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The Adventures of Tarka the Sailing Dinghy
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 5 พ.ค. 2020
I may be a hopeless optimist, but I have dreams of idyllic sailing and camping adventures with my family in true Swallows and Amazons style. I have a family, and I have a boat. How hard can it be?
Coniston Water, Peel Island, and the best little harbour in the world?
Tarka's first trip to one of our absolute favourite places. Including another attempt to sleep aboard, and, well it just wouldn't be Tarka if there wasn't something to fix!
0:00 Intro
1:56 First sail of the holiday
5:33 Will Tarka survive a week afloat?!
9:08 A night in the harbour
22:11 A wet voyage south
22:55 Farewell to Peel Island
Music from Epidemic Sound www.epidemicsound.com/
Jon Bjork: A Day Together
Raymond Grouse: Heaven's Getting Closer
Plain Strolls: Up the Hill
David Celeste: Old Norse
Lama House: Secrets of the Earth
Dinghy Cruising
Lake District
0:00 Intro
1:56 First sail of the holiday
5:33 Will Tarka survive a week afloat?!
9:08 A night in the harbour
22:11 A wet voyage south
22:55 Farewell to Peel Island
Music from Epidemic Sound www.epidemicsound.com/
Jon Bjork: A Day Together
Raymond Grouse: Heaven's Getting Closer
Plain Strolls: Up the Hill
David Celeste: Old Norse
Lama House: Secrets of the Earth
Dinghy Cruising
Lake District
มุมมอง: 617
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Tarka's first voyage on the East Coast Rivers: a beautiful dinghy cruise up the River Deben
มุมมอง 7503 หลายเดือนก่อน
We might have got a bit lucky, but somehow it all came together as we took Tarka on her first trip of the year, and probably the first of many on the rivers of East Anglia. This video also features Stewartby's Old Gaffers' Day, my first attempt to sleep on board Tarka, and a quick maintenance update. For anyone who might be planning a cruise on the Deben and would like to know more about the de...
Tarka's Sea Trials. Plus, 'if not duffers, won't drown': how I am trying to avoid being a duffer...
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After a long winter of repairs and modifications, it's finally time to get Tarka on the water, test those 'upgrades' and give her a good shakedown sail. I think it's fair to say the cobwebs were well-and-truly blown away! While sailing I muse over how the feeling of responsibility involved in taking my family out dinghy-cruising, sometimes alone and without safety cover, has grown in my mind an...
Tarka's back!
มุมมอง 4744 หลายเดือนก่อน
The long-awaited return of Tarka from the boat-builders, with good news and bad! Just a quick update before, hopefully, some Tarka sailing very soon! Music from Epidemic Sound www.epidemicsound.com/ Jon Bjork: A Day Together Jon Bjork: A World of Possibilities The Fly Guy Five: Stop That Train!
In the wake of the Swallows and Amazons: Sailing down Coniston Water to Wild Cat Island
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Join me in full Swallows and Amazons mode for a breezy sail down Coniston Water in the Cornish Coble 'Sea Bear', a sightseeing tour and pilgrimage to the Arthur Ransome books which inspired me, and thousands of others, to learn to sail. We start close to the jetties and boathouses below Bank Ground Farm, which became the model for Holly Howe, and sail down the lake to circumnavigate Peel Island...
Dinghy Cruising Winter Jobs, Part 1: What to do while Tarka's away
มุมมอง 4999 หลายเดือนก่อน
With Tarka away at the boatbuilders and frost in the air, what can I be getting on with to prepare for next season? I this video I assemble what kit I have accumulated so far to equip Tarka, and consider choices of rope and, um, bathroom facilities. I also talk about Frank and Margaret Dye's book 'Open-Boat Cruising'. 0:00 Intro 1:35 Assembling and considering kit 3:27 'Open-Boat Cruising' by F...
Making an eye-splice in 12-strand dyneema rope
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In my first attempt at a 'how-to' video, I try to demonstrate making an eye-splice rope. #dinghycruising #sailingadventures #sailing
Traditional Norfolk Broads yacht cruise - but will we bring Tarka here?
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Sarah and I hire a traditional Norfolk Broads cabin yacht called Wood Anemone from Hunter's Yard for two days. Part of the reason for doing so is to scout out the Norfolk Broads as a potential place to bring our sailing dinghy Tarka and the kids. Is it the perfect place for our camping adventures afloat to start? Hunter's Yard instruction video on scandalising the rig: th-cam.com/video/lxCXNpHC...
Amazing anti-sink device!
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In a follow-up to the capsize video, I try to investigate the distinct possibility that Tarka would have floated much better if her hatch covers had been properly sealed, and wonder if I am the only person to have overlooked this apparently vital component? Sorry this video is not very a polished production at all in some places - hopefully the quality will improve as I acquire better kit and, ...
Capsizing Tarka, our Westray 16 sailing dinghy
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We put Tarka, our Westray 16 sailing dinghy, through a trial capsize at Stewartby Lake. We would like to see what might happen if we ever suffered an accidental capsize. The results are a bit surprising, but do we have serious problems? 0:00 Intro 0:38 Why am I capsizing Tarka? 5:21 The capsizes 11:55 Immediate post-capsize thoughts #sailingadventures #dinghycruising Music from Epidemic Sound w...
Introducing Tarka the sailing dinghy
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Meet Tarka, our Westray 16 sailing dinghy. Find out why I chose her, come on a little tour of the boat, and hear about a few of the issues on my long list that I need to solve before she is really ready for our family adventures. #dinghycruising #sailingadventures 0:00 Intro 1:00 Why I chose Tarka 10:00 Tour of Tarka 18:08 Trying to fix the jib furler Music from Epidemic Sound www.epidemicsound...