We Found an Affordable Sailing Catamaran (Episode 1: Sailing 9 LIVES) 

your honesty is tremendous. can't wait to follow your travels.. great job w/ the channel...

I wanted to buy a Gemini in the mid 1990s but it was just outside my budget . So I settled on a Catalac Which had the same layout but was much heavier and had twin Yanmar diesels'. We sailed on this for four years from England down to the Mediterranean Sea . Visiting France Portugal Spain and much of the western Med , before returning to England via the French river and canal system (mast down). If you have half the enjoyment that we had you're in for a great adventure . Enjoy!

Great channel guys! Keep them coming! And thanks again for coming on the dive on the 28th near Myrtle Beach.

I just found your channel. You guys are really inspiring to me personally. Looking forward to your adventures. One day, very soon, I will be following your foot steps. Thank you. Good luck and happy sailing ❣

I will not mention the music as many people did already, and I’m happy to read the comments you gave to cut it down in future. I like yours personality and will continue to look at your adventures. Cheers

Pro tip...don’t play music while you’re talking. Best of luck pursuing your dreams!

Perfect boat for sailing around the Chesapeake Bay you are going to have a wonderful time.

These are the screws you need for your window #8 x 1-1/2 in. Phillips Flat Head Black Phosphate Sheet Metal Screw Thay will keep your plexiglass window from cracking as you tyutin the window down . Or you can buy the same screw that's a flat head that uses bolts to tying them down if the screws holes are through the saport structure.

That model with the outboard is easy to service and less problems then the new ones with diesels and the tanks for them always get gummed up. Thats why the outboards are so nice and always wonder why they stopped making them. I know they can cavitate in rough water sometimes. Shallow water these boats are great.

Great stuff guys . I was part owner with a 34 foot cat that was really a 31 foot with extended car hull to give more storage . The best advise for ocean sailing is repaired everything that needs repairing especially rudders even consider to beef them up . Replace rigging if its older than 10 years old and consider to replace with galvanised it is stronger than stainless steel . Fit a shower with 12 volt system to heat water . Most the time use a solar heated shower unit you can get from camping to shower on deck or inside the shower room to save on power demands . Put all the heavy gear in the Rear area of boat better tail heavy . These cats can't carry weight well at the front and running downwind can burry their noses so tail heavy is always best . bad weather don't run downwind bare poled or with sails ly hull or better still drogue chutes . If you have to run downing lots of ropes out the back to help keep the cat in straight route . In bad weather cats broach in millisecond far faster than the monohull and break rudders or centreboards if their down . Bad weather keep centreboards up or partially down if possible . If possible carry a spare rudder to replace broken rudder . Don't expect great speeds when fully loaded down with water food and gear for ocean cruising cats don't like weight . However when you get to your arrival point lighten up boat and watch some nice faster speeds . Get poles to pole out jibs much easier to have two jibs poled out going downwind than bother with main sails . Spinakers are for day use really . Consider to make a bow sprit to make a Genekar for later use . They are brilliant in light airs . get solar panels as many as you can fit and afford . They help the most . After that good battery like AGM or better LIFEPO4 lithium types but not cheap . Lean about SSB radio and get receiver to get forecasts at sea . Lots of great stuff on cat look the youtube Kittywake they had 26 foot cat for several years Bon Voyage

25k seems like a good deal. Decent electronics package including ssb & autopilot. Belated Congrats!

Tea for two the sky was yellow and the sun was blue. Good luck to you. Put out enough well scripted content and you'll find yourself in a $350,000 beauty in no time.

Well thanks for showing us the boat two inches at a time. Not even starting the engines etc.

Nice couples god bless u both

Bought the first boat I looked at too. Some of us are better at internet shopping than others? Or just lucky!

Loking forward to more videos, but please cut down on the use of music - on my system at least it was swamping the dialogue.

She is the greatest thing to ever happen in my life. -Duke

“And you can check the internet on that.” It checks out.

Beautiful boat. Congratulations

Generally you are way too close up. Viewer's face is stuck inches from the boat. We want to see what the boat looks like.....

I love the idea of an outboard motor rather than one in-board. Must be far easier to maintain or even replace. I started sailing a dinghy when I was in my teens on a lake not far from what is now called Harare in Zimbabwe. We used to hate motor boats with their wakes that made our dinghy really unstable. My Grandfather owned a catamaran, the Marmalade Cat. On the lake it had no cabin as the lake was for day sailing. I preferred then, the idea of a mono hull and still do!

Good luck to you both. Just slow the filming down a bit so we can see what you are talking about. Otherwise ,great.

I want to hear this broker say: You're gonna eat lightnin' and you're gonna crap thunder! (Mickey from the movie Rocky)

25k is a great deal. Looking forward to following your adventure

Cheers from San Francisco Bay! We're an age-gap couple too, only the other way. We just started looking at entry-level cats or large mono's. It's a rush to follow one's dreams. Safe travels!

You didnt even start the engine or check the oil, are there bilges?Batteries?

Not to shabby DILLY DILLY

where are you guys from ( rockland county for me ) prehaps ill see you on the river

Good luck guys!

Showing the interior of the catamaran the camera is too close to surfaces to understand what we are looking at......

Don’t go cheap on a boat. Buy quality. It’s as much about who you are buying the boat from as it is the boat itself. Make sure you get a really thorough inspection.

Excited to find you but please, that music is louder than both of you, struggle to hear, please take care when next editing. Thanks for sharing x

Background Music is a bit loud, difficult for me to unterstand you at times. Still nice video.

That was a Bad Deal. They got 25k more than I would have gave them. But I can't wait to see the Love ❤ you put into it and prove me wrong.

i am from Buenos Aires Argentina, I folling in love with gemini cat and i hope one day buy it good luck sorry about my english

Guys, Geminis are built to a price point. They are not for deep water, open ocean sailing and the boat and every system on the boat was done on the cheap Cheap CHEAP. If the boat was ever in charter service there has been no (zero) maintenance on anything. It fits the definition of a boat...A deep hole in the water into which you pour money. If you own this boat you should plan on spending another 20 to 30 grand on electronics, rigging and repairs. I hope you are willing to spend a year on the hard fixing it...and you should be very handy with tools.

Love the drunk driving ;_) Looking forward to following you.

I was up in Barnaget Lighthouse last weekend. I'm from Burlington Co.

Best wishes !! 😊✨🥂👍👌⛵️⚓️🍷✨

Hi guys just found you. I must mention that you might want to get yourself a better microphone cos that will limit your channel. Didnt catch the price?

Straws are a terrible polluter of the oceans. Jsyk.

I'm sorry. I really wanted to watch this, but she speaks softly, there was huge slap-echo in the room, you didn't have enough gain in audio recording... and the coup de gras - you laid a pleasant but distracting music line over the entire conversation. Even with headphones, I was working too hard to continue this. Maybe next time. P.S. - Bet I know what some of those thumbs down were.

Yes sorry but voices are very tiny quiet and then the background music is in the foreground and too loud

That was a Bruce anchor not a plough anchor

What is the boat length?

$25,000?! I would have totally bought that for $25,000. I am looking at similar cats (some Geminis) for $60,000.

Lose the music can't hear a word you are saying.

Between the background noise and the music unable to hear what you are saying .

is this a blue water cat?

May take some flack for this. But the first thing you should do is get rid of the plastic straws. Save the Turtles.

need some shoes strings also lol

No way, wouldn’t think of buying this boat, life depends on seaworthiness, a good survey is essential.

music too loud vs audio

Stop the damn music while you arer talking please......

I like to find new sailboat channel on RU-vid. And this is episode one. And the FIRST thing I see is a Patreon logo. Wtf. Do you really think,- how I’m going to make some money. Ye, I start a RU-vid channel. It’s a no no for me.

25k for a starter boat is a good deal... You will definitely get a 100% return when you upgrade to your new 80' Super Cat... She looks like she's built for speed... ... The Cat does too...

No music, and lose the echo.

shes your daughter right?

I'm having a hard time believing you paid only $25K.

If you search : catamaran instead of " cat " google will show you catamarans not cats

need to work on camera, zoom out bro

Please, please, please get rid of that background music.

Camera dizzyness , drunk now..

You have a hollow tone to your speaking and the background music is competing with you. Stop the music when you want us to hear you. Looking forward to following you on line..The best to you... The Old Timer

It's obvious you aren't pros at making videos but you can improve quickly. The music is too loud and your camera microphone is picking up an echo from the large room you are in. Get a better external Mic. If you're using a GoPro it can be mounted on it. Dude you're dressed quite bad too especially the boots/sneakers. All of this distracts people from your story which is why I hit play.

You should definitely not let your daughter buy this boat

Someone stole the laces from your boots???

i cant berly her you gyes the musik to lout .. but lokking forwort to se you gyes nye videos

Yes, she is a cute young woman and yeah there is a little bit of a gap as you said in the begining, so how did the two of you meet? Really, none of that matters after she is an adult, and is of sound mind, (not on a drunkin whim) If you are what, Floats her boat, then whos to have a damn thing to say about it? I say, good on ya Duke, you lucky dog.! The best of luck to both of you, and maybe we'll see you in the "blow" one day! She's a l9vely Cat, and I hope she serves you well, I'm talking about the boat now😼👍🍀😸The only thing i csn think of mentioning is, if you haven't taken a boating safety coarse i would suggest that for the both of you. It may not seem important, but in an emergency, how could she possibly know the first thing to do it for instance if you were sailing along at seven or eight knots and she went into the head for a powder and you went aft for a pee and slipt on a rope laying on a step, and in the drink you went, and because you ywo were having such s great time you had the music up loudand sje wasn't feeling rushed, she didnt return until ten minutes later, because she was getting a little bit hungry and stopped in the galley after her powder, well mate, I don't think she is going to know the first thing about what to do to find you, and you do the msth my friend how far do you think she has traveled at seven knots for ten or fifteen minutes? Both of you nerd to understand hoe to recover a man overboard and how to promptly bring that vessel about and get the wind off her sails in an instant. And make a note of your gps. Location so you can get some help to assist you if the other can't locate you straight away. Its a tragic mistake new boaters make when they get into a grand new adventure like decixing to become off grid cruisers. Don't either one of you make that mistake. Take care of each other so you have beautiful stories to tail around campfites on the beach. Open the hatch on top of your heads and stock pile as much info as you can muster in before you sail. Til next time my friends, norcalsaltydog

STEAL!!!! Good luck!

its gunna be fun, audios shit but youll get that sorted.

Please take your camera out of zoom...

I gotta say this was the scariest video I’ve ever seen on U-Tube I see its a year old and I’m going to have to watch more.. it’s a cringe worthy video!

I'm confused. She's way better looking than him, so I would assume he's rich enough to buy a better boat?

I hate background music can't hear shit they say...

Stop te fkin music!!!!!!!!

damn u goin on a trip with ur daughter

Learn how to shoot and record audio

Keep looking

Money pit

Can't follow this video through. Unnecessary music noise . Too much interference . Horrible video👎👎👎

Playing music oner your narration sucks. I have a hard time understanding you. It makes a vidio that I would probably find interesting verry annoying. Dan R

waste of my time watching the video