Dinghy Cruising Liguria - Day 3 (Sestri Levante - Camogli)

[@Antipodean33]

Nice clip, everything looks beautiful, the landscape, the homes, the ports the sea and most importantly for me the boat. I sold my trailer sailer and want to build another small sail boat and I've been looking at all the designs out there and narrowed iy down to a few. Seeing many Goat Island skiffs and finally this one of yours, this clip has made my mind up and my next build will be Goat. Thank you for the upload and finally making my decision easy. Cheers Al, South Australia

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

wow, thanks for this comment. I'm glad to inspire someone as I was inspired by other people when I decided to build my Mira. The Goat is in fact a Australian design. Beautiful and capable little boat! ..and easy to build!

[@johnstephen2869]

So enjoying your travels in ‘Mira’ Enrico, and what a beautiful coastline you have with so much history. I am full with admiration from Otaki, NZ.

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Hi John, thanks for your nice words. Actually I've been very inspired by dinghy travels done by very nice people and fine boats in New Zeland!

[@tadasdovii8262]

Videos like that definately worth travel channel.

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Thanks Tadas, I appreciate. I hope to post more videos soon!

[@josephsearcy8930]

Thanks for the additional information about sailing and sailboats

[@advasivediamond9965]

Beautiful part of the world. Love seeing the cruising life and your well crafted videos. Can't wait for the next one.

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Thanks Advasive Diamond! I'm working on Day 4 and your words are motivation to me ;-)

[@fargarden]

Another exceptional video Enrico. Thank you for the care you put into these, they are a pleasure to watch

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Hi fargarden! I'm glad you liked it. I'm working now at Day5 video.. Thanks for watching

[@emuelkok1279]

Excellent; the videos are just getting better. I really enjoyed it. Good luck to all in a blistering Europe, from sunny South Africa

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Thanks Emuel, fantastic to hear from South Africa! :-)

[@marktaskerlyngfarm7596]

Hello and thank you. At this time I am a little way into learning Italian and in the beginning of my second year of dinghy sailing. So bravo for the subtitles and grazie for the beautiful filming. Best regards.

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Thanks Mark! I appreciate you comment. And you keep my motivation high in film editing (it's so boring sometimes). I put subtitles as most of my public is from English countries (dinghy cruising is not so popular here in Italy). But I'm very happy it also works for your italian learnng!! Thanks for watching.

[@petergibbons3064]

Really interesting. Lovely part of the world. Very engaging. Now I am off to check out that boat.

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Hi Peter, you will find details of this boat at storerboatplans.com under Goat Island Skiff. Thanks for the visit.

[@davelacasse4938]

👏 bravo I was once a American paratrooper stationed in vicenza & scuba dived on weekend in Genoa . beautiful area! Now learning to ⛵ sail also

[@Radnally]

Your cruising episodes would make for an interesting TV travel series. Maybe include some local history and interviews.

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Thanks Radnally! But it's enough complicate as it is! :-D

[@plymouthwelshboy]

another stunning, well crafted video. Enrico, you are a master videographer and story teller. Your drone aerial footage is exquisite and Mira is a lovely boat. Well done my friend, a wonderful start to my day as I sit here at home watching the blizzards outside. Thank you :)

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Thanks Steve, your words are too kind! In reality, the more I focus on quality, the more I see gaps and inpefections.. But it's ok. The drone: I don't have it, I just borrowed (!) some footages from other people nice videos (the links are in the video description)! (OK, this is a topic for a discussion about youtube ethic..:-)

[@francescoconcaro4140]

Complimenti, ha una bella malattia anche tu...complimenti anche per il montaggio video, ci si vede per mare, buon vento

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Grazie Francesco. Si, effettivamente son ben preso! :-D A presto, in mare!

[@gwacjules6614]

Stunning footage and interesting narration - I don’t think you need so much music though: natural sounds are often the most beautiful. I will watch all your films - thank you for making these :-)

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Thanks Gwac Jules! Well noted. I don't like this kind of music available for video, but my main camera (GoPro) is muted as I need to shelter it for water-protection.. So basically no sound is recorded. But now another camera goes with a mic, so I start to take some sound. Also I am now using some music (guitar) I play and record. So, lower quality but more genuine.. You can take a look at this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3vdoIVsrJ52i9k. Thanks!

[@bobthefish50]

Nice video, Enrico. I forgot that you have continued following the wonderful Lake Como videos. I have subscribed to the Mira Liguria project. Be well...

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

hi bobthe fish50, thanks for watching and subscribing. I need to complete the story of Liguria Project with more episodes!

[@francofranconi8742]

Bravissimo Enrico!!!

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

grazie pa!

[@ibcontent]

Great! And very good translation 😀⛵️

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Thanks. Translation is always a very delicate matter for me. I always take some risk! :-D

[@Captain_Bartolo]

Bellissimo ⛵🌞

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

thanks Captain! :-)

[@r3tne_Alex]

You need a footrest. It is more convenient to paddle oars.

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

yes, then I built one. You are right,.. it's a big difference!

[@benthrelkeld4929]

Thanks for the great video. Have you been happy with your GIS and is it easy to row? Is there anything you don't like about the boat?

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Hi Ben, the GIS is easy to row, yes. Althought if you are looking for a pure rowing boat there are much better concepts. I would say the GIS is a very very good compromise when youplan to sail 70-80% and row fot 30-20% of the time. The boat is simply great because it's really different concept from similar size dinghies. In few words, it's a sport-boat (so it requires a sport attitude), but at the same time she can carry a lot of weight, so it ends to having friends on board (max 4), or taking a lot of gear for camping, fishing, diving, etc.. Limits are mainly limited stability (i think it's similar to a Laser) and the flat bottom is not the best if you plan to sail in waves/open sea. In the video description I have put the link to GIS website by Michael Storer. Lots of info there.

[@benthrelkeld4929]

I sail in the San Francisco area. I have a boat called a SCAMP which is a Welsford design. It's very stable but not the fastest by oar. It's been a great boat to camp on, though. Keep the videos coming. They are great!

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

I love the SCAMP! It's another unique concept. And all the other models from Welsford are great. Have you a great time in San Francisco bay!

[@robertsmith1860]

@@benthrelkeld4929 I live in Vallejo, and planing for a small sail/row boat for my retirement years. Did you purchase your Scamp from Gig Harbor near Seattle, or elsewhere? Scamp looks perfect to me...but Gig Harbor recently designed the Salish Voyager, which also appeals to me.

[@BEIBECKERS]

Hi, cool video! Sadly the storerboatplans- link is dead. Is this a Goat Island Skiff?

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Hi Martins, thanks for watching. Yes, she's teh Goat Island Skiff, design by Michael Storer. (The link now should be fixed.)

[@BEIBECKERS]

@@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva Yepp, the link works again... Thanks a lot!

[@Dany83R]

Grandissimo... posso chiederti che software hai usato per la traccia gps ? Complimenti ancora!!!

[@EnricoFranconiPolisportiva]

Ciao Dani, grazie, troppo buono! Per la traccia GPS è più facile di quanto pensi. La traccia si genera automaticamente da quando accendo a quando spengo il GPS (io uso un Garmin Etrex10, ma qualsiaisi gps dovrebbe funzionare allo stesso modo). Quando sono a casa collego l'Etrex10 al PC (cavo usb normalissimo) e scarico sul pc il file "traccia" che si è generato (lo individuo perchè il nome è costituito dalla data in cui è stato registrato). Quindi apro Google Earth e dal menù in alto clicco: File --> apri --> nome del file. A questo punto hai la traccia sovrapposta al terreno, animabile (come nel video) mediante un cursore in alto a sinistra (si vede nel video se ci fai caso). Inoltre se clicchi sulla traccia col tasto destro del mouse puoi cambiare colore della traccia e nome e tipo di simbolo del cursore. Se hai problemi fammi sapere. ciao.