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Sailing has been a great adventure and has opened us up to a wonderful way to explore this beautiful world and introduced us to an amazing community! Thanks for watching

Thank you so much! Glad the videos were an inspiration. Fair winds!!!

Thanks for watching the videos! It is cool to see that there are quite a few people with these 16’ boats and they are enjoying them as much as I am. Mine was in pretty rough shape but it has been fun restoring her. Fair winds on those beautiful lakes in central and southern Idaho!!

Thank you and congratulations on the Newport 16. They are very fun boats and great to learn on. I would recommend the American sailing association’s ( sailing made easy) book as it is a good instructional manual for basic keelboat sailing! If you have questions on how to rig your boat you can reach me at Ruddyducksailing@gmail.com

@@ruddyducksailing Thank you very much!!

Thanks for watching. There are definitely some beautiful lakes here and even more so further north in British Columbia. I love having towering mountains around but there’s also beauty and so much opportunity where you are based. Looking at a map of Saskatchewan is amazing with all the lakes seemingly everywhere!! Have fun in your travels😊

@@ruddyducksailing Thank you. There are meant to be something like 10,000 lakes here. If only more of them had an easy way to launch our sailboats ! Fair winds.

I appreciate that. I hope it grows also and just have to find the right balance between working and adventuring!

@@ruddyducksailing Seems like you're doing a good job at that already, so it'll be interesting to watch as you improve. Keep up the quality adventuring!

They are not too hard to find. Finding one in great shape with a nice trailer is harder. I tend to go for the cheaper project boats but there are a lot of nice p-15s for around $4500 on Craigslist or facebook marketplace

Thank you! Yeah I’ve updated sails since that trip and they have all the things I was missing, telltales, leach lines, draft stripes etc. also very recently I got a boom kicker and vang setup to install and it should make a huge difference in sail shape and handling. Have fun this summer on the water!!!

The boat? North Idaho

A 25 would be fine but you might not get into as tight if spots as I did. If it has a swing keel you’ll be fine but there are sandbars and hidden rocks in a lot of areas so have a chart handy

I really enjoyed it out there and it was definitely peaceful. I love cruising through Blue Creek Bay and looking at all the cool cabins and float houses! Great place to have a houseboat!

@@ruddyducksailing Now you have me looking for a small boat to leave at our Uncle's place in town!

Yeah the winds were very calm that trip and it made for some peaceful sailing. Thanks for watching

Thanks! Definitely fun to explore by water

Sleeping was comfortable enough and there’s room for two adults but I think it’s better suited for one so gear has a place to go. I like the flat bottom on the beach as its very stable even when walking around the deck. Sailing was fun and enjoyable but it was at a slower pace. We definitely couldn’t keep up (even with the ruddy Duck with just main) but found the potter very stable and capable of grand adventures.

The islands are a lot of fun but upper priest is definitely more secluded and I believe all the campsites are first come first serve! Have a great trip if you make it up there!!!!

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Yeah not a ton of them. There were feisty mosquitoes in the evenings though.

Thank you!

Thank you so much!!

Yeah it’s an amazing landscape. My trip was in late fall so other than a fishing tournament I had the place to myself. I imagine summer is pretty busy. The glacial flood theory is very interesting and we sail lake Pendoreille a lot, which is where they say the floodgates opened causing the lake to be over 1200 feet deep. It would have been an amazing sight seeing that much water carve out a new landscape ! Thanks for watching our videos!!

Yeah it was built by a previous owner and it definitely worked but it was kinda bulky and cumbersome. I removed it because I’m rebuilding the rudder and I think I’m going to use lines and clam cleats instead. I’ll share in a video sometime what I come up with !

Hey thank you so much! A keel boat on Lake Ontario sounds amazing!! I imagine there’s plenty of cruising grounds there and lots to explore. We definitely hope to sail as much as we can and hopefully in the future wander further away from home. Possibly someday we will end up in the Great Lakes on another adventure. Thanks for watching!!

Yes it was a very enjoyable trip. I hope you get the chance to see it for yourself as cameras don’t do it justice sometimes. Thanks for watching!

Hopefully soon! I think we will do one more on Coeur d Alene as a group and then probably start planning for next year! Keep an eye on the Facebook group!

It sounds like you’ve had an amazing life filled with sailing adventures in a lot of amazing places. It’s so cool that it all started out in North Idaho on our beautiful lakes. I aspire to grow old in the sailing lifestyle God willing, and hope to share the beauty of this world in my videos as long as I am able. Thank you for watching and sharing a little bit of your experiences!!!

I appreciate the kind words!! Thank you for watching and subscribing.

Really? Awesome , I would love to race sometime. Do you trailer it or have it in a slip?

Thanks for watching! People can do crazy things sometimes and I hate to see natural wonders destroyed. Those rocks I was around in the video are speculated to have been put there by glaciers so hopefully nobody actually tries to ruin the amazing sights.

We used a trolling motor for the first year and it worked great. You are limited on range though and that’s the reason we got a gas outboard. our larger lakes trips can span over a hundred miles and the trolling motor battery lasts for maybe 6 miles. But If you’re patient with the wind and are confident in your sailing abilities a electric motor is is a good way to go

and how many miles do you get with the 2.5hp and small spare tank?

The outboard has a built in tank which is 1 liter. It can go 10 miles per tank or 40 miles per gallon . I usually carry a spare 2.5 gallon gas can giving me lots of range

Thank you! The pizza is 2nd Avenue and definitely the best pizza place I’ve been to. The ericson is a 30+ but we recently sold it to a friend as we are going all in in the trailerable sailboats! Loved the ericson though and it is a very high quality boat

A special place for sure!

The sails are definitely a beautiful sight to behold. Very unique for our area.

Thank you! It’s definitely beautiful and the consistent and predictable winds had us stoked!

Thank you. I really appreciate that!!!

Yeah it was a great time, and you should get the boat back on the water! Flathead looks like an amazing lake and I hope to visit soon.

Wow! That is so cool that you have a piece of family history in that boat! I’ve always admired the ranger 20s and think they are a cool design and a very nice sailing boat. Happy Sailing to you as well!!!

Thank you! We definitely lucked out on weather and no tides means easy beaching! So much fun.

I notice you beach your boat a lot, do you have Kevlar strips on the keel to protect it?

No I don’t have anything to protect the bottom. I pick nice sandy beaches and they do not damage the boat, at least not visibly. Eventually after years and years of beaching I might need to repair the bottom with Kevlar or s glass

Thanks. We enjoyed the trip!

I appreciate that! Thanks for watching.

Definitely. Hey the paradox looks like a fun micro cruiser! Definitely an interesting design and perfect for places like upper priest.

Lake Pendoreille in North Idaho

1970 Newport 16

Thank you!! It’s definitely a special place. That was only my second time to upper priest but I’m impressed more each time we go up there. I was also excited to see how many families we’re making great memories on the water both on the lower and upper lake. Thank you for your support!!!!

I agree. We’ve definitely had some great times in some beautiful places! Thanks for watching!

Awesome!! Enjoy those consistent winds and beautiful water.

Yeah the rod was installed by a previous owner but it’s a 1”x34” oak rod with 3”x1.5” stainless L brackets where it attaches to the rudder. It’s contained at the top of the rudder stock by a piece of 1” conduit. Overall it works ok and is a cool idea but the forces needed to move it up and down are considerable. It probably needs more leverage at the attachment of the rudder. Thanks for watching the videos!!

Thanks, I wouldn’t say there was a best all around boat as they vary greatly and their perceived good attributes are probably based on speculation . I know I would be happy adventuring on any of the four boats!!

I imagine England is quite different but beautiful in it’s own way! So much history there

@ruddyducksailing oh yes, but we don't have the scale that you do. Also we don't have many public ramps with docks to tie to and parking with trailers hooked on. It seems much better set up over your side of the pond

Thank you , we enjoyed it

It’s nice having a place to link up with locals and have the ability to cruise with other boats. Strength in numbers