World's ultimate fast cruiser? We test the Gunboat 66 | Yachting World

[@mattthompson6680]

this is my favorite video Toby ever did.

[@jamesphillips7150]

still the greatest boat vid on KZbin

[@Littleriverupthehill]

Im currently working on one of these. that smile sums it all up well.

[@Trajectionable]

Still a favorite sailing film. Toby captures the essence of why it's done...

[@yachtingworld]

Thank you!

[@danieljackson3167]

Grinning like a Cheshire Cat. Nice job TOBY

[@briansparks4926]

If you have the money consider buying Chris White designed Atlantic cat series. He was the designer to put a fwd cockpit in a cat. Performance is relatively the same as Gunboat or others but is completely customizable.

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Chris' Atlantic 57 was the inspiration for Peter Johnstone making Gunboats. So yes.

[@chikken_soup]

I keep coming back to watch this and didn't even realize that 6603 would eventually be Moondoggie

[@intellectable]

Love at first sight. :) After watching this beauty in motion my goal in life became set on getting a Gunboat and spending the rest of days sailing.

[@It-b-Blair]

How’s that going?

[@intellectable]

@@It-b-Blair I am too young right now to retire on the sea, but when I do retire I still believe in this dream.

[@BoeroBoy]

Gazelle was at Annapolis 2010. I think I even recognize some of the crew - who were without a doubt the friendliest down-to-earth presenters at the show! What was missing dockside has been made up for by this excellent presentation. Good work YachtingWorld & Gunboat. I'd die just to join the layup crew on a masterpiece like this.

[@groovydoo]

How could anyone vote this video down, it was total bliss form beginning to end.

[@quasimodo8215]

Beautiful cinematography and atmosphere in this marvellous made rewiew, Mr. Langdom!

[@TurnerRentz]

I've been looking at Outremer. This gunboat really opens the door to big cat sailing for me; if you manage them well they look versatile - good draw for all kinds of anchorages, stable, fast, comfortable. I want a boat that can run with the storm.

[@angela1984a]

Seen the Rapido 60? Or the Bañulsdesign/McConaghy 53 trimaran? Imagine a ~60-66 ft trimaran with Gunboat lines, 3 cabins and two heads...

[@yelp1000]

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of industrial art on the water.

[@bertlbarm4374]

When the gurgling brook changes into a hissing wild brook behind you, you know that you are fast and l love that sound

[@robincatton9413]

It's great to see designers creating boats that work as people would like. Quite a novelty.

[@captainsensible298]

nice, saw Sunshine for sale a while ago, M&M draw some very nice boats. I can drool from a safe distance. Loved the machinery space, raw water, fresh water, fuel, engine and gearbox fluids ALL need constant attention, still nothing better than messing around with something beautiful that floats.

[@rickstevens1479]

The Gunboat and a Porsche. Thats all I need...

[@DennisMacdonald-r7d]

Amazing best video still to this day. Ty Toby

[@Amazingcharters]

One of the very few Gunboats in the charter fleet. . . and it rocks!

[@njrivetelite]

Amazing boat, LOVE the narration. Would love to be aboard a boat like this for days..

[@TeilZeitGott27]

2:00: This smile tells it all

[@Rottingboards]

Great video. Really, one of the best videos of a cat. Some sailing…some explaining…a good look around.

[@deanrwilson]

Great video guys, so well done.! Confirming what I always thought about the Gunboat, now to save the pennies.

[@kickstar126]

beautiful vessel the Gunboat, I love the speed and fast passage potential of Cats but have always been nervous about their stability, have seen too many of them heel over.

[@harryhenrygebel3506]

Locharald Johansson Cruising cats are balanced completely differently than the little toy cars you see flipped over all the time. They are extremely difficult to tip over, more difficult than a monohull. Of course they aren't self righting, but unlike a monohull they will float even if completely full of water.

[@angela1984a]

Trimarans have better stability compared to catamarans. Or perhaps more correctly - trimarans give a lot more feedback than a catamaran as to when they begin to become over-powered. Seen the Rapido 60? Or the Bañulsdesign/McConaghy 53 trimaran? Imagine a ~60-66 ft trimaran with Gunboat lines, 3 cabins and two heads...

[@yachtingworld]

approximately US$ 4.2 million

[@je4266]

Just think of the money you’ll save on fuel😃

[@Khoa20]

Any used for 1.5million?

[@MalcolmCookInk]

Looking forward to the Yachting World reviews of the upcoming new Gunboat series making a splash... Mhmmm!

[@racooper2901]

If you can get 10 KTS. of speed in a sailboat., you can say you have a great boat. If you can get 15 KTS. You have a race sailboat. But when your sailboat pushes through 20 KTS. BUY IT! FORGET THE COST. JUST BE GLADE THEY HAVE ANY LEFT WHEN YOU COME CALLING ON THE GUN BOAT. And this gunboat 66 has it all, and the monkey in the back seat. Great video on all that matters when cursing along the open ocean. Nothing else to say about this model. To get the same speed across the ground as the wind blows, is a leap for mankind in technology. GET YOURS TODAY!!!

[@عابرسبيل-و5ي1س]

indeed. your comment is 100% true. gunboat is in different lvl .

[@steaminstu]

you were drunk as shit when you posted this,,but not one lie still great these older gunboats

[@pavelpavlov9277]

Well the question is can you sail it alone?

[@got2flynow]

1:09 EEEERRRRRKKKK... STOP THE PLAYBACK! 4 seconds of bliss.... I have got to get one these boats now. Does this come with it??? Somebody get back to me...

[@Andy_M986]

Epic boat Tobes, awesome review behind it, maybe one day we will see more of the inside of it.

[@fuzzywaffles9761]

Dear Gunboat 66, you will be mine someday. Just need to figure out that monetary issue :)

[@boempangpow]

Loan it and rhan sail away

[@Aron-ru5zk]

Thibaut Bollen I'd have to sell my house to rent it for 15 minutes 😭

[@blisterj]

mine to ! and also ditto on the money issue im wating for that lottlo win !

[@jerff5411]

Get one sell it to a trusted friend for cheap , declare bankruptcy then buy it back then leave the country and don't come back

[@particleconfig.8935]

Well, to you all: 33 here and started route to financial independence two years ago, by putting some money aside, investing in few fintech startups in a sector that's about to explode. All this and some more plans for upping finances for Gunboat 68 and a life on the oceans. Don't know if I'll succeed but these endeavours already make me feel more sane than I've felt for a long time. Take chances/risk and start the adventure, cause that's in our blood. Simple Dutchy English here :p

[@jamesaron1967]

I generally prefer HH designs but that is a damn nice yacht!

[@kellyrayx119]

Nov 2021, Still my dream yacht

[@myfz6]

wow i really enjoyed your video. He really does an awesome job explaining how things work. I should hire you to captain my boat one day.

[@SailingJoy]

Awesome boat ! Thanks for putting video together about it.

[@cawfeedawg]

"like having a winnebago that converts into a supercar" Plaid mode engages @ 1:52

[@CycleCruza]

Looks like a 70's cadillac elderado on water.

[@robelodes]

True that man, didn't know you were into sailing too ?!

[@myfz6]

after doing some research the Gunboat line is really surpassed all other types of vessels. I would buy this boat for sure after learning more about these types of Catamarans.

[@JRAtkins]

wow, so fast yest so comfortable, proof you can make a 66' catamaran fast and still easy to handle. All the lives run to a cockpit in front of the helm that is "inside" making it good for all weather sailing.

[@naufal0911]

that's great!!!! I have to buy this one

[@charlize841]

Frustrating review. Lots of nice artistic shots, but too much close up work. I just couldn't put the design of the boat together.

[@VirtanenDK]

This is just to promote the magazine. The way they earn money for salery !!

[@jameshamilton6096]

Awesome yacht

[@davidvanniekerk356]

Dankie/ Meric Yachting Wold 4 this amazing video. So Gunboats are made in or around Cape Town/ Kaapstad, Zuid-Afrika. If one is missing. I'll hold in save keepping. U know South Africa is difficult place... (I love the 20knt/ 36.6km/u!)

[@areeskinwar7274]

I manifest this boat and I will own this within 5 years or less

[@NorthAmericanRambler]

Wow! A carbon fiber boat, but this video makes me sport wood! Awesome production, incredible vessel!

[@ColGadarby]

Excellent review - well videoed and edited - superb job.

[@robertw.1499]

Toby, how practical is that interior helming position when one has to go out to adjust sail trim etc in weather? The interior must get really wet 🤔

[@hwntwww]

Totally objective review- but how much is it?

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

Performance multihulls are the best.

[@seanruffolo6083]

Do any of the cruising sailing yachts use foil daggerboards?

[@gregdamario5808]

Obviously this is a decade old review and I am not going to receive a reply to my comment or question, nonetheless, two issues. Non-issue, this is an extremely well designed functional boat. This is the boat that will get you there, take you home, dodge the storms and make you tingle over its performance. Issue one, this is strictly a matter of taste and style, so others might differ and rightfully so, but I do not like the interior. This particular boat interior sports a cold, practical, semi-military, semi-commercial fishing, semi-scientific exploration décor. It is not a warm, homey, yacht for taking your wife or girlfriend on a romantic adventure across the Seven Seas. Second and more importantly, how many crew awake and available do you need to sail this rocket at speed? From the video it looks like three. I could be wrong (hopefully so), but if you need six to eight people on board for a world or oceanic cruise, you all are going to need to be very close friends.

[@miorn1568]

If you want a fast short handed sailing ship, go for a 47-59 trimaran. I am an technical shipbuilder (special highscool) student and i can tell you that a trimaran like the neel 50 prototype with some modification can average 9-12 knots while having the living area of a three bedroom apartment. I would personally make some changes but my tessis for graduating its going to be about trimarans or catamarans. Greetings from Argentina.

[@deibertmichael]

Does it have an Auto sheet release button?

[@BLAKERIDES]

a Winnebago that turns into a super car, that's what I'm talk'n 'bout,

[@ELGOOGUOYKCUF]

any time sailing review of a Gaunboat 68?

[@dfredrich]

OK, That's ALL I want for Christmas

[@victorvandyke9898]

Non heeling luxury! Well said Toby

[@SquirrelFromGradLife]

they should have a small outside nav station at the mast..

[@Expandacraftboats]

You need to add an Expandacraft modular boat to your list of toys on board. You can store a 16 foot boat in a small space below deck instead of littering up the topsides.

[@kydddj111]

how much knots are you getting off the sails?is it the full 16knots off the sails or both the sails and engine?

[@srsmithusa]

How to drain the forward cock-pit and just how well does it drain in heavy weather and taking wash over the gunnels?

[@Andy_M986]

How would it go,trans Atlantic?

[@Czeczka69]

couldnt agree more with the person below me. i'm getting one of these and spending the rest of my life on it haha... as soon as i can afford one.

[@deibertmichael]

Love it! Can or have they ever gone over on its side?

[@jameswesthart5873]

I also would like to know who the musical artist is beginning at 7:30

[@caligunlawssuck4326]

BEAUTIFUL!!!

[@jeffreyturner4011]

That is one amazing boat!!!!!

[@anantaschorer9863]

what do you think which yacht has the better performance GB or mc conaghy ?

[@stewartshelburne2680]

no flush mounted hatches on hulls, no visible toe rail and combing for mast cockpit is fine, but what about weather and lightning...?? LOL

[@callisto537]

They will install it to your specifications

[@gregorydamario5773]

How many people does it take to sale this yacht?

[@mboyer68]

Dang, I'd be terrified of hitting a semi submerged object. Does she have forward looking sonar for such instances? I want to buy a Max Cruise cat kit...after I sell my house and get ready to cruise the world!

[@MichaelB360]

I will not own a house when I'm older. I will buy a Gunboat 66 and live on that.

[@particleconfig.8935]

Let us know lol :ppp I just discovered cat's, 33 of age now and few yrs ago started working on financial gains (investing, etc). This will certainly be what I prefer above a solid-state house: this catamaran's inside seems to be a delight spending time in. Far from there money-wise, I'm gonna spend some time developing plans to get there.

[@samvohra6992]

Have you bought it yet.

[@hzhang1228]

@@particleconfig.8935 aren't you lucky, just in time with the vix so high.

[@HighDefinitionVideo]

Do it

[@got2flynow]

Why wait until you are older? What about NOW?

[@Buses2Bikes]

I shall go to sleep tonight repeating my new mantra........ "Win the lotto....Win the Lotto...Win the Lotto"

[@IchiTrois]

1:09 best part

[@theogdirkdiggler]

Sick yacht

[@Overnity]

Love this Cat, Cat's are where it's at Man..

[@0IDaveCouch]

2:13 The pulley thing looks like a face. The top part of it, two eyes, nose in the middle, and an open smiling mouth with that black rope going into it.

[@davidayres195]

that's the boat for me!

[@sausagefingers714]

it really annoys me that someone out there will buy this boat at have her tied up all year round with the odd sail twice a year or so... if i had this boat it would be my life until i die

[@neilprock]

Dr. Sausage, This yacht has sailed more miles than the space shuttle!!!

[@patrickmurphy3]

Dr sausage fingers yachts this size and above this are often chartered out when the owners are not using her.

[@opcn18]

Sailing more miles than the space shuttle would be more impressive if the space shuttle were a sailboat...

[@queenofyeay]

I get exaggeration, but the space shuttle Discovery logged one hundred forty eight MILLION two hundred twenty one thousand, six hundred and seventy five miles, so yeah, I don't think this sailboat will do that in it's lifetime. It may well sail more days than Discovery did though... It just has to log over 365 days total to do it.

[@queenofyeay]

If you show me ANY vessel that has sailed the oceans 1/10th of the 148 million miles that the shuttle Discovery orbited the earth that would impress the hell out of me.

[@MrAnnie90210]

Hello! is ideal for solo sailing?

[@LoanwordEggcorn]

In principle, it perhaps could be done, since all the lines lead to the front cockpit. In practice, Gunboats often have a paid crew.

[@JB-op4ty]

The review in one second: 02:31 .

[@prof.m.ottozeeejcdecs9998]

Gunboat is the way to go, if you have the dough... haha. fast, strong and comfortable.

[@ianrkav]

What's the price of one of these?

[@petermathewvanaardt74]

How comfortable is she at speed an in bad weather? Transatlantic?

[@garysouza2277]

She's not, unless you like a lot of pounding.

[@wishfull9036]

Is this faster than the IMOCA 60?

[@youtubisashoe]

What's faster sailing??, an average mono hull or an average catamaran,,,

[@waddsworth]

SAN. Carbon. Epoxy. Infusion. Single shot layup. Anybody who understands composites knows what these things mean. To me commercial boat construction had always seemed abysmally inferior. It's good to see at least one builder out there gets it.

[@ryanstraight743]

Gunboat cat's at 2014 Dubai boat show?

[@MarcoBuiltz]

not sure about that forward cockpit

[@skycrossbones]

It's good for cold seas if you wanna sail into the higher latitudes

[@Expandacraftboats]

You should have an Expandacraft on that big boat, it's a modular multihull water toy, that let you store it in small spaces and it converts into all sorts of different watercraft.

[@framfull]

Winnebago into a supercar, cool!

[@6969SpAcE6969]

That grin on your face haha.. Good for you. Really nice cat, interior however could have been much more creatively designed.

[@rsuriyop]

Ain't complete without any cannons and torpedo launchers

[@MrZrryan2]

I found the cannons.... at 1:10

[@tajatajat]

BOOM..

[@richhamel6810]

and rockets. . .don't forget the rockets.

[@dench115]

zrRyan2 ppl

[@-shadyG]

I hate you.. you make we want every vessel you review. 😂👍👏

[@Fussinated]

Hah! come to think of it someone already gave the name "Gazelle" for his boat. I was planning to do that. So, now then my boat will be named as "Cheetah", and this Gazelle won't have a lot to run ahead of me :).

[@jonathandellapuca2248]

I'm going to save up for the next two decades. They're making these of the Albemarle sound NC.

[@ZacVaper]

I'll take an owners version in black, please.

[@exploranator]

I realize you don't want to stuff the bow in big waves, but would it not have greater speed without having back end downforce via hull shape and front end lift cantilevered over the center of buoyancy due to said rear-end downforce? Dynamic lift of the front end costs energy. If both ends of the hulls were lift-neutral, it would obviously be faster in flat water, but would it be safe heading into big waves? if the hulls were not only knife-edged on the bottom but also on the top, (near bow) would it not reduce the impact of big waves that DID wash over the bows, as there would be little resistance to the water flowing off of the hull back to the drink. In other words, no dynamic lift of any note, and front of boat designed to swiftly drain off any waves that did manage to get over the bows, relying instead on static buoyancy of the hulls as opposed to dynamic lift, which is largely accomplished by downforce of the under-hull water following the upward-tilting back of the hull pivoting the front of the hulls upwards over the center of buoyancy. I notice racing monohulls also rely a great deal on downforce of the after portion of the hull (it sweeps upwards and is quite broad, which, according to the laws of fluid dynamics, will cause (reverse) lift as water adheres to its surface and is drawn upwards to sea level as the boat passes through. Racing monohulls also have this same dynamic front-end lift, but a large portion of it would be from the pivoting effect from the downforce acting on the rear half of the hull, as I said. In other words, why not have hulls that are sharp on top AND bottom, and rely solely on static lift for buoyancy, even when they get buried in the face of a rogue wave, then freely allow water to drain as directly downwards as possible to limit the amount of time the boat is pressed down by the water mass as its static buoyancy moves it upwards? Also, the hulls would be symmetrical in their bottom profile from front to rear, with a balance being struck between wetted area and gradual transition from narrowest part of bow to fattest part of midships, then narrow down in exactly the same manner on the way back to the narrow stern sections, but the overall draft would be exactly the same from bow to stern. It would require a rethinking of the hull/central cabin interface to minimize impact of water both in the longitudinal direction and in the vertical direction. Think of it as two razor blades separated by needles to provide close to no resistance to water falling off of the boat, nor to the boat passing straight THROUGH any wall of water it encounters.. It would obviate the drag-increasing paradigm of dynamic front end lift by virtue of dynamic rear end downforce. If you dump a bucket of water on a system of needles holding together two razor blades (the hulls,) you will get no problem with the boat staying submerged as the buoyancy without any penalty of drag would just allow the boat to rapidly float to its normal height above water, shedding any amount of water that any size rogue wave could throw at it. With extremely limited central structure and no trampoline or other water flow-inhibiting features, and no windshield or central cabin whatsoever, you could run it into 15-foot waves all day long and just allow part of the water to temporarily bury the bows, which would then rise due to static buoyancy, not needing dynamic buoyancy and its attendant drag. The enemy to hull efficiency is dynamic lift which is a design response to fear of stuffing the bow. If the bow was sufficiently light and sufficiently fine longitudinally and vertically, stuffing the bow would have little effect. If dynamic lift were still desired for bigger waves, the area now occupied by the trampoline could be replaced by louver-like efficient wing sections that are angled to climb any water through which they find themselves travelling. Of course, all comfort, cabins, and interior spaces would be contained in the hulls with no central rogue-wave-retaining cabin or floor area. As a bonus, the high, very-finely-peaked ceilings of the hulls would allow for plenty of headroom and windows that are well above the waterline, in addition to being excellent for shedding any mass of water falling on them from above. This would have the added benefit of lowering the boom dramatically, to within inches of the tops of the hulls, lowering the center of effort of the wind, which would allow greater sail size for the same torque trying to heel the boat over. Twin cockpits could be mounted at or near the mast location, longitudinally. A ton of sideward force exerted ten feet above waterline is going to heel the boat about the same as half a ton of sideward force exerted 20 feet above waterline. There is FAR more wind power available for use the lower the center of pressure of the sail is lowered. Imagine a sail of about 30 percent more area, all of which was added on the bottom of the sail, which is six feet or more lower than the normal position. Greater stability and greater speed. The sacrifice is no contiguous interior space unless it is FAR aft, as in, the very rear of the boat. However, with FAR longer hulls, there would be plenty of interior space therefore created. The payoff is far higher speed for the same sail horsepower, without having to resort to hydroplanes. No keel would be needed, nor dagger boards, as the large side area below the water (right down to the desired depth all the way from bow to stern) would yield far, FAR more resistance to sideward motion in high winds than the few square feet of even large daggerboards. In short, tall, blade-like hulls sharp on top, bow, and stern, to reduce resistance to the movement of water in all the important directions, no central cabin space except perhaps at very rear or near it, (wherever it was found that ramming into a very steep rogue wave would not result in the central cabin dragging the boat down,) naked stainless tubular frame connecting both hulls, providing almost no air resistance and no appreciable resistance to the boat riding into then over a rogue wave, and a low-mounted boom for absolute maximum sail area, eclipsing all other catamarans to date. Mounting the mast so the center of pressure, laterally, was a bit behind the midpoint of the hulls would result in the wind pressure slewing the entire boat slightly into the wind, thus self-correcting, which would, ideally, result in a neutral rudder, as any rudder input is more wasted energy via drag. Catamarans have so much potential. Just topside aerodynamics alone could make an improvement. Of course, the exact volume of any particular section of the boat would have to be matched to anticipated mass in that location to avoid having a nose-down or nose-up attitude at rest. People have won races by piling the entire crew in the bow of the boat. Surfers speed up by standing on the nose of their surfboards. Kill two birds with one stone by eliminating dynamic lift.

[@johnauner671]

Those are Ossabaw pigs after few years in New World on an island. Just fed one an apple.

[@ijp66]

Awesome!

[@HghRr]

Its like having a Winnebago that turns into a super car!

[@szaki]

2015 Gunboat 66 US$ 5,250,000 Rich kids dream boat! I don't have $5+ mil, not even 1! Ouch!