I've always wanted to do a similar trip in a boat exactly like the yellow one. When I graduated high school, in 1986, I took a worn and rough sunfish and did a 4 day trip down a river to the sound and back. I slept on the deck with the boat beached most of the trip, but there was a time when an older gentleman and his lovely wife, both in their upper 80s, invited me for for dinner and hosted me at their dock. They were cooking chicken on their grill, and wanted to hear about my adventure thus far. It was great to just have a great night and conversion with these very nice folks. It came up that they had always wanted to do a similar adventure but never got around to it. The next morning the lady brought me a huge Togo plaster, and they took a whole role of film as I left. I never seen them again, but I think I will do another dingy cruise of the coast and outer banks of North Carolina USA, next summer. this time I want to spend about a month and go the entire coast of the state and camp in the the boat. I don't want to be wishing I had done it in the future.
@@brucedyson-smith459 thanks.. your video inspired me to go ahead and do my trip. This time I want to get pictures and spend more time with tje people I meet along the way.
Having the two boats together would have made that trip so much more pleasurable. Epic footage at various stages. Life is an adventure and you hit the jackpot.
I've lately been interested in the cat ketch rig so it was great to see the two small yachts in tandem sailing conditions. The core sound may be a little lighter made from ply, however it seems that both held their own in the conditions. In fact, I think you were often sailing quite a lot faster than a larger cruising keelboat would have in lumpy seas like that. A very interesting and enjoyable video from two very brave, skilled and intrepid sailors.
Thanks yes we are both ex keel boat sailer’s and felt we were every bit as fast as your average cruising yacht in those conditions.The cat ketch proved to be an excellent easy to handle rig.
Wow fantastic Bruce, really enjoyed it and glad you are both home safely. What a big swell....somewhat scary and the speed you guys were going was incredible. I might wait for slightly less wind!!! and that was a big snapper, well done again....puts our little trips to shame....Cheers Paul
I am just busy catching up on your older videos. What an excellent record of a brilliant trip! Real boy's own stuff. Lively sailing; fresh self caught fish for supper; a few frosties followed by a rum or three; does it get any better? Reminds me a bit of my childhood in Cornwall, (not the rum...well maybe just one or two for medicinal purposes you understand), many many decades ago, grew up sailing Mirror dinghies and exploring bays and coves. Thanks mate; most enjoyable; makes me want to start sailing again.
Bruce ! Now I’ve viewed the entire Broughton trip I’m in Aaah of your accomplishment ! True it was teamwork that made it safer n one to do. Those swells, cross waves n troughs were amazingly challenging. I heard several times your surprise n excitement.. not something to do without planning n experience.. make temporary repairs on boom gooseneck n navigation 🧭 for 10 long hours on heavy tiller. I’ve done 2 n 4 hour sifts on a sailboat tiller ( much bigger vessels ) bucking 15 to 20’ waves. It’s an adrenaline rush for sure but would want to try in an open boat. At times coming down from Alaska I wasn’t sure I was navigating a sailboat or a submarine when we punched into those giant deep in wave troughs. You n John really showed some seamanship. Thankz for the ride n share. Cheers mate. Papa J
What a great cruising ground you have there. The Texas coast is boring by comparison. Enjoyed watching how well your boats handled and you could really hear the boat humming along. Great video. Thanks for sharing.
Only discovered your videos yesterday. I'm rebuilding a TS16 which will be junk rigged. It's great to just what can be done with a small sailboat. Thank you.
What a great trip! Thanks for all the great action footage off the coast it was interesting to see the conditions. Don’t think it’s Heron territory as the line goes in Jaws. “I think we’re going to need a bigger boat”.
This is some of the very best dinghy-cruising video, real adventuring. Those ocean swells are thrilling to watch and (to a gutless Brit) a little bit terrifying when there's a strong following wind giving no steady heel to work against. Smart to cruise in company with another boat - seems like you're often remote from assistance if there was a problem you couldn't solve, plus you get great video of both boats. Did you ever capsize? Paul da Roza said "Bruce never reefs" so it's a relief to see you did, here. I can't tell if your technique in uncertain weather is like mine - don't even launch - or if you just set a date and go regardless.
Ah yes I do reef when needed but push the boat fairly hard as I’m a bit of a speed freak. I haven’t capsized yet touch wood but have done it in practice to make sure I can self save if necessary.As you have mentioned cruising in company is good for safety and allows you to push a little harder than you would if doing a trip solo. Thank you for the comments I am happy to hear from people enjoying the video.
This was a great video. I just acquired a 16 ft cuddy cabin sailboat for lake sailing and was a little worried about how it might handle rough water. This relieves my mind.
Looks exciting to be out on the open water in big swells like that. Interesting rig on the other boat. Looks like 2 windsurfing sails. I am curious....how do public jetties work in terms of a dinghy sailor taking refuge for the night? Is it not strictly allowed, but if nobody moves you on then it is OK? Or is there some open allowance or short term mooring?
Being in a dinghy you seem to be able to get away with more but the jetty we were on in Nelson Bay is a public one and we fitted out of everybody’s way
Thank you for an excellent video, from the cold coast of New Hampshire in the States. I'm looking about for a DS myself and would love to see a video on how you set her up for eating/sleeping on a trip. Many thanks!
Hi thanks for the kind words,my DS was built here in Aus and has a platform in the bow low enough to sleep on.There is a photo of the setup on the video at about the 4 minute mark showing the sleeping arrangements. I find this a little claustrophobic so am looking at sleeping on the cockpit seats but would need to make a suitable boom tent first. I cook on the plywood cover of removable storage containers which keeps the stove sheltered from wind and this all moved when I go to bed. I hope this helps for now.
@@brucedyson-smith459 well, the cuddy on the type II isn't sleepable, so I made lifting floorboards of 1/4 inch exterior ply with 1x2 light framing, and intalled cleats on the main bulkhead and benches to hold them...and type IIs dont have the lazarette, so I made a gally box to fit, and a cleat on it to hold the aft end of the floorboards. I but a 10"" galvanized horn cleat on the foredeck w/ a 1/2 inch ply backing plate for anchoring. The cuddy was open aft, so I got hatch boards to close it and lockable. Roller furling on the main sucked, so I installed slab reefing. A down haul on the jib. Upgraded all the cleat etc. Bought army surpluss "butt packs" and clips to hold them, onto the hatch boards. Put two inspection ports one either side of the centerboard with eye bolts on the underside so I could make sleeves of nylon mesh to hold canned drinks in the bilge. Hung a rectangular net under the cabin top and two monkey nets to hold stuff, and tie downs for plastic storage boxes. The tiller was rather short so the helmsman could cause the boat to trim down by the stern but the stuff in the cuddy fixed that. Made a tent from a backpakers rain fly. MOST IMPORTANT THING IS REPLACE THE SPREADERS! The spreaders are the weaklink in the rig, prone to fatgue failure. I read about it, didn't take it serious. In some bad (as in caught out and scared sh*tless) wind the port spreader failed--broke cleanly at it's bracket--and I lost the mast and ruined the hinged step. An expensive, humiliating and dangerous lesson. Replace the spreaders, they're cheap. I also replaced the standing rigging, goin up 1/8" wire. The boats sail very well, across a range of conditions and the out turned hull to deck joint helps keep it dry.
@@mitchellsmith4690 Thanks Mitchell, I will check out the spreader’s,my DS was built in Australia not by Oday so parts may be different.I need to put a cleat on the foredeck also.
I really liked your video. I am in Miami and our ocean water is somewhat similar to what is in the video. I was thinking about getting a 14-foot O'Day Javelin because I have some space issues with storage but this seems to be more of a lake boat. Is your boat 17 feet? If so, how wide is the widest part of the boat including the trailer? My space issue pertains to the total width (including the trailer), more than it does to length as I plan on storing it on the side of my house. I would appreciate your reply.
Thanks Steve, My boat is 16”7 I think. With trailer the width is 6”6. The mast is about 23ft. You can check the exact length and width on sailboat data or the Oday Daysailer Facebook group. Good luck with your purchase.
Almost as good as your Musgrave Island vid, Its good to watch some open ocean sailing in Dinghies. as Im inside the GBR @ Cairns and have an endless supply of island hopping destinations, once I have my boat built - But that's a story for another day ...
@@brucedyson-smith459 Im building a John Welsford - Pilgrim. Of all his designs, that one seems most suited for purpose. Tho' I live in Cairns, we plan to retire in the Torres Strait. So need a solid boat with good sea keeping abilities. John has assured me that by the time I get to mast placement stage, he will have drawn up a Yawl Rig for Pilgrim, which will add another facet of purpose built island hopper to the boat... Living in rental accommodation has made it difficult. Even now, we have to move out of here by 30/10. So I have $3500- worth of A AA Marine Plywood & 12 litres of epoxy sitting on standby
I like the videos. Just a comment. Best practice when reefing is to tie the reefing lines on the sail around the sail (foot), not the boom. The reefing points across the sail are not designed for high loads. The lines at the mast and on the leech should take the load, the sail reefing points are just for gathering the excess cloth. As I said, great videos.
@@brucedyson-smith459 I understand. On my (slightly) larger yacht on my old main, (I have a loose foot one now) I had slides mounted to eylets on the foot so that I could reef without overstressing the sail. The sail had a bolt rope on the foot. Obviously my current loose foot main is no problem. If reefing in heavy wind, I would consider removing the bolt rope from the boom and "loose footing it" with a tight outhaul while reefing in heavy winds, so you can tie around the sail instead of the boom. I am not critisizing, it is just a thought. As I said before I like your videos.
What year DaySailer 1 is this? I’m looking at one currently but it’s pre 1971 so it isn’t self bailing I don’t think. Is yours? Really cool passage by the way, props to you guys!
Thanks mate.My boat is Australian built and a 1975 model. It is not self bailing,just me with a 10 ltr bucket. I am currently fitting a 2000gph 12v bilge pump as I have capsized twice in the last few months.
@@brucedyson-smith459 ah bummer, stay safe out there. How was it trying to right the boat? I hear the DS1s are particularly tough to right because of the beam width and lack of flotation(?). I think I’ll start with a manual hand bilge and then invest in an auto bilge down the road.
@@tommyshebell2645 I have read that but I don’t have any problems righting my boat although I may have more flotation forward with the floor that I sleep on being tanked May give more lift than the US model. I am 92kg also which may be a problem for a lighter person.Good luck with your search.
@@brucedyson-smith459 Great to know. Thank you so much for the info! I’m loving the videos, keep ‘em coming please! Have you made a video on your sleeping setup? Really curious!
Great stuff! Your boats are amazingly capable and you show what can be done with a little (un)common sense 😀. One question, do you need a boat licence with these boats? With love, Ken
I liked your video. Well done. I also like the way you rigged your jib sheets back to the cockpit. I noticed you have the jib sheets inside the stays. Is that an advantage, keeping the sheets inside the boat? No disadvantage to sail shape when not using the whisker pole? Also, How do you install and move the whisker pole? Can you do it from the cockpit? Do you tie off the tiller when moving the pole? Thanks
Hi yes sheeting inside the stays allows you to point closer to the wind.It doesn’t have to much affect running the sheet bends around the stays slightly. I tie off my tiller and go forward to put up my whisker which can be a challenge when there are waves.
@@brucedyson-smith459 interesting. I have an Oday Ospray, slightly shorter than a Daysailer. I read that it was not possible to right the boat when capsized. I don’t ever want to find out, but this is good information and I can try to come up with a plan. Love the videos!
Thank you,yes I had read that Daysailers were not able to self save also, but mine has proven to be able to. I did a trial of this before I took the boat offshore to make sure it would work.
It is a six to one purchase but after I damaged the track on the mast I used the spinnaker sheets through the tweeker blocks to hold the boom down which worked great as jibe preventers also.
Hi, very nice Vid. What is kind of Rig, the Two Master uses, called? I've seen it but haven't found a Name for it. It looks like a very comfortable cruising rig. How is it upwind?
@@brucedyson-smith459 Probably lost in Translation, Rig in German defines they type of Sail. It is a kind of bastardized Bermuda Rig, but does it have a specific Name?
@@brucedyson-smith459 That's wild, I'll have to try with the centerboard up next time I'm downwind. What's your daft with the board down? How much does your board weight? ⛵🤙
@@restrothunderroad Yeah the original steel one was around 25kg but used to vibrate at speed so I made a foil shaped one out of timber fibreglassed with lead weights set in the tip to make it drop by itself when released.
I just came back from delivering a 65 foot power boat from Pittwater to Perth and some time we would go 20 knots at 120 lt per engine per hrs and we would do say 10 hrs at this but I rather be sailing . At one stop we put on n just over $ 10,000 so I wonder how far the world get you if fuel.
The Core Sound uses a mast float to prevent the boat from inverting in a capsize.My Daysailer has a sealed mast which acts in the same way. Cheers Bruce
Great trip. Those waves must have been pretty big. Video always seems to make them smaller. Thanks for sharing. Those acomodatios are a bit light but that leads to fast boats. Check out my micocruiser under my name in RU-vid. I at least need a comfy bed .
