Good stuff as always, Dylan. I used to know those waters like the back of my hand, having kept my boat in Titchmarsh Marina back in the '80s. There is no better spot on the east coast to anchor for the night than the upper reaches of Hamford Water and to be woken up at dawn by the cacophony of sound of birdlife all around you. Having lived in Australia these past 28 years it all seems very far away now, but thank you so much for reviving my memory of that beautiful place.
Agree with Sandy, used to keep my Sadler 26 at Titchmarsh in 1988/1992. Great memories of sitting and waking up on the mud sometimes with birds perched on the stern rail. I am making a trip from France to Suffolk/Brightlingsea next weekend. I'm boat viewing/hunting ( Morgans Yard)- a rare(ish) classic! Another great Video Dylan, much appreciated.
I really enjoyed this video, especially the peaceful way you glided close along shore. Reminded me of the dinghy sailing I did on the Orwell and Deben in the 1960's - i think the American's call it 'Gunk Holing'. thanks
+KeepTurningLeft Ha Ha. It is! When I first put the boat on Chesapeake Bay I would be listening to the excellent continuous weather forecast and it would say 'the temperature on the Bay is 75 degrees (old money) and I would be thinking 'Wow, it feels a lit hotter than that' Then the proverbial penny dropped. They were talking about the water temperature!!😳😃
I haven't read all of Ransome, so I don't know to what, exactly, your title refers, but it certainly got me to click even faster than I would have, even on a brand new KTL video! Thanks, Dylan, this one, as always, is a joy.
I think to appreciate them yo have to read them as a nine year old. They have too much lets pretend stuff in them for me. As the youngest of four brothers my heroes were all around me. As a nine year old my fifteen year old brother was a real flesh and blood hero and real giant compared to the paper heroes in books. But the books are very precious to a lot of sailors here in the UK. Ransome was also a spy (double agent) and famous mouse breeder. Dylan
Don't be put off by Dyla's very valid personal opinion. There is plenty in them to keep an adult fully engaged I find them 'cracking good' stories and also fascinating historical documents in their own right. I can fully understand someone growing in a sailing family on the waters he writes about in two of the books (We Didn't Mean to go to Sea and Secret Waters might find them a little dull - and Dylan, if his narrative reflects the real him - does come across as having a large dose of the cynic - and to enjoy them to their best you maybe need to suspend reality and escape into another world a little. They would never be allowed to be written and published in these politically correct times - which is probably another point in their favour. ;-)
Hi Dylan. Respect and Kudos for going after this project. It is something I have always wanted to do when work and funds allow. Open ocean sailing has no real interest for me. I currently keep my old boat on mid Chesapeake Bay, another creek crawling paradise, but when I return to the UK and retire a leisurely circumnavigation is what I have aimed to do for many years. I was wondering if you had any plans to visit the Great Ouse system. Stunning wild life and variety, an area steeped in history and international trade going right inland for 72 miles to England's second oldest borough, Bedford from the once principal port of Kings Lynn. Steeped in History including Danish/Viking ship building/dry docks, Ely, Cambridge, Godmanchester, and the Hanseatic League trading centre of St Neots.The second river system after the Thames to be 'improved for navigation'. One quirky fact, is that it was on the Bedfordshire Levels section that the current Flat Earth Societies got their impetus, following the Bedford Level Experiment.
Martello Towers were not nicked off the Spaniards - they were Italian, designed by Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino . The one that inspired the British to build them was at Myrtle Point in Corsica (at that time Italian) which took a 32 gun frigate, a 74 gun 3rd rater and a sizeable land force 2 days to subdue the 33 defenders. The defenders suffered only two casualties. The name is an Anglicization of Mortella, which is Italian for Myrtle. The British ended up building them all over the world. Where the British went so did the tower.
it is a flag from the Hundred of hoo sailing club - it used to look like code flag "Answer" but the last three panels have worn off. images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31eZ8Q%2BFy0L._SY355_.jpg
I can help you there. She's a Fisher 25 Freeward, a derivative of the Fisher 25, but without the wheelhouse. A very strong hull, and kindly in rougher conditions, but not great under sail.
are you sure Bill? Fisher freeward has scuppers, rubbing boards, two windows in the main cabin www.google.co.uk/search?q=fisher+freeward&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7lJLHh_XWAhVDrRoKHZoSD8AQ_AUICygC&biw=1536&bih=766 the one at 11.49 is a different sort of yacht. Dylan
You've got a point, though not all have double windows in the main cabin as your selection shows. The only other craft I know which has similar lines is a Colvic Watson, and having stopped the vid this time and looked hard, it does look less like the fisher and more like a Colvic. I need to put my glasses on! Perhaps it's a Colvic pretending to be a Fisher!
23 foot Hunter Minstrel - I ran out of money in scotland, stopped filming up there and sold the 26 foot Centaur. Now back sailing East Anglia until I can get some sort of cash flow sorted - or knock the project on the head. I have ten more scottish films to post - after that the cupboard is bare. You tube will provide plenty of boobies for sailors to admire though.
With that Hunter Mistral I'd be a very happy sailor. Enough mix of plastic and traditional to make it pleasant looking at the rigging which is where the sailor's eye is much of the time. I love the look of the running rigging and the functional cleats, all set up for single handling. And that roller reefing. My god, it's lovely. Hey, you did a video on installing a roller reefing rig once - haven't found it since. If you happen to find the link I'd be obliged. Cheers from California, where my Holger 17 got a decent amount of use this summer, with little tweaks making it a little better boat each time out. I'm just a wee bit laid up now recovering from a bit of open heart surgery, but will be back in the boat before the end of year.
thanks T (and for the tap). I will never sell the minstrel - not until I can no longer sail that is. She is perfect for this coast. Less than perfect for the scottish adventures I will confess. here is the film about roller reefing ua-cam.com/video/4Uj3wZaQS3Q/v-deo.html
It will shove her along at about four knots - but at that speed it only runs for an hour. I have been all electric for the past three months.... I fired up a petrol outboard for the first time on Friday. It was noisy and smelly - but a three gallons on fuel gets you one heck of a lot furthere than a single charge on the Tohatsu.
Thanks for the reply and thank you for the video. There is a martello tower along the road from me in Seaford that is open as a museum they were really well built even collecting rain water for the roof tops to use when needed.
Lovely video Dylan. Cheers! Tried to pay by PayPal, but your link doesn’t work. And it’s in $. I could cope with $, but not with a link that takes you on a repeated loop. I tried three times. Regular payer on other sites using PayPal, not usually a problem. Sorry, no can cough ...... best wishes, Roy
the problem with scotland is the rain - living down below in a trailer sailer for four days while it rains is a challenge. This storm went on for four nights and three days. ua-cam.com/video/5BJJqljbnRc/v-deo.html
Wow, looks like good fun for a hour then yes i can see what you mean. Are you planning on getting another boat then? I'v been watching you for years, i sail a Wayfarer dingy out of Langstone harbour. I had my first night over on it at Bembridge on the IOW this summer. Good fun it was :)
New film... I ran out of money in scotland, , stopped filming up there, sold the boat and came back to East Anglia. I have ten more Scottish films to post and then the cupboard is bare. I hope you like this one enough to chip in. Dylan
"Tickling along beautifully"... well done... insert applause now... you're absolutely right charming landscape. Plein air artists would love it!
Good stuff as always, Dylan. I used to know those waters like the back of my hand, having kept my boat in Titchmarsh Marina back in the '80s. There is no better spot on the east coast to anchor for the night than the upper reaches of Hamford Water and to be woken up at dawn by the cacophony of sound of birdlife all around you. Having lived in Australia these past 28 years it all seems very far away now, but thank you so much for reviving my memory of that beautiful place.
it is the sound of the birds that come through the half open hatch at night that makes the place. Very special indeed.
Agree with Sandy, used to keep my Sadler 26 at Titchmarsh in 1988/1992. Great memories of sitting and waking up on the mud sometimes with birds perched on the stern rail. I am making a trip from France to Suffolk/Brightlingsea next weekend. I'm boat viewing/hunting ( Morgans Yard)- a rare(ish) classic! Another great Video Dylan, much appreciated.
Thanks for this film. Sailed the same trip last Bank Holiday weekend. One day our boats will pass each other!
At 26:25 when you said "stranded cat" I spent some time scrutinising the rocks for a feline that was waiting for the tide to go out!
Inspiring film Dylan. Thank you.
I really enjoyed this video, especially the peaceful way you glided close along shore. Reminded me of the dinghy sailing I did on the Orwell and Deben in the 1960's - i think the American's call it 'Gunk Holing'. thanks
Thanks Rob.... I do enjoy the shallow sailing. I get a bit bored on the longer coastal journeys.
Love it, great video as always, takes me back a few years to your earlier videos. I've missed these.
I am enjoying re-establishing my east coast roots.... but keep on watching the scottish weather.
Nice one Dylan wonderful variety of older boats!
I am very lucky that we have so many marvelous boats around here
nice to see you back .... best way to spend a wet Canadian fall Sunday afternoon...
we have had a brilliant day here on the water - sunshine - force two - 18 degrees C - could not be better
Not bad in Maui either
I have never sailed in warm water - must be blooming weird
Yes sometimes it's not even refreshing to jump in. your welcome to my dingy anytime you come over.
+KeepTurningLeft Ha Ha. It is! When I first put the boat on Chesapeake Bay I would be listening to the excellent continuous weather forecast and it would say 'the temperature on the Bay is 75 degrees (old money) and I would be thinking 'Wow, it feels a lit hotter than that' Then the proverbial penny dropped. They were talking about the water temperature!!😳😃
Sehr gut . . . .die Essenz ist ... "das ist die reale Welt "
greetings from Sued
-Germany
I haven't read all of Ransome, so I don't know to what, exactly, your title refers, but it certainly got me to click even faster than I would have, even on a brand new KTL video! Thanks, Dylan, this one, as always, is a joy.
Ah! Now I'm going to have to buy and read the rest of them! www.birchhall.com/secret-water/
I think to appreciate them yo have to read them as a nine year old. They
have too much lets pretend stuff in them for me. As the youngest of
four brothers my heroes were all around me. As a nine year old my
fifteen year old brother was a real flesh and blood hero and real giant
compared to the paper heroes in books. But the books are very
precious to a lot of sailors here in the UK. Ransome was also a spy
(double agent) and famous mouse breeder.
Dylan
Don't be put off by Dyla's very valid personal opinion. There is plenty in them to keep an adult fully engaged I find them 'cracking good' stories and also fascinating historical documents in their own right. I can fully understand someone growing in a sailing family on the waters he writes about in two of the books (We Didn't Mean to go to Sea and Secret Waters might find them a little dull - and Dylan, if his narrative reflects the real him - does come across as having a large dose of the cynic - and to enjoy them to their best you maybe need to suspend reality and escape into another world a little. They would never be allowed to be written and published in these politically correct times - which is probably another point in their favour. ;-)
Hi Dylan. Respect and Kudos for going after this project. It is something I have always wanted to do when work and funds allow. Open ocean sailing has no real interest for me. I currently keep my old boat on mid Chesapeake Bay, another creek crawling paradise, but when I return to the UK and retire a leisurely circumnavigation is what I have aimed to do for many years. I was wondering if you had any plans to visit the Great Ouse system. Stunning wild life and variety, an area steeped in history and international trade going right inland for 72 miles to England's second oldest borough, Bedford from the once principal port of Kings Lynn. Steeped in History including Danish/Viking ship building/dry docks, Ely, Cambridge, Godmanchester, and the Hanseatic League trading centre of St Neots.The second river system after the Thames to be 'improved for navigation'. One quirky fact, is that it was on the Bedfordshire Levels section that the current Flat Earth Societies got their impetus, following the Bedford Level Experiment.
Thanks Dylan really enjoyed
Arthur Ransome Secret Water Forever I love the Walton Backwaters
Lovely. Well done.
Wonderful and amazing Dylan
well you are a jolly nice bloke
Martello Towers were not nicked off the Spaniards - they were Italian, designed by Giovan Giacomo Paleari Fratino . The one that inspired the British to build them was at Myrtle Point in Corsica (at that time Italian) which took a 32 gun frigate, a 74 gun 3rd rater and a sizeable land force 2 days to subdue the 33 defenders. The defenders suffered only two casualties. The name is an Anglicization of Mortella, which is Italian for Myrtle. The British ended up building them all over the world. Where the British went so did the tower.
deepest apologies - I was working from memory - I covered the story in one of the earlier films... maybe it was the alde ones I filmed before.
D
I love your videos!
35:48 just the thing for the cold west coast of Scotland! Might sail crabways, though ... ;)
they have put one heck of a shed on the back of it - it would need a big anchor to stop it from drifting around.... warm though you are right.
Maltese flag [without the George Cross] on the mast head. Is there a particular meaning?
it is a flag from the Hundred of hoo sailing club - it used to look like code flag "Answer" but the last three panels have worn off.
images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/31eZ8Q%2BFy0L._SY355_.jpg
Can you tell me anything about the "kingfisher" vessel at 11:49? It's interesting looking with the high bow
not a thing - she looks bloody seaworthy though
I can help you there. She's a Fisher 25 Freeward, a derivative of the Fisher 25, but without the wheelhouse. A very strong hull, and kindly in rougher conditions, but not great under sail.
are you sure Bill?
Fisher freeward has scuppers, rubbing boards, two windows in the main cabin
www.google.co.uk/search?q=fisher+freeward&client=firefox-b&dcr=0&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi7lJLHh_XWAhVDrRoKHZoSD8AQ_AUICygC&biw=1536&bih=766
the one at 11.49 is a different sort of yacht.
Dylan
You've got a point, though not all have double windows in the main cabin as your selection shows. The only other craft I know which has similar lines is a Colvic Watson, and having stopped the vid this time and looked hard, it does look less like the fisher and more like a Colvic. I need to put my glasses on! Perhaps it's a Colvic pretending to be a Fisher!
Where's the cheerfulness of the earlier films gone?
sorry about that. Scottish filming has been stopped for the foreseeable future. Sold the big boat - not just schlepping up and down the east coast
Hey, Dylan, I've lost track of your boats - what ship is that you're on?
23 foot Hunter Minstrel - I ran out of money in scotland, stopped filming up there and sold the 26 foot Centaur. Now back sailing East Anglia until I can get some sort of cash flow sorted - or knock the project on the head. I have ten more scottish films to post - after that the cupboard is bare. You tube will provide plenty of boobies for sailors to admire though.
With that Hunter Mistral I'd be a very happy sailor. Enough mix of plastic and traditional to make it pleasant looking at the rigging which is where the sailor's eye is much of the time. I love the look of the running rigging and the functional cleats, all set up for single handling. And that roller reefing. My god, it's lovely. Hey, you did a video on installing a roller reefing rig once - haven't found it since. If you happen to find the link I'd be obliged. Cheers from California, where my Holger 17 got a decent amount of use this summer, with little tweaks making it a little better boat each time out. I'm just a wee bit laid up now recovering from a bit of open heart surgery, but will be back in the boat before the end of year.
thanks T (and for the tap). I will never sell the minstrel - not until I can no longer sail that is. She is perfect for this coast. Less than perfect for the scottish adventures I will confess.
here is the film about roller reefing
ua-cam.com/video/4Uj3wZaQS3Q/v-deo.html
Thanks Dylan. I think I've never seen you happier than in Scotland waters with your family.
let the e-begging begin.
Could your electric outboard have pushed your boat?
It will shove her along at about four knots - but at that speed it only runs for an hour. I have been all electric for the past three months.... I fired up a petrol outboard for the first time on Friday. It was noisy and smelly - but a three gallons on fuel gets you one heck of a lot furthere than a single charge on the Tohatsu.
Thanks for the reply and thank you for the video. There is a martello tower along the road from me in Seaford that is open as a museum they were really well built even collecting rain water for the roof tops to use when needed.
Lovely video Dylan. Cheers! Tried to pay by PayPal, but your link doesn’t work. And it’s in $. I could cope with $, but not with a link that takes you on a repeated loop. I tried three times. Regular payer on other sites using PayPal, not usually a problem. Sorry, no can cough ...... best wishes, Roy
sorry about that Roy,
it should take you to a page on my website which has a paypal link. www.keepturningleft.co.uk/mob-funding/
There is a button on the page to change currency Roy - I eventually discovered this after much frustration.
Why don't you tow ktl by road to Scotland? She would love it!!
the problem with scotland is the rain - living down below in a trailer sailer for four days while it rains is a challenge. This storm went on for four nights and three days.
ua-cam.com/video/5BJJqljbnRc/v-deo.html
Wow, looks like good fun for a hour then yes i can see what you mean. Are you planning on getting another boat then? I'v been watching you for years, i sail a Wayfarer dingy out of Langstone harbour. I had my first night over on it at Bembridge on the IOW this summer. Good fun it was :)
Is this an old one?
New film... I ran out of money in scotland, , stopped filming up there, sold the boat and came back to East Anglia. I have ten more Scottish films to post and then the cupboard is bare.
I hope you like this one enough to chip in.
Dylan
Oh the Poverty, quick drop some e-begging hints.