bitingmidge
29th January 2008, 09:11 PM
I've been mucking around with the old digi-still camera, which does a reasonable movie clip, so have a couple of Goat Island Skiff movies to show you blokes
1) How she goes with one person in a stiffish breeze. That's Boatmik at the helm, and in some of the puffs that day he wished he was me (cause he needed a couple of kilos more on the rail really).
It was a bit awkward getting her cranking because there's not much braking distance in our little river, but you'll get the picture.
2) How she goes in a modest breeze with three aboard. There are plenty of places to move around, although the breeze was quite tricky she was never out of control (which is why I've left the little clip of her going onto her ear, so all can see the quick recovery a bit of helm over, a shift of weight and an easing of the mainsheet can acheive!
Hope you enjoy 'em. I'm sitting here, wishing I could go out now, but it's dark and I don't have nav lights.
Cheers,
P
:D:D:D
YouTube - Shooting the Breeze
YouTube - Goat Island Skiff - 3 Men In a Boat
1) How she goes with one person in a stiffish breeze. That's Boatmik at the helm, and in some of the puffs that day he wished he was me (cause he needed a couple of kilos more on the rail really).
It was a bit awkward getting her cranking because there's not much braking distance in our little river, but you'll get the picture.
2) How she goes in a modest breeze with three aboard. There are plenty of places to move around, although the breeze was quite tricky she was never out of control (which is why I've left the little clip of her going onto her ear, so all can see the quick recovery a bit of helm over, a shift of weight and an easing of the mainsheet can acheive!
Hope you enjoy 'em. I'm sitting here, wishing I could go out now, but it's dark and I don't have nav lights.
Cheers,
P
:D:D:D
YouTube - Shooting the Breeze
YouTube - Goat Island Skiff - 3 Men In a Boat