Sailing With Dave

Sail with me as as I Learn To Sail in my small Dinghies

All About “Sailing With Dave”

From absolutely no dinghy sailing experience at all, come with me as I learn to sail and slowly but surely fulfill my dream to sail bigger boats on the worlds oceans.

Starting right from the first sail, recording everything on my Youtube channel as I go along. I’m hoping to inspire people to just get out there and give it a go.

My name’s Dave and if I can do it, so can you!

About me

Meet the boats and Dinghies!

Mirror Dinghy

Meet "Mochyn Du"

Seahopper Kondor

Meet "Piglet II"

Drascombe Lugger

Meet "Lulu"

Biluta Packraft

Meet "Tadpole"

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Locations

Places i’ve sailed

Lake Bala is my home and i’ll always have a soft spot for the waters I first learned to sail in.

However when you get the sailing itch you get it bad so what was once a big vast area to explore, soon becomes a lot smaller!

In series 2 I start to spread my wings and explore a couple of rivers. However in series 3 we finally venture onto the open sea.

Oh and we have the odd impromptu holiday sail too!

Find out where i’ve sailed and with what boat and what I thought of the places i’ve been!

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More in depth…

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In my blog

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My Youtube channel

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Instagram (soon!)

Where you’ll find me!

Youtube is where I spend my time, posting videos every week. Come and watch my channel and drop a like and subscribe if you like what you see.

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I’m new to Instagram so bare with me while I find my feet on the platform. I’m hoping to delievr some more up to date content on here “as it happens”.

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My content – Enjoy!

I’m not an expert but I believe in learning by trying. Her’es all the stuff i’ve done laid out in various ways to help you get started.

This is where it all began and Youtube is still the heart of what I do. On my channel you can follow my story from beginning to the present day. Drop me a like and subscribe!

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Boat Projects

I love DIY almost as much as I love sailing. My youtube channel shows loads of stuff i’m up to but here I show each project on it’s own so you can follow them step by step.

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Blog

For those who prefer to read than watch, this is where I write and post videos too. Everything I do is pretty much in here, so check back frequently to keep up to date!

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Kit and equipment

Sailing kit can be expensive and difficult to know whats the right stuff to buy. Let me show you all the kit and equipment I have and the mistakes I made!

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Tips and advice

Any tips, advice and plain good old learning from somene who’s in the process of learning, rather than from an expert you don’t understand!

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Courses I’ve Done

Courses or certifications can essential for your safety, or plain fun or actually both. See what course and qualifications i’ve done and why I did them.

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Gallery

Sailing in the rain, it's not sunny all the time in North Wales!

Learning about ballast - Heeling on my Mirror Dinghy

Learning to moor up - week 2 on the Mirror Dinghy.

Capsizing my Mirror dinghy on the shore - Still learning!

A mini Drascombe Lugger Rally on Lake Bala

Passing under the bridge at Holt on the RIver Dee with DCA chums

Breaking speed limits - 7.8mph surfing in my Mirror dinghy

Launching my Drascombe Lugger Lulu for the very first time.

I name this Boat "lulu" - The boat naming ceremony

Where did all the water go - Season 1 Lake Bala

Email: hello@sailingwithdave.com