What is bubbling up in the water at 5.42? And have you got something going on with your main sail (reefed)? Can’t quite see. Thanks for the video, Josh.
Thanks Josh :) Yes, mainsail is reefed. Bubbles are from the reservoir floor. This lake is a key competition fishing venue and they oxygenate the water. Sailing over it is interesting as the boat drops significantly in the water because there is less buoyancy at that point.
Can I ask about your roller furling genoa ? Do you have a forestay in front of the furling gear or do you use the foresail halyard and furling gear as the forestay?
Hi, I do use a forestay in addition to the headsail lanyard. When I'm first rigging the boat from trailering it I attach the headsail lanyard and tension it using a highfield lever. I then tighten the forestay to take out the slack so the they do not conflict when I'm furling/unfurling. I have also put a length of blue watermains pipe on the luff of the genoa to help it keep shape when sailing in strong winds. Without the highfield lever I would not be able to achieve this. Hope that helps. :)
Hello Skismo sailor ! I've purchased a nearly identical boat to yours here in the u.s. (same top color and bench slats, etc.) and was hoping you could help me with some upgrades I'm hoping to do to the boat. The furling genoa video is great and I'm hoping to do that soon. wondering what roller hardware you used. let me know if you'd be willing to message bac and forth a bit. and thanks for the great videos.
Hi Bob, great to hear you have chosen the best boat on the water 😁 - I am more than happy to show and tell, more videos on the way and happy to make videos to address specific questions. Thanks for watching.
@@sailingskismo thanks for your kind response. ive got a list but of most interest is the roller. i also have a buccaneer 18 which has a roller jib and i much prefer it. i see the access hatch on the bow and am thinking you changed the forestay hardware. it would be great if you could share that info. next on the list are the halyards. mine come out of the mast near the bottom and tie off on simple horn cleats on the cb trunk. i see you have a hyfield lever. im thinking maybe a 3 way block and a cam cleat on the cb truck. these are the most important so any help would be much appreciated. great new video. id really love to do that kind of multi day adventure sailing.
@@bobdowling I have uploaded a boat tour video, hopefully it will make a start with answering those questions? :) - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YGzHFBz6l_o.html
Hey mate, have you got any advice on righting a GP and it not filling with water, see the end of my vid on my channel. Mines full timber and can't for the life of me not scoop in the cockpits volume worth of water.
Hey, watched your video. Great to see a GP14 in the Southern hemisphere :) - A few observations from what I could make out from your footage. The main one being that you did not have any buoyancy bags underneath your side benches. On wooden GPs of that age you would have a minimum of four sausage shaped buoyancy bags strapped tightly to the hull and they go underneath the side benches for and aft. When the boat capsizes the buoyancy bags keep the majority of the boat above the waterline so when you right it you only get ankle deep water in the boat once upright. Most GPs then have two scuppa flaps on the transom that allow you to expell the remaing water once underway. Sometime you also find GPs with self-bailers fitted to the hull (one each side) which is another way of getting rid of the last dregs of water. The other thing that confused me was the mainsheet. It seemd to me that you had it running through blocks both central and aft. This is why your dad got caught up in the rope because it is travelling across his 'space' as the helmsman. Originally the mainsheet blocks were positioned on the transom only, then ran up to a block on the end of the boom. As time went on this eventually changed to a what is now considered the norm, which is to have the anchor block positioned on the rear end of the centreboard casing and then run up to blocks on the boom at its midpoint (which you also had). So you need to choose one or the other set up, not use both. I dinghy cruise so my mainsheet blocks are at the back of the boat giving me rope-free space in the cockpit. If you are going racing and/or just pottering about on the coast and not using your boat as a place to eat and even sleep, then you could use the centre sheet set up and not bother with the aft set up at all. Also, your dad fell out of the boat backwards which could have been avoided had he had his feet under a toestrap. These are sets of webbing that run along the floor of the boat and you both should sail with your feet hooked under them when in any sort of a blow. It allows you to 'heel' which is having your thighs on the deck, your feet under the toe straps and your upper body is then able to hang outside the boat giving you more counter-weight. From what I could tell from your video the transom is an enclosed buoyancy tank? If this is the case I would check it for water tightness. It could be full of water which would just bog you down in any scenario. Same with the front buoyancy tank (I couldn't see of you had an enclosed one). If you're not a GP14 purist, you can always cut out the buoyancy tank bulkheads and replace the space with off-the-shelf shaped buoyancy bags instead. The GRP GP14's don't have buoyancy bags, they have tanks ( like you saw in mine ) I much prefer bags becasue you can just add more to accommodate how you sail. Hope that helps, I look forward to seeing how you progress with this. There is also a GP14 association website that has an amzing wealth of information and people with a long history of GP14s.
