Our nine day adventure on the Maine Island Trail sailing from Mount Desert Island to Camden and back in August of 2012. We used a Chesapeake Light Craft Northeaster Dory which we built from a kit. clcboats.com mita.org
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.
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.
Great trip and video! Thanks for posting as this adds to my "inspiration bank". I am teaching myself to sail with my 14' dinghy and looking forward to a trip of this type. I certainly like your boat. Nice work on that also.
I really enjoyed this, thank you for posting. Building one of these CLC dories is a goal of mine so your video is also inspirational too. Makes me wish that my wife and I were starting out all over again and having an adventure like yours. Oh, and I like that you named your boat after Capt Jack Aubrey's cantankerous steward Preserved Killick (what a character).
Outstanding! Both the trip, and the video. Nicely edited and not just an endless shot of the bow while sailing like so many vids. Suggestions: Tie your stuff to the boat! You may have to drill some small holes for lashings, or install 'inwales'. Drybags are good for organization and flotation. Look at the ergonometrics of your rowing seat/position, consider a semi-sliding seat. Outstanding!
Good question. A few times I was forced to anchor and jump. In such cases, we tied a long line to a tree on the island and then threw the anchor off the stern. You can limit this by setting the anchor and line at low tide (when the boat is beached) and trying to gauge the rise. In most cases we used 4 medium boat bumpers to roll the boat on shore. Good luck on your trip!
You almost always want all anchor and tie lines to come off the boat at the same place (the bow) so that the boat can swing to face the waves headon rather than ever taking them athwartship. Great video!
Wow, that looks like it was a fantastic trip! Beautiful boat, too. I like that it seems to sail easily, but the rig doesn't dominate the whole space. And when the wind drops, you can row. My only experience camp-cruising has been on dinghies designed for planing, which when it's calm, two guys paddling hard can only get up to 3 knots. :-P
Simply beautiful, great photography, and great places, unfortunately we are unable to do this in Mexico, due to high lack of security, simply we do not go camping anymore. Anyway congratulations, great trip!
Fantastic video, great editing and it looks like you had a nice trip! I have been past those islands many times by boat but never had the opportunity to get out and explore. I have always admired the CLC dory, like to buid one someday. I have a video I posted on my channel sailing a CLC Eastport Pram down South Carolina lowcountry, it is a nice wintertime sailing area, especially around Bulls Bay.
Thanks for sharing this inspiring video! What a great trip. How do you like the size of your boat, and why did you choose the lug rig rather than the sloop kit? I am considering buying or building a similar boat and am very interested in your feedback. Thanks very much!
WC Mcbuske that's awesome. I live in Alexandria, VA and sail out of Belle Haven a lot on my Melonseed Skiff. My buddy and I just finished building an Eastport Pram by CLC and he just took delivery of the Small Craft Advisor kit boat, the SCAMP. It's a gaff rigged pram. Pretty awesome design that we'll be working on this winter, spring and summer I am sure. Do you have an email address you feel comfortable sharing or perhaps message me directly on here. I'd love to chat some more about your adventures and discuss your build.
you mean you're scared. December I sailed from Manzanillo to Ixtapa in my 17' skiff and I have never stop going hunting or camping. Just los fresitas desaparecieron which is a good thing.
some describing captions or narrative would have helped. The monk like silence becomes awkward and staged pretty quick. So too the sitting on the rock together takin in the scene and mumbling small talk. We know its staged - trouble is you underscore it,
Oh nice comment; I totally thought this was a sailing video until I read this and then I realized this was Sundance. Guess these two won't be winning any Director's Cut contests any time soon. I suppose they'll just have to settle for sailing together and being happy on their handmade boat for years to come. Also, NO WAY, the camera angle is staged on their honeymoon as they set up a camera to get a shot of just them enjoying each others company? Spoiler alert.
