Great video. I love the ending. Reminds me of the story of the captain that declared he knew every sandbar in these waters and as the boat runs aground he says" There is one of them now."
@tammerlan5 жыл бұрын
Still one of the best Ocean Cruising Videos ever.
@alexandertataryn36606 жыл бұрын
One of the most beautiful sailboats I have ever seen! Spectacular!
@zzzxxzzz47977 жыл бұрын
I've watched this video many times and it never gets old ! Thanks for sharing 😎
@annasophie16399 жыл бұрын
Sailing is the ultimate form of freedom!
@timschmitt75507 жыл бұрын
sure, especially if one inherits like 5 billion dollars
@Aron-ru5zk7 жыл бұрын
ein Mensch you don't need 5 billon dollars 😂😂
@samiirai6 жыл бұрын
how the fuck are these people sailing? they on a damn cruise
@nickjunes6 жыл бұрын
I think flying a spaceship would be, but we'd need a few new pieces of tech like anti-aging, faster engines, or stasis chambers. If we invent anti-aging today we can all live to see that reality.
@bicyclist25 жыл бұрын
I agree.
@proxbimcginley50855 жыл бұрын
Epic run. Time moves way to fast in these situations. What an awesome memory to top!
@mrnoodley12 жыл бұрын
Amazing. Wally sure makes a beautiful boat. What an adventure!
@johncole7618 жыл бұрын
I don't even know how many times i have watched this video. I will own this boat some day
@88malibu888 жыл бұрын
at least 5 times each year haha
@raoulduke8068 жыл бұрын
you need 14million dollars... its quite expensive..
@patrickmurphy38 жыл бұрын
Right there with you. At least 15-20 times on this one. Good motivation in the morning while I have some coffee.
@maxb14017 жыл бұрын
"I call Monica Paolazzi at Wally in Monaco to check on a report that the 23.99m Indio has been sold and she confirms that the yacht now has a new owner and a new name. Built in 2004 to a Bruce Farr design, Indio accommodates up to seven guests in a master suite, a double and a twin cabin plus a Pullman berth. She was on the market at an asking price of €3.75 million and Wally acted for both the buyer and seller. Indio’s new name is Inti." -27 May 2009 by Malcolm MacLean (boat international . com) 24m original price, sold for close to 4m to (3rd? owner) wondering why 14m was mentioned by IC BM? )InterContinental Ballistic Misshile? lol
@bordekok85117 жыл бұрын
John Cole same
@julieta2035 жыл бұрын
Great video guys you made it look so easy! Im just learning to sail and hope I get an opportunity to crew a boat like this one day. Gorgeous boat my favorite builder.
@Cdplayr698 жыл бұрын
so interesting how everyone is from different places and they all speak english and work on the same boat. really an amazing video
@RachaelRobertsonSpkr12 жыл бұрын
Vain? no way - these guys are professional sailors... love the grounding! Great video!
@scifredelys87847 жыл бұрын
J’adore cette vidéo,, je la regarde une fois par semaine depuis 6 mois !! Beautiful boat Beautiful people
@codysp8 жыл бұрын
This is what dreams are made of!
@randomwithreno554 жыл бұрын
This was absolutely fascinating - I hate sail boating lol but I love watching it. I was introduced to it poorly like....... "hey my friends boyfriend has a boat, asked us to take a ride with them, Interested? I think it would be nice" to where I replied "sure dear" long story short...... worked the whole time 😡 never been again since. I did watch this whole video and it was incredible. The chemistry of you all, the dedication and commitment - bravo 👏🏼
@konafan779 жыл бұрын
Beautiful. They are living the life.
@leroyhovatter70514 жыл бұрын
The rich life of billionaires.
@vincent54 жыл бұрын
@@leroyhovatter7051 only 1 guy onboard is rich you donkey
@andreflavell26894 жыл бұрын
The lady owner has great taste . Beautiful yacht that brings so much joy . We need rich people like this as gives inspiration
@5amH45lam4 жыл бұрын
Yep, rich female owner and friends employ the services of some hand-picked handsome deckhands to pilot craft across the Atlantic! Fair play, lady! Like your style!
@cmdmd2 жыл бұрын
She carefully selected her parents.
@savinglillianbayadventures26618 жыл бұрын
great video fun crew good memories !!
@scottmccullough803011 жыл бұрын
I don't think you comprehend how skilled you have to be to get on a AC team...just a grinder. Every storm cycle changes the depth and moves sand around. What was once deep enough could the next year be too shallow.
@scotverdin94014 жыл бұрын
How many times have I watched this!!
@POLYBEARSNM334 жыл бұрын
I have seen this video over a hundred times. Love it. I know all the tunes and everything lmao.
@HerrSpuzzmacher11 жыл бұрын
Looks like it was an awesome trip, with high ups & mellow downs. That's the best you can hope for on any expedition! ...It's funny how getting bored on a yacht seems unthinkable when you're stuck on land.
@ErikB6054 жыл бұрын
I wanted to experience soccer so I bought a team and partied while they played.
@marcuswernersson3323 жыл бұрын
The best idea
@garminbozia2 жыл бұрын
That is literally what all old billionaires do (football, cheeseburger football, rugby, basketball etc)
@vincent5 Жыл бұрын
You would also do it if you had the money
@ErikB605 Жыл бұрын
@@vincent5 If I had that kind of money I would much rather buy an old americas cup yacht and sail it with my friends. I think the crew have more fun than the people hiring them and watching them sail while drinking champagne.
@seveno111 жыл бұрын
Wonderful to see people enjoying the sea like this ...thanks for the video ...
@mr1122548 жыл бұрын
Acoustic guitar sounds great. Agree with the sleep thing. #1 eat right #2 sleep. You're the most important piece of equipment on the boat. Take care of it.
@evillivemisfit66611 жыл бұрын
Sublime , wish i was there!!! Awesome crew , and beautiful vessel
@pr0230m9 жыл бұрын
Nice Video... Magnificent Boat !
@benderrodriguez94064 жыл бұрын
Fantastic! Champagne sailing! Wish I were there 👍🍾
@2011blueman9 жыл бұрын
6:55 The massive hat wearing species is best avoided if you want to keep your money in the divorce.
@fantabuloussnuffaluffagus9 жыл бұрын
+Leggo My Ego Pretty certain Anja has more dosh than you.
@2011blueman9 жыл бұрын
***** yes, and she got that way because a guy didn't heed my advice.
@brucetoews51079 жыл бұрын
+Leggo My Ego I think she got rich by choosing her parents carefully.
@2011blueman9 жыл бұрын
Bruce Toews not sure I care...that's not where the joke is.
@Aron-ru5zk6 жыл бұрын
Leggo My Ego it would be the man making off with half of her stuff in this case
@DavidThompsonWildEireland12 жыл бұрын
Continue to enjoy and excel - yall lookin brilliant - have a great passage .......
@MrHimypeeps10 жыл бұрын
the life of the rich ladies and gentleman...
@emanigol649 жыл бұрын
MrHimypeeps More like rich lady and gentlemen...
@robshookphoto9 жыл бұрын
MrHimypeeps Two are rich. The rest are crew.
@jawadad8026 жыл бұрын
I'm sure she worked very hard to own a boat like that at the age of 40 ...
@MikeRthe16 жыл бұрын
Shannons got money but not wally money
@jawadad8026 жыл бұрын
the irony obviously got waisted on you...?
@sendercorp8 жыл бұрын
Beautiful video, very nice boat, thank you kindly.
@peternorton76658 жыл бұрын
The music awesome !!!
@blakerwalk10 жыл бұрын
Pure sailporn. This is the most adeptly filmed party I have yet seen.
@disabledglobalchallenge2905 жыл бұрын
Wow, what a beautiful yacht. Just a little too big for me to Sail single-handed in my pending plan to be the first disabled female to sail single-handed around the world !!
@mtnslyr5 жыл бұрын
Crew in silly hat and sunglasses drinking and dancing: “This is real tough yachting!”
@alexhayward14424 жыл бұрын
it was obviously sarcasm, bruh
@vincent54 жыл бұрын
Are you fucking stupid?
@shananagans58 жыл бұрын
Hey, that looks like the bottle that got caught in my cooling water intake & caused my boat to burn. :) lol Looks like great fun. I guess a big fast boat, plenty of crew & supplies makes all the difference.
@Audfile8 жыл бұрын
professional sailer: "big dolphin looking whales"
@LifeIsJustARide856 жыл бұрын
Well, I think all Dolphins are in fact Whales, like Zebras are Horses.
@martialme846 жыл бұрын
+Audfile So? He´s a sailor. He´s not a marine biologist.
@jupitorious79254 жыл бұрын
They are yachties... May have been back packers and found work on a yacht and now call themselves sailors....
@donaldvanvliet90394 жыл бұрын
It's not a dumb description at all, those looked like beaked whales, you should google how they look...something between a whale and a big doplhin.
@thebro9124 жыл бұрын
@@jupitorious7925 You must not know what VOR stands for...
@Sutcliffe37111 жыл бұрын
Shannon is living my dream, first VOR Puma now jst out there having a blast. Good for him.
@opcn189 жыл бұрын
There is a speck on the lens at about @11:30(1/3rd of the way down from the top left corner to the bottom right corner) and I kept trying to clean it off my screen!
@robertforget96845 жыл бұрын
Great work Vernon. Hope it's not too expensive to fix your bowsprit support!. Winter seems like it just started here in February, The temp is in the minus at night! It's slowing progress a bit. I wanna get out of here by the end of March! I'm gonna watch ep 59 now. Cheers.
@Ambrosiamovies6 жыл бұрын
Did they lose the captain on the way or did he do too much coke ? First part is him not sleeping for couple of days and lifting sails and second part bunch of other people coke up and party but the captain is nowhere in sight.
@malloott5 жыл бұрын
Lol, I think they didn't notice him falling overboard at some point of this trans Atlantic party cruise, its hard to notice these things over the sound of how important these people find themselves.
@stupidyank4 жыл бұрын
Quality music onboard. No doubt and sublime. Someone from so cal was definitely on board...
@georgerelax730210 жыл бұрын
that's how I drive...sleepless..full of adrenaline..
@dscott33312 жыл бұрын
Love this! even the mid crossing party!!great sound track as well!! Not to worry about your grounding.. everyone has done it a few times.. I hope you didnt damage her! She's a beaut! not easy to catch a fish travelling that fast.. its better to catch a few bait fish at the port before you leave.. freeze them until you want to fish.. then once thawed use the blood and juice as CHUM.. to tickle the nose of your tuna or Mahi mahi.. all the best!!
@markfliegner5 жыл бұрын
risk of grounding is always high with a 5m deep keel!!! It happened a few times actually, when trying to get into shallow anchorage to secure that "dream" spot!!!! It happens... no damage, it was soft sand/mud, sticky shit when you have a T shape bulb. That is why we had to use some Hp to pull her out...
@ogDoit5 жыл бұрын
1:12 Name of sunglasses i need them
@HanxHeez5 жыл бұрын
Oakley
@markfliegner5 жыл бұрын
i think they were the oil drum model by Oakley... but they don't make these anymore.... and I lost those pair over the side anyway!!!
@ogDoit5 жыл бұрын
@@markfliegner ahh to bad then i realy liked those and oakleys are pretty expansive to but thx anyways
@ceounicom11 жыл бұрын
In high winds like that a helmsman is constantly adjusting the trim of the boat and sails relative to the true wind to maintain a straight line, and maintain optimal pressure on the sails so that the wind isn't steering the boat for you. When the boat is heeling hard the wind begins to exert more force on the tiller (you see how he's hauling hard on the wheel when the boat is heeled?... then releasing and letting the boat stand more upright to get the sails back in the higher wind?) Its an art.
@justdoi89096 жыл бұрын
This boat may be worth between 4 to 30M but they still have a poorly cut foresail fouling on the safety rail.
@kingrobert1st6 жыл бұрын
I noticed that...bunch of amateurs!
@maddoc686 жыл бұрын
Lol
@dhatim15 жыл бұрын
It should cost a max of 2 million.
@leftvassis5 жыл бұрын
@@dhatim1 it costs more than that
@dhatim15 жыл бұрын
@@leftvassis my bad, i just noticed the brand !!
@wilkinsonyachtbrokerUK6 жыл бұрын
this short video really does make it look like an awesome time. i did the crossing on a motor yacht, it took longer than usual because the sea was extremely rough for the most part. had to stop off in the azores for fuel. but i wouldnt want to do it again. 14 days of endless rough steaming. granted there were a few gorgeous days but in general not a pleasant experience. only thing i can take from it is to say that ive done it.
@charoox4 жыл бұрын
just in case you hadn't noticed, its not a motor yacht
@Audfile8 жыл бұрын
damn that boat is good looking
@GYBEHO11 жыл бұрын
Hi Guys. Great video. I never even knew you made it. I am coming with on the next one. Bisous.
@karislindvall61815 жыл бұрын
Is it really sailing if you can trim the sails by pushing a button?
@count73405 жыл бұрын
Does it have a sail?
@ZoulousProductions4 жыл бұрын
sailing can be lots of thing, why always bragging ?
@alamos84 жыл бұрын
That is like if it is driving if you can start the engine pushing a button and you have power steering instead of spinning a handle and have direct steering. This yatch is a cruiser-racer, but cruiser after all, more time than racer
@jim53454 жыл бұрын
Yes
@davidnl82068 жыл бұрын
Cool boat, cool music and cool people
@laurentcoden57628 жыл бұрын
Imagine a transatlantic onboard the wally 164ft "better place", wawww
@MrMedicAdnan11 жыл бұрын
Trimming the sails on that boat must be so HARD ON YOUR FINGERS, MAN O MAN ... How did you guys menage?
@MohammedSalahlogatyPro9 жыл бұрын
I was looking in the comments for people talking seriously about sailing .. most of you are just jealous or what ?
@jeanfrancoislecointe54727 жыл бұрын
Yey this my point of view too !
@anfobomb12 жыл бұрын
10.00 and forward that sailing makes me smile and get a funny feeling. I really want to sail now. I miss the sea soo much!
@davidbuschhorn653910 жыл бұрын
1.7 times the square root of the waterline length gives you the maximum speed for a displacement hull. In other words, a longer boat is faster. :-) (Assuming your sailors know what they are doing and the boat is rigged properly, which if you are racing across the Atlantic... it had better be.) :-)
@hamburking10 жыл бұрын
With big waves and big winds astern, you will likely exceed hullspeed. Its a thrill. Its a rollercoaster that lasts for days and you can't get off.
@davidbuschhorn65399 жыл бұрын
Dave Hamburger To exceed the hull speed, the boat must climb over its own bow wave. That is how "planing" occurs. Essentially, your waterline must be shorter than the boat's bow wave. You can imagine how fast a 100' boat would need to be going to have that happen :-)
@robertmaes989 жыл бұрын
It's 1.34 X square root of the waterline, not 1.7
@davidbuschhorn65399 жыл бұрын
Robert M you are correct, sir!
@Chevelle4059 жыл бұрын
I really want to experience this someday sailing on such a sail yacht, Beautiful video & enjoyed watching it!
@fr3ds4t8 жыл бұрын
If I had 2 dollars for each view of this video...I'd own this boat...maybe :(
@fr3ds4t8 жыл бұрын
Well...maybe 12$ each view might suffice
@scotverdin94014 жыл бұрын
Quarantined in Seattle, watching this for the1000th time...save me
@SwagMaster-fq8qg8 жыл бұрын
That owner is a babe.
@barrylyndon808 жыл бұрын
She is the heir of a pharmaceutical concern in Italy
@miskom.50548 жыл бұрын
she is stunning
@hardwolf56 жыл бұрын
Whats her name?
@Andre-os7kj5 жыл бұрын
@@barrylyndon80 Mafia or camorra?
@ChesapeakeBay8910 жыл бұрын
That would be fun as hell to do. Sail on a great looking and performing boat, with good people, listening to some good music.
@moebiusdune11157 жыл бұрын
Skipper-4 hours sleep in 4 days?????WTF???
@turbstlcards11 жыл бұрын
Sublime is what I'd be listening too on this trip!
@willadams4045 жыл бұрын
what song by sublime is it?
@TomConstable8 жыл бұрын
I donʻt think anyone has noticed but at 10:08 there is a whale breaching!
@eceeastcoast10 жыл бұрын
Cool crossing , nice job !
@pyrykek9 жыл бұрын
what's this language ?? norwegian, swedish ?
@SuperMrminecraftdude9 жыл бұрын
The narrator, Gustav, is speaking swedish
@cocokikic57776 жыл бұрын
I think it's swahili
@myfz612 жыл бұрын
this has to be one of the best videos i have ever seen on sailing i am so serious. I love this video
@apexxxx104 жыл бұрын
*Jawohl, das stimmt wirklich. Sagt Johnny "Der Schattenparker" direkt aus Bangkok* kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIK9f4KsfqqBbZo
@davidbuschhorn653910 жыл бұрын
They're like "pan-crepes" :-)
@foodrelated7 жыл бұрын
Great video Gustav!!
@DaScheissIchDrauf6 жыл бұрын
sometimes you see a person and you think immediatly, how you say, uncongenial? in this case almost a whole sailing crew, almost.
@anthonypropst18185 жыл бұрын
psycho babble non-sense.
@TheSteinbitt4 жыл бұрын
I guess when you’re angry, happiness annoys you;)
@bradjohnson31407 жыл бұрын
hell yea jammin out to old school Sublime. These guys are badass
@Szymas9310 жыл бұрын
5:03 name song?
@andreasgrn328410 жыл бұрын
Darude - Sandstorm
@Szymas9310 жыл бұрын
Andreas Grøn Spierdalaj! :)
@Jeroens13139 жыл бұрын
***** equality - give it to us!
@ante13377 жыл бұрын
kzbin.info/www/bejne/en_Zc5qse9Zlm8k
@jlfelber110 жыл бұрын
Looks like a lot of fun. Wish I were there.
@budsimpson28536 жыл бұрын
"This is real tough yachting." They really look exhausted, don't they?
@michaelredmond33346 жыл бұрын
Bud Simpson can you not tell that it is sarcasm, most of these people have sailed in the VOR, they know what real hard sailing is.
@vincent54 жыл бұрын
IT IS A JOKE
@lifeislikesailing11 жыл бұрын
Great video and looks like eberyone had an awesome time! I'm always busy sailing and making videos of my little C&C 34 in the Vancouver, BC area, but boy what I would do to make a crossing liem
@steveducell21587 жыл бұрын
hhhuummm take 2 of these hulls, and put a trampoline between them and you have one hell of a cat
@Ecoenergy11 жыл бұрын
Brilliant, should be more of these types of vessels competing. well done.
@count73405 жыл бұрын
That's a gorgeous boat. Shame about the crew.
@abronzeado201012 жыл бұрын
Great video, splendour boat and beautiful girls!!!
@jmorrison14447 жыл бұрын
Rich kids of Instagram strikes again !
@tristan6406 жыл бұрын
Eh, maybe some of them, but others are pros. The Volvo Ocean Race is pretty tough!
@maddoc686 жыл бұрын
Spoiled brats
@Imunderpar4win6 жыл бұрын
Amazing how much water is on this planet
@trond11046 жыл бұрын
No life vests.... I guess they make it too difficult to keep up a macho image
@axeledwards41625 жыл бұрын
I don’t think you’d want to be wearing a life vest for 10 days while sailings a boat either
@bh86715 жыл бұрын
Trond Strømme and your just proved you have never been on a yacht in your life. Nice ignorance. Moron.
@alvinski10012 жыл бұрын
Nicely done... hey, there's no dishonor running aground when you have a long fin keel, and it's fun hanging out on the boom... what's the draft on Indio?
@derekhughes2445 жыл бұрын
Guarantee the owner knows not a thing about sailing
@franzaugust83811 жыл бұрын
yeah looks like a very tough crossing! its more like holiday on such a boat!
@vickiebalbiani80610 жыл бұрын
Sailing on this boat is not a sport at all, it is like crossing on a containership
@hamburking10 жыл бұрын
The smaller the boat, the bigger the adventure. And the longer the crossing. Most 40-50 foot sailboats take a week longer to cross.
@ZoneTelevision6 жыл бұрын
Unless you're on an Open 40 Class or a Trimaran.
@roux55106 жыл бұрын
Add 20mmore knots then they start to move
@scottmccullough803011 жыл бұрын
To add to your answer: The sea is not flat so the guy at the wheel tries to correct for this to keep a nice heading. Also as the wind load on the front and back sails changes the boat will want to turn a bit, making for active steering at all times. This wind changes as you go up and down the swells in the ocean.
@MtnGuyMike11 жыл бұрын
kind of pissed me off that you threw shit into the ocean...
@MtnGuyMike11 жыл бұрын
Cris Steg Chris, you are absolutely right. #1 it IS horrible and #2 yes you can dump just about anything if you are far enough from shore. Doesn't mean you should though. Yea its just one bottle but its still trash adding to the already immense amount of garbage already in the water. I might sound like a hippie but I'm far from it. I just like to see people respecting their environment.
@Jeroens131311 жыл бұрын
***** You obviously don't understand the idea of throwing a bottle into the ocean during an atlantic crossing...
@Tjita111 жыл бұрын
Okay, so, it's a glass bottle. Glass is a natural material, as is for example metal. Plastics however, is not. Secondly, it's a message in a bottle. Ever heard of those?
@badfireman1310 жыл бұрын
Tjita1 Besides, it's not any kind of bottle !! It's Ruinart Champagne :)
@dustoin138610 жыл бұрын
Cruise ships are allowed to dump all their glass bottles in the ocean, I don't think the glass is so bad. It's the plastic that makes its way into the ocean that's bad.
@herregud211 жыл бұрын
Two of the girls (not that hard to spot witch ones) are the owner and a friend. But the rest were all world class sailors. But of course this race is more of a cruice than an actual race
@braaapindustries91906 жыл бұрын
It was all good until they started throwing stuff into the ocean not cool
@paul-andremichaud62905 жыл бұрын
totally stupid and irresponsible
@Toob415 жыл бұрын
One little glass bottle, oh come on. Ships, fishermen, entire countries dump hundreds of tons of plastic and crap into it every day. Message in a bottle is a tradition and it's either going to float or sink but it's not going to harm anyone or anything. Sure it didn't look good but your car does more damage to the planet in an hour, everything around you that you buy and use is mostly non-biodegradable and can harm animals and the planet - a little glass bottle is the least of our worries. The antifoul eroding on the bottom of the boat is more toxic to wildlife.
@Will3PK3 жыл бұрын
very nice filming!
@CO-kd6sd7 жыл бұрын
It was cool until they started throwing shit in the ocean
@Aron-ru5zk7 жыл бұрын
Co Co it's glass it's harmless we get glass from the sea for fuck sakes
@jasperasis52097 жыл бұрын
Co Co ...glass breaks down back to sand where it belongs...
@kparker24305 жыл бұрын
i agree - these guys act like rich pricks - chucking shit in the ocean is disrespectful - are there decent sailors running the boat while the rich faces eat sushi, do naff fashion and get photographed?
@ΧρήστοςΜπελιδης9 жыл бұрын
what a fantastic boat!!love it!!!
@78thebest4 жыл бұрын
One of the worst example of sailing I’ve ever seen.
@dilligaf02204 жыл бұрын
And the last time you were sailing with a boat speed of 25kts+ was when again? On what? There are worse ways to spend two weeks than a TRANSAT on a Wally with Volvo level crew. Better ones, sure, but nothing was broken. No broken records, and no broken boats. Even you have to admit there are worse ways to spend two weeks.
@ogDoit Жыл бұрын
And why is that ?
@emanigol649 жыл бұрын
What a beautiful boat.
@agradina746810 жыл бұрын
thats why comrades we need comunism.
@MegaDanbo10 жыл бұрын
You jealous,"comrade"?
@mariamahubscher316210 жыл бұрын
kj
@TheSteinbitt6 жыл бұрын
So we can have less nice things? lol
@apexxxx104 жыл бұрын
@@MegaDanbo *Try Bungee Jumping in RED Communist CHINA* kzbin.info/www/bejne/rIK9f4KsfqqBbZo
@poly_hexamethyl3 жыл бұрын
0:27 That VOR sailor sitting on the port gunwhale better be careful, he might hurt his finger pushing buttons to trim the sails... :-)
@c5back95 жыл бұрын
Sail to enjoy peace, quiet, and the rhythm of the sea, then when finally miles from other sources of noise, you decide to pollute the mood by blasting rubbish on your sound system. Argh!
@taraig11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video, it keeps me inspired with my schooling and goals. Its mass nice to see young people, both women and men working on the ship together. I loved seeing the boredom and play, the music and focus. My questions: When you're in a swell do you use your body as a counter balance, is it effective? (I've never sailed with more then 2 other people) Did you catch fish? Would you rather race or take your time. If take your time, how long would you expect it to take in such a ship? -tara
@damooo410134 жыл бұрын
Haha I can only answer one question but on a boat this large, the human weight means next to nothing. They have a keel (heavy weight below the water line) that probably weighs a few tons that provides all the counterbalance they need