I am planning to take a 300 mile trip this summer from Baltimore to Norfolk. I was thinking I could post videos and some text about the trip. Would that be allowed on this site. Also can the video portion be loaded directly or would I have to do a link to Youtube?
I'd be interested to watch. Not sure about what's allowed.
Quote from: glennd3 on January 23, 2021, 09:30:19 AM
I am planning to take a 300 mile trip this summer from Baltimore to Norfolk. I was thinking I could post videos and some text about the trip. Would that be allowed on this site. Also can the video portion be loaded directly or would I have to do a link to Youtube?
That would be great. To do that you'd have to take a look at what attachments are allowed on this forum. Better yet would be to do this in the wiki and then post that you've done so here to send folks there.
I'd like to see it on YouTube. It can be "cast" to or played on TVs and more people will have the opportunity to see it.
Stu/Glenn
Just a heads up that videos aren't a permitted file type on the forum or wiki site. I presume so because they would eat up storage space like krazy.
Quote from: KWKloeber on January 24, 2021, 08:14:41 PM
Stu/Glenn
Just a heads up that videos aren't a permitted file type on the forum or wiki site. I presume so because they would eat up storage space like krazy.
Which is a perfect reason to simply use LINKS.
Stu please dont get mad at me as this will be a work in progress for me, I may have smoked pot in High School :shock:. What do you mean by Links. I am assuming post thru Wiki. I think I can record video thru my GOPRO then download to my phone or laptop while on the cruise. Then I can upload to wiki or youtube. I plan on doing some trials before we ship off.
Quote from: glennd3 on January 25, 2021, 10:37:19 AM
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A link is like this:
Electrical Systems 101 http://c34.org/bbs/index.php/topic,5977.0.html
It's the http or https with the text after it, so that you can click on it and go directly to another 'site without cutting & pasting URLs. In the text controls above every thread you post in, second row, second from the left, is a GLOBE, which makes text into a url link.
So, type the text where you choose to do so. But as Ken K noted you can't attach certain files to this forum or the wiki, so you use the links to allow your readers to view your videos.
And you could post a topic here with a link to, for example, the the specific wiki page (if that's where you choose to do your text).
Glenn
You could create a Channel on YouTube just for the trip. Like here:
https://youtube.com/c/Wandersailing
And each time you post a new vid subscribers to that channel can be notified if they so choose. Or you could post links here to each new vid.
I've seen YouTube-ers who have quite a long bit of text associated with a vid or channel but I don't know the limits on that or if it would work for you to put vids and pics and a written trip log in one location/site.
You might also look at BlueBoatLog.com where your trip map is automatically posted from you phone or tablet GPS and you can have pics and a trip log each day. My bro used it here:
https://blueboatlog.com/route/5d446ae2c8b73b0e5057c579
No vids there though but you could put the YouTube links into your trip log.
He did a trial trip with his car to get a feel for how it worked.
If you have an iPhone you can share a link to vids you shout that will be on your iCloud.
Or you could upload vids pics and a trip log to a google drive page and share that link here.
Many ways to skin a cat, although I can't see why anyone would want to do that.
Quote from: KWKloeber on January 25, 2021, 12:16:10 PM
Many ways to skin a cat, although I can't see why anyone would want to do that.
I've always found this turn of phrase to be curious as well.
Glenn,
This is going to be one fun trip!!!! Our family has cruised the Chesapeake almost annually since 1994 from Norfolk to the C&D canal and one of our most memorable trips was south to Norfolk, big(er) water down there and longer distances, but none so long you can't find an anchorage within reach of a good day of sailing.
We keep Ohana on the Potomac (in Colonial Beach) and have the opportunity to cruise with friends up north this summer all the way to the C&D again or we may just head south on our own, it all depends on the COVID situation. I'm leaning toward the southern bay as we haven't done that in a few years.
Do you have a time frame for your trip yet?
July or August, I am retiring in June.
Glenn,
Sounds like you're going to have to rename the boat.
I look forward to watching the videos!.
Rob
Glenn, you will have a great time on your trip. i've got a similar trip planned from Annapolis to Norfolk, anchoring on the southbound segment on the Virginia side and Eastern Shore/Tangier Sound on the way back north. Consider spending a couple nights at either Smith Island or Tangier Island, you will feel like you are in a different world.
Two destinations I've been wanting to cruise to since I moved my boat to the Northern Chesapeake from the Jersey coast in 2017.
Tangier is a beautiful island. Unfortunately, it is slowly disappearing due to land subsidence and sea level rise.
Only one, small marina in town right in the main channel. Can be a little tricky getting into and out of the slips when the tide is running at a couple knots and the wind is blowing in the opposite direction.
Definitely worth at least a couple night stay so you can spend some time walking around and talking with the locals, particularly after the "tourists" leave on the last ferry.
One cannot go to Tangier Island and not visit Mr. Parks, he's a character and fun to talk to....oh...and he LOVE's the ladies!!!! Don't bother hailing Parks Marina on your way in....you can try but he may or may not be listening, just go find a slip and tie up, he'll be along on his scooter to collect the fee before dark.
A great place to anchor at Tangier is in the cut behind the southern most point on the island, if the wind is blowing out of the south you may catch a bit of the fetch around the tip of the island but it's still a nice spot to anchor.
Parts of the islands are sinking much faster than others. It's a very old problem.
The cemeteries have oversized top stones on even the oldest gravesites to make sure the departed don't pop out of the ground and wander the streets.
Don't forget Smith island.
or at least float away, RIP
the good news is that even though Tangier Island is slowly disappearing, we're also "growing" new ones
https://chesapeakebaymagazine.com/poplar-island-construction-officially-complete/
In 3 or 4 hundred years we'll be talking about popular island natives😀
Poplar Island has quite a history. During the War of 1812, the island was the base camp for the British fleet on their way to DC.
In the mid-1800s, they raised black cats on the island for their hides (apologies to any cat owners who are reading this).
One very cold winter when the Bay froze over between the Poplar Island and Tilghman Island to the east, all the cats escaped over the ice bridge to Tilghman—and that was the end of the cat fur business!
The locals insist there are still black feral cats with very nice fur roaming around on Tilghman Island that are ancestors of the original Poplar Island escapees.