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Looks like a sliding gunter! Thats what I have on my catspaw dinghy. It's from one of Herreshoff's books. It works really well. I was very interested in 4 sided sails before sailing my sliding gunter.

That was very educational.. Thank you!

Great video, thanks! Especially at 23:15 - to see such a young child confidently taking control of a sail boat; fantastic! Also, one cause of center board vibration is eddy shedding from the trailing edge, and a cure can be to bevel the edge so that the flow is biased to one side and becomes stable. It will have no effect on sailing because it is to tiny, say 2cm deep all the way down, but it encourages the eddy at the aft end to stay on one side instead of flipping back and forth like in an organ pipe. Looking forwards to following your adventures. Best wishes.

I live locally and have a share in a half decker.. it would be tricky taking a small boat through Yarmouth, mainly because of the very strong tides. Multiple trips, to the northern and southern rivers separately, would probably be the way to go. (And definitely read Coot Club!) There's a campsite at Reedham Ferry, by the pub, and moorings there too.

Not a good recovery in that you beached her in order to bail. Non watertight buoyancy tanks would probably keep her unsailable. However, you did find a potentially fatal flaw in your boat. Replace seals annually and vaseline around the seals on the bulkheads. Consider to install a sealable entry valve for an air pump. Use a pump with a gauge. Each tank to withstand 2 bar test air pressure for half an hour. Well done.

A very fine, slow and lovely video. Perfect dinghy cruising inspiration. Thank you 😊

Admiring from the US, not sure why these types of boats are so uncommon here.

Hello mate Robin from stewartby with the K1. Your furling problem is you need a spinning attachment at the top of you jib to allow the forestay to spin? At the moment your unwinding the forestay in the sail and you will knacker the wire if you continue to use it. If you have a chat with me at the club I can help you with most problems cheers 🍻 from Mr Gadget p.s every one knows me there.

Really nice video, thanks for sharing your adventures with those of us a little more Stewartby bound! I enjoyed learning some of the history of Wild Cat Island and of Collingwood. My reading list grows ever longer! Thanks again!

Thank you for this video. Two questions : if I understood well, Peel Island used to have inhabitants ? Does it belong (nowadays) to somebody or to the State ?

Saludos y los mejores deseos para ti y tu familia, from Chile.

You could improve the uphaul of the center board by putting a turning block on the mast then lead the uphaul aft and have the tackle alongside the centreboard case.You do end up with more tackle and rope floating around. Its a system I have used on a few boats and it makes recovering a heavy centreboard quite easy.

Great clip ! Lots of innovative ideas Joel. Keep posting. Waldringfield is lovely spot….happy memories!

Thank you for this video. I was about to ask you if you had no problems with the wheel bearing ("sinking" the trailer in the salt water). But you answered the question : you take them off after each sailing, to clean them !🙂

This was special watching this as I am looking for a Westray 16 and I lived in Woodbridge for many years with moorings at The Cut and Waldringfield. This is a perfect river for a boat of this type.

Hi, did you experiment with lowering your point of attachment for your jib block so that you could keep the jib away from your forestay when furling it? Or did you just go straight to doing away with the forestay? When things go wrong having your mast very secure is reassuring .😊

Lovely looking boat, and plenty of flex in her mast 😮😁

hm, yes the kicker / boom vang would probably be a great idea to have a lot more control over the main. Regarding the capsizing and overboard situation: I'm a lot aware of this. If I capsize I wear 50nm baltics SAR aid (not an inflatable one) because I want freedom to move to be able to get the mast back in the air. And if I go overboard, the boat is slightly trimmed to luv into the wind. That way it just shoots into the wind and stops when the tiller is free.

Thank you for this video. When you lowed the main sail, may be a simple home made lazy jacks would be useful ? It would prevent the two "pieces of wood" (the boom and the .... don't remember the name in english) to separate and go out of the shell.🙂

I am still trying to find one of these to buy and I am interested in the internal fit-out. Also, most of my sailing is single-handed and you seem to be doing fine in that breeze. Look forward to many more of your videos.

Nice one Joel. Hope to join you soon in the Oyster.!

Thank you for this vidéo. It was funny to see your children painting the rudder. It remember me when my two daughters were painting my little boat : we dressed them with old adult's pyjamas, like this they were not afraid to durt their clothes... (they were under 10 years old at the time)🙂

Hi, glad to see your Westray back from the builders. I also have a Westray, no: 18 same from the outside but a bit different inboard. Peter Stent (original builder) gave me some info on the boats when I wanted to make a few alterations & was most helpful. Pretty much all were built within the buyers spec, hence the differences although I haven't viewed any others. Look forward to your next video - they've been highly enlightening, well done. Cheers Tim Davis Dorset)

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Lovely boat. Did you ever fix the vibrating centre-plate? What would this boat be like for a single-hander in a force 4?

Do you still have your Westray 16?

When the wind fills the jib, it will pull the last bit of tension from the furler. You don't need to worry about it.

I haven't used dyneema for standing rigging but have spliced it for other uses. Just wanted to mention that the tapered bury is not just for aesthetics it actually prevents a sharp angle where the bury finishes which can cause a reduction in strength (I've read up to 20% reduction). Also even with a brumell splice because dyneema is 'slippy' compared to a lot of lines commonly used in sailing its best practice to bury a decent length to prevent it backing out when not under tension. For the non brummeled adjustable loop ('whoopie sling') you were showing on your winter video the recomended bury is at least 3.5 x the correct diameter fid length for the line you are working with if you don't want to rely on the half hitch to stop it slipping. Apologies if I'm teaching you to suck eggs. Some testing and advice here if you are interested - hownot2 (dot) com/post/are-tapering-splices-that-important-in-dyneema-hmpe

Just been making my way through your previous videos and thoroughly enjoyed this one due to my love of the Arthur Ransome books. I was actually going to comment on your Norfolo Broads video that Coot Club/Big Six might be potentially books (when your children are a bit older) that might spark an interest in sailing on the Broads. Admitedly they are of a bygone time, but that was the case for me when I read them in the 80's 😊

Fantastic thanks for sharing, cheers Paul

I would dare say your issues with the furler are both overblown and caused by the sail itself. I saw overblown because when sailing in any sort of breeze, the sail will be kept from furling back onto itself. The fact that it is curling back up is from it being stored in that position for some time. I have a furler on my GP14 that after a long winter's nap, will do the same for the first sail or two. Again the breeze keeps it all ship shape when actually out sailing. I happen to agree with user-cs1um9yf8z about finding a suitable piece of metal to fit in that box section of your trailer. On my Montgomery 17 (I have too many boats) the trailer is set up with a sliding tongue. Normally it is kept close, but can be extended if the depth of the ramp needs it to. This aids in towing by shortening the length of car and boat, makes it easier to store, but allows for the trailer to be completely submerged without soaking the car.

Really enjoying this sail along the lake. Reading the books as a kid I imagined the lake to be more expansive. Thanks for taking us along. I noticed also that the standing lug main is backwinded by the full jib when conditions are such that the mainsheet is eased. This is something I have observed on my own boat. I think that furling the jib, even partly, while moving the centre of effort forward, may allow the main to work more efficiently. Something you may not have to worry about on Tarka.

Thank you for this long video. It seems as if you were not realy alone on the water : a passenger boat (?), canoés, sailing boats from far. A little detail : my small sail and oar boat is a Northumbrian Coble !🙂 (Selway Fischer 12.5).

Cracking video J.! Sailing and history of a story we all enjoy ! Iain

Truly epic soundtrack!

Great. Waiting for more, more sailing videos. I am very interested in this dinghy model..

How about filling everything with liquid "buoyancy foam". No worries and super easy to apply.

Thanks for all the useful reminders !

Thank you for this video. I agree with you that, on a classic boat, light brown ropes are much nicer (looking nice is important an a classic boat...). An advice : it is better when the "rescue rope" in floating. You are asking a question about toilets. In France, at the moment, the fashion are the "dry toilets". You can make it yourself from an empty big paint bucket (with a black dusty bag in it) and a little bucket near it for the sawdust. People usually fix a toilet seat on this "toilet bucket" (more confortable).

Such a spirited young helper you have! My biggest priority is to live long enough to pass on my love of boating/sailing to my soon to be 4 grandchildren! Already set the hook on #1 (seven years old) with summer overnights abourd our ILUR the past two years. Indeed, winter projects/proper maintenance so there are no issues on the first perfect spring day! Keep up the good work

ferrygate camping is the place

Great video 😊

I sail on the broads all the time, to avoid the plastic tea tray motorboats go above Potter Heigham bridge ,its much quieter. There is a summer only campsite at the end of Martham staithe and you would be able to launch tarka from Martham developments boatyard.

Thank you for posting this video. I fill my voids with empty water bottles stuffed into mesh bags for additional buoyancy insurance. The bottles are easily removable at the end of the season for any needed maintenance and allow air to circulate in the space to prevent mildew from forming on inside surfaces. Cheers

Hi. Looking forward to following your adventures with Tarka. Lovely sailing dinghy. I would love to camp in a boat like that myself. Just a friendly word to the wise, though. Would it be possible in your future videos to have less talking to camera and more footage of Tarka herself? Maybe you could do the talking as a voice-over while showing us video of Tarka actually sailing? I expect learning how to make the videos is a skill in itself, like learning to sail! Still very enjoyable to watch, though. Best wishes. 👍

Hi Joel, very enjoyable video again. Near the end of the video you mention a fitting on the gaff/yard possibly to keep it snug to the mast. As i understand it , if you are reefing your main with a gunter rig you should be lowering it completely and reattaching your main halyard to a slightly higher position on the yard, so it is not hoisted so high. This will have the effect of keeping it snug to the mast. On my boat i have 2 other attachement points, on the yard, to correspond to the 2 reefs i have in my main. Hope this is of some use and I'm not just teaching my granny how to suck eggs😊

Yes my brother and i sailed in our first dinghy national 12 from overy staithe north norfolk sailed many dinghy’s then children came along and then sailed a 12 ft tideway.with the children ,but as they got older they had other interests,over the years i moved to motor cruisers on the broads ,which i still own one and a twinkle 10 at overy staithe.i was thinking about your questions about the norfolk broad sailing.its much less busy on the southern broad and rivers,you could possibly launch from brundall bay marine,enquire at the tingdene office for advice .kind regards robert.

Your kids will be only too happy to be involved with every single thing you involve them with, until the reach 14, when, they will retell and relive their childhoods into a marathon of torture and generational misunderstanding. As they age they will forgive you and eventually they will take their children out on the Broads only for them (your grandchildren) to deride and belittle (your) children's attempts at child development (as they did yours) the merry go round of life. Camp your children on the boat whilst you and your good lady sleep in a nice canvas Vango force ten Mk3 (weights not an issue) We took our 8 year old son on two week long self sufficient hikes across incredibly barren parts of the UK, we did that for years and years, he now is nostalgic of those times even though the Army forced that and more onto him as part of his service. TLDR be the parent you want to be, not the parent you think you aught to be according to some self manual or an internet influencer says you should try.

Having just bought a mark 1 wayfarer to get me back into sailing and give my young children some of the experience of sailing I had as a child, I am watching with great interest.