Wings are certainly the key! But yes, in a heavier bluewater boat you trade max speed for seakindliness, but by the same token, short period waves can stop a lighter boat in it's tracks. Talisman will maintain a slightly reduced overall speed, but will be getting forward progress. If you're doing 7-8 knots, you're doing pretty well compared to what you see offshore.
Nice to see you guys back online. Some feedback, I like your choice of music, but just check the volume balance to the sound/speaking volume, the music seems a little louder.
Okay, we'll check that out next time (music audio level). We always have audio difficulties because we don't set up scenes with wired mics, which is the only way it seems to reduce wind noise. We also rarely sail in less than 20 knots wind.
great vlog as always been following since you bought the boat!..are you planning on going thru canal and hitting up my knack of the woods here in sth pacific?(I'm in new zealand)
Hi Craig. That's doubtful. All four of our parents are in homes and getting up there in years, and I know Wendy doesn't want to be too far away. I think we'll keep bouncing around the Caribbean for the next few years. It's great sailing and the cultures are unique to each island.
@@SailingTalisman yeah have basically the same with my folks as well at moment .....sucks!....maybe in a few years or so you can let the rains on your beautiful boat loose and stretch her legs on another big ocean passage...regards.. craig
Hi Emilio. The deck is vertical balsa cored, which means the grain goes up and down rather than sideways. This helps prevent water intrusion from traveling. I believe the newer boats use Airex cores, which are totally hydrophobic. The hull itself has no coring, only glass. And all known deck penetrations (stanchions, shrouds, deck hardware, etc.) have solid glass all the way through. But Oyster used a vacuum bagging system to glue down the teak decks, and this eliminated the thousands of screws and bungs you see on older Swans and Hallberg Rassys (among many others). These mechanically secured decks were highly prone to water infiltration, which became a major problem for owners.
Kevin you will continue to screw up unless you have your beautiful wife narrate 50/50. Intelligence in a Bikini is the ecsence my man. Your a lucky man she's beautiful. Don't worry I'm older & she's in love. On a serious note I've been here for many years now and I'm over the MR Fixit man thing. So many channels have been doing it for years now. WELL. I might be wrong. Tell me.
Hi Earl. She's finally getting more comfortable with it. And she does indeed know what she's doing. As for what the viewers are looking for, I think the fix-it man thing is a popular topic because there are a ton of people prepping to buy a boat and go sailing (or dreaming of doing so), and they want to make sure they have a deep knowledge base. I know I find myself watching videos on a particular topic that I think I could learn more about, and the demographic for sailing channels is like 90% male. In the end, you can't do this life unless you're half electrical engineer and half diesel mechanic. To get big views, in my opinion, you need to show real drama, like boats on fire/sinking/crashing into things/heavy weather, or do a LOT of T&A, which we might flirt slightly with, but nothing you won't see on the beach. In the end, we don't really care about views. It's for the people we know, and we don't make any real money doing it. We'll leave that struggle to the younger cruisers.
Also James finds you as the best and exemplary cruising sailors, thanks for the nice episode.
Thanks Albert! We appreciate the kind words. And we love James.
Good to see you guys enjoying a great sail. Thanks for sharing!
You bet Greg. It was obviously our pleasure.
Another great episode, looks like you guys had a great time!
We did. It was so great to be out of marinas and free from doing project stuff.
No replacing mass to smooth the bumps out. Like a big ole 59 Cadillac cruising down the interstate. Just need to put a few more fins on the back.
Wings are certainly the key! But yes, in a heavier bluewater boat you trade max speed for seakindliness, but by the same token, short period waves can stop a lighter boat in it's tracks. Talisman will maintain a slightly reduced overall speed, but will be getting forward progress. If you're doing 7-8 knots, you're doing pretty well compared to what you see offshore.
Great to see Talisman shuffling aside some waves again. Time to plan for a long distance voyage to somewhere remote?
Not this year. Hauling here in the Caribbean and heading home for four months. Then back for whatever we haven't gotten to.
Nice to see you guys back online. Some feedback, I like your choice of music, but just check the volume balance to the sound/speaking volume, the music seems a little louder.
I also noticed some audio difficulties in parts of the video. I thought it was on my end.
Okay, we'll check that out next time (music audio level). We always have audio difficulties because we don't set up scenes with wired mics, which is the only way it seems to reduce wind noise. We also rarely sail in less than 20 knots wind.
great vlog as always been following since you bought the boat!..are you planning on going thru canal and hitting up my knack of the woods here in sth pacific?(I'm in new zealand)
Hi Craig. That's doubtful. All four of our parents are in homes and getting up there in years, and I know Wendy doesn't want to be too far away. I think we'll keep bouncing around the Caribbean for the next few years. It's great sailing and the cultures are unique to each island.
@@SailingTalisman yeah have basically the same with my folks as well at moment .....sucks!....maybe in a few years or so you can let the rains on your beautiful boat loose and stretch her legs on another big ocean passage...regards.. craig
Wonderful sailing days. Does the Oyster 485 has a balsa core ? I see the Oyster 56 has. Is this a real problem ? Thanks Kevin.
Hi Emilio. The deck is vertical balsa cored, which means the grain goes up and down rather than sideways. This helps prevent water intrusion from traveling. I believe the newer boats use Airex cores, which are totally hydrophobic. The hull itself has no coring, only glass. And all known deck penetrations (stanchions, shrouds, deck hardware, etc.) have solid glass all the way through. But Oyster used a vacuum bagging system to glue down the teak decks, and this eliminated the thousands of screws and bungs you see on older Swans and Hallberg Rassys (among many others). These mechanically secured decks were highly prone to water infiltration, which became a major problem for owners.
@@SailingTalisman Thank you Kevin. I read the 56 hull is balsa cored. Do you know something?
@@emilioplentz Not sure I have an answer there. Note that there have been a minimum of 2 styles of 56, and possibly three.
I much prefer when things need fixed. But Cheers
Oh, there's plenty of that ahead.
Kevin you will continue to screw up unless you have your beautiful wife narrate 50/50. Intelligence in a Bikini is the ecsence my man. Your a lucky man she's beautiful. Don't worry I'm older & she's in love.
On a serious note I've been here for many years now and I'm over the MR Fixit man thing. So many channels have been doing it for years now. WELL. I might be wrong. Tell me.
Hi Earl. She's finally getting more comfortable with it. And she does indeed know what she's doing. As for what the viewers are looking for, I think the fix-it man thing is a popular topic because there are a ton of people prepping to buy a boat and go sailing (or dreaming of doing so), and they want to make sure they have a deep knowledge base. I know I find myself watching videos on a particular topic that I think I could learn more about, and the demographic for sailing channels is like 90% male. In the end, you can't do this life unless you're half electrical engineer and half diesel mechanic. To get big views, in my opinion, you need to show real drama, like boats on fire/sinking/crashing into things/heavy weather, or do a LOT of T&A, which we might flirt slightly with, but nothing you won't see on the beach. In the end, we don't really care about views. It's for the people we know, and we don't make any real money doing it. We'll leave that struggle to the younger cruisers.