It's been a long time coming but we finally arrive at our boat / new home. We arrive at Agios Nikolaus in Crete. We get to check out the controls for the electrics and gas etc and come across a couple of issues but nothing we can't resolve.
At last we get...
In this second Fix it Friday, the boat gets a clean and we put up the winter cockpit tent.
Don't forget, these videos are for fun and we don't imply that this is the way it should be done lol! Just the way we do it, or don't ;)
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This Fix it Friday, we take out the dinghy from its winter storage, get it inflated and launched and then get the outboard fixed on. Looks like we are on fire.
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On this episode of Fix it Friday, Jen manages to block the sink so we have to dismantle the plumbing! Jen has to give it a good blow to clear the pipework.
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In this episode we get used to marina life, whats happening around the area and boat jobs that need doing. We take a trip to a neighbouring village, Elounda, to visit the chandlers (a man cave) and get the sea cocks changed on the boat.
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How to change the oil on a Volvo Penta D2-55 diesel engine. On this week's Fix it Friday we do an oil change on our Volvo Penta D2-55 4 cylinder diesel engine aboard our Bavaria 47 yacht. We use a fancy oil suction pump to drain off the engine sump, replac...
This Fix it Friday, we replace our domestic service batterieson our Bavaria 47 yacht. Two of the original batteries started to fail so we decide to replace all four. The two which were okay have now been put in our camper van.
It is always good practice to...
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This Friday, instead of a Fix it we are doing a Friends on Friday. We go aboard our friends, Stefan and Emma's boat, SV Pintail, a Moody 47 just before they leave the marina to start their 2018 summer cruise. Hopefully we will meet up with them later in th...
At long last we get to relaunch our boat, a Bavaria 47 named Dream. A few nervous moments as the lift picks the boat up and carries it to the slipway. It's a few days before Christmas in this episode so we have a walk up into town to see the festivity prep...
In this episode we find out the winter tent and Carl gets to work putting it up. It is a great piece of equipment as it allows us to use the cockpit the whole way through the winter period. We also take delivery of our new GoPro6 and give it a bit of a tes...
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Yes this is the one you have been waiting for!! We set sail aboard Dream to a local natural anchorage and on route we give DREAM a bit of a shake down to see what she will do.
A couple of days later we set off on our first proper sail, just over 80 miles ...
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Join us on our live chat with our guest, Keith, from the You tube channel Sailing Zatara. We had a great evening with Keith and glad that he could join us.
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In this episode we give you a tour around our sailboat, a Bavaria 47 yacht called Dream. We are currently sailing around the Aegean sea. We left Crete at the beginning of May and are doing an anti-clockwise circuit of the Aegean. Come along and join in our...
In this episode the mast and equipment at the top needed a good clean after all the sand from the Sahara that was blown across over the winter. With Jen being the lighter one of the two of us she drew the short straw! Just a short video of her first time. ...
In this episode we sail to Rhodes then get caught in a massive electrical thunderstorm. We visit a well stocked chandlers that Jenny compares to a "shoe shop", we repair our heads and meet our daughter and her fiance at the airport.
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In this episode we pick our daughter and her Fiance up in Rhodes, we sail around a few islands, stop off in Simi, and then Nisiros where we go and explore the live volcano by scooter. We drop them off in Kos.
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This is our first D-Log. A new behind the scenes series which will be for our Patrons only. (See our rewards page for access). Short weekly videos to show its not all sun and sea and sunbathing!
Hope you enjoy it. This first one is open to everyone as a ...
In this episode we set sail for Kalimnos. We then head for Leros where we hire a scooter and go and explore the island. We see Mousolini's holiday home, the bay where the Italian sea planes were based during WW2 the and explore the tunnels of Leros.
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In this episode of Fix it Friday, we take a trip into town, buy some material from the chandler/hardware store and make up a new sunshade/boom tent cover.
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In this episode we leave the island of Samos and head up to Chios.
We meet up with the crew of SV Zatara, get some scuba set up tips from Keith and try out the scuba gear on board Dream.
Join us and see the town celebrations when we arrive in Chios.
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In this episode we help to rescue a fellow boater, we do a couple of jobs aboard and we sit out a heavy rain storm.
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We had a hard drive problem and thought we'd lost this footage, however after much perseverance we managed to get the hard drive working again.
In this episode we sail to Skala Loutron, spend some time with friends and have a couple of shopping trips to My...
In this episode, we hire a car and do a big shop at Lidl. Can you really spend this much money there? We go foraging around the island, and finish off the day skinny dipping.
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In this episode, we get a water leak and turn the boat upside down to find it. One of our Patrons joins us for a few days and we catch our first tuna.
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In this episode we sail to Inousses, just off the coast of Chios. The island where the Greek Shipping industry tycoons reside. We get a pod of dolphins around the boat as we arrive, and take a trip around the town. Some locals explain how the sundial in th...
In this episode we sail for 11 hours in the Aegean Sea. We leave Emborios on the South eastern coast of Chios and head over to Pythagorio on the island of Samos. A 60 mile crossing. We had a nice steady wind and decent sea state and was running almost all ...
In this episode we meet up with friends fromTurkey and Canada. It's Talk Like a Pirate day so we dress up, dress the boats, open the bottles of ouzo and other stuff and celebrate, ooh aagh! We also get another tuna on the line.
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In this episode we sail to Panamortis on the island of Symi to escape the medicane that swept across the mediterranean. We visit the local monastry and Carl gets stung by a beer seeking wasp.
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In this episode we drop anchor in Mandraki Bay at Rhodes Town, Greece and get a sleepless couple of nights due to the swell. We leave Rhodes a few days later, catch our biggest fish and take on the Angry sea with our friends who are novice sailors.
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As we were getting the boat ready for the summer season we had yet another problem with the electric heads. We had to use a bit of ingenuity to sort it this time!
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In this episode we get a new crew member aboard, show them the safety procedures and then set off on a 27 hour sail from Crete to Mylos in the Greek Islands. Join as as we show Joanne the safety side of sailing, plan the route with the weather reports we h...
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