Terrific boat. 2023 delivery date still available? That's not going to last long. Cats this nice, that don't cost $2m are now at least 3 years out. Outremer 55s I heard are now 5 years (but that was two European boat shows ago - likely it's now even longer.) This is why it took me less than five minutes to decide to order my cat.
We've also heard that many factories can only work on 2, maybe 3 boats at a time. Max cruise has the capability of working on 5 at the moment, with the possibility of renting more space and amping up production to having even more builds going at one time. ❤
Talk about exciting. The boat is so big! Being in the shed, you lose the perspective of just how large your CAT really is. The smile on your faces, really loved it. I could tell how much you miss the feel and sounds of sailing. You guys should try, when you return in August, to work in a few extra days to relax, rest, and enjoy, your time away from the build. She is going to be a real beauty when you are finished. Keep up the charge. I wish you, all of the best. 👋👋👋
The two of you have made some terrific choices in your journey. You’ve worked hard along the way and are enjoying the fruits of that hard work. Well deserved.
Your taking your first cruise on your sister boat was incredible! I felt what you felt and actually had the chills. Just inspirational! Sending you 2 warm wishes.
Those thunderstorm clouds were spectacular!! I loved seeing them (from the safety of my sofa). GREAT yacht, you will have immense fun when yours is up and running ...
How crazy was it with the contrast between the sky and the water?! And, how pretty are the lady's blue eyes. So pretty. It's unusual to see someone with dark hair and blue eyes.
What a great boat! So glad you got to spend time at the company and on a finished boat as well. I'm sure it was bittersweet knowing you still have a ways to go on your own, but like you said, it was encouragement to continue your build and get to the water. Thanks, as always, for bringing us along on your adventures. Looking forward to your return trip for the hybrid outing. Take care!
It is a little bittersweet knowing how far we have to go to finish our own, but luckily she's on her way to the Eastern Seaboard as we speak, so there will be plenty more sails when we need a break. 😃♥️
I remember backpacking around Vung Tau back in 1993 before we even had US relations. Love it! Very interested in this cat so I’ve sent off numerous emails trying to get into on upcoming factory build slots.
It looks like a fantastic boat. It’ll be interesting to see how Your boat compare to new catamarans that the people at Ruby Rose and Curiosity are getting. They are all new constructions and all in the 44-46 feet area and interesting enough they are all performance oriented. Good luck with Your project.
Matt, I bet you were looking over ever inch of that boat. Comparing everything y’all have done and everything y’all will be doing. I have no doubt in my mind that everything y’all have done or will do will be just as good or not better. I’m excited for y’all.
Wow beautiful boat, love it. Well done Max Cruise and Thanks M&J, can't wait till you're done with your boat and out sailing again, so looking forward, and thanks for the journey thus far. Warm regards from South Africa 🇿🇦
So many interesting features in one build! Cassette rudders, daggerboards, articulating dual aft helms, and outboards on a 44ft cat! Max Cruise is ticking all the boxes. Would love to see a detailed walk through of all systems. Comparison of engine options, helm locations, and cockipt layouts. Keep the great content coming!
If you're more interested in this specific hull, it's is being delivered to the US right now, and on it's way to us in Annapolis! So we'll be able to take it for more sails in September and get into the systems even more.
All I need is a winning MAJOR lottery ticket or a fairy godmother to crop up so I could put a bid in for one of the beautiful 44 footers!! I love your videos and envy your adventures. Can hardly wait for you to splash your new cat!! Take care and enjoy fair winds.
What a beautiful Catamaran as you said, the deck is so spacious is absolutely gives a stunning appearance. This trip will charge your batteries and inspire you as well. So when you get back home you'll be raring to go and get back at her. congrats. Some day God willing I'll be able to venture out as well and purchase a Cat and travel the deep blue seas. Those storm clouds look pretty nasty. Time to drop the sails and head on in for sure. Gorgeous Boat you guys must be stoked.
I cut my sailing teeth on a catamaran my father and I built when I was 16 (now 62). I now sail mono-hulls. Cats are great particularly with room and speed and sailing close to the wind however more of a challenge to come about. Pros and Cons of course however more pros for cats. My recommendation is to ensure you have an escape hatch. Fair winds!
Yay !! congrats and well done to Max Cruise for such a beautiful and successful design! Can't wait for your hybrid episode, the dramatic next level of capability and performance is almost here ... just as you two envisioned!, no wonder you're so excited!!
Hull No 1 is looking fantastic, no wonder you guys are so stoked, very clean and well resolved. One of my first thoughts was how well the boat seemed to be coping with all the Water Hyacinth in the river, would have been nice to see how the cassette rudder system worked clearing the debris, guess one of the only times a mini keeled option could have been benificial ...... potentially reducing fouling. I guess from a superficial look at the boat there are only 3 areas I would consider addressing in regard to design (this is very picky) ..... ▪ it would be great if the forward cabin/saloon windows could be larger, full height ▪ A hinged or removable floor cap/panel over the rudder cassette mechanism (probably only require either lifting the floor an inch or dropping the rudder cassette an inch to allow for a cleaner look and less exposed crittical moving gear. ▪ Personally not a fan of the helm position on this model, would much rather not hanging my butt over the transom as a primary steering position. Swing helm great, but my preference would be a "Versa Helm" type arrangement further fwd closer to cabin bulkhead. Less exposed and inherently safer IMHO
Such a beautiful boat. I'd be caught between renewed excitement of the boat build and impatience to be done and out sailing on her. Great opportunity to really see how you like the layout while underway. Your smiles tell the story, THRILLED!! How lucky for Steve to get all this footage of his boat and Max Cruise to get all these great pictures for their customers. Gotta be a little frustrating not to get her out into the open sea and see what she can really do. Such great performance so far though.
I watched the first half of this so far and I am stoked. What an excellent cat; what an excellent choice you two made. How you must feel experiencing what your own boat is going to be like in the not too distant future, I can only imagine, but I bet it is a fantastic feeling.
Glad you enjoyed it! We're so happy that since this boat is making it's way to the east coast, we'll have so many more opportunities to sail it until ours is finished and ready to sail. 😃
She looks like a beautiful boat and am very excited for you. What an achievement building such a vessel yourselves. My wife and I would like to take up your invitation to comment as we are catamaran delivery skippers with about 60k nm delivery under our belts, plus our own cruising. 1. That single line furling line for the Code 0 on the foredeck will cause you grief. We highly recommend you run that back to the cockpit for safety and ease of use. As a commercial diver I have been employed a number of times to clear Code 0’s from props after skippers/crew have become tangled in the furling line on the foredeck and had to emergency drop the sail to save themselves, which has then gone over the side. Expensive exercise. Even on your video on the very first sail we noticed someone furling almost became entangled. 2. We are definitely not fans of running the anchor from the bridge deck. Whilst it keeps the weight out of the bow, the boat pivots on that point in difficult anchoring conditions. We had this in our first boat FP Helia 44, and this is standard in FP’s. Can result in the anchors sliding under the hulls. Manageable with caution but generally just a bit of a pain. I have seen a number of modifications where owners have tried to address this but running a block for the chain to the fore beam, with limited success. The bridge deck anchor placement is very common in performance cats. Lastly that post under the foredeck stabilising the prodder may become a catch hazard for the snubber in wind against tide situations, hard to tell just looking at a video. Not really something you can change, but just to be aware of. We love the swing helm stations, interior layout, control line layout, and really everything. We now have an extended Fusion 40 and would sell in a heartbeat for the MC44 is we could afford it. Congratulations once again. Hope you don’t mind the above comments, just trying to contribute in a positive sense.
We just got back from chartering a 45 Lagoon in the BVI. Man what a pig it was. Sailing is fun no matter what but it was definitely built for comfort on anchor. Seeing the max cruise zipping along looked like so much fun. Nice that you can get to the sail back too. We had a lot of trouble packing the sail because we couldn't reach it the full length.
I could see that being a good boat for the Virgin Islands where you're not going too far, and you have all the comforts while at anchor. But yes, we are VERY much looking forward to averaging 250 mile days on our Max Cruise. 😃
Would love it if you can get as much video as humanly possible for two people to get showing how skilled workers build a boat. For me, that is like going carnegie hall to listen to a concert after I have spent the last couple of months struggling learning to play the piano.
Your whole spirit zooms when you are in the element. Glad to see more out of the construction environment,,,I once worried the lines from the vent mask might be permanent...no sign of it today. :)
Félicitations ! Vous avez fait un super job, bien expliqué dans vos précédentes vidéos, et vous avez maintenant un merveilleux bateau qui devrait vous profiter longtemps. Bon voyage !!! (From France).
An electric Hybrid boat: Look forward to hearing how future proof this is. This level of energy management required, the type of drive (offshore is defintely shaft drive), the battery installlation constraints and the long term solutions. The options for shore charging at various levels / tariffs. Finally the ease of conversion back to other sytems such as hydrogen, more solar.
In general I thought it looked like it would be easy to maintain. One thing I was worried about it seemed like it could be very easy to fall off the back of the boat. I was wondering in rough seas are there safety ropes. Thats one of my what ifs- being knocked off the boat and it sailing away. I thought it was cool- the cloth on the sail had not as tight of a weave. Which made me start thinking about the airodynamics of the cloth.. If a fiber could be extruded in a certain shape and then knitted or woven in a way were having wind flow over the fiber would create lift. That would be a good graduate studies project. Creating a cloth that increased the transfer of energy by how the wind blows over the fabrics fibers. LOL
Those are water hyacinths.....lol They are Notorious here in Florida waterways! Great episode. Wow what a boat, and what an undertaking you two are doing; building this yourselves. She is HUGE! Beautiful That should be some inspiration to get back in the shop. Heave Ho
Feeling a wee bit envious, but also overjoyed at the thought of M&J's new home taking you on way cool new adventures! Such a cool ride, like the radar system and screen, soo nice! Had Bánh Mì last night, yum!
Mmmmm, our first time having Bahn Mi was this trip, and I fell in love with it. Yes, we can not wait for the day we're sailing our own hull to new and exotic locations. They'll be faster trips than we're used to, for sure!!
The design reminds me of a Honda or Acura in the extreme lightweight efficiency. Honda build a Civic about 1990 that would achieve 48mpg - remarkable efficiency from a 4 cylinder car. Previous to this video I never understood the name "Max Cruise" now I am clear this catamaran has long legs and will do 200 mile days.
I love the comparison, lol. Yes, the entire reason we got this boat is so we could easily do 80-100 mile passages in daylight hours. (We've found that single overnight passage wreck ys). Overall we're hoping to average 10 knots, so 240 mile days on passage! We can not wait until we're exploring the world on ours once it's completed.
Fantastic performance, can't wait to see the next episode. Hope your boat will be equipped with the same spiffy sails for that exhilarating sailing speed!
Great film, your vid probably just sold a dozen Max Cruise! You guys must be so happy with your choice of boat now you've actually sailed on one. I use the term "sail" loosely, that wasn't sailing, that was ploughing, it looked like half of Asia's forest was in the river. Look forward to the day your taking your boat on it's first test sail. It's a lodda work work but it's worth it. Cheers!
Instead of those ice breaking boats in the great lakes, we'll be a weed ploughing boat of Asia, lol. Yes, we are SO HAPPY with our choice! It performed exactly as they said it would, which is even better than we could have dreamed. ♥️
Did I see its a Beta marine diesel hybrid. If you are feeling brave check out the Cosworth cat gen. It's a catylic turbine 35Kw at 48kg. Cosworth is a serious operation and legendary racing engine builder. This potentially would facitate electric outboards and potentially eliminate the need to gas of all types 🙂.
So incredibly excited! Part of us wants to get it on the water ASAP, but since this is our home as well, we don't want to rush through the finishes on the interior.
Wondering about the choice of fabric on the North mainsail…certainly it’s for performance but liking the darker tone for trimming and aesthetics. What a thrill!
One add-on you could do now, is a glass port in front of the rudders, so you can see if anything is fouled the rudders. You see them on racing boats, it's a thought
She's looking terrific! Vung Tao at its best! Have been where you are on my Highfield 860.... Say hi to Terry! Hopefully see you in Nha Trang when yours is ready for its shakedown! 😎👌
@@MJSailing even if it's hotter there, you won't be wearing tyvek suits and sanding. Luckily we'll be back to better boat work weather soon after you get back. 😄
