Hi Aladino! We absolutely adore your channel and spoke about it for days leading up to our little tour of this lovely Vindö. They made such a specially crafted piece of art... and you were smart to bring yours back to life. Thanks for the tip on the pulpit... we always have something new to learn in sailing! A walk on the docks sounds great... and let us know if you swing over to the US after Covid and want to head out for a sail. Cheers and keep up the inspiring work!

As. Swede. Ure absolutly right. We tie up to naturehabours in the skerries. (Usally rock part on a iland) Stern poking inwards with a sternachor. On the Vindö hulls. They were laminated lockally. Loyds certification was a selling point back then. Since they were early glasfiber hulls. They Where overbuilt. :)

Thanks so much! We will be working to deliver on that great idea. Cheers!

@@YachtHunters I will second that motion, and add a request for tips on day sailing with a larger family.

Please keep up the great quality, content, and knowledge .. this channel came out of no where to becoming my most watched ...

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Thanks for the insight! Makes sense!

In the same boat!

@Eric Neubauer 😂

Count me in too! I'm retiring in 6 months and looking to spend my winters in warm climates. I'm learning so much from Cap'n Q and his insights.

no doubt

Agree, this channel is so helpful in my future purchase

Agreed! Good point.

Thanks very much! We'll do more of that for sure...

Thanks for the kind words! Cheres!

You have much to be proud of.... this is such a lovely, well-crafted boat that is going to be 50 years old soon!

Thanks for sharing! a lot more to learn ...not enough time...but thanks so much

@@YachtHunters Also, the camera man corrected you and said "glugg", glugg in Swedish means "aperture" haha. Sm6wet above is correct with the pronunciation of the letter Ö (yes it's actually a letter in the Swedish alphabet.

@@YachtHunters Just trying to help you out. And anyone else reading as it is always nice to be able to pronounce somewhat correctly. There are other Swedish sailboat manufacturers which can be a bit difficult. Example. Vindö is not the only boat from Vindö, there is also Regina of Vindö - look it up, beautiful sailboats. Malö is another one with the Ö Winga - The W is a V-sound. And Najad - First A is a fast a like in Andersson. Second A is a long one like as long as U in Uniform only with the a sound.

Vindeuh? Sounds like a window.

@@hxhdfjifzirstc894 The word "Vind" in Swedish means wind and the "Ö" means Island so it is Wind Island or even maybe Windy Island.

probably hoping to keep their ratings up...... but thank you for the thought

Thanks for that!

I appreciate that!

thank you and Happy Festivus to all :-)

thank you, jason

@@YachtHunters 😊

Have fun!

Thanks very much!

Wecome aboard and thanks for coming along with us!

You're in!

Our pleasure! Thanks!

you cracked the staff up with this one hahahah thanks for your note we love the classification and the detail

I was going to mention this, but you beat me to it! Good for you BF

so a 50 would be a ketch, the 40/45 are sloops? or can all 3 be interchangeable?

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@@pearlofqatar7779 hi,yes, they where interchangeable, but it was uncommon. Almost all of them where made by request but hte sailplan hardly changed I have seen about 16 of them, 3 were identical in layout . It was one of the main reasons they went bankrupt: extraordinary craftsmanship and materials,and to many changes per ship, and still wanting to rival the pricesof competitors... My family's ship was a demo (first) of the HISWA 1977 in Amsterdam. No back cabin(!), ketch and still the 6 beds. I saild her solo in my teens around the Netherlands, Egland and France . Extremely reliable, stong an gentle lady. My love for the salt, sailing and creating and maintaining sailboats derived from these adventures, and the touchable love the Vidö builders had besowed oppon her. (And so i became to be a Shipright) if you deside to circumnavigate on a dime and be safe, and fast, get your hands on one of these Lady's .you will love her dance and rhythm.

@@brros Thanks for the background.... do you know if the Vindo workers ended up moving to Hallberg-Rassey? The craftsmanship is just stunning

Thank you!

Thank you! Will do!

Thank you! We are flattered and inspired by the kind words and support.... Cheers!

@@YachtHunters :)

Well said!

Our pleasure!

Much appreciation right back at you!! Thanks very much

That's very kind of you - thanks so much!

We agree!

Wow, thank you!

I appreciate that!

Our pleasure! we will try and frankly we are having an awful lot of fun on our end thanks for your note

a good eye will spot beauty in any form thank you

We adore all of the Vindös… such timeless classics!

and thank you so much for taking the time to write stay tuned

Thanks!

It really is a sight to behold ☺

Glad you like them!

We agree!

Thank you for your commentary. It certainly is heartfelt and I can understand the loss of your boat to another owner. These boats iembed themselves in our hearts and minds very deeply and become one with us so when they’re gone the sense of loss can seem endless. It is very nice to be reassured by your note of the soundness and see worthiness of the vindo 50. I’m sure that will be an additional insurance to the next owner of this particular boat thank you for your note

Thanks charlie I do hope we can be of some help with your future decisions

We agree

Thanks for watching and the note! Boats + Maine can be quite magical.... although, we might head a little south to find boats not under a sizeable snowfall 🙂

go home with the one you took to the dance you will be happy in the long run

Thanks very much!

Glad you like it!

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you very much!

Be careful, once you feel the love it can be dangerous! 😍

They do a very nice job of pulling you on board and doing the canals of Europe i really enjoy them

Agreed! Especially with how well the current owner has maintained the brightwork

Our pleasure!

Thanks, you too!

Awww that's very kind of you! Cheers!

Thanks for sharing! European boats are built for the North Sea and the Bay Of Biscay and english channel as opposed to American east coast protected harbors and coastline and lighter air thank you for your note

Glad you enjoy it!

There's still more for us to learn about sailing ;) thanks for the note and tip.... this makes total sense. Cheers!

Our pleasure! a little update though for you: "The engine is a Yanmar 3GM30F. Incredibly reliable, 1500 hrs. I did the repower in 1998, but still consider it a “new” engine. The mast step is not a tabernacle, but you are correct, there is a positioning pin that looks like it works that way. Worth a mention on boats with deck-stepped masts is what the compression post arrangement is like to carry the load to the keel. On my boat it was built into the corner of the head. Evidently I steered you wrong on the bow pulpit cutout for resting the mast. I know it fits there nicely, having done that when hauling the boat out on Peaks Island. But I lived in Sweden and know how useful it was for mooring to rocks too.

😊Thank you for watching!! Cheers

we love these anecdotes really puts real life flesh on the "ribs" thank you

Thanks 👍 usually celebrate any thing we can but recently due to the down size of our home the big tree has given away to a manufactured 6' foot Walmart special that is as thin as my old grandmother and reminiscent of George or Kramer's Festivus tree but since putting it up every year we have found profound happiness Festivus for the restofus !!! credit to Jerry Seinfeld thank you

We will!

This is a phenomenal idea and would surely help this channel get more of the exposure it truly deserves!

Definitely worth a chat to see if they would want to locate a new home from up north.... I read that they have a few specific boats already in mind... they do a wonderful job with their channel so we'd be happy to help if we could

It really is stunning and the owner has done an amazing job with the upkeep. Thank you!

Wonderful memories thank you for sharing

Not trying to sell any of these boats but rather to explain them beyond Yacht World and help people formulate a picture of what their dream boat might be whether for round the world or cruising local waters or just having a ball doing some local racing thank you

@@YachtHunters You have really opened many eyes on the fact that you don't need a million dollars to enjoy sailing.

Thanks, will do!

Our pleasure!

What a lovely comment and sentiment! Here's a little-known fact: an-day was on an episode of This Old House back in the 90s... so perhaps he picked up the mindset way back then? Glad to hear you're opening up the purchase plan.... keep us posted on which direction you head!

Thank you so much!! Yes... those toe stumpers are never fun!

Thanks for watching! actually nautical braces lol Christmas just happened to be near by thanks

Thank you kindly!