So the new camera boat for scotland has arrived - I drove over the Bristol to pick it up
First I have to learn to get it on and off the car
I plan to take the trolly with me -
However, I shall soon be too old to this dinghy hefting malarky.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennie_Lee,_Baroness_Lee_of_Asheridge
and finally - shed lives another day and the start of a new boat - I am going to build a wooden dinghy from scratch...
next week, forging nails.
Seriously though... the local tree surgeon wanted £200 to fell this fella - so that is £200 more towards a Fisher.
Dylan,
so you are a lumberjack after all.
It’s what many of us suspected all along….
No crash, no bang, no problem. No “bengay”, that’s a problem!
So you got it off the car roof OK. But it begs the question how you are going to get it back on ready for a trip to Scotland? And off again at the caravan site? On your own?
(All meant in a nice way. Not being contentious at all).
Good luck!
A bit of a worry that Dylan has now Four Boats and will soon need a Dinghy Park to keep them all!.
He cut the tree down to extend the boat park……
I think he’s planning to put an outboard on the back of it !
So now you have felled a tree to make a mast for the Dingy… Do you REALY need a Fisher?
If Dylan sold ALL his boats he could buy this: https://www.theyachtmarket.com/boats_for_sale/1594764/
Dylan – I saw this on youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dt950vQP_AI
Seems doable even by an MOB. Don’t hurt yourself!
–Kevin
There a number of versions of dinghy loaders on YouTube. Some complicated and some very simple. Most appear to be side loaders. One is just a couple of lengths of 4 x 2 with wood blocks and rope loops at top to hold to the rood rack while the action takes place. I am sure that you will find one to suit and save having to wait for help. Good luck.
Dylan,
maybe the answer is in a compromise?
Could this be Jill and yourself this summer…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMZD5lzoHkQ
I take that as a ‘maybe’…..
Hope Jill skips the high heels, the girl stayed on tippy toes to avoid sinking them, the heels that is.
I love it, its opened up a whole new world for me. Never knew such contraptions existed. I’m now a “boat car roof top loader junky” or BCRTLJ to give it its acronym. I will now be able to take two boats with me on my trips. ……….. Now which two will they be? Hmmmmmm
Totally Brill
What concerns me are the clothes they are wearing.
She is wearing her top back to front (note buttons at the back) and he is wearing a dirty overcoat, gauntlets and wellies….I believe there is a shop in Soho that caters for such clientele,
Thanks for the unloading video – an absolute classic, I couldn’t help but laugh having been in very similar situation myself. Being someone with many clinker dinghies already I’m very curious to hear why you were thinking of building another yourself. What are the elusive qualities that you are looking for that the others don’t have ? Is it to make something lighter, or a sliding seat rower maybe. As always, still love the films –
please keep on turning left. Regards.
Be careful that you don’t leave your ‘plastic’ dinghy unnatended on the beach too long, it might just get tidied up, put into a hessian bin bag and ‘recycled’ into…errrrr……something more useful that I can think of right now.
So, when are you planning to make the trip? I am not familiar with the likely weather patterns up there, but Late May/June/July would give the longest days. As to accommodation what about a motor home of some sort, with trailer for the dinghy, then you can dispense with the three blokes. Obviously the motor home would cost more but would also have an equally better resale value, and with luck could square away. Ted
So April or October are your exploring months to minimise midge attack!
Good luck.
Dylan, love the Keystone Kops routine! On a different subject, I have been watching KTL Season 6 but for some reason I can’t view part 12 Across the border – any idea why – just doesn’t seem to be a picture with a vid starting arrow on it.
Thanks Dylan, that’s perfect. MG
Dylan, you have enough dinghies to try different configurations: lash them together in catamaran and trimaran form (is there such a thing as quadmaran…?) to see if you can get a more stable video-taking platform. Or just raft the whole lot up together and put a hide/cabin on top for wildlife videography….
Actually I just Googled Quadmaran… there are such things. But there are things the eye should not see….
Hows about this for an idea… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMO1kzNHUkc
I think this would be more suited to Jill and Dylan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkKfKvv_Vks
Remember when it is too rough to go out, you can moor up, brew up, put feet up and spend the rest of the day watching Jeremy Kyle, Cash in The Attic, Homes Under The Hammer……….
Seeing them enjoying a nice cup of tea reminds me…..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7GT7muKQUH0
…of family life.
Great shame they are using tea bags, and in a tea pot, but at least PG Tips have decided to make plastic free tea bags in future. Hopefully other tea bag providers will do the same and very soon.