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I would like to hear more about his design considerations on his successful mini transit boat.

TO: Michael Storer & Roger Barnes - superb video and info. Many thanks. Speed is the aim of some and I respect that preference for those who want it. BUT, for others like me [a non-racing, aged old croc whose days of outstanding (?) fitness disappered some years ago], stability & safety, practicality, simplicity & ease of build and operation, less than 140 lbs all-up weight with full rigging, beaching robustness, load capacity, ability to handle heavy weather, how high the boat can point into the wind and car-topability are more important. It's all about 'need' not 'want'. I'd classify the ideal boat for me as a Mid-Performance, Recreational Working/Adventure Cruising Boat...ahem...Nirvanah! As a non-expert I'd like to find boats that are less 14 feet LOA, less than 140 lbs all-up weight with full rigging, while meeting all those criteria. I purcased Michael Plans for the Eureka, Goat Island Skiff and Oz Goose some years ago but for a variety of reasons I found that they didn't match my needs. Le Corbusier Quote: "Form follows Function".

Awesome, must be something in New Zealand water, some great designers and thinkers come from that small and isolated island, Hamilton Jets, Mclaren and McRae Race cars, Burt Munro, Ernest Rutherford, Edmund Hilary.. the list goes on, John Welsford is certainly a great thinker and boat designer. Thanks for sharing this insightful video.

Are we able to have a sailing canvas cuddy like on long steps, in parthfinfer.

26’ Catamaran please, not a racer, just a better Wharram.

This is one of the happiest most delightful vids I've ever seen! Look at the smiles on their dials. I think these people get far more joy and fun out of their boats than wealthy people with very expensive keel boats

Nice.Where we can get the plan of sailing dinghy in plywood?

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Yes, thank you for sharing this amazing adventure. I took about 50 screenshots, hope that’s okay. 🫡

My mother's side are Storer 😊

I know it is late to the thread, but what makes a boat a dinghy? I was once on a 110ft tug boat pulling a 350ft barge coming out of Bayou Lafourche in western Louisianna. We were home bound for New York after having cleaned up the BP spill. As we went out the bayou , we past rows of off shore supply vessels that were so monstrously huge our tug felt like a dinghy!

"The wrong boat for the wrong place". I had a chat with a local fisherman on the Norfolk coast, outside his shed with his boat hauled up alongside. He said that up and down that coast, maybe over distances of only 10 or 20 miles, the traditional hull forms differed significantly, reflecting variations in sea state, topography, etc.

Re flat bottomed boats, see you tube videos by "lurch1e" ("one", not "el"). 14 ft Duckpunts (sail plus paddle) on the Blackwater estuary, Essex, east of England. Looks like huge fun. Sailing down the road past the West Mersea YC at high spring tide! Or exceeding the "speed limit" when skimming over wet mud flats!

This is absolutely brilliant stuff! I'm using butt joints in an 18 foot glued ply clinker dinghy. There is a lot of fiddly work doing neat scarf joints in planking, and single handed (building upright) I can only glue on a max 8 ft length of plank at one time, so the joints have to be made on the job not on the bench. So I'm very heartened to hear that one of "the greats" also uses this method. I have a staggered planking diagram for the locations of the joints. I don't care if the blocks are visible (they are only 1/4 inch thick anyway). Having them visible is "honest labor" in my book. I also have a trick for getting the joints absolutely fair. I won't bore you with the details.

Honored to watch your presentation

anyone can design a boat and you are promoting deforestation boats, when a skin on frame weighs a 10% and you can make water ballast for "stabillity"

I've just watched the whole thing. Blimey! What a fella.👏

Very cool! Wow in your talk I see a mirror image of myself. I am from NE Ohio and have been fascinated with Robert Manry’s voyage for many years. I had the opportunity to see Tinkerbelle at Crawford museum. I have sailed a Compac 16 from Largo Key west ans back in my youth. I currently have a Montgomery 17 and plan to recreate Manry’s Fairport Harbor Ohio to Port Colborne CA voyage in a couple weeks! I am also 1/2 the way into a Matt Layden Paradox micro cruiser build which I hope to do a month cruise from Largo Fl to Berry Islands Bahamas and back February of 26’ getting her Newfound to Baffin Island is one of my goals also! Once again thanks for sharing your wealth of knowledge!

Why didn't they properly show him righting the boat at 21:28?

I love your philosophy, never mind the discomfort ! This is my type of mindset. I've always liked to stretch my boundaries. Thanks for the video.

As water moves in the opposite direction in Southern and Northern hemisphere ,,and as the Philippines is in the Southern hemisphere as well as Australia ..I am sceptical that this would be the same in the Northern hemisphere..Great to hear from Mr Storer ..I had no idea he had so much experience and I am giving his boats another look... Volcano scene on lake sounds like the man has arrived in many ways ..Wood and sailcloth knows and rewards it's masters

Is there a popular sailing area/community in the Philippines?

Bananas :)

Will there be a book written about the adventures in South America? Would make a great read.

The most important aspect of sail boat design is the lateral resistance of the boat in the water. The stem has to have more lateral resistance than the rest of the boat. This is what is meant by stem to stern academic keeling design or seaworthy design. When you keel the boom you jam the sails and cause the boat to heeling over or capsizing. Lateral resistance ahead of sail effort is rudder control and sailing speed.

Incredible ❤

@time1h20sec - regaring the redesign. It's funny how that works - If you prepare for something, it will probably happen. It's one of those wierd things, and it works even for the good things in life ;)

Why do some people love boats so much but don't live on them as your primary residence like others do? That's where somewhat bigger boats are better.

Truly fascinating! I could listen to this all day long. Thanks so much for sharing.

좋은 정보 공유 감사합니다^^

Wow, what a great presentation and insight into Professor Howard's sailing philosophy and practice. I remember following the Scamp expedition on line at the time. I wonder if the more adverse conditions on the second trip; the increase in the strength and frequency of the williwaws winds and profuse kelp beds is a result of climate change ?

Thanks for sharing some remarkable experience! 👍

Clarification on one image---Full credit to my friend Terry for the innovative rotisserie build method. Not my invention and a great build tool that I utilized.

This was good. But the end of the Scamp adventure was completely brushed over. Seems like this would been the real learnings for us viewers. It's not adding up. I'm puzzled. Why conceal this part of the story?

Thankyou to Howard Rice for this fascinating, informative and inspiring presentation, and to the DCA for organising and making this available.

Amazing stories and knowledge shared. Thank you for taking the time and effort. The 2+ hours flew past! I will be eagerly waiting for more adventure stories. As the owner of a Gig Harbor SCAMP, I can speak to its amazing capabilities in much calmer waters. It is definitely a rugged vessel that will take care of its crew. Well done! Thank you!

Thank you both for a wunderfull episode. I love the passion of you both. Hope for more.

I’m sorry I’m a year late for this interview. It was fascinating. Especially for someone who lives on the Salish Sea and is looking for a dinghy cruiser project.

Trying to get into sailing. This was a brain dump. Thank you. I am thinking there could so cross over from cycling with sailing. Rigging inside the mass, like how Klein bikes had gear cables inside frame, change the thickness of the mast wall in areas that take most stress and thin in other areas, larger diameter mast but thinner walls.

Fascinating talk. Thanks for putting it up there.

Does anyone know if someone has put a junk rig on the 6m whaler.

That was one rivetting lecture. I don't know how I missed it until now.

Wish I had time to enjoy this...

Thoroughly interesting! I'd intended to just dip in, but watched almost all of this! The main boats I've sailed are a Mirror dinghy; around 35 years ago and a Conati 26 (which I lived aboard for 3 lovely years). Had to stop because I got Waldenstroms with fairly bad neuropathy. Feeling a bit better with treatment, I've bought a Mirror again & want to explore where I can get to wit that! Currently only tested getting back onboard after rowing from the launch ramp to the nearest beach ( set anchor on beach so I could self rescue if I couldn't get back aboard). Struggled, but managed to reboard, so looking at boarding assistance ideas...

What wonderful stories! I'm less than half way through watching this, but I'm just bubbling over, and couldn't keep myself from posting a comment! I've loved Mik's designs and blog, and figured he must be a nice fellow, but what a lovely personality! Yay!

Why are you all motoring ?

Regarding the last question of registering, I had to hire a local naval architect and get him to do all the necesary steps to produce documents to proove seaworthyness as if it was his design. I had to test it, flood it etc. It all took a year but it is now registered. (I am based in Greece) Happy sailing!

Am always interested in what Mr. Storer has to say, even though we come from different approaches. Mine is simple, strong, and cheap. I'll sacrifice a point or two of beauty, and maybe a little bit of performance, to get lower cost and simpler construction. But weight is always an issue. A little too much can be tolerated. Way too much is unacceptable. And Mr. Storer is a master of weight saving. My present boat, which is now nearing completion, is heavily influenced by his structural thinking.

I’d like to thank John for his time and energy. He is a an inspiration.

Pinching in gusts is good, actually, if you're overpowered.