This was the trip in 2012 - about three hours
This is the journey today in 2017 - about 8 minutes
Dylan, I am smiling looking at this and I must say you are one lucky man !!!!!!! To be so close to the water and your boat. Now if we can just get that Fisher to realize soon enough, everything would be great in this world of ours… Keep well, Z.
Who is that active young chap at the beginning of the first film??
I agree with Zoran, that you are one lucky man. I used to have an 80 mile round trip each time I went sailing, no big deal given your three hour trips up north, etc. But I had this dream to be able to cycle down to where the boat was. Now I am landlocked in that well known sailing county; Wilsthire. Anyway, despite the itchy feet, that will find a cure no doubt in the near future, enjoy the closeness of being able to sail so close to home – and think of all the money you are saving to put aside for the Fisher. Good luck and fair winds.
That was fun.
Methinks you need to engineer a jockey wheel for that launching trolly, that will keep you amused for a while as you make it :-)
If you ever want anything made out of metal Kirton Forge is the place for you to go.
I didn’t see any skipping in the second film!
Hmmm is it age or is it too many “Utterly Perfect Egg Sandwich”….. or both?
Too bad the boat can’t publish a book on it’s journey’s. I’ll bet a big part of it would be about it’s current and colorful skip, Cap’n Winters.
Back to the Powered Jockey Wheel, a few lessons to be learned here. Just remember:
To cut the grass short
That small wheels on rough ground don’t work well
To wear hearing protection
To raise the Outboard clear of the ground
To remove the wheel chocks
Enlist the help of a handy passerby
To have a fully charged battery
Ensure you have all day to move your boat and you have some tinnys nearby and you have the patience of an Australian
(Mind you speeding up the video helps move the boat faster)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n03Od_MjvsM
Don’t worry about the tent cover, that’s another story
Hi Dylan,
Off topic, but wondered whether you realised it was us hollering & waving at you as you were sailing inshore opposite the rocks today (Sun). We were heading back to the Tidemill after being down the coast on the Blackwater & at Haybridge basin.
Deben mud is a wonderful thing (unless you’re short tacking against the tide). If you want variety, you could explore the “bar” at the Ferry- it’s very different this year to last & looks like it’s going to break a new channel soon
Ps: I’ve lost your mobile no, so can’t text! Next around on 28th.
Pps: 2hrs15 journey home today – which is in topic after all!!
Sue & Chris