Survey, Sea Trial, We Bought a Sailboat (Catalina 387) | ⛵ The Foster Journey 

Enjoy your sailboat! This brought back memories.

Right in my hood ! Enjoy 😉

congrats

Wow! Didn’t realize this is a Texas - Kemah connection. Aunt and uncle kept an Islander 36 at Clear Lake Yacht Club in 60s and early 70s when the drawbridge had to be raised for us to go out into the bay. Loved it all! Catalinas have been my favorites since discovering the early Frank Butler designs. Love your boat! Good luck! Now subscribing to your channel. 😊👍

Congratulations on your new sailboat! So exciting for you all and can't wait to get a tour of the inside. She looks really pretty. Now it's time to sail away on an adventure.

Loved the way you put this video together. A great presentation.

Yaya!!!! This is a beautiful boat! Loved it all! Congratulations!

Wow! That prop was a lucky catch! I know this video is old... just getting caught up. :)

It was worth getting hauled out for the prop issue. She looks a nice boat. Now you get to translate those sailing courses into practice for your boat. It is a scary process, but great fun... Congrats!!

We also own one, purchased in 2018, a 2005 with 750 hours on the engine. Dutchman setup. Changed interior cushions to white, and changed the prop to a Flexofold. Great sailing boat, a little tendency to round up in puffs, but has handled 35+ winds with 2 reefs in the main and head sail at 50%. We are adding a LeisureFurl boom, should be on by the 4th of July. Enjoy!

Enjoyed your video - thanks for posting!

After watching many of your videos in reverse order somewhat, you made a great choice! Those surveys can be a bit tense, both when buying and selling.

This looks like a great liveaboard boat. Its small, but feels big. Affordable, yet durable. Great choice!

Bravo! I love living aboard my 42 MK2. Cats are easy to work on, easy to sail & solidly built. The Zarcor companion way doors are a good upgrade if you don’t have em. On sailing ability- Met a dude at the marina who sailed his 387 in the Newport to Bermuda race double handed and finished 2nd in his class. This was in 20-30k winds and big Atlantic rollers- said his portholes were under water the whole way- she can sail!

I am so envious! Enjoy!

I am a big fan of Catalina , great product support. I sailed on quite a few of them they are fast and responsive. Good luck !

We have been going through a similar journey, but on an Rv. Sell stuff, sell house, move into Rv full time, quit job, start a RU-vid channel, lots of changes. I like a lot of your filming and editing techniques. Larry

Greetings. I know your boat very well because I (and my 2 partners) were the first owner of Catalina 387 hull number 8. We bought her is 2001 I believe, and her name at that time was Dionysus. We sold her in about 2011 when my 2 partners wanted out. The fellow that bought her changed the name to KNOT WORKING, I think his name was Cliff. I did most of the early outfitting myself and redid all the electronics after she was hit by lightning in approx 2007. If you want to know more about her early history, feel free to contact me off line.

Lou is great. He did our survey on the vessel we purchased a couple weeks ago in Kemah. The best I have used yet. We were following y’all and went back to the beginning to catch up the ones we missed.

This is the 2nd video I watched of yours. I cant get enough...Just want to go out there and do it myself.

good luck guys, i'll be watching. nice boat too, i'd love one just like it.

I love this boat and I think this is what we will be buying this year.

Great video! I am looking forward to following your new adventure. I wish you all the best.

And Congratulations!!! I am incredibly excited for you

Congratulation on your 'NEW' home. As for your surveyor I would have to give him a (-) on the upper roller. ⬅️ should have been taken out, cleaned, regreased before your purchase.

​ The Foster Journey , Hi Guys congrats on the boat! I have a 2009 Catalina 387, sail #150. They only built 151 of them (due to the down turn in the economy, per Catalina) They were replaced with the 385 and it is a smaller lighter boat. Our boat is on the west coast and is a fin keel (7'2" draft) and the boat is a wonderful boat to use and sail. I also have the in mast furling and it has come a long way since its inception. The rig is made by Seldon and they are a very well respected company that makes all kinds of masts , booms, furlers etc. for various high end sailboat manufacturers. Catalina reports no real trouble with the in mast furling system and continue to put them on their high end larger boats at present. I personally have had no trouble with mine, but would recommend keeping a slight tension on the free line as you furl in and unfurl, so the main sail stays rapped tightly. Also they recommend you have the boom at approx. 90 degrees so you don't get any fold or sags in the sail as you furl in. A lot of people used to put Catalina's down as being a cheaply made boat (most of these complaints are from people who have not sailed one), But as they grew and evolved they have really stepped up their game. They also now put first class sailing hardware (winches, blocks, windless, hatches, portlights, Etc.) on deck and have great designs (Thanks Gerry Douglas!). Catalina Yachts has the most return customers (buying numerous boats from them) than any other yacht manufacturer. If they weren't good, the owners would not want another one. This is my third Catalina and I Love Them. You should/will enjoy the boat as she is a good one and beautiful to boot!!!

Starting watching your channel. We own a 99 C380. Not sure about south yet. But will be living aboard this Summer!!!

Now congrats.

Herzlichen Glückwunsch zum neuen Boot! Ich bin Besitzer einer Catalina 320 und suche ebebfalls eine 387 für unsere Familie. Leider sind Catalina's in Deutschland sehr schwer zu bekommen. Ich wünsche euch viele schöne Stunden auf euer neuen Schönheit und immer eine handbreit Wasser unterm Kiel! Viele Grüße aus Deutschland

Congrats! Love you guys. I think your channel will grow & become one of the most popular channels on a RU-vid. I am a little worried about you guys tho. It’s imperative for you both to learn how to do regular maintenance on your boats engine & boat in general but also learn basic mechanics for when you’re at sea & have no one else to rely on or wifi to look anything up to fix things that go wrong. No matter how new a sailboat is you have to be prepared for anything. Good luck & fair winds. Hope you have safe travels.

A great boat... can't wait to see what happens next!!!

Congrats on the purchase hope see you soon on Caribean :)

Congratulations on buying a good sailboat.

You guys seem like a great family! I was excited to subscribe to your channel right away! Cheers

congratulations from Québec, It's seems to be a great boat.

Welcome to the Catalina family from Toronto Canada

The video was insightful, particularly with regard to the insurance. Don’t you love surprises?

Great video!

The newness, anxiety, and fun... you captured it all. Congratulations!

CONGRATS Foster Family. So happy for y'all :-) Can't wait for my turn :-)

You guys are such an inspiration!! 🎉

Hi guys, just watched your video. Great job and congratulations! Do you still own it? Have you travelled much or stayed local? Have you had any unforseen issues that hurt the bank balance? Do you happen to know the amount of headroom in the main salon? I'm 6'3" and need plenty, I really like the Catalina's and I think this is the ideal size for touring. I live in Sydney Australia and am looking at circumnavigating Australia in the next couple of years. Cheers

Congrats guys. Did your surveyor call out replacing the main halyard? It looks well worn at 11:22.

Congratulations! How are things going four years later?

Tested the windlass? Not just lowered and then retract, but works under load ...

Sounds like after all the bugs were worked out it was a good deal

You guys do a good job, explaining and teaching the fundamentals. Mu h better then the young bikini kids. Well done

Ive heard the mainsail furlers give problems like that.

Do you need to identify each individual session so we can I have to guess which one is next A number or a date would help.

Nice work human, well told! Does Lou appraise UFO's as well?

unproven theory: The more you laugh at the owner's jokes the better chances of him budging on asking price.

Who do you use for insurance?

Look at other insurance companies

I'm in Kemah buying a boat, I'd like to pick your brain