The sailing vessel Captain and his Admiral on the dock working the dock lines made launching this sailboat look easy. Everything is easy when we know what we are doing, and most sailboat skippers have far more knowledge and skill than most powerboat skippers have. 6,000 pound boat and just a 9 HP engine. Don't need much horsepower, when you have skill.
Those infinity's are AWD - plenty of power as well. He is steering with the boats rudder not the outboard because that is how you "sail" a sail boat! When he is under wind power that is the position where the boat is designed to be sailed from and steered from.
C'mon Alfred, once a DOLPHAN always a DOLPHAN. 1972 I was 12, went to every home game. Our neighbor John Carruth, owned Carruth Roofing took me. 50 yard line about halfway up, lower section. What a crazy group of people. It was awesome!!! I was at the airport when they returned from the Super Bowl win. What a night. Alfred, you gotta believe brother, you gotta believe!!!
Alfred,,, Been enjoying your channel, boat docking is always fun. When I used to work at a marina 40 years ago, on Sunday we would garb a bucket of chicken and a 6 pack and watch the local boat ramp in Illinois. Yep wait for it. Yep then we would see then on Monday morning to be fixed. Keep up the great work. And just bought a tee shirt. Thanks Joe
ALFRED, Hello, well our heatwave broke, but is starting again , it’s raining lightly, today in NJ was 92^F,,it’s now 9;32pm as I am watching this it’s 82*F humidity 80% stay well, 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
LOL center hull of Sail Boat is called a 'Keel" Now some small sail boats like this one, very possible the keel can be lifted up into boat. Or Keel pushes up automatically. And once inside boat he can lock in keel.
Thx Alfred! 😊 Nice sailboat! ❤ If there isn't a bunch of junk inside of the van, near the tailgate, they could pop it open and a couple of them (4 person crew?) sit/kneels/stand on the back of the vehicle (hanging onto the back seat) to give it more traction (if need be).
Nah... most trailer sailors operate the same way. My Catalina 22 had a 9 hp Tohatsu OB on it. You just set the motor straight ahead and steer with the tiller. After a couple of times, it's sort of second nature. Thanks for these great videos!
I think the only sailboat I've ever seen with an outboard connected to the helm was a Macgregor 26. They could handle up to 50 hp. It was simply tilted up when it was time to go sailing. With the water ballast drained, and the motor tilted down you could actually ski behind her. I almost bought one a couple years back. With a walk-through transom, and a really easy mast raising system many people used them to sail during the day, and then camp in them on land at night.
One lesson I've learned from this channel. If you want to go out with lots of friends, buy a small boat. Those guys seem to have lots of friends. Those big fancy boat owners seem lonely. Or smart.
The small boats don't hurt the bank account at the Fuel stop, like the large boats do, if you can get the friends to realize that they are actually supposed to chip in for fuel. Or bring massive amounts of beer or bait!
Alfred! We love your channel and watch it all the time. Can't believe I just saw my old sailboat and the new owner of it in miami! I literally used to own that boat please keep track of him he's a good guy learning how to use the boat! Check out the Virginia plates he drove pretty far to get on your channel
Hey Alfred I watch your show whenever I get a chance, love all the big boats with all the horse power, not much of that up here at Alberta lakes. Going to get down there some day and visit with you, Keep up the good work Wes Markowsky Vegreville Alberta Canada
That sailboat is not that heavy. He’ll be okay. Get a boat! You can get a 22 foot Catalina for nada and have a great time! We have some manatee up here in the Elizabeth River and the Chesapeake Bay! 🤗
Alfred I'm from st.louis Missouri, and outside of my friends and people I grew up around you are the only other person I have ever heard talk about the Spuds MacKenzie dog. Keep up the good work my man we watch your show all the time and will be boating to black point from Hampton Virginia
Come on Alfred it’s front wheel drive. The drive wheels are on dry pavement/concrete. Love your videos & videos of Miami. I have uncles & cousin’s that live there but haven’t been to Miami to see them since I was a kid. I’m late 50’s now. It’s on my list now that I’m retired & hope to meet you one day.
Love the show Alfred. But, for the record the "fin" protruding from the bottom is not a rudder, but rather a keel, specifically this type is a shoal keel. Normally there is also a center board that extends from this keel, which is dropped into place after the boat is in deep water. It's released from inside the cabin. Typically the keel is where all the ballast is (lead weight). This guy should really have a tongue extention on the trailer to be used whenever he's launching or recovering the boat. Here up north that's pretty standard, especially for any boat with a protruding keel. As for the outboard, it's normal for a sailboat to not have remote steering on it. Whether a sailboat has an inboard or outboard steering is done via the rudder. In this case he's got a tiller connected to his rudder. Other boats might have a helm (steering wheel) connected to the rudder. In either case the motor (inboard or outboard) points forward to provide propulsion. I'll bet that SUV has all wheel drive. The only slip up I saw was he should have had the aft rope fastened and in his wife's hand before backing in. But that's a minor issue. Cheers.
To be fair, he didn't mention where it was, so he _could_ have been referring to the rudder on purpose, but like you, I suspect he was talking about the keel and called it a rudder by mistake. He's not used to seeing sailboats at the boat launch.
@@donaldherman1741 nope definitely a QX60 Could be the J35 bc that's what they used to call it before they switched all models to a q or qx. Fx35 would not be recommended to tow with over 1500 lbs
@@mosquitoman3160 Oh I see you are right. Looking again It's a jx35. I didn't know the fx35 and jx35 where different cars. Of course they renamed them talk about confusing for everyone.
Sailboat captains and crew don’t make half the mistakes as motorboat types. It’s because the skill entry bar is set just a tad higher to sail a vessel that turn on the motor.
Yeah that car in the beginning with the sailboat, my soon to be ex wife has one and yes they are all wheel drive. But most of the SUV’s that size are front wheel drive or all wheel drive. And that formula right after that sailboat is a badass boat as well. Awesome awesome video again brother!! Keep up the badass work big man!!!
I have a soccer mom suv, closed bow runabout, my passengers are under 6 years old or disabled in wheelchairs and I always have to get into the water to retrieve. But i can launch solo dry. I don't know why the sailboat guy with the Infinity got so wet launching with help from 2/3 other people. Just back down and the helper pull the boat off and tie to the dock.
That Infiniti SUV have Virginia tags. It's a 3.5L V6 CVT AWD. Year of the vehicle is 2013 Model is JX35. This is how I figured it out. I ran the plate number and to me it look like it have Virginia plates (I'm from Washington D.C.) Then I took the VIN number and decode the VIN number that's how I got your information, lol
I ALWAYS chock my front left tire. And I have an AT tranny, 4wd with a good working E-brake. 07:28 Alfred... how long have you been around boats? Your commentary continues to amaze me. I'll leave it at that....
Do you ever wonder... when Alfred talks to people, & they know their ON camera, does it make them nervous about docking OR better at docking? (launching & retrieval)
Alfred, you seem to be hung up on wheels in the water. My setup required me to have my rear wheels in the water, mid-hub, in order to launch. Never an issue, ever. Maybe this ramp is different?
We have 3 separate currents here. One for incoming tide, one for outgoing tide and finally the last one is when they open the Flood Gates just inland from the ramps. Basically, after every rainfall in Cutler Bay, the open the Flood Gates at Low tide to allow the rainwater to flow down stream. When the Flood gates are open, it is close to 10 knots and also brings Garbage from Garbage cans that were knocked over during the Flooding. Also not far away is the waste management plant and they put treated water also in Cutler Bay.
I'm not a boater but i dont understand why all these expensive boats half of them dont seem to have bumpers or floats on the side to prevent scratching ?
