Fantastic video Mat - thanks for sharing! Great seamanship shown on a very challenging voyage for "Sea Dog", and some impressive average speeds for boat under 12ft. Happy New Year from NE Scotland!

Cracking video and awesome content. Keep it coming mate. Used to sail a lot in my youth/middle age. Arthritis got the better of me. Greetings from the UK 🇬🇧 👍 You just got a new sub

Brilliant mate. Would love a rundown of customizations you've made to your SCAMP, and a run down of your galley, sleeping and electronic gear.

7+ knots in a 12' displacement hull. Fantastic. Great videos, thanks!

Another excellent excursion, maybe the best I've seen that showcases the mighty Scamp. Looking forward to more adventures. Cheers

Great upload. Scamp and the skipper has the goods.

I really wish that I could find one of these here in the United States! It's probably the most perfect camping dinghy I've ever seen. It would be just right for the Texas 200 as well, which I hope to participate in someday. ⛵️ ⛺️

Awesome adventure. I sail #407 a garage built Scamp. Made in Canberra by Bob Heacock in his late 80s. Love my ply Scamp. Cheers

I’m so happy I found this channel. Fantastic, superb video!!! Excellent filming and beautiful scenery. Thank you for taking us along!!! I’m now a subscriber.

Ripping along... a great adventure in a sweet little rocket. The "Mighty Scamp" indeed...

That was fun to watch. The mighty Scamp sure does seem impressive must admit. Looks like you chose a good weather window for the trip. Experience. The current was good with you like that. I like the way you presented the video with no mucking around. Wish i could do that.

Superb video Mat! I love the SCAMP design and you've shown her to be a very seaworthy little boat. Keep the videos coming! God bless & fair winds, Chris 👍

Wow what a great vid... thoroughly enjoyed it....what a boat the scamp is..👍

Thanks for creating a fun and informative video. Happy New Year!

Happy New Year! Thanks for taking us along on your adventure. Great seeing the SCAMP put through her paces. She passes with flying colors.

Great video production, an amazing little boat.

Wonderful to see how a fantastic small sailboat can do in the hands of an equally great sailor. After seeing this video, even more excited to see the plans for the new John Welsford Scallywag.

Thank you for making these! Keep it up!

This is fantastic!

Brilliant, what an awesome boat! A really well produced video too, top marks.

Awesome. Love the little wind vane on the mast, helps us feel more onboard knowing the wind direction.

Very cool little cruiser. Thanks!

Another great job Mat, both the adventure and the video. Inspirational. Great endorsement of the SCAMP design.

Great trip and video.

Thoroughly enjoyed the trip. I felt seasick just watching south of Bruny! Used to own a Welsford Navigator that I sailed in the Derwent and Channel, very capable boat too.

What a sail! And what a little “champ” of a boat all 11’11” of Her. And you Sir are a man. Any man who can and will sail as such as this is almost determined to be a great man indeed! 😂 Impressive and inspiring thank you Sir.

Excellent video! Loved it!!

Congratulations on a fun and safe cruise. I'm Tasmanian, and the wind has been so upredictable this year you chose your timing well. Great video!

Oh btw, I think Boxing Day is literally about boxes. As in gifts in boxes. 😊

Awesome little dinghy ! Great seaworthy little boat

Great adventure in a fun boat, nice work.

This is the "It" of SCAMP cruising. Nice.

Next challenge, a Manly junior around Bruny 😅.

Fantastic! Well done on your salty voyage. Josh

Well done!

What a great adventure! Watching from here in Gig Harbor, small world!!

Nice job!

She’s my favourite little boat ❤

Cant believe how small that is, wonderful

Great sail and content, also good to see another Tassie YT channel!

Can’t believe you sailed around Bruny. It’s such a small boat in a rugged part of Tasmania. Loved the video

Awesome vids. 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻

Very intimidating passage.

So funny to watch, we live up near the Gold Coast but we were there along the coast of Bruny yesterday (home last night), We will have to do that voyage ourselves one day, great little video thanks mate

My uncle sailed, no motor, his home built Huon clinker built Scottish fishing dory there. He lived just nth of the lighthouse. Used rocks from the shore for ballast and lost them once in a capsize.

Well done on your circumnavigation of Bruny. The last time I did this it was on a Huon 36 with a friend of mine. Next time, it will be on my own boat, a Swanson 30. Slightly bigger than your little boat 😁. Back in the day, a very good but now elderly friend of mine, did the Mewstone race on his D class (Undine). Needless to say because of the horrid conditions down there, they made a somewhat hasty retreat to safer waters.

Lost on a Sunday night watching this man sail his Dinghy on deep waters 🎉

sailing is sailing. very simple but very enjoyable video. yep ive subscribed

I looked up the Friars on google earth and I gotta say that's a huge accomplishment to sail a scamp 12 through there. I have a gig harbor scamp and watching your video I could imagine what it would be like to be there. I was hoping you were gonna reef and then you did. Thanks for sharing.

SCAMP Amazing 11' 11" Seewordy Sailboat 😊

Another great video, good to see the Scamp in tough conditions....Every video I watch you are in a different boat, just how many boats have you got???? cheers Paul

Oh, I've got a Gig Harbor SCAMP as well (number 250)

that is awesome

A 16 ft version of the Scamp would be great !!!

EXCELLENT..:-)

Great movie. Thanks for making it and love your content. I sail scamp #6 and share your feelings about what a great boat it is. I have noticed that it has trouble pointing on a starboard tack without a bleater to hold the boom against the mast. Have you experienced this? The difference in pointing ability and speed was dramatic for me. Would enjoy your thoughts on this. Staying salty in California.

fantastisch...gerade reisen mit kleinen booten sind besonders intensiv...nahezu alles erlebt man intensiver,,,direkter als mit grossen booten...viel spass und gute gesundheit...nennt man das segeln oder reiten ?...

Excellent……maybe more info on how you setup for the night. Cheers Tony

Love the tent. Could you share some information on it? I'm currently using a camping tarp for my shelter and I would like to upgrade. Thanks, great video.

Great trip and love the boat! Scamp is clearly a great design and ticks so many boxes but I am particularly impressed with the Gig Harbour ones: the self-draining cockpit is a huge safety feature (plus I can’t be bothered to build my own boat so it is a case of find a ply one for sale somehow or buy off the shelf from somewhere) Also, can you please tell me more about your dumb watch - is it an Apple watch or something else…? Looks very handy thing to have esp if it can do more than speed…?

New sub. The Scamp is a fantastic concept. Bit of a tent with a keel? Great vid thanks for your efforts. And yeah a bit balsy. =)

What a great way to start the year (watching) as I walk the shore of Lake Superior (northern Ontario) watching the ice form and stretch out onto our 'inland sea'. Question: at some point could you give a quick view of the 'cover' you have. I've been emailing Falk and he spoke of a newish version and now I'm wondering whether what he was speak of . . . is what you've got. Looks elegant in its simplicity. Scott

where do you sail out of? i'm keen to have a look at a scamp because i'm considering doing a bit of "dinghy cruising" myself.

Lovely video. Great trip. Curious how a Gig Harbor Scamp ended up in Tas...?

Boxing Day was for the servants of the wealthy, who were allowed to visit their families., having worked on Christmas Day. They were given presents food etc by their employers

Great film and well done quite the achievement..Did you import your SCAMP directly from Gig Harbor

Now you've had the scamp for a while if you were to order a new scamp would you include a mizzen next time round? (They seem to be popular on JW sailboats)

Excellent video, Mat! Thanks for bringing us along. Question... what's that black stuff on your anchor chain? Just the ticket to reduce paint chipping, I imagine? Cheers, Dale

Beautiful cruising grounds down there. Fun vid. Thanks. You had the Scamp shipped from Gig Harbor? Must have cost half the boats worth to get her there?

stelle dir das boot mal mit zug-druckpinne vor,,,dazu einen A-mast im heck mit frei arbeitendem segel an einem zum bug hin ausgerichteten baum...und festmachen immer mit der doppel-leine, welche man an bord einholen kann...

Excellent. Where can I buy my wayfarer to follow suit here in Australia. Is your vessel for sale? :)

How lucky were you...

What is the watch and associated app that you use to display your speed please. Very nice watching your journey around Bruny.

Why its boxing day called so? In old days pressies were boxed. Rather than wrapped. People put boxes out for collection.

Just worked out we were at Tinderbox on Boxing Day as well lol

Bloody awesome mate. What app do you use on your watch for speed?

great video, keen to do this trip myself one day! What camera are you using for your videos?

Do you have any leads on where I could buy a second hand Scamp in Tasmania?

How many scoops of coffee did you actually put in that?

Very cool tent, is that a home built?

did you have to import that scamp from the states ?

What app is that you have on your watch ?

Great video. I’m your first call if you ever want to sell your scamp. 😊

What kind of watch is that?

Sounds like someone should start importing Gig Harbor Scamps or even better get an Australian manufacturer

Again, if you have basic plans for the tent, please contact me!

I've never seen a fight scheduled for Boxing day, so I don't get it either. Wrestling is more popular.

AWESOME!!! Wooden or Fiberglass SCAMP?

So who won? My money's on you!

it is not small

Do you have any leads on where I could buy a second hand Scamp in Tasmania?

Do you have any leads on where I could buy a second hand Scamp in Tasmania?