Thanks Mike. When the wind is blowing I think it takes some extra skills to get a nice sound. With my camera wind noise usually comes out loud and scratchy as the wind blows around the microphone hole. Much easier to plonk on some music than to fix that.
Hi there... Great videos! I hope you're still getting notifications for this chanel. I'm looking at a Houdini in NZ at the moment. I see you have a trysail or similar set at one point. I'd be really interested in hearing details of it. I'm planning lots of boat camping trips with my daughter, so having a trysail will be important to keep things under control in a blow. Looking forward to hearing back from you. Craig
Hi Craig, I use the trysail as a storm jib. I found even a fully reefed main is too much sail when it's blowing ~25 knots +. The jib is just off another boat. You could probably find one for sale or otherwise get one made fairly cheaply.
Nice one! I have been admiring that coast, it looks ideal for the dinghy cruiser. Nicely done Houdini as well! I've been doing my cruising in a 40 ft motor cruiser these last couple of years, living on board but am super keen to get back out there in an open boat. I"m working on it.
I came to dinghy cruising after spending 3 years sailing round (most of) Australia in a 35 foot boat. So many nice little spots you can enjoy in a dinghy that a big boat can't, and I don't miss flopping around on a rolly anchorage worrying about the anchor dragging when I can be camped on the beach!
She's a tub for sure! You have to work hard to tip her - even 2 people sitting on the gunwale in calm doesn't tip. Unloaded and without ballast her waterline width is pretty narrow though and you can get some respectable speed.
Above about 25 knots of wind (reaching and running) the fully reefed mainsail overpowers the boat too much, so I have a little headsail for those occasions (though I'd usually avoid sailing the dinghy in winds stronger than 20 knots).
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John Welsford boats are very gentle on the eye.
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What an adventure! Nice boat.
Amazing and lovely. Looking forward to replicating the bits around Freycinet/Maria.
Great video, love your dinghy, Taz is beautiful part of the world.
Absolutely brilliant - thanks for sharing !!!!
Congratulations!!!!!!
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Great trip and very nice boat!
Nice job!
Wonderful! Thank you for taking us on a nice cruise. But I hope to just hear the wind and water in the next video... Cheers and fair winds from Japan.
Thanks Mike. When the wind is blowing I think it takes some extra skills to get a nice sound. With my camera wind noise usually comes out loud and scratchy as the wind blows around the microphone hole. Much easier to plonk on some music than to fix that.
@@thedinghyspart2474 A little bit of foam taped over the mic might help.
Hi there... Great videos! I hope you're still getting notifications for this chanel.
I'm looking at a Houdini in NZ at the moment. I see you have a trysail or similar set at one point. I'd be really interested in hearing details of it. I'm planning lots of boat camping trips with my daughter, so having a trysail will be important to keep things under control in a blow.
Looking forward to hearing back from you.
Craig
Hi Craig, I use the trysail as a storm jib. I found even a fully reefed main is too much sail when it's blowing ~25 knots +. The jib is just off another boat. You could probably find one for sale or otherwise get one made fairly cheaply.
Nice one! I have been admiring that coast, it looks ideal for the dinghy cruiser. Nicely done Houdini as well!
I've been doing my cruising in a 40 ft motor cruiser these last couple of years, living on board but am super keen to get back out there in an open boat. I"m working on it.
I came to dinghy cruising after spending 3 years sailing round (most of) Australia in a 35 foot boat. So many nice little spots you can enjoy in a dinghy that a big boat can't, and I don't miss flopping around on a rolly anchorage worrying about the anchor dragging when I can be camped on the beach!
Thank for this. How do you feel about the Houdini? Seems a little narrow and tippy.
She's a tub for sure! You have to work hard to tip her - even 2 people sitting on the gunwale in calm doesn't tip. Unloaded and without ballast her waterline width is pretty narrow though and you can get some respectable speed.
Nice! is that a smaller sail for higher winds??
Above about 25 knots of wind (reaching and running) the fully reefed mainsail overpowers the boat too much, so I have a little headsail for those occasions (though I'd usually avoid sailing the dinghy in winds stronger than 20 knots).
@@thedinghyspart2474 - Very bold place to sail small boats - great stuff !
I'm building a Don Kurylko "Alaska" Whitehall - strip plank 18 footer. Looking for cruising grounds...