My Classic Boat. Maurice Griffiths Waterwitch Mk II 30ft 1960

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • Our main November boat video is an unusual Maurice Griffiths design. His 1960's Leeboard Waterwitch Mk II is commonly known as a 'Barge Boat' and once you've watched the video - you'll see why. We joined owner Tim Fenner, on the Blackwater, up on the east coast of the UK for a summer sail in overcast winter type conditions. Please share and subscribe and thanks for watching. Copyright My Classic Boat. Music Dave Houghton and Pip De Ste Croix

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  • @billhanna8838
    @billhanna8838 4 года назад +3

    She was getting along just loverly.

  • @mathewgravener7017
    @mathewgravener7017 4 года назад +3

    Tim lovely video! Very nearly bought a bilge keeled Waterwitch some time ago at Tollesbury. Perhaps will look again once I finish and sell my three current boat! Cheers Mat

  • @avancalledrupert5130
    @avancalledrupert5130 3 года назад

    There's a bilge keel one on boat shed for 8k right now. That's what made me type it into RUclips. It's beautiful.

  • @richardmccartney316
    @richardmccartney316 4 года назад +3

    May see you about some day as im from Oulton Broad :-)

  • @philipritson8821
    @philipritson8821 4 года назад +5

    I've got to admit I don't like leeboards because they look ugly. But they do serve a purpose and I admire those who keep this aspect of sailing alive.

  • @borys2767
    @borys2767 4 года назад

    More videos Please!!!! Love you Brits!!!

  • @Sailboatstory
    @Sailboatstory 4 года назад +7

    Love the flushdeck. Leeboards, to me, look a bit ugly - but I love their functionality.
    What the heck is a "chicken table"?

  • @teknotikpointbiz
    @teknotikpointbiz 4 года назад +2

    I got leeboards on my sailing canoe and kayak works good you can land anywhere

  • @kimhorton6109
    @kimhorton6109 4 года назад

    Very nice cabin space but the foot path around that cabin look like it would take your ankles. Looks comfy.

  • @ManSingh-hu8ux
    @ManSingh-hu8ux 4 года назад

    Such a bloody good vid.

  • @pdutube
    @pdutube 4 года назад +3

    What a wonderful classic! I only wish there was some interior camera work, especially if the gentleman is looking to sell it.

    • @myclassicboat9083
      @myclassicboat9083  4 года назад +2

      pdutube thanks for posting- you’ll have to watch it again they are all there

    • @pdutube
      @pdutube 4 года назад +4

      @@myclassicboat9083 Hah! Right in the middle! If it was a Kraken it would have eaten me!

  • @boptah7489
    @boptah7489 4 года назад +4

    Thames Barges can be very close winded.. I met one in the Thames estuary and he was sailing closer than me and i was on a seamaster 23.. I was a bit shocked tbh.

    • @Kitiwake
      @Kitiwake 4 года назад +1

      Depends on the rig and keel, I would imagine.

    • @smacksman1
      @smacksman1 4 года назад +2

      Some barge leaboards draw 14 feet!

    • @boptah7489
      @boptah7489 4 года назад +2

      @@smacksman1 That explains it. Thames Barges sail very well and statesmanly . They new how to build a boat back then.

    • @smacksman1
      @smacksman1 4 года назад

      @@Kitiwake Sprits'l gaff cutter or ketch, 80ft +-, no power, crewed by a man and a boy and a dog - but the dog had to be pretty clever.

  • @brucewalker5890
    @brucewalker5890 Год назад

    This would be better if you hadn’t used so much wide angle lens. IOTA was a famous Waterwitch owned by Simon Simpson whose wife wrote a book about their voyages in the South Pacific. Great design very roomy.

  • @Seregium
    @Seregium 4 года назад

    I like old holland paintings with these boats with wooden things against sliding out of wind (on russian it is called "schwerts") on sides.

  • @boptah7489
    @boptah7489 4 года назад

    Don't be downhearted about not pointing to windward as high as a Thames barge. . Thames barges are very good to windward. Amazingly.

  • @thomasmcfadden8232
    @thomasmcfadden8232 3 года назад +1

    Can you Turn the dog bark down? Its a little too loud for headset users!

  • @billhanna8838
    @billhanna8838 4 года назад +2

    Oh & Gentleman dont sail to windward.

  • @RoryL83
    @RoryL83 4 года назад

    Haha "Lovely boat but it will sail like a chicken table. So I thought to myself, 'That doesn't sound good.'"

  • @grandaurore
    @grandaurore 4 года назад +1

    May I ask: what is the sailboat shown on 25s?

    • @myclassicboat9083
      @myclassicboat9083  4 года назад +1

      Henry TSAI I will try and find out for you, shot the picture a few years ago and can’t remember , she’s a little beauty, was on the east coast near Pin Mill

    • @dominicbuckley8309
      @dominicbuckley8309 4 года назад +2

      She's a Tamarisk 24. Looks like "Ellen", then owned by artist Claudia Myatt, but now down in the West Country.

    • @grandaurore
      @grandaurore 4 года назад

      Thanks !

    • @myclassicboat9083
      @myclassicboat9083  4 года назад

      Dominic Buckley wow thanks Dom for that reply

  • @grumpyjohntxredneckrc6346
    @grumpyjohntxredneckrc6346 4 года назад

    Very Cute Lil Boat! I'd Give Him $1000 For Her w/The Trailer! Thanks

  • @nonplonker2528
    @nonplonker2528 3 года назад

    Still for sale?

  • @Josef_R
    @Josef_R 4 года назад +3

    What is a chicken table?

    • @myclassicboat9083
      @myclassicboat9083  4 года назад

      Josef we are trying to find out the real meaning rather than a table you put chickens on

    • @Josef_R
      @Josef_R 4 года назад +1

      @@myclassicboat9083 yeah, I figured it wasnt literal.

    • @myclassicboat9083
      @myclassicboat9083  4 года назад

      I'm sad to say - we have no idea what the meaning of a chicken table is. Even owner Tim is confused.

    • @Josef_R
      @Josef_R 4 года назад +1

      @@myclassicboat9083 I suppose that could also explain why the boat doesn't sell.

  • @Kitiwake
    @Kitiwake 4 года назад +1

    Rename : "Seaplough".

  • @williamhoskins2300
    @williamhoskins2300 3 года назад

    That guy had , " used car salesman " all over him. Nice boat though..

  • @tehallanaz
    @tehallanaz 4 года назад +1

    Everything is for sale lol

  • @805gregg
    @805gregg 4 года назад +1

    One ugly boat

    • @romeo9017
      @romeo9017 4 года назад +1

      Each to ones own....

    • @Josef_R
      @Josef_R 4 года назад

      Probably had something to do with why it didn't sell.

    • @myclassicboat9083
      @myclassicboat9083  4 года назад +1

      Josef hi mr positive

    • @Josef_R
      @Josef_R 4 года назад

      @@myclassicboat9083 on the positive side, it looks nice inside.