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

3 ай бұрын

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

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

3 ай бұрын

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

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

@brucedyson-smith459

3 ай бұрын

Thank you,yes lots of fun for the money.

Great! Thanks for taking us along on Turn Turtle.

@brucedyson-smith459

3 ай бұрын

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

3 ай бұрын

@@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

3 ай бұрын

@@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

3 ай бұрын

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

I like it.

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

3 ай бұрын

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

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

3 ай бұрын

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

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

3 ай бұрын

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

What a bargain!

@brucedyson-smith459

3 ай бұрын

You would think so but no one else wanted it.

Nice place for camping.

@brucedyson-smith459

3 ай бұрын

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

@sailoutofagarage6212

3 ай бұрын

@@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

3 ай бұрын

@@sailoutofagarage6212 Yikes that doesn’t sound pleasant.

Nice Bruce…

@brucedyson-smith459

3 ай бұрын

Thanks Mitch.

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

@brucedyson-smith459

3 ай бұрын

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

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

3 ай бұрын

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

3 ай бұрын

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

3 ай бұрын

It is a difficult question that’s for sure.

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

3 ай бұрын

Yes I heard about your early morning wake up.