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I enjoy your content, so keep it coming.
"Floating boats are very expensive, and sunken boats don't perform well", from "What I Learned being a Russian Leader", V. Putin, Oligarch Press, 2023, pre-publication
Since I've been watching your videos, I like your no nonsense approach and fact checks you present. Thanks!
To the God father of Sailing I say: well, can’t change what doesn’t need changing. Keep at it. Thanks to you, I am clear on my sailing goals and how to get there. Your content is Gold. Thank you Chris for your contributions to the sailing community and to all dreams out there.
Someone needs to bring people back to reality. Thanks.
Would you have a channel you'd recommend in terms of people who know what they are doing and have realistic content?
We fell for the YouTube brainwashing of how great it’s gonna be living on a sailboat; within a week or two, we were miserable as often as we were excited about our new life. We left Lake Erie and crossed the Erie Canal in September and we were cold until we got to Florida. We sat out 3 hurricanes in sheltered anchorages or marinas. Besides hurricanes, there were numerous weather fronts that caused us issues too. No channels that we watched for 10 years addressed these kinds of things in enough detail to show how much it changes your mood and outlook on your dream. You will be nervous ALL of the time….worrying about weather, hitting bottom, running into something (we did), boat breaking down (we did), if you have a dog that’s not mat trained, that will cause you daily headaches. We try to be honest in our videos and not make it look like sunshine and rainbows, because if you’re not a patient person or one who can overcome challenges by adapting to a reality that’s different than what you dreamed, you will quit and probably take a loss on selling your boat or worse. Watch YouTube channels for fun and motivation, not for getting a glimpse of what your life will be when you untie the lines.
If your dream is to own one for 5-7yrs … buy that dumpster that "needs elbow grease" because that's all you'll get … 5-7yrs
If it's the rest of your life, hopefully longer than 5-7yrs … Follow Chris' advice
I think its perfectly legitimate to teach by disagreeing with other content makers. However, that can be done with or without personal attacks. Displaying the ad hominem fallacy only detracts from your credibility.
I like how you say if people don’t like the content, don’t watch. Thank you!
One thing you are right about is that boats need work.
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But all boats do. New and old.
I have been sailing with my boat together with a friend of mine with his boat, which is from 2008, much newer than mine .
This season he has been having a break down after an other. I haven’t (yet
What about Sam Holms? He gets cheap boats and sails them across the Pacific and Atlantic.
Think of boats like classic cars. Buy the nicest most complete car you can buy. Or, buy a basket case and accept you will be dumping lots of money into the thing and unless it is truly special( think restoring a base model Barracuda vs Hemi 'Cuda. Ones worth six or seven figures, the other might be 30k. They cost roughly the same to restore), you will be on the losing side monetarily.
Love your approach and content!
Don’t know if you have a video on this; but, how about doing a video on good sailing YouTube channels?
Dig it
Okay, Since Sailing Latitudes is Sooo Ruthless, I Have a Couple RUTHLESS Points to Make:
1) You Know, Not to Change the Subject Shortly, but I Think This Was a Covid Fad. Reason I Say This, is I'm Hearing All the Rv People Are Quitting, Too. People Were Stuck in Their Homes, and Stuck Watching 'life on You-tube', and Some People Tried to Sell Themselves to the Lockdown Crowd. Now That Covid is Gone, People Are Away From You-tube…ish.
I'm Hearing Ad Revenue is Down, Things That You See, Like Ag1 Have Saturated the Market. Hell, I See This One Euro Couple Selling Mental Health Virtual Appointments.
2) There's a Channel Called 'Spear It Animal' Nice Couple…but I Want to Mention the Legal Side. They're Not Married. I Believe It's His Boat, and She's Along for the Ride. Shows Her Ass and Sells the Channel. He's Kinda of a Shady Salesman Type. They're Fixing the Boat Up, and I Have a Gut Feeling, He's Going to Sell the Boat, and Walk Away From Her. It Would Be Ruthless, but I Don't See Any Other Outcome. They're Not Engaged. She's Probably Worked Hundreds of Hours, in Fixing This Up. They Have Sponsored the Boat With a Ton of $$$$ Products. He Was Stuck Fixing This Boat Up. Didn't Have a Lot of Cash to Go Out and Meet Women. She's Been His Thing. Labor, Sex, and Who Knows, Maybe She's Even Taken a Loan Out. the Boat Isn't in Her Name, and They're Not Married.
She's Crazy…He Could Sell It, and Walk Away…She Would Get Nothing. Marina Labor is $100 an Hour.
If He Sold and Walked Away…Left Her With an Uber at a Miami Marina, the You-tube Audience Would Be Pissed, but at the End of the Day, the You-tube Audience Would Forgive Him, Once He Gets a New Boat, New Girlfriend, Yadda, Yadda.
This guy has such a good delivery. I will watch this video again and again each time I get serious about buying a boat.
You've got a solid point about normal folks diving in too deep when trying to be sailors. But let's not forget, most of these people are actually aiming to build a business around content creation first. All the "problems" you're pointing out are the content that drives their channels. Underestimating a project, messing up a DIY, relationship drama—it's likely what feeds the views.
Imagine how snooze-worthy a channel would be if a couple just bought a brand-new Beneteau, sailed around the world without a hitch and never changed the vessel. I’d say that's why the channels that embrace the chaos and do things the "wrong way" often have way more followers.
i know it would have been a run on video but i would love if you would have done another 5 or 10 channels and torn them apar…. i mean showed us the real life.
Exactly. I unsubbed from "Uma" once they made it clear that they were going to gut that silly Pearson and do a ground up restoration. A horrible decision, based on their "saving the planet" philosophy of keeping boats out of landfills. Their fan boys are cheering them on but I was just watching them paint themselves into a corner, based on their eco mindset. Every stupid decision is content that other people are funding, so they never really suffer the consequences of pissing their own money and time away. Soulianis is another one that I unsubbed from, once it became clear that she wasn't really digging it and got pregnant. They may not even get another ocean crossing boat. Certainly not for another several years at least. I think a lot of boat channels are going to return to land and turn into homesteading channels, just as van channels have done. Being constantly on the move with no home base/security is terrifying in a "lockdown" world, which will be happening again by the end of this year.
Update: To my point; sailing GBU just announced that they have bought property in PR to build a home and start homesteading. The reason: he came to realize during the lockdowns, that they were incredibly vulnerable on a boat if the authorities dictated who could come ashore and get food, water etc.
Hate Chris all you want, won't change the fact "Break Out Another Thousand" is a sad reality to sailboat ownership. Never a matter of IF, but a matter of WHEN & HOW MUCH. Older vessels have more items, expensive items, at or near the end of their life span … $12k engine, $9k sails, $2,400 anchor & chain, $3k electronics, $$ Autopilot, $$ steering linkage, $$ rudders, $$ standing rigging, $$ running rigging … thousands of dollars to check in and out of Caribbean, South American, European, South Pacific etc countries. Provisioning, the medical kits, bug out kits, life rafts, life slings/ rings, life jacket harnesses, epirbs, working UHF/VHF, Proper Flags & Day Signals, Nautical Lights etc etc … $5k boat after years of work might get you to paradise & might get you back after months of refits … but it won't help to keep you there for long
You are genius …..
love you're content n you're opinion of other shows … 
you are a very smart young man …. Don't let others get you down .. Just keep doing what ya do … Most people don't have the balls … Lol … I love it….
Lol you would explode if you seen what I bought. Id love your opinion… but also I have decent coin. And still work.
Thanks for sharing. So very true…A few years back I bought my first used sailboat that had been sitting on the hard for a couple of seasons for about 50k. Did about 30k of work to her getting her close to new. Had a change in plans and sold her for what I bought her for. Many lessons learned. Now saving for that new to me boat that doesn’t need a ton of $$ to make her safe and comfortable!
Another great Reality video, just the facts, and sometimes life is harsh, even in your dream life. thanks, Chris
Upset a bunch a people = my kinda guy, ol ' mean thing you- lol. Is this damage on the 50ft Jeanneau?
A great follow-up! I'd actually be interested in hearing his perspective on their preparation for big passages etc.. Are they misleading people there? Is it dangerous, their approach? Just an idea.
I suppose I'm not seeing all these refit-focused youtubers. Maybe because I'm not also interested in the homesteading genre? I see like you said the transition many make back and forth.
To me, it's still about enjoying the content, paying more attention to what matters to me, and taking the rest as entertainment or skippable. When I was searching for a boat, of course that content was supreme. Now I focus on other parts of Chris' content, which is why I love his time as a transport captain etc..
While watching those traveling on their boats, of course I always am aware of their drive for content and probably avoiding niche things focused on the realities of sailboat maintenance. But when they DID actually go there, I paid a lot more attention. Refit stuff unless it was about beautifying a 2-decade old boat (right within Chris' 20yr standards), I didn't watch. I wasn't rebuilding a boat. But making it great and usable for family, of course!
I always appreciate Chris' content and perspective. I appreciate the balanced mindset on these few examples. Don't worry, I'll always watch yours. But I'll also watch Uma
Many years ago we used to joke that you could be a $1000 dollar sports car and some tools and put $6000 into it and end up with a $3000 car. Sailboats are kind of like that. If you buy one and you have not been sailing and have not had to maintain a boat you can bet you are going to learn a lot. It is almost always better to buy something that is ship shape and go sailing than to buy a project. Oh, the other saying is there is nothing more expensive than a cheap/free boat.
Sailing Seabird is a good channel. They bought a 1 euro boat in France and have been at it now going on a year. They more or less know what they are doing and are master scavengers. They will probably have the boat floating by this time next year.
I'm refitting a heavy bluewater boat. It was not a dumpster of a boat, but needed work and $$$. It is still a lot of work even with my having strong trade skills. Good advice- don't buy a bigger boat just for the sake of "Bigger". You can sink a lot of money even into a 34-40 ft sailboat even if it is in pretty good shape, and as you go up in size, expenses zoom even higher for every aspect! Be forwarned- if you do not have high trade skills (And friends with high trade skills!), your expenses will be substantially higher! I was able to have my Borg-Warner Velvet Drive transmission rebuilt for $300. I was able to pick up a rebuilt diesel for $700. Without friends and relatives in the business , the market cost of these things is likely 10 times that. As the host here points out, if you buy a used boat, even in reasonable condition, you can easily spend that much again on various repairs.
These arent sailing channels…they are more like how to work on a boat channels….
Want to go sailing?, then buy yacht that doesnt need much work other than the usual maintenance….
Any opinion on steel monohull?
Lady K Sailing is still non-sense.
What about those Moody deck salons boats you show video of. Are those good cruising boats. I can't afford one. I will do what ever sailing I do on my Hunter 356.
"They bot a boat, spent thousands on refit, sailed a little.. then bot another boat & Now they are Farming.. Awesome"
10yrs of sailing youtube channel & they had to "hire a captain" to cross the Atlantic.. Awesome
Thanks, all plans change, life changes, not just in sailing. And we all make mistakes. Important thing is to enjoy as you go. Great to see both sides though, thanks.
Excellent channel. Love the honesty and love your disclaimer..if ya don't like it..don't watch it!..keep at it!
I can't stand Atticus. They are way too expressive of their feelings on the things the rest of us just call life. Whiney, whiney, always sick always self-evaluating. Soulianis, more of the same. No thanks. Better to watch "How to Sail Oceans", Peter Lawless, RAN Sailing and Emerald Steel. They are all sailors in every sense of the word.
I remember a gent a few years back who wanted to sail down the Rio Gande to the Bahams
4:51 – "Is that the path you want to take" – I kinda like the Sailing Doodles eye candy approach
One giant elephant in the room nobody is talking about is the danger. If you buy a sailboat that “needs a little work” don’t sail anywhere other than a small lake. Corroded turnbuckles or delaminating chainplates won’t fail on a calm day, they will fail when the loads and stresses increase and you’re counting on them to keep your mast up in 30kts. A warn cutlass bearing won’t bother you after motoring for 15 minutes to your marina, it will fail when you need to motor for 3 hours to go 15 miles without wind, and seize up from heat, or worse yet vibrate so bad it starts leaking from the shaft. That jib sheet you ignored, that soft spot in the deck you feel, that gooseneck you swore you were gonna look at…must be dealt with BEFORE you actually sail. Join a sailing club, get certified, and sail big expensive newer boats that get maintained. At the end of the day you put it away and it’s someone else’s slip fee, maintenance cost etc.
The most expensive vessels I've seen are either cheap or free.