Dinghy cruisingtips
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veshengro
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Interesting. I shall borrow a couple of his ideas and I too need to swop my hank on headsail for a furler, to make life easier.
Chiara’s slave
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The one tip I’d give dinghy cruisers is not to stand on the Folly pontoon and piss in the river so close to us that the splashes go on our boat. My wife takes offence at strange men with their cocks out, and it's disgusting. Last year, when we were moored there, a dinghy cruising rally took place, this must have happened 10 or more times. We appreciate you don’t have a toilet on board, just go somewhere where nobody can see, please.
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I've got the exact same model of GP14 in my driveway waiting for me to put an outboard mount on. Some additional useful ideas there. I think single line reefing is over the top though. Can't see any benefit for all the extra string
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Stingo
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They wouldn't need a bottle with such a wide neck.
Daydream believer
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Reading some of the comments on this forum, quite a few owners do not have a pot to p..s in.
Hence the "boating on a budget" theme still reigns supreme in some households
veshengro
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" My wife takes offence at strange men with their cocks out, and it's disgusting. "
https://media.screwfix.com/is/image/ae235/762HP_P?wid=257&hei=257&dpr=on
Keep a can of this on board...They will only do it once.
https://media.screwfix.com/is/image/ae235/762HP_P?wid=257&hei=257&dpr=on
Keep a can of this on board...They will only do it once.
Chiara’s slave
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They’d have a job to find it after that! We have moved moorings, and no longer suffer such things, but your advice is noted, for any future occasions." My wife takes offence at strange men with their cocks out, and it's disgusting. "
https://media.screwfix.com/is/image/ae235/762HP_P?wid=257&hei=257&dpr=on
Keep a can of this on board...They will only do it once.
ylop
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did you speak to the people involved?
did you contact the rally organisers (I'm guessing it would be a DCA event and at least some of them would have been proudly displaying DCA burgees)?
did you speak to whoever is responsible for the folly pontoon?
my views on public urination are probably more tolerant than your wife's, but ultimately it is still a criminal offence
Chiara’s slave
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My views on public urination aren’t draconian, but I’d much prefer they didn’t piss on my boat. No observable memberships, and yes, the poor long suffering mooring master had a word with them. As he runs the ferry too, they just accused him of profiteering. That really set me against them. Folly Dave is not to be abused, the whole Folly scene would be a lesser place without him.
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Dinghy cruising is so relaxing. No stress. If you run aground you can push off, if you bump into something you can fend off with no damage. Just drifting down the river. I like the way he goes with no outboard but I think then you'd need to do more planning and you're a bit constrained by tides more than I'd like. But still something nice about engineless being an option with a little boat compared to a bigger one.
DownWest
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Sailed a couple of times with the DCA..never noticed any body parts. Just some interesting people.
Though, it was mentioned how unlikely it is to get such a disparate bunch together for a cruise.
Peeing off a pontoon does not sound at all like the people I have met on the cruises.
Though, it was mentioned how unlikely it is to get such a disparate bunch together for a cruise.
Peeing off a pontoon does not sound at all like the people I have met on the cruises.
ylop
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Mmm… I’ve done some dinghy cruising. It was definitely more relaxing WITH and engine! Not just tides but Wx forecasts that turn out to by make believe, kit failures etc…
For every stress that gets better with a dinghy there’s another that appears (capsizing, towing/launching, comfort, etc).
veshengro
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He hasn't quite snapped the Umbilical Cord yet has he? Sail and oar, no engine but it's still we're doing 1.4 knots and...poking the screen...just approaching Greenbank, we've travelled 4.25 miles since 10.00 Hrs.
You're in a Dinghy in charted waters..Chuck it in the Oggin mate, or just use it to 'phone Mum...
You're in a Dinghy in charted waters..Chuck it in the Oggin mate, or just use it to 'phone Mum.
..Wansworth
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I was dinghy cruising in 1966,Littlehamton to Chichester,and back thenin1969 Littlehampton to Cowes and back via Wooten Looking back if we had capsized it would have been a bit hit and miss if we made it back….the luck of youth
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The calm before the squall is a worry isn't it, with no engine. Just when you need it the sky goes black and the wind dies...
Of course the relaxation is related to the cruising ground but for sheltered waters to potter about in a small boat is much nicer than larger boat. Pretty sure pottering is really only a phrase used for small boats due to that. You can potter about inside a larger boat. But to potter about in a river you need a dinghy.
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He's just starting out and very sensibly started small. He can explore all the places big boats can't get and when he feels his range is restricted get a bigger boat. Here he's trying out how going to the IoW is on a 39fter (a bit dull)He hasn't quite snapped the Umbilical Cord yet has he? Sail and oar, no engine but it's still we're doing 1.4 knots and...poking the screen...just approaching Greenbank, we've travelled 4.25 miles since 10.00 Hrs.
You're in a Dinghy in charted waters..Chuck it in the Oggin mate, or just use it to 'phone Mum.
Adios
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And here he's doing a similar voyage on a GP14 (much more interesting and challenging day out). A smaller boat makes the voyages bigger
Wansworth
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I remember a couple of experienced dinghy sailers in Yarmouth ,a small clinker sloop with a seagull outboard,they passed me in the fog half way across Lyme Bay under motor……..I was in my world girdling 15 footer,sans engine
