On test: Hallberg Rassy 64 | Yachting World

Yachting World's Elaine Bunting puts the new flagship Hallberg-Rassy bluewater cruiser to the test. For the full report and conclusions, visit bit.ly/1XSwkmq
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[@michaelfiedler1419]

Definitely one of the finest boat manufacturers in the world.

[@kreitmeierwalter617]

Von allen Typen verschiedenster Hersteller war mir die HR die liebste in allen Wetterlagen. Ihre Ausgewogenheit, Ihre Verarbeitung, Ihr Konzept, Ihre sichere Bedienbarkeit, waren mir zu allen Zeiten und in jeder Situationen ein Garant für einen guten Trip. Es gibt viele gute Fahrtenyachten, viele tolle Innovationen, viele luxuriöse und sichere Yachten, aber nur wenige die alles in sich vereinigen, die Hallberg Rassy ist eine der besten unter ihnen.

[@michaeldouglas6872]

You would think would go more in to detail on such a flagship Hallberg Rassy, annoying music , and some close ups on wood work and chairs? love to see a more technical review , engine room, actual sail handling, galley use, etc. not just a history of HR and armchair joinery chat

[@radbcc]

Excellent woodworking review... thanks...

[@andre1987eph]

Nice Music! Love it. 👍

[@HHammer0422]

Where was the "test" part?

[@slasha86]

Where were the galley, head, cabins?

[@johngower4164]

Oh for the days, and presenters, who tested the boat...not the upholstery.

[@kurtkristiansen5182]

please remove the horrible noise which i guess is suppose to be music!

[@1suerte]

best music is NO music!

[@sharpfocus5]

Noise pollution !

[@Till113]

great video, but the music is really annoying

[@nightowl4703]

Überheld , the music is shuck

[@andrewlabat9963]

God dang that's one big ass wheel..!!

[@UguysRnuts]

Hey SYScottiey, if you're referring to the hitch in the end of the main sheet, go ahead and splice yours. I prefer to 'end for end' my main sheet annually. As far as your wanting to know the sailing characteristics of the 64', if you've sailed another Hallberg Rassy, you'll know what to expect, the same only bigger.Thankfully, Hallberg Rassy build 'evolutionary' yachts, not 'revolutionary' ones.

[@SuperMrminecraftdude]

I like you shot the interior but you should show sailing and interior not only one of them

[@richardhanson2235]

This reminds me, I have to buy my Power Ball ticket for next drawing.

[@SYScottiey]

Oh no I mean in the Halyards. The Spinnaker halyard is usually spliced but HR put a riggers knot in the ones that I have seen on various HR boats.

[@luisgasparinho1]

What a boat !

[@73h73373r357]

I feel like she left something important out. In the beginning of the video she said "provided all the systems are working it's a real treat to sail". Seems like she wouldn't have put it that way had she not and undue problems with the thing.

[@user-mp8mu5fe4f]

One of the system didn't work and they had to go back .. Read it in the website.

[@ljd8520]

Something to aspire to.

[@SYScottiey]

hR love those riggers knots!! Whats wrong with a good old splice?! Still yet to see an HR with a carbon mast!

[@UguysRnuts]

This boat has no spinnaker, but if one were added, it would probably be built by HOOD, the company that supplies the highly regarded, Stowaway mast that Hallberg Rassy use.

[@MrRayzerman]

What was tested?

[@nicolasbouyiouclis4726]

I think the only thing tested was the adjustable bed mattress..

[@marius9900]

The Boat was tested

[@ppapdddar6159]

Our patience.

[@laurentfroggy6631]

Good looking boat, shame of the video and the crap loud music. thanks and best from HKG

[@tomhermens7698]

how does that compare with a Contest?

[@victorvandyke9898]

Nice Yacht, I would prefer a catamaran at the same price and get near twice the space, and not cruising at a 27 degree tilt!

[@user-mp8mu5fe4f]

You have to see ( like a breeze ) catamarans. 60ft.

[@IchiTrois]

You should re-title the video with Hallberg Rassy 64. It was hard to find

[@Tjita1]

It's not exactly news that Hallberg Rassy make good boats. The problem with them, is the price, expect twice the price over a German or French boat. I also would prefer the 55 over the 64, as the 64 can't go under the fixed bridges in Göta Älv in Sweden, wich means I couldn't get it home..

[@kwakakak]

like Winner (Denmark) for optimist, always twice the price, such a quality though

[@klaussailing]

Thanks for having only ONE WHEEL - but where is the price, numbers about lengths, weight, keel, and so on ? Music does NOT serve the purpose of presenting a boat nor does the mention of chairs under deck ...

[@SpeedLamm]

4:05 what is a Horsebar?

[@ppapdddar6159]

Hahahahah... Maybe she wanted to say horse barn. A place, like the engine, with a lot of horses!

[@MrBOB39]

Nice Boat

[@MonkeySpecs301]

i thing about so called innovation, is that if given enough money anyone would focus and give their entire attention to the project. Thats why progress is actually slow, cuz people won't do much without money and that is the problem with our world economy. feel me?

[@yachticus]

this is a quality yacht but could have done with coverage like Pete Goss's review of the Garcia 45 - and the thought that has gone into this yacht is probably more eye candy for you tube rather than potential clients. Target audience???

[@hubsi5263]

is there anybody who knows the price of this awsome ship?

[@geraldlogue7124]

1.8 million to 2.3 million

[@futhaiter366]

Music troo loud. Is ir a music or inffo ideo ???!

[@MonkeySpecs301]

lol, why would i watch the end with the water?

[@ppapdddar6159]

Agree! the whole video was meh. But the end really pissed me off. Get this, I want to see... THE BOAT! But at the end, you left the boat out of focus. Then, finally the second put it back on focus, you switched to the horizon and to the water! for real?

[@jaymarlin3565]

Ha, ha... I would purchase an RH64, just because of the delightful female in their advertisements! She's one terrific saleswoman. In other words, she relates to the everyday struggles of sailboat existence, as well as to the everyday delights of sailboating. Note to Senior HR management: "Articulate more sailboat purchase dialog and commentary from the girlfriend - significant other - and wife, than from the dreary and terribly misleading commissioned male broker - boyfriend - significant other - and husband". Male spousing advertising sailboat advantages, capabilities, market-edge and sail plans is stale, tired and so 1970's type of tripe and nonsense sail lingo. Whilst the feminine delivered advertising copy is clear, pointed, and justly points out advantages and disadvantages within the total particular sailing vehicle package. Also, look to the HR sailboat advertising copywriters. Apparently they have absolutely no perception or comprehension of today's multi sailboat marketing venues.

[@mikevet1984]

What about if it's raining.

[@GrumpyOldMan9]

Why does she use "horsepower" for the engine and "kilo watt" for the generator?

[@seawalcker]

+TavernSenses Because there is no "horsepower" that comes out of the socket but watts and kilowatts ;-) means horsepower is used to denote the power of a combustion engine and watts stands for the power of electricity. In the broadest sense.

[@paulmerron3947]

Because we want to know how much power the engine has to push the boat through the water. What we want to know about the generator is how much electrical power it produces to charge our batteries. There would be little point in telling us the horsepower of the generator, what would we do with that information.

[@herranton]

seawalcker In some places in the world (Australia and New Zealand), they rate engines in kilowatts, not horsepower. The term horsepower actually means 746 (750)watts. Horsepower and wattage are measures of the same thing, just with different scales. It would be no different than her saying it is 17 degrees Celsius outside but 73 degrees Fahrenheit inside. Or, the boat is 64 feet long with a 2 meter draft. Or, put the gallon of milk and the 2 liter of coke in the refrigerator. Most people just think of horsepower as the force that pushes a vehicle around, but there is nothing incorrect about measuring power coming out of an outlet in horsepower or measuring power that pushes a car in watts. It just sounds weird, unless your Australian.

[@marlo2303]

I have not heard a single person in NZ say they have 5 kw yamaha outboard or yanmar 55 kw on the yacht Manufacturers are required to use watts since it's a standard adopted by almost entire world but they still put both kw and HP in documentation. So does Haalberg Rassy - Sweden is on a metric system too, like most sane nations.

[@herranton]

dovla666 Go read _any_ Australian car review. Every single power figure is stated in kilowatts. You want me to start posting links? www.caradvice.com.au/509609/2017-subaru-impreza-review-2/ www.drive.com.au/new-car-reviews/2016-porsche-911-turbo-s-quick-spin-review-20161220-gtf99c.html?trackLink=articleResults2 I can keep going...

[@timmathers5243]

None of you twats have the money to buy the yacht making the music or depth of content irrelevant. The style and price are reserved for those who do not work. In other words, wealth is determined by how much free time you have. This is not to be confused with sitting on the toilet tweeting nor complaining about what others have ie., lust.

[@nicolasbouyiouclis4726]

Very well said..

[@homefront3162]

I like how no one ever says the cost

[@qdav5]

The price varies a lot depending on options. A new HR64 is somewhere in the neighborhood of $2million.

[@t.bunker2511]

"...Provided the systems are all-working" (1:10), carve that on your headstone over an empty-grave. Actually I like the boat and the layout, other than the helm-station. It's inaccessible without climbing over the seats and around that enormous Destroyer-wheel. In rough-weather you should be able to *walk* to the helm, not climb". And what happens when the cockpit enclosure it up?

[@Andre-os7kj]

You do not understand anything of sailboats, right?

[@Andre-os7kj]

Look, listen and learn! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aJPRhJivhrV1jZI

[@overbuiltlimited]

André Those are fair points that the OP brought up. Not sure what your point is though. Why post a link to a similarly crappy “test” video of a smaller vessel from the same builder? To show us that the design language is the same across the line? That still doesn’t speak to what he was asking. Why not directly address his points and questions instead of making arrogant and snarky reply posts?

[@Dumptruck70]

Based on this video a generic boat with nice chairs.

[@horridhenry9604]

I like these video's but they are spoiled by the out of focus, zooming in shots. I feel like I need glasses watching it! Kit is a waist of film time, not informative, and pointless. Please don't allow your cameraman to ruin your video.

[@SYScottiey]

Ahh right it may have a "screecher" "code zero" which requires a Halyard.

[@vassilylucashenko]

Agree with a few others, crap music, boring review. Just a nice travelogue for a sailing apartment. That will do me though:-)

[@PeteGriffiths_petegrif]

Crap. This isn't a test. Just a lot of interior photos. How does it sail? No idea.

[@17th_Street_Preacher]

who gets excited about veneer lol

[@Hoshi_Toranaga]

wow a lot of video with very little information and useless camera angles.

[@orangekitten9408]

At that size it would be nice to have two masts like the Amel

[@ewandroy9220]

Just going to put this down to inexperience, but that was a stupid comment to make.

[@alanccoop]

Agreed! Ketches with decent overhangs are far prettier yachts than the modern day coastal cruisers (everything built to a price).

[@HighMesaTrader]

Clive Cooper ,we lived aboard sailing our vessel (charter hauled by contract) light cargo intraisland throughout the Bahamas and Caribbean on our 64' Ketch rig (lwl) for many a year, hundreds of passages, thousands of sea miles throughout the 10 years we lived the dream that began when I watched "Adventures in Paradise" and the Schooner Tiki. There's nothing quiet like sailing a double-planked displacement hull Ketch that is not to enjoy even when we used muscle and sinew to power our winches and a sextent a time or three.

[@bangmona8449]

Tested by Elaine Bunting. Word "bunting" in Indonesia meaning "pregnant". 🙏

[@jrgenpetersen161]

noice,noice and noice, yuo can not make a disent video, can HR make a boat then?

[@MarcStjames-rq1dm]

this is just for the well heeled sailor.who has everything worked on by poorer people. i hate this aspect of yachting... and its just a bloody commercial.... i like this presenter almost as much as Chris. Then again he plays guitar.

[@calartian85]

Goddamned MegaMillions,

[@Apollo9733us]

This sucked, the out of focus to focus drove me nuts. I would rather see hatches opened to see what is behind door number 1,2 and 3. That is 7 minutes I won't get back and I charge 10k per minute for my time. Please notify me when you have the check ready and I will give you mailing instruction.

[@paulleconte7658]

lose the music

[@johnconner8974]

I don't know why people steal cars im going to start stealing shit like this and sell it in the land of north korea maybe I could trade a mig for it

[@Stranger7_7]

I wish I was loaded with $$$)))

[@Stalefish6]

6 minutes for a HR64 …what a joke

[@hanslauterbach7433]

A beautiful yacht. However, the presentation is very poor, much too short and superficial. Who cares about the armchairs? And the music is just awful and awful.

[@lifesbutagame1]

furling main, Problem

[@AgentjeOrange]

This video is realy jittery. If you want to sel yachts, get a stabilizer or at least someone without Parkinsons.

[@sailwithtim]

This is not a review of a sailboat; it's a review of an apartment. Yachting World, you should be ashamed of yourself. Focusing on armchairs and joinery is exactly what a prospective owner would be interested in who does NOT know how to sail. Elaine, you don't talk at all about what it's like to sail a HR64! Did you even take a turn at the wheel? In every exterior shot you're in, the boat isn't moving. I'd like to hear from the professional crew that sailed her...

[@conniefontenot2793]

Not a blue water boat. Bow would bury itself on the North Atlantic

[@thomaselliott573]

Extremely superficial, just like the business owner's sales talk