Enjoyed your channel! Just Subscribed.I’m trying to convince my wife that a circumnavigation is a great retirement project and went so far as to even start a little channel (@NavalGazingatCampDavid) to sell her on the life style….desperate times and all that. Lol. Thanks again for the great content. I have a whoooole new appreciation for the time and care it takes to create these episodes!
Nice! -- QUESTION -- I don't think that you prefer older boat to new boats because of your own age..not at all. We all prefer the older Oysters and Hallbergs to the newer production sailboat. Those 485s and 47 and 475s from Oyster are a dream boat for all us younger types too. My question is this: is the 47 the same as the 485 (we watched Talisman on youtube) as they look to be the same. Not sure what the difference is.
To me the only main difference is the galley is on the St side and you have an extra foot and a half. They all have plus things the gallery on a 56 I would love for the freezer being incorporated I have little freezer in room next to chart table but bought a free standing one for the Atlantic crossing filled with precooked food for 4 people for about 15 days strapped to the saloon table.!! The only way to know what you like is to go on all the different sizes and get a feel much like you would do a house😊 the 485 has separate shower en-suite in master cabin so you don’t get what I call the boys room where we have watermaker and small freezer plus Paul has made a small workbench.
@@Aequitas-sailintothesunset ,,interesting points. I did not notice those diffeences. They all look so similar but I guess when you dig into them you start to see some small differences.
We just noticed that this sailboat does not have a shaft drive but rather a "sail drive"?? What happened there as I thought that all Oysters were shaft drives?? We are told (constantly) that true Blue water sailboats have shafts and not sail drives. What are your thoughts on this?
Hi Coleen , yes we have a sail drive on Aequitas . Many yachts are now fitted with them , they were an option on the Oyster 47s . There is a lot of talk about the strength and durability of sail drives v shaft drives , both have advantages and disadvantages . Either of them might be damaged by landing your prop on a rock or similar or a major collision. I think most insurance companies require the rubber diaphragm on sail drives to be changed every seven years , I’ve changed two one on my boat and one on a friends boat both were 10 years old and looked and felt just a tough and strong as a new one. Puncture them , hard to do as they are up inside the hull and protected by a second seal on the outside. If you did sit down on something that sharp with a shaft drive you would puncture the hull for sure . I have heard that boats have been lifted on straps on their sail drives (in marinas) and other than bent props and damaged engine components nothing failed at the diaphragm , likewise shaft drives have been lifted the same way with bent shafts props stuffing box leaks /damage etc so same same. Conclusion :- not worth loosing sleep over it just a different solution to getting a rotating drive through a solid hull. 👍🏻😎
Hi yes, the floor boards are not fitting evenly/ tightly around mast at floor level , might be an indicator of mast foot having moved or fixing broken . The original floor panels would have fitted evenly around mast so might be something has changed. We didn’t investigate further . We had a slight leak /drip showing on Aequitas when we bought her , took quite a while to find it . The mast allows water down inside and despite a “dam” inside mast it exits at bottom of mast normally. However the leak actually came from the deck collar not sealing completely to the deck allowing water through and then dripping down the mast collar onto the mast chocks and then dripped onto floor . Just some things to look out for with keel stepped masts . Hope that explains ☺️👍🏻
Enjoyed your channel! Just Subscribed.I’m trying to convince my wife that a circumnavigation is a great retirement project and went so far as to even start a little channel (@NavalGazingatCampDavid) to sell her on the life style….desperate times and all that. Lol. Thanks again for the great content. I have a whoooole new appreciation for the time and care it takes to create these episodes!
Good luck with the channel and hope u can convince your lady. Why not try a short skippered charter cruise flotilla holiday , we’ve been on a couple in Greece and even apart from the great scenery they are good fun, you learn a lot and it’ll test if cruising is for you . Remember also they say that yacht crusing is just boat maintenance in exotic places … 👍🏻☺️
Enjoyed your channel! Just Subscribed.I’m trying to convince my wife that a circumnavigation is a great retirement project and went so far as to even start a little channel (@NavalGazingatCampDavid) to sell her on the life style….desperate times and all that. Lol. Thanks again for the great content. I have a whoooole new appreciation for the time and care it takes to create these episodes!
Nice! -- QUESTION -- I don't think that you prefer older boat to new boats because of your own age..not at all. We all prefer the older Oysters and Hallbergs to the newer production sailboat. Those 485s and 47 and 475s from Oyster are a dream boat for all us younger types too. My question is this: is the 47 the same as the 485 (we watched Talisman on youtube) as they look to be the same. Not sure what the difference is.
To me the only main difference is the galley is on the St side and you have an extra foot and a half. They all have plus things the gallery on a 56 I would love for the freezer being incorporated I have little freezer in room next to chart table but bought a free standing one for the Atlantic crossing filled with precooked food for 4 people for about 15 days strapped to the saloon table.!! The only way to know what you like is to go on all the different sizes and get a feel much like you would do a house😊 the 485 has separate shower en-suite in master cabin so you don’t get what I call the boys room where we have watermaker and small freezer plus Paul has made a small workbench.
@@Aequitas-sailintothesunset ,,interesting points. I did not notice those diffeences. They all look so similar but I guess when you dig into them you start to see some small differences.
We just noticed that this sailboat does not have a shaft drive but rather a "sail drive"?? What happened there as I thought that all Oysters were shaft drives?? We are told (constantly) that true Blue water sailboats have shafts and not sail drives. What are your thoughts on this?
Hi Coleen , yes we have a sail drive on Aequitas . Many yachts are now fitted with them , they were an option on the Oyster 47s . There is a lot of talk about the strength and durability of sail drives v shaft drives , both have advantages and disadvantages . Either of them might be damaged by landing your prop on a rock or similar or a major collision. I think most insurance companies require the rubber diaphragm on sail drives to be changed every seven years , I’ve changed two one on my boat and one on a friends boat both were 10 years old and looked and felt just a tough and strong as a new one. Puncture them , hard to do as they are up inside the hull and protected by a second seal on the outside. If you did sit down on something that sharp with a shaft drive you would puncture the hull for sure . I have heard that boats have been lifted on straps on their sail drives (in marinas) and other than bent props and damaged engine components nothing failed at the diaphragm , likewise shaft drives have been lifted the same way with bent shafts props stuffing box leaks /damage etc so same same. Conclusion :- not worth loosing sleep over it just a different solution to getting a rotating drive through a solid hull. 👍🏻😎
@@Aequitas-sailintothesunset ...very interesting perspective. Might take time for me to get my head around this.
The mast gap ?
Hi yes, the floor boards are not fitting evenly/ tightly around mast at floor level , might be an indicator of mast foot having moved or fixing broken . The original floor panels would have fitted evenly around mast so might be something has changed. We didn’t investigate further . We had a slight leak /drip showing on Aequitas when we bought her , took quite a while to find it . The mast allows water down inside and despite a “dam” inside mast it exits at bottom of mast normally. However the leak actually came from the deck collar not sealing completely to the deck allowing water through and then dripping down the mast collar onto the mast chocks and then dripped onto floor . Just some things to look out for with keel stepped masts . Hope that explains ☺️👍🏻
Interesting video too bad the captain mumbled .
What part?
Captain here … I’m not mumbling , just can’t get my words out comes from Senior moments and muttering to myself . - note to self , must try harder 👍🏻🤓
Enjoyed your channel! Just Subscribed.I’m trying to convince my wife that a circumnavigation is a great retirement project and went so far as to even start a little channel (@NavalGazingatCampDavid) to sell her on the life style….desperate times and all that. Lol. Thanks again for the great content. I have a whoooole new appreciation for the time and care it takes to create these episodes!
Good luck with the channel and hope u can convince your lady. Why not try a short skippered charter cruise flotilla holiday , we’ve been on a couple in Greece and even apart from the great scenery they are good fun, you learn a lot and it’ll test if cruising is for you . Remember also they say that yacht crusing is just boat maintenance in exotic places … 👍🏻☺️
@@Aequitas-sailintothesunset LOL! I'm going to remember that saying!!