Bluewater sailing, sailing full time, Budget Bluewater sailboat

Thanks mate 👍.

Very nice :)

Sweet craft…

What rating do sailboats that are meant for ocean crossing/circumnavigation have? And can someone explain why a CEB is only utilized for coastal cruising. Thanks

Hello, I've noticed that Sailing Nomad Citizen have a large squid logo on their beneteau 473. I wonder if they got inspired by your squid logo.

For the potatoes that say the 473 cant do 11knts, it becomes apparent you lack real world sailing experience, its well known the sail formula to get maximum hull speed is total nonsense. the little 1.34 x lwl is nonsense and always has been , ask any yacht designer, its well know they often go much faster. reason this happens is that a boat’s stern can be designed to significantly suppress its stern wave, which helps to make the hole created by the wave trough when traveling at speed smaller, and also to increase buoyancy aft, which helps keep the stern from falling into the hole in the first place. Stern sections capable of doing this have overhangs that exit the water at a steep angle, usually 15 degrees or less (this helps suppress the stern wave), and are beamy with lots of increased volume aft (which increases flotation).


If a boat with a stern like this is relatively light and has a flat, shallow hull, it will also be very capable of getting on top of the water and planing when conditions are right, in which case it ceases--temporarily, at least--to have a displacement hull and may exceed its nominal hull speed by a very large margin. Indeed, many lighter-displacement boats with flat bottoms are capable of planing to some extent, regardless of how their sterns are configured. And even quite heavy boats with narrow sterns and lots of deadrise in their hulls will sometimes experience extremely gratifying surges over hull speed when plunging down large wave faces as they sail downwind in strong seas.

The hull speedvisnt 11 knots , in a mega tide it may go that fast ,

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Beneteau 473

Yachtworld should pay you for the traffic you send to their site! The 473 in Fort Lauderdale is sweet at just over $150k. Get the diesel overhauled and head south forever. Well, steam clean all cushions and mattresses too.

Thanks for the great review. I've had my eye on that sailboat for some time. When I get more experience I'll buy one, get it set up for blue water sailing and take off around the world.

May be the best beneteau ever build👍🤔

nice boat. Dunno where the obsession with the size of the water tank comes from? Water maker all day, f*** that humongous water tanks.

Thank you!

Glad to see you touch base on the 473. This boat is at the top of my list for that price point and what it has to offer.

Thanks for the wonderfull dreams I'll be having tonight.

On my budget this is by far the best option...I love this boat and I agree it is too dark inside!

Nice vessel. The only problem is I would feel like a peanut riding an elephant cruising around on that rig.

Love this boat. Love the dark interior

Cheaper in Europe than in the States

It is a pity it comes w/ single rudder (no skeg). Nice vessel indeed. Did they produce it with cutter rigging configuration?

My first dream, beautiful, well made and capable. Your confirmation on soloing sealed the deal. 😀.
Saving every day....

for the algo

Can I put the producer title on my resume

Can you do a video about boat paint / designs

This proves beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

I have always liked these yachts

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