The Sunny Boys, remember seeing them in Adelaide at the Norwood Town Hall back in the early 80s. I'll tell you we were blessed to have been born in the 60s and in Australia, we had the best of everything, a great lifestyle
Nice Work Bruce - brilliant sailing, location and cinematography - even that big mama dolphin thought you were worth a closer look! Really appreciate the narration as gives a good sense of how you need to constantly assess the environment to figure out what you need to do.
I watch that couple times Bruce just to see if i missed something ha. Very good thanks for that. Dolphins always give a kinda homely feeling I find. Those mozzies sound terrific if you couldn't face another night. Mozzie net ... always something. Need a list and even then something is missed. Perfect sailing both ways. I like night sailing a lot.
Thanks Ross,yes with the short days now it’s a long night with the little buggers. You fellas have been doing a bit of raid work these days. I am envious of all the nooks and crannies you guys have to explore in NZ.
Bruce. You are not just an intrepid sailor, but wanting to surf as line in water in true isolation? This man has no fear. I loved the sail back with the setting sun and darkness approaching. Huge adventure can be had right in our backyard with an intrepid spirit like yours. Thanks for the video Bruce.
Thanks for the video, I've anchored overnight a few times at Broughton Island over the years, a great spot, albeit in something larger than a O'Day Day Sailer! A great video showing what a great place it is, but sometimes nature gets the better of us.
Thanks yes I have been going there for a long time also but always on keel boats. I am enjoying it more in a dinghy I think as it allows closer access to the Island.Except for the mozzies!
And here I thought this was about the Broughton Island where I live just off Vancouver Island. When I was a kid we lived there on a floating logging camp. There were many floating logging camps in the area. It was a way of life that now only exists in the memories of us old people.
Right , I wonder if they are both named after the same family.Ours was named after Captain Broughton of the HMS Providence in 1795. Thanks for the interesting story of the floating logging camps.
Excellent trip n film 🎥 Bruce. Sorry about the skeeters. Not had them sailing ⛵️ yet in Puget Sound but fought plenty up backpacking in our Olympic n Cascade Range over the last 60 plus yrs. No FUN ! Wasn’t familiar with your Port Stephens region so got Googles Maps n saw the Island was a bit N by NÈ a few up the coast. Liked the experience cruising along with ya. Looking 👀 forward to another in the future. Fairwinds n good following seas, Nick
Bruce-as a DS-I sailor you’ve been seriously inspiring me to do far more with my boat. I always felt it had loads of untapped ability! I wonder if someday you might make a video of how you have yours set up-type of sheeting, barber haulers, one-man spinnaker use, floatation improvements, etc. It would also be interesting to discuss differences between your boat and the typical setup in North America. For instance-my combings are a bit taller and I have wooden floor boards. I also have a two door compartment under the cuddy on top of the floatation tank. Did you simply cut down the combings, reinforce the floor, and get rid of the upper compartments? Thanks again for the videos!!
Hi Sean,thank you for your message. My boat was built here in Australia and as there are hardly any around to compare with I don’t class my self as an expert to be able to compare with US built boats.My boat didn’t have any combings when I got it so I added these myself. The cuddy is as I got it also just having the one flotation compartment which forms the bunk base.There were no floorboards either so I haven’t added any,finding the hull strong enough as it is.My hull may be thicker than the US built boats which again I am not really able to comment as to whether you could remove yours.My barber haulers I put on myself from looking at photos of American boats.Also my spinnaker setup is self made as nothing was done when I purchased the boat from the previous owner.You are probably right that I should do a video of my overall setup and will put some thought into it. Cheers Bruce
“He’s motoring, don’t know why”. How often I’ve had that thought. Actually near every time I sail, since I almost always go on unpowered boats. But it’s incredible how many power boats have masts, right?
Yes it happens a lot but in this case I know the boat as it turns out and it is sailed usually. The owner is elderly and was just coming out for a fishing trip.
What another epic adventure Bruce! Thanks, I really enjoyed watching that. It brought back a lot of memories. I was surprised how bad the mozzies were there, being off shore, though probably shouldn’t have been as they were terrible at Mungo Brush two weeks ago I’ve done Broughton Island three times in Hobie Island kayak trimarans. In your video at around 12:30 the “two rocks” show Conspicuous (Cons) Cleft which splits Looking Glass Island in two and the hole in the rock is actually the “Looking Glass” the island is named for. On our last trip there in the Tandem Island we had such calm conditions that we were able to pedal through Cons Cleft after stripping the trimaran down to a kayak. I was talking to your sailing mate John about it around the campfire at the epic 27 boat Pulbah Island raid. If you’d like to know what that was like some video here at the 2min mark: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-bFyGXNGYeDY.html Also here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-1lsHdOrxqA8.html Maybe you could paddle your surfboard through next time!
Hi thanks for the question.My motor is a 3.3 hp which I like because it only weighs 12kg and is enough power for most situations.the next size up jumps up to 21kg I think.
