Tour of a simple sailboat interior - Trimaran Spirit - The Simple Life - Ep10

[@vaidotasratkus7619]

First thing I noticed is that crew is exceptionally tidy and clean and minimalist. This boat is a rocket but require special kind of people (who are ok without bathtub in their boat). Interior headroom is amazing, I think its great combo of speed and comfort.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks 🙏 we agree she’s an amazing boat that should provide us with an awesome platform to cruise upon

[@whoormaster]

that boat is so beautiful.

[@CloudElve]

No unnecessary frills, but everything you need. An amazing boat, thank you for giving us the tour! :)

[@wisenber]

"but everything you need." Unless you need to go to the bathroom or bathe.

[@FarReachFR]

I loved your detailed and excellent tour. What a beautiful and well organized Trimaran.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Far Reach Engineering thanks for your positive message all the best for 2019!!

[@tentmaran]

She looks so nice. 😊

[@thomsonsails]

You've done a fantastic job with your boat. Thanks for the informative tour.

[@mikebhicks7933]

Lovely boat. Great organisation. No head? No shower?

[@captainsensible298]

Awesome boat, everything you need for long stints away from it all.

[@johnshaw8327]

Thanks for the tour, You guys are very organised !!! Just sold my Tri, Adios, a 33ft Burgess. Too fast for me as I sail by myself mostly and being 74 I thought maybe I want to live !!!. Bought a 32ft Davidson that's set up very well too.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

John Shaw thanks John we know Adios she’s a beautiful Trimaran!

[@mozismobile]

such a lovely boat. Minimalist and very well organised. I like it!

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

mozismobile many thanks glad you like it 👍

[@tomrheuble3374]

Loved the tour guys, I'm a big fan. Thanks for sharing your adventures. Yacht is very well organized and thought through.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Tom Rheuble thanks a lot glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@AnatolyKern]

Thanks again for the inspiration and sharing, a lot of good ideas to use on the Wild Thing!

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Anatoly Kern your welcome look forward to catching up on the water sometime!

[@hinessite896]

Very nice.

[@ZoneTelevision]

Excellent tour mate. Clear, concise, orderly. Well done.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Zone Television cheers mate!

[@bobjaynal]

Love the simplicity

[@kirkhateswork]

That is an awesome set up! Thank you for sharing.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

KirkHatesWork thanks glad you like it 😊

[@sailandoar]

Beautiful job on the refit , I’m building a tiki 26 cat , you’ve got me lots of good ideas for my project. Thank you!

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

macboats awesome we love Tikis there’s actually a couple getting around this area of SE Asia. Super cool design with the moto of keeping things simple! 👍😊

[@waynedoeblin6801]

That’s a nice little tour thankyou,simple is best by far👍😊

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Wayne Doeblin thanks 🙏

[@marcostolk6422]

Thank you for the tour, it just goes to show, you dont need loads to enjoy life...

[@SailingLessPlastic]

Really good tour on the boat! And an amazing boat!

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Sailing Less-Plastic many thanks glad you enjoyed it 👍

[@evanjones1393]

Love your boat

[@markandrade7547]

The liftable rudder is good to have nowadays if you're sailing by the Mediterranean with all those orcas chomping on sailboat rudders.

[@markthomasson5077]

Great boat, love the simplicity. Out of interest, do you have something more too hold those food jars on the shelf when at sea?

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Thanks 🙏 the jars are only held in place with the small dyneema string. We’ve never had any issues over the fives years since we installed the shelves.

[@markthomasson5077]

So you must have a nice easy motion, guess you weren’t racing. I had a small cat, made my way upwind in a F7 with a tumbler of water holding some wildflowers sitting on a smooth table, no fiddles, did not even move, though I was going as slow as I could, still making good way. On a mono they would have gone flying on the first decent wave.

[@shauntoomey3299]

Well done. Getting rid of clutter frees up more time for living.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Shaun Toomey exactly mate it’s something we try to apply to all aspects of life whether mental or physical clutter it has the same effects 😊

[@rya7967]

awesome simplicity what is the music?

[@pnr9730]

Very good Jase hope to catch up again soon

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Jason Carey look forward to it mate!

[@pnr9730]

@@TrimaranSpiritXL write me on what's app I got new phone

[@catamaranscout6618]

Great boat! It is interesting to see that you have a Thermomix onboard. Can you share your experience?

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Catamaran Scout thanks for the message. We’ve been running off 100% solar since 2015. We have 500 watts of solar that’s connected to a 320Ah lithium battery bank. The Thermomix runs via our 2000w inverter and it works a treat. We’ve never had an issue with the onboard power or thermomix since installing it in 2015. The choice of a Thermomix was due to the efficiency of it and the way it can cook many things at once. If you’re wanting an efficient system and to run off solar we highly recommend it 😊

[@2soccerfreak2]

Love the idea of converting a race boat to a minimalist tri. I see it is for sale though which is sad how come? Whats on the horizon for you guys?

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

2soccerfreak2 thanks it’s definitely worked out well for us onboard. I’ve had Spirit since 2010 and even though we love her to bits and our lives are made incredibly easy by the simplicity of her design we’d like to be able to have other people join us onboard and this as her only limiting factor. So a while ago we thought we’d put her on the market and just see where it takes us. So far we’re still cruising and slowly heading towards Australia and the Pacific again. Who knows what the future holds 😁

[@horstlauch453]

I woud love to know what material spiri is made out of? It looks like plywood and grp. Cheers!

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

She is strip plank Cedar hulls and carbon fibre decks with a plywood main hull deck.

[@horstlauch453]

Thank you very much!!! Terrific sailing machine.

[@bravelo2527]

love your boat! one more subscribed! Which model is this trimaran? who build it? looks like made of wood is it? I'm looking for one... you have a great boat! how it goes about speed in low wind conditions?

[@thebentley71]

What a really nice simplistic trimaran mate. Did you build it yourself. Nothing better than marine plywood, some good heavy fiberglass cloth, the heavier the better. I use to build small rc boats. I would use kevlar fiber, & the rolls were not much more expensive, than fiberglass rolls. The epoxy west system to me is the best. The only thing better than fiberglass & marine grade wood, would be thick aluminium, but it's really expensive. If I had the money I would buy or build a nice SWATH (small waterline area twin hull) sailboat, powered by a helical vertical axis turbine attached to a saildrive with 3 forward gear ratios, neutral, & reverse. I would also have a couple of vertical axis helical turbines to make electricity, along with several solar panels covering the entire roof & maybe a couple on the dingy davits. I would also have a couple of good hydro generators for when sailing, & a huge lithium-ion battery bank to store all the energy. A very good water maker that could produce between 20-50 gallons of water a day. No diesel or propane on board. I also heard they have great solar pits that work great on sunny days. I really & truly wish I would of known more about sailboats as a teenager & young adult, I would have lived my entire life on the ocean exploring the world. Also the SWATH boats do not roll or porpoise up & down because the hulls are about 4 ft beneath the surface of the water, & the smart thing is to build your platform & living quaters as high as possible without making the vessel top heavy, so when rough, high seas arrive, they pose no threat because your vessel is similar to a jackup oil rig. Peace & Love.

[@thebentley71]

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[@WolfKenneth]

What is in outrigger hulls?

[@CicakTrimaran]

Great tour, Spirit. Interesting to see your fridge powered by solar. For navigation do you use cellphone and charts?

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

timandpennyhill thanks glad you enjoyed it. The fridge and solar work awesome and supply more than enough power for us to live. For navigation we have two iPads and OpenCPN running on a laptop.

[@himarkalvin]

What's the overall size of the boat?

[@markthomasson5077]

What is your main anchor?

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Is a 20kg Rocna Vulcan superb anchor that bites fast and holds fast!

[@scenefromabove]

Am I missing something, but I didn't see any kiond of toilet facility, not even a bucket. I carried a Porta-potty on my yachts, to avoid the possibility of a leaking through-hull, while also providing a minimalistic holding tank when necessary. Space needed was not much more than for a bucket.

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Tony Stott great idea we also had a Porta-Potty whey we came through the Panama Canal in 2011 but found we rarely used it. We’re in the hunt presently for a new one 😊

[@samwilliams662]

Porta potti 2000 baht in homepro

[@cnchok8168]

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

😁

[@russellesimonetta3835]

Where,s the head?

[@elitedavidhorne8494]

It's a bucket.

[@magnusb6311]

Very well organized but some questions. 1. Most people pee and poop. Dont you have a toilet? 2. Where do you sleep? The beds you showed were 2 singles. Are you not a couple? 3. Do you have a laundry machine? How to wash clothes? 4. Where do you wash/shower? Cheers

[@TrimaranSpiritXL]

Magnus B good questions. Firstly we pee and poo the same as everyone else in the ocean with a bucket. If we are close to shore we use toilets ashore if we can. We use the exterior bed when we can but have decided a free and easy lifestyle has its compromises and ones not always sleeping side by side. We’re ok with that but in the future that may change? We don’t wear clothes at sea so have very little laundry, when near populated areas we use laundry services ashore. And we shower on the aft deck or in marinas occasionally. Makes you appreciate a long hot shower! 😁 if you want to live simply you have to find your balance and at the moment this is ours. Glad you enjoyed the tour 👍

[@magnusb6311]

@@TrimaranSpiritXL Thank you for your reply. I do think there was some humor to my questions. OK, so is that a separate bucket? How do you differentiate between a regular use buckets and bucket used for fekals? Colorcode? I thought so, would not want to separate myself from my love like that but I do understand the compromise to live a free lifestyle. Laundry - OK I have seen alot of people cruising are using laundry services. At the same time Laundrymats and alike are slowly disappearing over the world. You may find them where you are now, and in America. In Europe I dont know the last time I seen a laundrymat or similar, well, I seen one in England last year but in the rest of Europe I dont know. In Sweden we probably lost the last one like 20 years ago, unless one wants to use the drycleaner. I dont know what your plan is to take you next but I would put it on your list when planning new destinations to check if there is self-washing services there. Aft deck washing - cool. Will you always stay in tropical waters?

[@alessandroluppi2805]

Il wc?