Is this the best liveaboard cruiser out there? Island Packet 380 used boat review - Yachting Monthly 

This was our yacht for 16 years and did everything attributed to her. Crossed the Atlantic, live aboard for 4 years, and kept us safe in some horrendous gales. Two points of clarification/correction, the main has always been in mast reefed and the jib is a Yankee not a Genoa. Seeing the review brought back many happy memories and we hope that Jane and Su Yung have the same experiences we enjoyed.

Wow! More reviews by Rachel please! This was excellent! One of the best reviews and tours I've seen, it feels as if she knows a lot and have a genuine feeling of what a boat should be to here. Great work!

That was a very good review. I like it when reviews consider the philosophy behind a boat as well rather than just the typical “starting at the bow this is the chain locker” box ticking approach. It’s clear this presenter gave proper consideration to what she was going to say. 👍 P.S Give her a pay rise and keep her.. Probably have to say well done to the camera person and film editor also for making the presenter look good. Keep them as well. 👍

Absolutely agree. We've sailed our Island Packet 380 from up to 80 degrees North and are now in Patagonia, waiting to go around the horn in december. Reviewer was excellent as well.

Happy to see a used boat review on this channel.

I really enjoyed this review, of an older boat. I would love to see this as a regular feature

While the chainplates on a 1999 model are probably OK, early IP boats used a questionable stainless alloy for chain plates and some have needed chainplate replacement - which is doable but complicated by the fact they are embedded in the hull. Purchasers of earlier IP boats should try to contact the factory and check out what alloy was used in their boat to see if a replacement might be needed. In the US x ray inspection of the chainplates is now a commercial service. That said, we love our 1998 IP 350 which is very similar to this boat

I have owned 2 Island Packets, and I can honestly say they are built like a tank. In my opinion they are the best sail boats made for cruising. Not to mention they hold their resale value extremely well.

This is a fantastic review. Kudos to the presenter. I am very impressed with the audio quality and lack of wind noise. Super delivery as well. Bravo. The IP is nice too. :)

Island Packet - My pick for the best made boats today and for many years. I love their design philosophy and you showcased it wonderfully. Bravo!

Not sure which is more impressive, the vessel or the reviewer. Both are outstanding.

Excellent and professional job reviewing this boat.

Excellent review by Rachel. Thank you!

Outstanding review, Extreme knowledge delivered with confidence and assurance. Great job.

One of the features I really like about the saloon is the fold up table keeping the area spacious. I'm surprised more makers don't adopt this feature

These videos are timed perfectly for my current season of life. Please do not stop and please test the eclectic too!!

Absolutely brilliant review, thank you!

Great boat. And Edward Teach's great -great granddaughter showing it off is so legitimizing.

Excellent review, please make more.

Fabulously clear and focussed review. I missed the size initially and then I was surprised to here it was 38” a lot of boat in 38”!

I'm in total agreement with earlier comments regarding Rachel's knowledgeable presentation and command of nautical terms. So refreshing. And Jalan-Jalan is a sweet boat. Having lived in South East Asia for 12 years, I love the name, meaning "to go" in Bahasa Indonesian.

I’ve been watching lots of boat reviews lately and I’m often left with a car salesman vibe which doesn’t enthuse me. This review however definitely was a more extremely knowledgeable enthusiast scene with expert delivery. I’ve been specifically leaning toward island packets because of many features highlighted. Thank you. I’ll seek out this reviewer again.

Informative review and a very nice example of a traditional monohull cruising or live aboard vessel.

Fantastic review, lovely boat. Well done that Lady.

Couple of undesirable aspects: 1) Chain locker is not accessible from deck, but only from forward stateroom (if chain piles up, etc.), 2) Tankage is aluminum, subject to corrosion, needing replacement, and impossible to access without tearing up the boat, , 3) no level monitor for waste tank, and no good access to install one. Good aspect: Despite the long keel, manuevers easily in marinas.

Nice to see you, Rachael!

I need to win a lottery. A very practical live aboard short handed sailboat. Nice review.

One of the best onboard reviews I have seen on You tube. Definitely a new subscriber. Island Packet is at the top of my "to buy" list for a liveaboard.

Great review - thank-you !

Very Nice review. You definitely get this vessel. I've crewed over the years on two different 380s, on offshore and near shore on many extended voyages. We never got there fast but we were always taken care by the boat very comfortably. I might add the quarter berths are roomy and the standing rigging extremely beefy for the size of sails and rig.

Great review!

Superb review. I've sailed on an IP40, and very spacious, though she wasn't so well appointed. We used the huge drop table to layout our paper charts, though we had good electronics. If I could afford one, I wdefinitely I would have one. Well done.

Terrific, measured review.

nice to see a new face here . grab a pen and confidence !🥰🥰😘😘do love these canoes. a sailing channel almost bought 1(project Atticus 2)

Love them ,,, did Portsmouth to La Corunna on 39 IP ,,, the skipper was an inexperienced Toff called Rupert ,, never ever sail with Rupert ! Engine died just before Brest ,, never started again , 5 days in Biscay in storms 7 to 9 s ,,, omg ! That boat was fantastic thank god ,the skipper / owner was useless ,, I jumped ship in La Corunna , I was down to sail to Porto with him as crew but had enough of his lunacy and incompetence by Spain .. I would buy an IP without blinking if I had the budget lol ..

Very nice review, obviously a keen sailor. The things I want to hear about

A great looking and performing boat. Very nice cruising setup.

Very good review - you have a nice delivery.

Excellent review!

Pretty cool review.

Super review.

Nice review!

I’m pretty much a race guy but I have to say I like these boats and they sail well. Plus just terrific build quality.

Very fine review.

This excellent review clearly shows that you deeply know the subject in detail. I have not been a massive fan of long keelers, but after listening to you, I decided to give them a closer look. Keep up the excellent work. I like to see more of your sail yacht's reviews. Cheers.

well done production!

Great review!! Much better then the sleepy guy. I hope on more reviews of elder boats, Nordia and HR, ex. 😁

Definitely a master piece of a boat.

I love Island Packets for being exactly what they are a full keel cruising boat built to keep it's crew safe. And this is an awesome example of one. I would only make one change to the boat (in three parts). I would remove the inner forestay and have her solent rigged. I would add a self jibbing track and get rid of the hoyt boom. I would add duel whisker pole tracks to the front of the mast. If I left it cutter rigged I would still do away with the hoyt boom for the self tacking track to allow the foredeck to actually be used. There is nothing wrong with the cutter rig I just feel that the solent rig is a more versatile setup for cruising.

Worth revisiting this review tbh, as the Island Packet Brand has had new Owners since this boat was built in 1999, and the New Owners are former Island Packet Agents / Dealers and are IP enthusiasts, and are doing really nice things thanks to years of Customer Feedback, Gone is the Hoyt Jib Boom, which has resulted in a much better shape to the Sail, and rather important sadly, is they have addressed the Termite Problem that affects Florida and the Caribbean as Customdrs were getting their Plywood Bulkheads destroyed by them. Customer feedback is still taken very seriously, and affects things like changes to the lighting below, illumination of Bilge spaces, and Cinveniences like that. Options during Construction now include a Hard Dodger, and a Hard Aft Cockpit Arch for Solar Panels and Davits. You can probably tell that I have Turned into a Real Island Packet Fan, and my only Regret is my Piggybank still isn't full enough to place my order for a new one, an IP 439. Ho Hum, Patience is a Virtue I suppose. Best Wishes to You All, and Fair Winds, a still Landlocked Bob. ❤️⛵️✨️✨️✨️

The Wife and I all most bought one just like it years ago. Wish we had.

The IP boats are very slow but beautiful and great quality.

Fantastic review. Hope to see more thorough reviews from her.

Gr8 review

Will 2nd, er.....3rd...or...78th positive comment on Rachel Sprot's style of boat reviews. Knowledge is Power....she rocks.

Lovely boat although I'm leery of any rigging going through wood. Sounds like they've done well to link the shrouds beneath the rails, though.🙂

Its crazy the difference 10 ft makes on a sailing yacht….

Отличная яхта! Спасибо!

Excellent review. Many IP's at my marina in Maryland and it's not hard to see why people like them.

IP are, IMO, one of the best sailing yachts still produced today.

My biggest boat was a 1983 Hunter 31. I bought here cheap and she didn't need much. She could sail very close to the wind without perturbing the sails but fin keep and rudder made so much way that 55 degrees close hauled. you'd have to sail20 nm per tack to make 2 km on your course. Broachy with a sea/wind on the quarters or astern and the auto pilot was nearly useless on anything but a beam reach. Still, I cruised the eastern US and Carribean extensivley. I just ha to pick my sea time by the weather and just plan to have to spend a lot of time hand steering. SHe had a good soft doger that kept most of the water off me while hand steering. Still, If I were to buy another boat I figure a steering position in a mid-cockpit with a hard dodger would be ideal for short handing long passage. I would also add vane steering to the electronic steering. hours and hours of watching the adventures of SV Delos convinced me

Very nice. What about curtains or something to block the sun?

Excellent review Rachael!

Why is everyone ive seen on a channel about boats named Sophie? This Sophie lady must be very wealthy to own so many boats.

A higher cut jib (a proper cutter configuration) would probably balance the helm and main. I have seen a lot of that where a masthead rig vessel is a wee bit overpowered by her genoa, even a lapper like yours. I wonder what other IP 380 owners do?

Now I need one! 😀 Problem though is I'm 6'6" tall. Please tell me the cabin and galley areas have more headroom than that?

So you need to remember to lock two doors in the toilet when having friends aboard for a tour!😁

⚓️💙 Go IP!

i thought my hunter 375 had space but damn thats nice

Have to disagree on one point. The welded bar for the chain plates are a weakness. If one goes, they all, on that side, can go.

what about specs? does it have an engine?

Superb, knowledgeable presentation.

Nice boat. I think I would rather have a Pearson 385..

Great review! Does anyone know the headroom?

Having sailed the US west coast on a IP 485, my advice to ocean crossing cruisers is: BUY one you can

When she says it's not close winded, and sails at 50 degrees to the wind at 6 knots, how fast will it sail at 35 degrees to the wind?

Ultimate live aboard would have to be 40’ as most marinas are now corporate owned and want 40’ or greater for live aboard. It’s hard to find a place that will let you live on a 38

Thanks for the video. I've been eyeing a 380 for awhile. I didn't catch where your sailing the boat??

Yep, a tayana 37

Answer: Yes. Yes it is.

jalan-jalan means short excursion or cruising...

Bulletproof portholes she says...wow, might be useful sailing off Somalia 😄

The name of the boat is probably from the Bahasa Indonesian, or possibly Malay, phrase meaning to go out for a stroll. It is pronounced JAH-lawn JAH-lawn.

I can't believe that this boat is called Jalan Jalan 🤣 The name is Malay for "sight seeing". Seems appropriate.

Hi I have the plans for a Roberts offshore 38. These plans have the same chainplate system as this, fiberglassed the hull. I thought Surveyors like to see the chainplates to inspect them.What do Surveyors react to the this boat?

Not a skeg hung rudder.

If you want to go very slowly at great expense these are good. If you want to be able to sail off a lee shore....not so much

I've totally fallen for Island Packet Sailboats, had similar "Old School" construction Sailboats in the past and likecthat their Ci structure options can leave out things I don't like, such as Cutter Rigs, and Ketch Rigs, as I like KISS Principles that can leave out completely via a Furling Genoa so no sailcloth exposed at the Bow, and a Ketch Rig with Sailcloth at the stern So the only exposed zsailclothnis exposed at the Mast and an offshore Construction Battenless Durling Triradial Main with 3.5 Reefs, to give a strong furlof say Challenge 9.11 Cloth, from two Reefs to 1,5 Reefs or 0.5 reef. At Anchor in the Tropics no Cloth destroying UV other than through the Mast slot , which can be protected against. Triradial construction, recovers most ofvthe performance offered by Full batten construction, but eliminates Batten Chafe wear and Tear greatly extending Sail Life ( according to a large Sailmaker who makes them, and it is good to see other Sailmakers are now offering them as well) . tbh, the big issue for me, with the IP 380, is only having a Single Head and Shower. For me, two double Cabins means two heads and Showers is nice, but add in the Saloon slide out setee double, and the settee single (far more sensible than the Captain's Chairs caption for me) and the sensible drop down table fold out larger option, and with a likely, anchorage get together socialising, Two Heads with two Showers, becomes pretty much indispensable ? So if not a Sailboat Hermit (and there's nothing wrong with that either ) the minimum IP size shifts to the IP 420 ? Oh that long Bar Chainplate embedded in fibreglass ? Has turned out to be a priblem that has been fixed in boats built after the year 2000 , for IP to fix it for you costs about 12,000 dollars, and at some point, there's a 50/50 chance is of them needing changing, after about 20 years apparently? buried in fibreglass air depri action does damage, and they're a bit of a bugger to check, without removing them it seems. If Solo, or a Couple Sailing, I think I'd go New Range : IP 349, IP 420 Motorsailer, or an IP 439 Sloop Rigged . I "think the 420 Motorsailer Details are still being updated and finalised presently, and may swing me from an order from the 439, though tbh, as a disabled Sailor, the 439 is close to perfect, with custom options largely about Stainless tube side deck siderails, and some extra handholds where needed. just about everything else is Co ered from the standard optio s list. That's pretty darned good, given every boat is a compromise imho. Best Wishes and Fair Winds. Bob. 👍⛵️✨️✨️✨️

Sprot knows

Everything seems "nice"... almost as many "nice" things as that US boat broker guy... forgot his name. Good review otherwise of a smashing boat although all the effusing of the reviewer in the comments seem a little over the top! Do like these reviews of older boats though.

Like a brick house!

Island Packet always heave boats even their small boats

Nice boat but not a liveabord type, no seperate shower stall in the head.

Sails like a bathtub but great live aboard and if you like slow it will eventually get you there

old technology, great back in 1999. not so much now. it doesn't compare at all to the new beneteau's tech.

Two wqnkers?

30 seconds in and already wrong. It's not a skeg hung rudder. It's a spade rudder with a line guard.

Is this the best liveaboard cruiser out there? NO ! Not even close. How much liveaboard sea time have these reviewers had? (and I'm not talking about living on a boat in a marina in the bloody Solent) There is soooo much about this yacht type that is unsuitable for a cruising lifestyle. Those who know ... know !

I'm fond of something (someone) other than the boat. Just saying.

In a word? No! But she is slow and cumbersome. There is not French word forte’e. The word is forte. It’s pronounced fort.