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Trinidad, it’s not just for boatwork! | Ep111
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Trinidad, it’s not just for boatwork! | Ep111

Most people come to Trinidad to work on their boats and it's a great place for that. But if you haul out here don't miss the opportunity to hire a car and visit the interior of this fabulous island. In this weeks episode we haul the boat out and get on wit...
  • Mar 28, 2024
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:22:29
Land Ahoy! After a 2,000 mile ocean crossing, welcome to Trinidad | Ep110
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Land Ahoy! After a 2,000 mile ocean crossing, welcome to Trinidad | Ep110

The final part of our Atlantic crossing wasn't straight forward. Trinidad is a big island and the anchorages are on the Western side, sheltered from the Atlantic swell. So once you sight land you still have a full day (or night in our case) of sailing to n...
  • Mar 14, 2024
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:28:57
Crossing the Atlantic: A white knuckle roller coaster ride…
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Crossing the Atlantic: A white knuckle roller coaster ride…

We set sail from Cape Verde to Trinidad and have a good following wind but very lumpy seas. And it stays that way for the first 13 days! It's like living in a tumble dryer. Even the simplest tasks take a degree of energy we don't always have. But we are mo...
  • Feb 29, 2024
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:30:46
Out of Africa – finding paradise | Ep108
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Out of Africa – finding paradise | Ep108

Sailing off the beaten track has its challenges and we've certainly come up against some difficult navigation and odd behaviour at sea while in these waters, but the pay back is off the scale. We've had the privilege of anchoring in some of the most beauti...
  • Feb 15, 2024
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:28:45
The journey so far in #shorts #sailing around the world #sailing the med #cruising the med
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The journey so far in #shorts #sailing around the world #sailing the med #cruising the med

We are currently sailing across the Atlantic ending our European and African chapters of this journey. Since I have time on my hands! and we have Starlink, I thought we would post as series of shorts showing some of the fantastic place we've visited and e...
  • Feb 14, 2024
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:00:53
The trials and tribulations of Sailing Africa | Ep107
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The trials and tribulations of Sailing Africa | Ep107

In the last episode we showed some of the challenges to sailing down the West coast of Africa, so what are things like when you make landfall? Well in a word shallow! There are some beautiful mangrove areas within the delta area of Southern Senegal, and th...
  • Feb 01, 2024
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:27:04
Preparing for our Atlantic crossing and sailing to Africa with the dolphins | Ep106
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Preparing for our Atlantic crossing and sailing to Africa with the dolphins | Ep106

There was a lot of prep to do on the boat to get ready for our 10 day trip down to Africa from the Canary Islands and then our Atlantic crossing to the Caribbean. We were promised trade wind sailing for this trip but as always there are many challenges alo...
  • Jan 18, 2024
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:29:29
Finding the ‘Pearl of the Atlantic’ | Ep105
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Finding the ‘Pearl of the Atlantic’ | Ep105

This has got to be the best place in Europe to sail in the winter. In fact having sailed most places in Europe in winter over the year I can safely say there is no comparison! Trade wind sailing, Xmas on the beach in hot sun and rain forest like mountains ...
  • Jan 04, 2024
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:20:42
Five really useful things to have on your boat
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Five really useful things to have on your boat

Here's some info on the items in the video in the order we showed them: Blu3: This Nomad version of Blu3's hooker system takes over from it's smaller brother the Nemo, which had a 10ft hose. The Nomad can take you down to 30 feet and has a much bigger bat...
  • Dec 28, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:02
Caught in a FORCE 9 GALE | Ep 104
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Caught in a FORCE 9 GALE | Ep 104

This is the worst prolonged storm we've been caught in on Fair Isle, three days of constant winds the wrong side of 30 knots and regular gusts up to 48 knots at the height of the storm. This intense low developed very quickly out of a cold front that was ...
  • Dec 14, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:36:41
Starlink on a boat
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Starlink on a boat

I've tried to go through as much as possible in this video with the setup, mounting, disabling of the motors and tariffs in this video and I will add any extra things we find out that maybe of use in the description here. So any thing we find out I'll list...
  • Dec 07, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:16:09
Fixing a dangerous boat breaking fault | Ep103
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Fixing a dangerous boat breaking fault | Ep103

This lift in Lagos, Portugal was our last lift before crossing the Atlantic and it was supposed to be a straight forward bottom job. But I had been monitoring a possible problem with the mast where the cross member support seemed to be slipping. It was a s...
  • Nov 30, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:32:42
What’s lurking beneath our mast?! | Ep102
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What’s lurking beneath our mast?! | Ep102

After finding out that our compression post had sunk slightly the decision was made to pull the mast to find out what was going on in the bilges of Fair Isle. Everything about Hans Christian boats is solid, we've never found anything other than quality eng...
  • Nov 16, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:27:27
Getting rid of chalky gelcoat
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Getting rid of chalky gelcoat

Regular viewers will have seen us battle to keep our dark green gel coat on Fair Isle looking goos over the years. We've tried all sorts or restoration methods and protective coatings like top end nano technology ceramic coatings. We actually thought our g...
  • Nov 09, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:13:40
Our worst boat problem so far – The Mast is SINKING | Ep101
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Our worst boat problem so far – The Mast is SINKING | Ep101

Sailing is a roller coaster in so many ways. Time in the boatyard is never one of the highs it has to be said, but so far our lifts have gone smoothly and to plan. Not this time! I did have plans to tackle some areas of the boat that I had never had apart...
  • Nov 02, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:28:51
DC AirCon for your boat… it works!
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DC AirCon for your boat… it works!

We don't have built in AC on our boat and frankly I'm glad. It adds complexity, is power hungry and if you have the whole boat air conditioned you tend not to acclimatise to where you are and end up inside rather than out enjoying the wonderful places we v...
  • Nov 01, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:17
Annapolis boat show: it’s more than just boats! | Ep100
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Annapolis boat show: it’s more than just boats! | Ep100

Yes it's that time of year again! No one does a boat show quite like Annapolis and this year we had hot sun for most of it so feel very lucky. There were lots of boats to see and even more gadgets but I have to admit Annapolis has become a place to meet up...
  • Oct 19, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:32:13
The ultimate waterproof drone for your boat?
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The ultimate waterproof drone for your boat?

I've been searching for the ultimate drone to have aboard your boat for some time and I've now come the closest yet to finding it. Swell Pro have pulled out all the stops with this one, it's a massive improvement over the Splash drone 3 which I reviewed ...
  • Oct 14, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:49
Solar power station for your boat: EcoFlow Delta 2 Max
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Solar power station for your boat: EcoFlow Delta 2 Max

We've tested a lot of these devices now and we have several on board because they are so useful. The EcoFlow units are especially good as they link together very efficiently via a DC-DC cable. We've had the generator and our Delta devices for over a year n...
  • Oct 09, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:07:10
Are the best anchorages in the Med just outside the Med?! | Ep99
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Are the best anchorages in the Med just outside the Med?! | Ep99

As fantastic as the Mediterranean is, sometimes the anchorages can get a bit packed. They are also subject to the swells in the Med which sometimes come out of nowhere when you least expect them. This is one of the reasons we love the lagoon anchorages in ...
  • Oct 05, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:29:59
Allpowers R2500 and 400W solar panel test
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Allpowers R2500 and 400W solar panel test

These solar power stations are one of the most useful things you can have on a cruising boat and they just keep getting better! The Allpowers R2500 is a solid performer, to be honest all the different power stations we've used have performed exactly as de...
  • Oct 03, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:52
The frustrations of sailing the strait of Gibraltar | Ep98
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The frustrations of sailing the strait of Gibraltar | Ep98

After four years, two lockdowns and 14 countries we have completed a pretty good lap of the Med and are now making our way West out of the Strait of Gibraltar and into the Atlantic ocean. The Western passage through the strait is always a much more tricky...
  • Sep 21, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:32:17
Fitting a new main sail and rig tune.
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Fitting a new main sail and rig tune.

We previously put together a video on choosing a foresail and went through the process of having it designed and made . This video focuses on doing the same with our mainsail and also on tuning the rig to get the best out of the new sails. We get all our ...
  • Sep 17, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:30
Preparing for ocean sailing: our new life begins | Ep97
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Preparing for ocean sailing: our new life begins | Ep97

Gibraltar is tiny but full of surprises. If you're a sailor it's one of the must see places in the world. We stop by in this last outpost in the Mediterranean to start the process of getting ready for trade wind ocean sailing. Gibraltar is a great place t...
  • Sep 07, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:32:47
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