I like Theo’s reviews. Great detail, well presented.

Did you learn to only use the main sail?

Nice boat you got in this MUSTO commercial).

Not being able to play the main from the helm is a deal breaker for any boat.

That main is a bit ridiculous...all for the sake of not having to put on reefs ? It's not a large, heavy boat...

Very reasonable spec, nice layout. I think the longitudinal galley is a big plus on a boat under 40ft. Love the garage in this 2-cabin version, as well as the very sensible bridle on the main and the swept spreader rig. This is all a proven no-fuss setup for easy single handing. For downwind work just reef the main and fly the code zero ... that this could be controversial at all is a mystery for armchair sailors to ponder. The downside: this interior has all the charm of a 1990s budget camping trailer. 🤢 I could live with it ... but the spec looks like a First model, not an Oceanis.

Excellent review. Nice weekender boat. However, we cruise and often spend a month on board, so this boat's bland interior is a disappointment, very IKEA'esque, and the master cabin is too small. Once you've had a full beam master cabin with walk around island double bed there is no going back to crawling up steps or over a berth. Also as some folk anchor out most nights on long passages, a forward V berth is not only small and relatively cramped but a noisy place sleeping over the wavelets hitting the bow. Mid or after cabin a nicer place to spend the night on anchor or a visitor mooring buoy. In the era of tablets and chart plotters a chart table just doesn't get used anymore, not even for pilot books when such is available online via tablet. Vital for us is a generator, microwave, electric hob, etc. We don't fit into the typical Benteau format, a deck saloon with large bright windows is more appealing and some darker mahogany traditional finish rather than bright veneer. To get the sort of features we want we probably need a 50ft or 55ft boat with all the sail controls and electric winches back to the cockpit.

Great to have such a full and detailed review video

Great video and excellent advise

Nice review Theo

Looks more like a very good breeze

Beautiful cottage on the water. They just slam bad on foul weather.

No mirror above the sink in the heads, somewhere else? Can’t buy this boat!! Wifey will not approve.

I’m just happy to see Theo back! I thought maybe him and Tobey had an anime style sailboat death match race and Theo lost. Glad I was wrong

Would be an ok boat if it had a 1. 50year old design (everyone knows they're the best) 2. No easy access to the water (canoe stern) 3. Single wheel and skeg hung rudder (can't be too safe with wild orcas around) 4. Way too bright in there... where is the dark wood everywhere?? 5. Way too wide. ALL good sailors know you need very narrow beam so that when you bounce around you don't fall into stuff. 6. Most importantly you need a full encapsulated keel to survive groundings. Also, 1 in every 2 keel bolts break every time (that's fact, not internet myth) So yea... not bad, but it's definitely not BLUE water or CLASSIC..... LOLOLOL Great job on the tour, covered it all really well. Amazing how far boats have progressed in just the last 30 years.

I think it's contessa time. wouldn't do this with a (new) bavaria

Thank you for this great, very detailed video. Please keep them coming, much appreciated

Such a good looking boat. I have a 2002 SO 40 which I love! (tour on my channel) I managed to get on the 37 at the boat show was great really like the hull windows you can look out. Had a floating apartment/hotel feel to it.

I like to see the market offering smallish boats. I understand that corners have to be cut in order to make them profitable, but not like this. The lack of backstay comes with a few problems, as presentend by Stocker, and I'm not sure wether the few bucs it saves are worth the trade-offs you'll have to deal with, and the lack of handrails is not a bug anymore, it's a feature of these boats unfortunatelly.

That’s the part I attach all my caving equipment to…..😂

40° spreader - would rather have the backstays then

I am glad to see that Beneteau have worked on the quality of their yachts. Back in the nineties I bought a 37 footer from them. After four years of legal wrangling they settled out of court. After two years the hull had osmosis and delamination and I was far from the only one. If fairness they had a bad couple of years back then with a load of legal claims. I took the money and stupidly bought an ex charter First 501 in St Maartin and brought her back to the UK. We spent a few pounds bringing her up to standard and had decades of trouble free sailing. I suppose I should be glad of a bit of hull rot after all.

Would have liked some video of it sailing. Otherwise a good presentation. Loved the understate “reasonably cozy.”

The skippers write up on the jester challenge page brought me here to say thanks for sharing his learnings! Lots of good points raised.

Excellent, thank you!

Top notch video. Thanks for the useful info.

You come out of winds like that and you get the full body shaky nerves for a god 30 minutes after! Keep some drink onboard and hit it afterward to pull yourself together!

Shouldn’t the prussic line be thinner than the standing rope?

Excellent point about the touchscreens. What are some alternatives?

Life jackets are good, but also cold-water survival suits are a must! If you end up immersed in cold water, you won't last long without it. I see you mention something later about waterproof clothes. Could you expand on that?

You could skip the annoying music! The wind is music enough!

Wonder what happened to Chris he awesome

Splendid.

The real gem of this video in my humble opinion is the winch trick to properly set the diamond. Very well done & probably the best video I've found on making soft shackles of the 2 dozen or so I've watched to date. Since I don't believe destruction testing is part of this channel's motives HowNOT2 has an excellent series on pulling to failure many samples of this to validate their strength.

She's so comfortable on a boat.

jalan-jalan. Great name. Malay/Indonesian means go for a walkabout.

This dude looks like the dude from ArtAttack.

This is a good informative lecture, nicely delivered by an expert who really knows his stuff (Unlike many self appointed experts on KZbin!). Also good that he talks to us respectfully, assuming we have common sense. Well Done and Thankyou.

Even Jason Statham had trouble. You knew that some Sun Fizz have one or two layers of Kevlar fabric under flotation. It is. Ignorant and cursed

The legend says that these guys were cursed for life by the sailing boats for the suffering involved. As well as all Sun Fizz

No words. Just... Thank you.

No one, but those with excess disposable income plus on the water boredom, is going to pay over 200K for this day boat. The coffin bunk is categorically not a double. The only usp on this boat is the sailing speed.

A bit plain for the price.

Hey!! You’re the cool bloke that covered AC37!! Love your content keep up the good work mate!! Cheers!!

It's astonishing going to the north and comparing pictures taken a couple of years apart and not be shocked. It is hard to understand the impact of what you see there compared to what you hear or see about.

If data was so at the center of this, what exactly was measured?

it can be exhausting, but it's very satisfying and fun sailing in rough weather high wind speed conditions.

....."little cruiser"?

And it didnt last 1 hr in the water

…just heave to and enjoy the ride😂🤣⛵️⛵️⛵️