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I'd like to see that mounted on a kayak or sailing dinghy.
I don't think OP specified any particular type of boat. The first boat I owned could have comfortably accommodated a small radar installation.
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I've always rather liked Delboy's approach.....sail close to an oil rig and shout across asking for directions.....and if all else fails just follow the ferry
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I'd like to see that mounted on a kayak or sailing dinghy.
If you're in that small a boat (and a novice to boot) why on earth would you ever go out of sight of landmarks?
I'd like to see that mounted on a kayak or sailing dinghy.
I suspect mounting it would be the easy part compare to how you would power it on such a small boat.
Actually it is really easy to manage that in a very small boat. Some of the UK coasts have particularly low-lying and featureless aspects so even in sight of the coast there is nothing to take a bearing from (particularly in the daytime). The Thames estuary is like this, also filled with sandbanks that are exposed at low tide, submerged at high tide. I have a wonderful picture of my stepson coming back out of the cabin; when he'd gone down to get a sandwich, we were motoring down a channel surrounded by weedy sandbanks. When he came back up, nothing but water was visible. He has a real cartoon gaping mouth shocked expression, like the world had disappeared.
More low lying than Florida? The highest point in the whole state is more than 30 miles inland and is only 345 feet ASL. But the point is just a novice just shouldn't don't go to areas such as you describe alone. Find a bay, a lake/loch, or a river instead. Wait until you have the experience before chancing it in open waters.
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It's not the low-lying aspect that is an issue, it is the unchanging aspect of the land. All you can tell from it is a vague notion of "that way there be land".
But I agree with you about it not being for novices. Even a 4knot tidal current can rapidly get someone into difficulty.
But I agree with you about it not being for novices. Even a 4knot tidal current can rapidly get someone into difficulty.
One of the boxier 26 footers, such as a Westerly Centaur would make comfortable accommodation for one (or 2) but the mooring fees in Cornwall will be thru' the roof.
Just playing devils advocate. Yes a small boat is generally considered only for coastal waters and inshore use.
However, Sarah Outen is currently rowing across the Atlantic in her Boat Happy Socks, which is about 6m long (I don't have the length to hand). Which by many peoples standards, is a small boat. She's already rowed across the Pacific in Happy Socks. So you don't need a bit boat to do big things...
Just a thought for you.
J
However, Sarah Outen is currently rowing across the Atlantic in her Boat Happy Socks, which is about 6m long (I don't have the length to hand). Which by many peoples standards, is a small boat. She's already rowed across the Pacific in Happy Socks. So you don't need a bit boat to do big things...
Just a thought for you.
J
Also check out Webb Chiles and his Drascombe Lugger, an 18' open boat, in which he sailed many thousands of ocean miles.
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I'm currently without a boat of any kind, but My preference for a small boat would include any of the following (in no particular order):
1. A Jonboat (14 foot or there-about) = good for rivers/creeks, lakes, and the bay. Excellent stability on calm-ish water, easy to store, relatively cheap, can be paddled (laboriously) or works well with small outboard gasoline motor or electric trolling motor. Limited use in big open water.
2. Open canoe = priced roughly the same as the johnboat, more agile, easy to store, easily paddled or can be rigged with a small electric trolling motor. Not quite as versatile as a johnboat though. Limited use in big open water.
3. Skiff = larger and more stable than a johnboat, larger capacity, better fishing platform on near shore waters such as bays, inlets, etc. a bit more expensive than the first two choices and a bit harder to store. I suspect this is closest to y'all's dinghies although the skiffs are more deisigned for motors.
4. Airboat = out of my price range but not wildy so. Storage needs comparable with the skiff, excellent speed and maneuverability on shallow water or even on the shore itself.
I'm not certain just what's available there but I would imagine you have equivalents that are more adapted to your environment.
1. A Jonboat (14 foot or there-about) = good for rivers/creeks, lakes, and the bay. Excellent stability on calm-ish water, easy to store, relatively cheap, can be paddled (laboriously) or works well with small outboard gasoline motor or electric trolling motor. Limited use in big open water.
2. Open canoe = priced roughly the same as the johnboat, more agile, easy to store, easily paddled or can be rigged with a small electric trolling motor. Not quite as versatile as a johnboat though. Limited use in big open water.
3. Skiff = larger and more stable than a johnboat, larger capacity, better fishing platform on near shore waters such as bays, inlets, etc. a bit more expensive than the first two choices and a bit harder to store. I suspect this is closest to y'all's dinghies although the skiffs are more deisigned for motors.
4. Airboat = out of my price range but not wildy so. Storage needs comparable with the skiff, excellent speed and maneuverability on shallow water or even on the shore itself.
I'm not certain just what's available there but I would imagine you have equivalents that are more adapted to your environment.
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