Nice episode! Very good to hear some honesty about some..or..a drawback of a multihull. The motion in a monohull of comparable length to width (50-60ft) is superior and more predictable in confused water. Sorry for the sea sickness...anyone who has not experienced it..very hard to describe the feeling..even in a mild case. But, it does go away. The bodies inner gyroscope is an amazing thing. Great and well described episode!
Thanks Peter. Yes. There are more pros than cons to a Cat over a Mono (IMO) but the quicker back and forth motion took some getting use to for my "inner Gyroscope". :-)
Those waves are crazy! Sorry for your sea sickness! I have this feeling I would not do well out there with those waves! Anxious to see some of your summer videos as well after this Trans Atlantic trip. I am sure more to come, and looking forward to St-Helena's stay over. The island looks beautiful!
The cluster of black fenders (8:07) reminded me of my former maritime career. These fenders can be larger than a VW Beatle. Wrapped around in chains were old aircraft tires. I had to tow in the water or aboard a vessel. Thoroughly enjoying the trip and commentaries.
Thanks First. Yes those floating fenders were huge. It may have been hard to tell from the footage but they were as big as a passenger van each. We were not sure if they were fenders or mooring balls for the Freighters to tie to while they wait for a spot on the dock?
Great Stuff Craig, I'm curious about your top speed during the passage and please tell us about the type of sail being used while you're filming, and it would help if you point your camera at the mast sometimes Thanks
Thanks. I've talked plenty in past episodes about the sails we were using. You may want to go back and watch them. In the future episodes, when the wind dies a bit we go back to using the Parasail. Otherwise we used the Genoa a lot. Almost never used the small jib. The main was rarely used if we were going down wind as it did more banging than helped with our speed. It was just easier to sail with the big screecher or the Parasail in most cases.
I was only ever seasick once. The first time I passed the breakwater into open ocean. It's been almost 50 years, and I still remember it well. Glad you got past it, some don't.
Thanks Fred. Yes, it caught me off guard. When I first get out in the sea after 6 month of Canadian Winter, I was 1/2 expecting to feel a bit green. But not to knock me on my ass like it did. Good learning lesson that I could get over it even when the Ocean didn't get any better. :-)
Ha ha. I was. All of us, except Steve, were primarily Monohull sailors. Tamas knew this Cat inside out so if anything acted strange or sounded strange, he knew exactly what it was. We did fine once he was gone, but it was a bit scary to see him leaving us for good.
Thanks. Well, Sean is from North Carolina. I sent him a message but haven't heard back from him. I hope his family and his X5 is safe. It is suppose to be the X5 at this years Annapolis Sailboat show.
I'll wake up seasick and get a massive headache, followed by vomiting as well as having to be flat on my back. Bonine works like a charm for me. I only need one and in a half hour I'm good for days. Saying all that.....love seeing those waves.
Swakopmund is a great place to visit. Was there in 1989,spent a week there, So what it's like now,someone else may know. If you do go there, travel up to Tsumeb, there was a 1950's American style cafe there, was an experience not to miss.
Always buy the blue colored Globe Marine Run-Dry impellers. They are 3 times more durable and last three times as long. The cost increase of the product is minuscule compared to the problems standard impellers cause. On a side note, after buying "How not to Die", I have lost 23 lbs.
Very cool about the weight loss. I fell off the wagon when I spent all that time on this voyage, eating less than healthy food.. I have to get back to it. Congrats. Yes, a better quality impeller would have helped a lot. Hopefully Sean will read this and invest in better than the standard impeller that the generator came with. :-)
Hello Craig, I pity you when you arrived in this harbor with all these rusty boats and see how sick you were. Would you say that the X5 is a boat with average speed, or below average or above average? I tried it with Tamas at La Grande Motte in France, the sea was bad, but it was quite calm and advanced rather well. Thank you for your videos.
It sailed quite well for a Cruising Cat. It is not a super light performance cat, So it won't out sail them but considering all the comforts of this boat (and its much heavier weight), it sailed quite well. We hit a max speed of 17. We sailed on a beam reach with both sails up at over 12 knots average. That is pretty fast in my book for a boat that has all the comforts of a Condo. But then again I am presently a Mono hull sailor and my boat wont go anywhere near that speed. :-)
Ok. I have done plenty of sails and speeds in past episodes. There will be more in the future. Not sure everyone wants a constant update of what our speed is in each episode?
@@Bowmans-Woods Actually, it would be good to know the drinking water being used per minute and the RPM and voltage being produced by your generator when and when it's not running!! Come on Craig, get with the program!! These TH-camrs eh Robin, armatures!! ;-)
My biggest takeaway from this episode is, I don’t want a superlight boat. Only the Leopard 50 has a higher dryweight than this boat, 20t vs 18t, and you were still getting tossed around quite a bit. I cannot imagine bluewater cruising in a 10-11t boat, don’t care how fast it is. Basically, it seems like the really light boats have the alley kitchens, cause the designers know they are going to be bumpy rides,
Yes. Everyone says they want speed but have they really sailed on a light/fast cat? I bet if they did they would find the boat would not be very comfortable as you will feel every ripple and wave when sailing or when at anchor.
Cruising Off Duty so as part of my decision matrix, I’m setting a minimum dry weight, eg 13-14t, any lower than that the boat has to be really compelling and I’ll want to have a really thorough test sail.
So, even before you get to the generator, you had the propellor driven generator off the sugar scoop, and the wind turbine might have been producing power, but the question is how much? Also, are there solar arrays onboard, I don't recall? A lot of years men sailed the ocean blue without watermakers or generators, so I guess it can be done. Saltwater showers, manual desalination, scurvy, rotten food. I mean, it's been done, right? LOL :p :D Glad you had spares on board for the genset, I'm not sure I would have thought about that for a new, out of the factory yacht.
Yes. This boat is a high tech beast. So it takes a lot of power. On a perfectly sunny day the Solar can more than handle it but the cloudy days and of course at night the draw was more than we could take in with just the water propelled generator, so we needed to fire up the generator from time to time. I was also surprised we wore out an impeller so quickly. All we can figure is because the boat was bouncing up and down so much the generator intake must have been out of the water a bit too much and we sucked in air and the impeller overheated. So, it is something Sean is going to have to keep in mind. Don't fire up the Genny if it is super wavy.
Interesting. I was watching the "Sailing Zatara' episode which comes out on the same day as COD and they had the same problem in the Pacific - replacing the impeller on the generator. Even looked the same... Is there only one generator on the X5?
Hmmmm that could be an issue with trying to use a Generator in big waves. Too much air getting sucked into the intake. Yes there is only 1 generator. It is a Diesel 15 KW. So it is quite large and can charge all the batteries in a very short amount of time. We maybe used it for an hour a day around 9pm to top up the batteries so they would still be fairly charged after the boats needs all through the night. Day time we had plenty of solar.
As I understand it, dolphins who behave like this ride a pressure wave created in the water by the bow/s of a vessel as it makes headway. It therefore requires a minimum of effort on the part of Dolphins to sustain the speeds they can attain from vessels under way. So because they have two bows Catamarans would be a particularly appealing ride for those playful denizens of the open sea.
Walvis (Bay) is the alienated German term "Walfisch" which means Whalefish (Bay) in English. P.S. WAL is not only the term used for a whale but also for the mythological figure that returns at Ragnarok to protect ppl from evil [ WAL = LAW which is pronounced LOVE in German] - to distinguish between both whales are therefore named "Walfisch" also.
Thanks Marcel. Nope. No story on the Dinghy. It is shown a fair number of times in the episodes. It just didn't seem that exciting to me. It is a hard fiberglass dinghy. That's it. I know Tamas was not a fan and prefers a regular RIB. I have to say I would prefer a regular RIB as well. A regular RIB is more stable to get in and out of and this tender tended to splash you when you were moving through waves. So, I probably wont get one of these. The selling feature is they are light to carry.
Glad to give you my short but sweet review. Long and short. If you have a small cat and need a light tender, it would be a good choice. If you have a larger Cat and can handle the extra weight, get a normal Rib so you can comfortably whip around fast, through some chop and not get soaked. :-)
Wow 4 hours is quick. Although I am assuming you were already back on solid ground and not still being thrown around at that point? If so, then I can imagine it would pass quickly. On the boat it was just a constant tossing. So hard to get past the feeling, when it just wont stop moving. :-)
No rum? What sort of sailboat does not stock a healthy supply of jungle juice for the grubby, unwashed rabble on the work-decks? In Queensland Australia a keel-hauling for the quartermaster would be in the wind!
Ha Ha. I agree! Outrageous !! I bought my own in Namibia to solve that problem. Beer is too filling to drink all the time. Problem then was finding enough mix (Coke) to go with it. Funny how pop is soooooo cheap in Canada but in other parts of the world pop is more expensive than beer? Juice is the next best mix I guess and we could find that.
No. Im not sure what they would say? It is an impeller. They break, and you get use to replacing them. Not usually this quick but we guess it was because of all the waves. The Impeller must have sucked in air instead of water and it overheated? Just a guess on our part.
On another TH-cam channel, they recommended plugging one ear with an earplug to prevent sea sickness. If you have a chance, could you try that and let us know if it works? Thanks.
I did try that after I already felt sick. Didn't seem to help but then again I think it might be something you would do before you feel sick, if you knew you were susceptible? I didn't know I was.
I find it odd that a relatively "new" xquisite 50 Cat can manifest these issues. It almost points out questionable design faults that this voyage is being used to Test Bed. If a generator impeller fails because of the raw water intake being positioned improperly the Cat designer needs to "go back to the drawing board" or his CAD module to eliminate the predisposition. These design faults relegate the Xquisite 50 to the status of a "coastal" craft versus a true "blue water" craft because different unfavorable sea conditions are experienced on ocean crossings.
No. No one was wearing anything. I was the only one that felt really sick. Steve said when he got in the engine rooms to work on the impeller he would feel a bit queezy. Small spaces and lots of movement is not fun.
Wow. Tell us more. It looks like it has been sitting there being neglected for many years. Im sure it has a long history of places it must have sailed (motored) to.
Max 17. Min? Well if there was no wind we fired up the engines so there is nothing to say about min. Average sailing was probably 7-8 knots in all conditions. Remember we were sailing mostly down wind. When we did sail on a beam reach we easily were doing 12+.
Maldwin, have you asked me this in every video? I feel like I keep getting the same question, over and over? It was OK. The pro was it is light. I still would prefer a regular RIB for stability and to not get spashed in waves.
If so, I apologize. I have been asking about them every time I see one, but hopefully not asking the same people. They have some big fans, and I am seriously considering one.
No problem. It might not have been you. I just feel like every video I get at least 2 people asking about this tender. If you search the comments on just this video you will see I have answered this to more than 1 person. ha ha. I didn't dislike the tender but I would go for a Solid RIB over this if my Cat was large enough to handle the extra weight. :-)
Thanks, the main reason I am interested in it is that I would like to be able to row for exercise. Two people I know who have performance cats, one in the Pacific, one in Annapolis have them and love them. I may see if I can have a ride in the one in Annapolis during the show. Tippy is a no go for me, but I would like to get some exercise!
It wasn't so much the tippy-ness that was the big detractor. It was the fact that when there were any waves and you try to motor through them you get splashed and soaked. The regular RIB with the big inflated tube around the outside deflects spray out away from the passengers inside. Unless it is dead flat when you are motoring, you are going to get wet. So, it would not be my first choice unless I had a very small Cat and was worried about carrying too much weight. Then you just have to motor slow through any waves. Or wear foul weather gear. :-)
You might want to check the Xquisite website to get exact specs but I believe it was 800 litres in each of the 2 tanks. That is from memory though so don't quote me.
Ha Ha. I come from Canada. I hear Africa and I think HOT. Now I know. Although South Africa can get damn Hot in the summer. I just came at the wrong time of year. Like I said, if I was buying a boat from S.A. I would only sail it back if I could leave in their summer. I am like Tamas, I sail to be comfortable in shorts and T-shirts. I get enough of 5 layers of clothes and long underwear dealing with Canadian winters. ha ha
Too much of your face in the frame. You need to shoot more of what is happening, and cast a voice already behind the scenes. You are certainly a handsome guy, but 60% of the video watching your face becomes boring. No offense! This is constructive criticism. Great trip on a beautiful boat!
Hahahaha, we sail tough here in Southern Africa, the fishing vessel, that rusty one was just flushing out their tanks, it definitely wasn't poo😂😂. Your seasickness is the reason I don't like catamarans, they lurch in all manner of unnatural and unpredictable ways, and that slam, lurch, slap, rise, roll, fall, slam on the inner hulls and bridge deck is intolerable, great at anchor , great downwind, shite on every other point of sail, can't head up to anything like a monohull, and can barely heave to, I sleep way better on monohulls, everything is predictable because you are a plane with a defined counterbalanced point, and you just pivot left or right about it, cats are the exact opposite, two stable hulls with a pivot at the centre the rig wants to lean and the hulls don't, their beams are too wide. They're best suited to shallow keys and shoaly calm waters, even with wind on a flat sea they're fine, but I wouldn't even take a gun boat into the southern ocean, or even the roaring forties, but I'd take a 38' mid seventies long keel/modified full keel cutter any day! Yes they can do it, but I'd hazard a guess that when the shit hits the fan you'll all prefer to be on a good stout monohull
I hear what you are saying about the Mono. It is a decision that each person has to make based on how they plan to use their boat. I see Janice and I doing a long slow circumnavigation on a Cat and since we will be at anchor at least 80% of the time, a Cat suits our needs best. If I was a racer or planned to do a lot of long passages with very little time at anchor before going on to the next passage and wasn't planning to take time to "smell the roses" by doing land exploring, then I could get onboard with the idea that a Mono might be a better choice. Different boats for different benefits. Side benefit of a cat. You can sleep at night knowing that if you hit something in the pitch dark ( like a whale sleeping, a shipping container or other floating trash, which we saw a lot of along the Brazilian coast) and you punch a hole in your hull, you Cat rest easy that your Cat will stay floating. Your Mono is going to get pulled to the bottom fast with that big heavy Keel dragging you under. You have mere mintues to get everything you need to live in a life raft. So wake up and act fast. Better have your ditch bag readily available and your life boat in ship shape. Because you are going to need it. A modern Cat will stay floating, even if it had a hole below the water line and took on water. I'd prefer to wait to be rescued or found, waiting on my cat, that is large and easy to spot, than bobbing around in a tiny life raft. :-)
North of where you were is maybe the worst oil polluters in the world! Along with the worst Pirates! Act bubbles getting into sea strainer stall AC units and Generators for sure!
I thought this was a sailing video not a video of you in your cabin telling every body how sea sick you felt let's sea some sailing from the helm not your bedroom !!
There is plenty of footage in the past episodes and in coming episodes of me showing sailing. This was meant as an informative episode letting the prospective sailing couple that if you are thinking of big open ocean passages that even if you think you don't get seasick while sailing, You clearly can and it will knock you on your ass. But, there is a bright side. You will get through it and can handle any condition, once you do. I thought that story was just as or more important than me showing shot of the boat sailing along. We did that for 8 weeks, so there was ton of time to film that. Don't worry there is plenty footage of that during this whole voyage. And FYI, I sometimes filmed from inside a cabin because there was a lot of wind outside and I was concerned that the mics would pick up too much wind noise and the speaking would get drowned out. I did have my reasons.
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Nice episode! Very good to hear some honesty about some..or..a drawback of a multihull. The motion in a monohull of comparable length to width (50-60ft) is superior and more predictable in confused water. Sorry for the sea sickness...anyone who has not experienced it..very hard to describe the feeling..even in a mild case. But, it does go away. The bodies inner gyroscope is an amazing thing. Great and well described episode!
very good points
Thanks Peter. Yes. There are more pros than cons to a Cat over a Mono (IMO) but the quicker back and forth motion took some getting use to for my "inner Gyroscope". :-)
Those waves are crazy! Sorry for your sea sickness! I have this feeling I would not do well out there with those waves! Anxious to see some of your summer videos as well after this Trans Atlantic trip. I am sure more to come, and looking forward to St-Helena's stay over. The island looks beautiful!
Thanks Roger. Yes St Helena was beautiful and friendly. I highly suggest anyone stop there that has the chance.
Enjoy watching all your video's. Can't wait for the next episode of my home St helena island. 😎
I hope you see some familar faces when they post the videos. good luck. : ) peace
Thanks Danielle. Glad to hear it.
The cluster of black fenders (8:07) reminded me of my former maritime career. These fenders can be larger than a VW Beatle. Wrapped around in chains were old aircraft tires. I had to tow in the water or aboard a vessel.
Thoroughly enjoying the trip and commentaries.
Thanks First. Yes those floating fenders were huge. It may have been hard to tell from the footage but they were as big as a passenger van each. We were not sure if they were fenders or mooring balls for the Freighters to tie to while they wait for a spot on the dock?
Thanks Craig!
I did enjoy this episode very much. Maybe it's because I'm not on board of our boat 🤔
Thanks Timo. It was more fun once I got past the seasickness. The rest of the trip I felt much better. :-)
Really great stuff Graig. Looking forward to future episodes of the trip. Thanks
Thanks Mike. I will keep them coming. Working on editing another tomorrow. Probably post it on the weekend.
@@Bowmans-Woods great
Love it! Some of the best footage I've seen capturing the reality of lumpy, confused seas. Keep up the great work!
Thanks J. Always nice to hear comments like this.
Great Stuff Craig, I'm curious about your top speed during the passage and please tell us about the type of sail being used while you're filming, and it would help if you point your camera at the mast sometimes
Thanks
Thanks. I've talked plenty in past episodes about the sails we were using. You may want to go back and watch them. In the future episodes, when the wind dies a bit we go back to using the Parasail. Otherwise we used the Genoa a lot. Almost never used the small jib. The main was rarely used if we were going down wind as it did more banging than helped with our speed. It was just easier to sail with the big screecher or the Parasail in most cases.
I was wondering how "hull slap" would be on this boat since it is so heavy. Clearly still an issue. Thanks for the info.
It’s not bad but I think all Cats will have some slap in big waves.
I was only ever seasick once. The first time I passed the breakwater into open ocean. It's been almost 50 years, and I still remember it well. Glad you got past it, some don't.
Thanks Fred. Yes, it caught me off guard. When I first get out in the sea after 6 month of Canadian Winter, I was 1/2 expecting to feel a bit green. But not to knock me on my ass like it did. Good learning lesson that I could get over it even when the Ocean didn't get any better. :-)
Great episode. I definitely would have been a bit worried when Thamas left.
Ha ha. I was. All of us, except Steve, were primarily Monohull sailors. Tamas knew this Cat inside out so if anything acted strange or sounded strange, he knew exactly what it was. We did fine once he was gone, but it was a bit scary to see him leaving us for good.
Great episode!!! Anyone notice that this is the X5 in the background of The Weather Channel's Wilmington coverage of Dorian? Still in one piece.
Thanks. Well, Sean is from North Carolina. I sent him a message but haven't heard back from him. I hope his family and his X5 is safe. It is suppose to be the X5 at this years Annapolis Sailboat show.
Looks like some good cruising.
It was.
I'll wake up seasick and get a massive headache, followed by vomiting as well as having to be flat on my back. Bonine works like a charm for me. I only need one and in a half hour I'm good for days. Saying all that.....love seeing those waves.
Good to know for next time. Only thing is I am not sure what Bonnie is. But, Thanks Maureen.
Lots of info on google.
Nice episode... Of course hugely dissapointing that you didn't film yourself when you were seasick....😉😊
Ha Ha. Can you imagine that in vivid colour with stereo sound? Actually, no, dont think of that. ha ha. I usually only felt really sick at night.
nice video guys! Cheers
Thanks Avocet.
@@Bowmans-Woods Fair winds!
Another great video, looks like an amazing trip.
Thanks Glen. It was.
Swakopmund is a great place to visit. Was there in 1989,spent a week there, So what it's like now,someone else may know. If you do go there, travel up to Tsumeb, there was a 1950's American style cafe there, was an experience not to miss.
Thanks. I will definitely check it out if I get back out to Walvis Bay. :-)
Always buy the blue colored Globe Marine Run-Dry impellers. They are 3 times more durable and last three times as long. The cost increase of the product is minuscule compared to the problems standard impellers cause. On a side note, after buying "How not to Die", I have lost 23 lbs.
Very cool about the weight loss. I fell off the wagon when I spent all that time on this voyage, eating less than healthy food.. I have to get back to it. Congrats. Yes, a better quality impeller would have helped a lot. Hopefully Sean will read this and invest in better than the standard impeller that the generator came with. :-)
Hello Craig, I pity you when you arrived in this harbor with all these rusty boats and see how sick you were.
Would you say that the X5 is a boat with average speed, or below average or above average?
I tried it with Tamas at La Grande Motte in France, the sea was bad, but it was quite calm and advanced rather well.
Thank you for your videos.
It sailed quite well for a Cruising Cat. It is not a super light performance cat, So it won't out sail them but considering all the comforts of this boat (and its much heavier weight), it sailed quite well. We hit a max speed of 17. We sailed on a beam reach with both sails up at over 12 knots average. That is pretty fast in my book for a boat that has all the comforts of a Condo. But then again I am presently a Mono hull sailor and my boat wont go anywhere near that speed. :-)
Where did Shawn get the trip weather planner? Thanks, great VDO?
He paid a weather planner guy. We used weather tracking software onboard to confirm we agreed with what the weather planner guys was saying.
Amazing boat
so cool, maybe we will cross paths with them some day
It is pretty sweet. :-)
Awesome journey! Perhaps some more specifics on sail configurations, speed etc?
Robin
(Fellow Canadian)
Ok. I have done plenty of sails and speeds in past episodes. There will be more in the future. Not sure everyone wants a constant update of what our speed is in each episode?
@@Bowmans-Woods Actually, it would be good to know the drinking water being used per minute and the RPM and voltage being produced by your generator when and when it's not running!! Come on Craig, get with the program!! These TH-camrs eh Robin, armatures!! ;-)
My biggest takeaway from this episode is, I don’t want a superlight boat. Only the Leopard 50 has a higher dryweight than this boat, 20t vs 18t, and you were still getting tossed around quite a bit. I cannot imagine bluewater cruising in a 10-11t boat, don’t care how fast it is. Basically, it seems like the really light boats have the alley kitchens, cause the designers know they are going to be bumpy rides,
Yes. Everyone says they want speed but have they really sailed on a light/fast cat? I bet if they did they would find the boat would not be very comfortable as you will feel every ripple and wave when sailing or when at anchor.
Cruising Off Duty so as part of my decision matrix, I’m setting a minimum dry weight, eg 13-14t, any lower than that the boat has to be really compelling and I’ll want to have a really thorough test sail.
So, even before you get to the generator, you had the propellor driven generator off the sugar scoop, and the wind turbine might have been producing power, but the question is how much? Also, are there solar arrays onboard, I don't recall?
A lot of years men sailed the ocean blue without watermakers or generators, so I guess it can be done. Saltwater showers, manual desalination, scurvy, rotten food. I mean, it's been done, right? LOL :p :D
Glad you had spares on board for the genset, I'm not sure I would have thought about that for a new, out of the factory yacht.
Yes. This boat is a high tech beast. So it takes a lot of power. On a perfectly sunny day the Solar can more than handle it but the cloudy days and of course at night the draw was more than we could take in with just the water propelled generator, so we needed to fire up the generator from time to time. I was also surprised we wore out an impeller so quickly. All we can figure is because the boat was bouncing up and down so much the generator intake must have been out of the water a bit too much and we sucked in air and the impeller overheated. So, it is something Sean is going to have to keep in mind. Don't fire up the Genny if it is super wavy.
The swell looks proportional from a stateroom window, just gotta get near the water level.
It is a cool view from your bed.
Interesting. I was watching the "Sailing Zatara' episode which comes out on the same day as COD and they had the same problem in the Pacific - replacing the impeller on the generator. Even looked the same... Is there only one generator on the X5?
Hmmmm that could be an issue with trying to use a Generator in big waves. Too much air getting sucked into the intake. Yes there is only 1 generator. It is a Diesel 15 KW. So it is quite large and can charge all the batteries in a very short amount of time. We maybe used it for an hour a day around 9pm to top up the batteries so they would still be fairly charged after the boats needs all through the night. Day time we had plenty of solar.
As I understand it, dolphins who behave like this ride a pressure wave created in the water by the bow/s of a vessel as it makes headway.
It therefore requires a minimum of effort on the part of Dolphins to sustain the speeds they can attain from vessels under way.
So because they have two bows Catamarans would be a particularly appealing ride for those playful denizens of the open sea.
Yes. Fun for them
Walvis (Bay) is the alienated German term "Walfisch" which means Whalefish (Bay) in English.
P.S. WAL is not only the term used for a whale but also for the mythological figure that returns at Ragnarok to protect ppl from evil [ WAL = LAW which is pronounced LOVE in German] - to distinguish between both whales are therefore named "Walfisch" also.
Thanks for the info
Did you happen to do a little story on that dinghy/tender?
Thumbs up for the ambient sounds. Looking forward to the rest of the videos in this series!
Thanks Marcel. Nope. No story on the Dinghy. It is shown a fair number of times in the episodes. It just didn't seem that exciting to me. It is a hard fiberglass dinghy. That's it. I know Tamas was not a fan and prefers a regular RIB. I have to say I would prefer a regular RIB as well. A regular RIB is more stable to get in and out of and this tender tended to splash you when you were moving through waves. So, I probably wont get one of these. The selling feature is they are light to carry.
@@Bowmans-Woods Well, that right there is what I call enough of a review. I have not seen them so I was curious.
Glad to give you my short but sweet review. Long and short. If you have a small cat and need a light tender, it would be a good choice. If you have a larger Cat and can handle the extra weight, get a normal Rib so you can comfortably whip around fast, through some chop and not get soaked. :-)
i got seasick doing snap rolls in a fighter jet. 3 hours and i wanted to barf followed by a headache. passed 4 hours later
Wow 4 hours is quick. Although I am assuming you were already back on solid ground and not still being thrown around at that point? If so, then I can imagine it would pass quickly. On the boat it was just a constant tossing. So hard to get past the feeling, when it just wont stop moving. :-)
That's the best place to catch the fish, where they're dumping the crap in Namibia.
No rum?
What sort of sailboat does not stock a healthy supply of jungle juice for the grubby, unwashed rabble on the work-decks?
In Queensland Australia a keel-hauling for the quartermaster would be in the wind!
Ha Ha. I agree! Outrageous !! I bought my own in Namibia to solve that problem. Beer is too filling to drink all the time. Problem then was finding enough mix (Coke) to go with it. Funny how pop is soooooo cheap in Canada but in other parts of the world pop is more expensive than beer? Juice is the next best mix I guess and we could find that.
@@Bowmans-Woods I can no longer drink beverages containing caffeine due to an acquired intolerance, but Ginger beer makes a tolerable substitute.
Good sailing! Thanks for the ambient life footage! Did you ever get any feedback from Fischer Panda regarding the impeller?
No. Im not sure what they would say? It is an impeller. They break, and you get use to replacing them. Not usually this quick but we guess it was because of all the waves. The Impeller must have sucked in air instead of water and it overheated? Just a guess on our part.
On another TH-cam channel, they recommended plugging one ear with an earplug to prevent sea sickness. If you have a chance, could you try that and let us know if it works? Thanks.
interesting.... we will suggest this to our seasick passengers
I did try that after I already felt sick. Didn't seem to help but then again I think it might be something you would do before you feel sick, if you knew you were susceptible? I didn't know I was.
I find it odd that a relatively "new" xquisite 50 Cat can manifest these issues. It almost points out questionable design faults that this voyage is being used to Test Bed. If a generator impeller fails because of the raw water intake being positioned improperly the Cat designer needs to "go back to the drawing board" or his CAD module to eliminate the predisposition. These design faults relegate the Xquisite 50 to the status of a "coastal" craft versus a true "blue water" craft because different unfavorable sea conditions are experienced on ocean crossings.
OK, one impeller issue does not make a Cat a coastal cruiser. This sounds like someone who has an axe to grind?
Im thinking of buying X5 plus
Im sure you will like it. Good team at Xquisite
Videos in the series r very very interesting but have no rhyme or rhythm. Can't tell which one to watch first or next. Should've be numbered.
Were you (or other members of the crew) using Scopolamine patches?
No. No one was wearing anything. I was the only one that felt really sick. Steve said when he got in the engine rooms to work on the impeller he would feel a bit queezy. Small spaces and lots of movement is not fun.
The old steel motor yacht has a sad story attached to it. Belongs to a friend of mines brother.
Tell us about it,
Wow. Tell us more. It looks like it has been sitting there being neglected for many years. Im sure it has a long history of places it must have sailed (motored) to.
The owner lost his life suddenly about five years back, (crime incident). The boat is part of an estate being wound up.
Oh that is too bad. :-(
What was your speed ....Max...Minimum and av... ???
Max 17. Min? Well if there was no wind we fired up the engines so there is nothing to say about min. Average sailing was probably 7-8 knots in all conditions. Remember we were sailing mostly down wind. When we did sail on a beam reach we easily were doing 12+.
How did you like the OC Tender?
Maldwin, have you asked me this in every video? I feel like I keep getting the same question, over and over? It was OK. The pro was it is light. I still would prefer a regular RIB for stability and to not get spashed in waves.
If so, I apologize. I have been asking about them every time I see one, but hopefully not asking the same people. They have some big fans, and I am seriously considering one.
No problem. It might not have been you. I just feel like every video I get at least 2 people asking about this tender. If you search the comments on just this video you will see I have answered this to more than 1 person. ha ha. I didn't dislike the tender but I would go for a Solid RIB over this if my Cat was large enough to handle the extra weight. :-)
Thanks, the main reason I am interested in it is that I would like to be able to row for exercise. Two people I know who have performance cats, one in the Pacific, one in Annapolis have them and love them. I may see if I can have a ride in the one in Annapolis during the show. Tippy is a no go for me, but I would like to get some exercise!
It wasn't so much the tippy-ness that was the big detractor. It was the fact that when there were any waves and you try to motor through them you get splashed and soaked. The regular RIB with the big inflated tube around the outside deflects spray out away from the passengers inside. Unless it is dead flat when you are motoring, you are going to get wet. So, it would not be my first choice unless I had a very small Cat and was worried about carrying too much weight. Then you just have to motor slow through any waves. Or wear foul weather gear. :-)
How much fuel does it hold?
You might want to check the Xquisite website to get exact specs but I believe it was 800 litres in each of the 2 tanks. That is from memory though so don't quote me.
In a confused sea it sounds like the ship is moving like a crab
Ya. But no Mono feels fun in a confused sea either. So, you just have to deal with the random movements.
why is it no one ever thinks it gets cold in Africa it even snows folks. : ) peace
Ha Ha. I come from Canada. I hear Africa and I think HOT. Now I know. Although South Africa can get damn Hot in the summer. I just came at the wrong time of year. Like I said, if I was buying a boat from S.A. I would only sail it back if I could leave in their summer. I am like Tamas, I sail to be comfortable in shorts and T-shirts. I get enough of 5 layers of clothes and long underwear dealing with Canadian winters. ha ha
Watch Ross Kemp in search of Nigerian Pirates. TH-cam!
Luckily we didnt see any.
Cruising Off Duty They go 300 miles or more off the coast!
Too much of your face in the frame. You need to shoot more of what is happening, and cast a voice already behind the scenes. You are certainly a handsome guy, but 60% of the video watching your face becomes boring. No offense! This is constructive criticism. Great trip on a beautiful boat!
OK. I can take constructive criticism. Thanks for your input.
Hahahaha, we sail tough here in Southern Africa, the fishing vessel, that rusty one was just flushing out their tanks, it definitely wasn't poo😂😂. Your seasickness is the reason I don't like catamarans, they lurch in all manner of unnatural and unpredictable ways, and that slam, lurch, slap, rise, roll, fall, slam on the inner hulls and bridge deck is intolerable, great at anchor , great downwind, shite on every other point of sail, can't head up to anything like a monohull, and can barely heave to, I sleep way better on monohulls, everything is predictable because you are a plane with a defined counterbalanced point, and you just pivot left or right about it, cats are the exact opposite, two stable hulls with a pivot at the centre the rig wants to lean and the hulls don't, their beams are too wide. They're best suited to shallow keys and shoaly calm waters, even with wind on a flat sea they're fine, but I wouldn't even take a gun boat into the southern ocean, or even the roaring forties, but I'd take a 38' mid seventies long keel/modified full keel cutter any day! Yes they can do it, but I'd hazard a guess that when the shit hits the fan you'll all prefer to be on a good stout monohull
I hear what you are saying about the Mono. It is a decision that each person has to make based on how they plan to use their boat. I see Janice and I doing a long slow circumnavigation on a Cat and since we will be at anchor at least 80% of the time, a Cat suits our needs best. If I was a racer or planned to do a lot of long passages with very little time at anchor before going on to the next passage and wasn't planning to take time to "smell the roses" by doing land exploring, then I could get onboard with the idea that a Mono might be a better choice. Different boats for different benefits. Side benefit of a cat. You can sleep at night knowing that if you hit something in the pitch dark ( like a whale sleeping, a shipping container or other floating trash, which we saw a lot of along the Brazilian coast) and you punch a hole in your hull, you Cat rest easy that your Cat will stay floating. Your Mono is going to get pulled to the bottom fast with that big heavy Keel dragging you under. You have mere mintues to get everything you need to live in a life raft. So wake up and act fast. Better have your ditch bag readily available and your life boat in ship shape. Because you are going to need it. A modern Cat will stay floating, even if it had a hole below the water line and took on water. I'd prefer to wait to be rescued or found, waiting on my cat, that is large and easy to spot, than bobbing around in a tiny life raft. :-)
Where's the dramamine pills when you need them. They work well for me, although I've never been in seas like that before 🤢🤮
Ya. I'll know for next time. I didn't expect that I'd get sick.
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North of where you were is maybe the worst oil polluters in the world! Along with the worst Pirates! Act bubbles getting into sea strainer stall AC units and Generators for sure!
Ya. There was an oil spill recently in Walvis Bay. They were scraping the crap off the boats and walls of the harbor
They have constant oil spills. No regulations . They don't cap wells so oil flows (destroyed the rivers) into the Ocean. Nothing's done to stop it.
I thought this was a sailing video not a video of you in your cabin telling every body how sea sick you felt let's sea some sailing from the helm not your bedroom !!
There is plenty of footage in the past episodes and in coming episodes of me showing sailing. This was meant as an informative episode letting the prospective sailing couple that if you are thinking of big open ocean passages that even if you think you don't get seasick while sailing, You clearly can and it will knock you on your ass. But, there is a bright side. You will get through it and can handle any condition, once you do. I thought that story was just as or more important than me showing shot of the boat sailing along. We did that for 8 weeks, so there was ton of time to film that. Don't worry there is plenty footage of that during this whole voyage. And FYI, I sometimes filmed from inside a cabin because there was a lot of wind outside and I was concerned that the mics would pick up too much wind noise and the speaking would get drowned out. I did have my reasons.