Why NOT to buy a RACE BOAT for a CRUISING HOME...

A lot of people are curious as to why we chose a race boat for a family cruiser.

They've been asking us things like what it’s like to sail, whether we can manage it just the two of us, how she behaves on a passage, what the costs are like.

We don’t have all the answers as we haven’t had the boat that long, but in this video we want to share with you what we’ve learnt so far.

We aren’t the first to turn a race boat into a cruiser and we won’t be the last. For example, the Palmer family turned an 80ft whitbread yacht into the beautiful cruiser called Camara that you check out on their YouTube channel "Camara sailing". Then there’s the Duracell project which is Mike and his wife restoring the boat that American sailor Mike Plant raced in the first Vendee Globe in 1989. You can see more about them on their YouTube channel "The Duracell Project".

In this video we will share with you what we think are the biggest drawbacks to choosing a race boat for a cruiser.


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Check out our refit series:
01 Can we turn an Open 66 race boat into a fast family cruiser?!    • Can we turn an Open 66 race boat into...  
02 Quadrant glued to rudder post how do we get it off without damaging everything??!    • Quadrant glued to rudder post  how t...  
03 How we removed our giant carbon fiber rudder with a hydraulic jack!    • How we removed our giant carbon fiber...  
04 Life in Fiji, CYCLONE SEASON is coming!    • Life in Fiji, CYCLONE SEASON is comin...  
05 CYCLONE CONTAINER strategy & Solo's ACCIDENT    • Shipping CONTAINER CYCLONE strategy &...  
06 Boat cradle build    • Boat cradle build | Ep 6  
07 Building a bow BOAT CRADLE and DOG WHEELCHAIR
   • Building a bow BOAT CRADLE and DOG WH...  
08 Santa came early this year we can hardly CONTAIN ourselves!    • Santa came early this year  we can h...  
09 Just in time! We sit our race boat before the first cyclone alert    • Just in time! We sit our race boat be...  
10 BOAT TOUR of RACE BOAT INTERIOR REFIT part 01    • BOAT TOUR of our RACE BOAT INTERIOR R...  
11 BOAT TOUR of RACE BOAT INTERIOR REFIT Part 02    • BOAT TOUR of our RACE BOAT INTERIOR R...  
12 Vacuum pump setup for structural lamination    • Vacuum pump setup for lamination of c...  
13 Vacuum bagging a wet layup of carbon fiber    • Vacuum bagging a wet layup of carbon ...  


Caio! We are Timo and Jo, an Italian and English couple with countless ocean miles under our belts, including sailing half way around the world from Europe to Fiji!

Last year we bought an Open 66 ft race sailing boat originally designed and built by the famous Hungarian sailor Nándor Fa, which he raced in the 1990 and 1992 Vendée Globe (round the world single handed race known as “the Everest of the seas”), becoming the first nonfrenchman to finish the race.

We are currently in Fiji giving this old gladiator a new lease on life, transforming her from an ex race boat to a performance family cruiser, which we'll need to make both dog and baby proof! We’re planning to set sail again in Oct 2022, so with limited time&money we have plenty of challenges ahead to turn our dreams into reality&get back on the water!

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Never stop to dream, never stop to sail!

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