Flier Spring 2021
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- čas přidán 6. 09. 2024
- Flier in this Covid spring, 2021.
Three minutes of escape.
Flier is a 27 pound foam and fabric fishing and rowing craft, that I built a year and a half ago. The place is the West River near Brattleboro VT. The trees hadn't even leafed out yet. It just felt good to be out of the house, on the water, and in the sun, after all these hard winter months.
Music courtesy of:
Asher Fulero
Patrick Patrikios
What an Amazing video. It was Scenic, beautifully made, Down right cinematic. Well done. Added to my liked videos. Thank you for this.
Thanks to you, Michel for the kind words. Makes it fun to do these things!
I bought your plans. Now, I just have to build this. Your video makes it look very nice and practical.
Thanks Richard, I worked hard to simplify boat construction in Flier to a bare minimum of tools and resources.
I’m astounded that the boat is stable enough to stand up in. Great job!
Thanks W. Michael. I don't stand often, but I do occasionally cast from that position in good conditions. It is definitely more stable than my Lifetime Tamarack fishing kayak for that. 90% of the time I fish seated.
@@SRHacksaw Thanks. Is there a specific reason you prefer the synthetic cloth over cotton or natural fiber?
Hi Michael, I use both on Flier, each for it's specific properties for the application.
Nice to see bare hills, snow gone. Boat looks as good as ever. This must have been one of those 70 deg days we had recently. Thanks for the Spring opener - C more of u later.
Thanks Ray!!
My favorite Flyer video...
Thank you Galgo!
Very nice!
Thanks Sergio.
Melhor .... impossível.... abraço
Thank you!
Love the video! The drone footage was really a nice touch to see the boat in motion. I recently purchased your plans and had a question. As a caveat, I know you've stressed following the plans and that you don't guarantee what results we'll get with modifications. That said, for various reasons I'd love to have the ability to move the seat or even remove it all-together. Because of that I was looking at how I might design the seat differently. In your plans, do the seats function as bulkheads and did you feel they were necessary to prevent swamping? Thanks again for the awesome plans and the inspiring footage! I'm looking forward to building my flier over the Winter and getting on the lake next Spring!
Mikey, why do you want to move the seat?
Great build, I would appreciate your thoughts on this project i.e. building a 6'6" foam pram dinghy. I presently have a 7' foot Boldger designed plywood dinghy which is too heavy for me now and i could take the lines off this, thus modify and shorten it. Now as it would be a yacht tender my Q. is this, do you think foam construction would be robust enought ( the bottom with have a plywood, minimum thicknesss skin as would the bow and stern ) otherwise construction as you demonstrated. Regards RC
My wife bought your plans for me a while back. I haven't built it just yet, but I am wondering if it might accept an outrigger and small sail setup. What do you think?
I'm very intrigued by your boat. I'm more of a paddler than a rower. What would you change to make it a canoe? Shrink the width and change the position of the seats, maybe?
Honestly, I'd design a completely different boat specialized for the purpose. The thing is -- there are millions of canoes and kayaks already out there. Just pick up a used one. But there are almost no sweet rowing boats, designed for the purpose. Much less one that you can build for yourself with extremely limited skills or tools. Or that weigh 27 pounds. Flier will row rings around a similar sized canoe or kayak, and can be carried on the shoulders. I could design a canoe or kayak, but I just can't get inspired about the thought of yet another iteration of the same old thing. Try rowing a really good boat, and than see whether you really still want to paddle.
@@SRHacksaw Thank you. Building my own flyer this summer is already a goal of mine. Another question if you don't mind. I live on the NC coast and do a bit of fishing in the sounds... thoughts on how it would hold up in choppier waters than you've (beautifully) video'd here?
@@matthewgraham2518 I've white knuckled a 32 foot power boat on Albermarle Sound and the Alligator River, and thanked my stars I made it. Obviously you would not want to be out there in that in ANY 12' boat in those conditions. On the other hand it can be glass calm.
So how good a captain are you, how far from beachable shore, what's the weather report, how have you outfitted your boat, what kind of risks do you take, what's your physical condition -- there's a million questions I can't answer.
I've taken some fair size short waves on Lake Champlain in a half mile cross-wind crossing to an island in Flier. Not my favorite conditions, but I felt the boat was up to it, and I didn't ship any water. But I know what I'm doing. Flier is made up of 400 lbs worth of foam flotation, so there's some security in that as well.
Would I use her routinely in those conditions? Nope, I prefer to have fun in a boat, so I fish in good conditions, or in protected water when they the wind is up. Usually I can pick an alternative waterway which is out of the wind, or small enough to stay calm. I mean it's all basically a judgment call, right? I can only make that for myself.
No boat guarantees safety, not even a 32 footer. People make for safe operation. Boats are just along for the ride.