I love the audio in your videos! Too many leave out the nature. Thanks for educating me on the Cumberland and as an avid small boat sailor and canoer I always head upstream on my way out. The ride home is usually easier. Thanks for sharing!!
I was surfing for sailing videos when I came across this… it’s funny that my mother’s family is from that part of the country. My grandmother was raised at Bumpus Mills and my grandfather was raised near Dover. They’re buried at the National Cemetery there. Thank you for sharing this. It’s been 25 years since I was there.
I don't know if anyone in the comments or if you have read it yourself, but that boat set-up is really how I imagine the wizard Ged/Sparrowhawk went around the world in the EarthSea series of books by Ursula K. Le Guin.
I am so impressed with that boat, you sit all over and it seems very stable, I ordered the sharpie book. I want to build a boat and I have a sawmill so I may work in wide pine and red oak simply because I have all I want. Love the videos, be well.
I appreciate you! She's surprisingly well mannered for her size. The bow does pick up quite a bit if I sit too far aft. You'll notice it in tripod shots from shore. Man, a sawmill would be amazing! White oak is supposed to be great boat wood if you can get it. Maybe for transoms, frames, stems. The transom on my 15ft skiff is red oak. Good luck to you!
I have been dreaming of doing this for a while. I want to launch from Martinsville, IN on the White River, travel to the Wabash, Ohio and make my way to the Land Between the Lakes. Still trying to decide on a small boat to build, maybe 16'max with a small cabin to sleep in at night.
Beautiful boat ,Beautiful scenery well till the barges . simple is so much better than Big i've learned over the years , my first sailboat even though not big was 21 feet with a cabin and was a bugger to launch how i wish i had started small and adventured further .
I recommend a small line tying the clew down to the boom, in addition to the outhaul. You’ll get much better sail shape, as well as better control in higher winds.
My wife and I will often put a car down stream and then take the kayaks upstream in our other car and put in. If we have to turn back we have a car if we can't, we have a car. It works pretty well.
Awesome boat. I think you would benefit greatly with a small solar panel on the aft end and a small motor. Technically, the wind comes from the sun so, solar and wind are basically the same thing in different expressions. Even a brushless rc boat motor would make a difference you would notice in current. Don't need a battery unless you want one, run directly from the panel, get a cheap one from harbor freight. At least 50 watts.
So, RUclips has decided that I'm going to watch these videos, and all I have to say is that the skiff is working out far too well. Experimental boat my dinglehopper I think you invented the perfect midwest sailboat.
Ha! That's high praise. Thank you for the kind words. I've definitely gotten my time and money's worth out of this little boat. There may be historic designs better suited to the task, but I love her overall simplicity and ease of construction.
I have sewn sails, but not this one. The wooden spars are home-built. The sail is from Chesapeake Light Craft, originally designed for a Mill creek 13 kayak. It's very small, only about 30sq ft of dacron. This skiff could use a slightly bigger sail.
@@cumberlandrover Could you please send me the dimensions (all 4 sides) preferably in metric? Also the widths of the 3 pieces of cloth at the luff and at the leech? I only need it for a 10-foot dinghy which I only use for small lakes and rivers like your skiff.
I love the audio in your videos! Too many leave out the nature. Thanks for educating me on the Cumberland and as an avid small boat sailor and canoer I always head upstream on my way out. The ride home is usually easier. Thanks for sharing!!
I was surfing for sailing videos when I came across this… it’s funny that my mother’s family is from that part of the country. My grandmother was raised at Bumpus Mills and my grandfather was raised near Dover. They’re buried at the National Cemetery there. Thank you for sharing this. It’s been 25 years since I was there.
I don't know if anyone in the comments or if you have read it yourself, but that boat set-up is really how I imagine the wizard Ged/Sparrowhawk went around the world in the EarthSea series of books by Ursula K. Le Guin.
Thanks for sharing!! Very well commentated. Adventure on!
Wonderful video, once again. Thank you!
That fawn learned a valuable lesson that would have been lost if you had intervened. Thanks for the wise words concerning wildlife.
Fawns are much stronger than they look and they kick hard and hooves are sharp and hard
Another great trip thanks
I enjoy your peaceful journeys.
Curious how many days/nights you were out and if you camped on shore each night. Thanks! I've a CLC Skerry I've thought to do the same with.
I am so impressed with that boat, you sit all over and it seems very stable, I ordered the sharpie book. I want to build a boat and I have a sawmill so I may work in wide pine and red oak simply because I have all I want. Love the videos, be well.
I appreciate you! She's surprisingly well mannered for her size. The bow does pick up quite a bit if I sit too far aft. You'll notice it in tripod shots from shore. Man, a sawmill would be amazing! White oak is supposed to be great boat wood if you can get it. Maybe for transoms, frames, stems. The transom on my 15ft skiff is red oak. Good luck to you!
I have been dreaming of doing this for a while. I want to launch from Martinsville, IN on the White River, travel to the Wabash, Ohio and make my way to the Land Between the Lakes. Still trying to decide on a small boat to build, maybe 16'max with a small cabin to sleep in at night.
Here is Diddy going down the river
Always look forward to your content ❤️
Beautiful boat ,Beautiful scenery well till the barges . simple is so much better than Big i've learned over the years , my first sailboat even though not big was 21 feet with a cabin and was a bugger to launch how i wish i had started small and adventured further .
I recommend a small line tying the clew down to the boom, in addition to the outhaul. You’ll get much better sail shape, as well as better control in higher winds.
Who's Diddy going down the river
Great channel
Nice little adventure 👍👍🇺🇲
Maybe you could get the 101st from Ft. Campbell to perform “the ride of the Valkyries”, like the movie Apocalypse Now! Would make a great video. 😉🇺🇸🦅
My wife and I will often put a car down stream and then take the kayaks upstream in our other car and put in. If we have to turn back we have a car if we can't, we have a car. It works pretty well.
This is the way to do it!
What design is your skiff? It would be killer little boat for the bays behind the coastal islands along the southern NJ coast. Thanks.
Awesome boat. I think you would benefit greatly with a small solar panel on the aft end and a small motor. Technically, the wind comes from the sun so, solar and wind are basically the same thing in different expressions. Even a brushless rc boat motor would make a difference you would notice in current. Don't need a battery unless you want one, run directly from the panel, get a cheap one from harbor freight. At least 50 watts.
That would definitely ruin the aesthetic
So, RUclips has decided that I'm going to watch these videos, and all I have to say is that the skiff is working out far too well. Experimental boat my dinglehopper I think you invented the perfect midwest sailboat.
Ha! That's high praise. Thank you for the kind words. I've definitely gotten my time and money's worth out of this little boat. There may be historic designs better suited to the task, but I love her overall simplicity and ease of construction.
Did you make your lug sail yourself? How many metres (yards) of cloth do you need? What are the dimensions?
I have sewn sails, but not this one. The wooden spars are home-built. The sail is from Chesapeake Light Craft, originally designed for a Mill creek 13 kayak. It's very small, only about 30sq ft of dacron. This skiff could use a slightly bigger sail.
@@cumberlandrover Could you please send me the dimensions (all 4 sides) preferably in metric? Also the widths of the 3 pieces of cloth at the luff and at the leech? I only need it for a 10-foot dinghy which I only use for small lakes and rivers like your skiff.