PassageBoats indexes sailing videos where specific boats are discussed, and deep-links to the exact timestamp. Excerpts are drawn from video transcripts, cleaned of caption errors, and boat names are verified against the database. Where a boat has a review here, the same reference also appears in the Video Reviews tab of that boat's page. Mentions of boats not yet in the database are kept too: they are candidates for future coverage. Videos showing repair work are tagged with the system being worked on, so they serve two readers at once: owners planning the same job, and buyers learning what tends to fail on these boats.
Indexed channels
Sailing Zingaro@BeTheCaptain
James, author of 'Be the Captain'. Buyer-focused reviews of used offshore boats; frequent designer/builder interviews. First channel targeted for the video reference framework (user request, 2026-07-05).
Lady K Sailing@LadyKSailing
Tim's boat-review channel focused on affordable bluewater cruisers; frequent single-boat deep dives with market listings. Videos sourced from the user's curated review list.
Jakob Lang Sailing@jakoblangsailing
Solo circumnavigation vlog aboard a Dehler Optima 92. Valuable for real refit and repair footage on an older production boat; first repair-tagged video in the index (user request, 2026-07-05).
Sailing Triteia@SailorJames
James, slowly circumnavigating solo aboard SV Triteia, a 1965 Alberg 30, departed Los Angeles. Long-form refit and repair documentation on a catalog boat; added to the YouTubers' Boats list (user request, 2026-07-05).
Practical Sailor@practical-sailor
YouTube arm of the 50+ year independent boat and gear testing publication Practical Sailor. Single-boat profile videos with an editorial, testing-house voice. Added to the video reference framework (user request, 2026-07-11).
He's Built 400 Boats. The Cheap Used Sailboats He'd Buy in 2026
Sailing Zingaro · builder interview · 47 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 22:33 | Valiant 40 | recommends | Discussing a nonstop circuit of the Americas through the Northwest Passage and around Cape Horn: "I had a friend who did it on a Valiant 40, and I thought that was still pretty crazy. Crazy and brave." |
| ▶ 25:42 | Valiant 42 | discusses | Buyer's tip from the builder: "I heard from Valiant when I was talking to them about a Valiant 42: do not touch the keel bolts on our boats. They're put on with a huge breaker bar and it galls the bolt to the nut... that's the way it should be, in tension. You shouldn't be dropping the keel without a reason." |
| ▶ 28:16 | Tartan 37 | recommends | "The Tartan 37 is a great boat... the early Tartans, fantastic - the designs, all of them, and a great cockpit. I would take a Tartan over the earlier Sabres." |
| ▶ 22:47 | Albin Vega 27 | recommends | "Brad went around the world twice, solo, on an Albin Vega 27." The host's family also lived aboard one in Saint John. |
| ▶ 21:07 | Tartan 34 (1972)not yet in database | recommends | "One of my favorite boats I ever owned was a '72 Tartan 34... they perform well, they're built well. The boat I bought had been around the world twice. Great sailing boat - a bit of weather helm, a little overpowered in the sail plan forward, but the early Tartans: fantastic." |
| ▶ 15:31 | Bristol Yachts (brand)brand · 8 boats in database | recommends | "If I were going to look for a boat and I had a limited budget: Gulfstar and Bristol - particularly Bristol Yachts. Bristols are fantastic, beautiful boats... the Bristol 35 is a really comfortable boat for its size and actually a good performing boat. In the mid-30 to mid-40-foot range, Bristols are really well built boats." |
| ▶ 16:55 | Pacific Seacraft (early models)brand · 9 boats in database | recommends | "Like the old, original Pacific Seacrafts - also very good... all double-enders, all great offshore boats." |
My Pick for the BEST Offshore Boat at $80K
Sailing Zingaro · buyer's shortlist · 26 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 2:40 | Corbin 39 | recommends | "The Corbin 39 is a great boat. It should be on your short list if you like double-enders... well-built, very well-founded boats... if you find a good one, this is a tank with sails. Word of warning: some of them are owner-finished, so look very closely." |
| ▶ 10:17 | Valiant 40 | recommends | "One of my favorites... a Bob Perry boat, kind of the first performance cruiser. They sail very well, they're very seakindly, very nice offshore boats... way big for a 40-footer, and they carry that headroom throughout." |
| ▶ 24:11 | Wauquiez Pretorien 35 | discusses | "It's a great boat - it checks off all the boxes. It's just small. Some of these are sold as 40s because measured from bow roller to stern it's 40 feet, but really it's a 35-foot boat... other than that, this is a great offshore boat." |
| ▶ 5:09 | Shannon 38not yet in database | recommends | "A true bluewater cruiser with a cult-like following... this thing's going to be a tank... made famous by Beth Leonard, who wrote The Voyager's Handbook and went around the world on one." |
| ▶ 7:19 | Hallberg-Rassy 41not yet in database | recommends | "I really like their boats, especially in this era... modified full keel, skeg-hung rudder... ballast/displacement of 38 and displacement/length of 244 - checks all the boxes." |
| ▶ 9:14 | Najad 390not yet in database | recommends | "The Najad, the Malo and the Hallberg-Rassy are all built in Sweden, and you just know you're on a Swedish boat when you go into it... a lot of forefoot to it, looks like it can take a beating. Many came with deck-stepped masts, so be aware of what you're getting." |
| ▶ 13:27 | C&C Landfall 40not yet in database | discusses | "Often overlooked and often underpriced... a good boat to keep on your short list. It's only got a half-skeg, so the rudder isn't really protected - no boat checks every single box." |
| ▶ 14:45 | Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 40 DSnot yet in database | discusses | "Great cruising boats for somebody cruising the Caribbean or a downwind Atlantic crossing... but a deal breaker for me is the horrendously exposed rudder, and it's right on the edge of my bluewater numbers. Not the boat for pounding upwind or high latitudes." |
| ▶ 17:26 | Tayana 42not yet in database | recommends | "The very famous Tayana 42... a big fat skeg and a big fat keel - you can beat these to death and they just keep going. It'll heave to well, it's a cutter, it's balanced really well. They just drew a really nice boat, and that's why it's so famous offshore." |
| ▶ 19:38 | Caliber 40 LRCnot yet in database | warns | "Quoted by Bob Perry as having the keel too far aft, which shifts the center of lateral resistance aft - a boat that's very difficult to balance in a seaway. Good boats for coastal cruising, but not good boats for offshore. The bigger LRC by a different designer doesn't have this problem." |
| ▶ 20:32 | Morgan Out Island 41not yet in database | warns | "I used to own one. This boat was built for the charter trade in the Bahamas... the earlier versions with the full keel and shallow draft - it doesn't really do anything well. Later Catalina-era versions with the reshaped keel sail a lot better." |
| ▶ 21:34 | Hunter 45not yet in database | warns | "I saw a Hunter that had been sailed from Seattle to Hawaii to Tahiti, and it twisted - both teak rails were split in half... you get what you pay for. This is not an offshore boat. Hands down, a dead no-go for me." |
| ▶ 22:45 | Formosa 41not yet in database | warns | "It looks strong and it's built strong... everything about this boat screams old-world charm. Problem is they're fat, slow, the bottom profile is not that great, they don't sail well and they're uncomfortable... I've only seen one of these boats go far, and it was totally messed up when it came into port." |
Valiant 40 Sailboat | The Legendary Bluewater Cruiser Changed Offshore Sailing Ep 352
Lady K Sailing · single-boat review · 10 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 8:15 | Valiant 40 | recommends | "It's not glamorous. It's not trendy. It just works. And in the world of blue water sailing, 'just works' is about the highest praise that a boat can get." |
| ▶ 5:30 | Valiant 40 | discusses | Known-issue reminder: "In the late '70s, some of the boats built by Uniflite suffered from a hull blistering problem, traced back to a fire-retardant resin in the layup. Many have since been repaired, but it's something you absolutely want to ask about - a good survey will tell you whether the boat has been through the blister wars." |
Westsail 32 Shipmaster Review | The Legendary Bluewater Cruiser Explained - ep 350
Lady K Sailing · single-boat review · 10 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 3:20 | Westsail 32 | recommends | "The Westsail 32 has a reputation for being a passage maker. It'll track straight, it doesn't get knocked around easily, and it has one of the highest comfort ratios of any production sailboat of this size. Translation: when the seas get ugly, you'll be sipping coffee in the cockpit while faster boats are getting hammered by waves." |
Hans Christian - Is This The Best Cruising Boat - Ep 171
Lady K Sailing · single-boat review · 15 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 12:12 | Hans Christian 33 | recommends | "What you might find instead is the baby sister, the Hans Christian 33... commissioned in 1979, so it's a lot more modern than her big sisters... penned by legendary designer Harwood Ives. The 33 was a big success and really deserves its own [episode]." |
Hans Christian 43T is NOT for Everyone
Lady K Sailing · single-boat review · 12 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 0:30 | Hans Christian 43Tnot yet in database | discusses | "If you're a certain kind of sailor, this thing is basically a floating cathedral: heavy displacement, cutter rig, long keel, canoe stern, tiny offshore cockpit, bronze ports, proper bulwarks... The real question was not whether it's a good boat - it's a Hans Christian, of course it's a good boat - but whether one of the most romantic, salty, serious bluewater boats ever built is also wrong for you." |
Is YOUR boat BLUE WATER?? Hallberg-Rassy - Episode 121
Lady K Sailing · brand deep dive · 15 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 3:57 | Hallberg-Rassy 35 Rasmus | recommends | "One of my favorite boats of all time, the Rasmus 35: a center-cockpit, full-keel boat... way ahead of its time, with a solid engine, a hard windshield, and a center cockpit." |
Gemini 105MC Review: The Affordable Cruising Catamaran That Actually Delivers! Ep 335
Lady K Sailing · single-boat review · 10 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 8:00 | Gemini 105MC | recommends | "A boat that won't break the bank, that's easy to handle, that opens up new cruising grounds with just that 14-foot beam - the 105 deserves a spot on your list." |
RIDICULOUS PRICE Island Packet 45 WOW! World Cruising Sailboat for Under $200k - Ep 317
Lady K Sailing · listing review · 10 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 0:35 | Island Packet 45not yet in database | discusses | "Before we even get into this boat there is a huge gotcha: before sometime in late 1998, Island Packet was making chainplates from 304 stainless embedded in the glass bulwarks, and they were rotting fast. After that they switched to 316. If the boat was made before the switch, it may be due for a $2,000 chainplate job." |
TOP 3 Small Sailboats You Can Sail AROUND THE WORLD! Ep 331
Lady K Sailing · shortlist · 12 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 1:39 | Baba 30 | recommends | "The Baba 30 is known more for its ability to endure long passages than for its ability to be a race car. It's not a racer, but a reliable and forgiving cruiser - it'll take care of you." |
| ▶ 5:33 | Alberg 30 | recommends | "The small oceangoer, the Alberg 30... designed by Carl Alberg back in 1962. The Alberg 30 evokes the golden age of sailboat design and remains a standout choice - you can pick one up for [around twenty] grand." |
| ▶ 10:07 | Bristol Channel Cutter 28 | recommends | "Maybe the fan favorite today, the mighty Bristol Channel Cutter... a legendary bluewater cruiser designed by Lyle Hess, with traditional lines, robust construction, and an uncompromising [focus on seaworthiness]. From 10 to 20 grand for a not-so-good one to upwards of 100 grand for an excellent example." |
$150,000 Sailboat - Ep 203
Lady K Sailing · single-boat review · 15 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 3:03 | Gozzard 31not yet in database | recommends | "You'd be crazy not to be thinking Island Packet... but what if you just don't want an Island Packet? This is a Gozzard 31 - add the bowsprit and it's actually 36 feet. Ted Gozzard's sole purpose seemed to be to take Island Packet down a notch or two... everything about this boat is overbuilt." |
A CHEAP Bluewater Cruiser Built in Taiwan? Ep 289
Lady K Sailing · single-boat review · 10 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 0:50 | Mason 44not yet in database | recommends | "With a market full of Beneteaus it can be hard to single out a boat to cross the ocean on - and then boom, the Mason 44 showed up... In the 60s and 70s, Taiwanese workers did amazing woodwork and made fiberglass hulls better than just about anywhere else in the world." |
Taswell: The Secret Bluewater Yacht Built Like an Oyster
Lady K Sailing · single-boat review · 10 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 1:10 | Taswell 56not yet in database | recommends | "If you want a real-world cruising sailboat built out of actual offshore DNA and not fancy marketing slogans, you end up in a very small and very expensive corner of the market - boats like an Oyster 56... [the Taswell is] the secret bluewater yacht built like an Oyster." |
Do NOT Buy - Prout 34 Bluewater Catamaran - Ep 351
Lady K Sailing · listing warning · 10 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 7:20 | Prout 34not yet in database | warns | "This cat won't be getting you places faster than everybody else - all she's really going to give you is more space than a monohull of the same size. With the boat for sale now, I think you'd spend the first year of ownership fixing water intrusion and leaks around the windows and hatches." |
Robert Perry: The Greatest Cruising Boat Designer? | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · designer retrospective · 73 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 11:17 | Valiant 40 | recommends | "The first Valiant 40 was 1973... they have an external lead bolted keel, and they revolutionized performance cruising. Before this boat you could either get a racing yacht - fin keel, spade rudder, very fast - or the [heavy] cruiser." |
| ▶ 23:37 | Tayana 37 | recommends | "The Tayana 37 is a little bit different: it has a long keel - Perry went back to his Alberg roots, building something indestructible, but he cut away the forefoot so it points better than an older design... and it is huge inside." |
| ▶ 53:54 | Baba 35 | discusses | "The Ta Shing Baba 35 - they make a Baba 40 as well. A lot of these had teak decks... butterfly hatch, beautiful, quintessential old-world cool - [and they] leak like a sieve. You can almost never keep these things from leaking, so be careful." |
| ▶ 43:49 | Passport 40 | recommends | "Passport 40 - really famous boat, also a Perry design. They made a Passport 40 and then stretched it out to a 47. These ones have encapsulated lead keels." |
Is This The End? - The Brutal Reality of Sailing Solo Around The World
Jakob Lang Sailing · repair log · 26 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 1:36 | Dehler Optima 92creator's boat | repairs⚙ hull windows | Full hull-window rebuild in Tenerife: "I had a leakage on that hull window since Europe... the whole window is delaminated. Water was coming into the fiberglass behind the window. That window is screwed onto a stainless steel frame and that one is laminated into the hull, and that has delaminated. So I have to take the whole window out, grind the old fiberglass off, and laminate that frame into the hull again." He replaces all six original hull windows with the later clamp-on style and relaminates the openings with roughly 15 layers of fiberglass. |
| ▶ 7:38 | Dehler Optima 92creator's boat | warns⚙ hull windows | "The original hull windows on the Optima 92 are a known weak point and we wanted to deal with it before the ocean. But the laminated aluminum frames wouldn't budge, so we gave up and moved on. That decision is now catching up with me." He ends up shipping all six replacement windows from Austria to Tenerife mid-voyage. |
WHY WOULD SOMEONE DO A $46,000 REFIT ON A 61 YEAR OLD 30FT BOAT???????
Sailing Triteia · refit cost breakdown · 66 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 0:52 | Alberg 30 | discusses | Full cost breakdown of keeping a 1965 hull ocean-ready: "We're going to first go over what I spent on my mid-circumnavigation refit, which was really extensive. I end up spending $46,000 to refit a 61-year-old 30-foot yacht." |
| ▶ 19:50 | Alberg 30 | repairs⚙ rudder | The original 1965 wooden rudder, damaged on the way to Hawaii in 2021, finally gets replaced: "I had to build a whole new rudder. I didn't feel safe taking the old wooden rudder across the Indian Ocean." The build (fiberglass layup over stainless parts) is documented across several videos on the channel. |
| ▶ 23:32 | Alberg 30 | repairs⚙ engine | Repower after the old diesel lost compression: "We found a Beta Marine Beta 20 engine in Australia, which we had shipped in. Buying the engine and the different parts that needed to go with it and shipping ended up costing $16,000 alone... new fuel tank, all new hoses, all new exhaust system." |
| ▶ 48:52 | Alberg 30 | repairs⚙ standing rigging | "In 2021 I replaced all the standing rigging on Triteia, plus all Sta-Lok fittings and the swage for the top of the roller furler. All of that cost me $1,200. But I did the work myself... which will last me 10 years." |
The Best Canadian Sailboat You've Never Heard Of | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · single-boat review · 81 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 1:20 | Gozzard 44brand · 0 boats in database | recommends | "I think this is one of the best values on the market right now and these boats are crafted by hand. They're underutilized, they're not very known, because this company has never sold out." |
| ▶ 37:52 | Gozzard 44brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ mainsheet traveler | "This is one of the things I don't like about Gozzards... I don't like any boat that has a track or the main sheet going right in the middle of the cockpit. It's just the worst place to put the main sail track." |
| ▶ 63:37 | Formosa (brand)brand · 0 boats in database | warns | "I'm not a fan of Formosas, from the whole shape - they sail like turds. They're kind of pigs, in my opinion. They're very pretty boats." |
| ▶ 65:28 | Vagabond 47brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ teak decks | "Here's a Vagabond 47 for 55,000 euro with a full cover on it. It's a pretty boat. I think if it has a teak deck, I wouldn't buy it. They have a lot of teak inside." |
| ▶ 67:00 | Malo 106brand · 0 boats in database | recommends | "I love Malo's, they're beautiful boats... it's a 35-ft boat with a 28-ft waterline, a 7-ton boat with a 2 and a half ton keel - about 37% ballast ratio... so all the numbers click right for me." |
| ▶ 68:36 | Kanter (brand)brand · 0 boats in database | recommends | "Kanter is great... they made a lot of aluminum boats, expedition style boats, a lot of gear... almost all of them have like 2in of insulation for going into the ice... they're badass, but you better be able to pay for them." |
A Near-New Catamaran for €100K. I'd Still Walk Away. | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · brand deep dive · 74 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 5:32 | Lagoon catamarans (brand)brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ rudder / propeller layout | "This is one of the only sailboats in the world that has the rudder in front of the propeller... every single boat in the world has the rudder behind the propeller. Now Lagoon doesn't... if you lose a motor, you cannot maneuver this boat." |
| ▶ 20:15 | Lagoon catamarans (brand)brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ mast step / bulkhead | "The mast is deck-stepped... on the 440s/450s the compression post wasn't a post, it was just the bulkhead, 5/8 ply, and when the mast compressed onto it, it was buckling... Lagoon's response: they offered to inspect the forward bulkhead at no cost, and if cracked, repair it by sandwiching the fractured section, sistering in another piece." |
| ▶ 35:43 | Outremer 55brand · 0 boats in database | recommends | "If you guys want to see my favorite catamaran, it's the Outremer 55... it's not cheap, this is a $2 million catamaran, but the exterior and interior kind of mold together well. They designed the hell out of this boat." |
| ▶ 43:24 | Bluewater 56brand · 0 boats in database | recommends | "I'm partial to the Bluewater, honestly... it's got a 60% skeg... I think that this boat would handle the big seas, they can take a punch a lot better than that Garcia would." |
| ▶ 46:49 | Bavaria 60brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ bulkhead | "We did the North Atlantic crossing on the Bavaria 60... the whole front bulkhead delaminated - they put a hatch in it and the whole thing delaminated from the plywood and it was just pissing water into the boat. It cost the owner like 25 grand." |
| ▶ 41:03 | Garcia 60brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | "All these metal boats, this bottom profile is just crazy, it just doesn't seem like they'd handle rough seas that well... I don't like the really wide sterns... I don't think you can make a blanket statement that every single boat needs an encapsulated keel [instead of the Garcia's swing keel]." |
DEAL or DISASTER: YachtWorld's Wildest Listings | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · listing review · 74 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 5:51 | Tayana Vancouver 42 | recommends | "You're getting a pretty damn good boat for 100 grand, for 95 grand. This is a great boat. Very, very blue water ready." |
| ▶ 2:09 | Tayana Vancouver 42 | warns⚙ hull blisters⚙ teak deck core | "There is a blister risk on these... 79 to 84, maybe [is the risk window]. They used isophthalic gelcoat after 1985... these boats are called leaky teakies for a reason." |
| ▶ 58:47 | Valiant 40 | discusses | "When Bob Perry designed the Valiant 40, the guy that built the boat decided to move the mold 12in forward of the keel... it made the boat have too much weather helm... he ended up adding a bowsprit to balance the sail plan - the birth of the modern racer cruiser was the Valiant 40." |
| ▶ 48:57 | Pearson 35 | discusses⚙ steering | "Sailing Uma has a Pearson, I think a 35-footer... this boat has worm gear steering... it's a rack and pinion worm gear that is super beefy and goes right onto the shaft of the rudder, so it basically cannot be destroyed." |
| ▶ 55:27 | Hallberg-Rassy 39brand · 3 boats in database | recommends | "You know who makes a good 39-ft boat is Hallberg-Rassy. My buddy's got a Hallberg-Rassy 39... he single-hands this thing all over hell. Beautiful boat. Good sailor. I really appreciate the factory hardtop on these boats." |
| ▶ 57:16 | Pacific Seacraft 40 | warns | "A couple of boats you got to watch out for are the Pacific Seacraft style boats... a 40-ft Pacific Seacraft feels like a 37-ft Pacific Seacraft. They just don't have the interior volume, especially if you're taller." |
The Best Affordable Sailboats Nobody Talks About (With Kyle Jachney) | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · builder interview · 26 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 5:03 | Hylas 44 | recommends | Kyle Jachney (Bluewater Yachts, ex-Hylas): "I think it was '84, '85, Practical Sailor had the Hylas 44 as their boat of the year. My dad liked the look of it." |
| ▶ 5:18 | Stevens Hylas 47 | discusses | Kyle Jachney: "Stevens Yacht Charters out of Nanny Cay contracted for that design with S&S... it was originally the Stevens 47, which became the Hylas 47, which then my father redesigned into the 49. That was the original 47. It's still a great boat, man." |
| ▶ 9:33 | Bristol 35.5 | recommends | Kyle Jachney: "Would you buy a Bristol today? Oh, sure... for a smaller size, the Bristol 35 was a great boat... it is a tank, but it's also a great club racer, actually surprisingly nimble... it's a comfortable boat." |
| ▶ 21:48 | Morgan 46brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | Kyle Jachney: "We had a Morgan 46 for 14 years. It had four cabins and a bathtub, a walk-in engine room... the thing was massive, but it just didn't go upwind - a lot of those boats back then didn't, because they had longer keels, very few modified fin keels." |
| ▶ 24:44 | Gulfstar (brand)brand · 0 boats in database | recommends | Kyle Jachney: "The strongest of those boats, and probably the best overall if you're going to go offshore, I'd go Gulfstar first, Morgan close second, and then a distant third is Irwin, then Endeavor. Gulfstars were better boats, they had a few aft cockpit designs." |
| ▶ 11:51 | Sabre (brand)brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | Kyle Jachney: "We put in the 362s, the new Jim Taylor designed 362s. The 36s and 38s were great boats, Jim Taylor redesigned those with a bit more performance in them... Sabre, wonderful boats. But unfortunately they started to realize there was real money in the power boat side, so they eventually moved away." |
The Perfect Bluewater Sailboat You'll Never See | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · single-boat review · 82 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 45:49 | Hans Christian 38 Mk II | recommends | "I think it is the perfect boat for somebody that's, you know, maybe just a couple that wants to go cruising and they want to get a boat for a hundred grand or 130 grand... a slab reefing main cutter mast head rig is like the best boat in my opinion." |
| ▶ 11:34 | Hans Christian 38 Mk II | warns⚙ mast step | "A lot of the times on these Hans Christians, there'll be a piece of wood that the mast sits on, and the wood will get soaked with water over the years, and then it'll collapse, and it'll cause oxidation and cause the bottom of the mast to go bad." |
| ▶ 57:29 | Hans Christian 38 Mk II | warns⚙ teak deck⚙ brightwork | "What's the most expensive or painful reality of owning a Hans Christian 38 that people don't see at first? It's the teak. The teak is ridiculous... that's probably the biggest downfall of these 38s." |
| ▶ 66:29 | Valiant 40 | warns⚙ hull osmosis / blisters | "I did meet one couple with a Valiant 40 that didn't love their boat. They said it didn't sail very well and it had osmosis issues, I think theirs was from 1980." |
| ▶ 68:29 | Bristol 38.8not yet in database | discusses | "I just bought an abandoned Bristol 38.8, what's your opinion on these boats? They're beautiful boats... I like the displacement, the length at 300 is ridiculously heavy... I think that's a perfect, perfect boat. I wouldn't scoff about taking this boat far, but it's definitely built well." |
| ▶ 49:54 | Harryproa (brand)brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | "Harry Pros are freaking rad, I love them... these are super cool boats, they're funky... I think these are more for the low cost DIY crowd that wants something funky as bluewater boats... these are so funky that you better know what you're doing - you're not going to get help, nobody's going to know how to help you in these yards." |
The Dumbest Things I've Done at Sea (90,000 Miles of Mistakes) | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 94 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 79:32 | Tayana 37 | recommends | "I love those boats. Tayana 37 pilot house is like one of the neatest boats. It's kind of like the Sirius - the Sirius is the next evolution of that boat... Beautiful boats, bro. There's something about the Taiwanese boats from that era." |
| ▶ 80:33 | Hans Christian (brand)brand · 4 boats in database | recommends | "I love the old Hans Christians as well. They're not the biggest, beamiest, craziest boats, but they will keep you safe." |
| ▶ 89:32 | Hans Christian (brand)brand · 4 boats in database | discusses⚙ standing rigging | Asked about deck-stepped masts on Hans Christians: "They have a lot of rigging - forward check stays just like the Blue Water 56, super strong. Three different chain plates on each side for the shrouds, plus two in the back, plus one in the front. If it does get dismasted it may even break at the first spreader because you have so much rigging on the bottom, so that extra check stay kind of negates that. The cool thing about Hans Christians is they're all masthead rigs." |
How to Buy (and Sell) a Sailboat | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · buyer's guide · 91 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 58:10 | Hans Christian 38T | warns⚙ standing rigging⚙ plumbing⚙ steering | On surveying a Hans Christian 38T: "They usually have two lowers where most boats just have one, two mids where most boats just have one - you need to check to make sure all of that is good. Where the worm gear steering attaches to the quadrant, you should look at that, get your head inside that steering gear. A lot of those boats are going to be older, so make sure the fridge has been replaced, make sure the plumbing has been replaced. The plumbing they used to use in those boats was crap - reinforced nylon hose and hose clamps that invariably get rusty and break off." |
| ▶ 53:20 | Contessa 32 | recommends | "What do you think about the Contessa 32 for solo cruising?" "I think that's a fantastic boat. Read John Kretschmer's book Cape Horn to Starboard - the classic chronicle of rounding Cape Horn in a 32-ft sloop. That 32-ft sloop is a Contessa." |
Super El Niño Is Coming. What that means for You | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 97 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
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| ▶ 59:42 | Valiant 40 | warns⚙ hull | On osmosis risk: "I know that a Valiant 40 from 1981, usually that's one of the boats that has problems like that... you have to be very careful that you get a boat that's not within that range, and that's very well documented on the internet." |
| ▶ 75:01 | Gulfstar (brand)not yet in database | discusses | "Gulfstars are tough boats. They're old design, they're not the best sailing boat, but they're cheap now... they're made very tough, they're solid glass." |
| ▶ 74:29 | Morgan Out Island 41not yet in database | warns | "I had a Morgan Out Island 41 - it's not a very good boat... it rolls more, you have a more tender boat, you can't go upwind as far. It just kind of takes away some of the fun of sailing. But there are people that have gone around the world on that boat, and they're made very tough - solid glass." |
Contessa 32 - Sailing the Unsinkable Legend
Practical Sailor · single-boat review · 1 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
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| ▶ 0:00 | Contessa 32 | recommends | "What does it feel like to sail a Contessa 32? I've sailed on a few of them. The answer is basically safe... The long fin keel and skeg-hung rudder give it tracking that borders on obsessive. It points incredibly well for a 70s design... Owners often joke that the Contessa 32 doesn't slam. It just leans in a bit more and keeps marching forward like a British soldier." |
The Trouble with Cored Hulls | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 82 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
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| ▶ 8:25 | Hallberg-Rassy 42not yet in database | warns⚙ cored hull | This is a video of a Hallberg-Rassy 42 that got T-boned while it was on the dock. It blew apart the nav station and penetrated into the boat. This is what's called a sandwich construction: one layer of fiberglass on the outside, foam in the center, and another layer of fiberglass on the other side. If that membrane gets a hole in it, the entire structure disappears. The entire strength of it disappears. |
| ▶ 23:48 | Oyster 485brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | An Oyster 485, my boat, would have about an inch of solid fiberglass. You could make the same boat a lot lighter, it would sail faster, it would be stiffer, and it would be so much cheaper to build if instead of that inch of fiberglass you put three quarters of an inch of foam and an eighth of fiberglass on either side. |
| ▶ 34:44 | Kraken Yachts (brand)brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | Kraken is full fiberglass. They're doing this new thing where they're using clear gelcoat, so you can see the entire layup, all the fiberglass, before they paint the bottom. He's checking for voids. I've never seen anybody do that and it looks so cool. |
| ▶ 78:48 | Grand Soleil 43not yet in database | discusses⚙ cored hull | Displacement to length is 167 and the full displacement of the boat is 19,000 pounds. This is not a fully glassed boat, I can almost guarantee you that. They would be way heavier than that if it was fully glassed. It's probably glassed from the waterline down and cored from the waterline up. |
| ▶ 43:42 | Mombassa catamaranbrand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ aluminum hull⚙ galvanic corrosion | I think the Mombassa is probably going to be a thin hull. I think they're using like four mil or six mil aluminum, whereas some of the monohull boats use twelve mil, so it's three times as thick. Sailing Jupiter has a Mombassa, and he had a leak behind his toilet that he didn't see. It was dripping on the aluminum, causing galvanic corrosion, and it ended up eating away his entire hull. The only thing holding his hull together was paint. |
| ▶ 56:56 | Islander 28not yet in database | recommends | An Islander 28. This is the first boat I had. Great boat, Bob Perry. I sailed this thing in and out of the slip in Marina del Rey, one of the biggest small boat marinas. It's not built to go around the world. It's got a deck-stepped mast. It doesn't have any skeg on the rudder. It's got a fin keel that's bolted right on the bottom of the boat. It's not strong enough to do that, but it is a great sailboat to learn on. |
Why I'll Never Trust a "Performance" Boat Again | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 95 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
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| ▶ 1:35 | Beneteau First 47.7brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ hull-to-keel grid⚙ keel bolts | We had some water intrusion issues, we couldn't figure out where it was coming from. Check out this part of the grid: the entire grid is separated here, all the way down, all the way up. I think the water was coming from the keel bolts, look how small these keel bolts are. We're lucky we didn't lose the keel and die. The keel bolts on my boat are four times as big as that. |
| ▶ 20:01 | Beneteau First 40.7brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ hull-to-keel grid⚙ keel bolts | This is a Beneteau 40.7, the smaller little sister, also Farr designed. It's basically the exact same boat, they just cut off seven feet. This boat killed four people, it's a very famous case called the Cheeky Rafiki. There are a lot of extenuating circumstances why this boat was lost, but the last thing the captain said over the radio was, 'This is getting worse.' I didn't even realize this was a sister ship until after the fact. |
| ▶ 7:25 | Hanse 588brand · 0 boats in database | discusses⚙ hull-to-keel grid | I covered a Hanse 588 in another livestream, and the owner came over afterward and said, 'Come here, I want to show you something.' He'd taken all his floorboards up and showed me that inside that Hanse, they had glassed every single one of the grid pockets, they actually glassed the entire grid into the boat. He told me because it's such a big boat and the torsion and loading is so much, rather than risk a problem with the grid, they went ahead and glassed it in. I've never seen a production company glass the grid in on anything under fifty feet, but they did it on this one. |
| ▶ 60:03 | Hallberg-Rassy 42not yet in database | warns⚙ hull lamination | This is a Hallberg-Rassy, 2006 I think, a 42. They build boats a lot like most of the other production houses, with a sandwich construction: this can't be more than a quarter inch of glass on the outside and a quarter inch on the other side, then foam in the center. The problem comes when you get a point load hit in the marina by a big fat catamaran. There's zero damage on the cat. But with this boat, it blew a hole right through. It looks to me like this wasn't wetted properly, this should be all glass and it's all just flaky fibers, definitely not vacuum bagged. This was right when vacuum bagging was coming out, there could be huge changes in how they build Hallberg-Rassys now. It catastrophically damaged the boat from a point load, and the catamaran wasn't even going fast, he was just reversing in the marina. |
| ▶ 33:57 | Oyster 485brand · 0 boats in database | discusses⚙ mast compression bulkhead | If you go onto the Bluewater 56, this bulkhead is two and a half inches thick, full fiberglass. If you go onto an Oyster, two and a half inches thick, full fiberglass. If you go onto a Beneteau First 47.7, this is five eighths inch plywood with no fiberglass. I'm not trying to bash Beneteau, I just don't like the way those boats are made. I understand they're an entry-level boat. |
| ▶ 79:55 | Cal 40not yet in database | recommends | Cal 40, that's an old design, penned back in the mid-60s, and it won all kinds of races, they're famous for being very, very good sailboats. I have a buddy that has a Cal 40 and he pulls it in and out of marinas without a motor, he's single-handed. That alone is such a testament to the design and how well it sails. Cool design, very encapsulated keel, there's no keel bolts on it. Very pretty and very fast, very easy to sail. |
50+ KNOTS: Survival Tactics & The Danger of "Growlers" | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 96 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
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| ▶ 48:20 | Deerfoot 50not yet in database | recommends | I freaking love these boats. Steve and Linda Dashew bought a Columbia 50, the biggest boat they made at the time, and took it around the world. After the circumnavigation they wanted a better boat, so Steve hired a naval architect to help him draft what he wanted, and that's where the Deerfoot came from. A lot of these are aluminum, but this one's composite, fiberglass over balsa core. I would prefer an aluminum one if I was going to buy one. If you don't care about the aesthetic and you really want a boat that can take you anywhere and quickly, I would absolutely recommend this boat. |
| ▶ 64:29 | Beneteaubrand · 0 boats in database | warns | If you have a boat like a Beneteau, we'll just say a Beneteau 35, the underwater profile of this boat is much different than that Hans Christian we just looked at: a very thin keel, a very flat bottom boat. It ends up so you can heave to and it's fine in flat water, but as soon as the waves get big it ends up turning your boat around and flipping you in circles. That happens with cats and it happens with light fin keel boats. Another problem with heaving to on these kind of boats is a lot of the time they have self tacking jibs: you can tie the self tacking jib to one side, but it's harder to heave to on these boats. |
| ▶ 63:42 | Hans Christianbrand · 4 boats in database | recommends | So like these heave to really well. Tayanas, big full keel boats like Hans Christian, these boats heave to like hell, dude, hard. This thing has a huge keel, and that's what's keeping your boat from laterally falling off. |
| ▶ 63:23 | Rustlerbrand · 0 boats in database | recommends | The boats that heave to really well are like Rustlers. He pulls up a photo of a Rustler's underwater profile to show the deep, full keel that keeps a boat from sliding sideways when hove to. |
| ▶ 70:06 | Hunterbrand · 0 boats in database | warns | The lighter the boat and the flatter the boat, the more it starts to sail on anchor. Like a Hunter: hunters start to sail really badly compared to other boats with a bigger keel underneath. A lot of the boat is out of the water, so they're kind of corky, and on anchor they just go crazy. The lighter and the flatter your boat is, the more it'll do that. |
| ▶ 41:30 | Alden schoonerbrand · 0 boats in database | discusses | He was on an 80-foot schooner, an Alden schooner, in a big storm, a big nor'easter like the one Ryan and I were in. He was hove to, and the waves were so weird that every time they'd go up on a wave it would just drop out from underneath them and the bow would go boom. Blowing an estimated 90 knots, the crew tried running off and heaving to before finally striking all sail and lying ahull, letting the waves break on the hull itself rather than the deck. |
Can production boats make good cruising boats? | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 83 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 54:58 | Hanse 588brand · 0 boats in database | discusses⚙ hull construction | The displacement on the Hanse is 50,000 pounds. The displacement on the Oyster is 67,000 pounds, that is a significant amount more, almost 140 percent what the Hanse is. Because of that displacement you're going to get a better motion on a heavier boat. The hull on an Oyster is solid fiberglass. The hull on a Hanse is composite, fiberglass on either side of a foam or other substrate. Arguably it's a lighter, stiffer structure, but as soon as something punctures that, it makes it super weak. If you get hit on the side by a log or a boat, it could blow a hole right through your boat. |
| ▶ 67:43 | Hanse (brand)brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ hull⚙ keel attachment | If you want to see what happens when you ground a Hanse, this guy has a Hanse, he had a grounding. It took them six months to get the boat to the yard and another six months to fix the damn thing. Here's all the dimpling, you see that big dimpling part? That'll happen to you. That is why I don't like these boats for cruising boats. They sail well, they probably point better than an Oyster because they're lighter, but they pound because they have a flat bottom. I can never hit the ground, I can never hit a log. I have to always watch for that. |
| ▶ 66:23 | Jeanneau (brand)brand · 1 boats in database | discusses⚙ keel attachment | That's the keel bolts on a big Jeanneau. There's two rows of them, not front and back, side by side. When there's two rows of keel bolts it makes it a lot better than one. There's nothing else keeping that keel in: the keel bolts to the grid, or between the grid, and the grid is kept in by methacrylate glue. So if you hit the front of that boat at full speed on a rock, which I've done multiple times, or a tree or a log, that's the concession you have to make. |
| ▶ 58:47 | Bavaria (brand)brand · 0 boats in database | warns | We were buddy boating with a Bavaria, a big Bavaria, and we both got hit by a squall with full main up. They were in front of us and it pushed that boat over so much that they broached, the rudder lost traction and the boat rounded up. We didn't broach, and we were going seven knots right into their broadside. I barely missed the boat because we were way too close. One boat is more tender, that's what we call a tender boat: it'll heel over more and have more of a chance to broach. |
The Systems That Bankrupt Cruisers | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 95 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
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| ▶ 62:18 | Oyster (plywood-decked, host's own boat)brand · 0 boats in database | repairs⚙ deck core⚙ chainplate | "My Oyster is plywood decks and I had a leak. One of the bolts in the baby stay chain plate started leaking and it got into the deck, and I had to get so much of that deck out and then fill it all up... let it dry, get all the rotten wood out." Contrasted with foam-cored decks (e.g. Trintella), which don't rot the same way when they leak. |
| ▶ 72:04 | Sirius 40DSbrand · 0 boats in database | recommends | Asked to compare the Sirius 40DS against a Bluewater 56, Boreal 55, and Super Maramu: "First of all, I love Sirius. Torsten gave me a tour of the 35 and it was amazing... if you're just going to be you or just you and your wife, I think the Sirius would be a great boat," noting it is roughly half the interior volume and running cost of the larger boats in the comparison. |
| ▶ 89:07 | Lagoon (catamarans)brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ mast compression post | "That's why I say Lagoon sailboats are the worst ones ever built: they use plywood as the compression post for the mast... it ends up buckling the plywood. So I don't really like those." |
The MOST Important Question Before You Buy a Boat | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 94 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
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| ▶ 54:35 | Flicka 20 | recommends | "Look at that Flicka 20... made by Pacific Seacraft, and it's just this really cool pocket cruiser, and it's got a lot of really cool features on it. Like it's tiny, but it's got a settee and then the settee... turns into a bed." |
| ▶ 56:16 | Sirius Yachtsbrand · 0 boats in database | recommends | Comparing design philosophy to the Kraken: "The Sirius Yacht was designed completely differently than the Kraken. The Kraken is a deck saloon boat, but the Sirius is like deck saloon times 100. They engineered that boat so no matter where you're standing or sitting, you're always in line to be looking out" of the picture windows. |
| ▶ 53:21 | Krakenbrand · 0 boats in database | discusses | Asked to compare Sirius Yachts to Kraken: "Sirius Yachts are smaller, totally different boats. The Kraken are more like a bougie, very long-distance [boat], built for somebody that wants to go around the world." On buying used: "You don't really want hull number one or two or three or four, you want hull number 14 or hull number 80," since early-build issues get worked out over a production run. |
| ▶ 85:24 | Robertson & Caine Leopard 39brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ sail drive | On a friend's extended Leopard 39: "He's been cruising around for a long time and he has problems with his sail drives all the time. He just had those big seals replaced and they're already leaking water... if one of the seals goes you get salt water in your transmission and you have to get a new transmission." |
| ▶ 61:04 | Lagoon 42brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ propulsion | "One of them purchased a Lagoon 42 with electric motors and he spent $60,000 to change it back to diesel engines... the technology's not there yet." |
| ▶ 46:18 | Oyster 485brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | "Say you want an Oyster 485. There's only 36 of them. They come up for sale all the time, but there might not be your perfect one for sale right now," on the tradeoff of shortlisting a rare, sought-after model. |
Real Offshore Sailing Questions - Answered | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 78 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 24:49 | Bavaria 57Cbrand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ bulkhead⚙ hull lamination | "When I was crossing the Atlantic in a Bavaria 57C, which is Bavaria's flagship model boat, we delaminated the front watertight bulkhead," describing rot progressing through the plywood core once the laminate let go. |
| ▶ 58:40 | Beneteau First 47.7brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ keel joint⚙ keel bolts | On a delivery: "I did a delivery on a Farr-designed Beneteau 47.7, and the keel started pushing, the loads on the keel were so much that it opened up the keel joint and water started coming up the bolts. I've talked to four different people that have had that happen," citing the same failure mode behind the loss of the Cheeky Rafiki. |
| ▶ 26:12 | Beneteau (35-40ft cruising range)brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ keel attachment | "The other thing I would say about a Beneteau is the keel connection's not really strong. So if you do hit a container or a log... that's really the only thing I have a problem with Beneteaus. They're not made for offshore. Why take them offshore?" |
| ▶ 40:40 | Leopard 48brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | Asked if a Leopard 48 is too big to learn on: "My first gut feeling is yes... it's not the best sailing boat, it's a little bit big and heavy. It's not going to give you the skills you need... it's forgiving, so it'll take a lot and then it'll break." |
| ▶ 70:44 | Moody 35 / Moody 45brand · 0 boats in database | recommends | On whether a Moody 35 can cross the Atlantic: "Yes... I think they're built lighter than say a Contest or an Oyster or a Hallberg-Rassy, but that doesn't mean they're not good boats. I love the layout... Moodys have been around a long time, and I've met a couple of people that have circumnavigated on Moodys." |
| ▶ 35:22 | Oyster 485brand · 0 boats in database | recommends | "The Oyster 485 is a platform. I prefer the Oyster 485 any day for going to Easter Island and Pitcairn... and the more remote places in the world." |
When Is It Time to Give Up the Sails? | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 87 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 83:42 | Oyster (host's own boat)brand · 0 boats in database | repairs⚙ rudder | "I've hit the rudder on the ground when I grounded the boat and it took a big chunk out of the back end of the rudder. Didn't bend it, didn't have any water intrusion, didn't have to pull it. All I had to do was reshape the rudder with some fiberglass and thickened epoxy and it was good to go." |
| ▶ 73:08 | Oyster (older hand-built vs. newer)brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | Comparing his older hand-joined boat to a newer example: "You can tell the difference between my boat and a new, you know, 2006 Oyster. I went and did a tour on [one]... I ended up not really loving it that much, it just seems too sterile to me. That's just my opinion." |
| ▶ 75:29 | Alberg 37 | discusses | On the Alberg 37's stoutness: "It's a different era boat, an older style boat, probably not the interior a lot of people are looking for now. At its time it was one of the best boats you could buy, and still it's a really [good boat]... the bones are really good, that's got a proven track record." |
| ▶ 72:32 | Hans Christianbrand · 4 boats in database | recommends | "I love those old Hans Christians... those are one of my favorite boats ever, just because of the aesthetic of it. Looks freaking rad." |
| ▶ 81:19 | Outbound 46brand · 0 boats in database | recommends | "What are your thoughts on the Outbound 46? I like the outbound boats, they're nice... a safe and enjoyable offshore boat. I really like the hard top on these things, they did a really good job with it." |
| ▶ 77:28 | Fuji 45brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | "I like the Fuji 45... that's the guy that Mason [tutored] under," identifying the design as coming out of the same lineage as Alden and Mason, "this boat was built in '76, probably designed in the 60s." |
How People ACTUALLY Make Money While Cruising (No BS) | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 77 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 74:10 | Corbin 39 | recommends | Reviewing a viewer's Corbin 39 live on the sailboatdata specs: "I actually like those boats... double-ender, big old encapsulated keel. Sweet, badass, dude, yeah these are awesome," noting a D/L ratio of 300. |
| ▶ 60:38 | Discovery 55brand · 0 boats in database | recommends | Looking up specs live for a boat he didn't know well: "I love this boat, I love the way it's laid out... that Discovery 55 is going to handle the seas a lot better because it's a lot longer, so it can handle the wave period better." |
| ▶ 70:45 | Mariner 36brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | Checking whether a Mariner 36 is a Formosa-style boat while reviewing its specs live: "Oh, no, this is not a Formosa. It's got a bolt-on keel... displacement of 16,000 lbs, ballast 35%... this looks like a cool boat, I like it." |
| ▶ 67:31 | Oyster 49 vs. Discovery 55brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | "I just bought an Oyster 49 and looked at the Disco 55. The Disco is great, but Oyster pipped it in build quality, fit and finish, and still existing after-sales [support]." |
| ▶ 75:50 | Valiant 42 | recommends | Reviewing a viewer's boat's specs (16-40% ballast, D/L 310): "That reminds me of a Valiant 42, like a cheaper version of a Valiant 42. Awesome, good find, I like that boat." |
The Question I Get Asked MOST OFTEN | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 77 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 33:30 | Kelly Peterson 44 | repairs⚙ hull⚙ keel⚙ bilge pumps | A viewer said he bought a Kelly Peterson 44 after watching the channel: "That's a badass boat, dude. Let me tell you what I know about Kelly Petersons. I had a guy come into the marina and he had split the Kelly Peterson right in front of the keel, where the keel attaches. They think what happened is they came down on top of a container or a big log, and the force of that pulled the front of the boat up enough that it split open the hull, a big crack just gushing water in. The guy was probably 70 or 75, and he routed every single pump he had, the forward shower pump, the anchor shower pump, the macerator pump, the sink pump, the freshwater pump, every pump on the whole boat, the bilge pump obviously overboard, and he just barely saved the boat. He had to make an emergency haul out. The Kelly Peterson had almost two inches of solid glass right there where the keel and the hull meet, I can't believe it ripped like that. That's only the third boat I've ever heard of being ripped like that. Funny enough, it was repaired and then sold to a buddy of mine, he's in Panama here with me." |
| ▶ 35:16 | Catalina 27 | recommends | Talking about hull strength versus a Kelly Peterson's: "I'm not trying to dog Catalina, I love Catalinas. I used to have a Catalina, I lived on a Catalina 27 for about a year and a half in Venice, California. I loved that boat. It was really easy to clean too, you just take the cushions out and spray the thing down with a hose. Let me just say one thing about Catalina: they glass in the grid. They're one of the few production companies that glass in their grids. I think that alone makes them tough and way better than a Bavaria or a Beneteau or something." |
| ▶ 70:04 | Westsail 32 | recommends | Asked what to advise a solo sailor planning to live on a Westsail 32: "Rip it up, bro, that sounds great... my advice to you would be read all that you can, learn all that you can, and just relax. It's a slow boat, it's not going to win any speed records, but it's super strong. Enjoy that part of it, that you're going to be safe, that it can handle whatever you push at it, and that it's slow. You're going to be doing four knots everywhere." |
| ▶ 61:02 | Lagoon 380 / Lagoon 50brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ hull⚙ steering⚙ engine | Asked about the Lagoon 380: "I think Lagoons are like the worst built sailboats in the world. They're production charter cats, they don't really sail well downwind, they don't really sail well upwind, a lot of them have a self-tacking jib. As a platform I'd rent a lagoon any day, that'd be my first choice, or a Leopard or a Fountaine Pajot, but I think Lagoons are probably the worst build of all of them. Go look up the creaking on the Lagoon 50 that I was delivering, it was crazy, it was popping and creaking and moving, you could see the floor moving, none of the doors would shut. I would never want to go offshore on one of those things. They decided to put the rudder in front of the sail drive, so now you don't get any prop wash or walk when you're maneuvering the boat, it's like the only sailboat that's like that. What I find with Lagoon owners is they're always on their second or third engine because they're basically motor sailing all the time, 100% of the time." |
| ▶ 58:26 | Beneteau (Farr-designed sloop, 9-foot keel)brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ keel bolts⚙ keel⚙ hull | On why he doesn't trust light, long-finned composite boats: "I've done the same thing on a Beneteau, it was a Farr-designed Beneteau with a nine foot keel, and the loads on a nine foot keel with one row of keel bolts is so freaking crazy that the water was coming up through the keel. This is the same thing that happened on the Cheeky Rafiki. The Cheeky Rafiki was, if you don't know the story, a Farr-designed race boat with a really long keel, and they were taking it back across the Atlantic on a northern Atlantic crossing and all four of them died because the keel ripped off the bottom of the boat. That same thing happened to me on that delivery." |
| ▶ 37:19 | Pearson 365not yet in database | recommends | Asked about the Pearson 365: "Basically Pearsons are great because they're basically the same hull as a Morgan, it's like an inch thick for a 36 foot boat, solid glass tub, it'll just plow through anything. They're heavy boats, built to withstand pretty much anything. There's nothing special about a Pearson, they're not very fast, the hull shape wasn't anything to write home about, but they're beasts. I know of a couple of Pearsons that did the ARC rally and the Baja Haha and got into some trouble, a lot of the boats got damaged and the Pearsons arrived there no problem. Half this boat is underwater, there's a shitload of ballast to it, it's basically a full keel, I think it's encapsulated. Displacement to length is 300, and the ballast is 41% of the boat. This is a badass boat, it's like a little mini tank. You're not going to win any races, but this thing's a tank. Plenty of people have circumnavigated on Pearsons." |
Why Balance Beats Strength on a Sailboat | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 81 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 67:01 | Oyster 485brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ interior layout | Asked to choose between an Amel Super Maramu, a Hallberg-Rassy, or an Oyster: "I have delivered on a Hallberg-Rassy 42 and the 46, Oyster, which mine is a 46 extended to a 485... this boat has a lot of interior volume in the saloon. If you aren't paying attention, you can fly across the boat and you really get hurt. That happened to me on a passage with a crew, he hit his head on this cabinet and gave himself a concussion." |
| ▶ 67:07 | Hallberg-Rassy 46brand · 3 boats in database | discusses | Comparing his own Oyster 485 to a Hallberg-Rassy: "I think the Hallberg-Rassy and the Oyster are like the same boat a lot of the time. If you get a Hallberg-Rassy 46 and an Oyster 485, they're like the same boat. There's a couple of differences, like they made the interior volume on the Hallberg-Rassy a little smaller to make the decks bigger so there's more walking room. The Hallberg-Rassy's probably a better offshore boat just for the interior, cuz this boat has a lot of interior volume in the saloon." |
| ▶ 65:59 | Amel Super Maramubrand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ keel⚙ ballast | "The Amels don't really have the right numbers for me. They took a lot of their ballast out of the keel. So they have like 25% of the ship's weight in the keel now, which is super low, 22% on one of the models like the 60. So that for me is like a boat show boat, that's going to be super tender. I buddy boated with an Amel Super Maramu with my Oyster 485... but those guys were messed up after passages, dude. I don't know if it was because they were new sailors or if it was just because the boat was so tender." |
| ▶ 72:40 | Amelbrand · 0 boats in database | discusses | On Amel's twin-headsail cruising setup: "That's actually how the Amels were made. They were made with two slots in the forestay. That way you could have two jibs... they all came with two spinnaker poles... you clamp the spinnaker pole to the deck and then you have two poles running out to two headsails, and it's much safer than running with a spinnaker." Later: "Henry Amel did some cool engineering on his boats... they all came with gimbaled drink holders, and they got a little thing on the fuel tank where this floating stick pops up and tells you exactly how much fuel you have, which is way better than any kind of electronic fuel sender." |
| ▶ 70:42 | Outremerbrand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ running rigging⚙ hull structure⚙ mast | On a catamaran he considered buying while shopping for his Oyster: "It was an Outremer... the spinnaker halyard had broken at the top and they had run it over, so it had gone forward into the water and they'd run it over, and it had so much force on it, I guess it was all Dyneema lines, that it broke the forward main beam of the catamaran and then completely dismasted the whole boat. The boat basically ran over its own mast and just pulled its mast down." |
| ▶ 72:07 | Southerlybrand · 0 boats in database | discusses | On why twin-headsail wing-on-wing works on this brand: "The reason it works so well on a Southerly is on a Southerly, you're not working with a small sail and a medium sail, you're working with a big sail and a huge sail. Instead of having a staysail, a little tiny staysail, the Southerly has a jib, which is usually a 100% self-tacking jib now, which I think is a horrible idea... a jib and a code zero is really what they're doing. So you can put the code zero out on one side, and then the jib on the other side, and yes, you can go downwind all day like that." |
$1,000 Book Giveaway (Every 5 Minutes!) | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · live Q&A · 119 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 13:35 | Hans Christian (36/38/43)brand · 4 boats in database | recommends⚙ standing rigging | Asked about a 1981 Hans Christian 43: "I am a little biased. I love Hans Christians. I think they're so beautiful. They take a lot of wind to sail. They have double rigging, not all of the rigging is doubled up, but they have rear and forward-facing lowers, I'm talking about the standing rigging now, the cables that hold up the mast, which is pretty rare and makes the thing super strong. If you do get rolled over and your mast gets ripped off, it's a keel step mast with those double shrouds, so you're probably going to end up with a piece of stick left" that could rig a jury sail to get home. |
| ▶ 41:06 | Morgan Out Island 41brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ keel | On the Morgan Out Island 41: "I don't really love the whole Morgan, I don't like the way they made their keels because they're full keel and they're short keels. When Catalina bought them, then they became fin keels and they sailed way better. In my opinion the old Morgan Out Island 41s, they were produced in Florida and they're like an inch thick of solid glass paired with a short long keel. They're made for Bahamas cruising, that's what they were made for." He adds elsewhere that his own Out Island 41 "set me back years... it cost me like 2 years and about 50 grand." |
| ▶ 45:04 | Oyster 485brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | On the Oyster 485: "It's not the best boat ever. It's an older design, they stopped production in 2001, there's only 36 of them. Oyster's still in business so you can still find parts for them. They're very well built, full fiberglass. This boat was designed to be a 46-ft boat, do you see how this overhangs really far and the rudder doesn't really go to the end of the boat, you're kind of cutting yourself off at the knees when you have a 48-ft boat with the rudder forward like that." He notes Bob Perry's review of the same boat criticized the cockpit coamings as not high enough and disliked the rudder placement. |
| ▶ 48:19 | Hallberg-Rassy 46brand · 3 boats in database | recommends | Comparing to the Oyster 485: "One of my favorites is the HR 46. I really like the Hallberg-Rassy 46. I think this is a beautiful boat, it's a little bit different in that I think this boat has the right proportion for the rudder. It also has wider decks, it makes the interior a little smaller, but it makes the decks a lot wider, and it makes a big difference when you're trying to get up and down quickly into the front of the boat. It's actually better on the Hallberg-Rassy." |
| ▶ 73:28 | Valiant 42 | recommends | Walking through a friend's Valiant 42 for sale: "They don't have any wood on the outside, so it makes maintenance really easy. They also have a really good bottom profile, a lot of this boat is under the water. They're heavy, slightly full keel with a cutaway. They're double enders, but the double ender doesn't take away too much of the cockpit, you can lay down in this cockpit." He also flags the boat's roller furler boom from Leisure Furl as a downside: the previous owner "didn't like it and he got rid of it. It's not the best offshore piece of kit." On pricing: "most Valiant 42s sell around the $250 to $260,000 range, maybe 235, between what I've seen is 235 to like 265." |
| ▶ 112:07 | Seawind catamarans (pre-2017 models)brand · 1 boats in database | warns⚙ hull | On older Seawind catamarans: "When Seawind first came out, they were more of a toy boat. They didn't even have a back panel, your cockpit is the interior of what a catamaran is now. Then they decided they were going to get into blue water boats, and they started building boats, I want to say 2017, that were quote-unquote blue water, more enclosed. I have been on the boats and I didn't think that they were super strong. If you're looking at older Seawinds, like older ones without that back wall, in my opinion those aren't really blue water boats." |
The $28k Boat That Could Make You A YouTube Star | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · listing review · 55 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 19:42 | Trintella 82brand · 0 boats in database | recommends | Reading the auction listing for the 1992 Trintella 82 aluminum hull: "The construction has been carried out with extreme precision. This Trintella 82 AD provides an excellent basis for personalizing the finishing and design." On the numbers: "25,000 kilograms of ballast with 63 tons displacement, that's 40% ballast, that's really good numbers, man. The LOA is 25 meters, the length of waterline is 21.2." |
| ▶ 21:13 | Trintella 82brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ cutless bearing⚙ rudder⚙ skeg | "It's already got a strut. That cutless bearing is probably screwed, so you're going to have to change the two cutless bearings, but it's got holes for the through-holes. It's got half a skeg, which is awesome. So if you do break off the bottom of your rudder, or you get it bitten off by orcas, you can still have half a rudder to go home on this." |
| ▶ 22:22 | Trintella 82brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | "It's got a teak deck on it already, and the teak is laminated down on the aluminum. It's not screwed except for a few places on the ends, most of it's vacuum bagged and glued down. The teak looks freaking amazing, that's like 12 mil of teak. Whoever caulked it just never sanded down the caulking, if you sanded this deck, I bet it would look brand new." |
| ▶ 26:29 | Trintella 82brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | "Aluminum as a material degrades because of structural flexing, that's what kills aluminum, and galvanic corrosion. Because this thing is not in salt water and it's not touching anything, it's not grounded to anything, it's not like steel where you see those cars in junkyards, big hulks of rust. That doesn't happen with aluminum, it kind of oxidizes and protects itself. This should be like a brand new boat. That 30 years that it's been sitting shouldn't count against the life of the aluminum because it hasn't been flexing." |
| ▶ 29:59 | Trintella 82brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | "When you look at this keel, it's got these winglets on it, you know, it looks like a wing. These are not the way they make keels anymore, they use more of a bulb and try to get the weight down low. They used to use these because it's the same kind of thing as an airplane winglet. They don't make keels like that anymore. Is this a problem? No, it's just that this is an old design." |
| ▶ 48:04 | Van de Stadt 56brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | On the sister design: "I think this is actually a Van de Stadt design built in the Trintella yard, this is a million-dollar boat that's very, very similar." Later, confirming from the listing: "It says Van de Stadt. Okay cool, so it's a Van de Stadt. This is a 97 Van de Stadt 56 and it's $900,000. You could definitely have a million-dollar boat by the end of this." |
MUST-HAVE Knowledge for SAILORS (What sailboat data numbers mean) | Sailing Truth Show
Sailing Zingaro · buyer's shortlist · 45 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 9:40 | Baba 40 | discusses | On the Baba 40's hull shape: "It says long keel here, but it's not quite a long keel, is it? Yeah, they call this a cutaway forefoot, but yeah, it's a full keel boat. It'll track really well, and they do that because they cut away the front of it, because it'll tack through the wind better and it'll go up wind a couple degrees more. This boat is obviously built to withstand grounding, but they still wanted the sailing characteristics to be there." Earlier, framed as a heavy displacement cruiser, good sailor. |
| ▶ 8:01 | Tayana Vancouver 42 | discusses | On choosing the Tayana Vancouver 42 over the standard Tayana 42: "The only difference between the Tayana 42 and the Vancouver 42 is the Vancouver is not a canoe stern. My understanding is the whole canoe stern thing was just a fad, and even Bob Perry, who invented it, was like, yeah, it doesn't really do that whole breaking of the wave thing we thought it was going to do. It just makes the boat smaller inside, makes the cockpit tiny, you lose all your lazarette space." |
| ▶ 41:52 | Bavaria Cruiser 40brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | Using the Bavaria Cruiser 40 as the worked example of how manufacturers inflate sail area: "If you look down, this number, 73.72, that's the sail area total, 100% main and foretriangle. But then if you go up to the sail area reported up here, it's mystically, magically 10, 11 or 12% more. It's been given a bit of a lift, and that's because they've given it like a 130% jib." |
| ▶ 6:26 | Hallberg-Rassy 40brand · 3 boats in database | recommends | Naming the Hallberg-Rassy 40 their favorite of the seven boats compared: "Hallberg-Rassys are famous for being very strong, very good sailors, real nice boats. I'm in love with the boats." Later, on the same boat: "It's not too heavy, it's got great horsepower to its frame, it's very nice inside, they're beautiful boats. It's a bit beamy, I could go a little less, but still, out of those seven, it's a great boat." |
| ▶ 7:33 | Formosa 41brand · 0 boats in database | warns⚙ keel⚙ ballast | Named least favorite of the seven boats compared, and last on both the sail area and displacement charts: "It sails like a turd. The Formosa 41 is going to be the most underperforming of the boats we chose, it's just too heavy for the amount of sail that it has." On its ballast: "Steel encapsulated in concrete, if it's in a Formosa, cause that's what they were doing. This is ballast, you've got to watch that, because sometimes it spoils within the concrete and it splits open." |
| ▶ 35:58 | Oyster 48brand · 0 boats in database | discusses | Comparing his Oyster 48 to Hallberg-Rassy 46/48 hulls he's sailed: "Their interior volume is a little bit less and their decks on the outside way wider, they made the deck a significant amount wider than the Oyster did. The Oyster was about maximizing interior volume, the Hallberg-Rassy was about maximizing more comfort and safety offshore." |
BEST Bluewater Are NOT What You Think! Ep 325 - Lady K Sailing
Lady K Sailing · shortlist · 10 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 5:26 | Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 42 DSbrand · 1 boats in database | recommends⚙ standing rigging⚙ engine | "My first choice for a cheap bluewater production style boat would have to be a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 42 or 43 DS. These are awesome, showing up for under 150 grand now, and 42 feet is right on the money: small enough for you and your spouse to handle, but big enough for the livability you want. 20,000 pounds, heavy enough to do the Atlantic crossing, 13 and a half feet wide, swim platform, and the money is on the inside: those big flat windows, not curved, so any plastic shop can cut you new ones. They first built the 42DS in '07, so if the one you find doesn't have new rigging yet, it's due for standing rigging before you take it offshore. Watch the engine hours too: these came with a Yanmar diesel, great up to about 8,000 hours, then you have to start worrying about a rebuild. Carries 94 gallons of water and 34 of diesel." |
| ▶ 7:04 | Beneteau 423 (Oceanis)brand · 0 boats in database | recommends⚙ standing rigging⚙ sails⚙ engine | "Another one to look for: the Beneteau 423, the most popular Beneteau over 40 feet, with over 300 of these made starting back in 2002. These 20,000 pound Caribbean cruisers can be found very cheap, under 150 for sure, but I've seen them come closer to a hundred grand in the summertime. A great boat to live on, right on the money for the size you want if it's just you and your spouse handling this boat. These carry 154 gallons of water and 53 of diesel. But watch the age: at 20 years, they're going to be due for standing rigging, a $20,000 expense typically. Sails, another 10 or 15 grand, and possibly engine work." |
| ▶ 7:59 | Hanse 400brand · 0 boats in database | recommends | "Another popular Ark boat, the Hanse 400: very popular, again near 20,000 pounds like the other two we looked at, also with the Yanmar, and builds starting in 2006. This boat does everything its French cousins do with a different sort of flair and style on the interior, but very accommodating and easy to live in for the retired couple. Also easy to find at around 120 grand." |
| ▶ 2:08 | Island Packet 440brand · 1 boats in database | discusses | "Reference the Island Packet 440, which is truly both things: oceangoing battle axe and luxury condo. But they're half a million dollars." |
| ▶ 9:13 | Tayana 37 | discusses | On modern power needs versus older full-keel cruisers: "When you go to fit 12,200 watts of solar, the condo will win again, because you just can't do that on a Tayana." |
Tartan Yachts and the Catalina Fallout: How One Brand Survived
Practical Sailor · brand deep dive · 13 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 2:27 | Tartan 27not yet in database | discusses | On the boat that launched the brand: "The Tartan 27 was a Sparkman and Stevens drawing and it shows. It's got that classic S&S restraint. Nothing exaggerated, nothing trendy, just proportion and balance. Moderate displacement, moderate beam, and a keel centerboard setup that gave you some performance when you wanted it and versatility when you needed it. It was the kind of boat that didn't shout, it just worked." |
BETWEEN HOME - Solo from Europe to Australia - FULL DOCUMENTARY
Nick Jaffe · single-boat review · 95 min
| At | Boat | Take | Excerpt |
|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ 9:45 | Contessa 26 | recommends | Introducing the boat: "Built in 1972, Nick's boat is a 26 ft Contessa designed for long, deep water solo voyages." The film documents Jaffe sailing her, renamed Constellation, solo across the Atlantic and Pacific from Europe toward Australia, including a rough Bay of Biscay passage and a Bermuda Triangle transit. |
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