Such a wonderful and dynamic couple. With an amazing boat. They are a true example of people being able to live out their dreams. I honestly wish to join them when I retire... if not much sooner!
What a wonderful boat! I'm in to small boats. Mine is a 28 foot long keel which I love. If I ever would go for a bit bigger, this Pacific Seacraft 31 is just wonderful!
What a great couple and an Impressive, well found yacht. Everything seems well thought and seaman like. I’m a big fan of Crealock’s designs. Not all that long ago, 31 feet was typical, even large by the standards of the time.
boatboy222 that’s some serious sailing you did back in ‘73 ... especially when you think that you did not have all the electronic Navigation and Safety AIDS Available today...
Hey this is refreshing! In the meantime I've watched many clips in this format, but none with such depth. It's just fun and enriches my day. Thanks for that! 😘
Hello Aquarius crew: I have been following you now for a while. Initially, I was not sure whether I wanted to follow you. Compared to many others of your compatriates you come across very down to earth. However, I have come to appreciate your reporting by now because I find it just much more realistic. I am in the process of deciding for myself whether or not to go thru that kind of a lifestyle change. I am excited but not sure and appreciative to get your side of the story. So thank you very much and Good Luck. Uwe
Uwe, Yes, we wanted to be more realistic with our channel. Showing some of the, not so great, things you see with living on a boat full time. You will see soon there are lots of changes out here!! Fair winds
I love these guys!! KISS method, go now. Take what you need, not what you want. 25 years ago, 35' was considered a decent size for a cruising boat, now people want generators, kayaks, everything plus the kitchen sink. But these guys are doing it with what they have, and picked a good boat to go in. Kudos to them!
Great to see another small PS doing some serious cruising! Mine is 27' Orion, before I owned it my boat sailed to Hawaii and back several times and spent 2 years cruising in Mexico. It had a wind generator at that time but it broke down and was removed, I think I will have to think about a new one. However not getting much out of it until it is over 15 knots is disappointing for a $1500 investment. The previous owner was able to cut energy needs in HALF by changing to a Technautics refer unit. Perhaps Rick and Cindy could save some power with a more efficient unit?
Great set up. Those are SOLID little boats. I would feel safer on your little 31 than I would on many other 45 or 50 footers. In bad weather you may get bounced around a little more but you know it will stay together and get you home. I will deal with a little more rocking & rolling for the true comfort of knowing I am as safe as possible.
Absolutely ideal boat. just the right amount of creature comforts, but not so overwhelming that you become disconnected from the sailing experience. ..
I have sailed all my life and I always get the same question similar to that asked of mountain climbers which is have you climbed Everest. In my case is have you sailed across the ocean or even more aggressively have you gone around the world yet. The following question is simply how big of boat do you need to do either of those. As we have seen over the years people have tried it Space in rowboats all the way up obviously to mega yachts. But it’s great to see and learn from those who are actually out there doing it a lot of the little tricks and tips you need when you decide to haul in your dock lines and head out. If a picture is worth 1000 words the videos are worth 1 million. Thanks for this Storey and I will look forward to hearing others as you all circumnavigate
I have another trivial question for u ... who has more experience, the sailor with one circumnavigation and 5 years of sailing or u with ur 50 or even 60 years and counting of sailing? 🤣
31 ft is no a big boat for sure but is clearly adequate to get you to your destination, in reasonable comfort and a high degree of safety. Best of luck on your future passage making.
Cool Change is a very safe boat! But that has to do with the safety features when the boat was designed. The majority of 31 footers would not be as safe as Pacific Cool. Fair Winds
@@kellyhunt3958 Better still read "Trekka around The World" written by John Guzzwell that tells how he sailed around the world in a 20 foot boat that he built himself. Without an engine, GPS...back when sailors weren't youtube idols: www.amazon.ca/Trekka-Round-World-John-Guzzwell-ebook/dp/B00IOAKYV8
Man, i like seeing boats that people live on. You can find plenty of showroom style videos, but seeing how people liv ein a boat gives you way more information about it.
Same length as Capt. Joshua Slocum's boat, the Spray. That's probably the end of the comparison. He wintered in Australia and loafed his way home to Newport Harbor in the middle of the Spanish American war. His great little Nova Scotia journal of his trip is beautifully written, a great read, and never goes out of print. About time I read it for the fourth time!
I love those two!!!!! I think they are friends with Christian Williams. You should ask them about Christian. He wrote the book called Philosophy of Sailing.
wow wonderful!! I had a rather beautiful, but simple PS ‘31, a few years ago ...I am envious of your accomplishments. You are entirely correct about the traveler...it really bothered me that I would be alone and make a little error and never be able to adjust. I thought a 33’ motor would be good, but not to be..
Super Great boats the 31s! We have a Cruising Consultants Crealock 37 hull# 15 built before PSC got the molds. We love it! The area for your feet in the bunks are called "trotter boxes". Thought you might like to know :)
I grew up on a 31' Casey Cutter (wooden boat built in 1940). Like the Pacific Seacrafts, it was beamy and built for comfort. Lots of space for a family of four on two week long cruises on the Great Lakes. I appreciated her sailor-like vocabulary, I mean who goes "downstairs"!? LOL
Love you guys....so natural and not into the , "we can sell you this" blah blah blah. Will never be able to afford anything bigger than a 30, so keep it going. I love your honesty! Ant
That boat is designed to handle bad weather bigger boats have trouble to handle. Very smart of them to have a sturdy, well equipped and medium/small sized sailboat that they feel they can handle in any situation.
Yeah, there is nothing noteworthy about sailing a 31 foot blue water boat on a transpac. It was designed for it. Even the much smaller 24ft Dana that the same manufacturer produced would have no problem. Boats don't have to be large to be seaworthy.
As far as your traveller is concerned check out "Adventures of an Old Seadog". Barry uses two main sheets Elininating the need for a cockpit traveller and a boom preventer. Great vid and interview! Thanks.
I think the PS 31 (&34&37 too) would be great boats to long distance cruise. I do think they have made theirs overly complicated. Too much to maintain but I guess he is good at it. Water maker? Radar? Even they said the refrig became a storage container after a few days when the pre-made meals ran out. I like my iced mocha too but learn to like scotch neat. Their boat looks so cluttered but if I had my life’s possessions I guess mine would be too. I sailed my Swan 38 on a 4000 mile cruise one year. I had radar and single sideband radio but never used them. I had below deck autopilot but it lost its mind halfway through. No refrigeration. I did have a Windpilot self steering vane. I also had a small electronic tiller pilot which I sometimes used in place of air paddle on the Windpilot. All you need is a strong boat, windvane, reliable engine, self-tailing winches, Bimini for shade and roller furling. My Swan is no cruising boat but a great sailing boat. After the first big storm I kept the main furled and just used a 120% genoa and it sailed just fine. And yes a 38 foot boat seemed a little big to handle at times.
Did you catch fish? Oh, just caught 🎏 fish, especially Wahoo or Ono, is the best, "broke the mouth" as they say in Hawaii. I caught a twenty pound Ono every three or four days on my way back from New Zealand and many stops in throuhout the South Pacific. A lot of times I caught Yellow Fin Tuna that were too big to kill, for the small amount I needed to eat, with out refrigeration three days is the limit. On my 38' ft Ingid Cutter Rigged sail boat 'Soliutude.'
Nice one guys Still learning to sail our boat in the North Sea Thanks for the tour Yacht SeaFrog Ebbtide 33 Steel - Steel cutter 31 - 33 well feel substantial bigger and deeper , than you, it’s to see on film but I think so We draw 1.5m 10 mt fully loaded
Interesting - the interior layout is almost exactly the same as my long since deceased Hunter 28.5. I wonder which designer borrowed from which on that. Of course, I never ventured across an ocean in my 28.5 LOL!
My 29’ Farallon has crossed the Pacific 4 times with no more than a sextant and paper charts. Not unheard of for even smaller boats crossing oceans. Been seeing a lot of vids these days claiming even a 40’ is “tiny”. Matter of perspective I suppose. Btw my Farallon is for sale in Oregon if anyone’s interested.
For those that cross in a 21 foot sailboat, a 40 footer would seem large! For those that make the crossing in a cruise ship, a 53 foot Super Maramu would seem tiny. There are few people (maybe 100 or 200 that are alive today) that have made any significant crossings in a boat less than 30 feet, but there are 100,000's alive today that have made crossings in boats larger than 30 feet. This would include all those crossings made in cruise ships. So, people should ask the questions... To whom is the narrator trying to reach? To the vast majority of sailors that cruise the world, and I am not including those on anything larger than 64 foot, a 29 footer would seem tiny!
Looks like they are in Alaska, or Pacific NorthWest someplace. We are in New Zealand, so unfortunately it won't be happening anytime soon. Happy Holidays!
@@SailingAquarius looking at a aloha 32 a c&c 34 or an endeavor 32. They are all nice boats but I wasn't sure if they would be enough boat. I can few a super good deal on a c&c 41. But it's been demasted and I'm on the fence. But it throws the boat into my price range.
10:24 This worse than the space shuttle !… I love to keep it simple. Books and no home cinema on sea… 30ft is an excellent size for a boat : not tiring, can be handled alone in case crew member is ill, etc… And never forget the saying "small boat small worries!".
Cool couple and great interview! Could probably save a good amount of weight by switching to lithium batteries - LiFePO4. The price has come down a lot recently, and you get much more energy density by volume and by weight. And you’d find your solar and wind would provide more usable power - keep the fridge going all night, every night. I’d also look at changing to synthetic standing rigging - quite a bit less weight.
We switched to LiFePO4 on Aquarius, and now we have 900AH at 24V. It is about 23KWH of storage capacity. Pretty nice being able to run anything without starting the genset. Though we can not run all three AC's at one time because our Inverter is only 3KW.. On this channel we have several videos about LiFePO4 batteries. Regarding Synthetic Standing Rigging. The only Synthetic Standing Rigging that I have heard of is Dynema. Yes, it's strong, but chafes easily. If I was racing in San Diego Harbor, I might try out Dynema standing rigging, but not crossing an Ocean. Just my take, but I have not thoroughly researched this topic. Best, Ken
It's not really the future...cruising boats have historically been smaller than today on average. It's only more recently that boats have crept up in size as people demand more creature comforts. The most famous blue water cruiser of all time is probably the Westsail 32, bear in mind. And 31 is not "small." Check out the Orion 27 or Dana 24, two other far smaller boats from the same manufacturer, both of which are also excellent blue water cruisers.
In the 1970s I sailed a 30 ft wooden double ender that was built in Ireland and sailed to the USA. The Captain and I sailed her through the Bahamas to S America and back and hit hurricanes that we sailed also. It was fine and back then we only had a compass, sextant, paper charts and an RDF. They had not invented the computer and no one had solar panels or wind generators or water makers or fridge, radar, GPS, wind gauges etc... It took smarts, skills and endurance to work 4 on and 4 off in hurricanes etc and without autopilot either so you really had to work on shift out in the weather but hey, now anyone can do it in total luxury and complain about 31 ft being small or wishing they had a larger inverter while watching movies on a big screen LAMO lol... I am happy more people can enjoy the oceans but they need to learn more about safety like what to do when all of their power and gadgets fail etc... Always be able to sail by the seat of your pants (have paper charts and a sextant etc) because,,, stuff happens.
Totally agree. I am slowing learning how to use the sextant, and I do think it important to have a plan when everything fails. Aquarius, a Super Maramu 2000, is a mostly electrical boat, and I find it very comforting since I am an electrical engineer. You got to sail when sailers actually got wet. It was much more difficult 40 to 50 years ago, hats off... Hope you have a Happy New Year!
@@SailingAquarius Thank you and I wish you a happy, healthy and safe new year too o---) Imagine sailing with zero electric, even when you buy food for your trip... Of course you do not want to call for help and leave your boat adrift in the ocean if she is seaworthy. Do your drills like MOB etc and be amazed at how things do not go as expected... Good luck and always teach others what you have learned.
@@SailingAquarius You are doing a great job. Enjoy your youth and health etc while you can as you make great memories for a lifetime (and now on video forevermore :-) Have a very happy, healthy and safe new year!
Wooow I was surprised at how low the boat was sitting in the water at Anchor. Quite a reduced free board Which can create two main plus many more. Lets deal with the main ones, 1. will drastically affect your drought. 2. Reduced or slow handing during heavy weather. 3. Reduce you boat speed and handling.. I have had 50 year of Sailing experience and owned 5 Boats along the way. One way of bringing your boat sitting correctly at the waterline would be in your Boat, get rid of a least 2 tons of unnecessary gear and weight. I couldn't help but see your vessel was VERY cluttered up. with all superfluous gear. Also I did notice the comment you made about water coming into your Galley sink.
You are so right about the weight! Z and I are on a 53 footer, and we are sitting OK right now, though it wouldn't hurt to shed a 1000 pounds or so. But, Cool Change has about 1/4th of the storage and space of Aquarius. It gets tough to fit everything you want/need into the boat of that size. We have a few friends here in NZ, one with a Super Maramu, and the other with a Amel 54. Both have raised their water lines. I was considering raising the waterline on Aquarius, but have decided to shed some lbs, and not pay for paint and gellcoat job to get the waterline up a bit. And, maybe soon LiFePO4 batteries. In the cruising community waterlines are one of our biggest problems, our waistlines are another problem during the holiday season. Have a wonderful 2019!
I remembered wrong! The Spray was 39', not 31'. But he had no technology but a sextant and a broken tin clock (just to show off he could find longitude without a chronometer)
Have you seen How to Sail Oceans youtube channel? He has a 31 foot gaff rig with NO motor. He's done a circumnavigation in it...single handed. That guy really knows his stuff.
Thank you for the video. Have followed Cool Change for years as they fit it to their lifestyle. Have the same boat, hull # 56 and wouldn’t trade for larger.
I wish we could have spent more time with Sea Change, but we were on different paths! They are nice people, and still amazed at the number of nice people doing this! Happy New Year.
Check out a short vid on Y/T called 'smallest boats to sail the 7 seas' there have been boats that crossed the Atlantic that are under 6ft long.... now that takes some doing...
This might be a stupid question, but is there a way to increase the buoyancy of a vessel so as to avoid the problem you're having with it sitting too low in the water?
You can try filling the interior with helium, and you may get a few extra pounds in your boat... But ---- Seriously, NO, ------there is no way to make your boat more buoyant. The only way to raise the waterline is to remove things from the vessel. The amount of toys, safety equipment, food, water, fuel, etc. you can take with you mostly depends on the size of the boat. Fair winds!
Such a wonderful and dynamic couple. With an amazing boat. They are a true example of people being able to live out their dreams. I honestly wish to join them when I retire... if not much sooner!
What a phenomenal design and awesome folks!
I love how the lady is so knowledgeable and it is evident through being an integral part of the team 😃
i do like Kens gentle line of questions that generally encourages the owners to share more information.
Thanks Jeremy!
What a great couple and that's a cool boat with everything anyone truly needs, rather than what they would like to add.
Excellent and such an awesome couple - loved it
What a wonderful boat! I'm in to small boats. Mine is a 28 foot long keel which I love. If I ever would go for a bit bigger, this Pacific Seacraft 31 is just wonderful!
This is the purrfect example to show my gf that were of an age to sail! Thank you! Dean in Vancouver, British Columbia.
Rick&Cindy are awesome. They did a masterpiece out of that 31ft boat. 👍
:)
Nice couple and the way they enjoy their life.Inspiring people.
Fair Winds
What a great couple and an Impressive, well found yacht. Everything seems well thought and seaman like. I’m a big fan of Crealock’s designs. Not all that long ago, 31 feet was typical, even large by the standards of the time.
We sailed UK to NZ in a 31 foot yacht 1973!
boatboy222 that’s some serious sailing you did back in ‘73 ... especially when you think that you did not have all the electronic
Navigation and Safety AIDS Available today...
I crossed the Atlantic in a 24 foot "yacht" .... or as my buddies let me know a dinghy with sails...😉
Beautiful boat. and beautiful couple." A 27 day camping trip"
great attitude. !
thanks !
Completely agree!
Yesyesyes! 😘
Hey this is refreshing! In the meantime I've watched many clips in this format, but none with such depth. It's just fun and enriches my day. Thanks for that! 😘
Thanks!! Fair Winds
What a great couple.... love grows big in small places...
Really GREAT Couple and a fantastic interview. Wish you guys fair winds where ever you may sail. ( Beautiful Yacht too ! )
Thanks Mike!
I really like your boat tours. Especially when we get to meet great couples like this.
Hello Aquarius crew: I have been following you now for a while. Initially, I was not sure whether I wanted to follow you. Compared to many others of your compatriates you come across very down to earth. However, I have come to appreciate your reporting by now because I find it just much more realistic. I am in the process of deciding for myself whether or not to go thru that kind of a lifestyle change. I am excited but not sure and appreciative to get your side of the story. So thank you very much and Good Luck.
Uwe
Uwe, Yes, we wanted to be more realistic with our channel. Showing some of the, not so great, things you see with living on a boat full time. You will see soon there are lots of changes out here!! Fair winds
I love these guys!! KISS method, go now. Take what you need, not what you want. 25 years ago, 35' was considered a decent size for a cruising boat, now people want generators, kayaks, everything plus the kitchen sink. But these guys are doing it with what they have, and picked a good boat to go in. Kudos to them!
Cool Change might be smaller, but they seem to have everything they need. Rick and Cindy seem to be very comfortable in their floating home.
That is the largest 31 footer I've seen . Absolutely gorgeous.
I know, when I first saw it anchored in Fare, I thought Cool Change was 40 to 45 feet.
Rick and Cindy did a great job on the re-fit.
Here's the boat tour !! Good tour and interesting sailors.
Took a day longer than expected to cut it up. Sorry for the delay! Happy New Year!!
Rick and Cindy are true rock stars👍
They do know how rock and roll.... Fair Winds
Great to see another small PS doing some serious cruising! Mine is 27' Orion, before I owned it my boat sailed to Hawaii and back several times and spent 2 years cruising in Mexico. It had a wind generator at that time but it broke down and was removed, I think I will have to think about a new one. However not getting much out of it until it is over 15 knots is disappointing for a $1500 investment. The previous owner was able to cut energy needs in HALF by changing to a Technautics refer unit. Perhaps Rick and Cindy could save some power with a more efficient unit?
Great set up. Those are SOLID little boats. I would feel safer on your little 31 than I would on many other 45 or 50 footers. In bad weather you may get bounced around a little more but you know it will stay together and get you home. I will deal with a little more rocking & rolling for the true comfort of knowing I am as safe as possible.
I would have to agree with everything you said! Happy Holidays
lol small boats....I crossed the Atlantic in a 24 foot "yacht" .... or as my buddies let me know a dinghy with sales...😁
Absolutely ideal boat. just the right amount of creature comforts, but not so overwhelming that you become disconnected from the sailing experience. ..
They do have a wonderful vessel!
I have sailed all my life and I always get the same question similar to that asked of mountain climbers which is have you climbed Everest. In my case is have you sailed across the ocean or even more aggressively have you gone around the world yet. The following question is simply how big of boat do you need to do either of those. As we have seen over the years people have tried it Space in rowboats all the way up obviously to mega yachts. But it’s great to see and learn from those who are actually out there doing it a lot of the little tricks and tips you need when you decide to haul in your dock lines and head out. If a picture is worth 1000 words the videos are worth 1 million. Thanks for this Storey and I will look forward to hearing others as you all circumnavigate
I have another trivial question for u ... who has more experience, the sailor with one circumnavigation and 5 years of sailing or u with ur 50 or even 60 years and counting of sailing? 🤣
did u guys already look at a pacific seacraft for ur show?
31 ft is no a big boat for sure but is clearly adequate to get you to your destination, in reasonable comfort and a high degree of safety. Best of luck on your future passage making.
Cool Change is a very safe boat! But that has to do with the safety features when the boat was designed. The majority of 31 footers would not be as safe as Pacific Cool. Fair Winds
check a short vid on y/t called 'smallest boats to sail the 7 seas'
@@kellyhunt3958
Better still read "Trekka around The World" written by John Guzzwell that tells how he sailed around the world in a 20 foot boat that he built himself.
Without an engine, GPS...back when sailors weren't youtube idols:
www.amazon.ca/Trekka-Round-World-John-Guzzwell-ebook/dp/B00IOAKYV8
th-cam.com/video/6jGO8Z29H2c/w-d-xo.html
Don't encourage people to gamble with their lives doing that.
What a wonderful couple! The wife is so ebullient, and obviously enjoys the lifestyle and talking about it.
Yes, they were. We did that video a while ago, and wonder where Cool Change is now!!! Happy New Year..... Hay COOL CHANGE where are you?????
Man, i like seeing boats that people live on. You can find plenty of showroom style videos, but seeing how people liv ein a boat gives you way more information about it.
Well said!
I love this boat so much. Think it is perfect size and just gorgeous.
We agree!
Love seeing papillon in the bookshelf. Such a good book if anyone else hasn't read it!
Same length as Capt. Joshua Slocum's boat, the Spray. That's probably the end of the comparison. He wintered in Australia and loafed his way home to Newport Harbor in the middle of the Spanish American war. His great little Nova Scotia journal of his trip is beautifully written, a great read, and never goes out of print. About time I read it for the fourth time!
the 'spray' was 36'. i see no similarities.
Pacific Seacraft is one of the best made fiberglass sailboats ever made.
I love those two!!!!! I think they are friends with Christian Williams. You should ask them about Christian. He wrote the book called Philosophy of Sailing.
wow wonderful!! I had a rather beautiful, but simple PS ‘31, a few years ago ...I am envious of your accomplishments. You are entirely correct about the traveler...it really bothered me that I would be alone and make a little error and never be able to adjust. I thought a 33’ motor would be good, but not to be..
Thanks for the comment!
Super Great boats the 31s! We have a Cruising Consultants Crealock 37 hull# 15 built before PSC got the molds. We love it! The area for your feet in the bunks are called "trotter boxes". Thought you might like to know :)
Hello Cindy and Rick. Great to see your video and hear about your travels. Scott & Isabel from Sausalito B dock. All the best.
Fascinating to see real people in proper yachts
I grew up on a 31' Casey Cutter (wooden boat built in 1940). Like the Pacific Seacrafts, it was beamy and built for comfort. Lots of space for a family of four on two week long cruises on the Great Lakes. I appreciated her sailor-like vocabulary, I mean who goes "downstairs"!? LOL
What a lovely couple.
I love the depth you get into in your videos, thank you!
and I love ur last name... lol
Love you guys....so natural and not into the , "we can sell you this" blah blah blah. Will never be able to afford anything bigger than a 30, so keep it going. I love your honesty! Ant
Thanks Ant!!
What a gem boat and nice people
Would have liked to have heard about what if anything broke and/or had to be repaired during the passage. Lovely boat and people.
Well, they did mention the door.
There are many people crossing the pacific these days on boats only 23' and a few less than that.
Yup, This is true...
That boat is designed to handle bad weather bigger boats have trouble to handle. Very smart of them to have a sturdy, well equipped and medium/small sized sailboat that they feel they can handle in any situation.
Agree! Rick and Cindy made a good choice! And, everything is cheaper in a smaller boat!
Happy New Year!!!!
@@SailingAquarius Merry Christmas and Happy New Sailing Year to both of you! :-)
Yeah, there is nothing noteworthy about sailing a 31 foot blue water boat on a transpac. It was designed for it. Even the much smaller 24ft Dana that the same manufacturer produced would have no problem. Boats don't have to be large to be seaworthy.
We left Mexico with Cool Change, a great couple and a splendid boat, and yup 31’
Could not agree more!
Where are you now?
Lovely interview ! open and honest no bullsh*t and a enjoyable watch
recently an adventurer solo sailed a 23 foot Ranger from California to the Hawiian Chain
I subscribed to that guy
Balls of steel
Yeah I watched that too...gutsy!!!
robert frederick Sam Holmes.
As far as your traveller is concerned check out "Adventures of an Old Seadog". Barry uses two main sheets Elininating the need for a cockpit traveller and a boom preventer. Great vid and interview! Thanks.
I think the PS 31 (&34&37 too) would be great boats to long distance cruise. I do think they have made theirs overly complicated. Too much to maintain but I guess he is good at it. Water maker? Radar? Even they said the refrig became a storage container after a few days when the pre-made meals ran out. I like my iced mocha too but learn to like scotch neat. Their boat looks so cluttered but if I had my life’s possessions I guess mine would be too.
I sailed my Swan 38 on a 4000 mile cruise one year. I had radar and single sideband radio but never used them. I had below deck autopilot but it lost its mind halfway through. No refrigeration. I did have a Windpilot self steering vane. I also had a small electronic tiller pilot which I sometimes used in place of air paddle on the Windpilot. All you need is a strong boat, windvane, reliable engine, self-tailing winches, Bimini for shade and roller furling. My Swan is no cruising boat but a great sailing boat. After the first big storm I kept the main furled and just used a 120% genoa and it sailed just fine. And yes a 38 foot boat seemed a little big to handle at times.
yesterday I would have thought NOWAY would u cross in a 30ftr...then today I found out there's people that ROW across in 20 ft row boats....CRAZY
If the water is coming up the sink, investigate if a loop in the hose with a vent at the top might not solve that.
I really like the port covers. Great idea.
Did you catch fish? Oh, just caught 🎏 fish, especially Wahoo or Ono, is the best, "broke the mouth" as they say in Hawaii. I caught a twenty pound Ono every three or four days on my way back from New Zealand and many stops in throuhout the South Pacific. A lot of times I caught Yellow Fin Tuna that were too big to kill, for the small amount I needed to eat, with out refrigeration three days is the limit. On my 38' ft Ingid Cutter Rigged sail boat 'Soliutude.'
Nice one guys
Still learning to sail our boat in the North Sea
Thanks for the tour
Yacht SeaFrog
Ebbtide 33
Steel - Steel cutter
31 - 33 well feel substantial bigger and deeper , than you, it’s to see on film but I think so
We draw 1.5m
10 mt fully loaded
Sometimes, small is beautiful.
31 feet is hardly "small".
th-cam.com/video/6jGO8Z29H2c/w-d-xo.html
The bigger the boat the more crew is needed a 31 is great for a couple
Interesting - the interior layout is almost exactly the same as my long since deceased Hunter 28.5. I wonder which designer borrowed from which on that. Of course, I never ventured across an ocean in my 28.5 LOL!
Many thanks for sharing. Lovely boat and nice couple.
Thanks Christopher! Please subscribe if you like our content. We posted quite a few boat tours already
My 29’ Farallon has crossed the Pacific 4 times with no more than a sextant and paper charts. Not unheard of for even smaller boats crossing oceans. Been seeing a lot of vids these days claiming even a 40’ is “tiny”. Matter of perspective I suppose. Btw my Farallon is for sale in Oregon if anyone’s interested.
For those that cross in a 21 foot sailboat, a 40 footer would seem large! For those that make the crossing in a cruise ship, a 53 foot Super Maramu would seem tiny. There are few people (maybe 100 or 200 that are alive today) that have made any significant crossings in a boat less than 30 feet, but there are 100,000's alive today that have made crossings in boats larger than 30 feet. This would include all those crossings made in cruise ships. So, people should ask the questions... To whom is the narrator trying to reach? To the vast majority of sailors that cruise the world, and I am not including those on anything larger than 64 foot, a 29 footer would seem tiny!
In our Island Packet 31, we crossed 3,500nm from Ecuador to the marquesas in 27 days too.
Where are you and your boat now?
Looked at a few of your vids! Looking good! Did you stay in FP for the end of sailing season?
Should talk to Chuck and Laura on their several crossings with the Albin Vega 27 LeaLea...
Looks like they are in Alaska, or Pacific NorthWest someplace. We are in New Zealand, so unfortunately it won't be happening anytime soon. Happy Holidays!
Great video,many thanks,it’s beautiful sailboat.
Hi Rimas, Agree they have a wonderful boat!
Great sailboat , great sailing adventure, many thanks . Fair winds and following seas
Thanks Rimas!
i love the name, cool change is a song ive loved for many years.
Yes, a great name for a sailing boat! Hope you had a wonderful Christmas!
A great interview and better answers.👌
Keep the good stuff coming
Happy holidays to you both.⛵️🏴☠️🔱😎
Thank you and Happy holidays to you as well!
So a 30ft mono for a couple to sail from Canada to the Bahamas is totally fine.
Yep, but not all 31 footers are the same. The Pacific Sea Craft 31 is kind of a special sailing vessel in its class. Fair Winds Timothy
@@SailingAquarius looking at a aloha 32 a c&c 34 or an endeavor 32. They are all nice boats but I wasn't sure if they would be enough boat. I can few a super good deal on a c&c 41. But it's been demasted and I'm on the fence. But it throws the boat into my price range.
Timothy
The Aloha 32 is a capable boat, C&C , less so...
10:24 This worse than the space shuttle !…
I love to keep it simple. Books and no home cinema on sea…
30ft is an excellent size for a boat : not tiring, can be handled alone in case crew member is ill, etc…
And never forget the saying "small boat small worries!".
Perfect timing on this video popping up in my suggestions. We're looking at a PS next week!
Theres my favorite sailing couple and what a boat take care of her
TKS! Happy New Year!
Cool couple and great interview! Could probably save a good amount of weight by switching to lithium batteries - LiFePO4. The price has come down a lot recently, and you get much more energy density by volume and by weight. And you’d find your solar and wind would provide more usable power - keep the fridge going all night, every night. I’d also look at changing to synthetic standing rigging - quite a bit less weight.
We switched to LiFePO4 on Aquarius, and now we have 900AH at 24V. It is about 23KWH of storage capacity. Pretty nice being able to run anything without starting the genset. Though we can not run all three AC's at one time because our Inverter is only 3KW.. On this channel we have several videos about LiFePO4 batteries. Regarding Synthetic Standing Rigging. The only Synthetic Standing Rigging that I have heard of is Dynema. Yes, it's strong, but chafes easily. If I was racing in San Diego Harbor, I might try out Dynema standing rigging, but not crossing an Ocean. Just my take, but I have not thoroughly researched this topic. Best, Ken
What lovely adventurous couple... what a dream existence!!!!
They get around. Take a look at their blog, I put the link in the description.
Happy New Year
Great couple and a good example for the future generations of sailors. Small is simple and enjoyable.. Merry Christmas and the BEST for New Year 2019.
Thanks Cesar!! Have a wonderful New Year
It's not really the future...cruising boats have historically been smaller than today on average. It's only more recently that boats have crept up in size as people demand more creature comforts. The most famous blue water cruiser of all time is probably the Westsail 32, bear in mind. And 31 is not "small." Check out the Orion 27 or Dana 24, two other far smaller boats from the same manufacturer, both of which are also excellent blue water cruisers.
In the 1970s I sailed a 30 ft wooden double ender that was built in Ireland and sailed to the USA. The Captain and I sailed her through the Bahamas to S America and back and hit hurricanes that we sailed also. It was fine and back then we only had a compass, sextant, paper charts and an RDF. They had not invented the computer and no one had solar panels or wind generators or water makers or fridge, radar, GPS, wind gauges etc... It took smarts, skills and endurance to work 4 on and 4 off in hurricanes etc and without autopilot either so you really had to work on shift out in the weather but hey, now anyone can do it in total luxury and complain about 31 ft being small or wishing they had a larger inverter while watching movies on a big screen LAMO lol... I am happy more people can enjoy the oceans but they need to learn more about safety like what to do when all of their power and gadgets fail etc... Always be able to sail by the seat of your pants (have paper charts and a sextant etc) because,,, stuff happens.
Totally agree. I am slowing learning how to use the sextant, and I do think it important to have a plan when everything fails. Aquarius, a Super Maramu 2000, is a mostly electrical boat, and I find it very comforting since I am an electrical engineer. You got to sail when sailers actually got wet. It was much more difficult 40 to 50 years ago, hats off... Hope you have a Happy New Year!
@@SailingAquarius Thank you and I wish you a happy, healthy and safe new year too o---) Imagine sailing with zero electric, even when you buy food for your trip... Of course you do not want to call for help and leave your boat adrift in the ocean if she is seaworthy. Do your drills like MOB etc and be amazed at how things do not go as expected... Good luck and always teach others what you have learned.
Teach Others... That is why I love talking to all the captains with more experience. Because they like to share their knowledge. Best!!
@@SailingAquarius You are doing a great job. Enjoy your youth and health etc while you can as you make great memories for a lifetime (and now on video forevermore :-) Have a very happy, healthy and safe new year!
My friend, do not confuse old pensioners and professional sailors...
Wooow I was surprised at how low the boat was sitting in the water at Anchor. Quite a reduced free board Which can create two main plus many more. Lets deal with the main ones, 1. will drastically affect your drought. 2. Reduced or slow handing during heavy weather. 3. Reduce you boat speed and handling.. I have had 50 year of Sailing experience and owned 5 Boats along the way.
One way of bringing your boat sitting correctly at the waterline would be in your Boat, get rid of a least 2 tons of unnecessary gear and weight. I couldn't help but see your vessel was VERY cluttered up. with all superfluous gear.
Also I did notice the comment you made about water coming into your Galley sink.
You are so right about the weight! Z and I are on a 53 footer, and we are sitting OK right now, though it wouldn't hurt to shed a 1000 pounds or so. But, Cool Change has about 1/4th of the storage and space of Aquarius. It gets tough to fit everything you want/need into the boat of that size. We have a few friends here in NZ, one with a Super Maramu, and the other with a Amel 54. Both have raised their water lines. I was considering raising the waterline on Aquarius, but have decided to shed some lbs, and not pay for paint and gellcoat job to get the waterline up a bit. And, maybe soon LiFePO4 batteries. In the cruising community waterlines are one of our biggest problems, our waistlines are another problem during the holiday season. Have a wonderful 2019!
Blessed be the aeropress ⛪️
very informative and interesting. Thanks! Best regards.
Beer and coffee maker... that man's got his priorities right!
Yes he does!
I remembered wrong! The Spray was 39', not 31'. But he had no technology but a sextant and a broken tin clock (just to show off he could find longitude without a chronometer)
Spray was a 36’
No sextant on Spray, at least Slocum didn’t mention it in his book.
Nice! Really nice.
Thank you for this. Great insight into a very practical sailing couple.
Thanks for watching! Happy New Year.
Thank you for the info.
Not totally unheard of. There's lots of folks on TH-cam that do crossings on 26ft boats
th-cam.com/video/6jGO8Z29H2c/w-d-xo.html
Have you seen How to Sail Oceans youtube channel? He has a 31 foot gaff rig with NO motor. He's done a circumnavigation in it...single handed. That guy really knows his stuff.
I have a friend who has circumnavigated the world in a 22ft Falmouth cutter.
Amazing what you can pack into 31 feet. Those guys should be recruited by NASA. Nice work and good interview Ken.
Thanks Ben
when the lady says mineral water and soda steam, I'm guessing she means sparkling water ?
Very cool!
I crossed the Atlantic in a 24 foot "yacht" .... or as my buddies let me know a dinghy with sails...😁
I'll bet you had a great time. And, you have a few sea stories to tell!
Thank you for the video. Have followed Cool Change for years as they fit it to their lifestyle. Have the same boat, hull # 56 and wouldn’t trade for larger.
They are wonderful boats, and you should be happy! Where are you at now?
Do they have a website or tube channel?
Maj. Tom They have a web site. Google Cool Change sail boat.
Sailing Aquarius Around The World Waiting to cross over to the Bahamas, then to the Exumas.
I did it in 28 columbia. Go now go cheap!
One of the best boats they could have picked!
Agree, and they put a lot of good work into her.
@@SailingAquarius She's a gem!
Great video.. And real nice people. They make me miss my boat.
I wish we could have spent more time with Sea Change, but we were on different paths! They are nice people, and still amazed at the number of nice people doing this! Happy New Year.
Check out a short vid on Y/T called 'smallest boats to sail the 7 seas' there have been boats that crossed the Atlantic that are under 6ft long.... now that takes some doing...
That's something I would not attempt. I enjoy most of the luxuries that Aquarius offers. Fair Winds
What a good story
Good job. Enjoyed
Glad you enjoyed it
Robin Lee Graham sailed around the world in a 24 footer back in the ‘60’s when he was 16.
Yeah, I wish I would have done it at 16.
Very usable.
Very nice indeed!😊👌👍
great interview, thank you.
Thanks and Happy New Year
that seems to work well for you both
Did you make some videos of your travels ?
This might be a stupid question, but is there a way to increase the buoyancy of a vessel so as to avoid the problem you're having with it sitting too low in the water?
You can try filling the interior with helium, and you may get a few extra pounds in your boat... But ---- Seriously, NO, ------there is no way to make your boat more buoyant. The only way to raise the waterline is to remove things from the vessel. The amount of toys, safety equipment, food, water, fuel, etc. you can take with you mostly depends on the size of the boat. Fair winds!