Dinghy Cruising. Loch Etive. Teased out of Time.

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3 жыл бұрын

One of my lockdown goals is to edit masses of clips I have taken of various trips we have made in the past. This very old Vlog is an account of a dinghy crusing trip we made in Easter of 2011. Our boat was a 25 year old Wayfarer Mark 2.
Our plan was to launch at Taynuilt on Loch Etive and to make out onto Loch Lihne to do a circumnavigation of Lismore. We wanted to visit the west side of Lismore. In the end our plan had to be modified due to the weather. Sometimes this is necessary when you are sailing in Scotland in April! Much of the film is in HD but for some of the wet sailing conditions we recorded video on an old waterproof Olympus compact camera and the resolution is pretty ropy. Apologies!
For the music, I have have sampled from Montreal by the excellent Talisk, Eleanor Plunkett by the brilliant Colum Sands and the ending of Piper at the Gates of Dawn by Van Morrison. I don't own this music and would urge you to check it out.
This trip is also written up as an article entitled Teased out of Time published in the Journal of the Dinghy Cruising Association.

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@johnsmall9729 5 ай бұрын

What a lovely trip. In the wind and the weather. Thank you for sharing.

@charliehitchen5263 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, John. Glad you enjoyed it.

@davidmeijer1645 15 күн бұрын

I have a mirror dinghy which I plan to cruise extensively now that I’m retired. But I think envy you Wayfarer folk😉

@charliehitchen5263 14 күн бұрын

Interesting. I am Bosun at my local club. I was recently working on two GRP Mirror clones belonging to the club and thinking these would make excellent solo dinghy cruising boats! Enjoy your retirement.

@robinengland5799 7 ай бұрын

What a most excellent adventure in one of the most beautiful places! Thanks for sharing!

@charliehitchen5263 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Need to get back there soon!

@kimmccullough6802 7 ай бұрын

What a beautiful place.

@charliehitchen5263 7 ай бұрын

We think so. A place full of history and mystery for us. Thanks for watching.

@johndavies2093 Жыл бұрын

Very good,what a fantastic part of the world👍.

@charliehitchen5263 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, John. West Coast of Scotland. Just the place for dinghy cruising. Where do you hail from?

@dfredriksz 8 ай бұрын

Lovely adventure, fair winds sailors

@charliehitchen5263 8 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and for your kind wishes.

@Johnson_KB 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, sailing and camping! such a great way to take the beauty of the landscape in. Thank You for sharing ⛵😁

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Could not agree more about the landscape.

@beatsnbrews 11 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed that, what a wonderful trip, a pleasure to watch.

@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic trip and video! Thanks for sharing.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Back out there soon! :-)

@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliehitchen5263 Great! Here in Italy I'm waiting for more relaxed antiCovid rules.. then I plan to restart my dinghy cruise too. You can check my yt channel too.

@DaveandGinny972 3 жыл бұрын

Thoroughly enjoyed watching this Charlie and as Steve wrote 'wonderfully infectious'. I had a little go at cruising in my boat this year as a taster and thoroughly enjoyed the experience. Videos like yours are giving me both motivation and lots of ideas for next year. Thanks for posting.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Making them takes me away from some of the not so nice stuff going on at the moment.

@SuperBullyone 3 жыл бұрын

excellent adventure! thanks for sharing.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@maxflight777 3 жыл бұрын

Charlie, thanks for posting. Gave me a great deal of calming pleasure to watch !

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I guess a bit of calm would come in handy in these times. It certainly gave me pleasure in putting it together even nearly ten years after the trip.

@maxflight777 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliehitchen5263 Agreed.

@TonyKeyes 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Charlie. It can be a real chore going through old footage and putting it together, so from the other side of the planet, thanks for taking the time. You had a great adventure and this is a wonderful, evocative account. I can't claim any real local knowledge, although as a tourist I did drive down Loch Etive and up Loch Linne five years ago, the whole time wishing I was sailing!

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Tony. I am finding that I am enjoying the process. It seems the next best thing to sailing since we are now in our third lock-down here. I have three more films in varous stages of completion. These last few come from the time before retirement. I took the footage but never had time to edit it. Stay safe, Mate.

@stephenhodges2735 2 жыл бұрын

From Jamaica, looks so wonderful, seeing again some places I glimpsed going from Oban to colonsay a couple of years ago, but so much closer to the water than a ferry! Here, when you get cold, You trail a foot in the water to warm up

@charliehitchen5263 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Glad it brought back some memories. It is a warm summer here. Still chilly for swimming!

@stevebowden1264 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks sooo much for posting this! Wonderfully infectious!!!

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. I has taken me ten years to get around to editing it!

@msf60khz 3 жыл бұрын

A fantastic cruiise. You must have excellent local knowledge to find those anchorages. I would love to do more sailing in this area. I must look up your cruise account in the Bulletin.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Some of the anchorages like the Barr nam Boc anchorage I spotted on Google Earth as we were planning the trip. Pilot books as well. We have been climbing and paddling canoes in Scotland over the last 50 years and that helps too!

@dan5142101 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the very nice video. The Van Morrison song at the end clinched it! Please post many more family trips with you two...

@charliehitchen5263 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and your positive comment. We like a bit of Van Morrison too. Some people say that they would prefer the "natural" sound rather than music. The sound recorded by an old waterproof video camera is so poor. In any sailing setting, the sound is like a rhino rolling around in a giant bowl of natchos!

@dan5142101 Жыл бұрын

@@charliehitchen5263 Charlie Do both... You have a talent for editing and composition. Rock on!

@grahamboyles8252 3 жыл бұрын

Very hardy to make that trip in April, i used to sail a Swift Explorer cat rigged ketch. i made a similar trip out from Etive, circumnavigated Mull and the Tresnish Isles singlehanded, but in July. i doubt i would have been brave enough to try it in April. The memory of that trip will last me into my dottage, especially when a pod of dolphin played with the boat and i, while crossing between mull and the Tresnish Isles. One of the dolphin gave the keel such a whack i had to tell them to leave, in a very polite way of course. Sadly my days of adventure are over, to old now for sleeping on the hard deck inside a sleeping bag which in turn is inside a survival bag. i do miss sleeping at anchor, the movement and sound is the best sleeping pill made.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Dear Graham, thanks for watching and for sharing the memories of what must have been a wonderful trip. One of the other videos on this channel is of our trip around Mull in a Swift 18 trailer sailer. When we did that trip we though the treshnish isles were a bit too exposed for us. It is great to remember, eh? Best wishes, Charlie. The link to the Mull film is: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/ZpeAkreCt6u-lWg.html

@grahamboyles8252 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliehitchen5263 Thanks Charlie, just watched it, a truly sparkling film and very enjoyable. It was either 2011 or 2012 when i did it, we maybe passed in a fog bank without knowing! Also interesting to note that the Swift 18 was a completely different boat to the "Explorer", i had never seen one and always assumed it was the same hull but with different deck and the addition of a lid. With it's mini longkeel and Iron centre plate i never had any qualms in anything other than "unreasonable weather". Indeed after suffering a knock down from a katabatic and the boat self righted, i then had complete faith in the boats ability to look after me, so long as i did not do anything really stupid.

@RN-lw7hs 2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely glorious saga. You guys are living in my dream. Greetings from Russia!

@charliehitchen5263 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, my friend. Hope you get the chance to make your dream real soon. Best wishes, Charlie.

@ramialhamad8768 2 жыл бұрын

You guys are beautiful bless you :) stay safe

@charliehitchen5263 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. All the best, Charlie.

@isabellforester6371 2 жыл бұрын

So nice to watch, calming and yet interesting pieces of film. I love the music also! Thanks for uploading makes me want to set sail again….

@charliehitchen5263 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and for your kind comment. Glad you enjoyed it. Please do set sail.

@knucker4931 3 жыл бұрын

That was great to watch. Many thanks for the effort it took to piece it together. It was a canoe trip on Loch Etive that re-ignited my desire to return to dinghy sailing/cruising and have hopes of retracing that paddle by dinghy in the future. All the best Al

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. It is a great location for both canoe and dinghy. Very rewarding sailing destination. Hope that you make the trip and enjoy it as much as we did.

@williamokeefe918 3 жыл бұрын

Noticed an old Kelly Kettle! Very fond of our one.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. You can't beat a KK for a fast brew up when you pull in on some beach. Much more heartening than a stove and you are always left with the makings of a quick fire if you need to warm up.

@ashleyhoward8926 3 жыл бұрын

That was marvelous, thanks. I'd say it was more about the resolve than the resolution, well done for both the trip & the editing & publication.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. Yes, indeed. Resolve and resolution: the twin concerns of a sailing blogger's life! I remember paying a fortune for a full HD camera in 2010. Lucky now to have some decent footage to edit.

@RodMcLaren 3 жыл бұрын

Just watched this from snow covered Treaty 6 Territory on Turtle Island, and relishing your camping/sailing foray into some of the area in which my ancestors, five generations ago, once called their traditional territory. Well done - the sailing, the camping, the video.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. You have some pretty wild country out there too, I believe! The history is very important to us on these trips.. The places we visit are often more spacely populated than they were in the times you mention. But it is a hard-hearted sould who can't feel some resonance of the former life of these old communities: their work , song and laughter.

@RodMcLaren 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliehitchen5263 For me its fresh water sailing on a lake large enough it is possible to go for a day and not see another boat. I also organize a weeklong camping/sailing event - this was from last year. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hreRotye2tiyfXk.html

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

@@RodMcLaren Just watched the video, Rod. What a great film of an excellent event. Very like a DCA meet with lots of strange, beautiful craft.

@RodMcLaren 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliehitchen5263 Glad you enjoyed it. And thanks for subscribing

@nathananglen8669 3 жыл бұрын

So fun! I’m trying to do something similar with my channel! It’s so good to see a big adventure in a little boat. And the scenery is breathtaking.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Nathan. Have just checked out your channel. Great stuff. Please keep posting. This recent stuff on here is a lockdown goal I set to edit and re-edit some footage from trips made nearly ten years ago. Maybe get out a little more next year and get some new trips done!

@maesy6730 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent , mini Vikings :)

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

We are not too bad on the sailing, but still working on the pillaging and looting. :-) Thanks for watching.

@maesy6730 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliehitchen5263 excellent 😁

@MC-nw7cg 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that. Martin

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching.

@onanysundrymule3144 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir. Hope there is more dinghy sail-camping to follow. I'd love to see a description (or maybe a video? ) as to how one anchors offshore like that. Kind regards.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching . There may be a couple of old trips to edit if I can get some of these old hard-drives to cough up! This link will show you one method of anchoring with a shore line. kzfaq.info/get/bejne/bJmDm66o0crRhZs.html

@onanysundrymule3144 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliehitchen5263 Thank you Sir, that was great. Good old Dangar marine. Kind regards.

@andyjarman4958 2 жыл бұрын

Two books I have found invaluable for dinghy cruising tips and tricks are: The dinghy cruising companion - Roger Barnes 2014 (Bloomsbury press, ISBN 978_1-4081-7916-1) and An introduction to open boat cruising - Ian Nicholson 2016, Amberly Publishing (ISBN 978-1-4456-5595-6). Roger's book has a much less permanent 'overnight' set up for off-shore mooring than the Danger Marine video.

@onanysundrymule3144 2 жыл бұрын

@@andyjarman4958 Thank you kind Sir.

@jheney 3 жыл бұрын

That's great Charlie! I must get a link to it on the website. It was a Noggin winning cruise after all! Also have one correction to make - the cruise report was published in DC 214 not 216. I have now corrected that error on the Noggin page of the website and apologise if you were misled by that mistake. You can find both the article and a link to your video on the Cruising page of the website.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching, Jen. Hope that you and the other fellow are keeping well. Just back from 4 months on Zuma on the Clyde. Need another sailing trip soon!

@MC-nw7cg 3 жыл бұрын

Great sailing videos. Lovely scenery. What type of water boiler / cooker do you use. Trying to find one like it! Martin

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Martin. Thanks for watching. The water bottle is a kelly Kettle. I got into it on various canoe trips. Great for pulling in to shore when you are chilled. A quick way to make a couple of brews and you are left with the makings of a fire if you need one. Fuel is twigs and things you can pick up from the beach. It likes pine cones ( because of the resin). We have a little container with dry tinder in it to get her started if the stuff we can pick up is wet. Some of the canoe guys I know do extended Kelly Kettle only (no other stove) trips with all their grub dehydrated. No need to do this in a Wayfarer but I gues it is possible.

@iantrudgill989 3 жыл бұрын

Hi was any of your trip on eilean balnagowan in cuil bay ? It just looked familiar, Kind regards Ian.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching. No, we did not quite get that far north. We went through the channel between Inn Island and Lismore and then back south to Port Ramsay.

@carmellewis2466 3 жыл бұрын

I was wondering at the beginning if you'd end up at Cuil Bay and Balnagowan too...! I love this wee video - calming, inspiring and an area I know really well - and missed during lockdown - thanks so much for waiting to edit it - perfect timing!

@SCCFORUM 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video. Do you still own a Wayfarer? and would be great to know what dry suits you use. Regards, Paul.

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Paul, Thanks for watching. Yes we still have a Wayfarer - a MK2 SD. We got these drysuits from a mate of ours. They are MOD ones sold off when the MOD upgraded to Goretex. These things are not breathable in the slightests but are super warm and waterproof. When you take them off after a day's sailing you have a thin fim of condensation on your outer layer. By the time the tent is up and the kettle is boiling it has disappeared. I used mine last week to recue some boats that had floated off the sailing club compound in the floods. Still as effective as the day it came out of the packet in 2010.

@SCCFORUM 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliehitchen5263 Hi Charlie, Thanks for the reply and info on the dry suits👍 Great to hear that you are still a Wayfarer owner, I look forward to more vids in the future. Best, Paul.

@davidjackson7675 3 жыл бұрын

What kind of stove was that?

@charliehitchen5263 3 жыл бұрын

We used two. I think the one you are talking about is a Kelly Kettle. ( www.kellykettle.com/kelly-camping-kettles ). A really useful piece of equipment for brewing up at the side of some sea loch. You can burn twigs, bits of bark, pine cones etc. Easy to start and a good morale booster when it's cold. Wealso had a gas stove. Thanks for watching.

@davidjackson7675 3 жыл бұрын

@@charliehitchen5263 it looks like a milk can.