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The RYA has recently published two videos that are worth watching:
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07-21-2016, 02:48 PM
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Inspirational video
An excellent film about Steve Clarke-Lens' 1992 voyage from Greece to the Nile and beyond.
4,000 Miles in a Wayfarer
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"To know what you prefer, instead of humbly saying Amen to what the world tells you you ought to prefer, is to have kept your soul alive". Robert Louis Stevenson, An Inland Voyage (1878)
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07-21-2016, 06:58 PM
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Give me a museum and I'll fill it. (Picasso)
Give me a forum ...
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And to think I feel adventurous when going thru 1 lock and running 60 miles down to Pickwick Dam and back in a 24' Bennington tritoon boat.
We River Rats are such wusses.
But we are fortunate to have the Tennessee River in our front yard with 650 miles of navigable water from Paducah, KY to Knoxville, TN. Best inland cruising in the U.S.
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07-21-2016, 10:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Bamaman
And to think I feel adventurous when going thru 1 lock and running 60 miles down to Pickwick Dam and back in a 24' Bennington tritoon boat.
We River Rats are such wusses.
But we are fortunate to have the Tennessee River in our front yard with 650 miles of navigable water from Paducah, KY to Knoxville, TN. Best inland cruising in the U.S.
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And at Paducah, you can get on the Big Rivers and do the Great Loop.  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Great_Loop (But likely not our cup of tea even after retirement ...)
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07-22-2016, 09:18 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bamaman
And to think I feel adventurous when going thru 1 lock and running 60 miles down to Pickwick Dam and back in a 24' Bennington tritoon boat.
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One of the great things about boating is that short journeys can often feel like an adventure ... even to places you could easily drive to in 30 minutes.
Relevant website: Microadventures.
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12-06-2016, 03:00 PM
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Worth reading
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12-14-2016, 08:33 PM
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Sail magazine article
While this article is about 'pocket cruisers' rather than dinghies, it does illustrate that fun sailing does not require a huge, expensive, complicated boat: "Sailing Small, Living Large: sailors who love their small boats".
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12-14-2016, 09:03 PM
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Have a Hobie Cat. Even more exposed than a dinghy and we love it. For sure I just tell people I have a sailboat. 
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12-16-2016, 09:16 AM
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Hobie Cats are great fun!
Are you familiar with Ida Little's book? She has always been a big fan of small catamarans.
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12-16-2016, 10:04 AM
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No I hadn't seen that Milton thank you. We are lucky enough to have a cottage on Lake Huron so are able to pull the Hobie up on shore in secluded places and the many islands to lunch or camp. Great fun.
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10-09-2017, 11:53 AM
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Fun reading
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A vintage (1980) cruise report
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04-04-2018, 07:19 PM
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A vintage (1980) cruise report
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04-15-2018, 08:45 AM
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Some might consider our 27 Ft Albin a ‘dinghy’, next to these other boats. We have been living on her for almost 6 months now, doing the ICW from Md - Keys and now on our way back home. IMG_1987.JPG
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07-25-2019, 03:30 PM
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🇮🇹 La Dolce Vita 🇮🇹
Dinghy cruising, Italian style!
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Another dinghy cruising video
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04-22-2020, 04:53 PM
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Another dinghy cruising video
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04-23-2020, 09:23 AM
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Full time employment: Posting here.
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Originally Posted by Milton
Here's a nice dinghy cruising photo: 
Complete trip narrative is at Newfoundland Cruise. I've cruised around Labrador, and circumnavigated Newfoundland, though not in a dinghy. Like Hawaii, a beautiful place to sail.
weshallsee123, I am unfamiliar with Danas, but from what I can see on the 'net they look very nice!
Are you a member of the OCC? Good bunch of people.
May be of some guidance: Hitch-Hiking on a Yacht. |
Title alone of this trip will make for a good read
Wow, that was nice read, that was something about Compass error!!!!!
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10-03-2023, 06:20 PM
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Australia
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