In the Netherlands I am an exception with my 4,5m vd Stadt Thumb 15 dinghy cruising through the whole country. Nice to see that in Britain such cruisers have even an association. I already became a member their facebook group now!
I grew up with Mirror sailing in the 70s and 80s. My dad and I camped under it many a night, just propping the front end up on a crate or a stick. Would have loved the idea of spending the night on the water. This was mainly at Bala and Ullswater.
Deck beams... we used to do a bit of geometry & algebra to work out the radius of curvature, then use a giant compass (pencil, nail in the floor & garden wire) to mark out the beam. For those who have forgotten the most useful things they learned at school, the formula is: Height squared + 1/2 the Beam squared, then divide by twice the height !🤓 eg half-beam 18", height 3" radius of curvature = 55"😊
I want to use my National 18 as a 1 man cruising dinghy, the mast at 22 feet tall is a bit of a nightmare to step, actually it's a 2 man job just raising it onto the boat vertically, but she has an anchor and built in watertight compartments so that's good. And she's built like a tank, witch I'm very fond of 🙂 But that sail plan ... So I need advice.
A small notch filed into the end on center of the slide square rule will hold the pencil in place when using it as a marking tool. 11:00 For a shipwright of Nicks talent and skill I was surprised he hadn't one. And what is with the pencil stubs... which is why they are always adrift
Alacycle I used to sail shallow estuaries and the centreboard was actually really useful as it would hit the mud and give you a heads up that you were sailing into shallow water. Then you could pull it up and tack away before you run aground.
Not quite as effective? Liked the idea they reduced listing when the tide goes out in the night. Roger Barnes bungs a fender under the hull to achieve this, not a pleasant task on a muddy shore. Plus, you have to get up in the dark to wedge the fenders under the boat as she starts to run aground while there's still water lapping against the hull .
Nick Gates, and Roger Barnes, have convinced me to be a dinghy cruiser. I wish there were more episodes though! 😉
Great tidbits of knowledge, thanks for sharing. Enjoying your videos 👍
Really entertaining and useful. Thank you.
So glad I've found these videos again!
Nice! Very interesting and well structured production. Thank you Nick.
Brilliant! I will have to watch again.
In the Netherlands I am an exception with my 4,5m vd Stadt Thumb 15 dinghy cruising through the whole country. Nice to see that in Britain such cruisers have even an association. I already became a member their facebook group now!
What a gem. 👍
At 6:45 we are privileged to see the beginning of "Dream Boat" footage!
This was a very, very enjoyable video to watch!
Thank you so much for this video! I liked the ideas about transferring angles on the wood, brilliant stuff! Thanks again!
Great stuff! Wonderful spirit! Bravo! ❤️
Great episode very informative and inspiring.
AMA has show. More please. Thank you for posting!
Boats made out of chair legs and window blinds. What a fantastic way to get on the water for cheap
I grew up with Mirror sailing in the 70s and 80s. My dad and I camped under it many a night, just propping the front end up on a crate or a stick. Would have loved the idea of spending the night on the water. This was mainly at Bala and Ullswater.
Just seen from your videos, that you are a model flyer. Great!
Deck beams... we used to do a bit of geometry & algebra to work out the radius of curvature, then use a giant compass (pencil, nail in the floor & garden wire) to mark out the beam. For those who have forgotten the most useful things they learned at school, the formula is: Height squared + 1/2 the Beam squared, then divide by twice the height !🤓 eg half-beam 18", height 3" radius of curvature = 55"😊
Brilliant love it
what year was this filmed? I'm stateside but that looks like some fun I can have in my bluejay.
2002
Interesting
Why did he mark the four curve points on an arc scribed using the compasses rather than on a straight line?
I own and sail a Hartley TS16.I bet you don't see many over in the UK
their is a drascombe longboat cruiser, i just couldn’t find a camper cruiser
Hi Nick, when do you upload the next video?
I want to use my National 18 as a 1 man cruising dinghy, the mast at 22 feet tall is a bit of a nightmare to step, actually it's a 2 man job just raising it onto the boat vertically, but she has an anchor and built in watertight compartments so that's good.
And she's built like a tank, witch I'm very fond of 🙂
But that sail plan ...
So I need advice.
Great!
Anyone knows when it was filmed?
A small notch filed into the end on center of the slide square rule will hold the pencil in place when using it as a marking tool. 11:00
For a shipwright of Nicks talent and skill I was surprised he hadn't one.
And what is with the pencil stubs... which is why they are always adrift
it’s a curve, but is it the right one?
Hard work made of an easy job .?
I have got to ask, "what do you use for fasteners?" Is it always bronze? How about brass?
Broadly, bronze below the waterline, stainless steel above. Brass is not worth fitting. It can de-zinc in a few years in damp timber.
@@seanicky thank you.
COLDN'T SOMEONE SCALE THAT BOAT YOUR WORKING ON UP LIKE 2 TO 3 TIMES THE SIZE?? JUST ASKING OLD ONE LEGGED JOSEPH T RETIRED NAVY
That overly complicated twisted main sheet annoyed the hell out of me, I had to stop watching.
So why doesn't everybody use twin bilge keels then?
Another idea is twin hinged boards on the sides of the boat and lowering only the leeward board.
Alacycle I used to sail shallow estuaries and the centreboard was actually really useful as it would hit the mud and give you a heads up that you were sailing into shallow water. Then you could pull it up and tack away before you run aground.
Not quite as effective? Liked the idea they reduced listing when the tide goes out in the night.
Roger Barnes bungs a fender under the hull to achieve this, not a pleasant task on a muddy shore.
Plus, you have to get up in the dark to wedge the fenders under the boat as she starts to run aground while there's still water lapping against the hull .