28 feet? Hard to believe it's that size and have so much room. If she sails as good as she looks, you've got a good boat. Conratulations and good luck!
I don’t know if it has been mentioned before, but the bell is your fog signal. In foggy conditions you move the bell into the cockpit (there should be a mount somewhere handy) and ring it periodically to alert others to your presence. This was in the old days. Now most people use an air horn.
Honestly, i live in France and never sailed a day in my life, but i would buy Envison on the spot! That Boat is truly well made. I would probably make a few upgrades for 10/15 thousands Euros : like a Toqueedo electric prop, a couple victron 200 Amp batteries, an induction cook top, a 60 litres water heater...and i will totally consider living aboard. Thanks for sharing your life with us. Greetings from the south of France.
She is AWESOME, and the boat is a keeper too! ;) This size is GREAT for couples that are in synch with each other as one. I lived aboard 5 years while studying engineering in California and still have the boat 40+ years later for Channel Island cruising. Wishing you every success and happiness!
Excellent tour. I immediately recognized that was an O’Day. My little 1984 192 is it’s older baby brother. I’ve got the same fabric. That must be the best cushion fabric ever manufactured. After 40 years of use mine still looks brand new.
Ive been watching your progression in sailing and its encouraging to see a channel that shows the reality for a beginner and how you guys have learned and grew in sailing. Encouraging stuff. Thanks guys!
Really roomy for a 28. Very nice! Although not sure why some boat builders decide to put electrical panels under the companionway. A potential deluge of water could come through there and they almost always leak in a storm. Like putting batteries in an engine compartment or beside the fuel tank. I realize it keeps things compact, but sometimes safety should trump convenience. :-)
Thanks for your tour. Envision is a beautiful yacht. I once owned a 36 foot sloop and a 42 foot ketch that we used as a liveaboard before moving into a house. And neither of our boats were as well organized as the Envision. Well done!
Lovely boat, happy for y’all! Nice layout for a 28fter! Since your new to the alcohol stoves I really want to give you a heads up cautionary on thee invisible flame that sometimes can bite you(plenty of RU-vid videos on that). Also I’m currently dealing with second degree burns on my hand after trying to refuel a canister (so I might as well pass on this valuable information because I don’t want this to happen too you guys or anyone reading this) The Can was flamed out and not even warm to my touch and I thought I had gave the canister enough time to be able to refuel to relight for something else like I’ve done hundreds of times before....nope! It exploded about 3 seconds later so I might have experienced spontaneous combustion, must have still been hot inside vaporizing the alcohol. Again I was confident the flame was out and this canister was not warm to the touch otherwise I would’ve waited longer. My jacket, hand, and the counter was all on fire and luckily I had purchased these little fire extinguishers by Tundra for extra on the boat in place and I was lucky enough to put the fire out before doing any damage other than putting my jacket off into the carpet. This whole event may have been 10 seconds but by the grace of GOD I’m lucky the actual alcohol in the tin can didn’t go off either(🙌God Is Good🙌). Not sure what would’ve happened if that did. Well, I have a testimony now to pass onto others while I can. My takeaway is if you have to refuel a canister, do give it some time to cool off, or if you were only using one canister and it flames out and you want to continue using that stove, move it over to the next burner and can and let the one you were using cool off. I just want you guys to stay safe out there and enjoy your new to you vessel!
I hear so many terrible stories about alcohol stoves, kinda want to just get an induction cook top or something. Saw a video with a guy that got the whole explosion, guy dove into the water and still had months of recovery from the burns.
I live in Chicago but was once on a boat that sank in the intercoastal near 150th Ave. Your videos bring back some memories and also inspire me to find a boat. I have never sailed but I think I will own a sailboat soon. I appreciate you sharing your time and experiences. And having a wife say you won't ever fight....you're blessed sir. Well done. And I love the aft berth....sorry if i used the wrong term, I'm still learning. I can't imagine myself sleeping comfortably in the v berth. Beautiful boat
Hi, we’re just getting our new first boat-a Catalina 30, and your videos are informative and fun to watch. Nice to see practical and real world videos. Thanks, Brian and Kim.
That looks like a wonderful boat. I have a 38 foot Beneteau that doesn't look 10 feet bigger than that. I really dig the red/white interior lights. Makes me want to spend more money on my boat again.
I had a 27 ft Ericson 1976 that I lived on and i always refer to it as my first come up, because it allowed me to save so much money.. It was NOWHERE NEAR as nice or as spacious as this one.. I bought it for 300 bucks though. .
Great tour and at last it is good to learn from another new bee! As a former power boat owner thinking about sail boats it is a big help and gives me confidence that if someone else can do it so can I. I have belonged to a sail club years ago. Mostly o'day day sailers that were great to learn on and teach others to sail and right up if capsized. I was always told that the bigger the boat the easier to sail. I just hope that was true.
Hi there! I would say it does seem to be easier to sail.. more speed and feels safer. I've been working on a small VS medium sailboat comparro video you'll want to see!
Regarding the "ships bell": The bell is to announce the time on board and the changing of a sailors duty watch. The bell it typically rung every half-hour so, for example, "eight bells" would signify "four hours" and the changing of the watch.
interesting... some said it's for fog... which I get, if it was 1890, but since we have air horns, not so useful. I took it off and replaced it with a useful LED light panel.
Oh man I’m hooked on these videos. I don’t even have a sail boat. I do watch some of the others. Lady k. Gbu ect. And you are unique because of your fun chill personalities. Thanks- new subscriber.
Thanks! We used to sit there watching these videos too, without having a sailboat... and we watched and watched and well, you know the rest of the story.
You are going to love (yea, right) the smell of sea water and body oil from the shower mixing in with engine oil in the bilge. It took me a while to find out what the stench was but a friend finally told me. If you ever get an oil spill, like an oil change done wrong, get out to sea and run the shower until your bilge is clean.
Oh man yeah, God I'm never going to get over the stench of leaves + hair + engine oil + body oil. Bacteria just loooooove it - ammonia producing bacteria.
Great boat! O’Day are the best value in the used market. I almost got the same boat but was outbid at the last minute. However, it was a blessing as the following week a ‘nonsuch 26’ came to me and it’s perfect.
I love the layout of your boat -- I own a Columbia 29' (which I just had hauled out and repainting the bottom and replaced the zincs) and its similar but the galley is on the starboard side on my boat and the head is smaller. I have to admit I like your floorplan better, plus I'm jonesing for a dodger. lol
Thanks! I'm still trying to get used to the dodger and question if we should keep it there in the summer. It's in the way when I set down, when I stand up... makes it hard to see forward. Would hate to be caught in a storm without it, but maybe it's not a thing for a day sail on a nice day.
This video popped up on my home screen, most likely because I subscribe to a few "sailing channels". Now I subscribe to one more. I did a quick peek at your channel home page to get an idea of the type of sailing your two are doing. It seems to me that you are weekend/vacation sailors. That being the case an upgrade from a Cal 22 to an O'day 28 is not just an upgrade it is stepping from one world to another. Night and day as they say. You can go so many more places in comfort and security then you could in the Cal. I know your O'Day very well. From 1999-2004 my wife and I lived aboard out O'day 31. There are not big differences between the O'day 28, 30, 31. Wife and I did some serious off shore sailing with our O'Day the "MANGO TANGO". I did some very serious upgrades to all systems. The O'days while being great costal sailboats were not built for ocean crossings and that trip to the South Pacific. If crossing oceans and planting your flag in PAGO PAGO are in your plans, get another boat. What your O'Day does is open up going to Bimini for the weekend even. You can plan vacation sailing to West End, Marsh Harbor, The Andros Islands, Walker Cay and so much more. The Dry Tortuga's for a most enjoyable weekend. You are going to have so much more fun with the O'day then the Cal. I am looking forward to your exciting adventures. If you want to know some of the things I upgraded with my O'day that may help you. Just drop me an email: DOOM FISH @DOOM FISHING TACKLE. COM You be happy and safe now.
Susy wanted the TV gone so it's gone. I took it home to figure out how to work it and never took it back. But even if we don't use it, I still liked having a boat with a TV in it!
Looks good guys sorry to sound like a smart arse we were delivering a yacht after Sydney Hobart back to New Zealand and hit 33 kn down a very large wave with 60 kn of Breeze pretty rough down here sometimes looking forward to going back to Florida in the Bahamas
Thanks... it turned out to be the perfect size and boat.. in many ways. Not too big, not too small, but mostly it just has a lot of nice design features and looks really nice inside and out. Thanks for watching!
@@AdventuresInParadise I picked up a Catalina 22 over the winter, and later an ODay 25 just to get the slip. Not as nice as yours, but I’m just falling in love with all the space in the O’Day. Looking forward to the weather turning and enjoying the summer here in Tennessee.
Grab a little inverter generator for when you are anchored out and it's so hot you can't sleep to run the ac, or when the engine battery is dead and you can't get out of a cove. Great video!
Thanks! Next I'm going to do a comparison of the differences between the 22 and 28... all aspects. It's interesting and some people might wonder what they are.
safety note!...never add alcohol to the burners when they are hot!. boats have burned down from flare ups....the idea is to make sure full before lighting so wont run out while using. I have an oday 26 which im still working on...very similar to yours.... looks good have fun..
An now some Naval history. The navigator watch was responsible for keeping time on the ship. Time is measures in 30-minute units and announced to the crew by ringing the bell The day watch starts at 0800 and 0830 would be 1 be, 0900 = 2 bells. Goes all the way to 8 bells (an 4-hour watch) then starts over. There are 6 watches in a 24-hour period. It was tradition that the bell was maintained by the cook but that changed to the junior member where the bell was attached. On a Navy ship that would be the junior quartermaster who plots the ships course and navigates the ship. Somebody needs a can of never-dull and a couple of hours to get that bell "pretty".
G"day. Very nice boat. I have hatch above in the vee berth. If i may add my advice, get some shade colth, to cover the foredeck and keep the forward cabin a lot cooler as the hatch will genearate a greenhouse effect and will get quite hot inside. and some shade cloth over the boom will reduce the heat in the main cabin. Well done. Gerard.
We're about to order a new hatch with a new solar fan in it... maybe we can get some sort of cover for it. The boat came with snap-in shades for inside the hatch, with a built-in fan cutout so air can still flow.
I love your comment about the quarter berth that it would be "comfortable for one person or two people if you want to scrunch up together". If I happen to get a Russian supermodel girlfriend, we'll come down to visit and sleep in the quarter berth because then I wouldn't mind "scrunching up together". 😁🤣
Lovely looking boat, hard to believe it is only 28ft, given the cabin space. I've been looking at a lot of Westerlys and at a foot shorter and narrower, they look like a camper van in comparison. PS In the words of Captain Q, I think you may have found your P.B. Fair winds.
She's in immaculate condition judging from what was shown. I kind of wish you hadn't used a wide angle filter but I understand why. She's just wide enough that a standard lens makes getting a full shot of the saloon difficult but I'd still have like to seen her without it applied. I'd say you've kind of found a unicorn as to her condition and would be very hard pressed to find better. I hope you have many happy adventures and remember there are plenty of people who've crossed and are crossing oceans on a vessel her size. There's also quite a few in the Bahamas cruising. Fair winds, safe travels and God Bless...
Wow! This weekend I went to look at a Hunter 35' and was really disappointed at the layout. It had cramped births, no AC, very limited storage, and a cramped cockpit area with very limited seating. After looking at your video I'm going to be looking at the O'Day line. Thanks for the video.
it's hard to find a boat that checks all your boxes. i was looking for a year... a couple of times a week - to where I would know when a new boat was added.
Funny, I went from a 28’ San Juan to a Catalina 22, and you did the opposite! Well, funny to me at least Looks like a great next step, have fun and keep sharing!
Several people have commented in other videos about downsizing. Where do you sail? We've got the gulf of Mexico here and while the 22 was good for sailing the intracoastal, we just have too much boat traffic on the weekends, and the Gulf seems a little much for the 22. Not that it can't handle it, but seemed like a lot for the boat (and us) some days. Thanks for watching!
@@AdventuresInParadise I sailed my SJ28 out of St Pete, but sold it in 2009 as I was starting a business and wasn’t spending the time on the boat. Fast forward a decade+ I now have a small family, and we live on the Soace coast. The kids are the right age and size fir boat camping, our canal is shallow, and we are between 2 non opening bridges (so no mast over 34’). My options were limited to keep a sailboat at home, and I know it will get used more than a boat in a marina. Catalina 22s were on my short list before a neighbor passed snd his family didn’t want to deal with selling a swamped derelict boat. It was “free” but now has been refit from the keel up, new sails coming in a couple weeks! For big boat adventures we are going to charter. It’s cheaper to daysail a catalina 22 and camp 1-2 times a month than to own a 40’ that we might one day sail to the Bahamas. For less than a year in the slip we can charter in Belize, Bahamas, charleston, PNW. One day we’ll get a cruiser, but for now we’ll enjoy our back yard and take some cool vacations! And live vicariously through youtube a bit. lol.
The ships bell is there because its traditional for ships to have an bell. Usully made of brass and kept polished. the name of the boat is often ingraved on the bell.Allso to wake up crew who are going on watch. Gerard.
