My only grouch is those large one piece skylights which are an expensive pain in the derrière when they fail and need changing, but which should be an easy preventative fix during construction to opt for easy fix standard square skylights instead.if Dufour will even talk to you as a customer. Having found a manufacturer of high quality Custom lead wing keels, they asked me to approach the builder directly for guidance on how to proceed with facilitating the order for a Dufour 44. In response, all I have received is crickets. So no order from me for a Dufour of any size. Hoping Dufour purchasers have a hell of a lot more success than I have experienced. As an aside,the Agents were Rubbish as well sadly. ☹️ Best Wishes.Bob. Still, on a brighter note, Silver Bullion is starting to take off, so getting a boat in the near future, is now in sight, after a long wait.🙂👍🌟🌟🌟❤️
@@SVTONICBoatWives On enquiring if they could facilitate a Custom lead wing keel, they responded with only a standard not very shallow shoal draft was available, and clearly weren’t interested in supplying what a customer needed for a sailboat based in the Caribbean - I didn’t even get to the point of a enquiring for an ICW bridge height compliant Mast Height. Still, it is looking as though something with a shallow enough Draft for me to live with, is likely available from group Beneteau, if a little shorter LOA than I’d like.a terrific beam with a great underwater hull design , should provide something Comfy enough, with enough Solar Panel capacity, plus the room for decent battery storage banks. Maximum heeling angle in all sea conditions is only 15 degrees, and so far, I’ve got a selection of three 2020 models, plus some much cheaper from earlier years, all with three cabin two head layouts with great non linear aft quarter galleys next to the companionway with good support for wedging into safely. All do need a Mast switch to in mast furling though, which shouldn’t be a significant problem, though , unless one from the USA appears, which has in mast furling and a very shallow Draft as standard. Due to the single rudder, sailing at night off the USA East Coast, shouldn’t be too hazardous as that will be a frequent trip to and from the Caribbean and Massachusetts friends. Still, see how it goes, and overnight stopovers in the ICW are ok if the Lobster and Crab Pot fields do turn out not to be worth the risk of night time sailing, even with a single rudder. I’m rambling on enthusiastically again sorry, as next Sailboat is finally starting to appear through the Fog. Silver Bullion price looks finally poised for some massive breakouts.Fingers crossed it was only £5 an ounce when I bought it 👍. Bob.🤔🌟🌟🌟❤️
@@martinjohnson4264 Nothing needs to be diverted or designed. The Custom Lead Wing Keel Builder does it all, including Delivdry, and the only difference is the substitution of the Custom Keel on the Production Line. What is hilarious, is the failure of the Boatbuilcer to refuse to even contemplate doing it, which has cost them the Sale of a bloody Sailboat, plus of course the hilarious reaction of somebody who doesn't understand Production Line Manufacturing processes ! You Haven't even worked on a Production line have you kiddo. I actually bought my first home for Cash by Working on a Production line on Night Shift with very nice Production bonuses plus lots of overtime. Saturday mornings were Double pay per hour. House paid for Cash, I then went to Thorn EMI and became a qualified Skilled Electrical installation Engineer- my third Engineering qualification. What have you done lately kiddo ? 😄😄😄eta, several other Engineering qualifications were added later, by the way, to which was added being a Published Scientist for the Parliament Science and Technology Committee, after I wrote a Paper for them lowing the Attempted Ocean Acidification Fraud off the Coral Reefs for them, which had the Committee Chairman Requesting my Permission to Publish it, which I granted. Ocean Acidification hasn't even been mentioned in Parliament ever since. Score one for the good guys. 😡
@@martinjohnson4264 PS. Broad Hint - I Pay for the Design, Manufacture, and the Delivery of the Wing Keel to the Ptoduction Premises of Dufour, or another manufacturer, andcthey place it alongside the Boat being built in the position ready to be installed, and they only have to install it. Once it gets to their Agent for completion prior to handover, they Barrier coat it to my Specification, and add a keel Anode to it prior to antifouling the Keel and the Hull. It doesn't even get close to being Rocket Science Does it ? 🤔
Thanks your kind, I am not happy with the videos of late and will admit to rushing them out so quality is down. Don't despair though as we have some test sails coming up for you and everyone else. Happy days.
@@SVTONICBoatWives Hard to avoid being rushed with people who are waiting to get a look around themselves, but you still manage to convey a good insight into the tours. Well done imho. Bob.👍🌟🌟🌟❤️
Sounds like you have a good project on the go? I appreciate your time and comments, if it wasn't for you and our other subscribers we wouldn't get to do as many as we can.
Hi there, it’s me fussy pants Bob again. There are some points in favour of the aft cockpit grill.but personally I much prefer to have side rails of Stainless steel tubes to the Stanchions instead of wires, which allow secure and safe mounting of a proper gas fired BBQ, which means I can make full use of a high quality Smoker Box ? The difference is phenomenal and you can use both the various types of wood chips that are available, along with wood chunks you can get from Driftwood on pretty much any Beach ? Smoked Hot Dogs alone are worth the difference, then you can add smoked Cheese, smoked meats, and hot smoked fish to kill all the damned parasites that are in Raw Fish. The flavours are to absolutely Die for, can you get them with that aft Cockpit Grill ?nope hou can’t. To be honest, there is a large electric George Foreman Grill, I’d rather have on the Cockpit table, to do Panini ham, cheese etc hot cooked rolls with tbh. Apologies for being a fussy pants again, but I really like tasty food. Dad watched the film about a Chef doing a food wagon Tour doing Panini Rolls, said those look really good, so I found a George Foreman Grill that could do them easily, so bought one, and it was brilliant. Could do them sort of in those rear cockpit grills, but not both sides at once ? Y the look of it, and two sides at once seems to be important.🤔 There’s still a lot to like about the 41, and especially the 44, and it’s a damned shame I can’t get one of the 44’s to fit what I need. Looks like I’ll be getting something from Beneteau Group to be honest. Best Wishes, Fair Winds and Safe Travels. Bob.🤔🌟🌟🌟❤️⛵️🏴🇬🇧PS, hopefully this will make you laugh as much as I have been.The Nurses and doctors have prescribed me special Fish Net Stockings to assist my Blood Circulation. Choice of Colour Black or Brown ones.🤣🤣🤣🤡👍🌟🌟🌟⛵️🏴🇬🇧🤔🤣🤣🤣
Hi fussy pants, nothing wrong here except I am very hungry now. I think I might send a plane for you so you can rustle up a delicious foodie delight please.
@@SVTONICBoatWives I’ve got a brilliant Australian Charcoal BBQ plus a great Snoker Box, but really the food needs to go straight from the BBQ and into the plate. I can’t even get to an airport at the moment, as still waiting for my feet to heal, plus those Fish Net stockings to improve my circulation. 🤣🤣🤣. Still, Events on a Biblical scale appear to be shaping up, so sailboat plus installed BBQ heading for staging ready for a crossing South of Cape Verde any time from December, if I’m still alive.I’ll probably have to employ a skipper and crew for insurance cover until I can arrange what’s needed in the Caribbean. Can you recommend anyone? Could be a nice trip for people needing to renew their Skippers licence or Certificate of Competence etc. Still, best laid plans of White Mice and all that. Best Wishes. Bob. PS. Hmm, I wonder if my neighbour, an ex Superyacht Chef would like a Sailboat trip ? Her Catering was pretty decent.🤔🌟🌟🌟👍
I enjoy your tours, but let’s be honest, it is only nuances that differentiate one forty foot boat from another and many nuances can probably be changed with options. What I have realised is that no matter how big, or how much money you spend on a production sailing boat you don’t get more refinement by spending more money - you just get more gadgets. With production motor vehicles, the more you spend, the quieter is the engine and the more refined is the ride. With production sailboats, no matter how much money you spend, the rattle of the diesel engine is ever present and the ride is always creaky. Just how much do you have to spend to get comfort AND refinement?
Hallberg-Rassy, Oyster, Amel, Contest, Hylas, Island Packet, Nordship, Allures, Garcia... Ride is not creaky with any of these boats, because systems are tabbed into the hull and not just dropped in as modules. Hull/deck joints are continuous or at the very least much more stout. I've been in an Amel in 30kt winds and it's as quiet as a library. As with cars, higher build quality costs more money.
Possibly the song that captures my ❤ of Sailboats best when I am on one : ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-53ZWIIn67ek.htmlfeature=shared
