Is This Our New Sailboat?

[@AnnekeSnyders]

Hi John, such a beautiful sailboat!! If that's the boat for you it will work out in the end, I'm sure. I actually find this different as initially planned content interesting. You are showing the hard work and the reality of what it takes to accomplish one's dreams. You are brave enough to learn new skills, work hard, stay positive and still enjoy the journey towards your goal. Don't be hard on yourself, the channel will become all you dreamed of in due time. I'm proud of you and I don't even know you personally!! You are such an inspiration to young people and people your age especially... we tend to give up on our dreams when we hit 50...thanks for giving the spark to start working towards my dream with new passion. Have a great day John and best of luck to you.

[@JohnFrasersWildLife]

These are the comments that I live for when it comes to this project. Thank you for being here and thank you for these beautiful words. 🙏

[@jonelliott9553]

Never doubted the goal for even a second, John. The path to Scotland has an interesting turn in it now that’s going to add more content and beauty to this channel. Cheers.

[@JohnFrasersWildLife]

Definitely more beauty!

[@driftstone]

She's a beaut. I hope you can make it work!

[@JohnFrasersWildLife]

@@driftstone we’re doing all that we can right now, Eric. It may be this boat or another. The universe will decide! 🙂

[@scottireland5414]

Enjoying your videos. Fixing up a sailboat myself. That classic S&S sailed wonderfully, but will it be a live aboard suitable boat for a couple? What is its draft?

[@JohnFrasersWildLife]

@@scottireland5414 I asked…I think it’s 7’. It is a 43’ boat. Seems like a lot of living space? We’ll see…a lot of money. Paying for kauri wood, cold-molded, and a classic design. But it sails like it looks!

[@scottireland5414]

​@JohnSchneidersWildLife Slip fees for a boat that length? What about insurance for a boat that old? Geeze, I'm starting to sound like my wife.

[@JohnFrasersWildLife]

Insurance doesn’t have much to do with age. Just if you’re wanting replacement insurance and the value. And the survey.

[@MYNautiGirl]

Beautiful boat and it looked like a fantastic day for sailing! Good luck with making it work. I might have some teak work that needs doing if you ever come to Vancouver. Also possible I can meet up with you around Canoe Cove sometime on my adventures.

[@JohnFrasersWildLife]

Oh yes…please do come for a visit. I’ll be doing more cruising in August too.

[@michaelboom7704]

Nice boat!

[@JohnFrasersWildLife]

@@michaelboom7704 right?! A little rough inside. But Mary and I were looking for something of a project. We both like woodworking and finishing.

[@magdakaniewski]

Which design of sparkman and stephens is this boat? I have a sistership of the first distant shores boat. Similar lines and sails just as well.

[@JohnFrasersWildLife]

That is a good question. Made in New Zealand l, Kauri Wood, cold-molded. 1963. That’s what I know so far.

[@magdakaniewski]

How many feet long and wide? Draft?

[@JohnFrasersWildLife]

@magdakaniewski 43’ long. Not sure of beam.

[@fgb3126]

So, is the basic difference that of length? A longer boat is more stable and rides easier? You did not tell us the length of the Avenger II did you? If so I missed it. But your boat, the Vie Sauvage, is a 30 footer correct? If so that is the same length of James' Triteia. And his boat is really rough in any kind of sea. It really rolls. As yours seems to be. So if I am on the right track here, then no matter what you do, no matter how you sail her, a smaller boat is just going to be a poorer sailing vessel?

[@JohnFrasersWildLife]

Such great questions. Lots of details go into comfort in the open ocean. Weight, beam, length. Length of keel (draft). A longer boat is faster. Period. A heavier boat is more stable. So the longer and heavier the boat, the more comfortable it is. That’s my rudimentary understanding of things. There is actually a comfort index and a capsize index that boats have. Vie Sauvage is actually right on the cusp of being in range of what is typically considered “blue-water” when it comes to these indexes.