I just felt compelled to thank you for going over the radar. So many channels skip this sort of content as it can be a bit boring, but it is great for those of us who are actually interested in the craft.

This channel is so refreshing in that its 100% real and genuine. Its not clickbait youtube sailing couples fake and manufactured drama. Its not narcissism and T&A thumbnails.

Hands down the best boating UKpostsr out there. Non of this fake influencer nonsense. This sailer is the real deal 🚤

I really enjoy your videos. I learn more real-world sailing techniques from you than all other story-telling live-aboard cruisers channels. Thank you for all of the sail-trimming, navigation tips, where you are, where you are headed (and why) as well as how to avoid fishing nets, how to deal with a crappy Main Sheet system, etc. etc. etc.

Loved the whole video. My favorite part was you adding meat to the veggie pie 😂

Another fabulous video. 3 hours 21 minutes and I enjoyed every minute of it! Great work.

Great to see you back. Enjoyed the sailing immensely. You're a brilliant guy and an amazing host.

These are the best sailing reviews on UKposts. I'm excited to see your channel grow as it is well deserved. Keep up the good work!

Man I loved that boat! And it’s like the perfect size between having a really big yacht that needs a crew but small enough that you can run it without a crew. And I’ve seen other boats like this but this is the first one I’ve seen with a jacuzzi!!

Hope to meet you one day Igor. As a fellow sailor your “say it like it is” comments about the boats you are working on are real. It is very hard to find these production boats that fit every persons cruising needs. The small one percent comments you make about the ergonomics of each vessel are so important. The sailing abilities of each vessel even more so. I seriously hope these companies should listen to what you say. Unless you spend a couple of thousand miles on a boat you will never know. If I was you I’d send these companies a broad list of your findings and experiences. And charge them for that. As a 12 year mono hull live aboard and a Building Designer / Architect I see so many small improvements that would make these vessels so much better. As you do out there on the water. Look forward to buying you a beer one day. Keep up the good work mate. Cheers.

You always have GREAT design suggestions. They are real-world suggestions, the boatbuilder should watch your videos. I saw 20 things you did not like, and you were spot on. I understand it is always a give and take with designs. Enjoy your videos.

i love this channel, real boating life with all the issues and some funny moments, cooking for example. Great sailing of course

I have just discovered your UKposts videos and think they are inspirational. I have built a small skiff and really found your How to Sail video exceptional. Thanks Igor.

you have been missed, again I learned so much from this video, thank you and keep them coming

Thanks , as usual reflective useful comments about the boat, good and bad . Also great information in real world sailing situations . It doesn’t get much better than this . Always a pleasure when your new videos arrive .

You’re my number 1 YT cat sailor. Very educational.

Love the vids, real life info about the boat and real life sailing with lots of lessons! More performance cats! Comparison is good!

Capitan Igor... another great video. many thanks again.

Love the comparison vid. Love your channel so much!!!

I will say you always have very much insight and Job at hand. Your crew are most likely to respect, but want to mutiny by the end of the trip! You are the best skipper in the mediterranean!!

Nautitech looks amazing very nice yacht i only have a vintage 69 arpege not the most glorious to look at but im getting her there you would crack up it was made in laRochelle by dufour yachts and i do love her so much will never part with her ever wouldnt mind a modern yacht too at some stage

By far the best review of a boat I a have had the pleasure of watching I tip my hat to you Sir

Just found this channel amazing depth thank you

Igor, really enjoy your video and humor.

Finally, a sailor who knows about flags. So many are completely clueless. Coast guard officials know who has their sht together and who doesn't.

Geez that is a good looking man. Boat talking Mathew McCanahey look alike. Geez Teach me to sail Croatia Igor .. Friends and fam always said how amazing Croatia is. I thought God rested on the seventh day in Laguna Beach /San Clemente. If Croatia is anything like the photos it was definitely Croatia.

As always informative, interesting, adventurous)) Thank you

Perfect sails. Wonderful sailing experience!

I am about 23 minutes into this vlog and once again I enjoy how you give your thoughts about the boat your on and others boats in comparisions.

Regarding downwind: If I were sailing across an ocean, I’d make the crossing by any means that did not unnecessarily stress the boat. As for the mast taking the energy from astern, that’s what a backstay is for, and I’d want to have the right kind of rigging with that in mind before setting out.

Love your reviews!

Thank you for sharing I really enjoyed your video

Another nice video - This is the second video of yours that I am watching. This year I am trying to get into sailing classes and learn. These cats are so spacious and smooth, I can picture myself enjoying ocean on one. Thanks!

I learn a few aspects of sailing..thank you

Hi again. A tip on potentially a really good 2 piece reachable oversuit for Sailing. Golf Bad Weather Clothing . I bought a Golf Oversuit to try when Motorbike Touring, a d it's the best oversuit I've ever had, and good to in excess of 150 mph on a Motorbike. Cheap off Ebay too. The Most breathable soft fabric I've ever had, which occasionally was a bit of a disadvantage, as the evaporative cooling off the outer Surface was so efficient, my legs would start freezing. In extreme heat, it was superb over a Joe 90 Armoured Mesh 2 piece suit, plus could pour water over it to get extra evaporative cooling. Cabela's American Hunting clothing, is excellent value for extreme cold gear, if you can stand the vivid Hunting Orange Colour - good for safety though. Big mistake I made with it, was adding the warmest jacket over the Salopette leggings, which even in extreme Cold, turned out to be a far toonwarm combination (I think it was good enough for Alaska level extreme cold temperatures). Comfy enough to sit out in the aft Cockpit of a monohull though, with the Jacket Zips Undone enough to get some cooling air circulation. Great base layer thermals as well though. Wirthnlooking at alternatives to dreadfully overpriced Sailing Clothing. At maybe 10 to 20 percent of the price for superior options. Skiing Clothing seems to be just as afflicted with the Chronic overpricing virus, but good deals can be found during the Summer. 👍 Bob.

Love the entire video as always so a huge thank you. Just one idea, you could edit the “boat review” sections of this mammoth video and publish them as a stand alone “boat review” UKposts video. This will get you a TON of views at relatively (😂😂😂) little extra work. Loads of your past videos also have the most insightful practical sailing reviews which are brilliant and deserve more UKposts hits and kudos!

Just found your channel, Love your your style, excellent content!! I know who to call for my Delivery next year, UK to Croatia! Cheers, Nigel and Christine

Спасибо за Ваши ролики!

1/2 way through. Excellent all round. Great communicator and a practical approach. Will find great reception imo as people find it.

The raised edges to horizontal sursfices are called "fiddle rails"...obviously ignored in this boat. Quite a labour intensive work - thus expense - in construction.

Wonderful boat, route, journey, instruction and narration. I'd had given my left arm to sail with you on that journey. Continued success. 🔥🇮🇪💚☘️👏👊

Looking forward to your next delivery

Excellent ... @33:00 and really appreciate the explanations of why the sails are deployed the way that they are ... and the comparison to how the mono-hulls would normally deploy sails. Thanks for posting.

Another interesting and informative video. Enjoyed it very much.

Im wait long for Nautitech on this channel. Good work Igor and thanks :)

Sounds very interesting, and good comparison with Lagoons, hope for a Leopard review soon or later of FP ones

I think Outremer has the perfect design with their swing helm with lines you can feed down to a cockpit winch.

Hello Joyce here I really love how you explain everything and I am. Now considering to but a Catamaran Im currently living in Albuquerque NM. USA. But I’m bored and I still want to enjoy life. I’m an excellent Cook and Clean Up Woman

thumbs up Igor from the Viking

Beautiful boat.

I am sure that if they made an "Igor Stropnik" edition boat many would buy it 😉

Excellent video of the trip

I need a lotto win... a new cat... and I would definitely be looking you up Igor to teach me how to sail a Cat. One of the best channels with which to learn... more practical details about sailing. Thanks!!

Dude best sailing channel. Love it

Brilliant Igor, i always enjoy your videos, what it is really like on a particular boat.

learn something new on all your videos. thank you

Hi Igor, I asked the expert at the Lagoon Factory exactly this question (during my factory visit in March), about sailing without the Main up. He said, we like the main up so that it steadies the whole of the mast. It stops it 'whipping' half way up. The main sail adds a uniform load to the mast. I always imagine being caught in a real gale and want to sail with just a heavily furled Jib that I can furl completely if necessary without having to turn into the wind and waves.. If lagoon have their way, i would indeed have to turn my Cat into wind, in big seas in order to drop the main. Not great if it really is that bad.

Tnx Igor, again a very useful video with a lot of alpha!! Would love to see you deliver a TS5 and or Outremer 51.

another great video and commentary :)

Great video. Lots of information. Hope to see you deliver a Windelo.

I made it from Portimao to Sardinia in February single handed with a Nautitech 46 open model 2018 and found the arrangement of the saloon better. Instead of the kitchen is dog berth the table is at the navigation place, the kitchen is at the table and the plotter over the freezer. So if you lay on the dog berth you have the screen in view. Rest is similar.

I skippered a nautitech 46 open from la Rochelle alway up to panama then passing the locks of panama and up to Vancouver. The problems I had where the axles of the ruders where wobbling because the puty around the bearings was still flexible (not enough harder in the epoxy mix). Then we also had problems with the reef lines...they where shaving coming out of the beam by the gooseneck. And the waterpump from the engine was allready broke when we arrived in Lanzarote.(factory issue).

3 Cheers for your great videos.

People prefer an island berth with walking space on both sides, not squared off at the foot as you mention. This aids in making the bed day after day, something you may not do on your boat. Nautitech tried to address that slightly with the cutouts in lieu of an island. Great video and reviews, I really enjoyed it!

I learn so much from your videos. Really appreciate them! You should buy a drone to film all the amazing locations you go to!!!

I've been rummaging through youtube looking for all the bluewater sailing of cats and tri's that I can find. 5min in great video thank you for making... if you ever having difficulty remembering how you want to say something in English, just say it in your native tongue after you've tried in English and one of the viewers will likely pick up what you meant and translate it for you ;) The people of you tube are like sub communities all with common tastes and interests... thank you again for making this video! I hope to see some blue water action as continue to finish watching this video - I'm interested in hearing and seeing how different cats perform out in the blue where Neptune's temper can swell. *edit looks like some of those beds could get replaced with hammocks! lol

Super video of crossing

Nice honest review, yeah not a fan of those helm stations especially the lack of something to stop you going off the scoops. HH44 have a great idea for this area which I think will be adopted by the industry and just makes sense.

Great cat and a great report. Regarding the rail and opening of main sail - the rail should not be wider but closer to the mast. Probably 1/3 to 1/2 to the mast. Then you get also the angle required. And possibly a boom vang to pull down the boom.

The shape of the bed makes it easier to put sheets on the mattress.

You should be working for a boat manufacturer. Your points makes sense.

You should note down Ground speed and speed through water. Then subtract Ground speed and plot a graph. That part that is proportional to your speed is the calibration error. So you can correct your factor by multiplying this to the old factor. Note the factors!!

Hi we did relatively the same leg on the same new boat ,we have 1 leaking hatch (forward window ) , and the problem with the window to the cockpit it was go out about 2 cm, and the plastic in the corner of this window was delaminated , first reef was broken as well

very good video

I don’t think lgor was quiet for 30 seconds in the whole video. I really like it is very informative. he does miss too much. But I watch all of his videos. He is very funny.

Can't wait for you to sail a bali 5.4 and get your review

Good sailor buddy

Hi Igor, i would like to see you do a walkthrough of the Neel 66 and the new Widercat and hear your opinions on them. I assume you could captain a larger boat like those 2?

Great vid again. Have to ask what the Stainless reel is next to the helm on Port side .

Very nice videos you do! Could you pls tell me if the fuel tanks have seperation walls integrated, so that with half full tanks one doesent hear the "splashing" noise of fuel moving in the tanks. Thank you.

Lagoons were breaking bulkheads due to a problem with desighn and manufacture process not sure if the desighn flaw was corrected or what was done to plans and desighns

As for that Triton2 instrument (as well as with other brands), I wonder why they are keeping the display for wind like in the old days with electromechanical arrows like course up always. It would be way more intuitive if the boat contour (which is your reference) is moved with the heading relative to north up so it would be in concurrence with the display on the MFD which is by most sailors set to north up as well.

Best pie review ever! lol

Always valuable informations Igor on all your videos! Perhabs one advice - please work on your voice (voice trainer) and your sound (sound engineer). It`s very noisy and pressed and sqeaky. Reduce also a bit the content and make some pauses. Just a best-meant advice.

Bonjour Igor, merci pour cette superbe vidéo vraiment très sympa, le seul bémol, en cours de vidéo le langage français ne fonctionne plus, pour moi qui suis une quiche en anglais 🤪 c'est dommage.

Igor, I hope you see this new comment on this 1 yr old video. I have an idea which I would phrase as a question. Earlier in the video you were talking about how the manufacturer did not like sailing with just the headsail alone. As Catamaran do not have a back stay to support the mast. I was thinking you could use the idea of your advanced jibe preventer, and with sails down, reinforce the boom’s down pressure with two lines, one to each stern corner then take the halyard from the sail and attach to the stern end of the boom. This could create an “advanced backstay” and support the mast from the stern when sailing with just a big headsail. So my question is, what do you think of this idea?

Love your videos, Igor. Question… What brand and max size of catamaran would you recommend to sail singlehanded?

Awesome video- thanks! 1) What brand and model PFD do you use? It looks comfortable. Do you like it/pros vs cons? 2) Does Lagoon comment on if have main sheet tight does that influence their decision? I thought that with tight mainsheet that functions to a large degree like a rear stay to prevent some forward mast movement. Is that true?

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Someone needs to show this video to nautitech

WOW, what a long video you done. I certainly learnt a lot from watching your videos. I think the inside helm station would be good for someone who needs back and neck exercise. LOL But seriously, what you suggested was a good idea. Do you own Sandyline or are you a majority shareholder....LOL I certainly hope Nautitech is watching this video and take note. In fact they should get you as a designer for their yachts. Tell them I sent you..LOL

Do you think it would have been better to have a Parasail or a symmetrical spinnaker for the downwind sections as I find going downwind on my helia with a Code 0 and Main Painfull especially if there's a big swell and the main is flopping around? Also a huge thank you for the explanation for a wing on Wing as I have never got that to work and now I realise why, using the main to bounce the wind, Will this work with a Gennaker as it's a slightly bigger sail and comes back further. I also agree on Square top main what a pain they are and avoid them if you can as getting it past lazy Jacks is an art form on its own lol. Those helm positions in Australia would cook you in the Northern latitudes and the lack of visabiliy in marinas would stress the hell out me or did you get used to it?

It seems that the calibration of the spedometer was made bad as the current is widely proportional to the speed. That means, your Speed through Water is indicated higher as it is in reality. So current grows with indicated speed. You have to correct the factor.

Hi Igor, do you use the polars of the boat? Should you maybe downwind not exceed TWA 150 for speed/comfort and the shafing-issue? You would make more miles but probably safe time? I have no experience with cats but I am interested in how you should sail them fast but safe. Of course the downside is more gybes, so maybe not so much comfort :-)

Hi, how tall are you. I'm 1.86m and was interested in an Open 40 or 46, but I haven't been on one yet. I learned a lot on your video. Thanks.

Igor how do you clean that Sahara sand of the sails ? Also do you ever get pushback from the manufactures about your assessments of their boats.

If they moved the helm forward 2 feet, and put a bait station type post behind the seat, it would greatly improve safety and the primary complaint I have. No way I’d want to sit there on night watch by self.

The Neel 51 or Nautitech? Which would you choose? Loving your content.

Sorry, but no. A longer traveller will have some benefits. And the Nauticat is a cruiser, not a racer (I have sailed a few). But it wont change the position or angle of the spreaders. A traveller would (and does) control the 'curl' of the leech (back) of the main. Useful in lighter winds. But not the position of the boom. The sheet does that. So you have no choice but must let out more mainsheet, and accept that the sail will be on the spreader. OKish, unless you have too much roll/yaw, or too little wind (boom will flap a bit). The answer is simple, dont sail deep downwind (best angle/speed for a Cat is broad reach) or use a downwind sail.

Please advise, what happens when your vessel attaches to a fishing net in cold weather? What’s the remedy ?