Thanks for your generosity in sharing your cruises and knowledge with us. Here in northern, rural Japan we do have such places. In fact, "my" sailing lake, with my wee Seahopper, is very similar in water- and landscape to LBL; although, as with most things Japanese, it's on a much smaller scale. Still, I can relate! Cheers to you.
hello, from northern graves county,...I believe ive hiked that area but ive only had my sails out on kentucky lake ,I launched from the lighthouse and where the new bridge is now but never got over to the cumberland ,...I almost took the canal once but i chickened out with no engine on board I have an olde Chrysler man-o-war 15.5 or 16 ft laser class racer i think she was,..... and a tangerine 18 I believe is her length both with trailers and were greased b4 being put up but I got too old to be drowning every 10 minutes they havent been on water in a decade,...good to see you out and about I swear i may have the book with the plans for your skiff,...MAYBE?? somewhere I tend to fossil hunt and look for flint while at the lake even though its not allowed to remove any and dropping a fishing line in is always good good luck and fair winds , friend Mike
Regarding snakes, watch where your next step will fall, don't tip-toe, try to be as heavy footed as you can in snake country (snakes will detect you even further away and beat a hasty retreat) and of course never corner a snake (have the snake in an area with no escape, except through you) and you should be fine.
Probably good advice in general, but I've encountered plenty of snakes that were not the least bit afraid of me, and didn't bother moving much at all. I have nearly stepped on them many times when hiking at speed with a heavy step. Watching where your foot falls is for sure the most important thing.
Glad you noticed lol. You know, I can do both, and I'm not opposed to either. Started using meters for land navigation (map/compass). Meters/KM is the common method (even in the US) and works well with pace count beads. I can estimate more accurately with meters when it comes to outdoor stuff just due to experience using a pace count. You will sometimes hear me speak in miles as well.
I mentioned it before and I’ll say it again…do NOT let your yard get past 90 degrees/forward of the mast!!! You’re going to end up in the water if you do.
Appreciate the effort involved to perch your tripod on a berm, go back, and then sail/row past it just for the footage. 🏆
Well its not like hes walking, lol
Beautiful video. Thanks for sharing. 👍94
You have reminded me how lucky I am to have sailed some rivers also ❤
These shorter videos are the perfect afternoon pick me up!thanx for these little paintings of life on da'rivah!
your videos have a highly relaxing vibe. your doing what me and my brother dream of doing. im definitely making a sail on my boat
Got a pair of Floafers coming. You are correct about the wild colors...
Thanks for your generosity in sharing your cruises and knowledge with us. Here in northern, rural Japan we do have such places. In fact, "my" sailing lake, with my wee Seahopper, is very similar in water- and landscape to LBL; although, as with most things Japanese, it's on a much smaller scale. Still, I can relate! Cheers to you.
That sixer lager is so good.
Thanks for all these great videos. You've got me jonesing to build a little skiff for myself. Love your videos and the simple build process.
As you know,water is life ❤
hello, from northern graves county,...I believe ive hiked that area but ive only had my sails out on kentucky lake ,I launched from the lighthouse and where the new bridge is now but never got over to the cumberland ,...I almost took the canal once but i chickened out with no engine on board
I have an olde Chrysler man-o-war 15.5 or 16 ft laser class racer i think she was,..... and a tangerine 18 I believe is her length both with trailers and were greased b4 being put up but I got too old to be drowning every 10 minutes
they havent been on water in a decade,...good to see you out and about
I swear i may have the book with the plans for your skiff,...MAYBE?? somewhere
I tend to fossil hunt and look for flint while at the lake even though its not allowed to remove any
and dropping a fishing line in is always good
good luck and fair winds , friend
Mike
I love the content! Very calming.
I would love to build a similar boat and sail setup. What are the dimensions of the mast, boom, and yard?
I saw you cleated the main sheet briefly to insert the center board. Ever worry about capsize? Is it hard to re-board your boat if you do?
You need a gold pan brother. Those creeks would be fun to pan for garnets, gold ect.
Regarding snakes, watch where your next step will fall, don't tip-toe, try to be as heavy footed as you can in snake country (snakes will detect you even further away and beat a hasty retreat) and of course never corner a snake (have the snake in an area with no escape, except through you) and you should be fine.
Yes! A heavy foot. That's our 'Hiker's Lore' exactly, here along the Japanese forest paths.
Probably good advice in general, but I've encountered plenty of snakes that were not the least bit afraid of me, and didn't bother moving much at all. I have nearly stepped on them many times when hiking at speed with a heavy step. Watching where your foot falls is for sure the most important thing.
I swear I saw Huck Finn following you
Can you not sail upwind? I've never sailed anything other than a normal Bermudan sloop.
Meters?!! We do..still say (and measure as) yards in the good old US of A. Thankfully..
Agreed!
Glad you noticed lol. You know, I can do both, and I'm not opposed to either. Started using meters for land navigation (map/compass). Meters/KM is the common method (even in the US) and works well with pace count beads. I can estimate more accurately with meters when it comes to outdoor stuff just due to experience using a pace count. You will sometimes hear me speak in miles as well.
I mentioned it before and I’ll say it again…do NOT let your yard get past 90 degrees/forward of the mast!!! You’re going to end up in the water if you do.