I have just bought the next filming boat for Scotland now that a Fisher is stuck on the back burner for the forseeable future
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/183130580471?ViewItem=&item=183130580471
Loch Laxford here I come - just got to buy a crap caravan, some carpet slippers, a pipe and porta potty
Dylan
Surely as a man of certain years, cruel relatives have already bought you a pipe and slippers combo? Old frame tent and commode chair from any high street charity shop and you’re sorted.
Maybe a trailer-tent you could strap the rowing boat into would do.
Don’t forget the fishing rods.
Dylan,
That’s how I set up to sail on Sylvan Lake – 200 KM away. I got myself a holiday trailer so that I could travel down on Friday and overnight til Sunday thus sailing on the weekend. The marina operator will not let us slip renters overnight on our boats even those of us equipped with a galley and head. The holiday trailer was used. it came out of Fort McMurray and I purchased it after the wildfire for a very reasonable price. I hope that the dingy and the caravan fill the gap for you and that you will be back in a “proper boat” again soon!
Len McEwen
Whatever happened to that second boat that you bought that you didn’t use much? I am new to all this I’m only just started watching some of the series but didn’t you say you put one away Katie something nice little boat the one after the slug, also what’s stopping you doing what you did on the south coast In picking up another westerly as a project again ?
Dyl., bit lost as to why you want another dinghy.. what happened to the lovely green one, or is this one significantly bigger??
There’s surely a book in all of this, if not a trilogy? That’d fund the rest of KTL?
Best
JB
I assume that photo was taken in your BBC days just before you read the news.
Went to a Tom Cunliffe talk this week, his books didn’t sell either, at least I didn’t buy one!
Paid £12.50 for the privilege of listening to him waffle for an hour – maybe you could tout your time similarly if you could stand it. Dinghy looks good, better than the one I got off ebay last year for 99p. Bright orange and full of s*** – named it the Donald and sold it for a cool hundred after a jetwash. Craning in at Gibraltar point this sat at dawn. Always an outing on my grubby Hurley if you’re interested, It’d remind you of the slug!!
Why Loch Laxford? Is the SAC attracting you there?
Good move Dylan. A much more appropriate dinghy. I was losing sleep over the idea of you exploring the lochs of Scotland in ‘Sweet Pea’. She’s very pretty but the extra length and volume of the Trout will make her an altogether more seaworthy option. A good buy. P.
Hi Dylan
What drives me nuts, is when I see children wearing buoyancy aids and the accompanying adult not.
It’s madness.
Aidan
Special Area of Conservation (SAC). It will be a great place to use your wildlife film making skills.
A possible mini series… One man in a little boat with a camera. You should be able to get very close up to the wildlife and there are lots of these little places like Laxford in Scotland. The fairy isles might be a good choice… they have beaver ;)
Maybe use your research skills and turn them into wildlife guides which could possibly expand your target audience to conoeists and walkers. If you have a SLR and the videos take off you also have the potential to release guide books. Theme it around a middle aged (slightly eccentric) english man exploring the last wild areas of the UK… Add a bit of character by spending some nights sleeping in your little boat :)
Nice upgrade from your other dinghy. Now, if it were just a couple of feet longer……..
You know that Heyland Marine are still actively selling small boats and parts for them, try their website
https://heylandmarine.com