I set off from Townsville with the goal of spending a month in the Louiseiades then over to the Solomons.
I didn't make it very far! A broken chainplate forced me to sail to Cairns for repairs.
Great video Dexport, congratulations.
Congratulations also on your jury rig - well done!
regards,
allan
Great story and video. Well done on the jury rig, took your time and thought it through. I hope I can do that when I need to.
Great stuff your videos inspire me to get my yacht cruising again as soon as I get back to her in a few months. I love the transom duck board that's going to be one of my first jobs!
Thanks Dexport,
Great video, always good to see what other yachties are up to!
Especially when I've got an hour long commute in front of me, and you're sitting in Cairns...sigh.
My boat is currently stooging around Hervey Bay for a week, a couple of friends took their wives and a sister for a week off.
I'm doubly jealous, everyone is on the water!
Well done bro. You make great vids. So cruising stopped for a while for you?
I now feel its worth it to be carrying around an old 10m 6mm stay!
Im loving cruising but geez its a bit stressful. I reckon by the time I'm adjusted itll be home time.
G'day Dexport,
No, I cannot say I raced much against Schiehallion. But I do have a soft spot for Sayer.
To me, I associate John Sayer yachts as tough, seagoing boats that eat miles. There's not much I don't like ; fast, stiff, tough, fast. Head room. Open transom, tiller steer, better for short handed.
Bad points; Cripes...errr...think of something, open simple plan, barren'?sque when compared to bendytoy. If it's composite, ie: unlike a cedar core, it can be noisy below. The 12.50 is like an amplifier, you here every. little. sound.
45% B/D? Wow. It must be the low weight (4700kg). It's only a 2.1 mtr draft with an apparently modest bulb.
I reckon she would have excellent sea manners.
Thread hijack...B/D doesn't tell you how tender a yacht is, does it? IIRC, you can have the ballast at the top of the keel or deep on a bulb and your B/D doesn't change. Her AVS diagram would be interesting to see (beam, hull shape), but knowing Sayer it would be impressive.
I'm pretty sure John's father also designed, but more ferro cruisers? I'm unsure what they're like, but Schiehallion, it looks like a nice boat at a ****teenth of its value.
She seems quite wide regards stability. I don't think I've ever seen a yacht doing max speed with full rags up..well, aside from us once, and that was a big mistake.
Cheers,
SB
Thanks for sharing. It would have taken some discipline to keep recording while dealing with everything. It certainly made for a great story though
Congrats in advance Dexport! That looks on paper to be a great deal of boat for the money, I'm jealous!
Hi Dexport
Great video and good to see you were able to do a temp fix
Found your problem though because a couple of minutes into the video you said you had eaten a couple of Bananas and having Bananas on the boat has probably caused your bad luck
Regards Don