Back in the 80's some sailboat yuppies loved to show off that they could afford to have expensive boats. They didn't know how to navigate with nautical charts, so they followed the coast lines (the best that they could) and as soon as they hit a harbour they anchored up and visited the nearest coffee shop or some such to get a little paper bag or similar that might reveal in which port/town they were. In Simrishamn - a town where I grep up - they did understand this, and Thulins Konditori printed GPS coordinates on their paper bags to "help out" the amateurs of the Baltic sea. You have a lot more talent, and a lot more skill, in reading your road book and finding out where you are, or where you should be.
I will like to say thank you for coming to my school to day at corpus but I did like your message to us in the school and I appreciate your time spent teaching us about your life and all the ups and downs and how you got thru it thank you I hope you have a good day and days to come
Oh, I recognize that style of mapping from back in the day doing road moves. We called them "control points" on our route guides (pre-GPS days). I still use a variant even now when I write out directions to various new locations onto index cards.
@@TheGirlOnABike I haven't watched it yet, I was commenting on the notification page/alert/thing.. I'm looking forward to the video when it does release next year :)
Such a good video! I’ve been really enjoying your rally series. Definitely inspired me to get out and learn to ride off road. So much so I was thinking of signing up to one of the Rallymoto events with my 790.
This is a great and simple intro to road books, thank you for it! You are very inspirational for someone who is looking to get into this sport after years of enduros
Awesome...very informative video. Love you videos always lots of tips etc...although im new to this and off traveling on my new triumph 900 in the summer I need to learn as much as I can. Your knowledge and experience is certainly helping ...thank you 😃
Used a road book in the Cross Country Chase last September. Ten days and 2400 miles across the US from Illinois to California. Adds a whole new level of effort to riding. Was riding a foot clutch, hand shift 1940 Indian Chief motorcycle and made it!
Great content. Just entered my first amateur rally (Open Roads Rally in Victoria, Australia). The kit will be far simpler - we're using a smart phone road book app. For the new riders, would be really helpful if you could run us through some turn-by-turn navigation examples and troubleshooting advice. Advice for back-tracking etc (?).
If you would like to see more of what rallying is like please check out my other videos. There is a series on: Tunisia Desert Challenge - ru-vid.com/group/PLMdxdkG69CTXgoRPH6_wXVEwW0ElG-JeB Dinaric rally - ru-vid.com/group/PLMdxdkG69CTViei6mMhy4e8dS7hG2116Z 1000 Dunas - ru-vid.com/group/PLMdxdkG69CTU_Th9-U4iIgyWmfMuxS24H Qatar Int Baja - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jNGw8Z5Bc4E.html
What tips would you give about rally riding etiquette (if there are any)? What level of technical riding difficulties will you encounter, is there a level indicated when a rally is advertised? What rallies would you advise to a beginner (I'm Fr based mostly but GB is fine too, or nearby in europe)? That's all for now, thanks! 🙃
Hey Vanessa. What's the difference between Liasons and waypoints? I've only ever ridden roadbooks as one continuous stream of tulips and worry I may be getting penaly points unessecarily. Keep up the good work.
Liaisons are untimed parts of the race, for example travelling from the Bivouac to the start line. Waypoints are specific locations on the course that you must pass through during the race. 🙂 I hope that helps and thanks for watching yey!
Why are roadbooks still on paper rolls, Vanessa? Wouldn't a digital version work better? I like your statement: Don't ride faster than you can navigate. Günter/Nürnberg
haha that's a good point....so technically the industry is moving to a digital roadbook but for bikes it's a little more complicated due to how vulnerable the roadbook is on the handle bars, also the light to be able to see the screen in different lighting. I think it's going to come and we're close but for now the paper and duck tape wins
Hi Vanessa Love what your doing especially on all the adventure bikes I noticed there is 2 different types of Dakar navigation paper and digital what are the different rules and when are you only allowed to use paper and digital?????🏍️🏴🏍️🏴🏍️🏴
It’s more than paper is what we’ve been using and the organisers are slowly switching over to digital. For cars it’s already there but bikes it’s hard for the durability and reliability on handlebars
Vanessa, what is the penalty for missing a way point, in the Six Day rally in Baha it was 20 minutes for each way point missed? Waiting for your next race sequence. Hope your weekend was a good one.
It tends to vary by race and event. In this one it was more about the points you did get for hitting a waypoint, so the more you hit the better the score.
Couldn’t do it I would ride faster than I could read the map would remove the fun and annoy the sh-t out of me I don’t think it is something you pick up overnight but you being superwoman no problems enjoy
