Welcome to our DIY solar power upgrade for our boat. This video IS NOT a 'how to' video and is intended for entertainment for anyone who followers our adventure as we leave the reality of life in a brickks and mortar house, along with our 9-5 jobs, and att...
Living on a sailing boat full time has been pretty interesting so far, and now we're just coming out of our first full winter on the boat, as well as living through a pandemic on her.
Let us catch you up with exactly where we are, where our boat is curren...
So this week we get the boat lifted out and discover a bit of a Dominic DIY failure (or two, well maybe three).
We only have one week to get the boat turned around and back in the water with a list off jobs needing doing, so we call in the help of Mikhail...
Diesel bug, dirty fuel, water in your diesel tanks, all of the above can cause serious problems aboard your boat and lead to engine failure just at the worst moment possible.
As many of you know we had this exact (diesel bug) issue last year and got caugh...
This is NOT a how to video, although I do attempt to strip and totally rebuild a Volvo Penta D2-55 raw water pump, after it started to fail at the end of last years sailing season.
If you would actually like to watch a channel where someone genuinely know...
After 2 years of sailing on Cadoha, the time has come to replace our old AGM battery bank with something new. It was time to upgrade to a lithium battery bank.
A huge thank you to the guy that really helped us decide on exactly what kit we needed for wha...
DISCLAIMER: Marine-16 gave us this Diesel Dipper for free, it has already saved our bacon and I'm really pleased we have it on board, but I feel it's important that people know we were gifted this awesome device and I appreciate it's not an inexpensive bit...
Today I want to share with you a lesson that a kind soul in the marina just shared with me, it's for a Volvo Penta D2-55 Diesel engine value clearance and adjustment, using a method called 'The Rule Of Nine'.
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Essential tool f...
In this episode we're putting on the finishing touches to the boat before we set off again on the next leg of our sailing adventure. We have sadly run out of sail boat upgrade funds and so we opt to DIY build a furling system for our inner forestay, using ...
We attempt a DIY installation of new navigation instruments for our 38 year old sail boat. We ended up trying to tackle a huge range of boat projects this winter and many of them 'evolved' into many more jobs than we expected, including this one. But, no o...
Here are the last of the tasks we tackled to get ready to FINALLY set sail and head west on an adventure to explore the remote gems dotted around the English coast.
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Today marks our very first sail of 2021, the first time we've been able to take the boat out since being locked down and starting our winter projects. To say we're a little nervous about getting out to sea with so much work having been undertaken ourselves...
Join us as we set sail along great Britains Jurassic coast line, starting in Studland Bay and finishing this leg of the journey anchoring in the stunning Mupe Bay.
We have some great sailing conditions as we join a fleet of boats that had set sail at the ...
In this video we make our longest passage to date, setting off from Mupe Bay early in the morning, to arrive in Dartmouth before sunset, making our way around Portland Bill yet again as we head firmly back into the West Country.
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Join us in Dartmouth once more as we anchor our sail boat in the mouth of the river and spend some time getting organised to head back off, further west.
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Today we moved our boat and sailed from Dartmouth to the stunning Salcombe. We actually went a bit further up river and dropped our anchor in a place known as 'The Bag', which is a short dingy ride from Salcombe, but it's much quieter too.
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Join us for anther day in the life on our sail boat as we head to land and explore Salcombe and all she has to offer. We also continue our hunter gathering mission and in the absence of any fish, we turn to foraging and try the Great British Limpet!
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Join us again as life on a sailing boat brings us to the stunning English port of Fowey, located in the south west of England. Let us take you to explore some of these amazing spots that we get to enjoy whilst living on a sail boat.
We also find ourselves...
Sailing to new destinations is always exciting and I think to date, this could possibly be the best British sailing destination in terms of a simply stunning anchorage/ bay that we've ever seen!
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We bought a blue water sailing boat and would love to give you guys a guided boat tour in this video. We actually bought this sail boat a couple of years ago now and have been trying very hard to spin several plates at the same time which are; One: living ...
It's time for us to set sail once more and this week we head to the commercial port of Falmouth, in Cornwall where we drop our anchor and spend the next few days preparing for our boldest sailing adventure to date!
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In this 'sailing Cadoha' episode, Carly, Hank, and I set sail from the stunning anchorage of 'Porth Curno' and head out into the Atlantic ocean, on a course to the British Atlantic islands which are, 'The Isles of Scilly'
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In this video, we explore one of the largest of the Atlantic island archipelago known as the 'Isles of Scilly'. After sailing over from the beautiful anchorage of Porth Curno in Cornwall, we step ashore to discover the most beautiful waters we've ever seen...
In this video, we set sail around more of the beautiful Atlantic islands of the Scillies, Great Britain's best-kept secret. We discover more secluded beaches with perfect sand and crystal clear water and hopefully share what we feel is England's very best ...
Wow, this is by far our favourite sub-tropical island which we've sailed to. This is the remarkable Scillian island of Tresco.
If you'd like to join in our 'Water Maker Fund Raiser' then be sure to check the 2022 calendars out that Carly made specifically...
El Vagabond shipwrecked after the storm Evert smashed into the Isles of Scilly, 2021. The RNLI lifeboat teams were called out a total of 22 times to the islands, alone that night.
These incredibly brave men and women put their lives on the line to rescue ...
In this sailing Cadoha video, we say goodbye to the beautiful Isles of Scilly and head back to the UK mainland, before another storm is set to arrive.
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In this week's episode, we're back in the rivers, on the mainland, hiding away from some bad weather. We get stuck into some British 'Sea Bass' fishing and then some Cornish knife making with a local knife smith, who takes us on a guided tour of his homela...
In this week's episode, of Sailing Cadoha, Dominic has a one-one private fishing lesson with the YouTube and British fishing legend, John Locker, host of the amazing channel 'The Fish Locker', in an attempt to improve on Dominics not so plentiful haul of f...
We catch and cook some fresh scallops after diving for them in the beautiful, shallow waters in the anchorage of St Mawes, located in Cornwall on the South West coast of England.
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In this video we sail our off grid, floating home from the stunning anchorage of St Mawes in the British coastal port in Cornwall, but not before getting out to explore more of this amazing place.
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One-week survival fishing challenge! Having spent all year learning to fish, it's time to put what we've learned to the test and see if we can. feed ourselves on what fish we catch.
Some of the YouTube channels I've been learning from:
The Fish Locker: h...
The amazingly enchanted Helford River!
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We set sail from the Helford River and head east, picking up a new crew member along the way, before finding ourselves in what appears to be a doggie medical emergency, while at sea and many hours away from the port.
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Would you have made any different preparations if you were in the same situation as Dominic? Let us know in the comments below and we can all grow wiser together! ⛵️🙏🏻😁
In this episode, Carly and Hank leave Cadoha and head off to make some mu...
Living on a sailing boat full time involves one very important mission, to constantly search for the perfect anchorage and in this episode, we take you to our all-time favorite anchorage.
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