Houseboat Daily vlog 2 | Dinghy'ing around | Coomera Houseboat Holiday
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 28 ก.ย. 2024
- At the start of the second day, we received a call warning us of high winds so we moved the boat to a sheltered location. And took the dinghy out instead!!
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Great post, looked very windy, but beautifully sunny. Look forward to the next post.
+Sarah Martella so windy. Crazy. Without Louie we wouldn't have really made it into the docking for the dinghy
This looks like a lot of fun, and I'm glad you got to go home and all but we were promised a bathroom reveal! No really, enjoy the trip and stay safe, I'm glad you decided to keep posting boaty stuff while, remember the more different boating you do the more you learn and the more confident you become on the water. That said, Bathroom Reveal?
+Ted Gallucci spoiler alert the bathroom is not ready for a reveal.
Bummer, I feel for you, coming back from holiday to have to go back to work on the remodel. Best of luck.
So did he give you any advice on where to anchor the boat when he called to say it was going to be windy? Kind of short but still a nice video, thanks for taking us along. 👍
Well brave, Hate to row, Wimbleball res- Exmoor became a ruddy oozlum for sure! For me. Seen any or netted any croc's ? Cheers
+derrick felix only crocs on feet ;)
Take care in that dinghy, maybe a life jacket would be a good idea! Thanks.
+Sylvia Page in retrospect not going in the dinghy in the wind and current would have been a good idea. And then kath can't really swim ...
How long are you going to be away. We miss you back home.
+Noddy Edwards four weeks all up- then that bathroom needs finishing.
Dinghies can be awkward. In the mid 80s I crewed for a friend who had a 20' trailer sailor on a trip to and around the Whitsundays. On our first night anchored, he decided we should motor around the island we were at in his 6' GRP dinghy - which had a small outboard (the motor was about the size of two cigarette packets). I asked how the fuel was, and he said fine ... we ran out at exactly the half way point, and had to row back for about three km against wind and tide.
Somewhere in this series of vlogs, I think a comment was made about Australia's lack of canals. As it happens, there was a news article today on an unsuccesful attempt near Sydney to provide a canal, which is at www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-21/what-happened-to-sydneys-grand-plans-for-a-system-of-canals/9859904. There's also a bit of information at www.auscanal.org.au/Auscan.html (I've been through the Sale canal) and en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canals_in_Australia (We also have a fair few waterways constructed to drain swampy areas, but none of those are navigable.)
On mangroves, I would have bought a yacht in the 80s when I was living in Qld, but the only cyclone proof anchorage was in the mangroves (I talked to someone who had used them as shelter during a cyclone, and they were very effective) and I didn't want to get eaten alive by the sundry insects. Perhaps ironically, the best mooring I had when I did get a boat in the 90s (in Victoria) was in a marina that had been built in mangroves (all the insects were holidaying in Qld., though). The crustaceans caused a background clicking sound that actually wound up being quite soothing.
Thanks for the info about the waterways. When we visit again we’ll have to see if there is anywhere else we can boat in with no experience!
I think the Hawkesbury River north of Sydney might be worth a look. It is interesting, largely sheltered, and I think a fair few people who hire boats there do so with little experience.
Anna Oxford and Cambridge have rejected your application for next years boat race. Lol
+John Brookes there's still the Melbourne to Hobart then- have they declined also?
Don't hang your hopes on it :)
Anna, you're facing the wrong way 😀
haha
Lovely Country Side. Beautiful Waters. Anna, you would of had a much easier time rowing had Cath sat in the Stern and Not The Bow..... Great Vlog again girls keep them coming xx
+Peter B Keller really? I always thought it was the other way. Oops.
Forget the dingy, give me that boat
I hope you girls are having fun. Just a bit of advice for the audio: Use a high-pass filter to take some of the energy out of the wind noise. It would save a good bit of stress on our speakers. Feel free to ask me if you want me to explain. Enjoy the rest of your trip.
Thanks for watching and the audio tip.
As others have pointed out, the dinghy was bow heavy but it did not look like there was a place to sit in the stern, so it probably was not possible to adjust your trim. Sure is pretty there, though. Wind or no wind, a day on the water beats a day at work. I just wonder whether Kath will ever be able to take the helm of a narrowboat again without a boats wheel?
+ncplantdoctor to be honest we are both struggling because it is just so beautiful.
Beautiful! Love the scenes at the end, so peaceful. Keep rowing. ;)
+Gone with the Wynns thanks for the compliment.
Jason, Nicci, Meet our narrow boat, dundees! Cheers
So this is the “Rowboat Experience” Annamarie you should stick to boats with a motor, now I know where you were the day of the boat tubers BBQ, hardly surprising you could not find CC. It is a lovely spot despite the weather you still should have a lovely day. I am guessing you tipped the boat over on the Lane Cove River and Louise remembered. Everyone who hires them tips them over I think they were designed that way so do not feel bad. 👩🦳👩🦰🧑🦰
Blog? I'm up and ready? Heavy rain nearly all the time, home UK. Noted the Wynn's They are lovely people. May I call you: Dundee's While out under the world? Cheers
So happy to have watched your story on the Alternative channel and now find both this lovely channel and the art channel. Subscribed to both and will enjoy following your adventures & creativity!
Beautiful Sunset down under! At the end of your Vlog, that would make a nice painting!
+Donald Eberly I Agree
Don't think Sir Steve Redgrave has much to worry about. ;-)
+Bob Green no competition here.
Looks great fun ladies, thanks for the vlog
Adrian.
Thanks, we are having a lovely time.
the sunset was beautiful to watch thank you for showing that
I have to confess... I'm rather enjoying this little alternative boating excursions. Maybe you should commandeer a sailing vessel next time or perhaps a seaworthy barge. This time next near you could be taking the QE2 for a quick spin!
+Matt Allen definitely. I take all my advice from you from now on.
A lot of thing fell into place when I saw you both in the dingy, at first I thought I was having a case of déjà then I remembered the narrow boat barby and realised why... also my reminder on TH-cam for Exploring Alternatives pops up this morning and who do I see LOL by the way that was a great video. I do enjoy your posts and seeing what you ladies get up to thank you. BUT
Please, please wear life jackets even if you can swim better safe than sorry.
+Marian Jacobs life jackets are a good idea. Especially for no swimming kath.
When i saw you guys in the dingy all i could think of was the song Banana boat .😂😂😂😂😂 hope you guys are wearing factor 50 sun screen on when out and about. What's the weather like down there , it's a pleasant 27 today up here ni Brissy .don't forget to wear you life jackets 👍
Weather about the same, lots of sun factor on - don't want to get burnt!!
just watched you ladies on exploring alternatives, after watching your episode, that was really cool.
+dale gray that's for clicking over and welcome.
anna you need to sit cath at the back then your bow will come up and the stern will be lower so steering is much easier
+Graham H thanks I didn't know this. I always thought it was the other way around.
Great Vlog I thought Anna was messing around in the dinghy didn't realise it was that windy lol are you on a river or the sea ?
+Joanna Pocock in the river- we aren't insured for open water. And that's as it should be.
I'm loving the daily vlogs! Such beautiful scenery. That sunset was gorgeous! Was it my imagination or was Kath clinging on to the sides of the dinghy? X
+Mandy Smith not your imagination- she was. And yelling at me about hating mangroves- then finally explaining that she couldn't swim.
The Narrowboat Experience taking all that into account Kath deserves a medal just for getting into the dinghy x
Kath should have sat in stern facing fwd, you were in danger of fwd pitch/capsize!
Good idea ... although there was nowhere to sit at that end unless I sat on the side - then we would of had a massive lean on!
The dingy is very small, but you should have draped your unused lifejacket over stern transom and sat there.Fwd facing passenger can also warn rower of things ahead!
i wonder where CTC goes on holiday.
Perhaps a question for him?
great vlog. I always enjoy your vlogs. ty
+Patricia Bowman thanks so much
Anchorage! Bloody hell you've motored! I hadn't realised Alaska was that close :) I'm not sure Kath looked that comfortable in the dinghy :) Looks like you're enjoying yourselves though :) Glad you're having a great time :)
+Ronnie Lloyd lol anchorage. Kath hated the dinghy and didn't enjoy my efforts to show her the mangroves
You two do make me laugh :) Kath is obviously much more at home with an engine and proper steering to control! In the dinghy..I was expecting to hear her say "Not happy Jan!" (You'll probably have to explain that Anna :) )
+Ronnie Lloyd I've tried explaining 'not happy Jan' but you really had to be there. She was indeed 'not happy Jan'.
This may help... th-cam.com/video/gSCKEnEP--k/w-d-xo.html :)
Thats a nice RIB dinghy.
It was great
Really enjoying your Vlog. Keep up the great posts!! Enjoy you two so much...you love life together and it shows. Thanks for sharing
+andrea cross that's such a lovely thing to say. Thanks.
You girls are great fun
and I see you even have a rowing dingy.
Good organisation. Happy days.
+Hazel Frei-Selby yes, the dinghy was meant to be for provisions but we ended up provisioning well enough just to use it for fun in the end.
Not sure Kath thought that was fun :)
Naughty no life jackets 😳
Think be safer back on big boat :-)
You do make me smile
Enjoy
+Mark Pullinger Very naughty. Safety officer might need more training 😉
I think it was only about a meter deep though.
Tsk tsk...no life jackets. Looks like fun but safety first, girls!
We literally were out swimming in the river.