Ep 26. Exploring Port Stephens, Sea Anchor practice and Spirited Sailing!
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- Опубліковано 10 лис 2022
- We travel north with 'Trim', a 14ft Welsford Navigator, to experience sailing out of the heads to sea, seek out potential group raid locations and practice with our new sea anchor. On Day 1 we anchor in beautiful Fame Cove to escape the wind overnight, and spot some lovely beaches in our lap of the western half on Day 2.
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00.00 Blooper
00.32 Intro
04.17 Out to Sea
07.22 Jimmy's beach
13.01 Fame Cove
16.40 Sea Anchor Practice
23.24 The Breeze really kicks in!
Josh ! Good to see you enjoying the swells n open ocean a dab but wise enough to turn back to sail to these out region safely another day !
Port Stevens bay is awesome as I watch your video mate. Not sure 🤔 I’d try those waves in a near open Sailing ⛵️ dinghy myself. The Neptune 16’ I used up n down Puget Sounds (swing keel) had a nice dry small front cabin to keep my gear n myself fairly dry even in stormy 3 to 5’ swells n chop that quickly build south to north up the Sound ..
Great 👍 share sir. Much appreciated to watch n enjoy these ventures.
Fair wind n safe but edgy fun. Papa J
Like your added drone adds ! Kind of puts the added decor on the cake 🎂 papa J
Enjoyed your exciting sailing ⛵️ tour of part of the outer islands. Always better to lean to the safe side n come back another day to explore more.
I’ve got a nice little cabin on my Monty 17’er. But I’ve with that I’d prefer trying another opportunity ! Excellent photography Mate n great share. Cheers 🥂 Nick
Thanks Nick, yes, live to sail another day!
Fantastic sailing! Thank you.
Thanks very much! Glad she surfs rather than broach!
Just the conditions the navigator was designed for. That was great.
Thanks mate👍
Lemon Tree Passage boat ramp is a good launching ramp carpark and facilities for a start point. 3 boats wide and nice angle to the water jetty and sheltered from the nor-easter for retrieval
Thanks for the tip!
It’s interesting 🤔 to see the individual sleeping n cooking set up each dinghy Skipper has .. Josh ! You seem to do excellently in “Trim’s” more open floor plan yacht . Thankz for share “all” the experience with us. Papa J
Glad you liked the video- all boats are set up a bit different I suppose. Thanks for your kind comment. Josh
Very sporty ride ! Nice !
Pilot the drone and the boat at the same time ! wow ! not easy !
You are right about drone and boat at same time- very stressful! I will probably crash it one day. Thanks for watching! Josh
Very nice Josh, great footage of your spirited sail. Does the sea anchor mean you are preparing for something more adventurous?
One thing I'm less keen on. I see you are now wear an inflatable life jacket rather than a bouyancy aid. I don't think that is your best option. Have you ever tried swimming in a life jacket? I can assure you that once in the grip of a life jacket you are essentially a passive victim awaiting rescue. Ok on a multi handed yacht, but not so suitable single handed in a dinghy.
Of course you may have tried and tested this and come to your own conclusion. Which is of course entirely up to you. My experience of training in them for the offshore gas industry mean I wouldn't wear one instead of a bouyancy aid.
Your choice, my tuppence h'penny.
Best wishes
Al
Good to know- I chose tis because it gave me 150N rating, which a lot of life jackets don’t. I will revisit this, thanks for your advice. Josh
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Thanks for your kind comments. Glad you liked it. Josh
@@DinghyCruisingKingfisher I subscribed to your channel with pleasure, I run my own blog about sailing catamaran and sailing dinghy, I love such videos Thank you
Nice sail today thanks for taking us along especially liked tge transom shot .
Thanks Dave. Interesting experiment that one. It’s shot with camera upside down, and flipped later in editing. Josh
Very informative and enjoyable. Like way you have your mainsheet setup. I must try on my Scamp: Clare.
Thanks for sharing your thoughts- I experimented with the main sheet set up to get it comfortable for myself. Works well.
That was the most informative video much appreciated! Some spirited sailing and a great look around Port Stephens and Nelson Bay. Found it fascinating thanks.
You will love it up there DP. Camping options not amazing but a great body of water.
Great video josh very informative with great footage. I enjoyed the trip thank you. Cheers Steve
Thanks Stephen!
Good stuff Josh. Looks like you had a great time. Nice work with the sea anchor. Cheers, TB
We must sail together again. Kingfisher has some new ‘racing’ sails to test!
@@DinghyCruisingKingfisher yeah, that’d be great. ‘Joylian’ out of action at the moment. Mid-repair and struggling to find time to complete. ‘Radar’ is stored at the sailing club.
What a nice boat man... I love it 💕
I would get me one but I need to have a boat to be my home, so I got myself a 50 year old Albin Vega 27'. Prepping her for a 30 year global fishing trip! 🎣⛵😁
Best of luck with your plans! Thanks for watching. Josh
Great Video, thanks I might even emigrate..........Nah We have Beauty here to :)
You would be very welcome here if you change your mind! Cheers, Josh
Great video! If there's one channel I envy the most in terms of the waters you get to explore it's this one. Always a lovely lunchtime watch!! Nice to see you joined the DCA!!!
Thanks Dave. Yes, a bit lucky where we are!
Great video and location, I took my little Careel for a cruise there 5 years ago out of Halifax Park but next time I would use the Soldiers Point Ramp like you did, looking forward to the open day next Sunday.
Thanks Nick. I hear Lemontree Passage is another good one to try. Cheers Josh
Thanks Josh for another great video; Port Stephens is one of my favourite NSW cruising areas. I was interested in your experiment with the sea-anchor. I have carried one on Huckleberry (my converted Finn) but haven't tried it yet. I wonder if the trip line is necessary with a dinghy. The famous cruising couple, Lin and Larry Pardey, used a cargo parachute sea anchor on their cruising yacht and never used a trip line, which they believed could get fouled in the rode. Without a trip line you would pull the boat up to the sea anchor rather than reverse.
I agree it was cumbersome- I will try without. I think you still want a float on that end. Thanks for dropping by. Josh
Amazing trip! Trim is an adept surfer 😂
Hi Josh, We have sailed Port stephens a couple of times, usually launch at Lemon Tree passage. Good ramp and pontoon, sometimes a bit of side current. and has not been too busy when we launched there. You can go out to the North even though it says it is shallow, we made it OK at not very high tide in our Sunmaid which draws 450mm with keel up. Otherwise the run down to Tilligherry ck and out via Taylors beach is good even for big yachts. We mostly anchored at Salamander bay, Taylors beach, or where you were at Fame cove. Around the corner at Mallabula is a park with toilets and a dirt launch ramp, not sure of depth, we anchored further along near the houses and it was shallow for a ways out. If you run a raid at Port S I am in. Cheers Phil
Thanks for the intel Phillip. Have we met? I met a Phil with a Sunmaid at Myall Lakes.
@@DinghyCruisingKingfisher Yep that was me.
Nice video, keep it up! I’d wonder if it would be worth redesigning your main sheet system as the double block in the middle of the boom tilts over due to the forces acting on each sheave being different, so over time it might wear out the cheek of the block. Maybe a second boom hanger could be added slightly aft of the existing one, then you could put a single pulley on each hanger, then each block will be correctly aligned?
Interesting observations. I will look into that. Cheers, Josh
Lovely part of the world. Holidayed there, but look forward to sailing it one day.
What are the flags for by the way?
Red and Yellow 'Romeo' flag is our sailing group flag - RAID Sydney. The blue and yellow pennant is the Dinghy Cruising Association based in the UK. Thanks for watching! Josh
Hi Josh just got back from Lake Mac and saw your trip. A 'spicey' sail indeed and great drone footage. I think that Heros cove looks very appealing for a Raid, cheers Paul
It does look promising, only low tide would bother Kate Louise, and the oysters either side meant it’s probably only 4 boats wide. Still, great place to explore!
@@DinghyCruisingKingfisher did you go to Piggys beach just up from Fame Cove?
@@SailingKateLouise no, that was too exposed to the easterly. I tucked up in northern ‘corner’ of Fame cove - but it gets shallow and rocky as it becomes a true creek.
Piggies did look good though.
Assume the sea anchor is aptly named and using one anywhere near where there might be other craft is a no no ? (Like floating lines etc in the water might not end well...)
Good point- not aware of any rules around that here, but worth noting.
That was a bit lively Josh! What are the steaks in the water a sign of? Strong winds or current?
Streaks in the water is strong wind, they align in the direction of the wind. The chop starts to rise shortly after you see that!
Hey Josh, quick question what are the inner shrouds on Trim? It looks like there are inner and outer shrouds? Does Trim have a steel centreplate? I think that is something that Kalliope would benefit from instead of carrying around a giant bag of sand!
Hi Jason. Trim’s original shrouds are the inner pad eye ones with steel cable stays. I added a second set of dyneema stays to chainplates on sides so that it was to John’s plans. A second set adds a little confidence too. No additional ballast in this boat, but I worked out the sail area she came with is 80% of the ‘cruising rig’ in John’s plans. I find her plenty stable without adding anything other than the 50kg of camping stuff spread around the boat. Note she never healed much in those gusts. Single reef and away we went! It’s more me being nervous is the problem…
What was the wind strength coming back? I guess from the sea state 15 - possibly gusting 20 knots?
I think plus 15knots but I am not certain. It was wilder on the second day I thought but that was going to windward.