Giving Away My Boat?! What's the future of Sailing Doodles?
21 September 2025 · 42 min · 69K views
What this video covers
Bobby White plans to raffle off his 1989 Ta Chaio Shipbuilding Co. (TAIWAN) Ct-56 sloop Naughty Dogs, valued at $170,000–$200,000, after taking delivery of a new Island SPIRIT 525 catamaran (hull number five) due by year's end.0:12 A third hull will be on display at the Annapolis Boat Show October 9–12.1:08 A raffle platform that handles legal compliance, the free-entry requirement, and the drawing in exchange for a 10% cut removes the legal and financial risk White had previously cited as a barrier; a reserve price protects against low ticket sales, with the winner receiving 50% of proceeds if the reserve isn't met.3:44 White rules out keeping Naughty Dogs as a second vessel due to storage costs and deterioration risk, and defers a plan to find a couple to launch a spin-off channel using the boat.2:11 Post-delivery sailing plans run from Thailand (two to three months on a 60-day visa, extendable to 90), south through Malaysia, Indonesia, Bali, and the Komodo Islands, then across the Indian Ocean to the Maldives and Seychelles, with the boat shipped to the Mediterranean in spring 2027 to avoid the Red Sea and Houthi threat.10:57 He also addresses a Garmin chartplotter question for a Naples-to-Caribbean passage, calling radar useful but not required on a fast powerboat, and explains dual-engine RPM synchronization and an air-in-fuel-line fix traced to a loose secondary fuel filter fitting.16:25
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