I like your style of sailing, very relaxing. You have some great cruising water too. I'm very jealous! I'm just getting back into sailing again myself. I've been introducing my boys slowly and gently. We are based on the River Ouse just outside of York, but plan to head to the Lake District and Scotland when we feel sufficiently confident and competant. Cheers fella and all the best Al
Sounds like you have a good plan there. I have only been in dinghies for the last 18 months- each time we go out I learn something new. Good luck training the crew! Josh
Glorious sailing day. I must say please be careful man. As a very experienced sailor and long term Heron owner I would think carefully before going outside the heads. But well done and thanks for the views. (I just got out of Mosman and back to Melbourne before this last outbreak)
When you calibrate your compass( I'm from Grand Rapids, MI. USA ); How do you do it? I live in the the USA, and We are right on track with the North Magnetic Pole, so Deviation & Compensation for navigation in Lake Michigan is minimal... But in Australia, in your area of navigating; How do you calibrate your compass so you know your true sense of direction when sailing? ( I hope that this is not a dumb question; But I live in the Northern Hemisphere, y'know...)
Hi Tim. Our local maps have mag north deviation printed on them. It can be 8 or more degrees different depending on the year. More generally, on the east coast we can tell where north is by keeping Australia to our left.
Piece a cake Tim. I’ve been teaching navigation 🧭 all my life. Out here in Washington State we use approximately 22 dgs diff .. it’s indicated somewhere on every official map. In Scouts I learned all that early n I knew it before from my dad. I ran a small trap line in deep forest at age 8 yrs. Had no problem n never got lost. Modern people seem to need Fancy GPS’s n they are helpful but there are still the old methods. I even had to learn to use a sextant for Nav back in the 1950’s thru 1990’s. All we has was compass 🧭. Cheers 🥂 Papa J
Calibration is either right on “0” or so many degs East or West of the “0” declination point. During the Vietnam war I flew all over Nam n the difference in heading was set n marked on our navigation air charts.
Hey Fred, look up the Jack Holt ‘Heron’. Many if them were home made in the 60s like this one. If you would like some background on this one, check out my ‘Boat Tour’ video. Take care, Josh.
Looks like you had a fabulous day out. Thanks for taking us along.
Thanks Terry.
Lovely tour - thanks! Always love Kingfisher.
Thanks! Glad you liked it.
What's a lockdown?
Blessings from Sweden! 😁😇
Ha, that was July last year. No more lockdowns in Australia- just endless rain!! Thanks for watching.
Great cruise. Even in Tokyo (population around 38 million) we never had a lockdown or restrictions on movement.
It feels weird that happened now 3 years later! Thanks for dropping by, please check out our more recent videos!
Hi from Japan. Thanks so much for your generosity in sharing your cruise with us.
Thanks for watching! Much appreciated.
I like your style of sailing, very relaxing. You have some great cruising water too. I'm very jealous!
I'm just getting back into sailing again myself. I've been introducing my boys slowly and gently. We are based on the River Ouse just outside of York, but plan to head to the Lake District and Scotland when we feel sufficiently confident and competant.
Cheers fella and all the best
Al
Sounds like you have a good plan there. I have only been in dinghies for the last 18 months- each time we go out I learn something new. Good luck training the crew!
Josh
Very nice vid
Thanks Guy. Glad you liked it.
Josh
love it...currently restoring a Mirror Dinghy for cruising..as an ex Sydney resident (1973) would love to sail on the Harbour down the track
Thanks for your comments. Watching the mirror cruising guy from England got me into this. Hope your restoration goes smoothly (and quickly).
I too cruise a mirror. Got inspired by the same guy. Cheers from Canada
Love it! Lucky you can get out and sail during lock down... reckon?
Very lucky - case numbers are still increasing so I don't know for how much longer. Anyway, glad you enjoyed the video!
Nice tour Sir, and nice commentary, something missing from a lot of posters.
Thanks Peter. It is a bit unnerving talking to camera - I can see why many don't do it. Glad you enjoyed it!
Very enjoyable
Thanks!
Glorious sailing day. I must say please be careful man. As a very experienced sailor and long term Heron owner I would think carefully before going outside the heads. But well done and thanks for the views. (I just got out of Mosman and back to Melbourne before this last outbreak)
Will be careful! Thanks for watching.
When you calibrate your compass( I'm from Grand Rapids, MI. USA ); How do you do it? I live in the the USA, and We are right on track with the North Magnetic Pole, so Deviation & Compensation for
navigation in Lake Michigan is minimal... But in Australia, in your area of navigating; How do you calibrate your compass so you know your true sense of direction when sailing? ( I hope that this is not a dumb question; But I live in the Northern Hemisphere, y'know...)
Hi Tim. Our local maps have mag north deviation printed on them. It can be 8 or more degrees different depending on the year. More generally, on the east coast we can tell where north is by keeping Australia to our left.
Piece a cake Tim. I’ve been teaching navigation 🧭 all my life. Out here in Washington State we use approximately 22 dgs diff .. it’s indicated somewhere on every official map. In Scouts I learned all that early n I knew it before from my dad. I ran a small trap line in deep forest at age 8 yrs. Had no problem n never got lost. Modern people seem to need Fancy GPS’s n they are helpful but there are still the old methods. I even had to learn to use a sextant for Nav back in the 1950’s thru 1990’s. All we has was compass 🧭. Cheers 🥂 Papa J
Calibration is either right on “0” or so many degs East or West of the “0” declination point. During the Vietnam war I flew all over Nam n the difference in heading was set n marked on our navigation air charts.
Ok, I've watched a couple videos now, but I still haven't found any info o n your boat online. Is it homemade?
Hey Fred, look up the Jack Holt ‘Heron’. Many if them were home made in the 60s like this one. If you would like some background on this one, check out my ‘Boat Tour’ video. Take care, Josh.
@@DinghyCruisingTrim thanks Josh. I see selway-fisher sells plans