240223 A quick morning sail to Coochie
Вставка
- Опубліковано 6 вер 2024
- Friday 23rd February 2024
The tide was still high at 0900 at the Dalpura Bay boat ramp, and it was going to be high again at about 1400, so good conditions to launch and retrieve. The weather was perfect for a sail. Some Tindarra Sailors couldn't resist that combination, so it was decided to go for a quick morning's sail to Coochiemudlo Island (Moreton Bay, Queensland). Setting off from Dalpura Bay was Trev in his catboat, Ian in "Pug" (a Michalak 'Pickup Pram' design), and Ivan in his just-bought and unlaunched 15ft 'Phoenix III' design by Ross Lillistone. Unfortunately Ivan had a tiller failure on his boat right at the start; but he anchored his boat and continued the cruise in Trev's catboat.
Delightful little sail!
Yesm,a short one that inclded excellent codffee on Coochie.
Beautiful
Thank you for voicing such a positive comment.
Which boat is the light blue one at 1:42, please?
It's a Jim Michalak Piccup Pram to which has been added a small mizzen. This sail is optional and easily fitted or removed., The Piccup is 11' x 4' with a balanced lugsail main of 68 sq ft. The mizzen adds another 10 sq ft.
@@user-zl5nn2dv1n Thank you very much!
It's a sin to put a stinky ICE outboard on the Michalak Piccup Pram. Not necessary for such a little boat. Sail or row. If ya can't do that, go home.
That rowing you demand could sometimes take up to 6 hours, be after dark if the wind faded out due to the strong running tides in the narrow local channels. It's my view that we all have our own personal views on subjects such as motors and that they should be respected by others.