I design boats for a living and it’s great to see somebody doing a trip like this with a boat that uses all the modern technology to best advantage. Looks like you had a great trip, thanks for sharing.
Ha, that is a great profession. I've owned several small sailing yachts, and I am not duh, so I know it is always some optimum on a lot of parameters, properties. Have you ever read Robot At Sea? Robot op zee, it is Dutch. Ship designer Pieter Adriaans (+/-) designed Syllogic to win a race across the Atlantic, Ostar maybe. Two innovations: he wanted a mast that tilts into the wind, just like a windsurfer does. Why? Now the sail pushes the hull out of the water, instead of deeper into it. Problem? Hydraulics to control the mast, but that was solved. Next innovation. When sailing upwind, the keel was turned some degrees left or right. Why? At highest VMG, the keel is in a good angle of attack,,but the hull? No, a ship drifts. To go faster, you want to point the bow into the direction the ship is going. So, you build a keel that turns. And it also swings up wind, of course. But that turning keel was new. Problem is, boom and mainsail move to a different position, main sheet needs to go to new strong blocks. Last innovation? A computer network that does "self learning" on sailing a racing boat. Self learning software was Adriaans' work, he was both a uni teacher and a handful people software company owner. So, the software did several level tasks, from scanning weather systems and calculating fastest route, to a steering computer that was way smarter than the ones we buy. That explains several computers, a network, not just one large computer. Conclusion: the innovation of that keel that swings, but also can be turned left and right, and the mast and sails designed for downdraft, because the mast is tilted into the wind, well, that resulted in a fast ship. However, the keel construction broke during the race, Syllogic did not win. And for this other designer, maybe you do not do sails and racing, but this book is great, because he is a nice writer. Example? He explains how a kid can learn to steer a large barge, problem is, you steer and you must wait to see how much it turns. Even kids learn fast when to start steering (in advance, okay, but when exactly), and how far you need to steer. That is the problem for a chart plotter and automatic steering: can that system learn to steer in advance? How?! In these years, that was not for sale! See? Pieter Adriaans is interesting. And in Norway I met a man who is a designer for tugships. The real deal, large ones. Modern ones. Awesome.
What a great video, I grew up in love day so black fellas creek was our yabby and swimming hole, been to all the places you showed in the Riverland, bought back great memories thank you for sharing
We did one of the River Rambles that went from Goolwa to Waikerie many years ago. From memory about 7-8 days cruising up with about 50+ boats of all sizes, houseboats, and the occasional Yancheng. Great memories.
Great video! Good mix of interesting scenery and good commentary. Thanks Aggie & Don, didn’t realise you had done clips of your trips but just stumbled on this one and now we will have to watch the others.
Hi Paul. I thought a video of the motor boat may help Noosa Marine. I had no idea how much interest it would create. Look forward to catching up. Cheers Don and Aggie
In a canoe or kayak these curvy rivers take a lot of time. Seen spots where taking the canoe out and walking it for a while could save miles. Then you start understanding why rivers are turned into canals, locks and dams installed. Economy wins. But that meandering is beautiful.
Awesome Vid thanks for sharing, and Lovely boat is it foam sandwich. A mate and I built a 7,7m FG over ply years ago I use to pro fish and charter with it from Tin can Bay and Noosa
A Great Video Thank you so much for posting I am curious as to which Book of charts you used as it differs greatly from my book by Maureen Wright which now dates from 1997.
Hi Sorry for the slow response we are away in the 4x4 and off the grid. Re guide I will have to get back to you when we are home in a couple of weeks. Cheers Don.
Good vid I grew up in Curlwaa NSW and noticed you labeled Abbotsford bridge as abbotsville bridge but apart from that was a great video, nice boat too 👌🏻
Great trip to watch and thanks for sharing your journey with us. Whereabouts did you get your book ( about the Murray river ) from? Was that book very helpful / informative? I’m thinking about doing a trip along the Murray.
I really like your boat. I live in Mildura and want to travel upstream initially. Is your boat self-built or a commercial machine? It’s cruise on the plane looks like what I want for long distance cruising.
Hi. The boat is a Noosa 7 built by Julian Griffith of Noosa Marine. It is a great cruising boat . Very economical light weight and a good sea boat . Another short video is Noosa to Fraser Island by boat. Good luck. Don
I enjoyed the video, but wondering what is the name of the song referring to 'down to the sea again'? Really liked it, but can't seem to find it, cheers
Love to seeing your adventures. Your current vessel ticks a lot of boxes for us, in the future as we downsize. Can trailer and access places far and wide. No mast. Fast. Big enough for two for a long trip. I note from comments below the it is a Noosa 7. Is it a custom design?
Hi. Julian Griffith has built 3 or 4 of these boats off the same jig. Mine is the only one with a cabin . The others are more sports or day boats but I wanted a style to suit my age. He has built 2 more slightly larger ones of a different design with similar cabin shape . We could not be happier with ours. Find him on facebook. Noosa Marine. Cheers Don
Hi . Hema have a usefully map of the Murray River and we joined the Murray River boaters association. There are guide books but we are away travelling so may lead you astray with a guess. Cheers
Hi . The boat was built and mostly designed by Julian Griffith of Noosa Marine. It is light weight 1.25 ton with some fuel and supplies on board. Look on his face book site or google Noosa Marine .it does over 30knots and cruises happily at 18,to 20 knots . Cheers Don
Hi draft is about 750mm with outboard down. 300mm up. We had a good depth sounder and had no problems. We needed a good sounder to find a clear bottom to drop anchor.
Thanks for your quick reply. I'm planning a trip this year and have a draft of about 450mm. You've given me a bit more confidence in making it! I will invest in a good sounder. Any other advice you can offer will be greatly appreciated. @@NuMoonvl4936
This was a very interesting trip but I don't get why there are so many barriers along the river. This kind of interruption to the natural flow of the river must have had a catastrophic impact on wildlife.
@@colgorman4849 Oh I didn't know that. I thought the river had a bigger year round flow like those of other wetter regions. These locks are then a very good idea. Thanks for the info. 👍
Hi Don and Aggie fantastic trip ... great video I'm looking forward to watching the others. One question please, what was the book you were using for reference ?
Looks like a great boat and interesting run. What is the top speed with the 115 hp Yammie? (4 stroke I presume.) What is your cruising speed? Initially - 120 litres for 320 km = 2.67 kms / litre. Overal - 410 litres for the whole 900 kms = 2.2 kms / litre How many hours did you travel on average each day for the 12 days? (900 / 12 = av 75 km/day) What was the longest distance between fuel availability? What was the furthest you had to carry small fuel cans to refill the main tanks?
Hi. Thanks for your inquiry. The boat does between 30 and 33 knots . It doesn't bog down before planing just rises so happily planes along from 10kns . Smooth days I cruise around 18 to 20 . 1 trip punching a 20kn s/e wind in the open ocean for 40 mls and averaged 13 kn .very comfortably. I allow 1 lit per NM. In the ocean . Depends on your range we only carried fuel once. We drove on a normal day about 6 hrs doing between 6 to 18 knots but a lot around 14kn. Cheers Don
Hi Julian Yes we anchored each evening .We usually dropped the anchor our after circling and checking the bottom for snags with the depth sounder/fishfinder. then reversed in and tied to a tree with a light end for end line that was easy to drop in the morning. It held us from swinging with the wind and kept us off the bank. We only managed to collect one log but got unhooked easily. Don
Hi. Sorry for the slow response. We have been off the grid remote camping and fishing. We carried spare anchors ,props ,oil ,fuel filters,spark plugs and fibreglass repair kit. We did not hit anything and had no issues. It was a very good trip. Cheers Don
Hi The boat is built by Noosa Marine and Julian Griffith had his design modified by a Marine architect and tank tested . You can find Noosa Marine on facebook. Cheers Don
Hi Phil It is a Noosa 7 Built by Noosa marine in Noosaville QLD by Julian Griffiths 0402079394 Great boat. Light Fast and spacious. Check out noosa to fraser island by boat
What a wanker. I think its great. I have watched it many, many times. Its not a Steven Spielberg docko. I would like to see you do better. They have done a great job.
Hi. We do a lot to help climate change. We sailed our boat around the world instead of flying. Our house runs almost off the grid on solar panels. We use bikes a lot for transport .
Hi. Sorry for the slow response. The boat is very light and fuel efficient for its size and used less fuel in 2 weeks than my car does in that time normally. Cheers
I design boats for a living and it’s great to see somebody doing a trip like this with a boat that uses all the modern technology to best advantage. Looks like you had a great trip, thanks for sharing.
Ha, that is a great profession. I've owned several small sailing yachts, and I am not duh, so I know it is always some optimum on a lot of parameters, properties.
Have you ever read Robot At Sea? Robot op zee, it is Dutch. Ship designer Pieter Adriaans (+/-) designed Syllogic to win a race across the Atlantic,
Ostar maybe. Two innovations: he wanted a mast that tilts into the wind, just like a windsurfer does. Why? Now the sail pushes the hull out of the water, instead of deeper into it. Problem? Hydraulics to control the mast, but that was solved.
Next innovation. When sailing upwind, the keel was turned some degrees left or right. Why? At highest VMG, the keel is in a good angle of attack,,but the hull? No, a ship drifts. To go faster, you want to point the bow into the direction the ship is going. So, you build a keel that turns. And it also swings up wind, of course. But that turning keel was new. Problem is, boom and mainsail move to a different position, main sheet needs to go to new strong blocks.
Last innovation? A computer network that does "self learning" on sailing a racing boat. Self learning software was Adriaans' work, he was both a uni teacher and a handful people software company owner. So, the software did several level tasks, from scanning weather systems and calculating fastest route, to a steering computer that was way smarter than the ones we buy. That explains several computers, a network, not just one large computer.
Conclusion: the innovation of that keel that swings, but also can be turned left and right, and the mast and sails designed for downdraft, because the mast is tilted into the wind, well, that resulted in a fast ship. However, the keel construction broke during the race, Syllogic did not win.
And for this other designer, maybe you do not do sails and racing, but this book is great, because he is a nice writer. Example? He explains how a kid can learn to steer a large barge, problem is, you steer and you must wait to see how much it turns. Even kids learn fast when to start steering (in advance, okay, but when exactly), and how far you need to steer. That is the problem for a chart plotter and automatic steering: can that system learn to steer in advance? How?! In these years, that was not for sale! See? Pieter Adriaans is interesting.
And in Norway I met a man who is a designer for tugships. The real deal, large ones. Modern ones. Awesome.
The Drone at 18:45 is magical. Thanks for sharing!
Did very same thing in 1984 and still looks the same. Later on I made a house boat an went all up and down that river. Hope u have a great time.
What a great video, I grew up in love day so black fellas creek was our yabby and swimming hole, been to all the places you showed in the Riverland, bought back great memories thank you for sharing
We did one of the River Rambles that went from Goolwa to Waikerie many years ago. From memory about 7-8 days cruising up with about 50+ boats of all sizes, houseboats, and the occasional Yancheng.
Great memories.
USA calling...what is a Yancheng?
@@tomkiefer2386 error of corrective text, was meant to be yatch
Great trip. If i ever get back to the River. Ill be using a boat like yours. Cheers.
This is pure gold!
you guys did an amazing job.thanks for uploading and sharing
Thank you for your generosity in sharing your cruise with us. You might wish to read "River Horse," by William Least-Heat Moon.
That is a really beautiful boat.. awesome trip too.
Great video! Good mix of interesting scenery and good commentary. Thanks Aggie & Don, didn’t realise you had done clips of your trips but just stumbled on this one and now we will have to watch the others.
Hi Paul.
I thought a video of the motor boat may help Noosa Marine. I had no idea how much interest it would create. Look forward to catching up. Cheers Don and Aggie
what a marvelous adventure. thanks for sharing.
This was very cool thanks for sharing
Really enjoy the trip
Love your set up great to see the murray
Loved watching your video. Please next time can you tell us what the places are as we see them.
looks like a great adventure, thanks for sharing
Nice to see you came to my neck of the woods. The welli pub has tons of Murray charm.
It must be a wonderful place to live with such a awesome river to play on .Cheers
In a canoe or kayak these curvy rivers take a lot of time. Seen spots where taking the canoe out and walking it for a while could save miles. Then you start understanding why rivers are turned into canals, locks and dams installed. Economy wins. But that meandering is beautiful.
That was lovely , good boat and motor and crew.
You just solved the mystery of the Loch Ness Monster
Very enjoyable thanks. Love to see a vid doing the stretch from Wodonga to Mildura
Hi Thanks for your comments. Yes it is on the bucket list. Cheers Don
Great Show,Thanks
Thank you and safe sailing
Awesome Vid thanks for sharing, and Lovely boat is it foam sandwich. A mate and I built a 7,7m FG over ply years ago I use to pro fish and charter with it from Tin can Bay and Noosa
Hi . Yes it is a highbred foam sandwich system. Great boat for our needs. Cheers
A Great Video
Thank you so much for posting
I am curious as to which Book of charts you used as it differs greatly from my book by Maureen Wright which now dates from 1997.
Hi Sorry for the slow response we are away in the 4x4 and off the grid. Re guide I will have to get back to you when we are home in a couple of weeks. Cheers Don.
Good vid I grew up in Curlwaa NSW and noticed you labeled Abbotsford bridge as abbotsville bridge but apart from that was a great video, nice boat too 👌🏻
Thanks for the input. I need an age allowance . Cheers
Where did you get the river charts from and how to finde out information on the locks along the river?
Hi. We are away travelling. Will reply with the info when we arrive home .I may guess incorrectly. Cheers Don
Hi The chart books Murray River Pilot angrier Murray Charts by Maureen Weight. Also Murray River @Mallee SA. Map.
i m so jealous mate.......fantastic trip
Thanks .Cheers Don
What a great idea - travelling, sleeping and dining on the murray in your own caravan...oops, boat.
Great trip to watch and thanks for sharing your journey with us. Whereabouts did you get your book ( about the Murray river ) from? Was that book very helpful / informative? I’m thinking about doing a trip along the Murray.
We found the books on line also joined the Murray River boaters association. Cheers Don
Just found your videos,subscribed andwondering about your boat .
Hi It is basically a Noosa 7 built by Noosa Marine. Check his Facebook site. Cheers
Hi . What a great trip you did. Have watched RUclips video 20 plus times . Just wanted to know where u left your car and trailer when u were away.
Hi . We left the car and trailer Island reach caravan park in Mildura and rented a car at Murray Bridge to retrieve it. Cheers Don
@@NuMoonvl4936 thanks Don. Will check it out. Happy travels to u and your wife.
Thanks
I really like your boat. I live in Mildura and want to travel upstream initially. Is your boat self-built or a commercial machine? It’s cruise on the plane looks like what I want for long distance cruising.
Hi. The boat is a Noosa 7 built by Julian Griffith of Noosa Marine. It is a great cruising boat . Very economical light weight and a good sea boat . Another short video is Noosa to Fraser Island by boat. Good luck. Don
Fuel in Denmark? That's a long way!
Enjoyed that trip bout 40 years ago in 10 canoes and campin, geez its changed alot, in that time. Interested in seein other rivers?
How'd ya paddle 10 canoes. I would've only gone in 1.
@@rasch760 with about 19 other people m8
@@rasch760 plus the van with 2 people with the campin gear and cookin gear.
Hi. Your trip sounds great. I will try a Noosa River trip video . The headwaters are beautiful. Cheers Don
I enjoyed the video, but wondering what is the name of the song referring to 'down to the sea again'? Really liked it, but can't seem to find it, cheers
Hi . We are away remote camping and can't remember who the artist was. Will check once I am home. Could Eliene Quinn. Cheers Don
Love to seeing your adventures. Your current vessel ticks a lot of boxes for us, in the future as we downsize. Can trailer and access places far and wide. No mast. Fast. Big enough for two for a long trip. I note from comments below the it is a Noosa 7. Is it a custom design?
Hi. Julian Griffith has built 3 or 4 of these boats off the same jig. Mine is the only one with a cabin . The others are more sports or day boats but I wanted a style to suit my age. He has built 2 more slightly larger ones of a different design with similar cabin shape . We could not be happier with ours. Find him on facebook. Noosa Marine. Cheers Don
hi great vid are there any special maps best to use cheers lee
Hi . Hema have a usefully map of the Murray River and we joined the Murray River boaters association. There are guide books but we are away travelling so may lead you astray with a guess. Cheers
"down to the sea again" Who iz singer ? Beautiful song
Hi . Can't remember at the moment but will follow up when we are home in a couple of weeks. Cheers
@@NuMoonvl4936 Thank you and enjoy yourself.
Hi I think it John Mc Dermott. Cheers
Awesome
What a boat! Can you tell me more about it? I'd love a semi displacement towable hull like that!
Hi . The boat was built and mostly designed by Julian Griffith of Noosa Marine. It is light weight 1.25 ton with some fuel and supplies on board. Look on his face book site or google Noosa Marine .it does over 30knots and cruises happily at 18,to 20 knots . Cheers Don
Why are paddle-wheelers so popular? Very interesting video.
Hi . A prop driven boat would draw much more water I guess. Cheers
Hi great trip. What was that book you were navigating from, looked good. Thanx again
Hi wea re away at present so will reply with the correct info when we are home in about a week. Cheers Don
Hi guys, I enjoyed your video, what is the draft of your boat? did you run into any depth issues?
Hi draft is about 750mm with outboard down. 300mm up. We had a good depth sounder and had no problems. We needed a good sounder to find a clear bottom to drop anchor.
Thanks for your quick reply. I'm planning a trip this year and have a draft of about 450mm. You've given me a bit more confidence in making it! I will invest in a good sounder. Any other advice you can offer will be greatly appreciated. @@NuMoonvl4936
This was a very interesting trip but I don't get why there are so many barriers along the river. This kind of interruption to the natural flow of the river must have had a catastrophic impact on wildlife.
If they didn’t have the locks the river would be just a trickle about 300 ml deep from Echuca to the mouth during the summer mths
@@colgorman4849 Oh I didn't know that. I thought the river had a bigger year round flow like those of other wetter regions. These locks are then a very good idea. Thanks for the info. 👍
Looked like a fantastic trip don't you fish
Hi
We tried to fish. Caught carp .
Hi Don and Aggie fantastic trip ... great video I'm looking forward to watching the others. One question please, what was the book you were using for reference ?
Hi We are currently away from home travelling so will let you know in a couple of weeks. Cheers
Reference books Murray River pilot. Ronald and Margaret Baker. Also Murray River and Mallee SA map. Cheers.
Where did you get the book of navigation charts & are fuel availability included we wanting to do a trip from goolwa to renmark
We are away travelling and plan to be home in a week so will send a link to you. Cheers
When time permits,interested in more info on your boat,she looks great.
Hi. The boat is a Noosa 7 built by Noosa Marine. It is very light and easily driven. It planes at a very low speed. Great Boat Cheers
Awesome, love the boat - what is the name?
Hi Moonshine is its name. All our boats seem to have Moon names. I guess we are not too imaginative. Cheers Don
Looks like a great boat and interesting run.
What is the top speed with the 115 hp Yammie? (4 stroke I presume.)
What is your cruising speed?
Initially - 120 litres for 320 km = 2.67 kms / litre.
Overal - 410 litres for the whole 900 kms = 2.2 kms / litre
How many hours did you travel on average each day for the 12 days? (900 / 12 = av 75 km/day)
What was the longest distance between fuel availability?
What was the furthest you had to carry small fuel cans to refill the main tanks?
Hi. Thanks for your inquiry. The boat does between 30 and 33 knots . It doesn't bog down before planing just rises so happily planes along from 10kns . Smooth days I cruise around 18 to 20 . 1 trip punching a 20kn s/e wind in the open ocean for 40 mls and averaged 13 kn .very comfortably. I allow 1 lit per NM. In the ocean .
Depends on your range we only carried fuel once.
We drove on a normal day about 6 hrs doing between 6 to 18 knots but a lot around 14kn.
Cheers Don
Hi, it looked like you used your anchor in the river during the trip. Any issues with snags or dead trees retrieving each morning ?
Hi Julian Yes we anchored each evening .We usually dropped the anchor our after circling and checking the bottom for snags with the depth sounder/fishfinder. then reversed in and tied to a tree with a light end for end line that was easy to drop in the morning. It held us from swinging with the wind and kept us off the bank. We only managed to collect one log but got unhooked easily. Don
Oh sorry just saw a post already asking. Cheers
howe much you pay p. liter gas then??
Hi . We probably averaged $ 2 per litre.
Looks like you had a wonderful trip.
Did you Carry any spares for the motor and did you hit anything on the propeller ? Thanks
Hi. Sorry for the slow response. We have been off the grid remote camping and fishing.
We carried spare anchors ,props ,oil ,fuel filters,spark plugs and fibreglass repair kit. We did not hit anything and had no issues. It was a very good trip. Cheers Don
@@NuMoonvl4936 thanks very much for letting me know.
remember the video is oll ower the world ,better you tell wher you are ,and what you planing , dont need mjusik
That is a good point and will remember it. Cheers
Nice video and filming. What design is your cruiser?
Hi The boat is built by Noosa Marine and Julian Griffith had his design modified by a Marine architect and tank tested . You can find Noosa Marine on facebook. Cheers Don
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Renmark is my home town
Hi. We really enjoyed Renmark. Cheers
What model boat is that?
Hi Phil It is a Noosa 7 Built by Noosa marine in Noosaville QLD by Julian Griffiths 0402079394 Great boat. Light Fast and spacious. Check out noosa to fraser island by boat
Maybe the weirdest video I've seen.
Why do you think that Craig ? Just a couple sharing their home movie of a trip down the Murray . Tell us a weirder one you have seen ?
What are kls
Short for kilometres. Cheers Don
This is so rough it is very difficult to watch
Hi Give me a break. I am 72 years old and a tecno dinasour. Cheers
@@NuMoonvl4936 I am not over the moon
Surely you could say something positive about the boat or the might Murray River, rather than being critical. For me it was magic.
@@paultravers2438 Surely you could say something positive about the editing of the might Murray River, rather than being critical.
What a wanker. I think its great. I have watched it many, many times. Its not a Steven Spielberg docko. I would like to see you do better. They have done a great job.
Wow, not a mention of Waikerie, Mannum, or Murray Bridge. Failed.
Sorry I tried to keep it short. We enjoyed it so much we hop to come again.
You jumped from Mannum to Blanchtown lock 1 back to Murray Bridge incorrect order of towns.
Thanks Andrew I thought it was incorrect. We had a bit of a drama with the editing and a bit of old age didn't help .Cheers Don
It would be better to go that journey using solar power only driving electric motors? Do a bit for climate change..
I did it using sheep to drive the paddle wheels. I love sheep.
@@thomaselliott573 Sheep power is cheap green power
@@MENDNZ good food also.
Hi. We do a lot to help climate change. We sailed our boat around the world instead of flying. Our house runs almost off the grid on solar panels. We use bikes a lot for transport .
Making good fuel consumption at more than 33L/km. Thanks for the climate change Boomers.
Do you know how to divide? I don't mean people, I mean mathematics. That has to do with numbers, not bs.
@@thomaselliott573 I’d suspect a uni student. Probably a math major. Lol.
Hi. Sorry for the slow response. The boat is very light and fuel efficient for its size and used less fuel in 2 weeks than my car does in that time normally.
Cheers
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