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Matthew Sharman
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My passion over many decades has been cruising and day sailing Wayfarer dinghies around the UK coast and some inland waterways. My intention is to entertain, encourage and educate others to do the same.
Scotland July 2024 The Rough with the Smooth
A tour of the inner Hebrides on Scotlands west coast in a Wayfarer
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Suffolk May 2024
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An alternative to a wet and windy Scotland - 4 days cruising Suffolk Rivers and then the Norfolk Broads in a Wayfarer
Strange Day at Brancaster
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A day sail in a Wayfarer from Brancaster Staithe with wildly varying wind
Round Scolt Head April 2024
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A single tide sail around Scolt Head Island, North Norfolk coast, UK in a Wayfarer dinghy
Brancaster March 2024
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UKWA Brancaster Winter Sail March 2024. 11 Wayfarers braving the cold.
Tour of the aft locker
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A brief explanation of storage when cruising a Wayfarer
De rigging and getting ready to trail
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A short video on going from sailing to trailing of a wayfarer
Brancaster Harbour Tour
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A tour of Brancaster Harbour, North Norfolk, UK by Wayfarer
UKWA Essex Rally Aug 2023
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A 5 day trip around Suffolk and Essex taking in the UKWA Essex Rally 2023
Calms and whirlpools - Scotlands west coast June 2023
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A Wayfarer dinghy cruise on Scotlands west coast
A little trip on The Broads
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A short and cold wayfarer trip on the Northern Norfolk Broads
Brancaster Nov 2022
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A late season sail from Brancaster Staithe on the North Norfolk Coast, west to Titchwell.
Rutland Gathering 2021 - a little first days play
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Rutland Gathering 2021 - a little first days play
A January Jaunt - Brancaster to Thornham
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A January Jaunt - Brancaster to Thornham
Excellent sailing and video but sadly lacking common sense where was your buoyancy aid 😮
What a pleasure to see someone who really knows what they're doing, instead of all this "We just bought a boat and we don't know what we're doing" tosh that UA-cam seems determined to send me, no matter how many of them I ignore!
What a pleasure to see someone who really knows what they're doing, instead of all this "We just bought a boat and we don't know what we're doing" tosh that UA-cam seems determined to send me, no matter how many of them I ignore!
Andrew, know what you mean!! Thanks for the comment. Matt
Hi Matt: looking mainly smooth so far, looking forward to a bit of rough!!
Nice video guys - well done. We own a GP14 - not exactly the same as your Wayfarer, but not a million miles away either :)
Thanks John.
Great video Matt with amazing scenery and best audio yet 😊 Love the boat tour and the different waters you sailed on. Amazing personal experience I’m sure
Do you re-varnish every winter?
@@grahamsharp5130 No. It was done with an epoxy base coat and two pack varnish on top - lasts for years. I do make sure I touch up any little knocks as they happen.
I used to have 526 GP14. Lovely boat.
Did you sail along the coast to Yarmouth or Lowestoft to get to the Broads from Suffolk?
Cheated - towed
Very nicely set up, your boat. Thanks for sharing
You're welcome
Honestly one of the best sailing films I’ve seen. Amazing skills and music. I sail a wayfarer too. Amazing boats. Stay safe
Thanks. So nice to get feedback
Matt, interested in your go pro mount on the engine bracket. What are the saddles you used to secure the pole to the wood please?
26 May 2024
Hi. They are plastic fairlead which beautifully match my reefing spar offcut.
So interesting to see those tidal whirlpools and hear of your spin. I hope to sail there one day and see for myself what caught Orwell out and pitched him and his son into the drink (while he was on Jura working on 1984.) many thanks - Best wishes.
Am new to sailing, so still learning, can somebody tell me what size outboard motor is being used on this yacht, I won't to gear up to be able to do some local UK coastal ingredients guys
Auzuki 2.5 short ahaft
Crazy! I am just fitting single line reefing to my wayfarer, thanks for confirming it is actually a good idea ;)
Thanks. Steve. Mine isn't true single line reefing as this includes the luff as well as the leach. Nice simple system though
Thanks for the video. May I ask what kind of an outboard do you use? I have got a MK2 without an engine bracket. One of the previous owners fitted some phenolic sheet on top of the transom from inside and outside and clamped an engine there. Clamp marks are still visible. I am thinking of buying a 2.3 hp air cooled petrol outboard but haven't decided long/short shaft yet. I would be interested in knowing your opinion. Cheers
I have a bracket supplied by Aeroluffspars and use a Suzuki 2.5 short shaft. Much quieter then the Honda and still has a forward and neutral gear. Plenty of power and very good fuel economy.
@@MatthewSharman Thank you, that is very helpful.
Great wee video Matt! You’ll need to splash out on a lovely quiet eProp. W10454
Fine sailing! Where did you get the tidy bag on your aft bulkhead? I need something like that fro my Wayfarer (3526)!
Thanks Brian. I supply similar bags. Have a look on www.aeroluffspars.co.uk.
Really enjoyed watching this. We now have W1100 and previously had W8156
Thanks. Good to get feedback. Both your boats woodies?
@@MatthewSharman Yes we had W1100 built for us by Stones of Salcombe back in the mid eighties, then swapped it for a Wanderer and then I compltely rebuilt W1100 in 2002-3 for my son and I to sail. Look up Mike's Wooden Wayfarer Resoration Manual
Wow. Yes, I remember it. And still going strong?
@@MatthewSharman Yes W1100 still going strong and in excellent condition. I saw W8156 a few years ago it was being raced.
Totally agree with the masterclass in seamanship, made it look like you were sailing a little optimist dinghy. A very enjoyable video Mathew, thanks for sharing 👍.
Thank you Chris. Good of you to comment
Very nice Matt! Was it chilly?
Not bad really. Well wrapped up and wearing the new trousers. Quite gusty towards the end.
Excellent vid. Thanks - Love your Wayfarer
Thank you
Fantastic.... that's dedication for you, up and ready early doors.
Nice cruise.
are you going to cruise the Broads? I am fancying an easy pub cruise in my old wayfarer.
It was a 3 day trip characterised by cold and strong winds. Did get to pubs though...
Palatial. 👌
I aim to take less these days!!
Matt, that soft attachments of t2 blocks want break on that Selden boom eyes, they aren’t sharp to much or it’s good to use that?
Watched last summer’s solo videos which I greatly enjoyed. Even better to see two lovely varnished boats together. The wooden decks elevate a Wayfarer to much more than a floating caravan!😊
Glad I found this channel. brilliant stuff. At about 09:20 May I ask you what the little shiny clamps are, just aft of the camcleats on the centreboard case. I am looking for something that will clamp a line both ways and I am hoping they do that!!!
Hi Dave. The system is a through deck block followed by a cam cleat, then a flip flop block which enables cleating from a wide variety of angles. Only one direction for cleating though. What line do you need holding? Matt
@@MatthewSharman Hi Matthew. I just checked and I can see the "Flip Flop Block", however it is the steel things the other side of the cleat I am on about. They look like they hinge down onto the yello and red lines and clamp them some how. What are those!?
Ah. They are the through deck leads.
@@MatthewSharman Aha,...still can't find them anywhere!! You would have thought there would have been some kind of line clamp that held a line both ways, but I can't find one anywhere. I am turning to my 3D printer to help!!! Thanks fo ryour help anyway.
wonderful, thank you :)
Wind on the nose is Loch Sween - situation normal. Engine 👍
Mind you I have tacked up loch sween against a pretty strong northerly
Where did you buy all your sea going waterproof clothing from especially van orange gloves they look nice and warm
So enjoyable to watch, Time stamp 17:57 setting up tests. How come no one uses ribs shaped and stored to fit the inside rails three 12 cm thick thick. Help keep flapping down and feel like more room.
It's all about simplicity
that was once in a life time sail in a little boat ,to get the weather window you could try that trip over and over tenfold and take a week getting as far as jura and the weather would stop you going further on only so long you can sit it out and the food and beer runs out and you head back to start point those weather conditions only come round every 3 or 4 years and you need to pick the right time hard to drop everything when the conditions suit
Know what you mean. We are both lucky enough to sit around at home and await some good weather.
Another brilliant video, Matthew! After years visiting the N Norfolk coast, invariably at mid/low tide (!), I finally saw Brancaster Harbor at a mid-summer high spring tide, with the sun setting towards the North over the sea, and was blown away by the beauty of it all. Another world. I must get my boat up there when she's finished (last plank going on as we speak).
Thanks. It's a wonderful place
I'm full of admiration! You really have to know what you're doing to sail safely in such tricky waters. Picking up the entrance to the Brancaster channel from the open sea is a feat in itself.
Lovely to watch, a great area to sail in. I have now watched this film several times as a try to figure out how the boat is rigged. I can't help wondering if it might be possible to create a stern tank and remove the side tanks in my Albacore to make the interior resemble your Wayfarers? Best wishes Al
the best known method of ending up with a boat like a wayfarer is to buy a wayfarer!
@@bigbadthesailor5173 I can see that, but my cunning plan is to have a Wayfarer layout in an Albacore and it be lighter and easier to get through the water. Which is what attracted me to the class in the first place.
Inspirational! From a 58 yr old Wanderer sailor near Poole Harbour. I haven’t sailed since my heart attack in 2012, but it’s still in the drive. You’ve brought back great memories! 🤩🤩 10:59
Always learning with the best! Like the idea of the crocs out of the boat, also don’t like sand in to it😉
Very valuable information Thanks Matt.
A great film, very enjoyable to watch and much to learn from to. I like the simple clean way you have rigged your boats. The removal of the seats gives much extra space, but seems lacking in bouyancy. You appear to be limited to bow and stern tanks or is there some below the floor boards? Again most enjoyable. Al
Thanks for the comments. I like simplicity too. Plenty of bouyancy for a wooden boat, too much side bouyancy and the boats becomes liable to invert on capsize.
Just your first comment has saved me a lot of time😊 My furling jib came with a clevis and circular pin which needs undoing with long nose pliers, why i have never thought of using a dropnose pin i do not know 😂 plus removing the anxiety of it springing off into the long grass!
Great stuff, but what's with the outbound motor 😢?
Wind goes light, I can still make my destination
A beautiful day for a sail. We don't seem to have had many of those this year. I've sailed in Brancaster Harbour once about 5 years. Must go back there, it's such a lovely location.
How to tack single-handed. Nice.
This is a masterclass in seamanship: solo roll tacking among moored craft, weight shifting, threading a way among shifting shoals, efficient trimming of the sails … thank you! (From a former Enterprise sailing Bournemouth and Poole boy, now sailing Flying Scots at SCOW, south of DC, USA.)
Wow! Thanks Jeremy. Praise indeed - I have been doing it a long time though.....
Beautiful
Thank you. It's good to get feedback
Adept sailing, sir! Greetings from NYC!
Gran video!Gracias!
It was a cracking weekend
You got very lucky with the weather. I took my dinghy down to the Orwell at the start of August for the OGA anniversary and the weather was decidedly wet and windy. I believe Kirby Creek is the better place in the Walton Backwaters for seal watching. I understand that it's where the seal watching boat goes so perhaps the seals there are more used to boats. In any event it's a much wider bit of water so it's easier to keep a respectful distance from the seals.
Thanks for taking us along with another great video Matt and John. If you can it would be great to see more of your spinnaker setup and you flying the kite on the water. I’ve searched UA-cam and can’t find any good examples. So it was good to see a brief section here. Cheers
Fantastic filming and editing. I’m blown away by the awesomeness of the Wayfarer-handling considerable seas and variable wind conditions. Can that boat be launched from a dolly? The weather in July in Scotland reminds me of November in New England. Why was sleeping in the boat preferable to tenting on the ground? My wife and I visited our daughter at university in Glasgow this summer and were able to drive and ferry all around Mull, Islay, and Skye. I saw little sailboats from our various ferries, way out in rough seas and was impressed. Great job showing a wonderfully cool sailing adventure.
Thanks for the nice comments. We stay aboard as it gives us better flexibility. Matt