Did you shoot that with a digital camera or digital video camcorder?
digital camera - casio exilim (7.2 mega pixels; i have the video set to record at 340X240).
What was the file size you uploaded?
the upload was 11.6MB (prior to youtube doing its changes).
Can you anchor in that area or do you have to take a mooring or dock?
anchoring isn't recommended at blake. it is 'unprotected' and mostly rock. the currents are strong around the island and if you get any distance from the land the water drops to 100's of feet deep. i've seen it attempted many times ... and only done successfuly once.
Looked like there were places to get right up near the shore to dodge some of that
looks better than it is in reality. from where i was there are two ferry docks within one nm (to the S and SW). the main N/S run of puget sound with cargo traffic is RIGHT THERE (to the E). being close to the beach you run the danger of the large wakes from the cargo ships breaking. the 'shelf' isn't large (excluding the N side of the island) and gets more than shallow during low tides (not an issue for a Mboat ... except when the seas break). as you move around blake the ferry traffic doesn't change as you are in the midst of the routes for vashon island, southworth, and those going through rich passage to bremerton. i'm very comfortable anchoring in shallows. i've done some 'thin' water, <5', in gig and quatermaster harbors for low tide (i doubt if i could have put the rudder down last time i was at gig harbor). both locations are well protected but crowded anchorages -- which is why i 'went shallow'. i doubt if any of the M23s or fixed keel M17s would have liked the situation. dave scobie M15 #288, Scred (yes i finally named the boat) Howard Audsley <haudsley@tranquility.net> wrote: David: Nice video! Couple of questions and a comment. Did you shoot that with a digital camera or digital video camcorder? What was the file size you uploaded? I've not paid much attention to YouTube but this would be a great way to share video of our sailing events without having to mail VCR tapes or DVDs to folks. Doug Kelch is so good at video he could probably do it for a living. Amazing to watch him sail with one hand, shoot video with the other and it always comes out great. Can you anchor in that area or do you have to take a mooring or dock? Looked like there were places to get right up near the shore to dodge some of that. With that kickup ridder, you could anchor stern in and bow out with a little spit of land to knock down the waves. I've only been on a couple M15's, but immediately noticed the size difference. Seemed more like sailing a dinghy. Very quick and responsive. And in a chop, seems to me it would get busy a lot quicker than an M17 (almost twice the weight from that extra 2 feet). But M17's roll too. Can't think of too many things more unpleasant than sitting in heavy boat chop in light air or a dead calm with sails and everything else flogging. Just as bad with the sails down. But in a wind over tide situation, with boat chop thrown in, most boats are going to be rolling. Maybe not as quick, but rolling just the same. Howard --------------------------------- Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now.