Half way there in "9" DAYS!!!! HOORAH, PLUKKY!!! $25,090, 208 kickstarters are incredible numbers Plukky!!! Give yourself a Pat on the back because your fans are sending a message. Your content was always incredible especially the spear fishing, free diving, Kite boarding, and SAILING is some of the best content on You Tube. Look forward to the continuing journey.
Hey Plucky.. Top stuff, great plan mate keep up the good work. This might be of interest and might join some of the dots on the 48s design... 51ft Aluminium cat I did a delivery on was pre the 48, which I think Tim mumby also designed, it was one of 3 made, I think it's called silkline 510. Was super fast and on our crossing peaked at 17.2 knots and we had trouble keeping it under 12 knots to time our arrival for a weekday to save the extra cost of bringing immigration in on the weekend. It had pretty high bridge deck, we did still have some slapping in big seas but was pretty goodand super stiff and so sailed and surfed extremely well. The draft was excellent less than 2 ft, enabling us to sneak effortlessly across a reef into an enclosed Bay to hide from a typhoon, other yachties were amazed.. The fitout was a bit ordinary and dated but it had 2 king beds, 2 doubles and 2 crew cabins accessed through the Deck hatch so was spacious and a great living area. I believe Tim mumby designed this one too, made in lankawi and fitted out in Thailand.. The only thing I really disliked was there was no protection for the helm, so those squalls were a little harsh on this board shorts wearing Ozzie.. ✌👍😎
I watched that Jupiter channel, I really like that Mumby boat and I really hope this kickstarter campaign reach it's goals. It will be a great adventure to follow this channel on the boat build and later on the challenge. Best of luck to you and I only wish I had more to give but at least something is more than nothing.
Bloody awsome fulla. I remember hiring a small catamaran we hired as kids on holidays. Hours of fun. Look forward to watching your adventure. Cheers big ears.
Love the idea with the new series and Gigi of course! Sitting in a 3rd world country 1000's of km away if I wasn't broke as shit would definitely love to get involved. Until I hit a lotto will just watch Plucky doing it for those of us that may never rewalise their dreams of getting onto the water.
I've always liked catamaran hills over monohulls. Another big advantage is the extra deck space over a monohull of the same length. And maybe having 2 hulls gives people more room to get some privacy. I'm happy to hear that there are lots more videos coming and I can't wait to see your boat build!
@@SAILINGintoFREEDOM I don't have much money but I'm available to help you build the boat. Especially if you do it in Panama because I speak Spanish fluently and I love it there. And I have some experience with boats from growing up in Florida.
Love your choice of boat. As a utube consumer I find they look so much better on camera than monohulls. Better light, more scenery in the background and generally a happier looking crew. For this reason I hope that you can throw some paint over the bare aluminum. I weld but I do not know aluminium. I suspect having a press and regularly breaking scrap welds will let you know if any problems are creeping in and give you peace of mind later. Happy to have contributed a little of my ill-gotten treasures. Good luck.
The bare aluminium is a better deal than paint, The oxidation layer prevents corrosion and never needs painting. Just think of those beautiful sailing aluminium, fast yacht world cruisers like Beowulf (a Dasher boat) which if I had 1.5 million dollars would snap it up from where it is selling now and have peter as captain and crew attractor and we would see how many times around the world I have left in me....at 79 not a lot I am afraid,.
@@HARRRYVID Yeah, second that. Amazes me how little folks understand the alloys. There's a Titanic-size chunk of misinfo' about alloy boat construction. It's as pure as traditional timber I recon; skin on frame, use the insulation as buoyancy with lots of watertight bulkheads. Selium alloy doesn't suffer with galve issues. Weld (tig) all the fittings through the deck all from billet alloy rather than steel. Carry repair panels and a tig rig. What's not to love?
Wow man Iv got loads of sailing in to freedom to catch up with.. But will be sadly missed.. But I love your awesome idea.. Keep ya smiling Peter I keep watching.. All the best dude from us on the Isle of Wight England ✌️💜💯💪⛵🇧🇲
I’ve been watching for quite some time , great Chanel your a bit of the old Aussie Larrikin, Brilliant , congratulations on moving to a cat , Mumby is one of my favourites. We have a 1750 schionning cosmos which isn’t as light as the mumby but still on the fast cruising style cat. Your in for a steep learning curve . There is some mods to make cats even better , for instance twin back stays to each hull stops the main from chafing when going deep downwind , Have a look at some Cris White designs , he has got some really wonderfull ideas also , self tacking jib with a boom on it to control the sail shape for better performance . But you have to do these changes at build . Some of your control lines under deck from mast to aft ,reducing lines on the deck. These things are small in the project size but you have to plan in advance for a lot of these items.
I,ve been watching Jaime and Princess on Jupiter. Very interesting channel with lots of budget sailing info!! His boat cost him 300k and performs great!
Love this design. I hope you make the amount by the deadline. I also like that you can pledge without the reward, or pick a lesser reward and add a bonus. The rewards will just eat into the amount available for the build.
Haven’t been on your page for a while but I was interested to hear that your about to start a build on a cat now for someone that I’m sure said he would not go down that line again I think you had one before anyway all the best Pluck hope it becomes a wild child maybe this time you would think of putting in a fridge
At least allow insulated spaces for the big high efficiency plastic fridge freezer boxes. Avoids starvation and malnutrition on the long crossings if you get stuck in the doldrums or the climate destabilises the predicted weather patterns.
I've just pledged Plukky.. But hopefully next year , , I'll be able to add extra. Love what you are doing. Love your videos and editing .Hope to meet you one day to say G'day .
Think big plukky , like the largest sailing yacht in the world, Oceanco's Black Pearl also boasts a hybrid diesel-electric system and can reach 17.5 knots under power, of course not that big, but wider the better enough for 2 king-size beds, and dining table for 8 and a kitchen that feeds 12 people, more comfort than speed. love the channel , I look forward to Sailing to freedom 2.
Why pay a fortune when you could sail around the planet for free? The costs of motor vessels and speedboats are stupidly high and going higher by the day, go buy one and find out, thats why they are for sale everywhere.
Hey John just saw your comment, very interesting mate, would you happen to know and possibly recommend any aluminium boat builders over there? Cheers Scotty!
thanks for blogging I'm glad you're doing good 3 years watching you should come a long way grab you something to eat you good burger and enjoy it thanks for the video
I like the Atlantic 72 sv Penmanship! The O'Kelly's did a video on it and another Chris White design, the Atlantic 57. S-glass construction is what I like especially after hearing the story of the Atlantic 57 Chris White built ! Amazing cat story !
Hi Plukky, RE: catamaran design / safety as per your talk If you have had mini keels on your last cat, the rocks you hit would probably not have ripped the arse out of your boat - you would have been sitting high and dry till the next high tide There's pros and cons to both mini keels and dagger boards and mini keels doesn't mean a slow boat. Optimally short mini keels to the depth of skeg hung rudders and with drop dagger boards would give you the very best of both worlds - optimal speed and safety. Hitting things at speed with no hull protection is a real terminal risk - there's a lot out here to hit. Just my thoughts - all the best with your channel. 👍
The two story tall bareboat catamarans in the VI go to windward just fine. They never have to worry about being overwhelmed by a sudden gust of wind either because they just reef the sails and motor.
@@richardelder256 I'm not talking about dog boats here - just the balance of a good performing and safe design (the new seawind 1370 coming out looks promising) and the "idea" of shallow draft protective mini keels with daggerboards 🤔
You are very right in what you say but the length has the most to say when we talk Catamara do not forget it likes your dream hope it will be mine one day.
Pluck, I have flipped over a hundred times on a 16-foot Hobbie catamaran. Young and dumb. Would love to share why we flipped so many times. I can explain the importance of weight distribution. Also I'll share the difference physical experience between a tack & a jib. BTW I've crossed most of the oceans. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!!! Brian
I seriously hope you make the goal. I want to give you the dough man. Either way though, if this doesn't work I'm still going to send it to you via Paypal or something. We need this project to happen
So I'm sitting here burning one or six... And click on my boy's channel....to see you not only coming full circle but beginning anew..... I can appreciate and respect your new path.... So I'll keep burning.... You do your thing and we'll see how this"shit show " turns out together.... Much love
Well there is one problem with a cat. That is mid section strength they use either alloy wood or carbon fiber to strengthen. But and it is a but if you do not have full on structure going from front to back when placing the top on it they can give and break away Zingaro showed that to happen the wood struts gave way causing the boat to split in parts. Unlike what people think carbon fiber it can decay in water if it gets in to the weave. Now graphite has the same issues and is just as strong. all is very interesting. So I hope the cat will be better than older versions.
Support you while you get to sail around the world and I'm stuck here waiting for the end of the world . Lol just playing. But I'm broke . Gas is expensive 😩
slow and heavy cats are designed for the Caribbean, Med, Whitsundays, etc. They are what they are - super comfortable floating apartments. I love the idea of building a Mumby. Where are you planning to build? Are study plans available? Interesting that you haven't mentioned hull beam:length ratio. That's very significant in predicting boat speed.
Interesting comparisons on these cats. I guess you'll have to balance durability with ability. I usually lean on the side of safety, but understand being a pioneer in this regard, Plukky.
Totally agree with you on your choice for the mumby. Good luck with this exciting project. Quick question: can you buy the olans from the mumby guys and get it built somewhere else? Is this what you did?
I'm glad you took my advise. Any chance we could get a Gigi video like the one you did with Margarita just before she left? You know, the one with less editing.
Shit, I had unsubscribed once you said it was ending and thought I'd find you in a year or so once you had the new boat. Re-subbed. Hope you didn't lose too many subs.
Hi Plukky Back when I was young enough to think that my boatbuilding days would last forever I built all kinds, from traditional full keel monohulls to aluminum megayachts and sixty foot high performance cats. And observed all kinds of builds from cost is no object new production boats to home builds that took 18 years. You are the Sailing Into Freedom Guy. so you won't fall into that trap! Aluminum catamarans are rare birds, for both good and not so good reasons. If you want one that might be ready to sail and might fit closer to your desires, Give James a call at Anasazi Sailing in Chile. He has a listing on a 54" aluminum expedition catamaran for 410,000 US, which is less than half of what it will cost to build one new. He is located at the base for most Antarctic expedition sailing, and is certainly familiar with that type of boat.
For anyone contemplating buying or building a largish catamaran a trip to Hawaii is well worth your while. The day sail business has been going on for 25 years, and as a result designs that will take 50 passengers out into the rough conditions that prevail between islands have been developed. There are plenty of two story fatamarans to compare to, as well as ones with high bridge deck clearance and narrow hulls from Kurt Hughes and Kevin Mahoney? (on Kauai) that have stood the test of time. If you do as I have, motoring into a moderate 6" sea at 18 knots while holding onto the forestay with one hand, you will have second thoughts about buying a Lagoon unless you intend to never leave the lagoon.
Hey Richard, and where do I get 410k from? I am flat out trying to raise 50k which may not even happen... Maybe your are confusing us with a successful channel...I consider myself lucky when I have 3 pineapples in the boat
@@SAILINGintoFREEDOM Hi Plucky. Sounds like you and I have the same problem! If I had 410 k (and were 10 years younger) I'd have an aluminum expedition monohull and be pinching the pennies to keep her going to out of the way places and sharing her with other people. It wouldn't be a catamaran because they basically cost twice as much and very few of them meet even the most basic requirements for adventure sailing. I developed full mold tooling and built what I still think is the coolest 60" cat on the planet, but I wouldn't choose it for high latitude sailing. And I have no illusions that it can be built from my molds for 400K even with the most basic fit out. ps: It's amazing how much money the leading lights of the internet world make. Most of them in the sailing space are totally clueless and paid accordingly, and few have the personality that you do! Check out Greg Ovens at Rocky Mountain Bushcraft---- he looks even more the part of a mountain man than you do a cave man! And reportedly brings in 150K a year. Or Eva von Beck---- a Babe in the Woods of the world traveling to exotic places like Afghanistan and Texas. Net wort reportedly 750K, most of it earned from her internet activities. The one thing these people have in common is that they have been at it for many years and built a huge fan base and number of followers. Best of luck pulling all the strings of the project you are trying to create. Even harder than borrowing 410K, but not impossible. When James Burwick and his family were dis-masted off Cape Horn and towed to Chile by the Navy with five kids and hardly a penny in their pocket, I sent him an email suggesting that the spar maker Buzz Ballinger in California was a good guy and worth talking with. It took a while, but eventually he put together the money for a mast that brought them up to the Caribbean where Anasazi Girl could be sold. So hang in there!
Peter Well the owner wanted 99k but nothing worked, so I beat him up on the price, and went from there. I lowballed him, and after a heated conversation, he finally agreed as he could not get anything to work to show me. I have more or less replaced everything, all the systems etc, But having had a lot of previous boats with constant failures I spent the summer working on it, then in December sailed the sailboat from Solomons MD, to Florida USA, that was a fun trip. Boat is now in the St John,s river in Jacksonville. Just got back from the Bahamas with the sailboat for a shake down cruise, went well, seeing well over 10/12.5 knots for most of the time. 350 nm in under 30 hours on the return trip. Hope to catch up with you one day, maybe out there somewhere. I would like you to show me how to spear fish. I have not seen anyone better. Peter
Kickstart it up people. To my understanding the length to width of each hull in a catamaran or trimaran still is limited by the bow wave rule, hull speed, just now being much skinnier ratio. Yes the move faster in the water to make more regeneration under sail. I just put in the largest propeller I could without changing the aperture 22”, so will see what an old design mono does. Certainly a cat has more solar. Fitting out my Beta auxiliary now. Living off the wind generator and solar. Race to Alaska just left, some interesting human auxiliary power there.
@@SAILINGintoFREEDOM Race to Alaska some don’t make it out of the Salish Sea, carnival of carnage. This year some are looking more like Eureka’s kinetic sculpture race, unfit. Believe even direct solar auxiliary is not allowed. Only wind and human. Challenging season as prevailing is generally against them. Working with the tides, anchoring and sailing seamanship isn’t always team strength. Maybe I’ll get a salon jackshaft fitted out and get a team going one year…
@@SAILINGintoFREEDOM Not a chance, I'm a bit older and i'll do video's more for a hobby than anything, but what do you do when your going through a divorce in your 50's
Oh and remember leave the banana's at home pineapples are fine though lol . Oh and don't forget to bring a kitty cat with you dogs will protect the boat but not a crew and I sure everyone would want to see you safe and sound through your journey .
Hi Plucky, I've searched online to find a source for the Mumby 48 plans, but have come up empty. Could you perhaps share where you got your hands on them?
Yes. The Mumby vastly superior to the HH44. Lovely boat that HH, except for the wraparound large flat glass windows. That's an open boat with a conservatory on its deck. FFS modern designers - the purpose of a superstructure isn't to let air and light in, it's to keep the F-ing water out. Avoiding the worst is a good plan but it's not an infallible one. You want to also be able to survive the worst if it comes to that. The cat at 7:03 was actually doing a pretty good job of that. She's _Ramtha_ , an Australian built Simpson 38. The storm is the "June bomb" of 1994 which was a "low" doing a jolly good impression of a cyclone - where there should never be cyclones. The pictures were taken after the worst of it, from NZ naval vessel _Monowai_ which itself experienced rolls of 48 degrees each way. 7 monohulls had pitchpoled in the same storm despite trailing drogues. _Ramtha_ herself lost her drogue, as well as her mainsail and steering. Her crew felt in no immediate danger, but after some deliberation accepted a lift anyway. So, _Ramtha's_ design would have more in common with a Mumby than a Lagoon (the later being aptly named because that's about the only place they're suited to sail). Mumby - good choice. Would ideally also want to incorporate some watertight compartments because flooding one hull at a time seems the only vulnerability.
Mumby's cats have four watertight compartments. Two forward, two aft plus the hulls and underside of the decks are lined with spray in, two part urethane foam.
The windows are marine rated laminated glass.... thats ballistic resistant material you would probably have to hit it with a lump hammer repeatedly to even get it to leak . You can easily fit hurricane covers over flat windows...
@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 Sounds almost as good as the unbreakable Tesla truck windows. If the material is that good build the whole boat out of it and just paint over the bits you want to be opaque. Do they have better strength/weight than carbon fibre or other FG composites? If not then the weight applied to making those windows strong enough, within the overall weight limits of a performance cat, is sacrificing strength elsewhere in the structure.
@@theosphilusthistler712 Its one draw back is its heavier than GRP or Steel.. but it wont deteriorate like polycabonate Melcron or perspex....like a HD car window screen. Its a performance cruising cat ...not a racer so the balance shifts to enduring strength and that means a degree of functional comfort to maintain Crew safety and effectiveness. So a fully protected helm position is a good idea for any global vessel... let alone one that will i assume be hosting trainee ship mates and or girl Fridays. If he wanted to do 27kn theres performance cruisers that can and in 2M waves .. Or you can go more sport lines like a Maine cat or like this beasty... Shooting stars th-cam.com/video/fpoAAu5ufr8/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/6lfMMOAouqc/w-d-xo.html
@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 My criticism is not so much glass versus polycarbs, it's window versus structure. Secondly it's the size of those windows and the fact they're flat. When one of those gets smashed by a greenie the next greenie is going downstairs. I have the same issue with the now-ubiquitous ranchslider doors. If you want a waterfront apartment get a waterfront apartment. If you want an ocean-going vessel built it on the assumption that weather forecasts can be wrong. Those Shooting Stars seem a little better. The Max 44 MJsailing are building is still not ideal but at least that has the window area broken into smaller panels with more structural framing. If one panel fails it's a smaller opening.
Hi Mr person plucky, a lot of different things involved, missed the gals, presume you're feeling okay now and carry on with your future catamaran, bye now
Plucky my man! Are you going to purchase insurance on your new boat? Um - as I remember when you had a um crunch up on Longreef you did not have any insurance???
thanks it was good to catch up on ya ,,,sea how things are floating ,,hahhaha sea how i did that ....and what ever floats your boat hahahaha anyway if i ever end up on your boat i'll understand why u would want to drown me ,,,welll sea ya later people ,,,naaa c ya soon plukky , i love the move you are making in getting a great and bigger boat ...
@@sciglassblower The charge controller normally takes on the control function. Like with the solar... effectively they shut the power off till the battery capacity drops to a pre-set level where charge cuts back in. If your hydro generators on a leg you can lift it out the water if its a variable pitch prop it can pitch feather or fold up...depending.
Half way there in "9" DAYS!!!! HOORAH, PLUKKY!!! $25,090, 208 kickstarters are incredible numbers Plukky!!! Give yourself a Pat on the back because your fans are sending a message. Your content was always incredible especially the spear fishing, free diving, Kite boarding, and SAILING is some of the best content on You Tube. Look forward to the continuing journey.
It aint over til its over...keep spreading the news
Good on ya Plucky. You of all people deserve to continue bringing your journey to the people, people.
I've crewed once on a Mumby 48 and watched them build some others in the Philippines. Very nice boat indeed.
The Mumby is a great platform. Can't wait to see the process and you fulfilling a dream mate. Cheers for the vid.
The best darn sailing video on TH-cam Fun Adventure and pure fun love Education what is versus what should be pee pole ! Thank you!
Thanks!
Hey Plucky.. Top stuff, great plan mate keep up the good work. This might be of interest and might join some of the dots on the 48s design... 51ft Aluminium cat I did a delivery on was pre the 48, which I think Tim mumby also designed, it was one of 3 made, I think it's called silkline 510. Was super fast and on our crossing peaked at 17.2 knots and we had trouble keeping it under 12 knots to time our arrival for a weekday to save the extra cost of bringing immigration in on the weekend. It had pretty high bridge deck, we did still have some slapping in big seas but was pretty goodand super stiff and so sailed and surfed extremely well. The draft was excellent less than 2 ft, enabling us to sneak effortlessly across a reef into an enclosed Bay to hide from a typhoon, other yachties were amazed.. The fitout was a bit ordinary and dated but it had 2 king beds, 2 doubles and 2 crew cabins accessed through the Deck hatch so was spacious and a great living area. I believe Tim mumby designed this one too, made in lankawi and fitted out in Thailand.. The only thing I really disliked was there was no protection for the helm, so those squalls were a little harsh on this board shorts wearing Ozzie.. ✌👍😎
Thanks for the info Stormer
Thanks for adding the link back from the second video.
You're welcome
Hey PLUCKY! Good to see and hear ya!
You are a Dear fellow, pretty darn smart, I hope you continue to produce, and share these charming vids. I miss Margarett!
I miss her too
You are leading the way
Thank you
I watched, Sailing into freedom, as my first choice, every time thumbs up 👍
I watched that Jupiter channel, I really like that Mumby boat and I really hope this kickstarter campaign reach it's goals. It will be a great adventure to follow this channel on the boat build and later on the challenge. Best of luck to you and I only wish I had more to give but at least something is more than nothing.
Thanks Stevo for the confidence boost my friend
Bloody awsome fulla. I remember hiring a small catamaran we hired as kids on holidays. Hours of fun. Look forward to watching your adventure. Cheers big ears.
Nice job on the explanations and comparisons Plukky !! I can't wait to see this happen ...
Its a great plan looking forward to seeing it all come together
Love the idea with the new series and Gigi of course! Sitting in a 3rd world country 1000's of km away if I wasn't broke as shit would definitely love to get involved. Until I hit a lotto will just watch Plucky doing it for those of us that may never rewalise their dreams of getting onto the water.
I've always liked catamaran hills over monohulls. Another big advantage is the extra deck space over a monohull of the same length. And maybe having 2 hulls gives people more room to get some privacy.
I'm happy to hear that there are lots more videos coming and I can't wait to see your boat build!
Well it isnt quite automatic and quick, the kickstarter thing must work for it to get built under 3 years, if not about 4.5 or 5
@@SAILINGintoFREEDOM I don't have much money but I'm available to help you build the boat. Especially if you do it in Panama because I speak Spanish fluently and I love it there. And I have some experience with boats from growing up in Florida.
Love your choice of boat. As a utube consumer I find they look so much better on camera than monohulls. Better light, more scenery in the background and generally a happier looking crew. For this reason I hope that you can throw some paint over the bare aluminum. I weld but I do not know aluminium. I suspect having a press and regularly breaking scrap welds will let you know if any problems are creeping in and give you peace of mind later. Happy to have contributed a little of my ill-gotten treasures. Good luck.
The bare aluminium is a better deal than paint, The oxidation layer prevents corrosion and never needs painting. Just think of those beautiful sailing aluminium, fast yacht world cruisers like Beowulf (a Dasher boat) which if I had 1.5 million dollars would snap it up from where it is selling now and have peter as captain and crew attractor and we would see how many times around the world I have left in me....at 79 not a lot I am afraid,.
@@HARRRYVID Yeah, second that. Amazes me how little folks understand the alloys. There's a Titanic-size chunk of misinfo' about alloy boat construction. It's as pure as traditional timber I recon; skin on frame, use the insulation as buoyancy with lots of watertight bulkheads. Selium alloy doesn't suffer with galve issues. Weld (tig) all the fittings through the deck all from billet alloy rather than steel. Carry repair panels and a tig rig. What's not to love?
Perfect choice of boat for this project. good one
Wow man Iv got loads of sailing in to freedom to catch up with.. But will be sadly missed.. But I love your awesome idea.. Keep ya smiling Peter I keep watching.. All the best dude from us on the Isle of Wight England ✌️💜💯💪⛵🇧🇲
I’ve been watching for quite some time , great Chanel your a bit of the old Aussie Larrikin, Brilliant , congratulations on moving to a cat , Mumby is one of my favourites.
We have a 1750 schionning cosmos which isn’t as light as the mumby but still on the fast cruising style cat. Your in for a steep learning curve . There is some mods to make cats even better , for instance twin back stays to each hull stops the main from chafing when going deep downwind ,
Have a look at some Cris White designs , he has got some really wonderfull ideas also , self tacking jib with a boom on it to control the sail shape for better performance .
But you have to do these changes at build . Some of your control lines under deck from mast to aft ,reducing lines on the deck. These things are small in the project size but you have to plan in advance for a lot of these items.
Thanks John for the info
Awesome man
Informative caterpillar!
Cheers
Thanks
Thanks John for the support
Ahh dang it Pluck.. hate to see things "Peter" out before Lisa can make her way back to Freeeeddoomm!
What!?...Lisa's coming back??
Amen to this comment !!!
Great information 🙂.
I,ve been watching Jaime and Princess on Jupiter. Very interesting channel with lots of budget sailing info!! His boat cost him 300k and performs great!
Really excited for the future, keep it up Brrother
Great video!!! I'll support you as much as I can!!! 🙏❤️🇺🇸⛵️🤙🥰
Thanks Melinda. I really do like the fairer sex
@@SAILINGintoFREEDOM Yes, I know!!!
Love this design. I hope you make the amount by the deadline. I also like that you can pledge without the reward, or pick a lesser reward and add a bonus. The rewards will just eat into the amount available for the build.
Jamie and Princess is in Linton Bay on their Mumby 48, it’ll be good to interview them.
Thanks for the comparison between the Mumby and the HH.
bloody awesome. This will be a very watchable journey!
Getting there slowly
Haven’t been on your page for a while but I was interested to hear that your about to start a build on a cat
now for someone that I’m sure said he would not go down that line again I think you had one before
anyway all the best Pluck hope it becomes a wild child maybe this time you would think of putting in a fridge
At least allow insulated spaces for the big high efficiency plastic fridge freezer boxes.
Avoids starvation and malnutrition on the long crossings if you get stuck in the doldrums or the climate destabilises the predicted weather patterns.
Plukky mate, wishing ya the best mate ~
Thx Plucky♨real intelligent sailing discussion.. Facts don't have feelings♨
Hey someone watches you know who too
We love you plucky
I've just pledged Plukky.. But hopefully next year , , I'll be able to add extra. Love what you are doing. Love your videos and editing .Hope to meet you one day to say G'day .
me too!
Thanks Rodney for the inhected help my friend
Thanks PRudence too...
Moths are Beautiful!
True but most people dont think so
Think big plukky , like the largest sailing yacht in the world, Oceanco's Black Pearl also boasts a hybrid diesel-electric system and can reach 17.5 knots under power, of course not that big, but wider the better enough for 2 king-size beds, and dining table for 8 and a kitchen that feeds 12 people, more comfort than speed. love the channel , I look forward to Sailing to freedom 2.
Why pay a fortune when you could sail around the planet for free? The costs of motor vessels and speedboats are stupidly high and going higher by the day, go buy one and find out, thats why they are for sale everywhere.
Good luck hoss 👍
you make some very interesting points about what to be aware off keep rocking
Thanks for the comment Rupert
Hey, jump aboard Plukky's next adventure! Who knows what is ahead on the horizon! I wouldn't miss it for anything! Fair winds and following seas!
Langkawi in Malaysia is duty free many ocean yachties stop by for refits etc might be worth checking out too for building your boat
Hey John just saw your comment, very interesting mate, would you happen to know and possibly recommend any aluminium boat builders over there? Cheers Scotty!
go the mumby. I have been trying to get time to get one for 3 years. Best performance cat for the price ! and electric will be great !
awww good on you Plucky, your sales pitch worked on me. hopefully you convince enough people like me to watch you build a boat and circle the world.
Thanks Ryan, I am glad you are on board. Thanks for the support my friend
Besides the speed of a Cat or Trimaran I like the shallower draft and the fact that you are mainly out in the light more than a monohull.
thanks for blogging I'm glad you're doing good 3 years watching you should come a long way grab you something to eat you good burger and enjoy it thanks for the video
I like the Atlantic 72 sv Penmanship! The O'Kelly's did a video on it and another Chris White design, the Atlantic 57. S-glass construction is what I like especially after hearing the story of the Atlantic 57 Chris White built ! Amazing cat story !
Hi Plukky,
RE: catamaran design / safety as per your talk
If you have had mini keels on your last cat, the rocks you hit would probably not have ripped the arse out of your boat - you would have been sitting high and dry till the next high tide
There's pros and cons to both mini keels and dagger boards and mini keels doesn't mean a slow boat. Optimally short mini keels to the depth of skeg hung rudders and with drop dagger boards would give you the very best of both worlds - optimal speed and safety.
Hitting things at speed with no hull protection is a real terminal risk - there's a lot out here to hit.
Just my thoughts - all the best with your channel. 👍
The two story tall bareboat catamarans in the VI go to windward just fine. They never have to worry about being overwhelmed by a sudden gust of wind either because they just reef the sails and motor.
@@richardelder256 I'm not talking about dog boats here - just the balance of a good performing and safe design (the new seawind 1370 coming out looks promising) and the "idea" of shallow draft protective mini keels with daggerboards 🤔
Awesome 👍👍 build a boat and you get it the way you want.
indeed
You are very right in what you say but the length has the most to say when we talk Catamara do not forget it likes your dream hope it will be mine one day.
Thanks oh Lord
Go Bru.
My only question is how many pineapples can fit on a Mumby 48?
Interesting comparison on cats and there configuration styles Peter, good luck with the funding campaign.
Pluck, I have flipped over a hundred times on a 16-foot Hobbie catamaran. Young and dumb. Would love to share why we flipped so many times. I can explain the importance of weight distribution. Also I'll share the difference physical experience between a tack & a jib. BTW I've crossed most of the oceans. LOVE YOUR CHANNEL!!!! Brian
You flipped because it was fun...I used to do it on a Nacra 5.... So much fun
What are your favorite production catamarans that you would recommend used?
Sweet as bro!!!
10:39 AGGGGHH COME OFF IT MAN, HAVE YOU SEEN A LUNA MOTH?
I seriously hope you make the goal. I want to give you the dough man. Either way though, if this doesn't work I'm still going to send it to you via Paypal or something. We need this project to happen
Thanks Tim for the support....it's a bit stalled at the moment....who knows what will happen?
Hi,any idea the cost to have built to lockup ? Love the mumby…cheers and good luck…
Well you know the sailing community, if we can help out, you know we will. Peter
Top stuff pee-pol
If luck is prosperity I wish you all the luck in the world plucky
So I'm sitting here burning one or six... And click on my boy's channel....to see you not only coming full circle but beginning anew..... I can appreciate and respect your new path.... So I'll keep burning.... You do your thing and we'll see how this"shit show " turns out together.... Much love
Well there is one problem with a cat. That is mid section strength they use either alloy wood or carbon fiber to strengthen. But and it is a but if you do not have full on structure going from front to back when placing the top on it they can give and break away Zingaro showed that to happen the wood struts gave way causing the boat to split in parts. Unlike what people think carbon fiber it can decay in water if it gets in to the weave. Now graphite has the same issues and is just as strong. all is very interesting. So I hope the cat will be better than older versions.
I hope we make the challenge. The Kickstarter was a user friendly way to help out.
Where are you going to build ?
Support you while you get to sail around the world and I'm stuck here waiting for the end of the world . Lol just playing. But I'm broke . Gas is expensive 😩
slow and heavy cats are designed for the Caribbean, Med, Whitsundays, etc. They are what they are - super comfortable floating apartments.
I love the idea of building a Mumby. Where are you planning to build? Are study plans available?
Interesting that you haven't mentioned hull beam:length ratio. That's very significant in predicting boat speed.
I will talk about hull fineness but strapped for time atm... You are right. Only just started with series really.... Much more stuff to go in
Top stuff
You have done your home work plucka
I hit like from thumbnail alone
Interesting comparisons on these cats. I guess you'll have to balance durability with ability.
I usually lean on the side of safety, but understand being a pioneer in this regard, Plukky.
Just have competent crew is all
Totally agree with you on your choice for the mumby. Good luck with this exciting project. Quick question: can you buy the olans from the mumby guys and get it built somewhere else? Is this what you did?
New design my friend, Tim Mumby was a consultant on it though
Tim sells plans for his original Cyber 48. He builds a few in the Philippines, but you can have them built at any yard that does Aluminum.
I'm glad you took my advise. Any chance we could get a Gigi video like the one you did with Margarita just before she left? You know, the one with less editing.
I am busy looking for a job and as soon as I find one I will contribute - hang in there, I am sure you will get the $$ you need!
Thanks Mark...maybe look after yourself first my friend
Shit, I had unsubscribed once you said it was ending and thought I'd find you in a year or so once you had the new boat. Re-subbed. Hope you didn't lose too many subs.
This channel losers about 7 a day
Much Wow Pluckstar 🤘🥂🍾
Hi Plukky
Back when I was young enough to think that my boatbuilding days would last forever I built all kinds, from traditional full keel monohulls to aluminum megayachts and sixty foot high performance cats. And observed all kinds of builds from cost is no object new production boats to home builds that took 18 years. You are the Sailing Into Freedom Guy. so you won't fall into that trap!
Aluminum catamarans are rare birds, for both good and not so good reasons. If you want one that might be ready to sail and might fit closer to your desires, Give James a call at Anasazi Sailing in Chile. He has a listing on a 54" aluminum expedition catamaran for 410,000 US, which is less than half of what it will cost to build one new. He is located at the base for most Antarctic expedition sailing, and is certainly familiar with that type of boat.
For anyone contemplating buying or building a largish catamaran a trip to Hawaii is well worth your while. The day sail business has been going on for 25 years, and as a result designs that will take 50 passengers out into the rough conditions that prevail between islands have been developed. There are plenty of two story fatamarans to compare to, as well as ones with high bridge deck clearance and narrow hulls from Kurt Hughes and Kevin Mahoney? (on Kauai) that have stood the test of time. If you do as I have, motoring into a moderate 6" sea at 18 knots while holding onto the forestay with one hand, you will have second thoughts about buying a Lagoon unless you intend to never leave the lagoon.
Hey Richard, and where do I get 410k from? I am flat out trying to raise 50k which may not even happen... Maybe your are confusing us with a successful channel...I consider myself lucky when I have 3 pineapples in the boat
@@SAILINGintoFREEDOM Hi Plucky. Sounds like you and I have the same problem! If I had 410 k (and were 10 years younger) I'd have an aluminum expedition monohull and be pinching the pennies to keep her going to out of the way places and sharing her with other people. It wouldn't be a catamaran because they basically cost twice as much and very few of them meet even the most basic requirements for adventure sailing. I developed full mold tooling and built what I still think is the coolest 60" cat on the planet, but I wouldn't choose it for high latitude sailing. And I have no illusions that it can be built from my molds for 400K even with the most basic fit out.
ps: It's amazing how much money the leading lights of the internet world make. Most of them in the sailing space are totally clueless and paid accordingly, and few have the personality that you do! Check out Greg Ovens at Rocky Mountain Bushcraft---- he looks even more the part of a mountain man than you do a cave man! And reportedly brings in 150K a year. Or Eva von Beck---- a Babe in the Woods of the world traveling to exotic places like Afghanistan and Texas. Net wort reportedly 750K, most of it earned from her internet activities.
The one thing these people have in common is that they have been at it for many years and built a huge fan base and number of followers.
Best of luck pulling all the strings of the project you are trying to create. Even harder than borrowing 410K, but not impossible. When James Burwick and his family were dis-masted off Cape Horn and towed to Chile by the Navy with five kids and hardly a penny in their pocket, I sent him an email suggesting that the spar maker Buzz Ballinger in California was a good guy and worth talking with. It took a while, but eventually he put together the money for a mast that brought them up to the Caribbean where Anasazi Girl could be sold. So hang in there!
Peter Well the owner wanted 99k but nothing worked, so I beat him up on the price, and went from there. I lowballed him, and after a heated conversation, he finally agreed as he could not get anything to work to show me. I have more or less replaced everything, all the systems etc, But having had a lot of previous boats with constant failures I spent the summer working on it, then in December sailed the sailboat from Solomons MD, to Florida USA, that was a fun trip. Boat is now in the St John,s river in Jacksonville. Just got back from the Bahamas with the sailboat for a shake down cruise, went well, seeing well over 10/12.5 knots for most of the time. 350 nm in under 30 hours on the return trip. Hope to catch up with you one day, maybe out there somewhere. I would like you to show me how to spear fish. I have not seen anyone better.
Peter
Clearly it is a cat or a 75 foot monohull right?
Glad to hear we haven't seen the end of you 😂
There have got to be some Mumby 48's out there partially built for cheap. There are always projects that get started but never completed.
None I tried, there was one 2 months ago but it went for full dollar
no mumby website , no info , i find buggar all wxept few pics
how did you buy plans
Go to Facebook and email Cyberyachts
Kickstart it up people. To my understanding the length to width of each hull in a catamaran or trimaran still is limited by the bow wave rule, hull speed, just now being much skinnier ratio. Yes the move faster in the water to make more regeneration under sail. I just put in the largest propeller I could without changing the aperture 22”, so will see what an old design mono does. Certainly a cat has more solar.
Fitting out my Beta auxiliary now. Living off the wind generator and solar. Race to Alaska just left, some interesting human auxiliary power there.
Yes but how fast do they go
@@SAILINGintoFREEDOM Race to Alaska some don’t make it out of the Salish Sea, carnival of carnage. This year some are looking more like Eureka’s kinetic sculpture race, unfit. Believe even direct solar auxiliary is not allowed. Only wind and human. Challenging season as prevailing is generally against them. Working with the tides, anchoring and sailing seamanship isn’t always team strength.
Maybe I’ll get a salon jackshaft fitted out and get a team going one year…
Yip I'm one of the people that bought the plans, thinking of making a few video's as well
Great stuff. Don't be too good with your videos or you will put me out of business 🙂
@@SAILINGintoFREEDOM Not a chance, I'm a bit older and i'll do video's more for a hobby than anything, but what do you do when your going through a divorce in your 50's
Oh and remember leave the banana's at home pineapples are fine though lol . Oh and don't forget to bring a kitty cat with you dogs will protect the boat but not a crew and I sure everyone would want to see you safe and sound through your journey .
Ooh looks fast, get your self a hammock for the captain's cabin and a cooker.
nice video
Thanks c
Thanks C
Hi Plucky, I've searched online to find a source for the Mumby 48 plans, but have come up empty. Could you perhaps share where you got your hands on them?
I don't have the plans yet. I am picking them up from Tim from his factory in Cebu
I see!! Jupiter 2 was built there.
Looking forward to hearing about your build.
Australian schionning are a nice boat and a self build same weight
My problem with kickstarter is that the only way to pay is bij creditcard.
I have been watching your other Australian mate Sailing Life on Jupiter
Yes. The Mumby vastly superior to the HH44. Lovely boat that HH, except for the wraparound large flat glass windows. That's an open boat with a conservatory on its deck.
FFS modern designers - the purpose of a superstructure isn't to let air and light in, it's to keep the F-ing water out.
Avoiding the worst is a good plan but it's not an infallible one. You want to also be able to survive the worst if it comes to that. The cat at 7:03 was actually doing a pretty good job of that. She's _Ramtha_ , an Australian built Simpson 38. The storm is the "June bomb" of 1994 which was a "low" doing a jolly good impression of a cyclone - where there should never be cyclones.
The pictures were taken after the worst of it, from NZ naval vessel _Monowai_ which itself experienced rolls of 48 degrees each way. 7 monohulls had pitchpoled in the same storm despite trailing drogues. _Ramtha_ herself lost her drogue, as well as her mainsail and steering. Her crew felt in no immediate danger, but after some deliberation accepted a lift anyway.
So, _Ramtha's_ design would have more in common with a Mumby than a Lagoon (the later being aptly named because that's about the only place they're suited to sail).
Mumby - good choice. Would ideally also want to incorporate some watertight compartments because flooding one hull at a time seems the only vulnerability.
Mumby's cats have four watertight compartments. Two forward, two aft plus the hulls and underside of the decks are lined with spray in, two part urethane foam.
The windows are marine rated laminated glass.... thats ballistic resistant material you would probably have to hit it with a lump hammer repeatedly to even get it to leak .
You can easily fit hurricane covers over flat windows...
@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 Sounds almost as good as the unbreakable Tesla truck windows. If the material is that good build the whole boat out of it and just paint over the bits you want to be opaque. Do they have better strength/weight than carbon fibre or other FG composites? If not then the weight applied to making those windows strong enough, within the overall weight limits of a performance cat, is sacrificing strength elsewhere in the structure.
@@theosphilusthistler712
Its one draw back is its heavier than GRP or Steel.. but it wont deteriorate like polycabonate Melcron or perspex....like a HD car window screen.
Its a performance cruising cat ...not a racer so the balance shifts to enduring strength and that means a degree of functional comfort to maintain
Crew safety and effectiveness.
So a fully protected helm position is a good idea for any global vessel... let alone one that will i assume be hosting trainee ship mates and or girl Fridays.
If he wanted to do 27kn theres performance cruisers that can and in 2M waves ..
Or you can go more sport lines like a Maine cat or like this beasty... Shooting stars th-cam.com/video/fpoAAu5ufr8/w-d-xo.html
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@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 My criticism is not so much glass versus polycarbs, it's window versus structure. Secondly it's the size of those windows and the fact they're flat. When one of those gets smashed by a greenie the next greenie is going downstairs. I have the same issue with the now-ubiquitous ranchslider doors. If you want a waterfront apartment get a waterfront apartment. If you want an ocean-going vessel built it on the assumption that weather forecasts can be wrong. Those Shooting Stars seem a little better. The Max 44 MJsailing are building is still not ideal but at least that has the window area broken into smaller panels with more structural framing. If one panel fails it's a smaller opening.
Hi Mr person plucky, a lot of different things involved, missed the gals, presume you're feeling okay now and carry on with your future catamaran, bye now
Plucky my man! Are you going to purchase insurance on your new boat? Um - as I remember when you had a um crunch up on Longreef you did not have any insurance???
Is it possible to get a look around on that Mumby 48 parked near you?
I did an episode on Walter's Mumby...one of the last Lisa videos...it's in the title
Plukky, have you seen the Harrypro C50. Meets all of your requirements and you can self-build it.
Thats featured in one of the Learning the lines Vlogs.
thanks it was good to catch up on ya ,,,sea how things are floating ,,hahhaha sea how i did that ....and what ever floats your boat hahahaha anyway if i ever end up on your boat i'll understand why u would want to drown me ,,,welll sea ya later people ,,,naaa c ya soon plukky , i love the move you are making in getting a great and bigger boat ...
Thanks for the moral support James
What if pricing on supplies goes up dramatically during build?
It wil take longer
Do hydro generators have variable props for when the batteries are full? Do they have a clutch disconnect? I guess I could just do some research lol.
Lots of different designs
See Sailing Uma ... and each manufacturer has their own take on how to achieve this.
@@clivestainlesssteelwomble7665 The OceanVolt Servo Prop does solve many problems!
@@sciglassblower
The charge controller normally takes on the control function. Like with the solar... effectively
they shut the power off till the battery capacity drops to a pre-set level where charge cuts back in.
If your hydro generators on a leg you can lift it out the water if its a variable pitch prop it can pitch feather or fold up...depending.