Prepping the Boat for an Adventure to the Med! | ⛵ Sailing Britaly ⛵
Prepping Your Boat for an Adventure to the Med | A Comprehensive Guide
Last year has gone by quickly, and I’ve just returned to my beloved boat. Rosella and Emma aren’t here at the moment, but don’t worry – you’ll be stuck with my face instead! They’re busy in Italy doing other things, so I’m here handling all the tedious but necessary tasks that need to be done before their arrival.
First Impressions and Cleaning
When I first got here, my initial thoughts were
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Timestamps for your convenience:
00:00 Intro
00:16 Inspecting our Bavaria 350 sailboat which has been abandoned for 12 months
00:52 A quick snack
01:26 Inspecting the boat
02:26 Pliers please...
02:48 Sailboat cleaning tip
04:22 Saturday night on the boat. Had enough? Skip to 11 : 42!
11:42 Destroying an innocent colony of gunkiness sailboaticus (Sorry Greta)
13:16 Run out of gas? Try this...
13:49 "Sanding Glorious Sanding" (Cheers Mads!)
15:08 About to film video about DIY Dyneema lifelines
16:41 'Skylight' update
17:13 Tikka masala camembert nettles (Put that in your pipe and smoke it @gordonramsay!)
18:07 Cheap Imax fishing thermo suit is excellent (NOT sponsored, no axe to grind)
18:28 Installing lifeline netting
19:13 Cable-tie tip
20:09 Are Rossella & Emma ok?!
21:58 Sailboat hull ablative antifoul removal tip
24:17 Painting our hull with our experimental paint
24:50 Making DIY mast supports for inland waterways of Europe
29:03 Experimental bottom painting
30:30 Cruising plans: Belgium to the Mediterranean via the Inland Waterways
Music used: Crisis - Scoring Action by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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