Reasons to buy a RACE BOAT for a CRUISING HOME
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- Reasons to buy a RACE BOAT for a CRUISING HOME
A lot of people are curious as to why we chose a race boat for a family cruiser.
They've been asking us things like what it’s like to sail, whether we can manage it just the two of us, how she behaves on a passage, what the costs are like.
We don’t have all the answers as we haven’t had the boat that long, but in this video we want to share with you what we’ve learnt so far.
In the last video we talked about the 5 biggest disadvantages of choosing a race boat for a cruiser. In this video we will share with you what we think are the 5 biggest advantages.
We aren’t the first to turn a race boat into a cruiser and we won’t be the last. For example, the Palmer family turned an 80ft whitbread yacht into the beautiful cruiser called Camara that you check out on their CZcams channel "Camara sailing". Then there’s the Duracell project which is Mike and his wife restoring the boat that American sailor Mike Plant raced in the first Vendee Globe in 1989. You can see more about them on their CZcams channel "The Duracell Project".
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Check out our refit series:
01 Can we turn an Open 66 race boat into a fast family cruiser?! • Can we turn an Open 66...
02 Quadrant glued to rudder post - how do we get it off without damaging everything??! • Quadrant glued to rudd...
03 How we removed our giant carbon fiber rudder with a hydraulic jack! • How we removed our gia...
04 Life in Fiji, CYCLONE SEASON is coming! • Life in Fiji, CYCLONE ...
05 CYCLONE CONTAINER strategy & Solo's ACCIDENT • Shipping CONTAINER CYC...
06 Boat cradle build • Boat cradle build | Ep 6
07 Building a bow BOAT CRADLE and DOG WHEELCHAIR
• Building a bow BOAT CR...
08 Santa came early this year - we can hardly CONTAIN ourselves! • Santa came early this ...
09 Just in time! We sit our race boat before the first cyclone alert • Just in time! We sit o...
10 BOAT TOUR of RACE BOAT INTERIOR REFIT - part 01 • BOAT TOUR of our RACE ...
11 BOAT TOUR of RACE BOAT INTERIOR REFIT - Part 02 • BOAT TOUR of our RACE ...
12 Vacuum pump setup for structural lamination • Vacuum pump setup for ...
13 Vacuum bagging a wet layup of carbon fiber • Vacuum bagging a wet l...
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Caio! We are Timo and Jo, an Italian and English couple with countless ocean miles under our belts, including sailing half way around the world from Europe to Fiji!
Last year we bought an Open 66 ft race sailing boat originally designed and built by the famous Hungarian sailor Nándor Fa, which he raced in the 1990 and 1992 Vendée Globe (round the world single handed race known as “the Everest of the seas”), becoming the first non-frenchman to finish the race.
We are currently in Fiji giving this old gladiator a new lease on life, transforming her from an ex race boat to a performance family cruiser, which we'll need to make both dog and baby proof! We’re planning to set sail again in Oct 2022, so with limited time&money we have plenty of challenges ahead to turn our dreams into reality&get back on the water!
Subscribe to our channel&track our progress as we release videos about our journey as well as "how to" videos about anything boat related.
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Wow, that's such a super aggressive, high performance boat for a cruiser, even more than Duracell, Camara, and the other examples of converted race boats I've seen. Just looking at the impressive hull form, low sleek freeboard, deep keel, and massive rigging, it's immediately obvious. Interesting.
Your videos are getting so good now Jo! Boat is looking amazing!
Thanks Mike 😊🙏
First time viewer. What a boat! Congratulations. Stunning. Who wouldn't want to crew on this beauty.
Thanks Greg great to hear from you, we definitely agree 😉
Love the video with your son as a baby and a toddler
Thanks Alan :)
Another great video! Good work especially with a refit going on and a new baby. Way to be motivated!
Thank you! Yeah life is definitely busy 🤣
Over here from the Duracell Project
Hey Philip thanks for watching, The Duracell guys rock 🤘
Will certainly follow your story
Great thanks Nicolas :)
Excellent video cannot wait to see NV when she finished ✔️
Cheers Mark! :)
That spinnaker with the bull logo was from Bill Koch's maxi boat Matador. It dates from 1980!
Wow very cool to hear! It’s our favourite sail! It’s still strong, so great to hear this kind of history! Have you seen any photos with the boat with that sail? We’d love to see them
@@SailingNV Google Bill Koch / Matador / maxi and you should be able to get a lot of information. Bill had a number of IOR maxi boats called Matador before he got involved in the America's Cup. Nearly all of them used that Picasso artwork of the bull on their spinnakers. Hard to believe a 40 year old spinnaker is still good. Glad it is. Hate to think what a new one costs!!!!
It looks like a blast sailing NV !!😄
It sure is 🤙
I love that Duracell boat.
Yeah great project 👍🏻
@@SailingNV I also subscribed to yours when I first saw it, I have always had a feeling that a racing boat would make a great cruiser.
@@RachaelSA thank you 😊🙏
Having sailed the refitted boat, I'd really be glad if you guys visited this topic again, and share your views from hindsight 🙂. I love your channel. I'm thinking of a race boat too.
Hey Edem, sure good idea! Will try to remember to do this 👍🏻
The hull of Camara is a very different hull as you can see, it's a perfect compromise (in my opinion anyway) of a good sea worthy hull with speed in mind, but also ocean crossing safety with comfortable sailing attributes. Whereas yours is basically an 18 foot skiff hull on steroids, with all the skiff sailing attributes like slamming hard to windward for example. Camara also makes very good use of it's huge size by having the cockpit right back in the stern which allows the use of all that interior for comfortable living space. Although there'd be nothing stopping you from opening your boat up like that, but it would be a ton of work and cash. Also who knows what it would do to it's sailing dynamics being it wasn't designed for that
Camara have done an amazing job, but we were looking for something different
@@SailingNV Well, you've got something on another level. I love your attitude and all your friends. Our son grew up on a boat and never went to school. He turned out very well balanced and not indoctrinated. He's 33 now. But hates boats!!!
New viewer! Love this channel. I was just about to buy a used race boat. Your video gave me very useful info on an engine that had been stood for 2 yrs. I’m still negotiating with the owner👏👏👏👏 by the way Project Duracell directed me here 👌
Hey Andy great to hear from you, what kind of race boat are you looking at? The Duracell guys rock 🤘
@@SailingNV oh nothing as big and beautiful as yours! It’s a Dehler 38. Needs lots of work and a good engine service by the look of it
@@badgersupdate we’d love to see some photos, stay in touch, good luck!
@@SailingNV will do. A mate of mine put the idea in my head he’s done it a few times. He bought one of Chay Blythe’s British Steel race boats and converted it to a sailing school boat. He eventually sold it but it’s now a Challenge Wales Yacht which takes disadvantaged teens on sailing expeditions from Cardiff. It might be an avenue for you to look at as a Charity? He also bought Tracy Edwards Maiden with a view to doing the same but that fell through.
@@badgersupdate good to have some inspiring friends! Yes we’d definitely be very interested in doing something similar… do you think we could contact him to ask for some advice about how to set the whole charity thing up?
Where does a person find an old racer? Seems a challenge but maybe the large diy boatyard in southern France would be a place to start???
Yes sure, you find them all over, but plenty in France for sure!
I've always been into doing this but I was put off from other sailors as I've not met anyone in my travels that would recommend converting a race boat into a cruiser. You need alot of spare cash that's for sure. I just settled for a 1.35T, 10m by 5m performance catamaran and I've converted this to a minimalistic cruiser instead, it will need reinforcing on all joins of the fibreglass which is important as its an open core 5mm thick boat which can break easily especially if its used in hard conditions which it has been, hell things break if its safe on the hard or in a marina (joys of boat life). I agree it's more fun and alot faster than an ordinary cruising boat which in turn makes things safer and more interesting. I really like your boat NV great job with it hope you enjoy, fair winds.
Thanks!!! Sorry for the late reply, we know what you mean! Good choice 👍
I’m not sure when you guys will see this but I’ve thought about doing this after seeing your channel.I’m not sure if I want to follow through as I have to think about a commitment this big through more thoroughly.one of the things that was touched on was fixing a racing boat is expensive because of how it was created with some parts that you can’t get readily available compared to other sailing vessels that aren’t racers and how you have to be careful because of weight displacement and what you can take on including yourselves and the last thing I want to do is get one,start work,get it fixed up to the way I like and sink it by being a fool and putting too much on their lol what’s most alluring though is the amount of room they can offer almost like an open floor plan for a house or apartment.it makes it look easy to refit for a cruiser with all that space,still on the fence on this though .i enjoy your content on here though
Hey Nick thanks for the message, have you seen a race boat you’re interested in? Have owned boats before and done much sailing? Yeah there’s a bit more to think about for a race boat compared to a normal cruiser but also some nice rewards in the end! Keep us in the loop with your plans, we’re interested to hear more and good luck
@@SailingNV 1984 Farr Model garret 40 GPR.i haven’t owned a sailboat before this’ll be my first one and one I want to live aboard on.live aboard slips are kind of hard to find around the puget sound especially around king county because of the homeless issue
@@SailingNV Nevermind after doin some digging it’s in worse shape than I can fix but I do have my eye out for other boats
Such an exciting boat compared to the ultra conservative boat preferences of many CZcams cruisers.
Thanks yeah she’s a bit different eh :)
Beautiful boat however almost a 14ft draft is way too much for a curiser , staying to far offshore to anchor is nuts in heavy waves . The keel should be changed out and engineered by a company like Mars Keels in Canada who are world known for doing such projects . I know someone who sent his keel there from Australia
Hey Chris thanks for the connection. Unfortunately changing the keel isn’t in our budget for now, but maybe one day! For now we have to enjoy her how she is :)
Next video Solo K9 and life on the ocean
Yep you’re right, definitely need a Solo update in the next vid!!
No vabbè sul condivaid mi sono iscritto. ; P
Grazie ;)
Haha grazie ;)
Lovely channel.I am new here too. i can't be patreaon. You know, i am a dog and i don't have money... I could give you some from my food.. buts its terrible idea. I can't!I I really want support you! If you ll have adds i will be wathcing them and click on them to supprt you! My parents hopes one day we will be doing the same as you. Actually, i will be gone beacouse i am already 12 years old but, i will be watching from above. Thank you again for this beautifull content.
Hi Rita! Great to hear from you, haha, thanks for the support we really appreciate it, if know anyone else that you think might enjoy the channel, it would help us out a lot if you could spread the word! thank you! Solo says woof!