I have a 1985 Nauticat 44. Did you ever buy a boat? Once I first stepped on the 44 that I eventually bought, I couldn't get it out of my head. I love the protected pilot house and the breeze you get with boat doors open. The boat has it's share of "cons", but the pilot house and the huge aft cabin make up for all of them.
@@ggergg6423 I hate to make a list of just cons, but: - small interior space for a 44' boat due to: - hull under bow being cut away to allow for easier wave entry - 12 foot beam (again, helps with wave entry) - rounded bilges (no hard chins) - rounded bilges and large weight above waterline due to pilot house and two masts make the boat roll in even small swells - full keel makes it very hard to maneuver in a marina, even with the bow thruster - the high aft cockpit and outboard rigging from the two masts makes it very hard to steer the boat into a slip and make it over to a cleat on the dock before you get blown off when single hand sailing - no lines from main mast run back to cockpit this is because the big pilot house is in the way - little protection in the cockpit as you're very high and exposed (but I generally love the cockpit being so high up...) - no protected means of getting in the cockpit (this is due to the side doors which i love...) - relatively little kitchen for a 44' boat partially due to it being far forward where the hull is narrow and partially due to 2nd bathroom taking up space by kitchen -despite having a large engine room, it's a bit hard to get at the engine. this is because the hull's rounded bilges cause the engine to sit low in the bilge so when you stand in the engine room, the top of the engine is below your knees, and the bottom of the engine isn't reachable - and of course, all of the windage due to the huge pilot house and bulwarks make it very poor at pointing into the wind. Everything is a tradeoff. All of the above make the Nauticat a poor choice for just coastal cruising from marina to marina, but it's a good choice for sailing in heavy seas. If I took my wife out in a racer/cruiser and found ourselves in conditions where the hull was pounding so badly you couldn't walk through the cabin but had to crawl and hope that the boat wasn't going to break open as the whole thing shuddered every time it came down hard on a wave, i don't know I could get her back into the boat.
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Beautiful boat!
WOULDENJOY MORE IF THERE WAS A COMMENTRY
Great boat, my wife and I are considering buying a Nauticat. It will be our last boat and it will be as beautiful as yours. Registered N°1501... 🙏
Thanks. It is our last boat too and so nice. There Will be more videos soon. Greetings from Holland 👋
@@yvonne-accordeoniste
I have a 1985 Nauticat 44. Did you ever buy a boat? Once I first stepped on the 44 that I eventually bought, I couldn't get it out of my head. I love the protected pilot house and the breeze you get with boat doors open. The boat has it's share of "cons", but the pilot house and the huge aft cabin make up for all of them.
@@jasonmcintosh2632 In your opinion, what are the cons of the 44?
@@ggergg6423 I hate to make a list of just cons, but:
- small interior space for a 44' boat due to:
- hull under bow being cut away to allow for easier wave entry
- 12 foot beam (again, helps with wave entry)
- rounded bilges (no hard chins)
- rounded bilges and large weight above waterline due to
pilot house and two masts make the boat roll in even small swells
- full keel makes it very hard to maneuver in a marina, even with the bow thruster
- the high aft cockpit and outboard rigging from the two masts makes it very hard to steer the boat into a slip and
make it over to a cleat on the dock before you get blown off when single hand sailing
- no lines from main mast run back to cockpit
this is because the big pilot house is in the way
- little protection in the cockpit as you're very high and exposed (but I generally love the cockpit being so high up...)
- no protected means of getting in the cockpit (this is due to the side doors which i love...)
- relatively little kitchen for a 44' boat
partially due to it being far forward where the hull is narrow and partially due to 2nd bathroom
taking up space by kitchen
-despite having a large engine room, it's a bit hard to get at the engine.
this is because the hull's rounded bilges cause the engine to sit low in the bilge so when you
stand in the engine room, the top of the engine is below your knees, and the bottom of the engine isn't reachable
- and of course, all of the windage due to the huge pilot house and bulwarks make it very poor at pointing into the wind.
Everything is a tradeoff. All of the above make the Nauticat a poor choice for just coastal cruising from marina to marina, but it's a good choice for sailing in heavy seas. If I took my wife out in a racer/cruiser and found ourselves in conditions where the hull was pounding so badly you couldn't walk through the cabin but had to crawl and hope that the boat wasn't going to break open as the whole thing shuddered every time it came down hard on a wave, i don't know I could get her back into the boat.
Schönes Schiff, habe eine 331, wie erhält man das Holz so schön glänzend? Danke LG
Danke hans. Mit eine machine Sauber gemacht und dann weisse oil idee teak oil wie in den video. Grusse Aus Holland Yvonne 🪗
Das ist ja mal ein schönes ⛵️. Danke fürs zeigen, Ruud. z.Zt. Vigo mit meiner Amel 😂
Danke Ruud Grusse von Yvonne
@@yvonne-accordeoniste Moin, gerne 😉⛵️
my dream
It was our dream now we have it. Greetings
Mooi 🥰
Hallo Carla. Bedankt. groetjes.
what speed does it do?
Hallo John. I sakes my husband and it is 7 knots. Greetings from Holland yvonne
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beautiful boat, are you thinking of selling it?
Maybe in the future? Now we are very happy with it. Groetjes from Holland
Please make the music stop
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Hi Yvonne, please add one subscriber. Good job! Kind regards from Brittany.
Thanks Patrick. Greetings from Holland Yvonne 🪗
I'll make it 1000 subs.
Thank you for reaching 1000 subscribers. I'm very happy with it. it took a lot of time, work and effort to make the videos. with greeting