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Enlightening and such great advice. The truth serum is doing the trick mate. No agenda advice... priceless! 👌🏻

You call that a rant? 😂

@@Nixontheman i call it the diet coke of pissing ppl off.

Likewise 😂. First video I’ve watched on sailing.

Same!

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Me too actually. 😉😂

Great advice.

This sounds interesting. Would you consider doing a series of videos yourself, just explaining things to the camera, maybe doodle on a whiteboard?

Would love to read / hear more about your experiences and thoughts. I think it is hard to come by someone that has a more broad and diverse perspective to the topic than you.

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Holy shit... I just learned more from your comment than I have in years of watching these videos. Whelp... back to square one!

@@SailingLaVagabonde HA! Not sailing related, but I can still remember my mom and dad walking into a car dealership and my dad saying to the salesman, "what are you talking to me for, we told you she's the one buying a new car!"

@@alankaye4382 Sales People don't like women in general. Not only in the Car industry but in general with everything. Women are practical beings, they look for the perks not the flash... yes there are women out there that like a huge car (with the 3 letters) over a T****ta in a metallic blue with all the bells and whistles, but those are a minority. If you have a partner that has that mind set, don't be upset, be happy... she is a keeper. My Ex was the one with the 3 letter car... that is why she is a gonnaaaaaaa

The industry is very weirdly sexist. For a short while I used to market a range of cruiser racer monohulls. They were a pedigree hull shape with a cruising interior. Remember there are only a few customers each year for each sales office. The repeating issue, trying not to be sexist, was 95% of the time the guys wanted the boat to race and the wives wanted a boat to have family days. I loved an experienced wife (or more importantly an experienced couple. Actually two very different levels of experience is the problem not the sexism) We lost a few sales to couples stuck in the dilemma of ‘If I buy the racier boat she thinks it’s about me. If I get the more cruising orientated boat it’s a family purchase that will suck performance wise for Saturday racing but at least we still can have a boat.’ I used to just hope they liked sailing in a few years time once they had learned this was faulty thinking. I prayed the wife got into it as a sport not treated it as a lunch boat. Key point is delineation between sport & recreation. Serious ocean cruising is more a sport & easy passage cruising is recreation still. I think the marketing is sexist partly because of the above reasons and also for business reasons such as product development. The issue is custom v production. Production means you can buy a similar boat to a $1m custom boat for $300k. The production boat is a different boat though because it’s about getting away with making the biggest boat for the cheapest price. They are marketed by those who know it’s about capturing the entry sailor v experienced. High end racing sailors don’t go to boat shows. Custom yacht builders don’t go to boat shows. Why? People at boat shows don’t know about polars and when someone does they know to call the designer or custom boat builder. Think too how the production yachts are cheap and good bang for bucks. To tool up a product is expensive and you must make sure it hits the broadest market possible. The interiors are perceived as very important to less experienced and production boat interiors do look good. ironically the more interior the lower the performance. Also, when a couple comes to talk the less experienced one is going to talk about stuff they are confident is their thing which might be cupboard space not how the winch is positioned. So in the discussion to purchase later the weighting of cupboards is unusually higher in priority than it should. Get two inexperienced sailors and they will buy for the interior. Even if they have done a few courses or crossed a few oceans does not mean they are experienced. Experience is not until you look at performance and know how a fitting, fixture, interior, mast, sail type will alter the performance. It’s about knowing why you want a particular type of performance too. So sexism is about the failures of the entry point to the market. Rather than getting people into good sailing boats instead they are just about extracting their cash. I can see why...they need to eat too yeah? Buyer be ware.

@@alankaye4382 BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA ur dad seems to be joyfull!

@@chrispomfret8592, Spot on man! I was about to write something similar.

Sydney - Phuket via Indo (surfing), beginning of the eighties.....same same and still cannot use a sextant, just kept Oz off to the port till we banged into New Guinea then made a starboard tack up the Torres Straight.

@@pearlyshells2430 easy as that mate

Any advice on how to learn to use a sextant? Could you recommend any books or videos, please? Or do you run an online class on navigating? Cheers!

@@sarahvegangarden4822 50 years ago took a class in Honolulu. A sun shot was about the best I could do.

@@davidhanson3288 But you knew where you were in the Pacific and how far you'd travelled each day? I wish I could learn how to do that. 😁

ho hi, I'm trying to get there... still at the ship building HND thoo, so about 4 more years to go before I get the same tittle ^^. thoo how can you like all of the numbers ;-; ? the interesting part to me is the beautifull boat at the end and the data that comes at the end of the calculations. (I'm currently hating the basic quadratic equasion used to get the metacentric Z coordinates... but I kinda like the integrals used to defined all the principle hydrostatic data (I havn't started dynamic macanic yet :/))

Excellent.

@@alvinp3197 sorry for whatever in your life is causing you to be so rude. I’ll just go back to my well paying NAVAL ARCHITECTURE job. Feel free to find me on LinkedIn.

@@TheSuburbansky1 yup still me. Glad my winter hat let’s you know my gender.

@@TheSuburbansky1 thanks for showing your ignorance! If you’ve never met a woman with short hair than I’m guessing you’ve never actually been a sail cruiser.

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Yes, I always want to here about sailing from The Riley school of sailing!

Yes definitely 👍

yup...this channel is great but Since they know so much about sailing why not talk a bit more on it? Don't waste that knowledge.

Howdy D.D., love that movie!

I'm not a sailor either and just love to surf, but watching SLV all these years is my fav wholesome series that makes you feel good. No agendas or a lot fo negative content just these 3 Aussies learning to navigate their way around the planet. They've learned so much over the past 5 or 6 years and that's totally interesting...such a chill show with great vibes.

@@Peanutdenver Wholesome is the word I think of too. Once (or twice) a week I just forget everything, get comfortable and see what Lenny's been up to. :)

Preach...Riley...I/we enjoy that you have created a platform for the people by the people ...so informative ..I may not ever buy a cat but at least my dreams will be well informed....fun to watch you flex your celebrity status...always using your powers for good...keep it all up!!

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Yep, me to.....

Same here ... LOL

Its the frustrated ranting for me 😂

Ditto!

I agree! Good job mate!

I was surprised to see my face, but good job!

Thanks for writing the book! I have it here to prepare for our "living aboard a cat" plans! Has been a pleasure to read so far!

Sailing Ruby Rose have also been on the same case as Riley . Experienced sailors they eventually settled on a Seawind as their new boat. Fast but comfortable . MJ Sailing have also been looking at Seawind . The South African guy Riley spoke about with the Lagoon has been sailing all his life in rough South African waters (which can get pretty frisky) and really knows what he is doing , so is not worried to have a slower heavier boat . Heavy, as Riley said , can be good in bad weather . But Colin , an ex superyacht engineer , bought an ex-charter Lagoon 45 , and is now having a nightmare as one of the hulls is trying to break away from the bulkheads !

@@englishmaninfrance661 not that I am a laggon fan, but Colin’s boat is a recovered hurricane damged vessel. Not sure it is fair to imply that hulls breaking away from the bulkhead is a frequent risk for a heavier catamaran.

@@peterstevens1344 Colin was very clear that the damage was caused BEFORE the hurricane .

well said. thanks Riley.

@RAH Capital I’ll admit, my ignorance kept that in the dark for me for awhile. The evil that lies among us including the corruption is overwhelming

Agreed 👍 It’s refreshing to see someone provide solid information that is clearly aimed at setting folks in the right direction.

I pay the man today for his 37' Gulfstar and take possession on Sunday

Always remember what B.O.A.T. stands for and be prepared to live up to it. Never lose heart and remember it is about the journey, not just the mansion on water dream. Life doesn't always give you what you want, but nothing you can't handle.

Best advice I ever got: Sailing is like standing in a cold shower fully clothed tearing up $100 bills. And it's totally amazing.

@@tomd.3082 Congratulations mate! Well done

@@DuckStorms Hahaha, sounds like fun!

Youins know what, I reckon I’ll agree with ya. I mean Sheeut Far!

@@SailingLaVagabonde Now when are you going to get yourself a foiling moth? I can see you jumping forward in your sailing thinking then. Also, Lenny needs a dinghy soon. Adam Beashel’s kids were sailing from 2 yrs. it was fair dunking their cot then their first boat.

I guess that's why we all think we're right about everything.

This is 2 years too late but that's what I think he's saying here. There's no reason for production charter cat not to be more performance oriented if that's what people are asking for. Simple, slim, light, mass prod cat can be way cheaper than they are now.

Great point but he did point out a specific target of folks he was speaking to and that didn't seem to be it.

Do you remember their video from the monohull when they were crossing the Pacific, and Elayna got hurt by hot stuff flying off the gimballed stove in the galley ... I think that's one of the reasons why Elayna loves her catamaran.

You missed the point of this video then. That’s secondary. Sure it’s important but a comfy boat through the water makes sleeping and cooking easier. The interior can be changed but the parameters of the hull shape, rig, performance numbers can’t be changed.

@@chrispomfret8592 I absolutely did not miss the point of the video. It made me think of what aspects are important to take into consideration when buying or designing a boat. I shared those thoughts. Besides, rig and performance numbers and even hull shape can certainly be changed (but you have to think about how far you want to take things before going for another boat ;-))

@@Jessicaenplukje I didn’t mean to offend. I am simply trying to highlight an interior can be adapted to work well. I disagree that you can alter the performance of a boat much though. The hull shape, keel depth, mast & sail areas once designed are difficult or super expensive to change. As a professional we used to try racing Beneteau’s for owners but in the end they cost more than a racing boat. Rather than burn the owner out we’d suggest it was time for a new more suitable boat.

@@SailingLaVagabonde Sorry Jessica if I didn’t read it correctly or if I came across as harsh.

it's the same when the salesperson spoke to my wife every time when I buy a skin product

If 95% of their buying customers are male its not really a stereotype. It's just the nature of business.

Good on you, it’s addictive. Slot yourself into the cruiser/racer category rather than the cruiser or weekend warrior category and you will find a good boat to start with. Also, get yourself on a dinghy no matter your age. Learn there first.

@@chrispomfret8592 Awesome thank you for the advice

Any updates?

@@jelanibyrd5031 he sunk

Yeah. Like someone said: Just because you're offended doesn't mean that you're right.

@@angela1984a Exactly that!

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