The Wanderers Return (Great Glen - dinghy cruise - West Highands - July 2018)

In September 2016 two novice dinghy cruisers attempted to cross the UK through the Great Glen in a 14 foot Wanderer sailing dinghy. They failed! In July 2018 with longer days and an improved cruising set-up they returned. Join the wanderers on a feature length adventure to see if they succeeded on their return to the glen.
The original 2016 cruise can be seen here (The Wanderers): • The Wanderers (West Hi...
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Music credits (in order of appearance):
Sláinte ‘’She Moved Through the Fair’’
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Andy G Cohen ‘’A Perceptible Shift’’
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Brad Sucks ‘’Bad Sign’’
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Pipe Choir ‘’Gemini Instrumental’’
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Kevin MacLeod ‘’Long Road Ahead’’
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Monplaisir ‘’The Break’’
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Brad Sucks ‘’Total Breakdown’’
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Brad Sucks ‘’You’re Not Going Anywhere’’ freemusicarchive.org/music/Bra...
Wes Hutchinson ‘’Sugar Pines’’
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[@simonburkey3928]

Love this video, it’s feature length and I’ve watched it twice. Well done Michael, hope you do another one.

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed it. Took a while to edit to say the least. Shame we lost some of the best footage. Have to take up diving and try and find my phone. 😂

[@bilal716]

Loved the orange discourse! Big oranges with fluffy white pith or bust!

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

A fellow orange connoisseur 😁

[@johnnygeorge8385]

Nice video gentleman I’ve found after many days sailing be it Dinghy or small cruiser the sense of accomplishment comes days or even weeks after the trip ends when all the excitement FEAR and work has finally settled then I find I wish I was back at sea or on some tributary or estuary somewhere else with all the excitement work and fear in front of me. Cheers

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

Thanks very much. Couldn't agree more. Almost better to look back on the trip than to actually be there LOL

[@Jarrod_D]

Fantastic journey thanks for posting 👍😁

[@jamesvan-lint7351]

Thanks fellas, enjoyed the film very much.

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

Cheers James, glad you enjoyed.

[@salisburyphotocentre1467]

Nice video. great adventure

[@nicksalt4346]

What a great adventure!

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

Thanks very much.

[@JoeMurphyLondon]

Well done, lads. A great adventure and a real "warts n all" portrait of dinghy Cruising.

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

Thanks Joe. Learn something new every trip.

[@paulfisher852]

Thanks for your message Joe. See my replies below (marked ">>>>>>>"): “That's a great video, and what a wonderful adventure you went on. You've set the boat up really well for Cruising (and keep it so so clean!) with minimal waste. And your tent is a brilliant design, so much roomier than mine, while being able to sit up and chat must make a massive difference. I saw a lot to copy from your arrangements. I have a couple of questions. Don't you feel the slats and the bumps through a self-inflating mattress? What's the secret? (I blow up a giant air bed, which is comfy enough to keep Mrs M happy, except for the time it leaked).” >>>>>>> Not sure we have any secret. We trade-off comfort in order to be able to save on storage space and setup time. The slats do feel slightly bumpy. However, I think "The Wanderers" setup could be refined to eliminate this. One refinement would be to cover each slat with a strip of exercise/yoga mat or something similar. An alternative is to purchase a high quality sleeping mat (an exped perhaps?) - but something short of the very thick airbed you describe. But who said that dinghy cruising was meant to be comfortable! >>>>>>> “And those clever wheelchair bags ... how much and where from?” >>>>>>> The bags are these ones (the straps with the clips have to be shortened): www.ebay.co.uk/itm/232289690789 >>>>>>> “Lastly, how do you secure your boom and sail so that it doesn't get damaged while driving? It would save a lot of time to leave them laced together but I worry about chafing.“ >>>>>>> We didn't experience any problem. We just tied the boom and sail to the king posts and thwart. >>>>>>>

[@JoeMurphyLondon]

@@paulfisher852 Thanks, Paul, very helpful information.

[@advasivediamond9965]

Great job guys, well done and documented so well. Really enjoyed the film and would love to see you attempt it again or any other dinghy adventures you go on. Thanks.

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed it. We may well return again.

[@mikegooch1395]

This is a great dinghy cruising film, I came across it while researching a Wanderer as a cruising dinghy, need a bit more space than my current 12 footer gives me. You've got a great balance of coverage of the different aspects of the cruise. Any more in the pipeline?

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

Many thanks. Glad you enjoyed. Hope one day there will be another.

[@kevinu.k.7042]

My hat is off for you the way you toughed it through. You didn't have the weather and like with all such trips fatigue can set in. One comment though. Scotland has free land access. That land owner cannot stop people landing on their land. Launching and recovery? - Yes. Camping?... probably not. It is a right dearly held by all Scots. Anyway - Bravo - tough trip. Well done.

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

Thank you. Sort of trip that is more fun to remember after LOL Yes - they were very resistant to us recovering Laughing Cat even though we were essentially stuck there. Though they did give their blessings in the end.

[@dgrewar]

Thanks for taking the time to document and share your experience and adventure. It inspires me to want to do something similar. I bought a Wanderer last year am still teaching myself how to sail.

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

Thank you. Glad you enjoyed the video. Good luck with your sailing.

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[@raylantrevor54]

@Demetrius Ronald instablaster =)

[@demetriusronald7082]

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[@georgematheson7289]

Great video, 👍 was your plan to get as far as Inverness or just to the end of the loch ?

[@taobot8]

I did this with friends in a Sigma 33 back in 1998. We ran aground near the same bit because we got into the swing of always keeping to the left of the green bouys. What we forgot is that the bouys reverse halfway through the Caledonian Canal. Oops.

[@philj3727]

Thoroughly enjoyed your video, gives a real feeling for what dinghy cruising is like. What happened about the leak? (Soz if you explained it in the vid)

[@davidnavin6285]

Captain Ahab's Whaleship was called ' Pequod'.

[@jasonsanitz5623]

Great video, wt 8:30, what is tge music, I really like it, thanks!

[@cosybike]

Smashing, You need to come back and do the west coast. It's even better. The Canal there is smaller too.

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

Thanks very much. Glad you enjoyed. We will have to check out the west coast.

[@conradpreen2368]

It's the Pequod FYI

[@mikeu5380]

The "Pequod"

[@philiporourke7896]

Please, get a dead cat for your mic. The wind noise is very bad, great vid though!

[@andyjarman4958]

Cold hard wet, nah, come to Perth in Western Australia. Land of soft balmy breezes, sandy beeches and cold beer...

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

Haha, that sounds more like it.

[@timelwell7002]

Honestly, guys, what do you expect in Scotland? Here's an idea - why not go dinghy cruising around the Mediterranean? Greece, for example has loads of islands to explore...

[@ericauton6600]

Does anyone know when England’s maritime vocabulary went AWOL?

[@darrenstephenson1260]

Thanks for the video men, I have just brought one, I learnt to sale on a 19ft mirror Offshore last year, Then had a go off this a few weeks ago with no wind, it's like a Ferrari ha ha! Simplicity at its best, Great! Can I ask if you use your balers, as mine where leaking, so I've sealed them up out use and will use a hand pump?

[@paulfisher852]

Hi there. You need to be going at a decent speed for the self-bailers to work. Get on a beam reach and they should do the job.

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

Glad you enjoyed the video. Yes, sufficient speed is needed for the self bailers to operate effectively.

[@darrenstephenson1260]

Thanks for the reply, just a thought on the sleeping arrangements from the other post, would it be possible to take the floor boards up and use them on the wooden slats to stop the air beds being lumpy?

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

@@darrenstephenson1260 The floor boards are not so easy to routinely takeout and replace when the boat is full laden with cruising gear. Especially at anchor. But could work in principle.

[@MichaelS-xs5oj]

@@darrenstephenson1260 PS: it is also not advisable to stand on the hull when the floorboards are up.