In all my days of messing about boats, I always marveled at the diversity of boat design. Captain Q, I'm sure has never met a sailboat he doesn't like. Kind of the Will Rogers of sailing. Thanks Captain.
There's somebody that will absolutely love and proudly own the worst sailboat made. I've seen them do it. Some people have said I'm that person. Of course they are wrong but, it does make my sailboat dollars go a lot further. I have had osmosis slip in and change my mind about sailboats that I was sure I didn't like. I spent too much time around a Pearson owner and found myself convinced it is in the running for the best one or two person liveaboard ever made.
@@313barrygmail was the owner of a Buc as well. 32ft center cockpit. I'll give it a 10, and it would actually sail....wait for it............down wind.
@@HerbMoore The internets say there's a 424 in Melbourne, FL for $29k. It could be yours. This guy's Pearson was low 30s in length and it was one of those rare boats the owner spent a lot of time in. It was like it had worn in to fit his wife and him, sitting comfortably at anchor at one of the many perfect spots he had found.
Ahh Captain Q... you’re speaking to my heart and I had goosebumps when you were describing her under sail. ❤️ You and Randy have a standing invitation for a sail on my 1974 S&S SWAN 38, Celeste.. I love her for all the reasons you noted why this one is special too. And you’re bang on about the starts too. We easily get up around the 8-9knots to windward and she is way more comfortable than the new boats. For the boat shoppers out there, this is an amazing generation of boat.. love love love!!!!!
Love the Dinty Moore references! I worked on a fishing boat in Southeast AK and all we ate was Dinty Moore beef stew. It lived on the little oil stove in the galley and we ate it straight out of the can. Sometimes I’d forget to “restock” the oil stove. Skipper would always get the last hot can and I’d be eating cold!
Love that Captain Q apparently lives in an old boat house in New England somewhere. Please, someone, check up on him occasionally! Captain Q knows what it’s like to hit the starting line, sheets all trimmed up, and boat accelerating....”the boat putting its shoulder into it....”. My PHRF days are behind me now, but this channel brings back great memories...
Probably nothing better than a beam reach and steering on leeward on a summer evening sail! The owner is to be complimented on keeping everything shipshape and in fine order. Another great find Capt'n Q!
I will see your beam reach and raise you a broad reach under a moonlit sky.... cheers to any kind of reaching with warm winds and good company. thank you
Y'all came out of the gate with good production value on your videos and have only gotten better since! 5 star channel for sure. Really enjoying see all these boats and picking up the knowledge gems along the way!
The Catalina version of this boat is a great answer to making this hull more of a cruiser cross over. I own hull number 134 ,a 1982 version . Same hull with a more livable cabin .
Great boat! Thank you for showing us options to what we all hope to find. You both help us find our "PB" for our hopes of a wonderful life. A heartfelt "thank you" for sharing the knowledge that you have accrued in your life.
Oh my... she's beautiful. ❤❤ S&S just have sleek beauty about them that gives them a 5kn standing start! I love these videos... please stay safe and well.
Just found your channel and I love it! I grew up around the Chesapeake Bay, which may be one of the best sailing areas at least in the US. Besides being beautiful with miles of waterways to explore, if you happen to run aground, you're probably on sand or mud and not rocks (I know that from experience...). My dad was a recreational fisherman and after many small, skittish boats he eventually got a Boston Whaler Montauk 17. So my experience was with power boats. As a kid I never understood how you could get a sailboat to go where you wanted to go. So I took some lessons in my young adulthood, and ended up teaching small craft sailing for a few years. Now a few decades later I find myself in Colorado, which is beautiful in its own way, but it's no sailing mecca. 😎 Now I have a 1998 Montauk 17, which we use mostly in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and thoroughly enjoy. I love teaching my sons the ways of the water. All this is to say thanks for your well done videos, your extensive knowledge of and obvious passion for sailing vessels, and for bringing back some great memories! Also love the port/starboard suspenders. Subscribed.
The Yankee was a fiberglass version of Lightnin’ the Swan 38 was based on the S&S custom America Jane II, no relation to the boats other than the design theory of Olin Stevens and Scott Kaufman. My parents owned Yankee 38 #16 “Independence” and i crewed on two different Swan 38’s a few years later. I loved the Yankee, but the swan is much faster. That mahogany interior is stock for hulls below 20 when Yankee changed to a vinyl padding in the pipe and quarter berths.
Really enjoy Ran Day's Nautical term lower thirds! Some terms I know some I don't... I learn something every video. Capt. Q is a wealth of knowledge. Keep up the good work guys!
when I think sailboat, I picture boats like that - and I've said this before but you two have a great pace and way about your videos, they are fantastic
2200 views in a little over an hour. That's impressive. My own boat, an 89 Tartan 34, has a hull originally designed by Sparkman and Stephens. There's an older Catalina 38 in my yacht club which I always thought had a beautiful hull form. Now I know why. Thank you.
We owned a 1953 S & S custom wooden yawl, purchased in Annapolis in the early 1990’s, moored on Lake Michigan and enjoyed about 10 years until divorce, had an old Grey Marine engine, sailed beautifully! Ex let it die in outdoor storage, so sad.
I just found a Dirty Moore can in back of cupboard of my Yankee 38 there since purchase. I purchased many Freixenet Brut in 80s, will have to get more to be properly provisioned.
@@YachtHunters not as old and definitely not as wise as Captain Q. My cartoons Popeye and Tom & Jerry would be deemed too violent these days and Davey and Goliath deemed too Religious but I can here Goliath saying "but Davey Jesus loves everyone especially Captain Q because he's a righteous sailing man".
Great video as always! You describe the preperation for racing with the ultra smooth bottom,best sails,expert crew to a T. It reminded me of sanding the bottom of my 30 foot racer cruiser(Metalmast Marine 30)for a week. Captain ,do you think I got 1/4 of knot more? Loved the video !Thanks so much for all your videos!
Cool boat, nicely maintained. Sea Dog seemed to like it was well. Will be very sharp when the headliner work is done. Surprised at the openness of the aft berth area. Normally not a fan of V-drives, but seems to make sense with this boat's interior layout.
Enjoyed your video. There was one of these boats at the Fairhope Yacht Club in Fairhope, Alabama, several years back. A sailing friend of mine wanted me to buy it but I just couldn't get interested. Besides, it had been raced hard and needed a lot of upgrading. Because this is an S&S design, I see a lot of similarity with the Tartan 37.
That wasn't cleaned up for the sail. That is a great owner taking excellent care of his boat! Much respect! Why is this only 49000,- ? Sail it to the Netherlands and you will sell it quickly for twice the money.
Yes.... he is quite meticulous. Might make sense for the new buyer to ship it there... overseas shipping costs have come down quite a bit through the years.
I love and enjoy Your program. However I would love it more - if there is 1- bilge keel sailboats 2- J class 3- open gaffer 4- Lugger 5- schooner 6- smack 7- Thames sailing barge Thank you
Randy, can you put together a Capt Q ball cap order? Oh! And a t-shirt with mock suspenders would be alot of fun. Where is the merch? Love the videos and look forward to the next one! Hope your head is okay.
The reason the rudder post is in the way is that the boat was originally tiller steered and converted to wheel. Oh, and the “bustle” has nothing to do with hydrodynamics and everything to do with the IOR rating at the time.
Below deck it looks more like a 40 + footer. It looks to me like cutter rig, my favorite besides a schooner. It seems well maintained so the price is very well discounted. Thank you for taking the time but please find a nice daggerboard catamaran that is really the race horse of the fleet. I am not saying I would not have a Monoram but a catamaran with daggerboards points as high as most single hulled boats but is three times faster on a beam reach than the same type mono hull. What I like about a catamaran when cruising is that I can outrun most bad weather. Keep up the excellent work, you have a very nice eye for good boats.
Cats have been high up on our list to crawl around but they've been in limited supply here in the Northeast US.... stay tuned as we hope to find one that's available. thank you!
She is beautiful indeed! She appears to be lovingly maintained! She needs a home in Long Island sound where she can be proudly buoy raced 5 days a week.
Very pretty boat. I always wish they would credit the actual designer rather than just saying S&S. Having owned a boat of similar age from S&S with the same IOR pinched stern I can tell you that she would be a handful in a following sea and also very difficult to maneuver under power with so much separation between the wheel and the rudder.
ive never sailed but by God, I will own a sailboat one day! Love your channel and what you do!!! can you explain your grading system? What is a perfect score? 20? Thanks Cap'n!
