A TOUR OF MY DUGOUT CANOE - Surviving the Great Barrier Reef Expedition Ep 4

I take you on a tour of my dugout canoe which has taken 14 months to build. I'll show you it's features inside and out. This is a final look before I throw my historic shipwreck survivor gear and modern camera equipment in and set off on my ‘Surviving The Great Barrier Reef Expedition’.
You can see my entire Surviving the Great Barrier Reef KZbin series (so far!) here;
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Videos from my Queensland film scouting trip up to Cape York in preparation for this expedition;
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My previous feature film ‘Surviving the Outback’ where I escape the historic predicament of two lost German Aviators in the Kimberley;
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This multi award winning film toured the world on the ‘Banff World Tour 2018’ and is distributed internationally by Gravitas Ventures.
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[@5minpick-me-upswithlorenwa496]

Amazing amount of thought & experience into every detail. Looking forward to watching the adventure.

[@javierrodriguez2863]

Great job man, no wind vane, no autopilot, no electro navigation, simple sail, this is real sailing!🙏

[@adamwasserman9326]

Mike I am very impressed byyour workmanship. The canoe is a work of art. It is beautiful and sturdy. Also the amont of thought you put into the details is fantastic. Thankyou for sharing this adventure.

[@OutbackMike]

Thanks Adam!

[@BacktoBasics]

Huge effort, well-done mate! Let the adventure begin ⛵️

[@FGQuinto]

By now somebody must have told you that your sailing canoe sailing rig is called an “Oceanic Lateen” it is the perfect choice for your boat. It is an historic rigging used by Polynesian sailors. This includes most probably Australian and New Zealand aboriginals. It is still used today on some modern boats. Mostly in northern africa and Mediterranean fishing boats. If you add your sail to a mast it is a traditional lateen rig and it will behave better when the wind is behind you as well as work just like your doing now. Not that any one of this matters now. Its been a few years. But, its good info about your boat.

[@dalawman4977]

Making this and sailing around would have been cool enough, but you are talking about about living on this for months! lol Im ready to watch this series.

[@OutbackMike]

I know. Sorry. Been busy with other stuff.

[@cockroachman27]

This looks incredible. Can't wait to see more of it

[@fngrusty42]

Beautiful brother making me wish I was a lot younger. Great build , great idea .

[@louismorel2001]

Nice boat A trimaran ahead of his time

[@coolissimo69]

Your boas is really well though, the things I liked the most and found genius was the sliding table, and ofc the bed, what a awesome idea. Two more videos to finish with this playlist.

[@OutbackMike]

Thank you very much!

[@damianholz9646]

History in the making!!

[@terrygreene1395]

Was the design of the boat taken from the original drawing that the shipwrecked sailor made…..or was this a blend of various dugouts that you’ve cobbled together? Hard work putting that together….was there any thought to coating the bottom with some epoxy…..for safety sake? Historical accuracy is nice, but your making it through this adventure alive trumps all other considerations I would think. Can’t wait for the real voyage to begin.

[@carlosruiz8081]

Insane job wow, just amazing craftsman, God bless you brother and thank you for sharing your talents and amazing creativity! Wow wow wow respect 👏🙏🙌

[@NasTimeAdventures]

Looking forward to watching this adventure. So many questions but I am sure you will answer them as we go through.

[@GizmosBushEscapes]

this is gunna be epic mate.😁

[@OutbackMike]

Thanks!🙏

[@drag1286]

This is excellent!

[@OutbackMike]

Thanks!

[@Willow_508_]

Good luck in your new adventure 🙂

[@anthony9thompson]

I’m loving this

[@cranegantry868]

Very wisely thought out, including all safety things. You've thought of everything, it's like you've already done it in some previous life!

[@OutbackMike]

Thanks Crane. I just had many sleepless nights thinking about it🤣.

[@sunesnigel]

Very impressive!

[@BalkanShipyards]

That's a lot of thinking! Well done looks strong, Good Luck! Balkan Shipyards

[@SkimenCrew]

It is very cool!

[@branni6538]

That's a great craft fella and it takes balls to make and use it in shark infested waters! Fantastic work!

[@neneidea]

thanks for sharing

[@lordmugglestone]

forgot you have those poisoness box jelly fish in your area.

[@fisticuffs6767]

Nice work! Been watching since it was a tree trunk. What’s its name?

[@tibinbabykattuvelil8035]

Great work, അടിപൊളി 😍😍😍😍

[@dantheman5222]

mate well done, and just subbed, really well done mate

[@OutbackMike]

Thanks Dan!

[@richjean482]

❤️❤️👍👍👍

[@elsweeto6679]

how long till the GBR feature is out? purchased your Kimberley film and hanging for the next adventure

[@OutbackMike]

Thanks! It might take until nid next year.

[@vuonghjsjs498]

day chinh la sieu pham a ay tao da.

[@singleton_1_0]

Just curious, what is the total length of the canoe?

[@OutbackMike]

5m

[@singleton_1_0]

@@OutbackMike wow! that is 2 meters shorter than the freight canoes we use in Maine

[@zarbithechti]

~ Mieux que le Kon-Tiki !

[@jakecob2624]

What kind a tree is that

[@OutbackMike]

Norfolk pine