This is hands down the best video I've seen on... well all of the topics discussed. I'm so tired of the boating community spewing so much outdated and inaccurate information. It's amazing how often you will see people telling someone they're going to die if they get X boat or don't get Y boat. IMHO, if it's seaworthy, and you enjoy sailing it, it's the perfect boat. I'm personally aiming at the "performance cruiser" catamaran as my goal. Something that is a happy medium of spaciousness/comfort and performance. I was originally not interested in daggerboards because I didn't want them sticking way up out of the deck when they are up, and didn't like the idea of sacrificing interior space, I have to admit, between captive enclosed daggerboards and their various advantages over standard cat minikeels, I'm starting to feel more and more like I want to go that direction.
Thank you so much for sharing your plans and for your kind words! My personal opinion is a lot of sailors would been much better of with a easy handling modern mass production yacht and just go out sailing instead of an old expensive upper fixer. Anyway I’m excited to hear about your catamaran!!! Performance is also comfort in terms of how a performance cat slice through the water. I’m jealous every time I’m out sailing with friends lucky to own a modern performance cat. Don’t worry to much about the space inside! Most of the time your outside anyway! Cheers 🍻
Great episode, with this fresh view on an old debate that never seems to end. But as you said it is a personal choice in the end. I liked all the effort you put in your videos, congrats. Cheers.
Thank you 🙏🏻This one is the most time consuming video I ever made so makes me really happy you noticed details. It’s always healthy to be sceptical and I’m no expert either. Cheers 🍻
Please make more videos like this one... I learned a lot. By the way, I think the rooster in the Frenchman boat it’s because it’s the símbol of France. But I,m Portuguese so I can be wrong. Best regards
Thank you 🙏🏻I’m happy you enjoyed and felt it gave you some value! Your totally right about the rooster I just used it wrong on purpose to make a point💪🏻 Cheers from Be Free 🍻
Splendid narrative, great to hear your thought process and explanations, I could listen forever - don’t hesitate to go into more tech details (ok I’m a nerd). Whish I had teachers like you when I studied naval architecture 😀 Keep it up and thanks for morsom hyggelig channel! 👍
Thank you so much for your kind words Sophia 🙏🏻 If you study naval architecture you went down the road I was considering when I was young. Most likely you know much more than me. Cheers from Be Free🍻
@@SailingwithThomas haha thanks Thomas dunno about knowledge, at least I know I’ve forgotten more than I can remember of right now 🤪 (there’s some hidden logic somewhere. Eventually.) Being a Jackie of all trades, now time to head out do some skiteacher stuff (it’s snowstorm here btw so might get cancelled 😬❄️ sorry braindump) thanks for sharing your dreamlife, cheers! 🍻
Thanks Thomas. Entertaining as always. Your view of Nowegian weather is the same as mine about UK gales and rain. I can't wait to leave it behind and live in shorts and tee. Good call on the snobbery surrounding the blue water yacht thing. A boat is a boat. If it suits you and your purpose then call it what you like.
Thank you Nick 🙏🏻 If you’re from UK its probably entertaining only listening to my pronunciation as well🤣 I’m with you in the climate thing. I’m designed for shorts🍻 Fun part is normally very rare I hear anything wrong from experienced sailors with the luxury owning big modern high end brands. Cheers 🍻
At last! A measured/balanced/ ‘informed by physics’ piece of work that makes sense and supported by sound engineering principles. Top job. Can’t wait to hear your take on sail plan for today’s sailor! 👌🏻
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 Sound is always a big challenge and almost as much work as putting the clips together😅 I’m happy someone noticing the effort. I’m gathering videos from different sailing to show how I sail my boat in future episode. All the best🍻
I live in a sea of corn in Iowa. I still love your videos and explanations. Maybe someday I'll live by the ocean? Looks like a great life you live...stay safe and free.
Nope. The man who starts selling items for boats at a reasonable price will become a broke man very quickly. You think boat stuff is expensive because of greed. But that is not true. It is expensive because of low volume. There just aren't that many boats compared to, say, cars or cell phones or computer monitors. There is no huge pent-up demand of billions of sales waiting for the price to drop on boat parts. Especially cruising boats.
What a relief to hear an objective , science based, view of yacht design. it has always amazed me how all these mass production yacht manufacturers survive the law suits when their keels and rudders fall off every five minutes. To hear the stories its so bad that if the separated keels and rudders floated it would almost be possible to walk to the Bahamas ;-) (just painted a target on my back :-)). Thankyou for adding balance to the debate, I owe you a beer for that...
Thank you for watching and your feedback. Thing happens with all yachts no matter brands. There have been issues with keels and rudders with premium yachts and with low end massproduction yachts. Im putting my head out here so guess my back has a nice target as well🤣💪🏻 But who wants to fight a Viking and his ship🤣 joke aside being objective is always difficult but tried hard to be so I’m happy most of you managed to see this. Thank you 🙏🏻
I have to disagree with you Sir, it was not boring. I learned a lot. Too bad I can not smell the Sea and taste the Salt like you Sir! :-) Beautiful Boat!
Thank you for watching 🙏🏻No need to call me Sir just say Thomas... I’m very casual. Imagine if it was possible to share the smell on RU-vid. Who knows one day some artificial reality video with smell and taste will be available. Not sure if it’s a good thing though... Take care and all the best! Cheers 🍻
@@SailingwithThomas Hello Thomas, thank you for you casual answer. ;-) And here I am naively thinking you would invite me on your Boat. :-) How do you say? May the Wind be always on your Side? We Landratten in Germany say Mast und Schotbruch but me too stupid to translate. :-)
wow! that was great. I have spent my life cruising in small boats. the smaller the better. the reason is I love cruising all the time and hate working in pointless jobs. I have never even thought of shopping in your price range. My boats cost the same as one of your winches. I agree that project boats are for people who prefer boat building rather than sailing and partying. I bought a 45ft wooden ketch once and ended up a victim of deep water marinas etc, never again. I would love to have your budget to choose such a fine yacht. I believe in the Moto, go small, go cheap but go NOW! I have seen so many people stuck on marinas for years until their boat is perfect. I get the best I can afford and fix it as I go or learn to live without things, like engines, lol.
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 It doesn’t really matter price or make or even size as long it’s classed for its purpose and well maintained. Enjoy and have fun! Cheers 🍻
Thanks again for a moment of your time, Thomas. You bring up excellent considerations that many other channels don't touch on. I appreciate your insight and experience.
Thank you 🙏🏻I’m happy you enjoyed this one as well. It’s sensitive topics and difficult to balance. I try as good as I can to be objective and honest. I’m a very lucky person had the opportunity to sail so many different boats and designs through my life.
Thank you for watching 🙏🏻 Not every video will be like this as it’s crazy lots of work. But planning on sail trim and how to use backstay tension in strong winds etc. Cheers 🍻
There is always compromise, regardless of budget. Your wants, your abilities, your plans all count. So even if you and I have similar plans, our optimum yacht could be very different. Which is very much in agreement with what you were saying. Still it is good to get other peoples opinions. I really like the way you repeated, that you were after a yacht for you.
Very informative and not boring at all. You covered a lot of points that I was unaware of. Technology has changed and it's good to know the pros and cons. Thanks for sharing.
A well presented and delivered summary of your boat buying choice. I particularly like your choice to only spend 50% of your cash on the boat and to keep the remainder in the bank for running costs etc. Some people spend too much on the initial purchase and don't maintain the boat. I hadn't thought about the practicalities of an aft cockpit, dinghy garage and swim platform, they make a lot of sense.
As you spoke about the reasons why you wanted a bluewater boat like you now have, I kept saying Yes, Yes! I am finally able to listen to someone that thinks much the same way as I but has more knowledge on the subject than me. Unless one is well off, finding such a boat that is affordable may be a challenge. Thank you for this episode and I hope you will make more talks about this subject!
Hey, hey Thomas. Just found your channel and I’m a new sub. I am a wannabe sailor and I found this video and your opinions and experiences absolutely outstanding! Be safe and fair winds.
It definitely takes balls and a strong mind to do what he is doing. And you should love nudles as well! Not much space for stocking up on things, but he proved my point 💪🏻👍🏻 All the best and cheers from Be Free 🍻
Thank you so much. Although you make your video as casual as it would appear, I find so much distilling knowledge packed into it that halfway through, I subscribed without hesitation - a first. You are brilliant. Thanks for sharing your deep knowledge so humbly.
Thomas you just taught me so much! You've also shown me that my own research has been valid. I came to the same conclusions that you have about many things, like what's more important to me about my boat (if I can ever afford one). I really appreciate your vlog, your humour is great and you're always informative. Not boring at all mate.
Thank you 🙏🏻 But please remember Im no expert! Only sharing my experience in my journey. Im glad you enjoy my dry humour🤣 Thank you for watching and cheers from Be Free🍻
I have been watching other sailing channels for yrs. and i have to say, your quite enjoyable as well as knowledgeable, and you are so correct in not defining what others should like. i am adding you and subscribing..i see a great journey ahead.
Hi Thomas, just came across your video and want to say thank you for sharing your knowledge, experience and input. Watching your video just broaden my views and options. I actually learned something today and that my friend is a good (no, scratch that) a great thing. Hope your journeys are safe.
Not boring at all.... .. Very interesting as I am (as an old bloke) looking to go cruising. Comfort is a biggie .. but I want to sail fast too. Access to the water for boarding and swimming is an important feature often over looked. I get the following sea stuff in storm conditions but as you say when most of the time is spent at anchor..........?? Great vid and would love more. Cheers
This was great, far from boring! I thought it was short and couldn’t believe it was already over! I’m going to check & see if you did the other one on your opinions for your own boat, rigging, etc.
Thank you so much for your inspiring and kind words 🙏🏻 Now and then I upload more technical videos and how I do things. Trying to be transparent in my experience and decisions. Thank you for being here! Cheers 🍻
Beard was a nice touch Thomas,could almost smell the salt and hear the seagulls. ...that was a joke. 😎. You may have mentioned it but was your boat brand/model. Thank you for expressing your views and experience so well
I'm loving all these details, your channel is one of a kind and you're ever so slightly broken English actually helps me to understand because I have to focus and make sure I catch what your saying lmfao Keep it up!
Ha ha🤣 Thank you 🙏🏻It’s sometimes a challenge to explain what I want because it’s not my first language. So I’m happy you can turn it into something positive! Love it🍻🍻🍻
No need to apologize, this was not boring but interesting. Would love to hear back how you can keep her up, heard bad numbers concerning part costs for bigger boats. Love you took your own decision based on your own thinking. Fair winds!
Thank you 🙏🏻In a year from now I will have enough data to make a trustworthy yearly running cost figure. After 5 years I guess the average will still be a lot but not as crazy as this year😅 I’m going to do a total refitting on all standing riggings...
I remember watching a Hobie Cat trying to make the narrow entrance to a marina with a mild following breeze. When the captain realized he was not going to make it, he tacked to a broad reach with intention to quickly tack again (a dogleg) into the opening. Apparently, broad reach was its best point of sailing, because that Cat launched forward as though a bolt from a crossbow and drove the prow of one hull into the space between two pilings before the captain could react. After some some effort he was able to get his boat unstuck, but I had never before seen such acceleration under sail. Impressive!
Very informative. I came to the same conclusion in my research. I settled on a 4-cabin Horstman trimaran. I get most of the upwind sailing capabilities of a monohull and most of the space and comfort of a catamaran. However, I had to spend some time and money in refit to bring it up to modern standards. Your conclusion is same as mine tho, 90% of a boats life is spent at rest. My boat is rock solid in an anchorage while the cockpit is bone dry during sailing in any storm.
Thank you Thomas. You made a number of very good and interesting points. I'm looking forward to the future subject videos. Some of the sailing channels I follow have experienced major mechanical and accident setbacks over the past year. Lightning, groundings, transducer failures with flooding, catamarans cracking in high seas and even an anchor falling overboard while underway (while still attached with chain). Really crazy stuff. No wonder the insurance rates are so high.
Thank you for your feedback 🙏🏻 Risk of something happening will always be there. It’s all about trying to minimise and one of the reasons I have my check list before leaving marina or anchorage. My check list have saved my ass at least three times. Last time before leaving marina in Grenada. I wish the insurance companies could have a better discount systems. But that’s another topic😅
Not boring at all! Maybe a little controversial but that is what makes it very interesting. I would like to hear a lot more about your thoughts. Thank you for this great video!
CONTROVERSIAL??? What is controversial is that people want or people talk or write about things like there are all these absolutes. They may has "custom yacht" or "blue water cruiser" - yet they are just guidelines or general concepts. I loved how he was showing "Tiki" as a custom yacht - and also his 10' sailboat when he was a kid as a "custom boat". What is controversial is all the controversy for nothing. It is like the GD Church of Woke Outrage and Fake Virtue took over one year (2019?) and they are only almost happy when you get canceled ... yet they are never really happy at all. It is only misery they love to inflict on the heretics, infidels and apostates of the world. You know, REAL humans! anyway, fair winds!
Not boring Thomas, great video! I've been looking forward to hearing your opinion. Good humour Well explained mate! The sounds you're using are excellent Keep up the great vids
Thank you so much for watching and for being here even without sailing your self. Guess it’s a bit nerdy sometimes but try to make it entertaining also for non sailors. All the best and cheers 🍻
Thank you for watching and for your kind comment🙏🏻 Twin rudders have been around for at least 1 if not 2 decades already. Even more conservative yacht builders do this now. All the best🍻
Thanks for this great video Thomas, really good tips and thoughts. looking forward to the next video. you really opened my eyes on a few things, cheers
Very informative, thank you! I will note in passing that bigger may be better, but bigger also = more work and repairs and maintenance and cost. We all make our choices. :)
I am interested in learning more of your decisions for the design and builder of your yacht, to include accessories like water maker, and skiff garage, etc. Very informative for us considering which style to choose.
So well researched and explained. Subbed instantly... After months of debating and leaning towards getting a catamaran, in one powerful video you have me considering monohulls too...!!
This is the first of your videos, I watched the whole thing, and now I am subscribing. I watch quite a fee S/V RU-vid channels, one thing I've learned is there are very few set in stone rules for sailing, outfitting and type of vessel, it's all about the sailor and what works for them.
Thomas, now who else would I learn from than your Norwegian Viking Heritage. And I certainly did digest so much information, (actually viewed this episode 3 times) just so my 70+ year old brain could compute most of it. Yes, Is so much for an armchair want to be sailor to learn and retain such knowledge. So now where to find someone to lend me a sailing dingy as a starter..LOL As always mate, another champion episode. Fair Winds & Happy Days. Next we'll learn all the deck duties. Cheers Thomas.
Thank you so much 🙏🏻 I’m really happy you enjoyed this episode and found it interesting. Inspiring to know. Thank you for being here and for watching my videos! All the best and cheers 🍻
Thanks for lots of practical information. Time well worthwhile enjoying what you have to offer. Not tits and smiles for a change. Very refreshing indeed. Don't get me wrong, a little T&A is enjoyed once and awhile. When at the right place and time.
"bigger balls than me!" Couldn't stop laughing!!! (I'm not yet finished watching your video but ALL you are sharing is EXACTLY what I need to think through as (Lord willing) I'll be purchasing a 55' + for solo sailing myself. Truly this is awesome information, especially for a newbie to this world...
