Good for you Josh, well done. Reassuring how hard the navigator is to capsize, great the mast float works so well, and great you can get her back up and you back in. And even better that you actually got out and did it. Bravo.
@@DinghyCruisingKingfisher interesting too to see the "tail" on the bottom of the centreboard. A good bit of insurance. I have been thinking I might try a downhaul arrangement on the Scamp, but the tail looks simple and fool proof, even if it does cost you 0.001 of a knot.
Good job! It can be a lot of work,, whew. I fell over when my hiking strap broke. At that point, I realized my boat was hard to get back in if I was in the water. My co-worker was no help, his comment was "Time to hit the gym and the pool." This winters plan. I need to do the capsize drill too, sigh.
Well done Josh, nothing like a drill to test the theories. People will always say 'yeah but it was calm', in a real knock down your practice will help and so will adrenalin!
Hi Josh, great video. I remember going out on my. Mirror thingy when I was say 16 on a very calm day fully clothed and thinking nothing is going to happen. And it did. I had no Choice but to go in the water to tune the yacht back up. This things I did as a kid.
It was an idea John Welsford mentioned on his Facebook page. I could install it while still on trailer. I should put some epoxy on the screws, another job to do. Josh
Good to see another dinghy without transom flaps or self-bailers. I capsized in heavy weather last year and had to bail using, like you, a collapsable bucket but for the last dregs of water I have a bilge pump that is clipped onto the side of the centreboard casing. I think yours is a bit lower than the GP14 so maybe you would have to just stow one elsewhere but it does make light work of the last bits of water. Good video and it really shows how stable that Navigator is! :)
great video ,practice is essential and when the real thing happens its, easy to know the drill without panic, although i would never solo sail in any condition without hook in points on the boat never know when a freak gust hits you ,also put all your gear under gunnels netted in or tied in dry bags you wont loose or destroy equipment ,sailing at sea all about being prepared ,built in redundancy ,plan A plan B and Plan C
@@DinghyCruisingKingfisher Yes, that's a good learning. I find with my boat, it's quite easy to recover once, twice in a row is still okay, but if I have to do it three times quickly (which has happened in really bad conditions), then I'm already at my physical limits...
Really great resource for Nav owners you have made there, well done; must really boost your confidence in the boat. Now we just need somebody to do one for the Pathfinder.. maybe it will end up being me.
Great video. Loads of real world tips. It was very interesting to see Trim up close and letting her settle etc. I was amazed at how stable she was when boarding from the side. Even on my Lugger I really need to board from the back or she rolls a little too much to board from the side. Where did you get the Mast float from, what size was it and do you have a link to it at all?
Hi Dave, here is link to float but I didn’t pay this much for it. www.ebay.com.au/itm/143822283291?mkcid=16&mkevt=1&mkrid=705-154756-20017-0&ssspo=n71LZK_yQ0i&sssrc=4429486&ssuid=&var=&widget_ver=artemis&media=COPY
I think you could find that if you fell out in real conditions and with the masthead float and the boat floating so high, it would drift downwind faster than you could swim in a buoyancy aid and waves. It has happened to me. Sometimes it is better for the dinghy to invert and stay put.
Thanks for doing that!! I need to look at adding that line on the keel. I keep saying...."This summer I'm going to do a capsize test again!" I've only done this once...10 years back...need to do it again. Did you try sailing it before bailing?? It sails surprisingly well (and stable) when filled with water which can be helpful if you have a safe harbor nearby.
I didn’t think of that but I did count buckets and I would have been happy to sail all day after 60. It only took me about 10 -15 minutes to empty her. I might try that next time. Thanks for commenting, Josh
I am impressed how well the mast float worked. When I capsized 'Bootstrap', a gaff rigged Navigator with wooden spars, she turned turtle within a few seconds..... Is the mast float inflatable? Can you please send a link?
Hi Richard, yes it is an inflatable float I bought from ebay. I didn't pay this much but here is a link to the same thing: www.ebay.com.au/itm/143822283291?epid=7025599708&hash=item217c79e21b:g:S4wAAOSwrglfoh~z&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAA4F5gLgwoEGIUO%2BU6bLjD58TFsdFGZHCTIGY8VK%2Bma2%2FLny9%2FGfijOyDJ%2FXH9mhbFQGDzEUzk7mcVCrt%2B4YEsbmQmWWjX6a8%2BoATgRuqF1YLDJBZqETAPYCQiNmFo%2FKQMQcy9k0S89knZPUXhjpMfJcOq8n9I%2FJi581YtZq2v5XVMF36EoRnIfQTfxmIGZ53X9aq4uOC4R8UJSgfPQOSvMIRxsLQcd9lzBRnAoxy80hbA%2Bz2896MrdI95vVYUkOLR%2B1Vz4Vn%2BzHhpH8CgukE9Wny7%2BIF31OOIPABJwtVQ7M7s%7Ctkp%3ABFBM2rLyjpFj
Really interesting video Josh. Thanks for posting really appreciate that. Some quick thoughts. .....I have knotted righting lines and boarding loops shamelessly stolen ideas from Joel Bergen and Howard rice. Haven't tested in capsize but boarding loops work well when I've been off boat swimming 😆. I have a downhaul on my centreboard which I can lock in place in the centreboard cap instead of the little line you have on bottom of CB. However yours would be safer should the boat invert. The mast float is an interesting idea. I'm trying to work out how that would look with the standing lug variation rig and spirit boom configuration. I have installed a tiny electric bilge pump on arwen powered by a tiny 12 v battery....videos of it in my channel and blog. In tandem with a frightened man and a bucket it shifts water rapidly 😆. Easy to make. Can't work out whether trim has cockpit bulkhead hatches under side and front thwarts or not. If so, did they hold our water? Brilliant video. Thanks buddy 👍👋
Trims forward thwart is open, just side bench tanks and front tanks for buoyancy. The hatches did let some water in but not enough to worry about. Physicality is the main requirement! I think getting up onto the centreboard is difficult, and I probably could have entered the boat as she turned but I was trying to film everything. The mast float is particular to my aluminium mast I would think. Thanks for dropping by Steve.
I also have a down haul in cockpit to hold centreplate, as i was not sure about the line on the bottom of plate idea: mines got a chunk of lead on base and wasn’t sure where to drill a lanyard…but interested in trying one as a backup …
Josh, when you get home and hose out the boat, how do you drain it? With the Argie 15, I could never hose out the inside because there was no drain bung. Luna has a self draining cockpit which is super easy to hose out and the scuppers drain it.
I didn’t hose it out. A wipe down and dry out the mats was all I did. She doesn’t drain, I never use the bung. A car wash sponge gets all the excess water out.
Looks like half the dinghy sailors I see around wouldn’t have the physicality to reboard their vessel in the event of a capsize. Especially in proper conditions which are the ones most likely to capsize you in the first place. Also, need to be dressed for immersion, or cold water shock could pop your heart. It would be a pretty good fright in a seaway seeing your boat on its side
adrenalin and survival instincts would see you back on the boat and pull it up without thought or panic, as long as you know the drill which this test in calm safe water is perfect to imprint to memory
Very different situation with strong wind and in deep water...exercise and losing weight helpss a lot, at 65 is no so easy to right any dinghy unless you have experience how to do it jumping into without ladder, just your arms. My Humble Advice, be alert all the time over 10 knots about your boat behaviour and avoid capsize at any means.-
