It is so nice to see small boat sailing adventures. We have a Chrysler 22 Sandpiper we got in 2003. We'd hoped to do some coastal cruising from Apalachicola to Crystal River but age and health issues have squashed that dream. I will enjoy living that dream vicariously through your videos. Thank you!
So fun! I’m in refit for a couple of weeks, then my dog and I will be back on Lake of The Woods in NW Ontario with my 74 C22… Very fun boat for a man and his Lab. Fair Winds Captain!
keep the videos coming of your adventures and showing the upgrades you have made ,, good or bad ,,,its all taken as a positive ..love to see you 2 learning and enjoying your sailing experience !!
I had a Catalina 22 for 30 years. I would recommend a topping lift so you can easily drop the main and not worry about the boom I ran all my lines to the cockpit including using a jiffy reefing system which made reefing a breeze. Bimini'a are worth their weight in gold IMHO. Keeps the boat cooler and you too. Fairwinds, Catalina 22 Fleet 10 , Chespaeake Bay
OMG! I don't believe it! My old stomping grounds. When I lived with my grandparents in the early 60s Their house backed up to this area of the Gulf about 1 mile south of the bridge. Honeymoon Island Causeway and bridge were built but not yet open. The draw bridge remained up 24/7.
As a very experienced boater, you should always cary a backpack with everything you might need for any emergency.... It will save your ass one day!!!!! 😊
Enjoyed your videos, I too recently bought a sailboat, a Skimmer 25, with almost no sailing experience, so I completely understand! We sail on a lake, so not quite as steep of a learning curve! Would love to come sail the ICW in the Pensacola/Navarre area when this corona thing is done. Especially would love to explore islands, but man, I am terrified of leaving the boat at anchor with no one aboard! I guess boats do it all the time. Wish I had started this adventure years ago!
Just found your videos and subscribed . You guys are doing what I hope to be doing in the next year or so but I have no experience and no boat YET. Is there a reason you picked a Catalina 22 ?
There are so many, lots of new and used parts available, a good all-around boat. Ultimately it comes down to what's available at the time you're buying a boat, too.
you are my new mentor! my goal is to buy my first sail boat (under 30 feet) Ive never been sailing before so im gonna just soak it all in! no pun intended Peace
What does a slip run for a boat like size? I'm in Pittsburgh now but will be transferring to the Sarasota area sometime in 2021. I'm trying to get an idea of what is feasible. Also, do you have the marina take it out for you? Thanks again for the help. This is the most informative video on the subject I've found!
With a sailboat, you'll keep it in the water. It's not like a power boat where you can have it put on a rack and the marina gets it out when you want to use it each time. I pay $200/month but for non-residents it's twice that amount. Some marinas can be more or less, it all depends on the area. It's like $19/foot but then I get 50% off as a resident. Our marina has a long waiting list.
I'm curious what the bottom of the boat looks like. Is there a lot of growth on the bottom? Have you ever hauled it out and cleaned the bottom? It just seems to me like your motor is pushing really hard, but the boat speed is low.
I was mostly low throttle this trip since we were motor sailing sometimes, so that when the slight wind died we would keep moving or be able to have some steering around the heavy boat traffic. When motor sailing I tried to keep it at idle or 1/4 throttle. I was trying to use more sail and less motor, keeping around 2.5 knots otherwise we'd just be motoring and burn too much fuel for a 15 mile trip. I've scraped her clean a few months ago, and now there's a little growth again. It's a 2 cylinder two stroke motor, if that might be part of what you're hearing. Then again, it's no speed demon... We hit around 5 knots on full throttle motor.
The jib downhaul? How to works is in the video... it's a separate line that goes up with the jib halyard so you can pull it back down and force more of it onto the deck. It means I don't have to go stand at the mast to lower the jib or have the jib flying overboard. It's does not fold it neatly, but it quickly takes it down. I didn't install that for the mainsail because when I release the main halyard the sail starts to drop and I can get some sail-ties on it enough to get underway. I would recommend this setup.
You're in Dunedin? That's where I live. Thought it looked familiar, and then you radioed the causeway bridge and I cracked up. I'm currently looking for a Cat22. If you crank up the keel can't the boat be beached at the islands?
yes, we are! The Catalina 22 was really a better boat for sailing around the area but was too small for out in the Gulf on most days. It takes us about an hour to get to Clearwater Pass in our fin keel 28' boat with nearly a 5' draft. A Cat22 can be taken right up to the small islands and also sailed around behind the islands at high tide. At the time we had the 22, we also had a jet boat, so we didn't need to visit islands too much since we did that on the power boat so much. We would hit the keel sometimes but the swing keel was nice. Knowing the area and where it's deep/shallow is important, so if you aren't sure, go out at a rising tide so you can always float off!
Do you know what the sitting headroom is in the Catalina 22? I’m 6’1, and am interested in the boat, but want to be able to sit upright down below. Thx Dave
Davis, I have a 1976 Catalina 22 with a poptop. I'm 6' tall and there is plenty of sitting headroom with the poptop closed. Watch the bolts that secure the poptop, mine extended a few inches more than needed and is a hazard to the skull...
@@AdventuresInParadise I came across this map of open boat ramps and kayak access. Don't know how often they update it. If you + in close, you can see the info on each place. atoll.floridamarine.org/dle_gis/javascript/boat_ramp_status/?fbclid=IwAR23R-HUb_Z-MpKckuyOsOBd4AbR6JmgLs98EvPfif1jb3Y6RLb2ZNLD_NQ
I had a smaller panel with a built in controller but it was slow to charge a low battery. Now I use this and only plug it in when we're using the boat and it keeps it full. www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WXSCTSV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Any sailing lessons? I am looking at buying a small sail boat for next season. I live in New York close to Ontario lake. I want to take a few classes on sailing before pulling the trigger. Have either of you had sailing experience or taken classes?
My first sailboat was a jedda 21 ft. I lived on it for five years. I owened servral diffrent boats cince then. my current boat is a hood 23 ft. I am doing some upgrades to siut my single handed style. I will be doing an intro soon. please keep an eye out for the vedio. Gerard.
I know you guys have moved Way On, but could you think back......... Did you tow the dinghy or did you have it deflated and stored below, then inflated it once you were at the island? Do you use an electric inflater (pump) or manual?
If the dingy was out and being used, we left it inflate and towed it, but we left it up front and inflated it when we needed it. I got a high volume inflator off amazon with a 12v plug and that would blow it up enough so that i didn't really have to use the manual pump. We have paddle board, bikes and a new dinghy and nothing is done with a manual pump as there are too many cheap inflators out there that work so well. Each time we used that dingy, we'd bring it home, inflate it, wash it, dry it... take it back to the boat.. I hope that helps!
I use about a gallon per hour. I changed from a 3 gallon tank to a 6 gallon, mostly just so I don't have to refill as often. A 4-stroke or even just a more modern motor might have less fuel consumption. So we have one six gallon tank strapped in under one of the seats in the cockpit... the lazarette.
That's what we did... aside from two anchors, which we only do on our powerboat. Our waters are generally 5-8 feet deep around all the intracoastal waters. If you watch the video, the entire night the keel was hitting the bottom at low tide. We have about a 3 foot tidal change. So we might anchor in five feet but at midnight it's 2 feet and we're hitting. We'd have to anchor in six feet of water to have 3 feet at low tide, leaving only one foot below... which is what we did, but tides aren't exact due to wind and more water left than we anticipated so we hit bottom.
Well, that was a old ship sound effect, but the keel hit the bottom and then it moved back and forth and hit the bottom of the boat for what seemed like hours. I cut the tide a little too close - we needed another foot under us.
It is so nice to see small boat sailing adventures. We have a Chrysler 22 Sandpiper we got in 2003. We'd hoped to do some coastal cruising from Apalachicola to Crystal River but age and health issues have squashed that dream. I will enjoy living that dream vicariously through your videos. Thank you!
Mark long. I'm looking to start this adventure too before I'm too sick. Would you consider selling the Chrysler? Thanks.
So fun! I’m in refit for a couple of weeks, then my dog and I will be back on Lake of The Woods in NW Ontario with my 74 C22… Very fun boat for a man and his Lab. Fair Winds Captain!
keep the videos coming of your adventures and showing the upgrades you have made ,, good or bad ,,,its all taken as a positive ..love to see you 2 learning and enjoying your sailing experience !!
Just found you. Really enjoyable, look forward to following you. 👍
Great video! Sucks about the wind but hey at least you got to go camping on the water in a sailboat with your wife and that's pretty cool! :-)
i watch all youtube at 1.5 speed except Adventures In Paradise. really enjoying every video
Thank you!
Thanks for this video. Gives me some hope and a goal!!
I had a Catalina 22 for 30 years. I would recommend a topping lift so you can easily drop the main and not worry about the boom I ran all my lines to the cockpit including using a jiffy reefing system which made reefing a breeze. Bimini'a are worth their weight in gold IMHO. Keeps the boat cooler and you too. Fairwinds, Catalina 22 Fleet 10 , Chespaeake Bay
Amazing video ⛵️⚓️👍
Looks like a great boat to learn to sail on
I learned on my O'Day 22...great little boats to learn basics
Nice video. It's good to get out and go sail, or motor. You might need a Bimini, captain.
Had to show this to my Wife as she has been watching too many racing videos! Show her what it will be like!
Yes Sir! It would be just as fast to walk there!
OMG! I don't believe it! My old stomping grounds. When I lived with my grandparents in the early 60s Their house backed up to this area of the Gulf about 1 mile south of the bridge. Honeymoon Island Causeway and bridge were built but not yet open. The draw bridge remained up 24/7.
New subbie here, great video!!
Great video 😎 have had my Catalina 22 “Child’s Play” 10 yrs now...👍🏻
Right on!
If there’s no wind, there’s always time to clean. That teak really needs some oil.
As a very experienced boater, you should always cary a backpack with everything you might need for any emergency.... It will save your ass one day!!!!! 😊
What a wonderful couple you are. Very nice videos. Sailing and enjoying live is not about having a 300.000 boat.
We were just talking about that today and agree. Thank for the comment!
but wait... don't get me wrong, I won't be happy until I have a way bigger boat!!!!
Enjoyed your videos, I too recently bought a sailboat, a Skimmer 25, with almost no sailing experience, so I completely understand! We sail on a lake, so not quite as steep of a learning curve! Would love to come sail the ICW in the Pensacola/Navarre area when this corona thing is done. Especially would love to explore islands, but man, I am terrified of leaving the boat at anchor with no one aboard! I guess boats do it all the time. Wish I had started this adventure years ago!
Yea, it's a little odd just leaving it out there! As far as starting this adventure years ago, I agree!
Me too ! I wish I started this adventure years ago too I’m 60 yrs old but I’m still going to do it 👍😎
nice!
Like Gillians Island...a three hour tour. 😂
Just found your videos and subscribed . You guys are doing what I hope to be doing in the next year or so but I have no experience and no boat YET. Is there a reason you picked a Catalina 22 ?
There are so many, lots of new and used parts available, a good all-around boat. Ultimately it comes down to what's available at the time you're buying a boat, too.
you are my new mentor! my goal is to buy my first sail boat (under 30 feet) Ive never been sailing before so im gonna just soak it all in! no pun intended
Peace
Thanks for watching! Do it and good luck!
What does a slip run for a boat like size? I'm in Pittsburgh now but will be transferring to the Sarasota area sometime in 2021. I'm trying to get an idea of what is feasible. Also, do you have the marina take it out for you? Thanks again for the help. This is the most informative video on the subject I've found!
With a sailboat, you'll keep it in the water. It's not like a power boat where you can have it put on a rack and the marina gets it out when you want to use it each time. I pay $200/month but for non-residents it's twice that amount. Some marinas can be more or less, it all depends on the area. It's like $19/foot but then I get 50% off as a resident. Our marina has a long waiting list.
What size outboard are you running?
I'm curious what the bottom of the boat looks like. Is there a lot of growth on the bottom? Have you ever hauled it out and cleaned the bottom? It just seems to me like your motor is pushing really hard, but the boat speed is low.
I was mostly low throttle this trip since we were motor sailing sometimes, so that when the slight wind died we would keep moving or be able to have some steering around the heavy boat traffic. When motor sailing I tried to keep it at idle or 1/4 throttle. I was trying to use more sail and less motor, keeping around 2.5 knots otherwise we'd just be motoring and burn too much fuel for a 15 mile trip. I've scraped her clean a few months ago, and now there's a little growth again. It's a 2 cylinder two stroke motor, if that might be part of what you're hearing. Then again, it's no speed demon... We hit around 5 knots on full throttle motor.
Hey! I am very very interested about your anti-halyard system for your jib! (is there one for mainsail too?) How it works?
The jib downhaul? How to works is in the video... it's a separate line that goes up with the jib halyard so you can pull it back down and force more of it onto the deck. It means I don't have to go stand at the mast to lower the jib or have the jib flying overboard. It's does not fold it neatly, but it quickly takes it down. I didn't install that for the mainsail because when I release the main halyard the sail starts to drop and I can get some sail-ties on it enough to get underway. I would recommend this setup.
Would be cool if when you start your trip to tell us where you begin!!!!
Dunedin to Three Rooker, a whole 9 miles each way.
Do you guys have a website. We are up in the Great lakes, but you area a great sailing family to follow. Great Video, Keep up the adventures!
Thanks! I grew up in Michigan. No, no website.
You're in Dunedin? That's where I live. Thought it looked familiar, and then you radioed the causeway bridge and I cracked up. I'm currently looking for a Cat22. If you crank up the keel can't the boat be beached at the islands?
yes, we are! The Catalina 22 was really a better boat for sailing around the area but was too small for out in the Gulf on most days. It takes us about an hour to get to Clearwater Pass in our fin keel 28' boat with nearly a 5' draft. A Cat22 can be taken right up to the small islands and also sailed around behind the islands at high tide. At the time we had the 22, we also had a jet boat, so we didn't need to visit islands too much since we did that on the power boat so much. We would hit the keel sometimes but the swing keel was nice. Knowing the area and where it's deep/shallow is important, so if you aren't sure, go out at a rising tide so you can always float off!
Do you know what the sitting headroom is in the Catalina 22? I’m 6’1, and am interested in the boat, but want to be able to sit upright down below.
Thx
Dave
Davis, I have a 1976 Catalina 22 with a poptop. I'm 6' tall and there is plenty of sitting headroom with the poptop closed. Watch the bolts that secure the poptop, mine extended a few inches more than needed and is a hazard to the skull...
hey quick question! were you steering with the rudder while you were motoring with the outboard instead of steering with the outboard? does that work?
Sure. however the boat is being pushed -wind or motor, still steers with the rudder.
It's been great weather lately. We're hoping to get out to 3 Rooker next week for a few days. Are you keeping Knot Enough in the marina now?
Sometimes just to work on it. Let me know when you guys go!
So much for that idea now. We went Kayaking today and not only was it hard to find a place to put in, all the islands are closed,
@@AdventuresInParadise I came across this map of open boat ramps and kayak access. Don't know how often they update it. If you + in close, you can see the info on each place.
atoll.floridamarine.org/dle_gis/javascript/boat_ramp_status/?fbclid=IwAR23R-HUb_Z-MpKckuyOsOBd4AbR6JmgLs98EvPfif1jb3Y6RLb2ZNLD_NQ
Looking to purchase a solar maintainer. Which do you have? I have a c22 as well
I had a smaller panel with a built in controller but it was slow to charge a low battery. Now I use this and only plug it in when we're using the boat and it keeps it full.
www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07WXSCTSV/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_search_asin_title?ie=UTF8&psc=1
Any sailing lessons? I am looking at buying a small sail boat for next season. I live in New York close to Ontario lake. I want to take a few classes on sailing before pulling the trigger. Have either of you had sailing experience or taken classes?
No we just have owned three power boats, but no sailing. I think it would be safer with lessons. I still want to take some of the ASA Courses.
My first sailboat was a jedda 21 ft. I lived on it for five years. I owened servral diffrent boats cince then. my current boat is a hood 23 ft. I am doing some upgrades to siut my single handed style. I will be doing an intro soon. please keep an eye out for the vedio.
Gerard.
Alight I subscribed and will check it out.
@@AdventuresInParadise I have not foe the vedio yet but soon then i will start my channle.
Gerard.
I know you guys have moved Way On, but could you think back......... Did you tow the dinghy or did you have it deflated and stored below, then inflated it once you were at the island? Do you use an electric inflater (pump) or manual?
If the dingy was out and being used, we left it inflate and towed it, but we left it up front and inflated it when we needed it. I got a high volume inflator off amazon with a 12v plug and that would blow it up enough so that i didn't really have to use the manual pump. We have paddle board, bikes and a new dinghy and nothing is done with a manual pump as there are too many cheap inflators out there that work so well. Each time we used that dingy, we'd bring it home, inflate it, wash it, dry it... take it back to the boat.. I hope that helps!
@@AdventuresInParadise Yes it does. And many Thank Yous!
I own a oday 222 and I’m just wondering why your sails are like half the size of mine
you need to tighten your halyards. You should never see wrinkles.
How far can you go on a tank of gas when motoring? Do you store gas cans on the boat?
I use about a gallon per hour. I changed from a 3 gallon tank to a 6 gallon, mostly just so I don't have to refill as often. A 4-stroke or even just a more modern motor might have less fuel consumption. So we have one six gallon tank strapped in under one of the seats in the cockpit... the lazarette.
@@AdventuresInParadise cool! Thanks for the reply!
what was that noise?
Is there by chance any way to email with you and chat? I have a Macgregor 22 and am new to sailing! Would love to ask you some questions!
sure... adventuresinparadiseFL@gmail.com
I would have just motored up as close to the Island as I could with keel up and put a fore and aft anchor out instead of rowing. You only draw 2 ft.
That's what we did... aside from two anchors, which we only do on our powerboat. Our waters are generally 5-8 feet deep around all the intracoastal waters. If you watch the video, the entire night the keel was hitting the bottom at low tide. We have about a 3 foot tidal change. So we might anchor in five feet but at midnight it's 2 feet and we're hitting. We'd have to anchor in six feet of water to have 3 feet at low tide, leaving only one foot below... which is what we did, but tides aren't exact due to wind and more water left than we anticipated so we hit bottom.
Great video. That looked very enjoyable. What year is your boat?
Thanks! 1984.
what's that dink/inflatable? I need a shore-vessel that fits inside my 23 footer:)
You had pig on the boat OH NO
What the heck was making that awful sound on the first night ???
Well, that was a old ship sound effect, but the keel hit the bottom and then it moved back and forth and hit the bottom of the boat for what seemed like hours. I cut the tide a little too close - we needed another foot under us.
Ohhhh ok lol , that makes sense .