Thought I may take the wooden vessel for a sail today from Fellfoot Park at the very south end of Windermere.
£15 for a day launch with parking included. It's just 2.5 miles from home so is handy.
Loaded and ready in half an hour
Rigged and ready to launch in about 20 minutes
It was a lovely day with a changeable breeze, from nothing to 12mph and turn through 180° then fall away to 3 or 4mph. And every other combination you can think of.
However the etrex tells me the dinghy does 5 mph on a reach and 6.3mph downwind in about 10/12 mph of wind. I thought that not bad for a 13' clinker dinghy with some "quaint" sails.
The location is not ideal. Very pleasant people and good slipway and jetty, but you can only go one way and (like Captainslarty said - it grieves me to say that) it's a bit narrow at the Southern end. As the main breeze was from ENE I was beating up the lake for 2 hours (but making sod all progress as the wind kept shifting - the wrong way) and 15 minutes to run back down.
Still, I managed a perfect sail into the jetty (alongside I mean, not into it).
Saw some Canada goslings
I discovered the little boat is very stable and easily controls the gusts running down the side of Gummer's Howe (the hill in the 3rd pic).
I did forget to take a bailer and as it hasn't been in the water for 5 months was getting a bit concerned, but it didn't come above the floorboards, except when heeled.
Did you all have a nice day?
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