Dylan Winter
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- Joe Montana
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Dylan Winter
Has anyone else discovered Dylan Winter? I don't know much about him -- only that he sails along the very flat, very tidal coast of East Anglia (UK) and posts sailing clips that are quirky, intriguing and quite possibly addictive. (This is how I picture Germany's Frisian Coast, based on Childers' "Riddle of the Sands.") Winter also weaves in Google Earth footage, geography lessons and historical tidbits, taking the sailing video genre to a new level. He just might be the "Julia Child" (or "Two Fat Ladies on a Motorcycle") of sailing videos! Hope you enjoy them. (Note: View more than one for the full effect.)
Happy New Year!
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Happy New Year!
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Dylan Winter
Joe, thanks for getting me in trouble with Debbie. I can't seem to stop watching.
Brian
We do miss the "Two Fat Ladies"
Brian
We do miss the "Two Fat Ladies"
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These are great
Much like the type of sailing/gunkholing on the Pamlico Sound area. Great way to endure the on-the-hard time.
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Re: Dylan Winter
Wonderful. Thank you for these links.
Did you notice the clew blocks on the headsail sheets?
CB
Did you notice the clew blocks on the headsail sheets?
CB
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dylan winter
Thanks for the link Joe. I just started Riddle of the Sands 2 days before your post. perfect timing!
Thanks Joe
This was a great find. Very interesting perspective. Very addictive. You just have to see each installment.
Thank you very much
I reckon, if I can pace myself, these might get me through to the spring.Joe Montana wrote: View more than one for the full effect
Thanks very much for posting these - I've emailed the links to several friends already.
(By the way, if you go to dylanwinter1's 'channel' on You Tube (http://www.youtube.com/user/dylanwinter1), the videos are organized into 2008, and 2009, in chronological order).
I 'subscribed' to his channel last night, and had a nice note from him this morning.
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I'm enjoying this too.
I actually lived in Littlehampton (episodes 4 and 5) for a college semester. At that time, it was a sleepy, blue-collar, seaside retreat, made all the more somnambulant by the fact that I mostly was there during the off-season. Winter says it's starting to go chi-chi but, considering it has been almost thirty years, it looks remarkably unchanged to me.
I actually lived in Littlehampton (episodes 4 and 5) for a college semester. At that time, it was a sleepy, blue-collar, seaside retreat, made all the more somnambulant by the fact that I mostly was there during the off-season. Winter says it's starting to go chi-chi but, considering it has been almost thirty years, it looks remarkably unchanged to me.
- John Vigor
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Re: Dylan Winter
Yes, Carter, I can't imagine why he'd need blocks on the jib sheets because the jib is so small. He sails a Mirror Offshore 19, a puffy oversized 19-foot dinghy with a cabin, a small inboard engine, and bilge keels so it can take the ground upright. It's by no means an offshore cruiser, just a coastal motor-sailer, although it does have a distinguished designer in Van de Stadt. Here's what Dylan Winter (62) says about his boat in his own words:Carter Brey wrote:Wonderful. Thank you for these links.
Did you notice the clew blocks on the headsail sheets?
CB
Mirror Offshores have been around for a long time
they are built like brick block houses
rather an old design
several atlantic crossings to their credit
and one circumnavigation
goes like a pig to windward - hardly moves in anything under a force three so its not a racing machine
I have bought it with the intention of sailing around the UK
it seems rather rude to live on an island and never having sailed
around it
as for space - yes modest
full crouching headroom
- but it has enough for two and it has a separate heads
Dylan
date: Fri, 02 Nov 2007 11:36:25 -0700 author: dylan winter
Cheers,
John V.