Well I'm on my second video and I just noticed these are 5 years old. It's so beautiful seeing the two of you go through life living your dreams. I have been to French Polynesia Tahiti and Bora Bora it's absolutely beautiful no other place like it. Steve Naples
They are super impressive boats. A true workhorse. It is definitely not as easy as living ashore but you pretty much get a Million Dollar view each and every day!
Worth noting if you are buying an older Island Packet is that the chainplates prior to 1996 are garbage and fail. Replace them. Immediately. Great video!
Thank you so much for the comment. I totally agree, you definitely have to change your chain plates if you haven’t if you have an Island Packet prior to 1996. I have heard and seen many disastrous stories about those. That is one of the only flaws that I have heard about for these yachts though.
Thank you for this video! As someone who is becoming obsessed with sailboats but has zero experience in sailing I really appreciate these type of videos, their facts and technical details. Hopefully one day I can sail the oceans too Thank you
Omg! And this is the real deal! Please connect with us any time. Mike and I have traveled across the Pacific Ocean and we are just regular people. You can do it!
Met een boot ben je nooit uitgeleerd, wat belangrijk is. Interesse in je grote liefde, en haar in goede staat houden is een vereiste voor veiligheid. ❤ Island packet 🎉😊
Just purchased a 2004 IP 37 from a one owner. There were 2 other brands I really wanted but they were on the east coast of the U.S. and I am on the west coast and it is very costly to get them here and no desire to go party in the Caribbean. The only thing major I am getting do is a bow thruster installed as I am a solo sailor. No pot smoking drunk drugys allow or want to pirates. Enjoy the solitude. Very good points you showed.
Geen twijfel mogelijk, de beste boot voor zijn prijs.als mogenlijk zou ik niet verder zoeken.doe ruim 60jaar aan watersport en professioneel. Zweedse deense noorse hollandse boten zijn goed maar de packet boten zijn excellent.
Great video! I’ve always loved the IP line and I make a point on visiting them at the Annapolis Sailboat shows! Some day I hope to be at a point to own one!!
Maybe you have done the trip by now. In 1995 we bought out IP32 in Seattle and "sailed" to Sitka and then on to Seward. We motored most of the way since we didn't want to constantly tack. Even across the gulf, it was smooth as glass for the 80-hour crossing. But, there are worse things to complain about.
Glad you enjoyed it. Yes, most ocean class boats have them, however you would be amazed at how many people have never seen them or let alone, used them in a practice setting. We really recommend it. Thanks again.
Bronze flange is the best.. OK but the feature of bonding to each other bla bla.. 7:50 what was the safety feature regarding a possible seacock leak.. "the Bing & the bong?"
There were multiple Island Packets shown in this video. Some were as small as 37' and others were as big as 52'. Ours is a 1996 37' Island Packet. We sold her to a great guy that now has her back down in Mexico and when the pandemic dies down, he is going to sail it across the Pacific as we did. That little boat goes and goes!
Depends upon where you are measuring from. I believe there were 13 layers of tri-axial (glass running in three different directions) fiberglass. I would estimate the bottom area is about 1.5 feet thick. Sailing in 20' confused seas with absolutely no worries.
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I totally agree. That is one of the design flaws that I hate. It's a total pain to have to climb out and around the helm all the time. When in port, we can take off the wheel and store it, but even that's a pain.
What (both of)you are seeing as a "bad design" is actualy a very clever safety feature! Small, tight, easily drained cockpit is what distinguish blue-water boats of marina queens 😉 Ah... and the big wheel also acts as a safety line, and prevents the captain to be thrown like ragdoll in case big wave poops over! If you don't like the sailors boats i.e. IPs, PSWs, Perry's, Crealock's etc etc, just pass over them and don't do stupid comments! There are more (ahem euro) brands that will catter your needs.
My not so “stupid” comment, as snarkily described by Mr. Stormtrooper, is that with a larger diameter wheel, you have more leverage to steer with less effort. A large wheel will allow the helmsman to move further outboard to inspect the water or under the sails. You should be able to reach the steering wheel from either side of the cockpit. Typically you sit on the high side of the boat when tacking. The name of the game is leverage, and it takes a lot of strength to turn such a big mass around once momentum has built up in a different direction. The huge steering wheel proves its worth in this situation.
Het grote wiel bevordert de mogelijkheid om aan de lage kant van de boot goed zicht te hebben.en dat klimmen valt toch wel mee? Anders stuurautomaat aan ,met afstandsbediening in de hand. Zelf had ik een inklapbaar wiel voor in de haven. Zeilen ( varen met een boot ) is een spel van beweging. Houd u jong voor jarenlang plezier ❤🎉😊.
We sailed down through Mexico, then across to French Polynesia and then to Hawaii and back to San Diego. That was the 10,500 nm. From Mexico to Nuku Hiva was 2,800 nm.
OK, makes sence on the total Nm. The video did say from Mexico to Tahiti. Anyway, great video. Will you do Reviews on the Hake Seaward 46 too? I Believe IP is making the Seawinds now.
Island Packet Yachts is making the Seaward 26RK and 32RK. They sold the mold for the Seaward 46RK and do not make that model. Island Packet is incorporating their IP style and feel to the new Seaward models. Great looking retractable keel boats (Seawards).
I have a few issues with your video, and with Island Packets. Glassed in stainless chainplates are very poor practice. Stainless does not do well when deprived of oxygen and this is how many masts are lost. The full keel and keel hung rudder are a hydrodynamic abomination from the 19th century and have no place on an ocean going boat. IP's are heavy, wide boats with poorly performing rigs and terrible keels and rudders. It's a recipe for abysmal sailing performance. Unfortunately that has safety implications. If you have to sail to safety in light air to windward then an IP isn't going to do well. I also have issues with items like the galley strap: the stove is the most dangerous item on any sailing boat and strapping yourself to a rocking stove holding a big pan of boiling water is downright stupid. Also how did you do 10,000 miles from Mexico to Tahiti? It was only about 4000 miles when I did it last.
Well, I’m not going to argue with you, because it sounds like you already have your mind made up and there’s no way I can possibly change your mind. However, the sailing performance on an island packet is good once you have your rum line set. Sure, it is not as fast as a lot of other boats but when you take into consideration that it is a full keel yacht with a protected rudder, it offsets the couple of knots not gained. I will agree with you on the stove. I actually had water off of the stove dump all over me, which wasn’t pleasant. Thank God it wasn’t scalding. As for the 10,000 nautical miles, add up sailing down the coast from San Diego up and down Mexico across the sea of Cortez down to Puerto Vallarta, over to French Polynesia, then up to Hawaii and then over to San Diego. What boats do you recommend then and what has a better safety record than Island Packet?
@@TheAdventureTravelers IP's are horribly compromised by their draught which is specifically for the US east coast and Bahamas. Many designers have good blue water cruising boats. Look at the designs by Schumacher and Dashew, Joe Adams, Graham Radford. So boats like a Sundeer 56, Kaufman 47, Hylas 46, Adams 45 & 54, Oyster lightwave 48. I have a Sundeer 60. Despite the length it is not a big boat. The rig is the same size as my previous 43 footer. We commonly do 200 miles a day with little drama or effort. It has two watertight bulkheads and only three through hulls, none of which are between the bulkheads. It has external exposed chainplates. It is built in excess of ABS and at 3x ABS in the relevant places. It is definitively safer than an IP.
Vaar 65jaar op klassieke tot moderne boten en schepen. Discussiëren over schoonheid en veiligheid hoort bij een zeeman. De grootste veiligheid ligt bij de bekwaamheid van de gebruiker. Hele veilige boten zien zinken ( inclusief ontwerper) op een zandbank 😢. Island packet bouwtechnisch excellent, kijk ook naar de prijs. Comfortabel ( is geen racer) maar cruiser. ❤😊
You are right. Not as roomy as a few other models, however it's comforting to know that you are in one of the safest boats out there. When we were in 20' seas and/or 50 knots of wind while crossing the Pacific, we didn't worry at all. Super rugged yacht.
So what you really meant to say here was there is nothing really unique about anything on this boat, except that it's built for rich people. My catalina 30 had everything but your anchor things. But it had a pin holding it down, so, nothing safer here...
Josef, well, we are really glad you like your Catalina 30 (a lot of people do). Your boat is a good boat, however, after years of research, we purchased our Island Packet because we know for a fact that our lives depended on our boat on our long passages. Yes, a Catalina 30 can make the same passage, however, when we were in 20 foot swells and gusts to 50+ knots, we felt VERY secure in our 20 year old Island Packet... and no, we are far from rich.
I didn't say the Catalina was safer, just that it has most of the stuff you mentioned. Catalina is not a bluewater boat. The 10 items you listed are not what make the IP safer. I couldn't find yours used under half a million dollars, so yeah, that's rich.
@@Josef_R Your Catalina has cables/pullies for steering, which broke on a Catalina I was on in one of my ASA courses. We had to break out the emergency tiller. Id never buy a Catalina for anything but bay cruising.
@@SOLDOZER I already said that's what it's for. But one item breaking on a boat you were on is meaningless. It happens on all boats, regardless of who made them and more importantly, depending on upkeep.
