Round Britain Video

P

PeterR

Well-Known Member
Joined
12 Dec 2009
Messages
422
Visit site
Every thread relating to sailing round Britain seems to generate a fair amount of interest so I attach a clip from the series of videos I have just finished compiling of our trip in 2010.

It has taken a long time because I couldn’t get Photoshop Elements to work at all for nearly 9 months until Adobe issued an update which suddenly enabled it to run. Then I was faced with a steep learning curve and no manual. Adobe don’t seem to believe in them. The results are nowhere near as professional as Dylan’s but at least we did get the whole way round.

There are 28 parts altogether which you should be able to find by typing - Right Hand Down a Bit - in the youtube search engine. Some even come up in a Google search, I suppose it depends on how many views they get.

I enclose a link to our leg round Cape Wrath to the Orkneys.

 
Nice. I'll mention it on my blog.

That said, I think it's missing a bit of my cooking, and some of Dylan's mobo politics :)
 
no28 said:
Excellent, thank you for posting, will look at the rest of your videos.
Click to expand...

+1

I don't know why more peeps don't film some of their passages. It's not too difficult and is something to look back on later. Plus interesting for people who want to go there.
I want to see someone's trip to the Channel islands. And I've not found a good vid of a channel crossing yet.


.
 
Fantastic, really enjoyed that and I shall watch the rest with interest as I'm currently planning a circumnav of Scotland, to include the Shetland Isles.
I was thinking of going anticlockwise, would you think that would be as sensible or not?
Congrats anyway, off to watch the rest now.

Chris
 
shaunksb said:
+1

I don't know why more peeps don't film some of their passages. It's not too difficult and is something to look back on later.

.
Click to expand...

I agree.

Always enjoy Dylan's productions, and will, I am sure also enjoy these.

Here's a link to my own attempts, mostly filmed using mobile phones. Have tried to embed but failed. Would like to see more of others, learn something from each


http://www.youtube.com/user/ukLotusman?feature=mhee
 
here we go

lotusman said:
I agree.

Always enjoy Dylan's productions, and will, I am sure also enjoy these.

Here's a link to my own attempts, mostly filmed using mobile phones. Have tried to embed but failed. Would like to see more of others, learn something from each


http://www.youtube.com/user/ukLotusman?feature=mhee
Click to expand...




very good

Dylan

seeing these beautiful and well-prepared boats makes me realise that I am stupidly optimistic to set off anywhere in the slug. I need to sit down and have a good think.
 
Last edited:
dylanwinter said:
seeing these beautiful and well-prepared boats makes me realise that I am stupidly optimistic to set off anywhere in the slug. I need to sit down and have a good think.
Click to expand...

Thanks for doing that Dylan. I hope this isn't a breach of forum etiquette, should I have started my own thread?

There's a paradox here, I admire your films, you admire our boats. Actually I admire your boats. In the mid 70's I saw a mirror offshore as the natural progression that would happen as I grew out of my mirror dinghy and schoolboy penury. My first serious singlehanded passage was from Fleetwood to Cambeltown in a very down at heel but well loved Hurley 22. The outboard was very unreliable and when it did run the mounting in the well flexed and it pressed on the rudder so that it was impossible to stay on a straight course. The lessons from that boat live with me still
 
Last edited:
two cracking narratives

two great sets of films

I think that video always gives a good idea about what it is like to undertake a journey

I take a lot of stills as well - but some-how the sea and the weather are dynamic moving things

perhaps it is my own lack of imagination in that I need to see the wind and the waves in order to feel them

the tags for embedding youtube videos are

[youtube (close with a backwards facing square bracket) then the youtube code after equals sign

you can get the code by clicking the share button under the film

then follow that immediately with [/youtube(close with square bracket)

here is Peters film from the Orkneys




and here is one of Davids

 
Round Britain video

I love watching these films. Apart from the enjoyment, I usually learn something too. Thanks to Dylan for the YouTube link but film 3 and 4 appear to be missing. I'd rather watch them in order. Are they there somewhere please?. Thanks for taking the time to share these films. Alan
 
Laundryman said:
I love watching these films. Apart from the enjoyment, I usually learn something too. Thanks to Dylan for the YouTube link but film 3 and 4 appear to be missing. I'd rather watch them in order. Are they there somewhere please?. Thanks for taking the time to share these films. Alan
Click to expand...

Thanks for watching them. I don't know why 3 and 4 don't show up, they are there. To save time:



 
CFarr said:
Fantastic, really enjoyed that and I shall watch the rest with interest as I'm currently planning a circumnav of Scotland, to include the Shetland Isles.
I was thinking of going anticlockwise, would you think that would be as sensible or not?
Congrats anyway, off to watch the rest now.

Chris
Click to expand...

Do you mean a circumnavigation of just Scotland or including Scotland? The main arguement for going anticlockwise around the UK is to avoid the long beat up the English channel. If you are not doing the channel then the prevailing winds make a clockwise trip around Scotland the easiest way to go.

Its only 70 miles from Duncansby Head to Cape Wrath but there are few refuges and the seas can be just like the open Atlantic. Added to that the race at the Merry Men of May makes the passage east to west difficult through the Pentland Firth. You would avoid that going via either the Shetlands or the Orkneys but you would still probably have to make to windward in very exposed water.

The best time to be in Scotland is undoubtedly May and early June. Its sunniest then, there are less gales and the midges havn't got into their full stride. If you are setting off from the South or South East of England that means leaving late April or early May - unless you are going at Dylans pace. At that time of year there are often a lot more easterlies than usual which can make the English channel less of a problem. It also avoids the prolonged periods of fog you can get up the east coast at that time.

However, there is no right or wrong way to go. We had intended going anticlockwise until it became apparent we stood a very good chance of getting down the English channel during a period of high pressure and prolonged northerlies.

We were lucky, by changing our plans and going clockwise at the right moment we only had a true beat for the last 12 miles of the entire trip.
 
seeing these beautiful and well-prepared boats makes me realise that I am stupidly optimistic to set off anywhere in the slug. I need to sit down and have a good think.

Dylan
Click to expand...

But you will be able to get into lots of places we had no chance of seeing. That gives you many more refuges and the option of much shorter legs.

The only leg I would worry about in the slug is east to west across the top of Scotland and lets face it if the neolithics could do it in their dug out canoes I'm sure the slug can cope. Just be careful of the weather.
 
Putting "Cornish Crabber 'Ruach'" into the Youtube search engine comes up with a whole load of videos about a Crabber's voyage around Scotland.
Are there any more similar series?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.

Other threads that may be of interest

Concerto
Round Ireland part 1
2
Replies
25
Views
1K
Concerto
Concerto

Share this page

Top