Seabreeze sailing a Dinghygo Orca
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2024
- Sailing an inflatable Dinghygo Orca in a 10-12 knot seabreeze near Honolulu airport. In spite of the weak sun, I did get a little sunburnt. I believe this area was dredged for historic China Clipper seaplanes, and the dredge spoil is piled up into islands that block the waves. I also sailed a big wave site recently, but my video lies on the sea floor after the camera was torn off of me. A better camera is on the way for another try.
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DinghyGo owners group , welcome in the new group on facebook.
Hallo, mein Orca wird im April 1 Jahr alt und ich bereue nichts - sehe mal nach Facebook, mal sehen ob ich euch/uns finde.
Tried to join but don't seem to be able too... 😢
Hello , how do you think it would sail with a family with 3 kids? I'm planning to perhaps buy one newt summer... I'm wondering especially for the speed and safety. Cheers
In my latest Orca video, someone commented that taking his 2 kids was awkward because they had to duck from the low boom swinging. I imagine one was sitting on the seat, but if you all can sit on the floor that wouldn't be a problem. One could fit ahead of the seat and maybe two could squeeze in the back, occasionally sitting on the side. It seems quite safe and forgiving, and moderately fast. I haven't yet sailed in a strong wind, which can get the speed up due to it's width resisting much heeling.
But still expensive
super Boot
Great
well, inflatable boat not good for long journey sailing
UA-cam shows several long camping trips done in other inflatable sailboats; I was just watching one in Norway and another in the Med. I've experienced a deflation in one of 3 air chambers in my Hobie inflatable sailing kayak, and was able to limp a mile back to port. Dinghygo has 4 air chambers, but I expect to mainly sail my oldest red one before the seams age too much. I carry glue patches for punctures onboard, but seam separation as in my Hobie can be tricky.
Hi, hereunder Dinghy sail boat should be good for long camping trip ! ua-cam.com/video/uUxtKweJbWE/v-deo.html
hi, I have an Orca too. I'm curious about how you have the rudder handle rigged to keep it in place.
I became a fan of "tiller tenders" on another sailboat that had such quick weather helm that it would turn hard into the wind the instant I let go. But I don't want it to lock the rudder in place, because some wx helm is a safety aid, especially if I fell out of the boat. In this case there may be no turning problem but it seems a convenience to maintain course when I take hands off such as to clear a telltale wrap around a shroud.
Normally I have one nylon rope stretched tight across and then wet it to give a soft grip to the tiller. Sometimes it spins the tiller when moved, but anyway allows slow movement with hands off or on. This time I forgot to wet the line so it squeaked and resisted. The tiller can be slipped in or out of the rope without tying - just twist in a loop. I don't need the line doubled like it is.
P.S. The line across the front is handy too, besides being an emergency tow rope. I can slide the handle extension of a small foldable hand truck under there and turn the boat upside down. The dolly wheels point down just in front of the bow and I can grab the stern handles to push the boat like a wheelbarrow.
@@BoomVang thanks. I was thinking of rigging something with a couple of bungee cords. I put my wheels on the transom but it's getting pretty crowded back there as I hope to do some sailing nearby in the Hudson River and don't want to try it without a trolling motor. Even a small one interferes with the rudder and now with the wheels on the back, I have to remove the rudder to get the motor hooked up if I need it. The launches around here are all a bit away from the car. that was a challenge too but I solved that with a cool Krane500 adjustable cart/handtruck that folds pretty nicely. Having said all that, the boat is great fun.
@@jeffisme Thinking of getting an Ocra but no experience of sailing one. Just a thought. What if you put another block at the end of the boom so that you can hold the mainsheet and tiller in one hand when sailing. When you tacked and gybed you turned backwards like in an old Wayfarer or Enterprise but sheet and main swapped before so hand always on the tiller.
@@nigelkershaw1084 Sorry youtube again delayed your post. In my first vid I mistakenly only used the rear boom block and could do what you say, altho sheet tension a bit high for that. But ducking the boom isn't hard for those on the floor - only for a passenger who chooses to sit on the seat.
can you show a video of using this Krane500?? super curious@@jeffisme was thinking the same cuz I have a epropulson to find a place to put with the rudder in the center:) still on the side. Are there other inflatables that are sailable? other than the minicats (u get super wet on those) also how fast do you go when there is good wind with a couple of people?