Trailer Sailing - cruising Lake Macquarie in our Farr 7500 trailer yacht.
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- čas přidán 28. 06. 2019
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Enough jokes. Please join Gavin & Amanda and our salty sea-Staffords for a weekend cruise & a bit of fun on Lake Macquarie in our Farr 7500.
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Really nice guy's, captured the fun of trailer sailers (and staffies) beautifully ....cheers
Thanks David - its always fun on the Lake and the dogs _LOVE_ sailing as much as we do.
Thank you Gavan and Amanda for a Bonza sail.
Cheers Gray
Logan river Gold Coast
Hi Graham, thanks for joining us on one of our many trips - we've got a stack more in the edit suite & thrilled you enjoyed. Cheers, Gavin & Amanda
Lived on the Lake for 20 years and never been out sailing on the lake might have to get my self a trailer sailor after watching this ..thanks for sharing
Thanks for commenting Liam - helps us out a lot. There has never been a better time to buy a trailer yacht & get out there ! See you on the water. Cheers, Gavin & Amanda
I am very seriously thinking about it ..thanks Gavin and Amanda
Good times!
Looks like everyone’s had a great couple of days! Thanks for sharing 😀👍
Thanks Tim - we are so spoilt with Lake Macquarie on our door step. The boat ramp is five minutes from our front door. We even have rugby & rowing nearby too !
You are spoilt indeed. Good for you. Love your puppies :) Very cute!! My filming of rugby and rowing are almost over as my son is leaving Yr12 this year.. and I {in the meantime} secretly plan my sailing life post-single parenting (although that job is never really over). I reckon I'm about 12 months away from buying my first trailer-sailor and the Farr 7500 has caught my eye as an option. I get where you're coming from re: on-board livability. After watching a number of videos of 35-45ft yachts (enter a picture of Homer Simpson drooling here) one needs to take one step at a time. Would love to hear any feedback you've had with the Farr and/or your experiences with purchasing a trailer-sailor. Cheers Tim :) PS: you look like a lovely couple and I love your genuine spirit and easy nature... and that's why I guess we love sailing.
@@TimKellySportsHighlights - Hi Tim, boats are very personal and it depends on what you want to do. I would urge you to find your local sailing club, and go sailing with as many different people & designs as you can. You'll quickly see what you like. My family worked in the marine industry for nineteen years, specialising in trailer yachts, cats & dinghies. We had the choice of any trailer yacht design on the market in Australia. Our personal boats, the ones we kept, were always Farrs because they suit us perfectly. Bruce Farr is a designer of world renown and the builder of most of the Farrs was Sea Nymph NZ - they similarly have a superb reputation for quality workmanship. Each to their own, but this is the third Farr 7500 in my family since the late 1980's. Best wishes for finding your boat, and feel free to send an email to gavin.ayre1@gmail.com if you want to have a chat about it.
great vid, so shallow
gotta love the PowerWinch, 920 model ? i still have mine, tho dont need it for ,my 5.1 mtr tinnie lol. Frank from Sydney
Hi Frank, thanks for touching base - they are a fantastic winch !
Great trip thankyou for sharing!! Cool to see the staffies out sailing. We have a salty land seal in training too. Is your sunshade over the boom available to buy anywhere?
Zarak
Raglan, NZ
Just discovered your great video. Living the dream. Thanks for sharing. Nice people nice boat.
@Captain Downunder - Thank you for nice comments - we are always grateful when people comment, and happy you enjoyed our video. Cheers, Gavin & Amanda
I've watched this video a few times now.
Looks like a great time spent out on the water.
I've raced Tasars on lake Mcquarrie back in 1991.
A beautiful spot, but wow what a great place to cruise and on your
Farr 7500 a great boat to.
Thanks for including the launching sequence and mast raising👍.
Cheers
Great looking omelet to👍
Hi Ian,
Thank you for your wonderful comments - much appreciated. If you were racing Tasars - I'm guessing you were sailing at Speers Point Amateur Sailing Club or perhaps Teralba Sailing Club? Gavin used to race VJ's at both those clubs (and even Sabots waaaay back) at Marmong Sailing Club back in the 80's. Good times !
Re - the mast raising & launching sequences - everyone has their own methods, and this is just what works for us.
Cheers, Gavin & Amanda
@@ianbell5611 PS - that omelette tasted great too ! Cheers, Gavin.
@@TrailerYacht point wolstencarft I think was the name of the place.
Across the lake from Belmont 16 footers.
I was with the navy team.
Cool good to see a trailer sailer video good work.
Thanks @Daza Keep it in the Zoo - lots more videos in the pipeline - putting in the final touches - stay tuned !
Really Good vid ,Had to laugh as I went straight onto that sand bar myself under full sail trying to take a short cut to the sand island.As I said on Felipes RL video mines moored at Gwandalan and as you say its beautiful down that end of lake, no traffic !! Ill keep a eye out for you
The Sand Island is a really popular spot for trailer yachties and rightly so. The ocean is just around the corner and its so clean with great swimming & fishing too. Because it's so sandy & friendly, I think everyone runs aground there sooner or later. We'll keep an eye out for you - we're often at Sandy beach for the night.
Thanks for sharing.
you can get replacement gaskets for your cafetera.
Thanks for commenting - we're glad you liked our little video. Nonna's old mocha pot is around thirty years old now and leaks no matter what we do. Even new gaskets don't help ! It's part of her character & we work around it because she makes _real_ Italian style cafe.
Great video.
Living the life. Relaxed and happy
Thank you Kym - glad you liked it. We are so very fortunate to be able to enjoy sailing on our Beautiful Lake Macquarie.
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And the Farr is a good boat?
@@kymholbrook7495 - We love her - great interior, large pop-top, light mast to raise & lower, swing keel, comfy cockpit & sails beautifully. My family has owned three Farr 7500's now.
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I have looked at them. I like them because they are beam at the stern an more stable at anchor than others.
I am going to investigate further.
Cheers
Kym
@@kymholbrook7495 - They are a well-built, popular yacht & you wont have much trouble finding a good one. The removable panels are unique to the Farr range of trailer yachts and a great feature - they really boost the ventilation & light when cruising. Good luck with your search - its the time to buy - very much a buyer's market right now.
Thanks for this great video! You’ve done a nice job with it.
So sorry to hear about Red Dog! It’s so terribly hard to say farewell to our furbabies!
I’m in Washington State, moves from the sailing haven of Puget Sound, our to remote and sunny “Farr” NE corner, and looking again for a trailer-sailer. Are these boats Ausie only?? Never heard of them, but I’m going to have a look. It looks quite nice, and you make some good speed with her. My waters will now be landlocked Lake Roosevelt, a great freshwater playground only fifty miles south of home, with seasonal slips available. You’re making my sailing itch need a good scratch!! Cheers from the US...
Bill G
Hi Bill,
Thanks for your comment - we are very happy that you like our video. As _Farr_ as we know, the Farr 7500 was only released in New Zealand and Australia, but we would not be surprised if a few unofficially made their way to the Land of the Free & Home of the Brave with émigré owners. Would be extremely rare boats though. Bruce Farr appears to have focused on large keelboats once he moved to the US. The US and Canada are both on our sailing bucket lists, and it would be wonderful to see some sailing videos from your home grounds - please tag us when you upload so we'll be sure to see them.
Warm Regards,
Gavin & Amanda
I never saw a razor clam before and i have been to 42 countries, many with beaches.
Hi David,
Razor clams are a very tasty native species that were always present in low numbers in Lake Macquarie - we just never saw them. The local community was shocked when their population exploded here in the early 2000's as few people knew what they were. The good news is awareness has spread, (thankfully we don't read stories of people receiving bad lacerations anymore) but few seem to know how tasty they are ! Cheers. Gavin & Amanda.
Good video. Where did you anchor overnight ? How did you know it would be so calm at night ?
Hi Andrew glad you liked it and THANK YOU for commenting - it really helps us. We often overnight at lovely "Sandy Beach Reserve" just south of Frying Pan Point. We keep our eyes peeled to the weather and have a pretty reliable forecast freely available via the Australian Bureau of Meteorology (www.bom.gov.au/nsw/forecasts/hunter.shtml) plus we monitor our VHF on channel 16 for securite bulletins from Marine Rescue Lake Macquarie ( marinerescuelakemacquarie.com.au ) - which is our volunteer coastguard. It's always a judgement call & the main risk is a screaming westerly or southerly. Neither have much fetch at this spot, but they can get _INTENSE_ on the Lake. If we were surprised, we have the shelter of Frying Pan Bay or Sugar Bay within a nautical mile and would be out of harms way in 30 mins or so. Cheers, Gavin
Slip slop slap !!!!
Yep , cant be too careful in the Aussie sun.
Welcome to the Channel @Noel Sharpe - czcams.com/channels/mTHIdbmuBPbHEURJXZhwmQ.html - a Belmont South lad now living in Norway. Very glad to have made you just a little homesick ! ! !
Harry said....hell no!
I don't like those rollers on the trailer. Seems to me that there is too much weight on such a small surface, especially if hitting a pothole in the road. I just subscribed. I love my trailer sailor, Hunter 260.
Welcome to the channel David, and thank you for subscribing - it really helps. We hope to see you publishing some videos of your beautiful Hunter 260 on your local waterways soon. The Hunter 260 is a very interesting and thoroughly modern trailer yacht. Kind regards, Gavin & Amanda.
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- THANK YOU for the lovely comment coolsweat 67. Do you sail in the Philippines? Would be incredible to see videos of sailing (esp trailer yachts) in the magnificent Philippines ! ! ! Cheers, Gavin & Amanda.
@@TrailerYacht . Yes mate , I'm seeking trailer sailer around 10 k mate and seen a few 26 footers 30 footers lately , plus I'm planning a trip to the Philippines around June.
@@TrailerYacht my trip turn around to Philippines would be 12 months give or take . Philippines is a beautiful place to sail with unbelievable fishing, snookling, swimming BBQ on the beach. Over 7 thousand islands to visit. MAGIC
@@Coolsweat67 - this sounds like a brilliant adventure. Are you in Australia at the moment? There are lots of very cheap & well under-valued trailer yachts (and fixed keeled yachts) around in Australia at the moment. Be careful though, most of our Australian manufacturers stopped producing boats in 1988, and so our boats are all very, very old now. Look for boats with extensive maintenance records that are backed up with RECEIPTS. Good luck and we hope to see you sailing soon. Best wishes, Gavin & Amanda.
@@Coolsweat67 - We have not visited the Philippines yet, but have heard it is a sailor's dream, a true paradise with some of the friendliest people in the world. We hope you make this dream a reality & shoot lots and lots of videos of your travels and adventures. What a brilliant thing to do. PLEASE keep us informed how it goes. Best wishes, Gavin & Amanda.
where are you? Australia? How about showing the inside of the boat. FARR makes great boats.
Hi John, we are fortunate to be based on the shores of Lake Macquarie, NSW, Australia. Like all Bruce Farr designs, the Farr 7500 is a sailor's delight, and very roomy below. We think the Farr 7500 is one of the very best CRUISING trailer yachts in Australia or NZ for its length. We'll do a boat tour shortly for you. Cheers, Gavin & Amanda
@@TrailerYacht nice video thanks mate. I'm looking to buy our first trailer sailer and it's going to either be a Farr 7500 or noelex 25
@@chappy6817 - You won't go wrong with either - both are great boats, but we reckon the Farr is the way to go for us. This is now the third Farr 7500 we have had in our family. Good luck and see you on the water.
What is wrong with Red Dogs right front paw, looked all puffy
Hi Daniel,
Thanks for asking - we were in two minds about whether to include her in the video because of this. Our wonderful Red dog passed away shortly after this video was made. That horrible, puffy lump is a mast cell tumour. It was tiny when we first noticed it - literally the size of half a grain of rice. The vet said she'd leave us within three months - with 90% probability. Unbelievable something so tiny was that deadly. TWO YEARS later, it had finally reached that size, and we wouldn't let her suffer. She was incredibly brave and valiant right to her very last day - too much life to be lived and fun to be had with her humans. We had lost our 16 year old stafford, Walter, only a few months prior, and it was utterly heart breaking. Enough time has passed now, we can talk about it without tears. They both lived every second to the fullest. Cheers, Gavin.