Wish I were in my 20's or 30's again, would love an adventure of this sort. Plan to build a rowing-type craft from CLC this spring to keep my 70-year-old body in shape.
Tried yesterday with the sloop rigged NE. It's even worse, as I cannot take away the sail, so I have to righten the boat with sails. By turning it upside, it is pressed under water and is even more full as the lug in the clip. No chance to climb in for bailing. I have an electric pump with 70 liter per minute. It needed 13 minutes to empty the boat. Result: much more buoyancy and a second pump needed.
Thanks for doing this. I have capsized my boat, by accident, throwing my crew over my head, into the sail. My aluminum mast did scrape the bottom and seas were not so much fun. Swam the mast to point into the wind. With pulling a big rope around the base of the mast and standing on the centerboard she caught the wind in the main and righted. Wind, waves and shallow bottom complicated the recovery. Hope you never have to worry about this. Good sailing. Thanks again. SE Texas
I bought a Northeaster Dory this Fall from my cousin in Maine. It's uncharted territory for me at 65, so I'm enjoying your videos! Keep'm comin! Love the one with your boy!
Quite a story arc on this channel! Can you speak to the merits of this boat? Looking to build my first ever sailing dinghy. This kit is affordable and doable and seems fairly seaworthy.
These just don’t look seaworthy enough for me. A little bit of heel and the freeboard literally disappears. They would be great for sheltered waterways or flat lakes, but thats about it. I freaked out when they took their baby out in it....... There are way better craft to build than this. Yes it looks nice, but no way would I ever take this out of a bay.
Absolute calm in water you could stand up in..not very realistic. Might be better to have a stay stabilized mast with quick release or pivoting mast. When the wind is blowing your mast will likely be wrecked by the time you get it all unhooked.
Have you found a solution so the boat will float higher after a capsize? This boat seems to float nicely half way in the water with no risk of turtling.. but it looked like you were practically "awash" after you righted.
Hi I subbed and I am looking to buy a used Northeast Dory this weekend. How do like this Dory overall? I have a wife and a 10 year old should be enough room to camp sail on? Thanks keep posting
I'm building one of these right now ... in part because of these great videos : ) CLC's manual has you rowing from the forward thwart by the mast with a single passenger on the back thwart. I see you've set yours up to row from the middle thwart. Probably more convenient and maybe more efficient? But you didn't find the boat back-heavy in this setup?
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What a fantastic little journey in a small open sailing dinghy, of all things. Great way to explore islands most people just zoom or sail by. Thanks for sharing.
I'm so glad to see that my wife and I aren't the only "crazy" ones cruising about in small sailboats. We got married around the same time as you guys it seems and every summer have been taking a trip down a section of our local waterway, the Columbia River.
