Having the two boats together would have made that trip so much more pleasurable. Epic footage at various stages. Life is an adventure and you hit the jackpot.
I've always wanted to do a similar trip in a boat exactly like the yellow one. When I graduated high school, in 1986, I took a worn and rough sunfish and did a 4 day trip down a river to the sound and back. I slept on the deck with the boat beached most of the trip, but there was a time when an older gentleman and his lovely wife, both in their upper 80s, invited me for for dinner and hosted me at their dock. They were cooking chicken on their grill, and wanted to hear about my adventure thus far. It was great to just have a great night and conversion with these very nice folks. It came up that they had always wanted to do a similar adventure but never got around to it. The next morning the lady brought me a huge Togo plaster, and they took a whole role of film as I left. I never seen them again, but I think I will do another dingy cruise of the coast and outer banks of North Carolina USA, next summer. this time I want to spend about a month and go the entire coast of the state and camp in the the boat. I don't want to be wishing I had done it in the future.
@@brucedyson-smith459 thanks.. your video inspired me to go ahead and do my trip. This time I want to get pictures and spend more time with tje people I meet along the way.
I've lately been interested in the cat ketch rig so it was great to see the two small yachts in tandem sailing conditions. The core sound may be a little lighter made from ply, however it seems that both held their own in the conditions. In fact, I think you were often sailing quite a lot faster than a larger cruising keelboat would have in lumpy seas like that. A very interesting and enjoyable video from two very brave, skilled and intrepid sailors.
Thanks yes we are both ex keel boat sailer’s and felt we were every bit as fast as your average cruising yacht in those conditions.The cat ketch proved to be an excellent easy to handle rig.
Wow fantastic Bruce, really enjoyed it and glad you are both home safely. What a big swell....somewhat scary and the speed you guys were going was incredible. I might wait for slightly less wind!!! and that was a big snapper, well done again....puts our little trips to shame....Cheers Paul
What a great cruising ground you have there. The Texas coast is boring by comparison. Enjoyed watching how well your boats handled and you could really hear the boat humming along. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
I am just busy catching up on your older videos. What an excellent record of a brilliant trip! Real boy's own stuff. Lively sailing; fresh self caught fish for supper; a few frosties followed by a rum or three; does it get any better? Reminds me a bit of my childhood in Cornwall, (not the rum...well maybe just one or two for medicinal purposes you understand), many many decades ago, grew up sailing Mirror dinghies and exploring bays and coves. Thanks mate; most enjoyable; makes me want to start sailing again.
Only discovered your videos yesterday. I'm rebuilding a TS16 which will be junk rigged. It's great to just what can be done with a small sailboat. Thank you.
What a great trip! Thanks for all the great action footage off the coast it was interesting to see the conditions. Don’t think it’s Heron territory as the line goes in Jaws. “I think we’re going to need a bigger boat”.
Bruce ! Now I’ve viewed the entire Broughton trip I’m in Aaah of your accomplishment ! True it was teamwork that made it safer n one to do. Those swells, cross waves n troughs were amazingly challenging. I heard several times your surprise n excitement.. not something to do without planning n experience.. make temporary repairs on boom gooseneck n navigation 🧭 for 10 long hours on heavy tiller. I’ve done 2 n 4 hour sifts on a sailboat tiller ( much bigger vessels ) bucking 15 to 20’ waves. It’s an adrenaline rush for sure but would want to try in an open boat. At times coming down from Alaska I wasn’t sure I was navigating a sailboat or a submarine when we punched into those giant deep in wave troughs. You n John really showed some seamanship. Thankz for the ride n share. Cheers mate. Papa J
This was a great video. I just acquired a 16 ft cuddy cabin sailboat for lake sailing and was a little worried about how it might handle rough water. This relieves my mind.
Looks exciting to be out on the open water in big swells like that. Interesting rig on the other boat. Looks like 2 windsurfing sails. I am curious....how do public jetties work in terms of a dinghy sailor taking refuge for the night? Is it not strictly allowed, but if nobody moves you on then it is OK? Or is there some open allowance or short term mooring?
Being in a dinghy you seem to be able to get away with more but the jetty we were on in Nelson Bay is a public one and we fitted out of everybody’s way
This is some of the very best dinghy-cruising video, real adventuring. Those ocean swells are thrilling to watch and (to a gutless Brit) a little bit terrifying when there's a strong following wind giving no steady heel to work against. Smart to cruise in company with another boat - seems like you're often remote from assistance if there was a problem you couldn't solve, plus you get great video of both boats. Did you ever capsize? Paul da Roza said "Bruce never reefs" so it's a relief to see you did, here. I can't tell if your technique in uncertain weather is like mine - don't even launch - or if you just set a date and go regardless.
Ah yes I do reef when needed but push the boat fairly hard as I’m a bit of a speed freak. I haven’t capsized yet touch wood but have done it in practice to make sure I can self save if necessary.As you have mentioned cruising in company is good for safety and allows you to push a little harder than you would if doing a trip solo. Thank you for the comments I am happy to hear from people enjoying the video.
Thank you for an excellent video, from the cold coast of New Hampshire in the States. I'm looking about for a DS myself and would love to see a video on how you set her up for eating/sleeping on a trip. Many thanks!
Hi thanks for the kind words,my DS was built here in Aus and has a platform in the bow low enough to sleep on.There is a photo of the setup on the video at about the 4 minute mark showing the sleeping arrangements. I find this a little claustrophobic so am looking at sleeping on the cockpit seats but would need to make a suitable boom tent first. I cook on the plywood cover of removable storage containers which keeps the stove sheltered from wind and this all moved when I go to bed. I hope this helps for now.
@@brucedyson-smith459 well, the cuddy on the type II isn't sleepable, so I made lifting floorboards of 1/4 inch exterior ply with 1x2 light framing, and intalled cleats on the main bulkhead and benches to hold them...and type IIs dont have the lazarette, so I made a gally box to fit, and a cleat on it to hold the aft end of the floorboards. I but a 10"" galvanized horn cleat on the foredeck w/ a 1/2 inch ply backing plate for anchoring. The cuddy was open aft, so I got hatch boards to close it and lockable. Roller furling on the main sucked, so I installed slab reefing. A down haul on the jib. Upgraded all the cleat etc. Bought army surpluss "butt packs" and clips to hold them, onto the hatch boards. Put two inspection ports one either side of the centerboard with eye bolts on the underside so I could make sleeves of nylon mesh to hold canned drinks in the bilge. Hung a rectangular net under the cabin top and two monkey nets to hold stuff, and tie downs for plastic storage boxes. The tiller was rather short so the helmsman could cause the boat to trim down by the stern but the stuff in the cuddy fixed that. Made a tent from a backpakers rain fly. MOST IMPORTANT THING IS REPLACE THE SPREADERS! The spreaders are the weaklink in the rig, prone to fatgue failure. I read about it, didn't take it serious. In some bad (as in caught out and scared sh*tless) wind the port spreader failed--broke cleanly at it's bracket--and I lost the mast and ruined the hinged step. An expensive, humiliating and dangerous lesson. Replace the spreaders, they're cheap. I also replaced the standing rigging, goin up 1/8" wire. The boats sail very well, across a range of conditions and the out turned hull to deck joint helps keep it dry.
@@mitchellsmith4690 Thanks Mitchell, I will check out the spreader’s,my DS was built in Australia not by Oday so parts may be different.I need to put a cleat on the foredeck also.
Great stuff! Your boats are amazingly capable and you show what can be done with a little (un)common sense 😀. One question, do you need a boat licence with these boats? With love, Ken
I really liked your video. I am in Miami and our ocean water is somewhat similar to what is in the video. I was thinking about getting a 14-foot O'Day Javelin because I have some space issues with storage but this seems to be more of a lake boat. Is your boat 17 feet? If so, how wide is the widest part of the boat including the trailer? My space issue pertains to the total width (including the trailer), more than it does to length as I plan on storing it on the side of my house. I would appreciate your reply.
Thanks Steve, My boat is 16”7 I think. With trailer the width is 6”6. The mast is about 23ft. You can check the exact length and width on sailboat data or the Oday Daysailer Facebook group. Good luck with your purchase.
I like the videos. Just a comment. Best practice when reefing is to tie the reefing lines on the sail around the sail (foot), not the boom. The reefing points across the sail are not designed for high loads. The lines at the mast and on the leech should take the load, the sail reefing points are just for gathering the excess cloth. As I said, great videos.
@@brucedyson-smith459 I understand. On my (slightly) larger yacht on my old main, (I have a loose foot one now) I had slides mounted to eylets on the foot so that I could reef without overstressing the sail. The sail had a bolt rope on the foot. Obviously my current loose foot main is no problem. If reefing in heavy wind, I would consider removing the bolt rope from the boom and "loose footing it" with a tight outhaul while reefing in heavy winds, so you can tie around the sail instead of the boom. I am not critisizing, it is just a thought. As I said before I like your videos.
Almost as good as your Musgrave Island vid, Its good to watch some open ocean sailing in Dinghies. as Im inside the GBR @ Cairns and have an endless supply of island hopping destinations, once I have my boat built - But that's a story for another day ...
@@brucedyson-smith459 Im building a John Welsford - Pilgrim. Of all his designs, that one seems most suited for purpose. Tho' I live in Cairns, we plan to retire in the Torres Strait. So need a solid boat with good sea keeping abilities. John has assured me that by the time I get to mast placement stage, he will have drawn up a Yawl Rig for Pilgrim, which will add another facet of purpose built island hopper to the boat... Living in rental accommodation has made it difficult. Even now, we have to move out of here by 30/10. So I have $3500- worth of A AA Marine Plywood & 12 litres of epoxy sitting on standby
I liked your video. Well done. I also like the way you rigged your jib sheets back to the cockpit. I noticed you have the jib sheets inside the stays. Is that an advantage, keeping the sheets inside the boat? No disadvantage to sail shape when not using the whisker pole? Also, How do you install and move the whisker pole? Can you do it from the cockpit? Do you tie off the tiller when moving the pole? Thanks
Hi yes sheeting inside the stays allows you to point closer to the wind.It doesn’t have to much affect running the sheet bends around the stays slightly. I tie off my tiller and go forward to put up my whisker which can be a challenge when there are waves.
An of topic question. What do you think of a on the boom reefing method? Take boom off the mast and roll the mainsail onto the boom. Is this possible on a small boat? In wind 15knts or less.? I not trying to go fast just to get on the water and sail.
As long as you’re mainsheet is only coming off the end of the boom this might work but your sail will want to creep towards the mast over time which will make the sail shape too full.
It is a six to one purchase but after I damaged the track on the mast I used the spinnaker sheets through the tweeker blocks to hold the boom down which worked great as jibe preventers also.
What year DaySailer 1 is this? I’m looking at one currently but it’s pre 1971 so it isn’t self bailing I don’t think. Is yours? Really cool passage by the way, props to you guys!
Thanks mate.My boat is Australian built and a 1975 model. It is not self bailing,just me with a 10 ltr bucket. I am currently fitting a 2000gph 12v bilge pump as I have capsized twice in the last few months.
@@brucedyson-smith459 ah bummer, stay safe out there. How was it trying to right the boat? I hear the DS1s are particularly tough to right because of the beam width and lack of flotation(?). I think I’ll start with a manual hand bilge and then invest in an auto bilge down the road.
@@tommyshebell2645 I have read that but I don’t have any problems righting my boat although I may have more flotation forward with the floor that I sleep on being tanked May give more lift than the US model. I am 92kg also which may be a problem for a lighter person.Good luck with your search.
@@brucedyson-smith459 Great to know. Thank you so much for the info! I’m loving the videos, keep ‘em coming please! Have you made a video on your sleeping setup? Really curious!
I just came back from delivering a 65 foot power boat from Pittwater to Perth and some time we would go 20 knots at 120 lt per engine per hrs and we would do say 10 hrs at this but I rather be sailing . At one stop we put on n just over $ 10,000 so I wonder how far the world get you if fuel.
Hi, very nice Vid. What is kind of Rig, the Two Master uses, called? I've seen it but haven't found a Name for it. It looks like a very comfortable cruising rig. How is it upwind?
@@brucedyson-smith459 Probably lost in Translation, Rig in German defines they type of Sail. It is a kind of bastardized Bermuda Rig, but does it have a specific Name?
@@brucedyson-smith459 interesting. I have an Oday Ospray, slightly shorter than a Daysailer. I read that it was not possible to right the boat when capsized. I don’t ever want to find out, but this is good information and I can try to come up with a plan. Love the videos!
Thank you,yes I had read that Daysailers were not able to self save also, but mine has proven to be able to. I did a trial of this before I took the boat offshore to make sure it would work.
@@brucedyson-smith459 That's wild, I'll have to try with the centerboard up next time I'm downwind. What's your daft with the board down? How much does your board weight? ⛵🤙
@@restrothunderroad Yeah the original steel one was around 25kg but used to vibrate at speed so I made a foil shaped one out of timber fibreglassed with lead weights set in the tip to make it drop by itself when released.
Great trip. Those waves must have been pretty big. Video always seems to make them smaller. Thanks for sharing. Those acomodatios are a bit light but that leads to fast boats. Check out my micocruiser under my name in TH-cam. I at least need a comfy bed .
The Core Sound uses a mast float to prevent the boat from inverting in a capsize.My Daysailer has a sealed mast which acts in the same way. Cheers Bruce
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A proper and realistic sailing video. Good sailing guys.
Paul in Canada
Thanks Paul for the appreciation. cheers Bruce
Great vid, so much fun to watch. Thanx.
Great thanks
Having the two boats together would have made that trip so much more pleasurable. Epic footage at various stages. Life is an adventure and you hit the jackpot.
Yes it was good having a sparing partner and backup for safety.We are both quite competitive so had fun pushing each other to.
Good video m.p.h., sound way too soft to here, at max.
I've always wanted to do a similar trip in a boat exactly like the yellow one. When I graduated high school, in 1986, I took a worn and rough sunfish and did a 4 day trip down a river to the sound and back. I slept on the deck with the boat beached most of the trip, but there was a time when an older gentleman and his lovely wife, both in their upper 80s, invited me for for dinner and hosted me at their dock. They were cooking chicken on their grill, and wanted to hear about my adventure thus far. It was great to just have a great night and conversion with these very nice folks. It came up that they had always wanted to do a similar adventure but never got around to it. The next morning the lady brought me a huge Togo plaster, and they took a whole role of film as I left. I never seen them again, but I think I will do another dingy cruise of the coast and outer banks of North Carolina USA, next summer. this time I want to spend about a month and go the entire coast of the state and camp in the the boat. I don't want to be wishing I had done it in the future.
Sounds great thanks for the story and good luck with your trip.
@@brucedyson-smith459 thanks.. your video inspired me to go ahead and do my trip. This time I want to get pictures and spend more time with tje people I meet along the way.
Great trip Bruce I love these open water adventure your boat does very well in open water thank you for sharing
Thanks I’m glad you enjoyed the show and yes the boat loves a bit of open water.
Thanks for posting and sharing. Looks like it was a really nice trip!
That was awesome guys. All my old haunts. Miss it a lot. Thanks for the memory spike.
Awesome adventure! Inspiring. Thanks so much for sharing.
Your welcome guys
Beautiful sailing the Oday daysailer really handles superbly and doubles as an open fisherman doesn't get any better than that.
Well done, fellers, and thanks for sharing.
The most beautiful and nostalgic boat,I've ever seen.Count and use what you have,it's all I say. Greetings from Greece!!
Thank you for the kind words and greetings to you also.
Hi Bruce. This really shows what a good small boat and competent skipper can do. Well done.
Gary in Japan.
Thanks Gary much appreciated
great motivation to try some longer trips down NZ east coast -many thanks Bruce
Your welcome have fun, I cruised my yacht down the NZ coast back in 99 and loved it.Great dinghy cruising area.
great video Bruce congratulations to both of you. What a great experience and thanks for sharing.
Your welcome glad you enjoyed it.
What an awesome trip! Thanks for taking us along with you via video.
My pleasure Terry
Well done Bruce. What a great adventure. Ill keep my eye out for your next trip.
Thank you glad you enjoyed it.
Nice footage! Very relaxing.Thank you for the show. Ahoy from Texas, USA.
Loved your video, looks like a great trip.
I've lately been interested in the cat ketch rig so it was great to see the two small yachts in tandem sailing conditions. The core sound may be a little lighter made from ply, however it seems that both held their own in the conditions. In fact, I think you were often sailing quite a lot faster than a larger cruising keelboat would have in lumpy seas like that. A very interesting and enjoyable video from two very brave, skilled and intrepid sailors.
Thanks yes we are both ex keel boat sailer’s and felt we were every bit as fast as your average cruising yacht in those conditions.The cat ketch proved to be an excellent easy to handle rig.
Nice trip my friend and nice fishing too fresh fish for dinner…beautiful
Thanks Jake
Amazing trip Bruce and John well done
Thanks Scott.
That was a huge adventure for a couple of small boats!
That's a great adventure Bruce, thanks for the video. You would both be pretty pleased with your boats and yourselves. Congratulations!
Thanks Tony yes we are happy with the boats performance it all worked out pretty well.
Top video. A grand adventure in two capable little ships.
Thanks so much!
Perfect! Thank you!
Your welcome 🙏
Quite a quick boat for a littlun. Quite stiff too to cope with those blustery conditions. Well done and thanks for sharing a good trip.
Yes she goes well for 17ft.
I have put her in a couple of times though.
Thank you for your comment.
What a beautiful trip ..I wish I was there too!
Thanks it was a beauty!
In Vietnamese: Oi troi oi. Oh my goodness ! That’s a awesome trip ! Just saw part you waiting. Dinner time now n then watch the journey ! Papa J
Wow fantastic Bruce, really enjoyed it and glad you are both home safely. What a big swell....somewhat scary and the speed you guys were going was incredible. I might wait for slightly less wind!!! and that was a big snapper, well done again....puts our little trips to shame....Cheers Paul
Thanks Paul we had a blast, hope to catch up for a sail soon
Cheers.
Excellent video, great film quality and a really good little sea boat.
Grand adventure 👍😊
Great video, great sailboats, great filming and editing, great snapper, thanks for taking us along! .................⛵
No problem glad you enjoyed it cheers!
Great little adventure. Well done on the sailing and video/editing.
awesome mate!
Great Adventure Men!
first time seeing your vids loved it
Awesome! Great video!
Impressively adventurous trip Bruce - really well done - and to ur picking of the weather!
Thanks Kevin we had a ball, I am following your trip in the old girl also brings back fond memories.
@@brucedyson-smith459 hey maybe there's a story in this if ufeel like writing it up for me at Afloat Bruce?
What a great cruising ground you have there. The Texas coast is boring by comparison. Enjoyed watching how well your boats handled and you could really hear the boat humming along. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you yes we are lucky with the diversity of sailing areas locally.I do enjoy sailing in the open sea especially when running with some swell.
I am just busy catching up on your older videos. What an excellent record of a brilliant trip! Real boy's own stuff. Lively sailing; fresh self caught fish for supper; a few frosties followed by a rum or three; does it get any better? Reminds me a bit of my childhood in Cornwall, (not the rum...well maybe just one or two for medicinal purposes you understand), many many decades ago, grew up sailing Mirror dinghies and exploring bays and coves. Thanks mate; most enjoyable; makes me want to start sailing again.
Thanks Jack I am glad you are getting something out of my endeavours.
Nice work I really enjoyed the trip.
Thanks Paul, I enjoy your posts on DCNZ.
Enjoyed your video. Gave me ideas for adventures of my own. Thanks!
Thanks Peter,good luck with your adventures.
Great video. 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks 👍
loved our DS - took some nice camping trips and day trips in Georgian Bay (Huron lake).
I think I need a smaller boat ! !
Really, an adventure worth having.
Well done!
Excellent vid!! Keep them coming!
Thank you will do!
Only discovered your videos yesterday. I'm rebuilding a TS16 which will be junk rigged. It's great to just what can be done with a small sailboat. Thank you.
Great thanks Gary, I look forward to seeing a picture of your junk rigged Hartley.
What a great trip! Thanks for all the great action footage off the coast it was interesting to see the conditions. Don’t think it’s Heron territory as the line goes in Jaws. “I think we’re going to need a bigger boat”.
Yeah I wouldn’t have liked to be on a Heron for this one.
Just as well you have that Ocean Explorer!
Yes, good suggestion Khiem!
Great video. Thank you for sharing. First time viewer. 💕
Your welcome thanks for watching.
Bruce ! Now I’ve viewed the entire Broughton trip I’m in Aaah of your accomplishment ! True it was teamwork that made it safer n one to do. Those swells, cross waves n troughs were amazingly challenging. I heard several times your surprise n excitement.. not something to do without planning n experience.. make temporary repairs on boom gooseneck n navigation 🧭 for 10 long hours on heavy tiller.
I’ve done 2 n 4 hour sifts on a sailboat tiller ( much bigger vessels ) bucking 15 to 20’ waves. It’s an adrenaline rush for sure but would want to try in an open boat. At times coming down from Alaska I wasn’t sure I was navigating a sailboat or a submarine when we punched into those giant deep in wave troughs.
You n John really showed some seamanship. Thankz for the ride n share.
Cheers mate. Papa J
Thanks again for the feedback and appreciation of our work. It is good to have a buddy like John to team up with on these adventures.
Cheers Bruce
verry nice en cool.
Thank you 🙏
This was a great video. I just acquired a 16 ft cuddy cabin sailboat for lake sailing and was a little worried about how it might handle rough water. This relieves my mind.
Thanks I’m glad it was helpful to you.
@@brucedyson-smith459 What year is your O'Day? Cool video!
@@dale3858 thanks it’s a 1975 Aussie built Daysailer.
@@brucedyson-smith459 Great thanks! Did you modify the cuddy cabin entrance and cockpit at all?
@@dale3858 No it’s standard as per the Aussie version.It has a raised floor in the cuddy to sleep on which is also airtight for flotation.
So good I got sick!
Ha thanks,you will have to watch the barrier reef cruise.It was much calmer!
You might have cracked the TH-cam algorithm Bruce! 19,000 views and counting... well done on the video and the adventure mate
Thanks mate I don’t know what worked but it has surprised me.
Looks like an excellent dinhy to keep your gear dry.
Yes the cuddy cabin is great.
Looks exciting to be out on the open water in big swells like that. Interesting rig on the other boat. Looks like 2 windsurfing sails.
I am curious....how do public jetties work in terms of a dinghy sailor taking refuge for the night? Is it not strictly allowed, but if nobody moves you on then it is OK? Or is there some open allowance or short term mooring?
Being in a dinghy you seem to be able to get away with more but the jetty we were on in Nelson Bay is a public one and we fitted out of everybody’s way
This was a nice one!
Thank you 🙏
Brilliant! Would love to see a tour of your daysailer. How you pack it up and how you camp. Cheers
Thanks and yes I might do a run through of the setup.
This is some of the very best dinghy-cruising video, real adventuring. Those ocean swells are thrilling to watch and (to a gutless Brit) a little bit terrifying when there's a strong following wind giving no steady heel to work against.
Smart to cruise in company with another boat - seems like you're often remote from assistance if there was a problem you couldn't solve, plus you get great video of both boats.
Did you ever capsize? Paul da Roza said "Bruce never reefs" so it's a relief to see you did, here. I can't tell if your technique in uncertain weather is like mine - don't even launch - or if you just set a date and go regardless.
Ah yes I do reef when needed but push the boat fairly hard as I’m a bit of a speed freak. I haven’t capsized yet touch wood but have done it in practice to make sure I can self save if necessary.As you have mentioned cruising in company is good for safety and allows you to push a little harder than you would if doing a trip solo. Thank you for the comments I am happy to hear from people enjoying the video.
amazimg i cant wait to go amping like this
Sailing at its best
Thank you for an excellent video, from the cold coast of New Hampshire in the States. I'm looking about for a DS myself and would love to see a video on how you set her up for eating/sleeping on a trip. Many thanks!
Hi thanks for the kind words,my DS was built here in Aus and has a platform in the bow low enough to sleep on.There is a photo of the setup on the video at about the 4 minute mark showing the sleeping arrangements. I find this a little claustrophobic so am looking at sleeping on the cockpit seats but would need to make a suitable boom tent first. I cook on the plywood cover of removable storage containers which keeps the stove sheltered from wind and this all moved when I go to bed. I hope this helps for now.
I cruised a Day Sailer II...it took some minor mods.
@@mitchellsmith4690 What mods did you do to your DS 11
@@brucedyson-smith459 well, the cuddy on the type II isn't sleepable, so I made lifting floorboards of 1/4 inch exterior ply with 1x2 light framing, and intalled cleats on the main bulkhead and benches to hold them...and type IIs dont have the lazarette, so I made a gally box to fit, and a cleat on it to hold the aft end of the floorboards. I but a 10"" galvanized horn cleat on the foredeck w/ a 1/2 inch ply backing plate for anchoring. The cuddy was open aft, so I got hatch boards to close it and lockable. Roller furling on the main sucked, so I installed slab reefing. A down haul on the jib. Upgraded all the cleat etc. Bought army surpluss "butt packs" and clips to hold them, onto the hatch boards. Put two inspection ports one either side of the centerboard with eye bolts on the underside so I could make sleeves of nylon mesh to hold canned drinks in the bilge. Hung a rectangular net under the cabin top and two monkey nets to hold stuff, and tie downs for plastic storage boxes. The tiller was rather short so the helmsman could cause the boat to trim down by the stern but the stuff in the cuddy fixed that. Made a tent from a backpakers rain fly.
MOST IMPORTANT THING IS REPLACE THE SPREADERS! The spreaders are the weaklink in the rig, prone to fatgue failure. I read about it, didn't take it serious. In some bad (as in caught out and scared sh*tless) wind the port spreader failed--broke cleanly at it's bracket--and I lost the mast and ruined the hinged step. An expensive, humiliating and dangerous lesson. Replace the spreaders, they're cheap.
I also replaced the standing rigging, goin up 1/8" wire.
The boats sail very well, across a range of conditions and the out turned hull to deck joint helps keep it dry.
@@mitchellsmith4690 Thanks Mitchell, I will check out the spreader’s,my DS was built in Australia not by Oday so parts may be different.I need to put a cleat on the foredeck also.
Great video! Just curious, do you happen to know the fire of those waves you were sailing in that day?
Hi thanks Ryan,
The swell size was around 3mtrs on the way there.
Great stuff! Your boats are amazingly capable and you show what can be done with a little (un)common sense 😀. One question, do you need a boat licence with these boats? With love, Ken
No license required Ken thanks.
You don't need a licence for any sailboat.
I really liked your video. I am in Miami and our ocean water is somewhat similar to what is in the video. I was thinking about getting a 14-foot O'Day Javelin because I have some space issues with storage but this seems to be more of a lake boat. Is your boat 17 feet? If so, how wide is the widest part of the boat including the trailer? My space issue pertains to the total width (including the trailer), more than it does to length as I plan on storing it on the side of my house. I would appreciate your reply.
Thanks Steve,
My boat is 16”7 I think.
With trailer the width is 6”6.
The mast is about 23ft.
You can check the exact length and width on sailboat data or the Oday Daysailer Facebook group.
Good luck with your purchase.
What a great trip! What size of outboard do you have? I have a dighny similar size.
I have a 3.3hp 2 stroke
Thanks for sharing your video. When was this filmed?
Hi it was filmed last week
@@brucedyson-smith459 lucky you did t wait and go this week!! Well timed
I like the videos.
Just a comment.
Best practice when reefing is to tie the reefing lines on the sail around the sail (foot), not the boom.
The reefing points across the sail are not designed for high loads.
The lines at the mast and on the leech should take the load, the sail reefing points are just for gathering the excess cloth.
As I said, great videos.
Thanks but the main is a bolt rope so no choice but to tie right around the boom. I leave some slack so not to load the sail in the centre.
@@brucedyson-smith459 I understand.
On my (slightly) larger yacht on my old main, (I have a loose foot one now) I had slides mounted to eylets on the foot so that I could reef without overstressing the sail. The sail had a bolt rope on the foot.
Obviously my current loose foot main is no problem.
If reefing in heavy wind, I would consider removing the bolt rope from the boom and "loose footing it" with a tight outhaul while reefing in heavy winds, so you can tie around the sail instead of the boom.
I am not critisizing, it is just a thought.
As I said before I like your videos.
No problem thanks for the input
Think I might’ve seen you around wyee point a month ago hahah
Almost as good as your Musgrave Island vid, Its good to watch some open ocean sailing in Dinghies. as Im inside the GBR @ Cairns and have an endless supply of island hopping destinations, once I have my boat built - But that's a story for another day ...
Thanks yes I enjoy open water sailing more than enclosed but that’s a great area you will have to play in.What design are you building?
@@brucedyson-smith459 Im building a John Welsford - Pilgrim. Of all his designs, that one seems most suited for purpose. Tho' I live in Cairns, we plan to retire in the Torres Strait. So need a solid boat with good sea keeping abilities. John has assured me that by the time I get to mast placement stage, he will have drawn up a Yawl Rig for Pilgrim, which will add another facet of purpose built island hopper to the boat... Living in rental accommodation has made it difficult. Even now, we have to move out of here by 30/10. So I have $3500- worth of A AA Marine Plywood & 12 litres of epoxy sitting on standby
I liked your video. Well done. I also like the way you rigged your jib sheets back to the cockpit. I noticed you have the jib sheets inside the stays. Is that an advantage, keeping the sheets inside the boat? No disadvantage to sail shape when not using the whisker pole? Also, How do you install and move the whisker pole? Can you do it from the cockpit? Do you tie off the tiller when moving the pole? Thanks
Hi yes sheeting inside the stays allows you to point closer to the wind.It doesn’t have to much affect running the sheet bends around the stays slightly. I tie off my tiller and go forward to put up my whisker which can be a challenge when there are waves.
@@brucedyson-smith459 thank you
Hi mate, good trip. What was you're setup for the trolling line? Cheers
Hi I just had a hand line with a piece of 10mm bunny cord for some give when a fish takes the lure which was a rubber squid.
@@brucedyson-smith459 thanks
An of topic question. What do you think of a on the boom reefing method? Take boom off the mast and roll the mainsail onto the boom. Is this possible on a small boat? In wind 15knts or less.? I not trying to go fast just to get on the water and sail.
As long as you’re mainsheet is only coming off the end of the boom this might work but your sail will want to creep towards the mast over time which will make the sail shape too full.
Sailors!
There is a kind of bar into port ...you should have stuck to the south more
What is your boom vang system on this boat?
It is a six to one purchase but after I damaged the track on the mast I used the spinnaker sheets through the tweeker blocks to hold the boom down which worked great as jibe preventers also.
26:00 xlnt conditions full sails👍🏼
What year DaySailer 1 is this? I’m looking at one currently but it’s pre 1971 so it isn’t self bailing I don’t think. Is yours? Really cool passage by the way, props to you guys!
Thanks mate.My boat is Australian built and a 1975 model. It is not self bailing,just me with a 10 ltr bucket. I am currently fitting a 2000gph 12v bilge pump as I have capsized twice in the last few months.
@@brucedyson-smith459 ah bummer, stay safe out there.
How was it trying to right the boat? I hear the DS1s are particularly tough to right because of the beam width and lack of flotation(?).
I think I’ll start with a manual hand bilge and then invest in an auto bilge down the road.
@@tommyshebell2645
I have read that but I don’t have any problems righting my boat although I may have more flotation forward with the floor that I sleep on being tanked May give more lift than the US model. I am 92kg also which may be a problem for a lighter person.Good luck with your search.
@@brucedyson-smith459
Great to know. Thank you so much for the info! I’m loving the videos, keep ‘em coming please! Have you made a video on your sleeping setup? Really curious!
@@tommyshebell2645 I have shown it in a couple of videos but haven’t done one on this alone.Glad you enjoy them cheers.
where can you print out charts to use?
I bought mine years ago so can’t help you there.
I just came back from delivering a 65 foot power boat from Pittwater to Perth and some time we would go 20 knots at 120 lt per engine per hrs and we would do say 10 hrs at this but I rather be sailing .
At one stop we put on n just over $ 10,000 so I wonder how far the world get you if fuel.
Wow mind boggling fuel usage. I used a total of 7 litres for this trip. Thanks for the info.
@@brucedyson-smith459 thought you would like it.
Already have...location of filming vedo
John's rig . Ketch , or Schooner ?
Cat rigged yawl
Hi, very nice Vid.
What is kind of Rig, the Two Master uses, called? I've seen it but haven't found a Name for it. It looks like a very comfortable cruising rig.
How is it upwind?
Thanks it is a core sound 17. And it goes very well to windward.
@@brucedyson-smith459 Probably lost in Translation, Rig in German defines they type of Sail.
It is a kind of bastardized Bermuda Rig, but does it have a specific Name?
@@MyFabian94 core sound 17
@@MyFabian94 cat ketch rig
How rough of a sea do you feel safe in that boat?
I can self rescue if I capsize but I wouldn’t like to be to far offshore in 30kts and large breaking waves.
@@brucedyson-smith459 interesting. I have an Oday Ospray, slightly shorter than a Daysailer. I read that it was not possible to right the boat when capsized. I don’t ever want to find out, but this is good information and I can try to come up with a plan. Love the videos!
Thank you,yes I had read that Daysailers were not able to self save also, but mine has proven to be able to. I did a trial of this before I took the boat offshore to make sure it would work.
Do you lift the center board when running down wind.😮
Yes I lift the board right up when square running and partially down on a broad reach.
@@brucedyson-smith459 That's wild, I'll have to try with the centerboard up next time I'm downwind. What's your daft with the board down? How much does your board weight? ⛵🤙
I think draught with board down is around 1 metre.My centreboard weighs 17kg.
@@brucedyson-smith459 interesting. The Mariner cenerboard is about 80kg.
@@restrothunderroad Yeah the original steel one was around 25kg but used to vibrate at speed so I made a foil shaped one out of timber fibreglassed with lead weights set in the tip to make it drop by itself when released.
Just checked ALL comments … saw those long swell off Newcastle.. hmm 🤔 maybe about 8 to 10’ ?? Just curious 🤨.. papa J
Yep 10-13 feet was the forecast or 3-4 mtrs as we refer to swell size in OZ.
Great trip. Those waves must have been pretty big. Video always seems to make them smaller. Thanks for sharing.
Those acomodatios are a bit light but that leads to fast boats. Check out my micocruiser under my name in TH-cam. I at least need a comfy bed .
I noted a boyancy at the top of mast. Could you comment thanks 😊
The Core Sound uses a mast float to prevent the boat from inverting in a capsize.My Daysailer has a sealed mast which acts in the same way.
Cheers Bruce
I just KNEW that this was not exactly near the original Newcastle. Please rename it ro New Newcastle? Remember New York? Right.
I know what you mean but unfortunately I didn’t name the city of Newcastle Australia.