Majestic 530. Comparing Catamarans. Is this now our favorite Liveaboard Catamaran? Ep94
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- Ep94. In our continuing quest to find a future liveaboard Catamaran to be our future home, at the Annapolis Sailboat show, we tour one of our favorite boats from last year, the Majestic 530.
This boat is big. This boat has a beautiful wood interior and it comes chalked full of all of the things that are extra on other boats; Water maker, 12kw generator, 2000 watts of solar panels, a built in Scuba Dive Tank Compressor, In boom furling main, bow thrusters, Radar, AIS, 12 person life raft and much much more. The boat is completely customizable from floor plan layout to the Cushions and Flatware that you put on the boat . It certainly is a boat to behold and at a List Price of $950,000 it has the added bonus of being $250,000 cheaper than our favorite boat up to this point .... The Xquisite X5.
At the end of this video Janice and I talk about which of the boats we put in which order. Does the Majestic 530 end up at the top of our list? You will have to watch and find out what boats make our top 5.
Also a really nice boat. (looking at the inside and what you get)
The price was surprising, didnt expect that.
950 for a fully fitted 53 feeter is a very good price.
Also, you could negotiate (5-10% off) for a better price, making it even "cheaper"
Keep sailing!
Thank. It does seem like the best bang for the buck for a large cat.
Catamaran Channoel diiiiii
Def best bang. But the X5 just looks more modern and more electronic toys. And this one looks really really big... almost too big.
I love the idea of a washing machine in the cockpit rather than squeezed in to a forward hull.
I agree. Best spot for it. No heat and moisture put into your interior. Every Cat should have it set up outside.
Brilliant, thinking outside of the box?
I'd just love the idea of having one in my home to start with.
Nice work showing us through a great boat. well done.
Thanks. Glad you liked it.
Love this boat, it may not be a great sail boat, but I live in the Philippines and would only use it for going island to island with the family....living aboard when the kids are out of school....so if you compare it to a Nordhavn trawler, you get the same speed at 1/5 the cost and with the draft can get places you cant get to in another boat..also you can carry a larger tender...
So a Trawler is 1/5 the price of this? New? I doubt that? But we are only interested in sailboats anyway. Always a great feeling to move your home from A to B just with wind at no cost. Plus it is silent. Which is so nice.
Wonder how many Majestic orders they received from your videos?
Perhaps a few more people at least kicked the tires. I'm assuming. I actually do know 1 guy that contacted me that bought one after seeing my video.
There are a few concerns I have there website is not updated with the latest specs on the boat.There is also no mention with regards to the service network of the company or warranty of the boat and no mention of price or options anywhere on there site.
I also noticed you had to mention things with regards to the boat as the women giving the tour lacked any form of interest in the boat whatsoever.
These are reasons why I would go with Xquiste yachts over this.
The website does need some work for sure.
Nice video of Phil and Ally’s Boat. It was their boat that helped us choose RC. We are the family Ally was talking about. Picking our boat up this month. It will be in the Miami boat show in Feb
Oh very cool. She was interested (as was I) with how you boat turns out. Please reach out to me on our email CruisingOffDuty@gmail.com and tell us how things go and what your true thoughts are on the process as you have the boat, New, 1 yr old, 2 years old etc. If this is the boat for us, I'd like to know real world experience of how one is to own. Not just what people at the show say. I think they kind of have to say good things when they are being paid to help sell boats. So please email me and we will stay in touch. Thanks! Craig
How long did you have to wait for boat from order.
It looks like a house built in 1998. A bit dated, but not completely out-of-date (yet!) The gloss wood is not my style. Looks cheaper than other interiors. But it probably is since its $250k cheaper than some 50' cats..
We like the inside. Janice loves the wood. The outside shape does look a bit dated.
Living on board for ten years in a boat with real wood, I can assure you that for live aboards the flumpsy imitation wood are not a good option. The outside hull might look outdated but we would choose this just because the interior is so well thought true. Style of the finish is a matter of taste, but just saying. Living on board you’ll forget taste rather quickly if the beautiful plastic finished door is falling apart. If the boat is just for some holidays it probably doesn’t matter that much.
@@waltervanderboor I can surely see the quality wood being preferred for an adult live aboard. I'm guessing the imitation wood options might be better if there a lots of kids involved. I can see that nice polished wood taking some dings with kids running about.
That wood made the interior of the first boat look very old I think, I much prefer a modern look.
I agree... compared to the Xquisite X5, this boat looks dated... but yes $300k cheaper is a lot of money.
thanks for posting this. I thought they were a charter company, so I didn't check it out when I was there. My new favorite cat.
No problem
I have never seem a 53 foot cat with so much room! I bet it sails like a rock.
I have skipped a few. And few went straight to the bottom is that what your saying? Rocks that is.
Now that chest freezer is brilliant. Uh and that table is brilliant.
It's kinda funny that the sales people need to assume that everyone they talk to could be a potential buyer but in reality most of the people couldn't afford a Hobie cat.
Too bad you/they didn't show anything "under the hood". That's what we wanna see and hear.
But really nice boat. Thank you.
They showed me the engine rooms etc. Not sure what more under the hood you wanted to see?
You have to treat everybody like they are going to write the check that day, you just never know...Except for the ones that have a giant bag of brochures, they can't afford a happy meal...
Hi Guys, I've delivered this yacht from Cape town to Durban 2 years ago. Please note, this is not a sailing boat, it's a motorboat with a mast as an 'after-thought'. Very poor sailing vesel abilities indeed. Stay away, unless you need a static luxury home at anker:-(
Hmmmm. Thanks for your input. I have heard different stories. Some say it is a fine at sailing. Some say it is slow but respectable. Before we ever buy anything we will obviously take them out for test sails. If you are right and it can't sail in decent wind we will not buy it. But many of these boats have moved around the world from their factory in South Africa so I assume they can sail OK. No one who has owned one has ever told me that they have to motor to get anywhere.
Chris Mostert not like I could afford it. But thank you
As soon as she said it was an 8 to 10 knot Cat, I knew it was junk as a sailboat....
Chris Mostert she says this right before without being as harsh
I did a bit of checking because Chris Mostert post didn't sound right. Royal Cape has no record of this guy sailing any of their cats nor does Moorings or anyone else. I have personally spoken to the owner of this boat and they have no idea who he is. You would think that the owner of a new boat would remember the guy that delivered it to them. But they have not heard of this guy.
The people from Royal Cape Catamarans, Ken and his lovely wife, the owners, James, the builder, and three owners are all very nice and have been more than willing to answer any and all questions about the boat and show me everything.
I believe, and this is ONLY my opinion, is that Chris, or whoever he really is, is a competitor trying to steer people away from a beautiful boat, built by some very nice people. I am going to enjoy doing business with them when I order my new boat in the near future.
Time to say something as I watched pretty much every episode... THIS IS M
Glad to help. Thanks.
still like the x5... :) tech guy as well!
I hear that Chase. If money was no barrier, I'd still pick the X5 as I'm a Tech lover too. But, it being $250,000 more than the Majestic, 3 feet shorter, with no liferaft, scuba tank and other features, and having a wife that "Loves Wood" (ha ha), the Majestic might end up being the winner.
remember 90% of enjoyment owning a boat is the sailing performance the rest can be changed but if a boat is a dog no matter how nice it is on the inside ,if its a slug you will never really like the boat, my view .
To each his own. My thought is you spend 90% of the time at anchor. 10% sailing. So if it is a bit slow for the 10% of the time, we can live with it as long as we are comfortable at anchor. :-)
Cruising Off Duty amen
true, but what do we buy a yacht for , what i should say is 'a launch can do that' but sitting on 8 , 10 ,even 15 kts on a beam run, no noise & if its in the right direction well a launch cant do that , that's happiness.
I saw some of your movies and my perception of your knowlwdge about catamarans is that it is not yet mature, which only happens with experience and some theoretical learning. You seem to apreciate size and space above anything else... I never saw both of you looking at important parameters, like for example bridgedeck clearance, how easy it is to maintain, etc. Please buy one of this boats that you like so much, go to sea for a while and learn about what realy matters. I believe you will be surprised how wrong is at the moment your scale of values. Please read with attention what people with experience say to you, for example the delivery skipper of this boat before you make the mistake of buying the wrong catamaran. When I change from monohull to catamaran, I thought I knew a lot about them and I made the mistake of buying one with very low bridgedeck clearance. It cost me a lot. My next catamaran was a much better sea boat but even so, before I bought it, I delivered one just to make sure it was not a dog like the first one. Good luck with your endeavour.
Yep. We are still years away. We are just looking to see what Cats seem like something we can enjoy living in. Before we finally buy we will definitely take some of these our for some test sails. Don't worry we aren't in a habit of throwing big money at a boat without testing it's sailing abilities. But we don't need a racing focussed Cat. This will be our floating home. We will be retired and not in a rush to go anywhere. Comfort and safety is the most important. Speed is the least. But that is just our thoughts. You are entitled to you own opinions on what is important.
But confort at sea is precisely what I also want and is linked to the design of the boat, no matter what size it is. You might have a big catamaran that is confortable as long as it is in a marina and becomes unconfortable at anchor in front of an island with reasonable wind and strong sea state and worst at a sea passage and there are others that are much better in these conditions even if they are smaller and seemingly less confortable inside a marina. You need to realise this on your search for the ultimate catamaran. By the way, some time ago a naval architect named Chris White wrote in is Web pages a very good article on what to look in the search for a good sea going catamaran. Good luck with your search.
Thanks Rui. I know bridge deck clearance and other factors need to be considered to have an enjoyable boat to live on. Lot more research will be done before we finally buy.
Wow , this is really nice . Runs the Xquisite close
It does have a beautiful interior. And it is LARGE. maybe too large for just a cruising couple. But it would make a great Crewed charter boat.
Love that boat, best value for money so far if comfort is most important, live aboard, oh yes!
Agree completely. Best Liveaboard cat for the money if speed is not your #1 criteria.
I saw a comment that said 950000, I couldn’t believe you could get such a ship for the price
Yes! It was a good deal. Unfortunately we just went to the most recent Annapolis sailboat show and they’ve said that the new model coming out will now be $1.25 million. So that is a big jump in price
Can you get electric / hybrid motors on Majestic ?
Wow! Only thing I would worry about is slipping it if there was no mooring field. Man that thing is wide, but gorgeous.
Yep 28' wide. Damn! That is beamy and the standing rigging is huge. No wonder it went through the Hurricane unscathed. Thing is too much of a heavy, wide beast to be moved by even that wind. I could sail that around the world for sure.
Wow... I have no words to describe the beauty of this catamaran. I wonder how much would it cost to operate it on a monthly basis. Great video.
Thanks.
guys there is a Knysna 48 out there for sale. Used but a beautiful boat, i believe there are even videos on it. met the owners a couple of years ago and we even sailed on it. it's called the Meeka II. you should check that one out.
Not ready to buy and live full time, yet. but thanks
The Exquisite is twice the price of the the Majestic....
Not twice. Xquisite. 1.2m, Majestic is 945K.
That is one beautiful boat and I think you are right dollar for dollar it is a much better deal then some of the production boats.
Best bang for the buck but probably bigger than we need.
I enjoyed your tour, and I loved the boat. Catamarans certainly aren't fast, but they are comfortable.
Thanks. Glad you liked the tour.
Great CAT. Plenty of room and great extras without extra cost.
Yes. One of the best "Bang for the Buck" boats at the show. It's really big though. Probably bigger than just Janice and I really need. But it is really beautiful wood inside. Janice loves that boat.
I really really love this!
It is beautiful inside. Probably our favourite interior of any of the boats.
to realy see what it IS- you need sail it. structural inegrety is most important
Agreed. You want a well-built boat that can stand up to a beating.
neat dive tank set up important to me as I use a tank alot
Thar is a nice feature for sure.
Smart. Tremendous.
well l love it comes fully kitted for under 1 million not sure of the krazy set up of guest cabins but hey l m sure someone could pick a different setup if wanted !! l do have one concern of the owner cabin being at front ,is that not the most boomy/bouncing area making sleeping under moving uncomfortable ???
It does have a lot of rooms. You can have it made with less. The builder will customize it.
Beautiful boat! it must have been really something 25 years ago...>;-)
If you like shinny wood and high quality you really need to see a Privilege Serie 5 I would be very interested in your review of that boat! OOOOhhhh and please do a review of the Discovery 50 this is one boat that is high on my unattainable list right next to the Privilege and the Exquisite.
I love the reviews and the insight as this is my 15 year plan as as well.. though I might just throw it all out the window and buy a lagoon 400 S2 or a FP Orana and just set sail early while I'm still young enough to enjoy it.
Cheers and have a fantastic crossing
OK. There was no Privilege at the show. But I can hook you up with a very detailed Discovery 50 review. I'll even sail it for 2-3 weeks to really test it out for you. It's just the nice guy that I am to go through that. ha ha. Rest assured I will know that boat inside out and backward by the time the trip is over. Detailed observations will come. :-)
Cruising Off Duty Your the Best!
I’m super partial to owners cabin being towards the front, charters don’t have it because it’s a charter, up front you’re far away from things that make noise and whoever is on watch at the helm talking or playin music and whatnot
But being in a front cabin on an ocean crossing you are hearing the slamming of the waves. I prefer the hummmmmm of an engine over the loud slamming sounds.
What is it with Americans and wood? It looks awful and so old fashioned with all that wood everywhere! It really puts me off this boat
To each their own, right?
I'm pretty impressed with this brand.
Yes. So are we.
This is what I get when I sell the house and liquidated all other assets n take my 7 rugrat kids from the Midwest to wherever we wanna go
It is a big boat. So you will certainly have the space for all of your rugrats. ha ha
The difference in interior space between a 50 an 53 foot cat is unbelievable.
This is a really beamy boat so it is not only 3' longer but I am sure 3' wider too.
This is a no nonsense design truly oriented for living in cat , unlike others where there is only senseless luxury.
Thanks for your input Daniel.
At this price and size very good!
We agree.
Hoping to see a review of the St Francis 50.
Dan Schultz ..oo yeah.me too
The St Francis 50 was not at the show. But we have seen it numerous times before and really like it.
When that boat gets older I bet it will be like the forth bridge a”you never stop repairing somethings”. Nice looking though
Why would a catamaran need a bowthruster?
I dont think it NEEDs one but if you want to pull up to an open spot on a wall and slide directly sidways into the spot, you could. Seem unnecessary to me as well. One more think to service and to break.
Not entirely sure why a cat would need a bow thruster when you can literally spin them on the spot with the engines.
I wondered that too. But perhaps with the bow thruster you could move the boat directly sideways if you were in a tight docking situation? Who knows? But it is there if you need it. Only Cat I know that comes with one standard.
Makes a lot of sense given the size of the boat, skill of the pilot and the crowding at marinas. Would like be a great back-up in some situation where one of the main engines is inoperable. Great feedback, review and tour.
Thanks. Yes, good point. You lose 1 engine and you may be very very glad you have that bow thruster. Might be hard to maneuver a Big Cat in a small space with just 1 engine running.
Hellow Mr south African
We do seem to like the South African boats, don’t we? It seems like they give good bang for the buck from South Africa
I think watching this is as close as I will ever get to having to fit thru the eye of a needle in order to make it to heaven.
I absolutely love it.
Probably the best bang for the buck if you need a really spacious Cat.
😡 Why is the yacht you want always just beyond your budget. 🤔
I know. You always reach for that thing that is just outside of your grasp. After all of this falling in love with a Xquisite and Majestic. We will most likely end up on a used Lagoon. But still, travelling the world exploring in our own floating home will be a blast, no matter what boat we end up on.
Cruising Off Duty yes looking forward to seeing your future videos. I liked the xquisite. Have you looked at Bluewater yachts. A U.K. catamaran company. The same company that makes the Southerly and Discovery yachts. I believe it may be a Bluewater Cat that Distant Shores is transporting to the US soon.
Sorry bit behind, I see your recording of your live video. You are going to be one of the crew. 👍👍👍 enjoy they are very nice Catamarans.
Yes. Thats the boat we will be crossing the Atlantic on. Lots of time to review that boat. ha ha.
Cruising Off Duty Pricey boat and you can say you sailed one. 👍👍👍 Discovery & Southerly only a few miles from where I live, but Out of my price range
Assuredly out of our price range too. So this will be my only chance to sail one. :-)
This boat seems much, much larger than anything you need. When would you need more than three cabins plus maybe an office with some storage, two showers and two TVs? Why aren't you looking in the 40-foot range?
Yes. We are looking for 42-45. I think we would only get something this large if we were to start thinking about taking out charter guests as a side income. Not in the plans but you never know.
Ill bet thats a million dollar cat
yep and then some for the newer ones.
Its a beast!
How tall do you have to be to drive these boats?
Woooow! I think Ally’s Majestic will be a lot of peoples favourite! Perfectly perfect! Majestic please up the production numbers.
It was a very pretty boat. They have changed the hull shape on the new ones and there is a bigger price tag to go along with the new shape.
I got lost in that one when you went downstairs :-) Huge! This is class! Luxury! It is a ship. Or shall I say, not a boat. It is a house! ha ha ha bigger than my house :)
So true! There is so much wood everywhere and space inside it does feel like a finely appointed apartment and not a boat.
Janice & Craig, great job, best boat so far in your reviews! An absolute winner, took the top place from the Xquisite X5!
It is really nice a. Too bad the new model had a huge price increase
Our 2011 Royal Cape 53" is up for sale for $550,000.00 not negotiating at this price. Comes fully kitted out for charters
Good luck with the sale. We will be looking in 3 or 4 years.
Have you ever seen a catamaran knocked down? They don't temporarily stay on their sides like a monohull. They always go upside down. A monohull's weighted keel pulls it back upright after a knockdown. It takes a power boat to right a catamaran.
A big heavy Cat like this is never going to flip. The mast and rigging will snap long before it flips. If it was a light performance cat then yes it could flip. Not the case with the heavy displacement "Cruising Cats".
Greg and Janice, if only those pesky boats had a price cap of 200 grand but, they do not. The ultimate dream boat doesn't exist, for any of us. That said, I would have some questions. It seems your overriding ask of any boat you'd buy is size, wood and creature comfort. If that is case wouldn't make more sense to buy a house in the Caribbean and a 36ft cat?
Regarding the Majestic, do realise wood, even vernier, is a pain to maintain. Second thing slapping on the water is not very nice, to me the boat is way too low, certainly on long crossings (and with that weight/boat speed) it is probably counter productive. Then there is my pet peeve: Too much volume at the front. After all the Majestic was a modified Van de Stadt. Finally last, system integration. Compared with the X5 it is hopelessly outdated.
Hey Paul. We plan to circumnavigate the globe on which ever boat we end up with. Not stay in one place. If we wanted to stay at one Island for the rest of our lives, then buying a small beach house or condo and then having a smaller sailboat (Even the 35' we have now) to go out for a few days at a time would be a good idea. But staying in one spot in not in our DNA. We'd get bored with one location. We want to explore the world, meet new people and explore other cultures. Not just the Caribbean. Thanks for your input though.
Look for Nate the Great on you tube, he is the guy that bought the grey one with the little girls...seems was always having breakdowns and has the boat for sale now
Hmmmm, will have to check him out and see what issues he had.
Nice boat! Thanks to the South African Rand in the toilet, makes this boat a bargain. Right now almost R15 to $1. Buys a lot in SA right now. Get it before the country collapses.
Let's hope it doesn't collapse. Most of our favourite boats are from SA.
Hi Greg & Janet its great to follow these reviews thankyou so much, Have you had a look at a Seawind 1600 ? I would be interested in your feedback. The X5 looks like the pick but could be me ludicrously expensive once bought to Australia
Hey Chris. It is actually Craig and Janice. We have seen Seawinds in other shows. It has never made it to the top of our "Possible Future boats" list. From what I remember it is pretty sparce inside ? Just not sure it is a boat that I would want to live on full time for 20 years as we travel around the world. Next time I see one I will give it another look and remember what we did or didn't like about it..
This is truly some great blue water cruiser. I completly love it and I can understand you do to.
I think you guys and me pretty much have the same taste and look for the same things.
This Royal Cape Majestic 530 and the St Francis 50 Mk2 is 2 very similar boats. Not only in size and design but also how versatile the yard is when it comes to modifying it to the owners wishes. Looking at cabinatry, doors etc it looks like Majestic and St Francis copied eachother. To bad you did not have a chanse to see the St Francis. It has a slight different design, the hulls are different, slightly more narrow and the performance of a St Francis may be slightly faster but has perhaps a bit less storage space.
Both STF and Majestic has a very good re-sale value. Lagoon cant even compare there.
You mention Antares 44. It is a much smaller boat although well stocked out, they also have the Antares school that teach you all about the boat but being made in a low cost country like Argentina I do believe the price dont reflect that well enough. The SA boats have better pricing.
Yes. We have seen St Francis 50's a number of times in the past. But they have not been coming to the show for the last 2 years. You are right that the SA boats seem to have the best bang for the buck. We like almost all of them.
I can’t imagine needing this much. This ship is Huge.
And there is another South African boat, that Sailing Lady Africa are restoring
called Deene or Deane I think. Really nice for second hand , and big
Have , or would, you consider a project ?
No we don't have the interest in having a project boat. I hate spending all my free time fixing things. I rather explore and film. I can fix smaller issues but not handy enough to want to do a total refit myself.
The Leopard 51 i bought is a 2014 was custum build . The prior owner has twin 75 Volvo s Onan 13k gen
Scuba storage and Refile station to much to list .
I know what you are saying. The production builders do have upgrade options that you can pay extra for so not every boat is the exact same. Maybe a better name is a Boutique builder. A builder that only builds a few boats a year and puts more effort into top quality and handcrafted carpentry. You can not say that for a big production boat that mass produces boats. You can not compare the interior carpentry found in the Majestic to a Leopard. Leopard doesn't come even close.
I absolutely love the interior and the Design
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The interior is beautiful for sure. Not everyone loves the outside design but that is a personal choice. We do love the hard windshield to helm from behind in bad weather. It's probably too large for just Janice and I but if we could afford a used one and it was in our budget. We might do it just for that beautiful interior.
St francais catamaran is best one..you must check it out..
It wasn't at the show, surprisingly. It's always been at every show we've been to. We like it a lot and we mention liking it but just couldn't show it because they decided not to come.
This thing is a floating condominium with a set of sails attached.
Yep. It is huge. Supposedly it sails OK, but I'd have to sail one myself to know for sure.
Did you guys had a chance to check the Antares 44i?
Yes we did. It is coming up in a future episode. We liked it but it is too expensive, $1.1 million for a 44'. I'd get the Majestic at $945,000 at 53' and get all the extras and a way more impressive area to live inside. That was the Antares in the background when we were pointing out the hard rails vs wire lifelines. The Antares was the one with the we pointed to with the wire lifelines.
What type of sunglasses are you wearing sir?
Oh man. I buy cheap ones because I scratch, break or loose them them all the time. I go through sunglasses like most people go through underwear. ha ha. So I have no idea. They are probably no name glasses found at Walmart. :-)
Some interesting features but overall aesthetically unpleasant. Probably really heavy too and therefore slow?! Too much shiny wood for my taste...... Appartment on the water
To each their own. :-)
@@Bowmans-Woods yes, so true. Too many compromises to do after all!
Beautiful boat. Little too big for me but beautiful.
Ya. Beautiful inside. Probably our favorite, but probably too big for just 2 of us. It would be an option if we wanted to get into the business of taking on charter guests.
Your torturing yourself looking at 900K - 1.500M dollar boats. Hopefully you'll enjoy the Lagoon 40-50 in a used range of 300-400K
LIX 59 In addition.... their favorites are limited production boats and will hold their value far better than LAGOON, FP, etc...
Most likely your looking at 750-800k used for a well maintained boat on their favorites list.
Ya. Probably dreaming but since we will probably buy used we can look at something outside our price range new and hope that on the used market you may find a steal.
been waiting on this one
Another big, long, full, detailed walk thru - thanks.
Glad you liked it Roger. When we get a detailed tour on a boat with this much stuff included it takes a while to cover. Now anyone who ever looks at this Cat as an option can play this and recall what they saw at the show. Even for us, 6 months from now I wont remember what exactly it looked like inside.
Galley down is an option I'd be interested in.
1400 amp hours of lithium or AGM?
Not sure. I bet there is an option for either. You would want to contact them and ask them for pricing.
*windlass
Great video, and you're right, it's now my favourite yatch too.
New hull shape is coming so it should get even better in the future.
for 53 equiped pretty good
We agree. Very nice for full time liveaboard.
Excellent craft! Great video.
Thanks John.
Sold! One cabin a shop and pantry. The Generator room! Strickly comfort zero performance but who cares realy? It's s Cruiser!
I hear you. It may not be the fastest but it is super spacious and comfortable. All of these have crossed the south Atlantic to get from South Africa to hear so clearly they can sail reasonably well.
Cruising Off Duty I don't know the price but another couple on TH-cam bought a Lagoon and to outfit it seemed half the cost of what they paid!
Yes. That's why I have been reluctant to quote prices. the extras, you will need, will cost a bundle.
Cruising Off Duty Watch Sailing Sisu. They bought a Leopard and gives a spread sheet of add one! Whoa its a ton of cash!
At that price , it totally kicks a HH 55 in the bum or Neal 51 for that matter .
I'm not sure if i love you two , or hate :)
Ha Ha. It does seem like best bang for the buck. Im sure some will say it is too heavy and wide to sail fast but like she said in the video, It sails at 10-12 knots sustained so that is plenty fast. An Outremer with daggerboards or an HH will beat me to the next anchorage but once we are there together, they would want to hang out in the Majestic. Comfort over speed.
@@Bowmans-Woods Well, keep in mind that the faster boats will also be able to run out of the way of the weather should a storm be bearing down, and might leave you wishing for some extra speed if caught in a bad situation. Most storms at sea travel at around 10-12 kts, so if you can only get 8 knots, you're going to be in a bad way, where as if you can get 12 knots plus, you can likely get to safety.
Large Royal Cape Cat ?
Yes Royal Cape builds it.
The boat seems decent, but it just seems like something that would get cluttered really easily. The price is nice and low for its size and the extras but there are lots of things that seem to hold it down. First is that the boat is honestly cancer for the eye considering it looked like some baby stacked legos on top of each other and that made it into the design. It almost looks like some kind of monster with the huge amount of hatches. The second thing is that you can already tell that the thing wont move anywhere without some really strong gale and a lot of engine power. The interior was nice but the layout just seemed out of place and awkward. All the wood and tiles and rocks would just slow the boat down tremendously. I also have a feeling that a lot of things would just go wrong and break and you would not be able to keep up with it. Also, the boat is just huge and there is a lot of stuff that you just dont need to the point where it just clutters the boat. I love the simplicity of the Fountaine Pajots and their reliability. Its what makes the other boats still competitive when this boat seems so amazing. Its only the first impression the boat gives out. You have to dig deeper to find something truly good about this boat.
I hear ya. We love the interior beauty. It does have an older looking shape though. I would be a big boat to handle with just 2 people living full time on it too. But the inside and all the thrown in extras is impressive.
Nick26077 Sunreef are my favorites.
Andre N Yea I love their layouts for their boats. (The models that show you different layouts...)
The lady was speaking about storage aboard, if you can show where one would store extra stores aboard. Food, like for extended cruising a deep freezer, bulk food type storage. Please! I would be cruising with six to eight people and you know the consumption rate. I saw Sailing Delos and they bought eight tons of food on a monohull is there that kind of storage space?
Is there that kind of storage space on the Majestic 530? Hell yes. That boat is HUGE inside. So many cabinets everywhere. Plus there is always storage under the seats and of course under the floorboards. If there is one Cat at the show that has super wide hulls and probably would not be that adversely affected by carrying a lot of extra weight in gear and provisions it would be the Majestic. The faster thinner Cats like the Katana or the Outremer would probably sail much worse than they normally would if you loaded them down because they have such narrow hulls. They are built for speed. The Majestic wont sail nearly as fast but it has plenty of storage space.
Cruising Off Duty I am looking for a Cat that sleeps 6 at least preferably 8 without warm bunking ( Naval Term ) what’s the range? Does it come in a 65’ model or is that in the works?
Best you talk to the company directly. I only know they have a 53' for now.
Awesome walk through a dream boat for sure
Thanks Edson.
4 ft draft-wow
Its prob a snail
I hear it sails ok. Spoke to a few owners. It’s not fast, but it does ok.
Great to live on for a remarkable prize, but I don't think I need a stone floor in a catamarans head. No wonder, they ended up with 20 to. light ship.
It is full of extras. Not a light boat. But it sure does look comfy.
love that boat .
We really like it. Tied with the Xquisite. But this one is $250,000 cheaper than the X5 and is bigger with more extras included, and the interior is soooo nice so I think if I had the money this one would win based on bang for the buck.
is it me or the windows are all very high and you never have view on the sea?
They are a bit high. But Im 6'0" so I could still see out.
@@Bowmans-Woods I'm 1.85m... (sorry don't understand your feet, inches, yards... ) Think it's the same unless, wait... when google tells me 6.069... after the comma, it's decimals of feet, or inches? Someone 6,10 feet high, he's 6 feet and 10 inches high, or 6 feet and 1/10 foot high. This is so confusing, my world is upside down. I need to go on a boat.
@@Bowmans-Woods more seriously, just watch again, probably low enough for you while standing, but as we can see by the people seating, it'a like being in a monohull. You're in a boat, not enjoying the view. At anchor the view is limited if your not standing.
I hear what you are saying about the windows. It is definitely not the 360 view you get with many other modern cats. The Majestic 530 is getting a new hull design in the future. Maybe they increase and lower the windows in the next model.
Canada uses metric too. But since we live right beside the US (that doesn't) people still quote how tall they are in feet and inches and their weight in pounds, not kilos. So when someone tells me how tall they are in Meters I have to get out a calculator to figure out what that is in feet. And as police officers, we are always saying what a suspect looks like over the radio and everyone (even the young cops) quote it in feet even though I bet the computer probably says it in meters. It's a strange mix of metric and imperial over here. We do temperature in Celcius and speed in kilometres.
Thanks for sharing 😎
Thanks for watching Z
Great video! Question as far as docking the catamaran at a marina . Is it much more expensive to moor it ? Compared to let’s say a sailboat? Doing my research for liveaboard lifestyle. Never thought of a catamaran but after watching your channel I noticed even the smallest ones are way roomier than a sailboat. Thank you for your time and input! Your videos are very informative. Please keep them coming.
Well, I can’t speak for all Marina but I think a 50’ Cat will cost 50% more to get a slip compared to a 50’ monohull. Best thing to do to save money is to anchor our or at worst grab a mooring ball. The price to use a mooring ball is the same regardless of it being a cat or mono.
Cruising Off Duty thank you!
Amazing cat ! My favorite by far.
Best bang for the buck. Only question I need to test is how well does it sail.
nice boat but the very low bridge deck clearance scares me. Couldn't find any numbers online but judging by pictures I found I'll make an educated guess of about 70 cm bridge deck clearance. That's not much so she'll be a slapper.
Hmmmm. I'll have to look into that. It's hard to know without taking it out on a sail in some waves. One thing I remember Ken saying in a previous year is that because it has wide angled hulls it can take more weight and not drop that much lower in the water compared to Cats with straight up and down sides. Perhaps the angled hulls also stop the boat from going as low in the water when bouncing on waves allowing for less slap than you'd expect. All cats will slap if the waves get big enough. Its just one of the downsides to a Cat..
The increased volume of the hulls over other manufacturers negate the height issue and in actuallity is less of a slapper that csts with narrower hulls.
I think you will find that the wood interior is nothing but grief. Wood and water do not mix and the wood, even though its not solid, adds a lot of weight.
Wood inside your salon or cabin should not be getting wet from saltwater. It looks so much richer too so I will take the little bit of effort it takes to rub in down with wood oil once a year. My present boat has wood throughout the interior and it is no work at all to keep up with. Wood outside is a bad idea though.
Salt water in the cabin... you better believe it happens. Inexperienced crew leave the port holes open and water comes right in while sailing. A fitting breaks, and water fills the hull while your out hiking. It happens. you leave the hatches open because its so warm and then you head out to get provisions. While you are away, a squall hits and drenches the boat....It happens. The last 52' Cat I looked at had water damaged wood that was black on the edges on the floor of the port hull.... it happened
I hear you. Salt water will eventually get in by some accident or leak but wiping down the wood after, to keep it looking nice is not a huge deal. Again, we like how much better it looks than the cheap "IKEA" fake plastic wood furniture some of the production builders are using. We have seen some of the "New" boats already have the fake plastic exterior edge of the boards already peeling up. That not good. Once that starts happening you need to replace the whole damn cabinet. The boutique builders tend to all use real wood veneer and the price of their boats are not any more expensive than the production builders, once you add on all the extra "options" you will need to add to get the production boat to a live-aboard state.
IS THERE ANY CABLE OR SATELLITE TV THAT WORKS ON A CONSISTENT TIME ON THESE CATS? 🤔
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Wonder how this does singlehanded?
Well all the lines lead to the helm area so it should be able to be done. But it’s a big boat so I wouldn’t want to try and pull into a marina slip alone. 😜
These Cat's are so ... WOW, 530 Top Drawer. Thanks so much much for your vid's, we learn much!
You are very welcome John. Wow is the word were were using as well.