a greeting to c Captain Q and the g Great American nation The United States. 🇺🇸⚘🇨🇺
Good video review. Wondering where are the tanks? Water and Fuel? Structural bonding of bulkheads to hull? How is keel attached? How does mast step look? A bit too much time on stuff easy to change, like instruments. Not enough time on stuff difficult to change, like the mast step.
Nice to hear you rated it highly. I've been upgrading my 1980 Cal 39 for several years, doubling my purchase of Can$32,000. (video on You Tube) Love the boat despite leaky hull and deck and vulnerable rudder. The Hydrovane is a nice back-up. I'm at least the fourth owner. Records show it sailed from Florida, busted by the US Coast Guard in Washington and sold at gov't auction. Now cruising islands sedately around Vancouver with dreams of the South Seas.
I loooooove the Cal 39 MKII. I almost bought one but I ultimately chickened out and bought a Hunter Cherubini 30. My first boat ever so… I am planning to move up in a few years though.
4year funding a degree education.... or use that money, buy a yacht... no contest.. then go study a degree in India and save a fortune... You can buy a Ferrari for the price of a degree in England. And all the Dr's come from India. ...
Gosh, this is a pretty boat. I wish I had a clue about how to sail. No experience, no connections with sailing beyond two cousins in the DC area who quite rightly don’t like me.
That evaluation is left to the surveyor and more appropriately to your local sailmaker. It will take too much time for us to pull out all the sales and look at them and not know where they’re not they are blown out and just good for cruising or if they have any shape left for them to be efficient. Our presumption is that all the boats come with sales that are serviceable to some extent unless we know otherwise. Thank you for your note and happy holiday
Seadog napping and duct tape on the Dinty More. Cute. Another clever and charming video, as always 😊. But there’s something quirky about this boat. The design is not my favorite but ok, Lapworth providence, check. Condition, unknown, but seems ok except for motor. The steering wheel must be somewhere. Half marks. The vinyl ‘tank’ is interesting but what? A temporary tank for brown water? Weird. What the hec are those contraptions up in the V-birth? Quirky. CT rating = 20.5
I think you are very right. So used to seeing mid boom mainsheets with cabin top winch I knee jerked the answer to Randy’s question I prefer it in the Cock pit myself It is a little easier to assay what’s going on when the rig is up I must say Thanks for paying attention
Sailing noob, here. Question: how stable and safe are boats mounted on land over those jacks? It looks like one failure, just one slippage, would cause a cascading disaster.
Descending down the ladder from my own boat the other week, I used the boat next to me to rest my hand on. Much to my surprise I felt it move. It was supported just like shown in this video. Inspecting the supports only one of them was in contact with the boat, the other three having worked loose, and sunk down in their supporting tubes. Wasting no time I told the yard workers, and they dropped everything and set about putting things right. We'd had high winds the preceding days/ week and this is why, with the boat rocking in the supports, they had worked their away from the hull. Thankfully the foot of the spade keel was 'square' and basically the boat was balancing on this. Had the wind changed direction, no doubt the boat would have gone over. Years ago, in the south of England, UK, my friend and his girlfriend were living in their boat in the yard. the girlfriend expressed her concern about the amount of rocking the boat was going through due to the high winds that night. Her skipper said "Look Debbie, the time for you to get worried is when.." and he never finished the sentence. Two supports went straight through the hull of the boat as it fell over....but the boat did not make it down to the ground. The reason for that was their car was in the way, so the boat landed on their car - and crushed that too. Thankfully neither person was trapped by the incoming supports. That was a really bad night for them. They did survive as a couple and he did take her sailing around the world. Twice. So yes it does happen - but its very rare. Search for some post 'hurricane' videos, perhaps the British Virgin Islands or St Maarten might be good, if you want to see boats on their sides, on the land or in the water. In fairness, crap happens where ever - search out some road crash videos to consider if your life is any safer on the road than travelling by boat ;)
Generally pretty safe under most conditions like northern winter storms. They seem to be gradually replacing steel cradles, just as the steel cradles replaced wood cradles years ago. Remember, the centre of gravity is very low due to all the weight in the bottom of the keel and most of the weight is on the keel resting on a board or timber. BUT, like any cradle, they need to be adjusted properly. Opposite sides are chained together so they do not slip. However, in something like an extreme hurricane, even strapped down, just about anything can fail, as they did in the Bahamas a few years ago.
I be been putting my own boat on those jackstands for years, Usually there are 7 jackstands, when placed properly, and chained properly, And checked occasionally for differential settling , they are very secure. Mine have survived a 100 knot wind, but right on the nose…
Hey can you PLEASE tell me the official name of those plastic cushion supports or where one might find them ??? I for sureeee wanna give those a whirl in my Out Islands V birth of uncomfortableness!! Thanks Q !
I really have no idea and we did look closely to see if we could see your name on them and did not spot anything. I’m sure a little google work will help bring them up to the surface I will take a look and post it here if I do find something
I’m quickly becoming addicted to these episodes, thank you so much for everything you two do! Captain Q, with your vast knowledge of older boats, I’m hoping that you can help me out. I’m trying to find information on the Mull designed Ranger 26-2. There’s plenty of info on the internet on the older design 26 from the early 70s, but very little on the newer mark 2 design. It’s very interesting being a ‘79-‘82 with an open transom, cartridge rudder, lifting keel, tall mast, fractional rig, and super lightweight at 3,000 lbs. I’d love to know more about them, including how many were produced. I own one from 1979, and it’s hull #2, and an internet search shows a few more, but beyond that, there’s very little out there. Do you have any experience with these odd boats?
The oval mirror on main bulkhead screams Islanders yachts to me. Engine room wiring gives me a level of wiles but looks overall like a nice boat. Cals always a step up from those giant produced boats named after some islands if you catch my drift. That all said any old Islanders, Coronado's, Columbias? Especially Chuck Paine designs. Waiting on Swan, Baltic, etc. Ha
I was amused when you talked about steering the boat from directly behind the wheel and want the instruments over the wheel. The first thing I would do is remove and place the instruments up forward. Secondly I can’t imagine steering a boat from directly behind the wheel. You can’t see the sail trim.
old days saw the bulkhead covered with read outs We actually duplicated them from one side to the other, but recently the consumers have been convinced of surrounding the helms man,,,, i do prefer the old days
I guess that naugabeast is the hide form male naugas and naugahyde is the hide from female naugas. Sorta like cow hide and steer hide. Seadog looked pretty comfortable on that berth. You did remember to take him with you did you not? That v-berth looked interesting. Hopefully there was some sort of a mattress that went on top of that. Keep the good stuff coming guys.
Nice boat guys but not for me, I'm looking for a boat I can grow into and not a boat I will grow out of.To both of you and your families have a great Easter.
I usually agree with your reviews but I think this boat is overpriced given its condition. It is a nice boat that needs a ton of care/repair. I think $10k less is more appropriate. :) (Like my opinion means anything) :P
We do not set the prices on any of the boats that we interview. They are the best guess and hopeful wish of the seller to start the ball rolling. It’s up to the buyer to salvage the real value and quite often the buyer will be surprised by what the negotiation will provoke in terms of the final selling price. Thanks for your note
@@YachtHunters I do not know why, I am just full of opinions today. I know you do not set the prices, but you did opine on the "value" which is relative to the asking price. Love your channel, learning all the time. Thrilled with Randy's new purchase etc... Happy Easter/ Passover. :)
I am to boat design what George Washington was to computer programming. That is to say, in need of advice. So, the rudder seemed kinda “dangly” to me while the prop looked exposed to danger. Other hull designs seem to me to be preferable because the vital bits seem more protected by the hull/keel shape. Any merit to that thought? Or am I, like the hull, all wet?
i would love to see a spread sheet diagnosis of issues /sailed mile on all f/g boats covering: fin keels spade rudders swedged standing rigging core decks age blisters these are all concerns backed by inuendo and gossip and surmise and some facts. Almost all of our boats inspected are between 30and 50 years old and still floating . There were some manufacturers during certain historical periods laced with economic duress that cause bumps in the spread sheet going from early GulfStar's to mid 80s Swans ,,, but those were not design issues so much as materials in question or construction of given designs
@@YachtHunters i wonder if insurance peeps keep anything of the sort? they're more likely to trip over that sort of data (and log it) than most. It would be awesome data to have for designers to nibble on....
I don't find the engine access as comfortable as I would like, being old and fat myself. Always dislike step downs on the galley counter area with electronics under. The format of the keel is not my favorite as I find the prop too exposed to damage. I would like to have slightly less draught for the Caribbean or the Keys in some areas. The price is a little high for the work it needs and that is all the negative, a lot of which is personal choice. This is a good boat for Cape Cod and a nice weekend overnighter. Find someone to sandblast the hull and you have another 20 years of value. I don't know why I had so much to say on a boat this time. Thanks Captain Q and Randay for the tour.
No but I have seen Cng as I was reminded by another viewer. Lng requires very special storage cryogenic equipment not available on boats. I have a friend who is in the lng. Commercial business thus my hard drive error
I love your commentary and your knowledge that you and part thank you I’ll never afford a boat or be able to physically do a boat because of my disability but it’s fun to look at the boats that you show on here
Hi that depends on your disabilities.... there are disabled sailing groups in the UK and US... generally multihulls are more user friendly Neel trimerans have bedrooms on the main deck level ... you might not be able to afford one but you might get to try life aboard one. .. Ditto look at Wharram catamarans . 🤞🏼
I dazzle my self with my insight sometimes. But I do remember a fellow in a wheel chair with no use of his legs.named skip Doyle back in the 50s and 60s He would roll himself to the edge of the water snd then hunch himself off the dock into his one design Dragon keel boat and go racing every weekend and win as well as the skippers. Had two crew
Talk about a old expensive sailboat you would need to drop at least another half to make it alright to spend that much it might be better to look at better designs and builds
