Dinghy Cruising on $150 budget

[@leongiese2349]

Great deal Bruce!! Brilliant to see you taking this old boat with a long career with the scouts out on the water again. I know you will treat her well and enjoy her.

[@brucedyson-smith459]

Thanks,yes it feels good to breathe some new life into her.

[@robinhilliard]

Sailing performance can be predicted by the Bruce Number: either the sail area in square feet divided by the cube root of the displacement in pounds, or the number of Bruces onboard.

[@brucedyson-smith459]

Lol only you could come up with that one Robin😂👍

[@afloatinawoodenboat]

Great! Thanks for taking us along on Turn Turtle.

[@brucedyson-smith459]

Thanks guys I am looking forward to seeing you boys out on the Herons camping.Are you going to Myall Lake for the big gathering?

[@afloatinawoodenboat]

@@brucedyson-smith459 sadly no. The kids recently drove up here all the way from tas and are NOT keen to do a long haul again any time soon. Point blank refusal, in fact!

[@brucedyson-smith459]

@@afloatinawoodenboat That’s a shame,they could have come for a sail on Wayfinder with me and with some of the other boats. But I understand they are probably not in the best place at the moment.Maybe we can do a trip up there sometime soon.

[@brucedyson-smith459]

If you change your mind you can always come down for a day or two camping without boats and hitch a ride with us.

[@jc9474]

The smiles/$ ratio sure is high on this one, another great video.

[@brucedyson-smith459]

Thank you,yes lots of fun for the money.

[@isaacpaulsen1158]

I like it.

[@Antipodean33]

Just shows you how $150 a bit of glass, epoxy paint and work and you've got a boat that will take you out on adventures with a load of gear. It really doesn't get much better than that. It was an exceptional deal though, but they are out there, especially with older ply glass boats. If I had the space I've seen a few I would've loved to have bought

[@brucedyson-smith459]

Thanks,yes you don’t have to be wealthy to get out on the water these days.

[@damoog5985]

What a bargain!

[@brucedyson-smith459]

You would think so but no one else wanted it.

[@ianbell5611]

Great video. You did well $150. That's a nice little NS, if you chose to you could add a spinaker and make it an MG. Resident shark?? Good incentive to stay upright 😂 Cheers

[@brucedyson-smith459]

Thanks glad you enjoyed the video.Yes a Spinnaker would get it going.

[@SailingKateLouise]

Great Bruce, just goes to prove you can have fun even in the rain. Is the NS going to be called Baby Wayfinder?....or more a toddler on red cordial, cheers Paul

[@brucedyson-smith459]

Ha no I like the original name Turn Turtle it kind of suits me a little bit.

[@sailoutofagarage6212]

Nice place for camping.

[@brucedyson-smith459]

Yes it’s my favourite spot on Lake Macquarie.You must be coming into your sailing season soon?

[@sailoutofagarage6212]

@@brucedyson-smith459 Yes, the ice is melting, about 5% free surface today on the lake, but it's unpleasant with rain and 2C.

[@brucedyson-smith459]

@@sailoutofagarage6212 Yikes that doesn’t sound pleasant.

[@mitchgibbs5304]

Nice Bruce…

[@brucedyson-smith459]

Thanks Mitch.

[@russthomas3375]

Oh no, have you given up on the DS?!? Great find tho!

[@brucedyson-smith459]

No the DS is my number one. This one is some fun on the lake only.

[@penhdog2207]

I really enjoy this channel. How much would it have cost a regular person with no fix it skills to get the boat to that point?

[@brucedyson-smith459]

Thank you I am glad you are enjoying my videos. It is a hard question to answer because it depends who you employ to fix up the boat. Without any skills I think it would be worth buying a boat that is ready to be sailed.A similar boat to this in sail away condition would probably cost between 700-1000 Australian dollars.Otherwise try and find a handy friend.

[@jerbear7952]

How would you even answer that? How incompetent are they? Why did they chose a boat as their first project? Why don't they know how to fix simple stuff?

[@brucedyson-smith459]

It is a difficult question that’s for sure.

[@phillipobrien7365]

Goes well for a $150 boat, you beat all of us by miles. You were right about staying out wide at the sand isles, it did get a bit rolly. That was OK, the bounce on the bottom from 3am on wasn`t. Good trip though !

[@brucedyson-smith459]

Yes I heard about your early morning wake up.