Buonasera, e grazie per i complimenti. Mi potresti mandare un email tuo o nro cellulare, cosi ti posso contattare e ci mettiamo d'accordo...

Grazie mille per la vostra cortesia e disponibilità, ecco qui: tretrenovequattroottounozerocinqueseisette ​@@landsea3682

Hi there, sorry for having been a little absent lately but yes we still own Dana and sail her frequently for weekends or short excursions. We're busy with some other stuff now but hope to set sail again early June....

@@landsea3682 Hi, I look forward to seeing more vids of this beautiful yacht. I would love to own one but finding one in Europe is not easy. All the best, Paul.

Hi Rob, thanks for your nice words and tip wrt the life lines. I had indeed not paid attention to this but will check next time we go to Dana, probably in two weeks... Take care! Adri/Wouter

Grazie mile !!

Hi Max, how are you? Thanks for your interest in Dana! Yes she is relatively pricey. I cant comment on the Gulf 32 you mention, it seems a v nice boat also. With regards to a Dana 24 I have to say she has an exceptional build quality and is very well laid out providing the same or more comfort than many 30 footers would, yet her contained size mean mooring fees are low. We now own Dana for 9 years and have had no breakages other than normal maintenance, Buying a Dana costs but owning and sailing a Dana is cheap... I hope this helps Adri/Wouter

@@landsea3682 i see , maintenance is a point . thanks for your answer . i wish you my best

Well said Mr. Antonio Cruz. We are very pleased with our little boat and having a ton of fun sailing her.... some more videos to follow soon.... All the best, Wouter

Hi Mike, I looked at those boats also when out for buying a boat. I think the Orion's 27 on the market provide a lot of value for money! Good luck!

Mandami un email su [email protected] cosi ti facio sapere quando saremmo in zona (noi viviamo in Umbria), a dopo! Ciao

Our boat is moored on the other side of the bay in Le Grazie close to 'Hotel della Baia' :-)

Not now 😧 i sow your boat last year moored near my on the poonton near Valdettaro shipyard

@@paolomasteryachtpaolodegio5335 Thats correct, we had her 'a terra' at Valdettaro last winter but our 'home port' is Le Grazie!

Ciao Paolo, that's very possible, ' Our home port is near La Spezia ....

I agree of course... she is a wonderful little boat and ideal for sailing around the Mediterranean. We are not selling and want to continue sailing her for as long as we can :-)

Ciao Davide, non abbiamo cambiato bandiera, sono Olandese e quindi la barca porta bandiera Olandese. Cmq. la nostra zattera e certificato per 'off shore' sailing e abiamo tutti i razzi e di piu, quindi credo di essere in regola sia in Italia, sia in Francia fino a 50Mg. Grazie per il messagio, stamibene!

@@landsea3682 grazie a te per la risposta dalla quale capisco che ogni stato va per la sua strada anche se il Mare è sempre lo stesso.... buon vento

Hi Koko, we live in Umbria, central Italy, the boat is moored in the Bay of La Spezia. [email protected]

Hi Lars, thanks for your note. I know there are not many around in Europe. There is a facebook page for Dana 24 and just recently someone posted a Dana in Norway. Other than that there should be another one or two in the Mediterranean but am not aware of there precise whereabouts. Will let you know when we sell out boat but will not be for quite a while :-)

Hi Maddocmuc, many thanks for leaving a comment. Your point with regards to Folkboats providing excelent sailing for a fraction of the price as to a Dana 24 is well taken. My wife and I know all about the fun of sailing a nippy sailboat that points well, is lively and agile to manouvre. In fact we owned an Achilles 24 for almost 20 years, not quite a Folkboat but in my view in the same league. A Dana is a different beast all together and I don't thing it is fair comparison. Shall be talk about standing headroom? having a decent heads compartment? with shower? a serious galley and good sized fridge? opening windows all around for when at anchor on a hot windless day?? The Dana at these points is unbeatable as you would need at least a 30 footer to get the same level of confort. The Dana is a little floating home at very reduced mooring and maintenance cost and high resell value. As to speed. We get to 6.5 knts easilly with a breeze when sailing less than 50 degrees to windward which is good. If we point to windward she get much slower, less than 4 knts (but perhaps we can do better with new sails?). I am sure a folkboat would sail straight past her and an Achilles 24 would sail circles around her. I think this is due to two reasons: Lots of attrbutes on the Dana provide significant wind friction. Take the bowsprit with pullpit! Or the halyards that come down outside the mast and many other items that make her look really 'boaty' but dont help the airodynamics. The second are the shrouds that are fixed to the outside of the hull with beautifull chainplates (again really classic stuff and very strong) which don't allow you to tighten the genoa as far as you would like when going to windward. So there is a trade-off and you have to make your choices. We choose to change to a boat that would allow us to be at see for long periods without getting tyred and in comfort and keeps ownership/mooring cost under control. Anyhow, in my view the sailing charcteristics of the Dana all round are excelent. As to build quality, I cant speak for Foalkboats but in my view the level you see at Pacific Seacrafts equals or beats what I have seen on Hallberg Rassy and or Swan's from the same period. We own Dana 7 years now and sail her often. Sofar nothing broke and she remains a new looking little vessel. You get what you pay for. Sorry for the long response, hope to greet you at the high seas one day, take care :-)

@@landsea3682 , you are absolutely right with pointing out the full headroom / bath of the dana in comparison to the folk boat. No denying the advantages the dana is offering in the respect of living aboard. So my comparison with the folk boat was a bit biased with respect of getting as much sailing (not living aboard) bang for the buck. But at the end of the day and for me personally, the dana is way too expensive. For that money I`d get a Swede 55 which has the headroom , the bath, more space under deck and on deck and is a true racer. It is a question of individual taste and preferences. The swede is not produced anymore but there are some fine used boats on the market. See her in action at: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/gMVjgNqh1dndn4k.html The most important part is: You are enjoying your Dana 24, you live your dream and you live on a boat. A dream that I am far away from. May you have good wind and fair weather!

@@maddocmucmaddocmuc5341 Hi Maddocmuc! I am sitting on the sofa next to the stove, its winter and quite fresh where we live but warm inside the house. I had a look at the Swede 55 and agree that this is a lot of boat for a comparable price we paid for Dana. Now here is annother consideration; I would never buy a Swede 55, here is why. Last summer we send some days in Caparaia, a small island in the Med.... we paid Euro 35 /night in port in August. Had our boat been over 10 meter that would have been euro 130 / night. I dont want to think about mooring cost of a swede 55 in these waters. Purchase cost is one thing, running cost quite annother. How many liters antifouling does that Swede need per layer? how much $$? how many hours work? can we do this ourselves? No? now we need to pay others to do the job? more $$$ I owned a 54 ft yacht once, great for ego, not for the wallet. :-) Small is beatiful. Best wishes for the new year and take care. Wouter

@@landsea3682 well received, you absolutely made a point....

Much better speed for sure but not for livability. I must confess I considered a Dragonfly 28. $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

Hi Rimas, thanks for your comment and for watching!

Спасибо за ваш комментарий. Это было сделано во время отпуска в течение месяца, но я знаю одну пару, которая постоянно жила на Дане пару лет. Spasibo za vash kommentariy. Eto bylo sdelano vo vremya otpuska v techeniye mesyatsa, no ya znayu odnu paru, kotoraya postoyanno zhila na Dane paru let.