That is great to hear, thanks for being here Lorin

Great thanks Ted

Haha.. that made us laugh

Thank you Rudolf..

Thank you Puertolex

Thank you Tammy, that is very kind..

Thank you Ian

Thank you very much Eric..

Hahaha Thanks Blair.

Thank you Eloi...

I sometimes think James likes the tender even more than the mono lol..

Thank you Crazyirish for being here with us..

Thank you Australia, that is great to hear..

Agree. And some smaller bungs too.

Thank you Badcat, sometimes it does help to be reminded.. Yes we know James Zingaro very well and know his situation that happened recently. I think taking them out of the bags might be the first step you are right, I think in order to wire the bungs next to the through holes, we need to buy more bungs otherwise if nothing to do with a through hole fitting we will also be running round trying to find an appropriately sized bung..

Hi Ralph, I remember it well. Small world!

Great thank you David..

Thaks Ron

Our pleasure!

Thank you Jan

Thank you Joakim

Thank you very much!

Thank you Rui for being here..

Thank you Rico

Thank you Sailing Brittany..

Thank you Ignotas

Hahaha just having a beer with Sophie now and we were discussing our medical kit. When we left the UK to sail accross the Atlantic we were actually refused antibiotics by our doctor. We eventually got them through a different doctor but it wasn't easy.

Thank you David

Thanks Hamish

Glad you liked it! Thanks Dane

Hey mate, Thanks so much. Yes, you must both come out and visit. You're always welcome just let us know.

Our pleasure Calvin

Thanks Chris, yes the bathing platform is awesome for setting up dive /windsurfing / kite boarding kit. Really nice feature to have.

Thanks Alan

Thank you Mr45Bullitt, great to see you again..

Thank you very much Rick..

Thank you very much Charles that is very positive..

Thanks Tom

Thank you Daphne..

It's coming... Did a little solo sail which is coming up soon. In that episode I talk a little more about sailing and docking.

I LOVE my Minijet! Yes, definitely going to do a video on it soon.

Thank you Allan

Thank you Fabrice..

Hahaha great, thanks for being here Brian

Glad you enjoyed it

Thank you Jonny

Hi Dave, I certainly wouldn't rule out a cat if we were to buy another boat in the future but as you say it would be a lot more money for the equivalent size. In my opinion there is no such thing as the perfect boat. Every boat has some sort of compromise. Questions I think you should ask yourself (other than budget!) are... What percentage of time will i actually be sailing on a passage vs at anchor or in a marina? Most people spend way more time at anchor then they do making long passages so its probably more important to be on a boat that's comfortable and has some nice socialising space. Both the C57 and the 588 would be perfect as would most cats. With regards to heeling Philippa does not enjoy it so much when the boat heels and you do have to make sure everything is stowed. But the heeling does mean you can sail upwind better than most cats. Having said that though if you are following the trade winds then the wind will be behind you most of the time so maybe this is not so much of an issue. A cat is more stable when at anchor but most of the time we are very comfortable especially in the Caribbean where the wind and swell come from a constant direction most of the time. Having the saloon and galley below has never really been an issue for us and it also means people can't see directly in when walking or sailing past although I do see that the layout on cats is probably very nice having everting on one level. I absolutely love my Willams Minijet! You would need 2 people to drag it up or down a beach but I usually use the anchor in shallow water rather than beaching it. The other big pro with the Willams is that there is no outboard engine to worry about being stolen. Support from Willams is excellent but you will need to carry spares as the nearest dealer in the Caribbean is in Florida. Servicing will also be an issue when you leave the Med but its fairly easy to do oil and filter changes yourself. Hope this helps.

@@SailingAequus Many many thanks!!! Your comments were very helpful. All the very best!

@@SailingAequus Maybe look at fitting a pair of removable dinghy wheels for those occasions when you need to get the dinghy over land.

Regarding the ability of sailing vessels to sail into the wind, The one time you will curse the cats lack of ability to point as against the monohull is when you are trying to tack into a seaway or heavy swell, possibly away from danger. The mono will be making progress, the cat not so much. I have owned both and after the cat I have gone back to a mono albeit older generation but still valid I think.

The slapping we don't really mid at all, it is actually lovely to hear the water and I don't think I have ever mentioned it nor James, I am also conscious of these things but never given it a thought until you just mentioned it.. it might sound more on camera! We really don't need anything to stop rocking, we very rarely rock to any degree, occasionally we might but it isn't enough to warrant dealing with it. Thank you for your comments and for being here 1PAHero

I'll look into the water blanket as that sounds like a really useful thing to have onboard. Thabks for the tip! As for drogues or sea anchors we don't have one. I know it's a bit of a controversial topic because of the forces these things generate and the issues in deployment/retrieval. I watched an interview with Skip Novak a while ago and he was pretty anti them.

Awesome! Thank you Dana, glad you enjoyed it.

agreed

hahaa thank you Mik ;)

very good, good luck Eddie

Thank you Johnny, very much..

Thank you Stasi, great idea we will keep this in mind to do for sure..

Indeed!!! Definitely a slip of the tongue! If you open the door fully there is a full life size picture of you behind the door that we missed filming ;) .....which is there until you actually grace us with your presence Deano ❤🤣

@@SailingAequus soon my shipmates!

It lives under the seat just infront of the helm..

It's coming 😁

Yes, I think Cocossutti yacht design did a really good job revitalising the Bavaria brand

Thank you Stefan that is very sweet, we are glad we can share it with you here..

Thank you Michele, yes always dry, never wet...

Thanks. Yes its an extractor fan for the hob.

Thank you... yes they did a good job

Hi Diana, the learning curve was exactly that, we learnt as we did it.. no previous experience..

@@SailingAequus I'm so technically challenged that I'm still trying to figure out the camera on my phone! LOL

Thanks Robert..

Thank you Onar..

Hi Murat, it is 2.8 metres, that is a perfect fit..

That is great to hear thank you A Rottie..

Thanks. We only have 300ah of lithium at the moment but we are planning on adding at least another 100ah.

Thank you Steve, what a beautiful message to leave,

Hi Paul, thank you for your comment, there are actual manual switches for the bilge pumps also...

We would consider a cat though we have never actually sailed one, we do love our beamy boat though :) thanks for being here Andrew

@@SailingAequus Yeah a truly beautiful boat... enjoying your videos they get better each time 👏🏻

The shower is amazing..

Depends if you want a catermaran or not. For the same money you would be getting a smaller cat for sure.

Thank you very much Noam that is very kind..

Hey Pablo, we are very happy with our C57. I recently helped another guy who was buying a Bavaria with a few things to look out for when taking delivery. If you drop me a direct message via our Facebook page I'll be happy to help.

@@SailingAequus may I ask what some of those items are to look out for? Cheers from Denver Colorado USA.

You know that Dave! ;-)

hehehehee...

Just had a look at the website. They look very nice but are quite a lot more expensive than a comparible sized Rocna... Probably because they are stainless steel.

@@SailingAequus Indeed they are expensive. They use 100% Swedish Steel. I read somewhere there have been requests for cheaper models with plated metal etc but they refuse to compromise. Yes they are expensive unfortunately.