Is this the greatest interior refurb ever?

[lustyd]

As an example of how you could care less, you could ignore the thread, or at the least not have posted your thoughts on their boat. As it stands you have actually demonstrated that you could quite easily have cared less. As Steve said, if they needed fiddles they would certainly have added some, but they've been in more rolly anchorages and marinas than most and not found the need so the traditional wisdom on fiddles would seem to be incorrect, wouldn't it?

 

[Laminar Flow]

here is the RM 1370 salon.

I quite like for a liveaboard boat - although I would add a bit of color; artwork for sure, and maybe brighter pillows.

I am sure that to many here it is too "Ikea".., and I agree it has a bit of that.., maybe more than a bit.

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I think this is a perfectly workable layout for a seagoing boat, notwithstanding the lack of hand holds on the way forward and the silly nautical-free decor the fashionably urban stylist thought it needed( kitchen utensils in the jar on the counter, the colour coordinated 3 apples on the ceramic tray and the lovely and matching apple shaped container on the table, carefully chosen to coordinate with the throw pillows and the spuds on the counter.
I have much less of an issue with the boat or it's interior, as with what the marketing company thinks the target group might be.

If they had added some more nautical decor, I doubt we would be having the IKEA debate.

 

[ryanroberts]

I am very tempted to do similar with my dinette, and to convert the not so useful pilothouse berth into storage, having a sea berth that's lower down not in the pilothouse (and full of crap most of the time) for one thing. Sleeping on the galley floor in a rolly anchorage already got old. As I am some way through insulating and re-lining as well as a billion other projects this is probably unlikely any time soon

 

[Laminar Flow]

I am very tempted to do similar with my dinette, and to convert the not so useful pilothouse berth into storage, having a sea berth that's lower down not in the pilothouse (and full of crap most of the time) for one thing. Sleeping on the galley floor in a rolly anchorage already got old. As I am some way through insulating and re-lining as well as a billion other projects this is probably unlikely any time soon

I like your boat a lot, but it does not really have a seagoing interior. The only dedicated sea berth you have is the pilot berth and I doubt that there would be simply enough room in the salon to rearrange the linear galley and have a table and a second sea berth as well.
The real question is: how often do you plan to make multi day offshore passages and with how many people onboard? On an offshore passage you will not very likely be using the dinette at all, least not for eating. With a suitable lee cloth you could turn it into a berth that would be practicable on either tack, presuming the table can be lowered.

While we have two perfectly adequate longitudinal sea berths in the salon, at the cost of a somewhat restrictive galley in the finest British culinary tradition, my wife prefers to sleep on the relatively narrow bench in our wheelhouse while at sea. She feels she is closer at hand were something to go wrong. I prefer it below where I have the choice of a lee bunk. In this sense I would be inclined to hang on to your pilot berth and invest some effort into making it as comfortable as possible even though it may not be perfect or in the centre of movement.

 

[LONG_KEELER]

Totally off topic. I apologise .

Just wondering if some couples on Youtube don't intend having children or leave it much later to have them.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

The interior is a matter of taste and I will say it doesn't meet my idea of a good sea keeping design or decor for that matter. I particularly don't like the placement of the sink, to me it's asking for someone to miss their footing coming down the companionway and end up with a broken ankle.

 

[Stemar]

Just wondering if some couples on Youtube don't intend having children or leave it much later to have them.

Two couples I follow have a child, and one that's just got a bigger boat with a view to raising a family aboard.

I could see it working up to the middle of primary school age with home schooling - even up to early secondary school age but, with puberty looming, I reckon kids need a bit of privacy, not to mention GCSE syllabuses being beyond most home schoolers. What an upbringing, though!

 

[Daverw]

Quite a few seem to be having kids currently, I’ve stopped viewing some as they seem to become a look at me and my baby channel. Gets boring. They then seem to get free crew to help with chores. If they don’t have a baby then it seems to be a dog, looking at comments they get either seem to get them more clicks and hench more income

 

[ryanroberts]

I like your boat a lot, but it does not really have a seagoing interior. The only dedicated sea berth you have is the pilot berth and I doubt that there would be simply enough room in the salon to rearrange the linear galley and have a table and a second sea berth as well.
The real question is: how often do you plan to make multi day offshore passages and with how many people onboard? On an offshore passage you will not very likely be using the dinette at all, least not for eating. With a suitable lee cloth you could turn it into a berth that would be practicable on either tack, presuming the table can be lowered.

While we have two perfectly adequate longitudinal sea berths in the salon, at the cost of a somewhat restrictive galley in the finest British culinary tradition, my wife prefers to sleep on the relatively narrow bench in our wheelhouse while at sea. She feels she is closer at hand were something to go wrong. I prefer it below where I have the choice of a lee bunk. In this sense I would be inclined to hang on to your pilot berth and invest some effort into making it as comfortable as possible even though it may not be perfect or in the centre of movement.

The MS33 came in two layouts, one 'ocean' with more traditional sea berths and a galley in the pilothouse. I have the ..rather more caravan like one. Having never done a multiday offshore passage I am guessing at the requirements a little, but am fairly certain I need more dedicated storage and an area that is better suited to be a workshop / office as well as guest bed. The pilothouse berth is quite wide, converts to nearly a double by 70s sailing standards but I can't see myself using the other half of it for much other than storing stuff.

 

[lustyd]

Totally off topic. I apologise .

Just wondering if some couples on Youtube don't intend having children or leave it much later to have them.

Quite the opposite from what I can see. Without the constant worry of buying a home and building a deposit they seem much more free and happy to start a family. Most friends in the UK (the ones who did plan) seem to have left it to around 40 years old before starting, with many of those then needing IVF as a result of age. Contrast that with the young, fit people on sailing channels who seem to go for it by 30 and have no issues.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

Pretty 'campervan' layout, but there appears to be a lack of handholds which would useful in rough weather.

 

[lustyd]

Pretty 'campervan' layout, but there appears to be a lack of handholds which would useful in rough weather.

They seem to have coped pretty well. If you'd watched it you'd have spotted the handholds too!

 

[Graham376]

They seem to have coped pretty well. If you'd watched it you'd have spotted the handholds too!

Coped very well indeed, covering more miles and countries which most on here can only dream about. It works for them and that's all that matters.

 

[Porthandbuoy]

They seem to have coped pretty well. If you'd watched it you'd have spotted the handholds too!

I did.
Hats off to the couple, but the layout is not for me.

 

[Kelpie]

I've grown to really enjoy Uma. At first I thought they were a bit style-over-substance but over time I've been incredibly impressed with what they've done with the boat, with their electric drive, and with the sailing they have done.
Most of the channels seem to have stopped to refit or have babies, so Uma and Florence are about the only ones I still watch. But everybody likes different things.

 

[Graham376]

Most of the channels seem to have stopped to refit or have babies, so Uma and Florence are about the only ones I still watch. But everybody likes different things.

Expedition Evans were good in the early days when they tackled extensive keel damage repairs. Got bored with Ruby Rose sailing chartered cat around Australia while they wait for their new cat to be built, Youtube videos must be a nice earner to afford that.

 

[Poignard]

Coped very well indeed, covering more miles and countries which most on here can only dream about. It works for them and that's all that matters.

I don't think anyone is belittling their sailing achievements in any way. Or their undoubted skill at fitting out their boat's interior.

 

[lustyd]

Ruby Rose is a tiny channel so won't earn much through YouTube in the grand scheme of things. They made their money before and I suspect are just frugal and sensible. Vagabonde on the other hand earn a fair amount from YouTube and a little through sponsorship, so this has enabled them to trade upwards. Delos was well off at the start I believe from IT consultancy, and make a small fortune through their various endeavors.

 

[Kelpie]

One channel I am quite excited to see finally take to the water is Sail Life. I don't quite know how Mads has managed to hold down a job, complete a 'somewhat extensive refit" on his boat, and film/edit/upload weekly vlogs of it all. I have a theory that he has an identical twin and they are sharing the workload.

 

[Fr J Hackett]

I was tempted to look at their last motor instal with its regeneration capacity and it was impressive what I have yet to look at is the overall cost and just how long can they use it, I expect that is going to take a lot of digging and I might lose the will to live before I find out. But in ocean sailing where it doesn't matter it seems like a winner although I did notice their batteries were down to 50% and they were going to run their generator in the Svalbard video so perhaps the jury is still out.