Thank you very much for this nice statement! I am glad you like our aproach!

Thank you very much! I just love what I do. I am glad you can notice it. On top of this, I am in the lovely position to have our boats built in the exact way I would do it for myself...and I do work for a company with 49 years of tradition and experience in doing just that. If than that many owners bringing in so many ideas and experiences ...something like this could be the result

Thank you very much for your statement and sharing this! you are very much welcome ;-) This is just about the tour through the yard and explanation of our processes anyone would get who likes to visit us, interested in your yachts. It`s a great chance for us to make people understand what passion and attention to detail our guys are building into their projects. We sometimes have family members not that interested in seeing the workshop in the first place. But most of them feel very nicely entertained and seriously interested after a few minutes into it. It does make the differences in quality and dedication much easier to understand. Please see for yourself if you have a chance to drop by!

What a nice comment! Thanks a lot ...and please keep buying those tickets ;-)

Thanks a lot. I am glad you like it! There has gone a lot of thought and work in the design, but behind this stands a big team who all work with love and passion and thousands of owners ideas. Lots of credit to them as well!

Interesting comment. I was diagnosed with chronic fatigue many years ago but have since been "undiagnosed" and treated by a doctor that knows what she is doing. But what I would do five years ago when things were really bad was watch videos on the Jonathon Ward channel. He restores pre1982 Landcruiser fj40's to better than original condition, with new engines, new suspension, and he "geeks out" on creating new bumper designs, dashboard designs...etc... What I find interesting is how I changed into a person that views these craftsmen as artists and what they produce represents freedom. Some of us are not free because our bodies have betrayed us, but the hope and dreams associated with what these artists create has helped me so much.

@@esquire9445 What an inspiring statement! Good luck to you and keep it up!

Thank you very much. I am glad you like it! We have actually been on the Seattle boat show and hope to get a 35 to United States Sail Show in Annapolis as well, but please do not be shy to contact us directly via our website if you like to be brought in direct contact with owners in the US and Canada. All the best of luck and strenght!

Danke schön!!!

+1 on the 50DS that would be one of those "take my money" moments for me. *Torsten email me when you get ready to build that 50DS - we gotta talk.

I´d love a Sirius 48 DS as well, please :-), but if we believe the many testing magazines the Sirius 40 DS already offers the equivalent interior space of a 47-48. But honestly, there will be a larger Sirius once...maybe sooner than later, we already had some meetings about it and are working on first studies...but we do still wonder (why and) where you will need more space. The 40 already features 3 spacious double staterooms, two heads and the workshop. Apart from waterline length for more hull speed we are still searching for additional rectifications for going bigger. Maybe a dingy garage instead of the davits, but this will waiver the possibility of a luxurious aft cabin? … or three instead of 2 of the 3 cabins big enough to be master cabins? …more ideas anybody???

@@SiriusYachts i love this comment! Why make a biger yatch? Just to have more wardrobes? 🤣🤣 Two kitchens maybe? I see a lot of megayatchs or just big ones with excessive "luxury" that seems useles if you're in a boat meant to be sailed, just get a mansion for that! Loving your boats, specially the 310ds and 35ds, my point of view is wanting to solo circumnavigate around the world, and those two are the smallest boats I've seen that feel much bigger, that's not an easy thing to do! And its very important for solo sailing since you want the smallest boat possible to be able to control as much as possible by yourself, while having the best comfort and accessibility possible in long and hard passages and bad weather. Is there more info to read about the keel types/construction method? I've seen the variants on the web but no info apart fron that!

Thanks a lot. I am glad you like it! There goes lot of thought and craftsmanship form a big team who all work with love and passion into it

Thanks! You are very welcome!

@@SiriusYachts price

@@marklevinson5335 As prices and standard equipment’s are changing over the years and we hope this video will still be up to date in 10 years from now we try not to post prices here. But please feel free to contact us via our website www.sirius-yachts.com and get the actual price list, additionals and what the standard price contains

Thanks, I am glad you like it! Did you know that there are about 60 videos of Sirius yachts I know of on KZfaq? I am not sure if I could send all links in here but if you tel me whats of most interest for you I can for sure collect you some here (...or send you the complete list via mail) some of my favorites at the moment: 35 with good english subtitels: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hMmGidZ207umhZc.html&lc=z23rwfehynfqijkxb04t1aokglalr2efuitr2ccvdausbk0h00410.1582479078244963 Sirius 40 DS Journey Description and test 48°Magazine kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i52BldxhssCanWg.html

Thank you very much! I just love what I do. I am glad you can notice it. On top of this, I am in the lovely position to have our boats built in the exact way I would do it for myself...and I do work for a company with 50 years of tradition and experience in doing just that. If than that many owners bringing in so many ideas and experiences ...something like this could be the result

@@SiriusYachts i cannot wait to be able to see your product at a boat show i was so impressed that i made my brother watch the build video he too loved the attention to detail.. i will see you after covid has cleared all of us to travel again... L.A Rob

@@intsccents You are most welcome and I am looking very much forward to it as well!

Thank you! I am glad you like it! It´s what we love to do in the exact way we love it to do...

Thank you! You are most welcome!

Thanks for this great compliment! I am glad you like it. It´s lovely to be in a position to have it built in the exact way I would do it for myself...and work for a company with 49 years of tradition and experience in doing just that

Thank you for this nice verdict from someone who knows! It´s what we love to do in the exact way we love it to do...

Thanks for this great compliment! I am glad you like it. It´s just lovely to be in a position to have it built in the exact way I would do it for myself...and work for a company with 49 years of tradition and experience in doing just that with all this great guys

You are very welcome! ...and thanks for the great statment! I´ll pass this on..

Thank you very much for your statement and sharing this! You are very much welcome ;-) This is just about the tour through the yard and explanation of our processes anyone would get who likes to visit us, interested in your yachts. It`s a great chance for us to make people understand what passion and attention to detail our guys are building into their projects. We sometimes have family members not that interested in seeing the workshop in the first place. But most of them feel very nicely entertained and seriously interested after a few minutes into it. It does make the differences in quality and dedication much easier to understand. Please see for yourself if you have a chance to drop by!

Thanks Luiz! Was nice having you here!

Hi Andrey, it was nice meeting you! looking very much forward to have you over at our place one time!

Thank you very much for your statement and sharing this! you are very much welcome ;-) This is just about the tour through the yard and explanation of our processes anyone would get who likes to visit us, interested in your yachts. It`s a great chance for us to make people understand what passion and attention to detail our guys are building into their projects. We sometimes have family members not that interested in seeing the workshop in the first place. But most of them feel very nicely entertained and seriously interested after a few minutes into it. It does make the differences in quality and dedication much easier to understand. Please see for yourself if you have a chance to drop by!

Well, you are very much welcome ;-) ! ...but this is just about the tour through the yard and explanation of our processes anyone would get who likes to visit us interested in your yachts. It`s a great chance for us to make people understand what passion and attention to detail our guys are building into their projects. We sometimes have family members nit that interested in seeing the workshop in the first place. But most of them feel very nicely entertained and seriously interested after a few minutes into it. It does make the differences in quality and dedication much easier to understand. Please see for yourself if you have a chance to drop by!

Thank you! We are and have always been in the lovely position to have our boats built in the exact way we would do it for ourselves...and have always been able to take our customers with us and make them understand and appreciate the way we do it and willing to pay for it. If you than work for a company with 50 years of tradition and experience in doing just that and so many owners bringing in so many ideas and experiences ...something like this could be the result

....but I am totally with you, if we are talking quality- and mass production methods! The guys at Hunter, Bavaria, Jeanneau and other mass producers are doing a very good job in terms of "how can I built as much boat for as little money" and I am admiring them for it. This is good for the market, as it brings people onto the water and makes chartering possible for more people….and I am also sure some of them offer very good value for money. What I am wondering since years is, if the balance is still right? There have also been mass produced boats in the 80s and 90s and some of them have been brilliant, ergonomically and solidly built. In the last 20 years, all has been optimised for “how can I reduce the production time from 14 days to 10 days”. But even a Bavaria will be 40 years old at one stage…a Hallberg-Rassy or Sirius maybe 100 years. So how must a boat be constructed and set up? To be “produced 4 days faster” or “how does it benefit from its construction the next 30 to 60 years?” I personally would think, this is too much out of balance in some areas…

Thank you very much. I am glad you like it! There are great companies and innovations in and from the UK as well....and very lovely people. Looking very much forward to my annual 5 weeks over there around the Southampton boat show

Thank you!

Thanks, I am glad you like it! It´s my pleasure and very easy to get enthusiastic about the boat ;-) there is a new one out which has a bit more action. if you like: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/i52BldxhssCanWg.html

Thanks a lot. I am glad you like it! There has gone a lot of thought and work in the design, but behind this stands a big team who all work with love and passion and thousands of owners ideas. Lots of credit to them as well! I am in the lucky position to have our boats built in the exact way I would do it for myself...and to work for a company with 49 years of tradition and experience in doing just that

Thank you. We thought it was better to show our facilities while they were in use. We could have filmed out of hours but with no one around the factory feels dead, with everyone working it feels full of life. There are times when tools, extraction systems and machinery dominate the audio, but hopefully you can understand all that we are saying?

@@SiriusYachts thanks, that is a good and valid reason! The factory is really “alive”!

Thank you for sharing your thoughts! I am glad you like it! ...and please keep the dream alive...as one never knows...

Thanks for the compliment and glad you liked it and noticed the dedication for quality! Our boats are available all around the world and been sold to 28 different countries by now. Amongst them the USA and Canada are picking up very fast now...but having said this, we are not building that many compared to others. I am generally very happy that we also have mass producers and less pricy boats to bring people into sailing and holding it more affordable. But we do have found our niche in perfecting our product generally and individually for each and every customer. This does come at a price and will sadly not be affordable for everybody but as they keep their value very, very well sometimes compare very good, even to much lower priced boats, if you calculate deprivation into it as well. The investment into it will still be much higher compared to many. Then there are also used boats on the market profiting from the built quality very much as well even on Sirius Yachts nearly 50 years old now ;-). There are some people nearly in every country who are willing and able to pay for this amount of quality - often instead of going for a much bigger boat - ...and thankfully also many of the min the US

@@SiriusYachts American here. I've just reached out about starting the process. I've been waiting 6 years to send this email.

Thanks for this great compliment! I am glad you like it. It´s lovely to be in a position to have it built in the exact way I would do it for myself...and work for a company with 49 years of tradition and experience in doing just that

Wow, thanks, it´s my pleasure and very easy to get enthusiastic about ;-)

Thanks a lot. I am glad you like it! There has gone a lot of thought and work in the design, but behind this stands a big team who all work with love and passion and thousands of owners ideas. Lots of credit to them as well! At this particular moment, I guess we are all looking very much forward to tomorrow…

@@SiriusYachts I totally understand what you mean. Good luck to you and your great team during this difficult period and I will continue keeping my eyes on your company in the future.

Thank you very much. I am glad you like it!

you are most welcome!

Danke schön für die netten Worte! Ich hoffe wir sehen uns auf einer den nächsten Messen

Thank you! And thanks for sharing your thoughts. This approach is also a bit selfish as we plan to be here after 100 years as well (50 covered this spring ;-) and do this maintenance and answer those questions for our owners. Shared documentation with our owners starts with day one and every design we do specifically for the individual need of the customer. When the boat is finally in built we send 30-40 images showing the progress of their yacht in-built to the owners every 2 weeks. We do this over the 4-6months it takes to build a Sirius. By the end the customers are already very familiar with the boat and all its parts and have a much better understanding of its quality and where what is why located. To the delivery the owner will get a book of about 100 pages including about 20 pages of original wiring diagrams of this very boat explaining everything in detail as an owner`s handbook. We keep all this documentation and the 400-500 pictures for later use archived and ready at hand for any phone call or mail we might later get to advice and help

20 years is a long time to allow your stocks to gain compound interest too. Think of it that way.

Thank you very much! It´s an very interesting topic you are mentioning: Whilst there can a lot to be said about aluminum vs GRP we think that GRP is the better suited and more versatile material for go-anywhere yachts under 60”. This is mainly for weight, interior space, insulation, galvanic and cost reasons. In alu you can´t go under a certain thickness of the material without losing too much of security and so smaller yachts get very heavy or thin. Interior space is much less as the alu hull needs reinforcements sticking into the interior space everywhere as the panels do not have the strength in it selves without the inner structure. This makes every inner surface also down in the bilges a very hard to use and maintain crisscrossed surface. As alu is the perfect thermic leader you need a lot of extra insulation which possible hidden moisture areas in cold and hot climate reducing the interior space even more and making it hard work to get to the skin in any events of checks and repairs. Noise is also leaded on very directly into the interior. Whilst the risk of osmoses in GRP boats in mainly solved by modern resins but certainly by the epoxy coating on the underwater surface, galvanic corrosion is a huge issue and needs absolute care and experts on every installation and mounting of equipment as well as care for the underwater surface. Where building a one-off yacht bigger than 55” yacht might make much sense cost wise, any hull and deck smaller and not one-off, is built for much less costs in GRP from a mold and the money could be invested in a high quality interior, gear and equipment for the same price or sold for much less. Important is for sure that one compares quality to quality and not with mass production. If the layup is built to last and not on the minimum you get a nearly undestroyable boat in GRP, which could also be repaired by yourself or nearly any boat builder around the globe without that special knowledge or tools. If we would built boats only to go around the poles though the ice or big one-offs, we would certainly look into alu for it, but for smaller semi-production boats which should give you the best of everything in 98% of the cruising areas I do not see benefits in alu, but would be interesting to understand your ideas behind it!

As for the lifting keel: You might have seen that our swing keel solution is a totally different concept to normal “integral keels” (which all of the French and British production boats I know have) who only carry a small percentage of the total ballast in the centre board!? I am sure you would appreciate our unique swing keel system. We have constantly conversations with interested customers about swing keels and even if I have really tried to sell them, about 99,5% of this customers are happily buying a twin keel instead....but thats another story ;-). We build the swing keel concept on the base of the same good “up to the wind” and for “rough weather condition optimised” hull as our twin and fin keel boats. This hull relies on weight stability rather than form stability. As far as I know, we are the only manufacturer who do real “swing keels” which are carrying the full ballast in the centre plate. The French and British build boats are “integral-keels” with only 20 to 30% of the ballast in the centre plate and the rest in the grounding plate or inside ballast. To make this work they need to have very flat and wide hulls which rely only on from stability. Unfortunately with this wide and flat hulls there came a number of characteristics like surfing up the waves and slamming, little performance up to the wind, big lift in the cockpit when heeling, easy rounding up into the wind as the shape as the waterline changes tremendously when the boat heels, big distance between the rudders with little maneuverability under engine, big drift sideward and windage in the harbor, little chance to right the boat back up when capsized. Our hull shape stays the same and resembles the shape you would prefer if you are after comfort, good all-round-performance, and security. It has a deep forefoot at the bow which reaches 45cm deep under the water line and is sharp to cut the waves instead of surfing up. It also gives you good hold at the front with wind on the side in harbors. Even if the bow comes out of the water in a big wave it cuts gently back in with the V-shaped spant and does not slam. In the back the waterline narrows extremely on the water line to give the water little resistance in up-wind-sailing, no tendency to round up into the wind and little lift for your crew sitting on the comings of the cockpit as it heels around the center line of the boat and does not “fell” onto its nose. The rig can be taller and the mast stands further back so that you can easier depower the smaller main when opening the sheet and can be more flexible with the variation of head sails. In strong winds this gives you the more secure and gentle sailing being pulled by the front sails rather than pushed by the main sail. As the boat sticks deeper in the water the over water hull must not be as high to get the same internal space. Our deck saloon yachts have the stunning characteristic of no (!) varnishing stability which means that they will upright themselves immediately when capsized and can`t find a way (stability) of staying capsized….but this is all more about the boat than the swing keel...

@@SiriusYachts Herr Schmidt, I feel honoured that one simple suggestion from me elicited two very interesting replies from you. Quite frankly, these are the kind of explanations you no doubt give your clients, but this material does not all appear on your website, and to me this kind of explanation would be very attractive to potential clients, giving them an understanding of your overall design philosophy. Speaking of the lifting keels, I wonder if the Southerly (now owned by Discovery) boats are similar to yours. Anyway, I can do you a small favour in return. I have taken your two replies and have corrected the English in case this is in any way useful to you. (I am English...) Thank you very much! It´s an very interesting topic you are mentioning: Whilst there can a lot to be said about aluminum vs GRP we think that GRP is the better suited and more versatile material for go-anywhere yachts under 60”. This is mainly for weight, interior space, insulation, galvanic and cost reasons. With alu you can´t go under a certain thickness of the material without losing too much of security and so smaller yachts get very heavy or thin. Interior space is much less as the alu hull needs reinforcements sticking into the interior space everywhere as the panels do not have enough strength themselves without the inner structure. This makes every inner surface even down in the bilges very hard to use and they maintain a crisscrossed surface. As alu is the perfect thermic conductor you need a lot of extra insulation which creates possible hidden moisture areas in cold and hot climates reducing the interior space even more and making it hard work to get to the skin in the event of checks and repairs. Noise is also lead very directly into the interior. Whilst the risk of osmosis in GRP boats in mainly solved by modern resins, certainly by the epoxy coating on the underwater surface, galvanic corrosion is a huge issue and needs absolute care and expertise on every installation and mounting of equipment as well as care for the underwater surface. Where building a one-off yacht bigger than 55’ might make much sense cost-wise, any hull and deck smaller and not one-off, is built for much less cost in GRP from a mold and the money saved can be invested in a high quality interior, gear and equipment for the same price or sold for much less. It’s important for sure that one compares quality to quality and not with mass-production. If the layup is built to last and is not just the minimum, you get a nearly indestructible boat in GRP, which can be repaired by yourself or nearly any boat builder around the globe without the need for special knowledge or tools. If we built boats only to go around the poles through the ice, or big one-offs, we would certainly look into alu for it, but for smaller semi-production boats which should give you the best of everything in 98% of cruising areas, I do not see benefits in alu, but it would be interesting to understand your ideas behind it! As for the lifting keel: You might have seen that our swing keel solution is a totally different concept to normal “integral keels” (which all of the French and British production boats I know have) which only carry a small percentage of the total ballast in the centreboard!? I am sure you would appreciate our unique swing keel system. We constantly have conversations with interested customers about swing keels and even if I have really tried to sell them, about 99,5% of these customers are happy buying a twin keel instead....but that’s another story ;-). We build the swing keel concept on the base of the same good “upwind” and “rough weather condition optimised” hull as our twin and fin keel boats. This hull relies on weight stability rather than form stability. As far as I know, we are the only manufacturer who do real “swing keels” which are carrying the full ballast in the centreplate. The French and British build boats which are “integral-keels” with only 20 to 30% of the ballast in the centreplate and the rest in the grounding plate or inside ballast. To make this work they need to have very flat and wide hulls which rely only on stability. Unfortunately with these wide and flat hulls there come a number of characteristics like surfing up the waves and slamming, poor performance up-wind, a big lift in the cockpit when heeling, a tendency to round up into the wind, as the shape as the waterline changes tremendously when the boat heels, a large distance between the rudders with little maneuverability under engine, a lot of leeward drift, windage in the harbour, and little chance to right the boat once capsized. Our hull shape stays the same and resembles the shape you would prefer if you are after comfort, good all-round-performance, and security. It has a deep forefoot at the bow which reaches 45cm under the water line and is sharp to cut the waves instead of surfing up them. It also gives you a good hold at the bow with wind on the side in harbors. Even if the bow comes out of the water in a big wave it cuts gently back in with the V-shaped frame and does not slam. At the stern the waterline narrows extremely on the water line to give the water little resistance in up-wind-sailing, no tendency to round up into the wind and little lift for your crew sitting on the coamings of the cockpit as it heels around the center line of the boat and does not “fall” onto its nose. The rig can be taller and the mast stands further back so that you can more easily depower the smaller main when opening the sheet, and be more flexible with the variation of headsails. In strong winds this gives you more secure and gentler sailing being pulled by the front sails rather than pushed by the mainsail. As the boat sticks deeper in the water the abovewater hull need not be as high to get the same internal space. Our deck saloon yachts have the stunning characteristic of no (!) vanishing stability which means that they will right themselves immediately when capsized and can`t find a stable way of remaining capsized….but this is all more about the boat than the swing keel...

@@marklane5149 I think he is saying that there is no heel angle at which stability vanishes before becoming negative. Herr Schmidt: I know it is popular belief that slamming is avoided by V sections in the bow, but I think this is misleading when relying on the sails to go to windward in strong winds. The severe heel of the boat and the declining angle on the back of the wave as it passes the boat means that it is the flat panels on either side of the bow which hit the water and cause slamming. It's like smacking a block of jelly with a knife: if the knife is sideways on as it approaches the jelly, it doesn't matter how sharp it is, it will not cut in. I learned this early on: my first boat had fine V sections in the bow, as well as a sharp entry angle in plan view, but in heavy weather it slammed so hard that on one occasion I ended up standing in the bilge, after the floor panel I was standing on (plywood, weakened by moisture, but still fairly strong) shattered under my increased weight. I have some ideas about how to reduce flat-panel slamming, which I plan to try out on the sailing vessel I'm currently rebuilding.

Thank you! It´s what we love to do in the exact way we love it to do...

Thank you very much. I am glad you like it! ...and one never know ;-)

Thanks! I does make maintenance and retrofitting much easier...and everything can have a place with nobody else fiddling through ;-)

Obviously, difficult to denial ;-)

Thank you very much for the compliment! You are very welcome!

Sure, go ahead, good luck and please send some pictures

Thank you very much for the compliments! you are very welcome! Was good fun...

Thank you very much! I am glad you like it!

Thank you very much for this nice statement! I am glad you like our approach!

Thanks for sharing! It´s all made as we would do it for ourselves! You know, there have also been mass produced boats in the 80s and 90s and some of them have been brilliant, ergonomically and solidly built. In the last 20 years, all has been optimised for “how can I reduce the production time from 14 days to 10 days”. But even a Bavaria will be 40 years old at one stage…a Hallberg-Rassy or Sirius maybe 100 years. So how must a boat be constructed and set up? To be “produced 4 days faster” or “how does it benefit from its construction the next 30 to 60 years?” I personally would think, this is too much out of balance in some areas…

Thanks a lot for this great statement. Company is 49 years going and will get much older than this ;-) I am sorry to hear about shredded plans. Please keep the dream alive ...as you never know!

@@SiriusYachts From your mouth to G-d's ear! Smooth sailing to you and yours, Torsten!!

@@slashusr Thank you! ...and all the best for you as well!

Thank you!

No , thank you for keeping true craftsmanship that has been lost in the world !

Thanks, it´s my pleasure and very easy to get enthusiastic about ;-)

Wind and water generators, solar power, LION Batteries are quite common in and on our boats by now and electric drives have been projected a number of times. It´s fantastic for some usages...still not for all or one needs to be very enthusiastic....to cope with the extra costs involved. Having a generator on board anyhow for other usage helps in the picture. With the car industry in it full speed not this is for sure becoming more affordable in the near future. The technique is all available

I totally agree. The guys at mass producers are doing a very good job in terms of "how can I built as much boat for as little money" and I am admiring them for it. This is good for the market, as it brings people onto the water and makes chartering possible for more people….and I am also sure some of them offer very good value for money. There is also a huge market for smaller boats between 20 and 30 foot which are great for many areas and fantastic fun. Many of those are available for very good prices. What I am wondering since years is if the balance is still right. There have also been mass produced boats in the 80s and 90s and some of them have been brilliant, ergonomically and solidly built. In the last 20 years, all has been optimised for “how can I reduce the production time from 14 days to 10 says”. But even a Bavaria will be 40 years old at one stage…a Hallberg-Rassy or Sirius maybe 100 years. So how must a bot be constructed and set up? To be “produced 4 days faster” or “how does it benefit from its construction the next 30 to 60 years?” I personally would think this is too much out of balance in some areas… In the past 49 years of Sirius Yachts we have produced all sizes between 23 and 40 feet and many of them are very good value on the used market by now and also good to bring people into sailing. Some of the smaller ones had been even near to mass produced and relatively "cheap" at the time but today we have found our niche in perfecting our product generally and individually for each and every customer. This comes at a price and will sadly not be affordable for everybody but as they keep their value very, very well sometimes compare very good even to much lower priced boats if you calculate deprivation into it as well. The investment into it will still be much higher compared to many. Hope you´ll nevertheless find or already own your dream boat!

Thanks a lot! I am glad you like it! As we are making deck-saloon-yachts since 1988 (yachts since 1971) now there is a good range of used boats out. The older 38, 36, 32 and 31 feet models are worth looking at, but newer 35s (seldom) and 310 models are available from time to time as well. Do have a look at www.sirius-werft.de/wpsirius/en/gebrauchtyachten/ if you like

@@SiriusYachts - thanks so much for your reply, and the link. 👍

@@flyingdutchman6984 You are very welcome! Do stay safe!

Well, I guess the guys at Bavaria and other mass producers are doing a very good job in terms of "how can I built as much boat for as little money" and I am admiring them for it. This is good for the market, as it brings people onto the water and makes chartering possible for more people….and I am also sure some of them offer very good value for money. What I am wondering since years is if the balance is still right. There have also been mass produced boats in the 80s and 90s and some of them have been brilliant, ergonomically and solidly built. In the last 20 years, all has been optimised for “how can I reduce the production time from 14 days to 10 says”. But even a Bavaria will be 40 years old at one stage…a Hallberg-Rassy or Sirius maybe 100 years. So how must a bot be constructed and set up? To be “produced 4 days faster” or “how does it benefit from its construction the next 30 to 60 years?” I personally would think this is too much out of balance in some areas…

@@SiriusYachts Hi Torsten, I didn't mean my comment as a criticism of Bavaria, I have sailed many Bavaria yachts and I appreciate that many many people can only sail because such yachts are available. I really meant only that the manufacturing process is at opposite ends of the scale, there would be almost nothing in common between the way you build a boat and the way that Bavaria do. You certainly set the gold standard, I wonder if even Oyster are built with the same attention to detail.

​@@pcb1962 Thanks for the compliment! I appreciated it earlier on. Stop making me red on my face now ;-) Yes, this are for sure totally different ways of getting to where one want to get and the result is more different than alike. Just wanted to express that I like the concept of different positioning in the marked. It makes it not only very interesting but also shows off how many ways of sailing and boating there are. It´s just lovely to be involved with it!

You are very welcome! Was fun doing it

Thank you!

I quite agree. The quality of construction seems similar to the best scandinavian boats - but Sirius boats have an edge on design. There are simply more details that make your jaw drop. If I ever manage to convince my wife - Sirius!

...you are most welcome!

Thank you! Please keep the dream alive ...as you never know...

Thank you very much! Glad you like it!