That's just what the doctor ordered! Here I am laid up in dry dock with a dickie back, the rain and wind blowing a howley outside in Blighty. So your video was a very nice interlude, all the lovely sunshine and family fun! Hope the boss finally got her beer.......😁⛵🇭🇲🍻
@@OldDadProductions Thanks for all the great vids you put out mate. After a life of working around the globe, I've not got down to your neck of the woods........ and I should of.... as a family my dear departed Dad had a chance to immigrate on a £10 passage, I was young, but not that young to feel the disappointment we as a family didn't go........Your part of the world is super amazing...... maybe I'll make it one day and it will be a privilege to buy you a beer or 3....... 😊
@@skookumjack My parents were 10 pound poms in the 50s mate. They got here and were put in horrible prefab accommodation with outhouses and lots of flies and had never seen anything like it. Lots of uncouth swearing Aussies about too! My mother cried and wanted to go back, my father only shook his head and said "no money" My dads family were all Welsh Fisherman from Milford Haven, my dad broke the mold in becoming a builder but always dreamed of having a boat here in Oz, only never did as he raised his 4 kids. At least I dropped his ashes in that water where he so much wanted to be. My mother (85 and from Lemington Spa) is now very thankful they came here and I am extremely thankful they did because I doubt there is any other country on this planet where a lowly working class lazy pleb like me who doesn't take anything seriously, could set himself up with a nice little house by the water on a quarter acre, and and a few boats and a nice brand new car, and do it without any debt (except for a not too big mortgage). Australia is a FINE country (especially if you live in QLD ;-), but sadly, things are going down hill now, and I worry about my kids future........ A beer or two? Well I'm not a big drinker, but,,, I'll have half! :-) Cheers, Paul
What a great family vacation! We are reluctantly getting ready to pull the boat out of the water this month. Will be counting on you for macvids over our winter! Cheers from Canada
Sorry to hear the boat is coming out mate, I have unfortunately used up all my annual leave :-( but will do my best to find the time to get on the water and try and post something to keep you going over your winter :-)
Paul I really enjoyed this one. Brought back many memories of long ago. May I make a suggestion? The footage of Leekes Creek is priceless and would be a great aide to navigating particularly the tricky entrance and finding the old historic shack. Might I suggest that you put up a short clip entitled "navigating leeks creek". I am sure it would be invaluable to many sailors visiting GKI.
Best part living here in Queensland is that we can pretty much go boating and swimming all year round. Love it! I have always used centre console's runabout and half cabins. Never considered a sail before hence have no experience on one, maybe we will give it a try before I decide buying a bayliner. Hope your GPS comes good for you. Thank you
Sailing is certainly more work, but it is a much more enjoyable way to be moving around on the water (in nice conditions) and is fairly easy to get a basic grasp of.. I'v never had any lesson or anyone show me how. I just bought one one day :-) Macgregor 26M and Xs are a combination of both a sailboat and a powered cruiser which makes many people HATE them - which has given me no end of amusement over the years in some of the nonsensical things I have read or heard about them :-) Some Rag boaters will tell you they are the worst sailboat in the world, and yes they are not a high performance sailboat obviously, but they sail fine for a protected water cruising boat (which is what they were designed for - and what I bought one for). The reality is that they have a big motor that can also get them on the plane (kind of..) which is what really annoys some sailors (just the smaller minded ones ;-) Some guys in the US put 140s on them and tow the kids around wake boarding which would definitely annoy the hell out of a lot of sailors LOL Then of course, Stink boaters dont like em because they have a stick and rag and many stink boaters see that as an unnecessary ridiculous antiquated way of travelling on the water, most likely because they have never sailed though a beautiful area which is plain and simple, a far superior experience than when travelling through that same area under motor, or maybe because the boat is really just a form of transport for them to get to that fishing spot or island and they are not really interested in the journey and that is fair enough . Personally I'm a realist and know that sailing (with no noisy smelly motor going) is a much more enjoyable way to be on the water and brings you much closer to nature and gives you a much greater cruising range, but I also know that at least half of the time, probably more, its either not possible or simply too much hassle, especially if you have kids that just want the next beach to be there quick! Its what has kept me with my hybrid boat for 10 years so far, even though it is not the best at either motoring or sailing but it is a much better motor boat than all the other trailer sailers, and a much better sailboat than all the other trailerable powerboats! Sailing for me has to be relaxing. I love travelling along listing to the sounds of the water on the hull and I'm also cheap so love that I can get a much greater cruising range out of my boat when it has a stick and rags on top. But I'm also very lazy, physically (and mentally a bit too ;-) so you will never see me tacking anywhere all day ;-). Thats why I have that Iron Genny on the back ;-) If the travelling under sail part is unlikely to do anything for you or if you think the work that goes with sailing will take away for the joy of being on the water,, and you have plenty of cash to burn for the fuel, a Bayliner will certainly be better because it is a much better performing motor boat and it is a higher quality boat. When and if I give up trailer boats, I may well go a pilot house motor sailer which I reckon would suit me perfect but for now I still want to be able to trailer away to amazing places on my one or two weeks off here and there :-)
@@OldDadProductions yes absolutely correct with the harder work on the sailor hence why I have been considering the larger bayliner however I want tow it around a bit also especially knowing how much the conditions on moreton bay change in half an hour... My father and his mates back in the 80s mad national news by stupidity going out in a 18ft open runabout to days gutter when that tropical cyclone came close to Bundaberg 😂... All we could see on the tv was a yellow cortina and a green HQ holden being slapped by waves..they had run out of fuel fighting the swell and had none to get back. But had no idea that they were missing men. Hence why I mostly left from raby bay and cabbage tree. Since I had to travel 3-4 hours each way just to get to the ramps. I got a small runabout just last week and been testing it here in redcliffe but winds have picked up.... so hoping to head back to the pin soon.
Just got back from the Bowlo and watched your vlog, for a minute there I thought it was Laird Hamilton on the SUP...........our style of boats really do open up lots of amazing places to visit, well done Paul.......shame you can’t make the Murray Cheers mate Terry
Mate the range of things we have done and places we have been over the last 9ish years would not have been possible with another boat. It really is the Swiss Army Knife of boats :-) I'll make the Murray eventually ;-)
That's just what the doctor ordered! Here I am laid up in dry dock with a dickie back, the rain and wind blowing a howley outside in Blighty. So your video was a very nice interlude, all the lovely sunshine and family fun! Hope the boss finally got her beer.......😁⛵🇭🇲🍻
Sorry to hear the old back is givin ya troubles mate, but I'd rather be laid up in dry dock when its rain and howlin wind anyway..
@@OldDadProductions Thanks for all the great vids you put out mate. After a life of working around the globe, I've not got down to your neck of the woods........ and I should of.... as a family my dear departed Dad had a chance to immigrate on a £10 passage, I was young, but not that young to feel the disappointment we as a family didn't go........Your part of the world is super amazing...... maybe I'll make it one day and it will be a privilege to buy you a beer or 3....... 😊
@@skookumjack My parents were 10 pound poms in the 50s mate. They got here and were put in horrible prefab accommodation with outhouses and lots of flies and had never seen anything like it. Lots of uncouth swearing Aussies about too! My mother cried and wanted to go back, my father only shook his head and said "no money" My dads family were all Welsh Fisherman from Milford Haven, my dad broke the mold in becoming a builder but always dreamed of having a boat here in Oz, only never did as he raised his 4 kids. At least I dropped his ashes in that water where he so much wanted to be. My mother (85 and from Lemington Spa) is now very thankful they came here and I am extremely thankful they did because I doubt there is any other country on this planet where a lowly working class lazy pleb like me who doesn't take anything seriously, could set himself up with a nice little house by the water on a quarter acre, and and a few boats and a nice brand new car, and do it without any debt (except for a not too big mortgage). Australia is a FINE country (especially if you live in QLD ;-), but sadly, things are going down hill now, and I worry about my kids future........ A beer or two? Well I'm not a big drinker, but,,, I'll have half! :-) Cheers, Paul
What a great family vacation! We are reluctantly getting ready to pull the boat out of the water this month. Will be counting on you for macvids over our winter! Cheers from Canada
Sorry to hear the boat is coming out mate, I have unfortunately used up all my annual leave :-( but will do my best to find the time to get on the water and try and post something to keep you going over your winter :-)
Paul I really enjoyed this one. Brought back many memories of long ago. May I make a suggestion? The footage of Leekes Creek is priceless and would be a great aide to navigating particularly the tricky entrance and finding the old historic shack. Might I suggest that you put up a short clip entitled "navigating leeks creek". I am sure it would be invaluable to many sailors visiting GKI.
Will see what I can do out of the footage I have - after I finish uploading my GKI cruise vlogs, cheers P
Best part living here in Queensland is that we can pretty much go boating and swimming all year round.
Love it!
I have always used centre console's runabout and half cabins.
Never considered a sail before hence have no experience on one, maybe we will give it a try before I decide buying a bayliner.
Hope your GPS comes good for you.
Thank you
Sailing is certainly more work, but it is a much more enjoyable way to be moving around on the water (in nice conditions) and is fairly easy to get a basic grasp of.. I'v never had any lesson or anyone show me how. I just bought one one day :-) Macgregor 26M and Xs are a combination of both a sailboat and a powered cruiser which makes many people HATE them - which has given me no end of amusement over the years in some of the nonsensical things I have read or heard about them :-) Some Rag boaters will tell you they are the worst sailboat in the world, and yes they are not a high performance sailboat obviously, but they sail fine for a protected water cruising boat (which is what they were designed for - and what I bought one for). The reality is that they have a big motor that can also get them on the plane (kind of..) which is what really annoys some sailors (just the smaller minded ones ;-) Some guys in the US put 140s on them and tow the kids around wake boarding which would definitely annoy the hell out of a lot of sailors LOL Then of course, Stink boaters dont like em because they have a stick and rag and many stink boaters see that as an unnecessary ridiculous antiquated way of travelling on the water, most likely because they have never sailed though a beautiful area which is plain and simple, a far superior experience than when travelling through that same area under motor, or maybe because the boat is really just a form of transport for them to get to that fishing spot or island and they are not really interested in the journey and that is fair enough . Personally I'm a realist and know that sailing (with no noisy smelly motor going) is a much more enjoyable way to be on the water and brings you much closer to nature and gives you a much greater cruising range, but I also know that at least half of the time, probably more, its either not possible or simply too much hassle, especially if you have kids that just want the next beach to be there quick! Its what has kept me with my hybrid boat for 10 years so far, even though it is not the best at either motoring or sailing but it is a much better motor boat than all the other trailer sailers, and a much better sailboat than all the other trailerable powerboats! Sailing for me has to be relaxing. I love travelling along listing to the sounds of the water on the hull and I'm also cheap so love that I can get a much greater cruising range out of my boat when it has a stick and rags on top. But I'm also very lazy, physically (and mentally a bit too ;-) so you will never see me tacking anywhere all day ;-). Thats why I have that Iron Genny on the back ;-) If the travelling under sail part is unlikely to do anything for you or if you think the work that goes with sailing will take away for the joy of being on the water,, and you have plenty of cash to burn for the fuel, a Bayliner will certainly be better because it is a much better performing motor boat and it is a higher quality boat. When and if I give up trailer boats, I may well go a pilot house motor sailer which I reckon would suit me perfect but for now I still want to be able to trailer away to amazing places on my one or two weeks off here and there :-)
@@OldDadProductions yes absolutely correct with the harder work on the sailor hence why I have been considering the larger bayliner however I want tow it around a bit also especially knowing how much the conditions on moreton bay change in half an hour...
My father and his mates back in the 80s mad national news by stupidity going out in a 18ft open runabout to days gutter when that tropical cyclone came close to Bundaberg 😂...
All we could see on the tv was a yellow cortina and a green HQ holden being slapped by waves..they had run out of fuel fighting the swell and had none to get back. But had no idea that they were missing men.
Hence why I mostly left from raby bay and cabbage tree. Since I had to travel 3-4 hours each way just to get to the ramps.
I got a small runabout just last week and been testing it here in redcliffe but winds have picked up.... so hoping to head back to the pin soon.
Just got back from the Bowlo and watched your vlog, for a minute there I thought it was Laird Hamilton on the SUP...........our style of boats really do open up lots of amazing places to visit, well done Paul.......shame you can’t make the Murray
Cheers mate Terry
Mate the range of things we have done and places we have been over the last 9ish years would not have been possible with another boat. It really is the Swiss Army Knife of boats :-) I'll make the Murray eventually ;-)
Great vid mate. Looks like a great place except for the sand flies. I remember those stinking things when I lived up that way.
yeah, I live pretty much in a mangrove swamp so am used to em, but those ones were on steroids or something!
how beautiful is the water and the scenery the sand flys lol not so much we have so much to offer here in Australia wouldnt go anywhere else
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G'day mate :-)
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