Catamaran Review w/ Wiley Sharp [Cannes Boat Show]

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Mark Jennings - 5 years ago

Can not Caaaarn

Horace Hogsnort - 5 years ago

Did I miss it or were there no HH boats in the show?

iliohale Productions - 6 years ago

Wiley, what did you think of the ITA 14.99?

Denison Yachting - 6 years ago

thanks Wiley!

iliohale Productions - 6 years ago

Did you take any video of the boat?

Wiley Sharp Catamaran Expert - 6 years ago

She is a very well built performance cruising catamaran.

john brown - 6 years ago

Which cat would you buy as a owners model, if money was no object.

john brown - 6 years ago

Wiley Sharp, To sail in a safe, comfortable Cat. Blue water sailing N S E West, around the world 2 or 3 people a board, long periods at sea. Im liking the Seawind 1600. But have know idea. lol

Marc Browne - 6 years ago

For me it's crew, do you want a large vessel that is no longer private (and costly to run) or a smaller one where you can crew it with 2 people?
I kinda want both (and will probably get neither)

john brown - 6 years ago

Blue water.

Wiley Sharp Catamaran Expert - 6 years ago

That is such a tough question to answer... I suppose a lot of it would depend on where I wanted to go? Where do you plan on doing your sailing?

D S - 6 years ago

There were some nice boats this year.
The Dufour 48 was exceptional. I liked that they are among a few that are bringing yachts out of the 1990s.
Privilege was on the way, but stopped short with the 615.
FP is slowly bringing their wares to market. But their quality is just a bit better than a FEMA trailer.

If those two teamed up with Michel Dufour's electrical engineers, they could build one hell of a yacht.

D S - 6 years ago

To be more specific, I was mainly referring to systems integration and digital switching.

The Privilege 615 "Sea Forever" (I think) has an early version of a digital yacht monitoring and control system. But stopped short of integrating it into the breaker panel.

Fountaine Pajot teamed with NavyLec, and is following suit on the Saba 50.
But still stops short of integrating the breaker panel as well.

C-Zone can tie everything together, from the tanks,engines, Gen-set, solar and BMS, to navigation. But only a few manufacturers are doing full integrations.

Builders seem reluctant to embrace modern technology. You can now literally control 99% of the boat with an ipad.

Wiley Sharp Catamaran Expert - 6 years ago

That would be interesting to see happen. I think though there are a lot of very modern catamarans being built these days.

Aerin Lena - 6 years ago

The E-Cat is very interesting! We had a closer look into that kind of power and I get the feeling that this is the future! Depends on how reliable the batteries are and if the solar pannels are able to extract energy even on cloudy days, if there is space for a emergency back up generator to produce energy for the engines!
That particular cat has even a spacious master and a galley in a fantastic spot in the salon.

Marc Browne - 6 years ago

@Denison Yachting an in depth look at the Solar cats would be welcome.
I hear great things from the maker's videos, and the usual anti electric rubbish in online comments; but some actual expert opinions would be very much appreciated.

Denison Yachting - 6 years ago

Thanks Wiley!

D S - 6 years ago

I got a good look at. Very nice boat!
But.. I asked them a few times, when it was prototyped, what the expected range is. Their canned response was "unlimited".

Another interested party said about 30 Nm before having to use a Genset.
So you're still stuck having to store diesel on the boat.

Aerin Lena - 6 years ago

@Wiley Sharp Catamaran Expert Aye,its the same with battery powered only cars! And the idea of including a generator is great! For some coast- or weekend sailors is a battery only option maybe safe enough but for longer crossings is it a bit risky!

Wiley Sharp Catamaran Expert - 6 years ago

The battery technology is always the achilles heal of a hybrid drive system. For the time being most builders are incorporating generators to supplement the solar and batteries as needed.

Denison Yachting - 6 years ago

email Wiley for details... he took great notes and in some cases, photos.

Wiley Sharp Catamaran Expert - 6 years ago

Just a quick overview of the show and what was there. I went onboard every boat at the show ;)

John Hong - 6 years ago

Since it was a live thing I expected it to be a little longer. Maybe a little more detail concerning the world premiers.

Wiley Sharp Catamaran Expert - 6 years ago

I appreciate the feedback. ITs hard for our video marketing team to do every boat from the show. Check out my personal channel though... I have a number of walkthroughs from Cannes I think you might like?

John Hong - 6 years ago

I know the show was in early September. I just thought he might have recorded some more things other than just announcing the names and some pictures of the exterior.

Robert Johnson - 6 years ago

John Hong it was prerecorded. The show has been over for awhile.

10. comment for Catamaran Review w/ Wiley Sharp [Cannes Boat Show]

mhappy01 - 6 years ago

More youtubers are picking up this habit of pre-booking a reminder slot so that we can all sit around waiting with baited breath.. Stop doing it, The reason we watch youtube is because we dont want to watch scheduled TV services. Or am i speaking for myself?

Don Johnston - 6 years ago

@Denison Yachting Right on, the video is recorded, not live

Denison Yachting - 6 years ago

:) thanks for the reminder. we do our best, just trying to create solid yachting content for everyone....

Denison Yachting - 6 years ago

Thanks!

helimx - 6 years ago

Also, it's not like Dennisons YouTube channel is a source of income for them. It's free content.

helimx - 6 years ago

I watched the whole video. Was stoked to see it. Just sayin

Rock K. - 6 years ago

Nice to get such a quick response from Denison. Thank you. I too was waiting with "baited breath" for a "live" pre-recorded/edited event. I'd love to see more detailed info on the teaser you just posted.

Riley McCormick - 6 years ago

Just watch it later. What's wrong with having the option to watch it live and then also watch it later recorded? More choice for the consumer. Keep leading the pack Denison Yachting. Above and beyond the best marketing team in this space.

mhappy01 - 6 years ago

Cheers for the response Wiley. I have hundreds of subscriptions and get dozens of vids thru every day, Now my subs box is filling up with reminders ie just got a reminder from an MRE channel to tell me he is posting a vid at midnight.... I think we like the surprise not scheduling, next thing is we'll be getting a you-tube programming guide lol just joking, don't do it haha ps great show, need more wiley pano's!!

Denison Yachting - 6 years ago

Thanks for the comment / feedback. We're not trying to annoy anybody (but now understand how it might). When we went post the video there was an option from YT encouraging us to try a 'Premiere' which we obviously tried... it sounds like we shouldn't do this anymore. Sorry about that.