Great fun single handed dinghy sailing with spinnaker as well as jib and mainsail. I found using an elastic cord connection of tiller to keep boat sailing straight, allows time to adjust sails or lift the spinnaker. I also trimmed paddle blades to allow to store paddles in buoyancy tanks. I sailed an Australian 125 sailing dinghy, being 12 1/2 foot long. Best wishes from Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.
Thanks for sharing. I’m completely new to sailing and bought a Gull Mk3 to practice on. Obviously smaller than your boat, but not too dissimilar, so looking to pick up as many tips as I can.
Nice boat. The wanderer gull and wayfarer all same family of stable boats for cruising. The GP14 is supposed to be close though. That's what I'm currently getting ready for cruising,. Great video and boat
Awesome, I have an Enterprise that I'm working on, good to see single handed cruising vids as most seem to be two up racing (which I will NOT be doing any time soon 😂)
Well done. It's much harder then everyone thinks. Having got out of Chi on a rising tide, the tidal streams should have been ideal for the crossing. Best around HW plus and minus 3 hours. Return is good leaving Bembridge about an hour before LW, so the new flood takes you into Chi. At this timing the tidal correction is minimal, just sail the rhumb line. I suggest making a waypoint (visual or GPS) just before entering the main ship channel. Remember ships also cut the corner at Bembridge Ledge and St Helen's anchorage, especially Brittany Ferries out of Pompey. Keep a VHF to hand in case you want to speak to a ship. You can monitor ship movements to some degree on Ch 12 Southampton VTS.
John Colley Thanks. Anchor deployment is not complicated, I just throw it over the side and tie it off. The anchor is very oversized though to provide a more sound nights sleep...
Great video. Your Wanderer looks very well fitted out. I have a question and it’s not a criticism, I’m just curious, what’s the blue line for, the one running parallel to the mainsheet and positioned just above the mainsheet jammer, I see it’s fastened through the middle of the mainsheet block on the boom?
Gybing line. Helps to swing, and then dampen the boom as it goes over. the mainsheet would run through the block so you can grab it like you would an aft mainsheeted boat.
Really enjoyed this video. I’m based in Chichester harbour too with a Wanderer. I’d be interested to know more about your choice of outboard, is it powerful enough for your needs and is it short or long shaft? Thanks. Jonathan.
2-3hp is much more than you need. They’re usually short shaft at these powers. Suzuki 2.5 4 stroke is super quiet and efficient. Short shaft only 15 inch
I think a long shaft is unnecessary. I used a short shaft Suzuki 2.5 on my Wanderer. A Fabulous outboard, and really light for carrying around. The boat has now gone, but I still have the Suzuki; I'm going to sell it when I get around to it.
Hi Phil Great video !!! I like your video as it mirrors what I want to do and in Chichester harbour as well. I do have a friend with a larger benetau boat in Nothney marina, and though I enjoy sailing with hi on teh boat, it is really too big to sail single handed and not as flexible within the harbour as your access on the water is not as flexible as say a wanderer I am retired 65 years old and getting back into sailing. From my research the wanderer seems like the ideal compromise boat for someone like me as I am not into racing, but just enjoying cruising around the harbour and/or in the solent. (ie not too big /small and not too heavy and manageable single handed but capable of at least two adults as well) I would be interested to get your views on why you chose the wanderer and what you currently think about it. Also, if you had to buy a boat again, would you go for the same boat. Are there any pros and cons that I should be aware of ? Ideally I need to be able to launch and retrieve it single handed if I go on my own as I would most probably have it stored in the dinghy park when not in use, rather than it sitting on a mooring exposed to the sea water and elements (If I did, I would then also need a tender which adds more hassle to the whole sailing experience, especially lugging the outboard motor on the tender as I would not want to leave the outboard motor on the boat for someone to "help" themselves to it when I am not there ! I would love to have a chat with you about the boat and your experience with it if you would be happy to do so. I could meet up with you at Northney marina for a coffee (my shout) whenever suits you If you would be happy to do so, I would love to also have a sail with you to feel what the wanderer is like, before I committed to a purchase. Thanks PhiKind regards Stephan
