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Join us on part 2 of our yacht charter. We step aboard a Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 36 for the week along with Simon and Scott. Scott succumbs to a bit of seasickness on our first day on the water. We make our way up to Salcombe marina where we spend the night o...

Four of us charter a yacht from Devon Sailing based in Plymouth. This episode documents our trip down to Plymouth and arriving and getting our supplies for the trip. This charter is to get Jen's minimum sea miles in for the practical course we will be taki...

Following on from our visit to the boat show, we spend the next couple of days visiting the places we used to holiday when our kids were younger. We have a trip to the beach and stumble across a naturist beach, so when in Rome!!! ------------------------...

We take a visit down to Southampton for the 2016 Boat Show. We meet up with the crew of S/V Patience Paul & Lucy, have a look at some new boats and pick ourselves up some offshore sailing jackets. Please click subscribe and help us to reach our first 1...

In this episode we pay another visit to our local sailing club and get out on the boat. The wind was blowing a steady force 3 with gusts up to 4 & 5. This was the strongest wind Jenny had helmed in but did a great job. We had 2 reefs in the main and re...

We continue with some practical training out on the water. It was another great day, weather wise with some nice gusts of wind coming through. We find ourselves with a pack of racing Lasers bearing down on us while we are hove to and have to make a quick e...

We had a drive up to our sailing club today and got out for a few hours on the boat. A great way to unwind and relieve the stresses. We arrived half an hour before the safety boat was about to go for an hours lunch so we had to sit about on the mooring til...

Yep, it is what the title says: we are OFFICIALLY ready to check out of the USA. In this episode we go on a crazy work day between boat work and videos... If you enjoyed this episode, please give this video a thumbs up :) You can also follow our up to d...

Time to get ready!!! Ready for what? Well to sail away of course. And that means there is a lot of preparation involved. We also take some time to talk about our anchors! We have a couple and we are happy to share our reasoning behind each of them as they ...

Some of you might be aware, that I left Uma for a a few days to go see my family... Little did I know what Dan was actually doing while I was away. If you enjoyed this episode, please give this video a thumbs up :) You can also follow our up to date j...

At some point, we need to get some mail... If you enjoyed this episode, please give this video a thumbs up :) (PS: sorry for the audio, we were trying to figure that microphone out) For more info for the mast boot tape, go to: http://riggingonly.com/ Ou...

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