Ontong Java 75 ft Polynesian Sailing Canoe!!

[@andreasberge6575]

Where are you? More videos, please, my friend. Enjoy.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Hi Andreas! I'm sorry I've been away for a while but I'm trying to get my Ocean Skipper certification and haven't managed to go out sailing or spending 20-30hours editing a video! 😅 It's almost done tho, and I should be back soon!

[@fabianocruz459]

Boa tarde e parabéns por seu catamarã lindooo!!! Quantos anos de sua construção e que modelo?

[@bagajoel]

Hi Sir, I am from Indonesia or polynesian, I love as always watch you video, we call that UNTUNG JAYA or LUCKY STRIKE in english, i see that boat deck wood is made from "kayu ulin" is no need treat with epoxy or resin, that wood is so heavy too.. thanks for you sharing Sir

[@TheBoatRambler]

Thanks for the info Muhammad!! 😉

[@Captain_Bartolo]

Mantap mantap kapal Untung!!! ❤️ Selamat untuk Indonesia!

[@damoog5985]

It's amazing how an individual has so much courage and imagination to pull off a creation like that. Thanks for sharing.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Thanks for watching!

[@goone7264]

Now that's a vessel that sets the blue water boats in an other perspective! Thanks for sharing. It tels a story by just looking at it!!!

[@TheBoatRambler]

You bet! 😁

[@paraworth]

7+ years ago my wife Christa and I came across Hans Klaar and his beautiful Ontong Java. We met up in La Saints first and then shortly afterwards in Portsmouth Dominica. A year later Hans popped up in Saint Barths where we got sail on Ontong Java and get to know Hans more. A rare and generous rogue. I’m fortune to have had time with one of our times more extraordinary sailors.

[@spencero1906]

Wow fantastic! The Ontong Java just shouts adventure...thank you for sharing this.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Glad you liked it Spencer!

[@robhosailor]

Really fantastic and beautiful Polynesian double canoe! Thanks for sharing!

[@TheBoatRambler]

Thanks you Robert!

[@gems34]

Stunning, so glad you got to film it

[@Creolegumbo]

Trying to imagine what stories that Hans and that boat could tell. Amazing.

[@TheBoatRambler]

A LOT!! We met again upriver and spent a few hours drinking a few and chatting! Great guy!

[@FlorenceRyan]

Filming a series about this! Stay tuned :)

[@Creolegumbo]

@@FlorenceRyan can’t wait. Thnx bro

[@TheBoatRambler]

Nice one Florence! Don't let him make you scrub the deck too often!! 😁

[@FlorenceRyan]

Just posted the first episode :)

[@jplater9191]

I love watching your sailing videos and the way you take us with you on your trips. Portugal is so nice!

[@TheBoatRambler]

Glad you enjoy it JP! 😉

[@bizim_eller]

Oh no! Not the perfect boat I was hoping to see!! ( Joking) What a wonderful boat, I had warmth running up and down in my body. And also a wonderful video🙂👍 thanks much.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Thank you! 😉

[@glorialuciaaguillonacosta1918]

exelent It is a symbol of freedom conratulations from Colombia

[@eddrm4685]

Pretty amazing! I hope you get to meet Hans and his awesome boat again.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Hi Ed! I did meet him again!! We met upriver at Valada do Ribatejo and spent a few hours drinking some beers, eating roasted chourizo and chatting! 😁

[@eddrm4685]

@@TheBoatRambler Very cool! I'm jealous.

[@Skammee]

I like your Goat Island Skiff it moves along very well . Thanks for the tour of Hans amazing canoe.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@andycast_com]

Incredible tour! Awesome awesome what a cool boat!

[@TheBoatRambler]

Glad you enjoyed it Andy! 😉

[@ChiChi-dy9qi]

What an amazing boat! So beautiful. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😉

[@vaidotasratkus7619]

Ontong Java is awesome!

[@TC-oi6do]

Best view/tour i’ve been to see of the Ontang Java. One of my favorites gracing the seas. Thanks for sharing!

[@TheBoatRambler]

Glad you enjoyed it T C!

[@davidkumeroa2997]

Kiaora Bro. Lovely to see tradition Boat building proving the Old ways are still good ways. seven times crossing the Atlantic. well done. Kiaora.

[@riotagus]

That thing is huge! Well done Hans.

[@markwells6384]

I like it too, I've seen other videos. Your wooden skiff is gorgeous also.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Thank you very much Mark!

[@JReed305]

Cool boat! Thanks for sharing.

[@alexforget]

I have seen it in panama, we are sailer too, but our boat was a plastic 30' catamaran. This is an awesome boat, so happy to see it up close.

[@robingraham6820]

Ontong Java, very interesting and amazing story. Worth checking out.

[@timreynolds1195]

Wow! Fantastic vessel, greetings from California.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Hi Tim!! 😉

[@cdennisb]

An amazing boat! And, of course, a little show off sailing by the skipper on Forager!

[@TheBoatRambler]

Hey Dennis! Thanks for your support! 😉

[@PTMxCh00bX]

What an incredible boat, in and out 😯

[@TheBoatRambler]

Indeed!! And she has a skipper to match her!!

[@johnryan2193]

Thank you for showing this AMAZING BOAT !

[@TheBoatRambler]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@TheRoyalBavarian]

Now that's a boat.

[@carryonpompei]

Thanks Rambler - much enjoyed

[@TheBoatRambler]

Very welcome!! 😉

[@ricardocunha459]

Amazing, we can see marks of hand tools in many timbers, very old fashioned way.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Absolutely! 😎

[@BalkanShipyards]

Amazing Vid man!!! just perfect, sailing is in your blood..... Keep Shunting Teo, Balkan Shipyards

[@TheBoatRambler]

Thanks for your support! 😉

[@bizim_eller]

I had to watch it again, and I found some articles online about Hans and read those, he is a legend👍👍🙂🇹🇷

[@TheBoatRambler]

He sure is! He does a lot more than just talk the talk!! 💪

[@Capitaine.Albator]

Inspiring 👍🏻✌🏻🇨🇦

[@tissycaldas]

amazing video thanks again Téo

[@TheBoatRambler]

Glad you enjoyed it Tissy!😉

[@sailingniskua8369]

Eyyy Hans ya eres famoso! Good luck

[@davidprocter3578]

He obviously built that boat to take a large number of crew. It does make you realize how the Polynesians were able to travel so far around the Pacific. Not sure they had conveyor belts back then, but a very typical resourceful African solution.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Hi David! Indeed a very clever usage of otherwise spent conveyor belts! 😉

[@SpeakerCraft-q9m]

They probably just used lots of tree sap or some processed sap with rope.....

[@RobbsHomemadeLife]

What a wonderful boat! I enjoyed trying to read the titles of the books, I wish I knew them all. The funniest was sailing for Dummies. I don't think he is a dummy on sailing after 5 transAtlantics. His boat looks like something a movie would spend a million dollars on trying to look interesting. I hope you do more on his boat and his story too! Thumbs up!

[@TheBoatRambler]

Thanks Rob! I will try to meet him upriver...fingers crossed! 😉

[@SpeakerCraft-q9m]

Waterworld!

[@joeyblackwell6727]

Wow. That's freaking awesome

[@nolanmailhos1470]

Yeah that was pretty awesome boat. Hope you get a chance to film it while it's underway.. wonder how fast you can move a 70 ft boat.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Hi Nolan! I think Hans mentioned 17kt as max hull speed... There is a video on YT of Ontong Java leaving Azores... 😉 kzbin.info/www/bejne/rICqapuAndmkj9E

[@afloatinawoodenboat]

Hi Teo that’s so cool I really liked the giant canoe from Gene we were going to go sailing last weekend but the weather was still yucky . I hope you get to sail with ontong Java next week it’s such a cool boat

[@TheBoatRambler]

Hi!! I will try to get to him upriver some time this week 😉

[@BensWorkshop]

So a Dutchman made a Polynesian sailing canoe in the Gambia and sails the Atlantic under a British flag? Awesome looking boat. I wonder how many crew he has to sail the normally.

[@TheBoatRambler]

Well at the moment he is sailing solo, but I know he picks up crew for the Atlantic crossing.

[@BensWorkshop]

@@TheBoatRambler Must be a well set up boat to be that big and sailable solo.

[@BensWorkshop]

@@FlorenceRyan And why not? The boat is big enough.

[@penivuadreu6868]

Nice video..I meet the Captain hunt. He came and hang out im my village in fiji..intresting Guy..

[@FlorenceRyan]

Wow I'd love to go to Fiji!

[@penivuadreu6868]

@@FlorenceRyan better on sail boats to go fiji..you can see more .outre islands Rather stick in the main island

[@mrm4921]

Very cool

[@TeamRegataPrincesadoTejo]

espectacular Teo :) por fora nao imaginamos como é belíssimo por dentro top top

[@TheBoatRambler]

É completamente fora do normal!!😁

[@leebolton6162]

Omg s beautiful

[@patrioticjaustralia4679]

I have watched your video many times and am obsessed with ontong Java so thankyou I have a question about the standing rigging for the mast is steel or rope ?

[@TheBoatRambler]

Hi, I'm afraid I can't remember that detail! 😶

[@rogermatheny5512]

Would love to know the history of the boat. Who when where she was built

[@bensmith4563]

Hans is someone I would consider a very rich man

[@TheBoatRambler]

Indeed....as is anyone who can have control of their time and live the way they chose! 😉

[@SubterraneanLosers]

Great video. how are you able to get the effect where the camera is floating in front of the boat?

[@TheBoatRambler]

Hi, I use a 360 camera, it films just over 180 degrees on each lens so it can then remove the stick in software. 😉

[@sebastiaosergiogomes3745]

Hello, please tell me about the Otongo Java, it have a toilet seat inside?

[@TheBoatRambler]

From what I understood it's a case of "buck it and chuck it" 😅

[@MinSredMash]

So many questions... No engine? No holding tank or head? How often do the spars break? Can he reef? How is that untreated deck watertight?

[@TheBoatRambler]

Hello MrChyort! It has a 40 bhp outboard on the main hull, I didn't see any holding tank neither did I see any reef lines. Both hulls are completely water tight before they are lashed to joists which the deck is then in turn also lashed to. Hope this helps 😉

[@myglassrepair355]

Hi there great video ,what a boat. Did he tell you that material is this black belt at the joints?thank you

[@TheBoatRambler]

Hi he said those were strips cut by hand (with a knife) from a rubber conveyor belt used to transport some sort of rocks/mineral in Gambia.

[@myglassrepair355]

Thank you very much

[@myglassrepair355]

@@TheBoatRambler do you where he is sailing at the moment ,or if he is coming to Greece?

[@TheBoatRambler]

I don't know, last I heard he was going down and then across the pond again! 😉

[@edwardpotter8342]

Would love to sell on this vessel

[@j.d.3875]

Best ever

[@Offroadvehicle]

On KZbin, you can find where Hans Klaar is young, and there is more paint on Ontong

[@Antipodean33]

If one hull is smaller than the other does that make it a proa?

[@TheBoatRambler]

Hi! I'm not sure what defines a "Proa" maybe more than just the hulls? maybe the rig too?

[@TheCrioGod]

Ahahah, you're a pirate now? Raiding other's ships and such! Awesome boat and video as usual!

[@TheBoatRambler]

Thanks dude! Ahrrrr!

[@CanadianDivergent]

dude has a library in his Ama!

[@kennethpaquin8574]

Sailing for Dummies on the table at 6:55. 😀

[@TheBoatRambler]

Great book to have! And he takes a few inexperienced crew sometimes too... 😉

[@ptmjesus]

Longe da "rat race".... gosto.

[@letter6011]

she's way bigger than I thought she would be

[@TheBoatRambler]

It's really impressive!! 😉

[@pennryan970]

This is fucking lovely

[@CDvids1]

Do more laser videos

[@myglassrepair355]

Hi there... I would like to get in touch with Hans.Do you hzve an e-mail? Thank you

[@velvetvideo]

:)

[@Juan-jm7sf]

Polynesians are the ancient Egyptians

[@iaoFutureProof]

Tell William Defoe we aren’t buying his sailboat story.

[@Captain_Bartolo]

Hans boat 🤩 (James Wharrham designe) kzbin.info/www/bejne/d3_ZenqQpa9-rKs

[@rogermatheny5512]

Why isn’t the wood being protected? Seems it would help in maintaining the boat

[@vincentdef4809]

Sea Water is the BEST for wood