I’m the lock keeper in the cap at the first three. We were all wondering what the strange looking tent with a mast in the Marina was. Hope you had a good trip!
@@Jo3sX Oh! Amazing, hats off to all of you for making us feel just as welcome as those 75 foot mega-yachts. We had a thoroughly amazing time, thank you 🤓
Thats a lovley trip for a dinghy. Cheers for the video and inspiration. I'm currenlty trying to come up with Tent MK2 for my Lugger and will take a little bit of inspiration from this! One quick question. Can you right the GP14 with all that kit in or do you intend on never capsizing?
@@SailingWithDave Thanks Dave, well, like yours, I have built-in buoyancy tanks down each side of the boat and that keeps the boat mostly out of the water if I’m on my side. The dry bags of sleeping stuff and clothes offer a bit of buoyancy too. That said, all that extra gear in the bottom of the boat also offers a bit more stability. I’ve never capsized with all that gear in but I’m more than confident that if I did I would be able to right it. It’s been 3 years since I last capsized and I had a fair amount of gear in the boat then and I ended up doing a dry capsize ( in front of King Harry Ferry in Falmouth! ) I did lose my paper chart and my favourite sandwich box.
Hi.great adventure. Did it myself in 2019 in a 16ft wooden yachting monthly senior Like you we did manage to get some sailing in but did have a motor. Looking forward to part 2. Thanks for all the effort of filming. Chris GP.
What an awesome trip! I enjoyed your explaining your loadout and the issues you encountered with stowing your gear. Can't wait to see the next segment - thanks for sharing your travels.
Very nice adventure. Beautiful landscape and interesting to see the locks and steam train. Thanks for explaining how you stow all of your gear. You've done a really good job figuring out how to get a lot of adventure out of simple little boat.
That was fantastic. I love watching your adventures. How was the road journey considering how far away you live from that place. Did everyone trailer up there?
Thank you Joe, that means a lot. We did all trailer up there. Graham ( Ondine ) had a trailer issue on the way up performing a roadside repair in the pouring rain. I drove through the night, service-station hopping to grab 90 minutes sleep in each. We travelled over 520 miles to get to Corpach. It was worth the wear and tear. Thanks for watching, part 2 coming soon :)
What a great adventure. I love the simplicity of your boat and the way you adapt things to suit your needs .I would very much like to do this trip my self in the not to distant future. Looking forward to part two already and thank you for sharing your journey.
Good question and you will get many answers! The obvious observation is that if they are too short they will not function properly. If they are too long you will have harder 'purchase' on the water and they will take up more space both inside and outside the boat. Mine are just shy of 8 foot long and performance wise I would like them to be 8 foot. However, they do function well but they also fit nicely inside the boat without being 'in the way'. If they were any longer they would be 'in the way' for me and my set up. I use them also to skull and for that I wish they were 6 inch longer. So, in a wafflleish way of answering (or not) your question, approximately 8 foot, but then a bit shorter or a bit longer would also work. The longer they are the harder they will be to pull through the water though because the fulcrum will always be in the same place. The amount of oar inside the boat (from the rowlocks to just short of centreline) will always be the same (because thats where your hands will be! )
I admire your resistance to an outboard, I was given a seagull, thats my justification as a true Yorkshireman. Loving the trip ;)
@@stevec-b6214 Haha, I fully understand that 🤓 So glad we didn’t have motors, that would have been noisy on the canal stretches. Thanks for watching.
I’m the lock keeper in the cap at the first three. We were all wondering what the strange looking tent with a mast in the Marina was. Hope you had a good trip!
@@Jo3sX Oh! Amazing, hats off to all of you for making us feel just as welcome as those 75 foot mega-yachts. We had a thoroughly amazing time, thank you 🤓
Did you really say "Blimey"? Then there's "heaved-to-ed".. Love these Skismoisms, as well as these Skismo cruises.
@@mikeu5380 haha, crikey oh blimey I’ve been caught red handed! 🤓
Thats a lovley trip for a dinghy. Cheers for the video and inspiration. I'm currenlty trying to come up with Tent MK2 for my Lugger and will take a little bit of inspiration from this!
One quick question. Can you right the GP14 with all that kit in or do you intend on never capsizing?
@@SailingWithDave Thanks Dave, well, like yours, I have built-in buoyancy tanks down each side of the boat and that keeps the boat mostly out of the water if I’m on my side. The dry bags of sleeping stuff and clothes offer a bit of buoyancy too. That said, all that extra gear in the bottom of the boat also offers a bit more stability. I’ve never capsized with all that gear in but I’m more than confident that if I did I would be able to right it. It’s been 3 years since I last capsized and I had a fair amount of gear in the boat then and I ended up doing a dry capsize ( in front of King Harry Ferry in Falmouth! ) I did lose my paper chart and my favourite sandwich box.
Hi.great adventure. Did it myself in 2019 in a 16ft wooden yachting monthly senior Like you we did manage to get some sailing in but did have a motor. Looking forward to part 2. Thanks for all the effort of filming. Chris GP.
What an awesome trip! I enjoyed your explaining your loadout and the issues you encountered with stowing your gear.
Can't wait to see the next segment - thanks for sharing your travels.
@@jchambers1191 Glad you enjoyed , thanks for watching 🤓
Very nice adventure. Beautiful landscape and interesting to see the locks and steam train. Thanks for explaining how you stow all of your gear. You've done a really good job figuring out how to get a lot of adventure out of simple little boat.
@@ChrisTietjen_00 Thank you
That was fantastic. I love watching your adventures. How was the road journey considering how far away you live from that place. Did everyone trailer up there?
Thank you Joe, that means a lot. We did all trailer up there. Graham ( Ondine ) had a trailer issue on the way up performing a roadside repair in the pouring rain. I drove through the night, service-station hopping to grab 90 minutes sleep in each. We travelled over 520 miles to get to Corpach. It was worth the wear and tear. Thanks for watching, part 2 coming soon :)
What a great adventure. I love the simplicity of your boat and the way you adapt things to suit your needs .I would very much like to do this trip my self in the not to distant future. Looking forward to part two already and thank you for sharing your journey.
How long should the oars be on a GP 14
Good question and you will get many answers! The obvious observation is that if they are too short they will not function properly. If they are too long you will have harder 'purchase' on the water and they will take up more space both inside and outside the boat. Mine are just shy of 8 foot long and performance wise I would like them to be 8 foot. However, they do function well but they also fit nicely inside the boat without being 'in the way'. If they were any longer they would be 'in the way' for me and my set up. I use them also to skull and for that I wish they were 6 inch longer. So, in a wafflleish way of answering (or not) your question, approximately 8 foot, but then a bit shorter or a bit longer would also work. The longer they are the harder they will be to pull through the water though because the fulcrum will always be in the same place. The amount of oar inside the boat (from the rowlocks to just short of centreline) will always be the same (because thats where your hands will be! )