8 Days on a dinghy: Caledonian Canal Part 1

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In this video I take you along for the ride from Fort William to Inverness. I'll be living aboard Skismo (A 1970's GP14) for 8 days sailing and rowing.
Thanks to Frank Whitley & John Fulford for the extra footage
Very little music, but what there is is mine (Acousticelt by Simon J Conway) can be found on Spotify and KZfaq here • Acousticelt
Time stamps below:
00:00 Intro
03:27 The first section and Neptune's Staircase
11:30 End of day 1 Gairlochy
13:25 Day two Loch Lochy
19:00 How I pack the boat
27:06 Boom tent and sleeping arrangements

Пікірлер: 17

@Jo3sX 25 күн бұрын

I’m the lock keeper in the cap at the first three. We were all wondering what the strange looking tent with a mast in the Marina was. Hope you had a good trip!

@sailingskismo 25 күн бұрын

@@Jo3sX Oh! Amazing, hats off to all of you for making us feel just as welcome as those 75 foot mega-yachts. We had a thoroughly amazing time, thank you 🤓

@stevec-b6214 25 күн бұрын

I admire your resistance to an outboard, I was given a seagull, thats my justification as a true Yorkshireman. Loving the trip ;)

@sailingskismo 25 күн бұрын

@@stevec-b6214 Haha, I fully understand that 🤓 So glad we didn’t have motors, that would have been noisy on the canal stretches. Thanks for watching.

@user-eg6zi1tw3q 26 күн бұрын

Hi.great adventure. Did it myself in 2019 in a 16ft wooden yachting monthly senior Like you we did manage to get some sailing in but did have a motor. Looking forward to part 2. Thanks for all the effort of filming. Chris GP.

@jchambers1191 26 күн бұрын

What an awesome trip! I enjoyed your explaining your loadout and the issues you encountered with stowing your gear. Can't wait to see the next segment - thanks for sharing your travels.

@sailingskismo 25 күн бұрын

@@jchambers1191 Glad you enjoyed , thanks for watching 🤓

@ChrisTietjen_00 26 күн бұрын

Very nice adventure. Beautiful landscape and interesting to see the locks and steam train. Thanks for explaining how you stow all of your gear. You've done a really good job figuring out how to get a lot of adventure out of simple little boat.

@sailingskismo 25 күн бұрын

@@ChrisTietjen_00 Thank you

@mikeu5380 25 күн бұрын

Did you really say "Blimey"? Then there's "heaved-to-ed".. Love these Skismoisms, as well as these Skismo cruises.

@sailingskismo 24 күн бұрын

@@mikeu5380 haha, crikey oh blimey I’ve been caught red handed! 🤓

@SailingWithDave 12 күн бұрын

Thats a lovley trip for a dinghy. Cheers for the video and inspiration. I'm currenlty trying to come up with Tent MK2 for my Lugger and will take a little bit of inspiration from this! One quick question. Can you right the GP14 with all that kit in or do you intend on never capsizing?

@sailingskismo 12 күн бұрын

@@SailingWithDave Thanks Dave, well, like yours, I have built-in buoyancy tanks down each side of the boat and that keeps the boat mostly out of the water if I’m on my side. The dry bags of sleeping stuff and clothes offer a bit of buoyancy too. That said, all that extra gear in the bottom of the boat also offers a bit more stability. I’ve never capsized with all that gear in but I’m more than confident that if I did I would be able to right it. It’s been 3 years since I last capsized and I had a fair amount of gear in the boat then and I ended up doing a dry capsize ( in front of King Harry Ferry in Falmouth! ) I did lose my paper chart and my favourite sandwich box.

@joewilliams5396 26 күн бұрын

That was fantastic. I love watching your adventures. How was the road journey considering how far away you live from that place. Did everyone trailer up there?

@sailingskismo 26 күн бұрын

Thank you Joe, that means a lot. We did all trailer up there. Graham ( Ondine ) had a trailer issue on the way up performing a roadside repair in the pouring rain. I drove through the night, service-station hopping to grab 90 minutes sleep in each. We travelled over 520 miles to get to Corpach. It was worth the wear and tear. Thanks for watching, part 2 coming soon :)

@geoffreyshepherd5874 26 күн бұрын

What a great adventure. I love the simplicity of your boat and the way you adapt things to suit your needs .I would very much like to do this trip my self in the not to distant future. Looking forward to part two already and thank you for sharing your journey.