Well done!

great footage, thanks

Hi Bruce - what type/brand lifejacket are you wearing and would you recommend it. I am enjoying your videos it has inspired me to buy a sailing dinghy.

Whats the red and yellow flag mean? Great trip ❤

Wonderful video, I used to do similar long distance dinghy sailing with my dad on a 505 as a young lad. Lunch was normally out on the wire ;)

how do you gybe single handed?

Un saludo cordial desde República Dominicana,buen viaje

Brucey. Great video. Very adventurous trip and you sail quite far off the coast. Amazing how much mileage you make in daylight hours with such a short waterline. You are the consummate cruising sailor, and very versatile. Hats off to you young Bruce.

Champion! The old timers would be proud. They used to do it all the time.

Wow Brilliant. As per previous comments "Epic trip" You must be knackered though. Cheers

Nice one!! Done Broughton Island? We kayak (with sails if it works out) there from Anna Bay pretty regularly for the weekend. Crossed Bass Strait and the at sea lunch was almost exactly what you had! And I know those “what are you doing out here” looks!! When there are whale watching boats around we sometimes throw in a roll to hear the screams.

Early this year I was gifted a Daysailer 1 that needed some hull repairs. Got it repaired and have sailed it a fair amount this year. Thanks for sharing your experience in this boat. You demonstrate what can be done with them.

I’m new to your channel love your videos your O’Day sailboat cruises along pretty well looks great fun .

That's a nice ride. Looks to be in very good shape... a steal at 150 bucks.

You've got yourself a nice lil freedom machine there. She'll take you anywhere you wanna go... I'm a sailboat hoarder myself. 4 lil boats ranging from 15 - 23 foot that I love to tinker with. The 1973 Venture 17 is the only one that's seaworthy.. the one I can play with. But I have high hopes for the others. Yours is mighty fine. She's FAST too! Awesome how she can beach up and sit flat on that sandbar. Sure is pertty. :)

Good onya.😅

Just got a chance to watch it Bruce. Boy you covered a lot of distance in just three days, even though you were forced to reef 😂. Epic!

That little sand bar that you stopped on at Swansea, my husband’s grandfather died right there sadly. Waterway there is deceptive and dangerous if you don’t know what you’re doing. We did the tree change after Covid and left Newcastle & sailing behind. There’s a hole in my heart where sailing once lived. Thanks for making me feel like I was on the water with you.

Absolutely fascinating viewing ,,,l Thankyou

27:15 think the birds might be Gannets. Fantastic trip!

Great video. Thanks for making us part of the adventure!

Onya fella 👍🙂🦘

This is something i want to try to get into.. great video.

I think the author can enable an option for youtube to generate closed captions. Now the spray can bloop out various words.

'Way too hectic'... the harbour was empty! Try a public holiday weekend when the 18 footers are racing! I guess it's what you're used to. I've sailed Pittwater to Port Jackson and Port Jackson to Botany Bay as well all up and down the harbour in my 19 foot Savage 'Amarula' and I miss it terribly! Great video, great adventure, I doffs me lid to you, Captain.

Awesome video Thanks mate

Just a wonderful journey to follow on Google Earth with you! Thx.

Mate That’s awesome So glad this popped up Subscribed

Great stuff, Nor Easter down and Southerly busta home.

I religiously run a 25m long overboard line off the back of my little tri. My thinking was it would be easy to get to, until one day i worked out that at 10kts boat speed that 25m is gone at under 5 seconds. I'm not so confident i'd make that, much wider beam that your o'day though. Excellent little adventure none the less thanks for sharing.

Another great video Bruce. I always love watching your adventures in the DS. Your sailing is awe inspiring. Thanks for sharing the videos, they keep me going while our water is hard for the winter.

What make and model of boat is that? Sails beautifully

Nice one. I've done that trip a few times delivering yachts, but not in a dinghy! I do miss sailing. Thank you.

I really enjoyed this video mate , just some questions and that is what was the weather forecast for you to chose to sail in open waters to Sydney and marine conditions ie such as swells etc ? , not sure if you got a navigation video or not but one on that topic would be great as well. I know when I used to go out fishing with my dad years ago we used to have ready made sandwiches etc ready to eat that way we didn’t have to worry about making stuff to much on in rolley water’s, dads bait prawns where not safe ether I used to eat those raw as well 🤣

Thanks for another Bruce! (fellow DS sailor in Maine USA) cheers!

Back in the early colonial times this was how the settlers moved up and down the coast, no roads in those days.

Brilliant trip thanks for sharing. I’m thinking about doing the day skipper course in Sydney Harbour. You’ve inspired me.

Almost an Emergency 9119

Epic! I loved every minute.

100miles of open sea, 15hr days at the helm - think nothing of it….

Epic sail, you are a champion. Doing what used to be normal but now seems like such an adventure. Cheers

Well done Bruce ! Crazy, but well done.

A full day with a reef in the main .... who is this new Bruce fella ???

Great film! Excuse my ignorance but i noticed you are towing a line behind you? Is this a safety thing for an overboard situation?

Amazing trip! Some long days at the tiller.

Thank you for sharing this incredible adventure. I loved that you include as much as you can about how you handle the boat singlehanded, and are so humble about it all. I am so impressed with the speed of the Day Sailer! Would love to see an in depth tour of the boat if you ever feel like it- rigging upgrades, other things you’ve done to make it fast and reliable. I dinghy cruise in the northeast US in a 12’ wooden catboat and I feel like 20 miles to me is your 50 because my boat is so much slower 😅. Thanks again, and fair winds to you!

What a sail!

Great video! I enjoyed the whole thing. But, I’ve always been taught to run down the tweaker on guy side and let it fly on the sheet (except to keep it off the boom). It might give better shape to the luff of the kite. Then, on gybes, tweak down both hard to keep a little more control through the turn. Thanks for taking us with you!

Great trip mate thanks for sharing

Always love your videos... Thank you!