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Interesting. I am Bosun at my local club. I was recently working on two GRP Mirror clones belonging to the club and thinking these would make excellent solo dinghy cruising boats! Enjoy your retirement.

Beats the heck out of me. Hope you enjoyed your trip.

@@charliehitchen5263 I did. Wondrous seenery. Great weather and conditions.

Yes. Wayfarer and siling canoe as well. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching, John. Glad you enjoyed it.

Thanks for watching. You are so right about the flexible approach. You can get yourself into big trouble by trying to keep to a plan when the weather is not on your side. We were in the Loch Sween area and the Macormaigs this summer in a small yacht. Such a lovely area and the Wanderer is a great boat to enjoy it in.

Thanks for watching. Need to get back there soon!

We think so. A place full of history and mystery for us. Thanks for watching.

Thank you so much for watching and for your kind wishes.

Hi Barry, Thanks for watching. Yes we never sleep in the dinghy. Too much like hard work and bloody uncomfortable. If we camp on shore we always get a good night's sleep, we can walk about and explore a bit and we can light a fire which we always enjoy. We generally have a watertight barrel each for clothes and one for sleeping bags and mats. The tent and food are in drybags. We also have a waterproof toolbox that we use for stoves and a small barrel for cameras, phones, etc. You can see the barrels, etc at about 9:30 of this video.th-cam.com/video/H8M0rO3FAaE/w-d-xo.html The barrels go in the back locker of the Wayfarer and the drybags go under into the space under the front deck. I hope that this helps. Happy to answer any further questions. Enjoy your cruising.

Thanks for watching.

Amen to that. The film only just scratches the surface of this brilliant sailing area. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching. It is a dream to sail on the Scottish West Coast. We had dream weather too. There is a written account of this trip that I wrote for the Journal of the Dinghy Cruising Association. I need to work out how to attach it here.

Thanks, John.

Thanks for watching, John. West Coast of Scotland. Just the place for dinghy cruising. Where do you hail from?

Thanks for watching!

Hi Douglas. Thanks for watching. The castle in the first clip is Portencross Castle. This is about ten miles south of Largs and stands at the mouth of the upper Firth of Clyde. There is a corresponding castle across the Firth of Clyde on the island of Little Cumbrae. The two castles originate in the same period though Broughtyferry is a grander affair with the attached fortifications. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portencross_Castle

Thanks for watching. It was fun making it and reliving ten years' memories.

Thanks, Boss. Need to get back into a dinghy a bit this year.

Thanks for watching. All the best to you too.

Hi Thanks for watching. Covid would you believe got me two days before the talk. On the 13th I could hardly talk for a minute never mind an hour. I had to tell the hosts to cancel. 😞 Sorry if the message did not get out. Seems to be improving but still testing positive. Some talk of rescheduling for January.

@@charliehitchen5263 hope you feel better soon. I'll keep an eye out for a rescheduled talk and your next video!

Thanks for watching. Some experience in Callum's Hole there!! The talk is online so maybe you can catch it. The zoom number is at the end.

Thanks for watching. The talk is coming up on Tuesday. So lucky to be able to sail this wonderful area.

Thanks for watching. The Swift was a good boat for us and we did some adventurous stuff in her. She did not sail as well as the Wayfarer and we tweeked her quite a bit to make her sail better. Build quality was excellent though. We kept her for three years and went on to buy another Wayfarer and a 27ft yacht. Remember that the Swift is only an 18ft boat. You still need to pick your days and stay on the side of caution. Enjoy your sailing.

@@charliehitchen5263 Thanks for the advice Charlie! Interesting that you ended up going back to a Wayfarer, perhaps I'll stick with mine a little longer, stop window shopping and save some money for actual adventuring😄

@@mbailey9955 The Swift sailed like a dog when we first bought her. We set the mast up correctly and that was better. Next we raised the motor in the well which pulled the prop up behind the stub keel. Much better! She was great downwind particularly with a kite we bought in a boat jumble; decent off the wind; pretty poor upwind in anything like a chop. Then she would fall off the waves and she needed some motor to keep her on track. I guess a few micro yachts have the same failings. We don't regret having bought her and she never let us down.

Thanks for watching and your kind comment.

Thanks for watching. We have been a few times in a bigger boat. It felt a bit out there in our old 18 footer.

@@charliehitchen5263 thanks for posting. Had a lively wee sail today from! Linnie to Dunstafnage, heating and steak on.

Thanks for watching. A couple more in the pipeline.

Thanks for watching. No the boom is there all the time. At 3:37 I am reefed and the fold of the sail covers the boom.

Thanks for watching and your kind comment.

Thanks for watching. Enjoy your Wayfarer.

Thanks for watching and your positive comment. We like a bit of Van Morrison too. Some people say that they would prefer the "natural" sound rather than music. The sound recorded by an old waterproof video camera is so poor. In any sailing setting, the sound is like a rhino rolling around in a giant bowl of natchos!

@@charliehitchen5263 Charlie Do both... You have a talent for editing and composition. Rock on!

Thanks for watching. I sold it. It was just too noisy and smoky for us. Some people swear by them; I just swore at it a lot! The Tohatsu 3.5 HP 2 stroke we used on this trip was pretty good. We now use a 2.5 HP Suzuki. Clean, reliable and quiet!

@@charliehitchen5263 Thanks for the reply. I just purchased a B.S. for nostalgic reasons (had one as a kid) … we’ll see if I’m swearing by or at it soon enough.

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It is indeed. A great piece of design. Thanks for watching.

Lucky indeed. The MBA is a great organisation. We had intended to camp as on the other trips but as it turned out the bothy was just what the conditions needed. Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching. Glad you enjoyed it.

Glad you enjoyed it!

Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching. More to come soon.

Thanks for watching. Glad that you too have enjoyed your Scottish trips. 2004! That was a great summer!

Thanks for watching.

Thanks for watching. All the best, Charlie.

Thanks for watching, my friend. Hope you get the chance to make your dream real soon. Best wishes, Charlie.

Thanks for watching.