Hello, it's great to hear from someone who has a Sedna 24. I've been hoping another owner will get in touch. Yes, I think it's a really practical boat. I don't have the i40, instead, I have a Nasa Clipper 2.0 wireless wind, Nasa Clipper depth and GPSMAP® 723 with Chirp Sonar. The NASA Clipper Wind is connected to the chart plotter, so we have the more advanced wind displays which record the wind speed history and the Beaufort wind strength and the apparent wind. I have also fitted a Raymarine Tillerpilot ST1000, which is also connected to the chart plotter and will steer to the set course. Last weekend, we fitted a Webasto diesel air heater in the portside locker, so we now have heating. To power all the extra systems, we have a LiFos 65amp lithium battery, an 80-watt solar panel and a Rutland 504 wind generator. Where do you keep your Sedna 24?

Hi, sorry for the late answer. Our boat is now in a barn in the near of nuernberg. In some weeks we will bring it back to Lake Constance (Bodensee) where we have a Berth in Lindau. We equipped our boat with a Haswing Ultra 3.0 electric outboard engine, a DIY 260 ah LiFePo4-Pack and an additional CodeZero-Sail. I have some more questions to you: 1. Do you bought the anti-fouling coating together with the boat directly form the wharf? If yes, do you know what kind of AF it is? Self-polish, Hardcoat, PTFE.....? We want to apply a new AF-Coating and wants to know it it sticks on the old factory-coating. 2. The Swing-keel, a stainless Steel Sword isn´t fixed proper and have some laterally space. So it makes some noise when the boat is swaying and the keel hits the keelbox. Do you noticed this too? I´m not sure but I think this problem has got over the years even worse. 3. Where do you sail your boat mainly?

When the shroud failed the falling mast leveraged the forestay that connects to the 2 hulls. Rooted it!

Thats a tough break, that can happen to any cat, I’ve seen crumpled poly hulls like that. Somethings gotta give with a full sheet

Those stay points are engineered and built to withstand and upward tension load, NOT a lateral load.

Thank you for following my A-videos. This incident happened 7 years ago, I kept the video and didn't post it on YT in case I ever sold the boat. However, I mentioned what occurred to a friend and I decided to share it to help viewers check the clevis pins. The A-Cat was repaired.

@@MatthewBotfield Ohh okay then, I'm glad that it was possible to repair. Makes me a bit more comfortable in case something similar happens to my A-cat haha... Fair winds!

@@MatthewBotfieldyou would sell the boat without mentioning this?

Electric outboards are not as powerful as say an Honda 6HP petrol, but they serve a purpose when only electric outboards are permitted. Suggest you go to the epropulsion Facebook group and website for information. www.epropulsion.com/?gclid=Cj0KCQjw2qKmBhCfARIsAFy8buKI1VC1hgsBJeBWt3kdSP_JO6y7c5Od6X5mwO1yNZLn4k4wJG3MRmwaAhrbEALw_wcB

I can recommend the HASWING ULTIMA 3.0 with 900 Wh battery. It works well and its much cheaper then epropulsion or torqueedo. The Sedna 24 runs at full throttle nearly 3 knots for an half hour with it. Or 2 knots for one hour. Or 1 for four hours and so on...

I’m sailing in the Solent for one week this week. Tonight is our third night living onboard. The yacht has a 200cm x 140cm bed in the bow but narrows ideal for one adult. There is small children double on the port side next to the lounge table and a single child on the starboard side lounge seat. It has a fridge and 2 burner gas job, sink and cold water tap, which is on a 12v sea flow water pressure system. In the starboard side there is the enclosed heads (toilet) mirror window light a sink and a chemical toilet. Behind the steps and below the deck is a 220cm x 100cm double bed.

Wir haben zu viert, 2 Erwachsene, 2 Kinder, 11 Tage (PFinstferien 2022) auf dem Boot gewohnt und haben damit die Bucht von Triest zwischen Bibione und Triest erkundet. War eine tolle Zeit für die Kinder und mich. Die Frau war eher mäßig begeistert. Ein paar Nächte übers Wochenende geht aber allemal. Einhand fand ich eher schwierig, wenn man keinen Pinnenpilot wie Herr Botfield hier hat. Ohne Pinnenverlängerung kommt man nicht an die Fockschoten bzw. Winschen ohne das Ruder loslassen zu müssen. Schnelle Wenden sind somit nicht möglich.

Without the sails up the mast, motoring into the a 10-15knot breeze at full throttle speed was 3.2 knots. On a flat mirror lake no wind, with the sails up the mast at all at full throttle 7 knots was achieved.

@@MatthewBotfield Oh crazy. That is better than I expected for a 3hp electric motor on such a big boat. Thank you so much for the prompt reply :) much appreciated!

@@roberthaubt I will be uploading a video showing the yacht without the sails up the mast full power into the wind doing 3.2 knots from last Sunday. Although today it’s blowing a F5 so that will be a good test also.

@@MatthewBotfield looking forward to it :)

I would think it would, my Sedna 14 weighs 1800kgs and a J24 weighs1404kgs so it might go a little faster.

Yes, I do sail in 15 - 25 knots, at 6ft 7" 119kgs its an advantage over the deck sweep foilers who usually "drink tea" when its >20knots. What's the benefit of removing the rudder winglets. Are they there to prevent bow diving?

Try the manufacturer www.allenbrothers.co.uk/news_detail.asp?id=188 Or order on-line www.pinbax.com/index.asp?Details=44414&mc=Hardware&sc=Trapeze%20Gear&ssc=Keyball%20Trapeze%20Kit%20-%20Complete%20-%20Narrow and get it posted to you.

I sold my standard RS600 that was converted to foil and then bought one of the Full Force Boats built carbon fibre RS600FF's second hand, number 1008. New they were £10k second hand £5k. Noticeably lighter, stiffer and faster than the standard RS600 hull.

We all have to learn and the FF was a very difficult boat to sail and very fast 25kts. I had 5 great years sailing a 600FF.