eBikes, Varnishing and the worrying changes to the border in Gibraltar. | Ep163
Gibraltar is always a really interesting place to sail to, in fact it’s somewhere every sailor should visit at least once. We’ve been many times and always discover new things and enjoy our time here.
The anchorage here is good but it’s on the Spanish side, La Linea, so it’s much more convenient to visit the marinas in Gibraltar itself and our favourite is Ocean Village which has some of the best facilities of any marina and is perfectly positioned in the heart of Gib.
We had a mix of weather during our stay, but enough warm dry weather to get the varnishing done. I remember usually waiting until at least May to get this sort of work done in the UK so it’s great to do it in March.
Gibraltar usually has a cable car to get up the rock, so we usually go up in that and walk back down, however it’s having a major refurb so will be out of action for a couple of years. This ends up being a good thing as we look for other ways to explore and find a great bike shop right by Ocean Village that rents eBikes, our favourite!
We can thoroughly recommend hiring eBikes to explore the rock, it kakes it possible to get around all the good stuff, the caves, the siege tunnels and also the WW2 tunnels which had been closed for a long time so this was our first visit to them.
We are very impressed with the Awotrol D1-D2 varnish we are using so far. It goes on easily and looks good. The real test of course though will be how well it lasts.
The other thing we were very impressed by was the fishing reel from ‘Fish:Helm’ which seems like a very good robust design, I’m very much looking forward to using it.
You can take a look at their website here: https://www.fishhelm.com/helm
If you come to Gibraltar then we definitely recommend an eBike so talk to Stuart at ebike gibraltar: https://ebike-gibraltar.com/
Also you may remember we were trying to find good sailing clothes at METS earlier in the year after a very expensive Musto jacket that we bought in Annapolis just fell apart. Well we opted to get some gear from Henri Lloyd who are really focusing on their sail wear now and have some excellent gear. We’ve been very happy with the items we got at METS and said so & now Henri Lloyd are offering our viewers a discount, even better!
Just follow this link:
https://www.henrilloyd.com/discount/SailingFairIsle15?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=instagram&utm_campaign=sailingfairisle
Use the code SailingFairIsle15 to get a 15% discount.
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Gibraltar is always a really interesting place to sail to, in fact it's somewhere every sailor should visit at least once. We've been many times and always discover new things and enjoy our time here.
The anchorage here is good but it's on the Spanish side, La Linea, so it's much more convenient to visit the marinas in Gibraltar itself and our favourite is Ocean Village which has some of the best facilities of any marina and is perfectly positioned in the heart of Gib.
We had a mix of weather during our stay, but enough warm dry weather to get the varnishing done. I remember usually waiting until at least May to get this sort of work done in the UK so it's great to do it in March.
Gibraltar usually has a cable car to get up the rock, so we usually go up in that and walk back down, however it's having a major refurb so will be out of action for a couple of years. This ends up being a good thing as we look for other ways to explore and find a great bike shop right by Ocean Village that rents eBikes, our favourite!
We can thoroughly recommend hiring eBikes to explore the rock, it kakes it possible to get around all the good stuff, the caves, the siege tunnels and also the WW2 tunnels which had been closed for a long time so this was our first visit to them.
We are very impressed with the Awotrol D1-D2 varnish we are using so far. It goes on easily and looks good. The real test of course though will be how well it lasts.
The other thing we were very impressed by was the fishing reel from 'Fish:Helm' which seems like a very good robust design, I'm very much looking forward to using it.
You can take a look at their website here: https://www.fishhelm.com/helm
If you come to Gibraltar then we definitely recommend an eBike so talk to Stuart at ebike gibraltar: https://ebike-gibraltar.com/
Also you may remember we were trying to find good sailing clothes at METS earlier in the year after a very expensive Musto jacket that we bought in Annapolis just fell apart. Well we opted to get some gear from Henri Lloyd who are really focusing on their sail wear now and have some excellent gear. We've been very happy with the items we got at METS and said so & now Henri Lloyd are offering our viewers a discount, even better!
Just follow this link:
https://www.henrilloyd.com/discount/SailingFairIsle15?utm_source=referral&utm_medium=instagram&utm_campaign=sailingfairisle
Use the code SailingFairIsle15 to get a 15% discount.
🎵 Copyrighted music licensed from Lickd. https://lickd.co Blue Monday (2023 Digital Master) by New Order, https://t.lickd.co/l/lywgG9Vxwq7
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