20140615 Drascombe Longboat "Rainbow Aileen" - Portland Harbour and Weymouth Bay

A good day's sailing! 15th June 2014

[@robleach9669]

Thanks for brightening an early Canadian winter day. Rob

[@kitpotter3443]

Great video. The last time I sailed those waters was in the Battleship Anson. Nostalgia!

[@glynluff2595]

Nice to hear a West Country version in East Anglia we have a local version some of which you have probably because our fishing fleets intermixed.

[@sharongeary-harwood6827]

Good to see the boat on the water, looks like you had a good day

[@evanofelipe]

Thanks for sharing your day's sailing, looks like you both had a nice bit of wind at times. It was also good to see that you included the boat being launched off the trailer. I'd be very interested to see some close up detail on just how your launching (back-winch) is rigged up on the trailer. It appears to obviate the need to push the lugger off the trailer, even when launched under shallow conditions as shown in this instance. Cheers

[@christophermurray2610]

What fun. Wets the appetite for our next Drascombe rally !

[@graplingurty]

Thanks for the sail Lads

[@evanofelipe]

I have since looked more closely at your launching footage again and believe I now understand how you pulled the boat back sufficient for the hull to reach its 'pivot' or balance point that got the stern to drop into the water, without physically having to push it or even getting the trailer tyres immersed. My assumption is that you had previously unwound the winch halyard passing it under the trailer axle and fed it back up to the hull winching eye. Securing it to the hull and with a second arrest strop in place controlled by friend, it then looks as though you the effectively 'back winched' the hull using the axle as an anchor point (presumably its profile is rounded to help minimise friction) and this 'rig' effectively cranked the hull backwards along the trailer rollers to the point where the stern was able to rock back onto the waterline. This probably accounts for the initial lag in cranking action that required several turns to take up 'stretch' before the boat actually started to move backwards. It looks like a simple method that does not not require much additional tackle. My only concern would be to ensure that there was sufficient depth of water under the stern to be confident it will not ground when it rocks backwards off the trailer. Please advise if I've missed something. Cheers

[@robinstephens7177]

evanofelipe Hi There. You sent me a message some months ago regarding my video of launching my Drascombe Longboat. Apologies that it has taken me so long to reply. I think you have got the essence of the technique in your message. The key thing is to have very good lead and tension with a line from the bow onto the trailer to control the bow from tipping up too fast when the boat is winched back beyond the pivot point. This took a little practise to perfect. I use a climbing 'Munta hitch' onto a karabiner attached the the trailer and effectively 'belay' the boat as it is being winched back on the trailer. I hope that helps. I'd be interested to know whether you have tried this launch technique, and, if so, how it works for you. Kind regards, Robin

[@evanofelipe]

Robin Stephens Thanks Robin - its a neat idea and I was just interested in the practicalities of applying the 'reverse winch action' Cheers

[@navalfrontline7353]

good day old boy

[@Captain_Bartolo]

💯 ⛵ 😍

[@usmcvet2008]

Thanks for sharing and nice music choice! How long does it take to rig? Very interesting boat!

[@robinstephens7177]

Thanks very much for your kind message Wayne. She’s pretty easy to rig. From being on the trailer with the mast down to rigging and launching takes probably about 30 minutes.

[@usmcvet2008]

@@robinstephens7177 Thank you Sir. Appreciate the response. Just found one for sale 9hrs away from me, might make an impulse buy :)

[@kudretcamlca255]

HOW LONG AND WİDE , SHE İS? PERFECT

[@robinstephens7177]

Hi Kudret, Thanks for your message - nice to hear from you. Rainbow Aileen is a Drascombe Longboat. She is 21ft 9in (6.6m) long and 6ft 7in (2m) in the beam. You can find more details at www.drascombe.co.uk/drascombe-longboat-pr-53.php. I hope that helps. If you want to know more, just let me know. Kind regards, Robin

[@panKomorny]

What is a song from 8:48?

[@user-pm7td6pw3h]

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[@jonathansimmonds5784]

I hope you found it in the past 5 years! Google 'Coast of High Barbary'!

[@marksercombe3575]

The whole reason for waterproof grease in wheel bearings is so they get wet when launching more practice required you also need oars and rowlocks

[@rustykeller8264]

Open your eyes. There are oar locks on both gunwales, and oars stored in the bilge.

[@55longboarder]

Lovely Whose music??

[@robinstephens7177]

Thanks very much. The music is by the New Scorpion Band. I think they’re great.

[@55longboarder]

@@robinstephens7177 Thanks, Robin. I just found them and they are excellent!!!

[@metalgeartommgt5607]

@@55longboarder Funny enough, the New Scorpion Band's music as actually featured quite a bit in SpongeBob SquarePants. In fact, Robert White did that flute tune you often hear at the Krusty Krab, "The Rake Hornpipe".

[@shroommcfanta2020]

Music repelled me..bb

[@petermangold4003]

Have you got permission to use any of this music? Artists and performers lose out if you publish without obtaining music rights. See KZbin policy.

[@robinstephens7177]

Peter, Thanks for your comment. I probably haven't gone about this in the correct way. I'm an amateur sailor having a bit of fun. I thought that when I originally published the video on KZbin there was some screening process to ensure that the music was OK to use. I'd be most grateful for any guidance as to what I need to do to make my video completely legitimate please. Thanks and kind regards, Robin

[@jonathansimmonds5784]

@@robinstephens7177 There are always some moaners out there! Is Mr.Mangold a musician on hard times or something? Get a life man! I bet he told tales to teacher at school......

[@charlesadams8529]

Lovely boat but video spoilt buy music!

[@peterweltweit]

ever heard of vol control?

[@stephanguitar9778]

I agree, would prefer to hear wind and water. Not just this video but all of them I have to turn the sound down or off, posters dont realise that one mans music is another mans/womans headache. In fact my wife used to know when I was watching a sailing video on account of the music and get irritatated that I might be about to buy another boat. Nice video though.

[@jonathansimmonds5784]

As a tallship rigger and sailor and singer of shanties I think the songs really enhance the videos.