We have made a few of these videos before showing things that we find really useful on a boat and we like doing them because we often get comments with tips for other great items too (thanks Nick Merritt for the Wago tip).
This video was sponsored by Surf...
The Meltemi had one last trick up it sleeve and seemed determined to beat us back from any progress North towards our winter base at Cesme.
We did make it through, only slightly battered, and are now happily exploring and planning our winter boat jobs.
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If you've been watching the last few episodes of Sailing Fair Isle you'll know that we've been sailing with five other sailing channels in the Aegean.
Well this is what happened when we all sat down for a chat!
Grab a cup of tea, it's quite long!
You wil...
We had a fantastic week sailing around the Greek islands with five other YouTube sailing channels. I hope you find this video as exciting as we found the trip.
Do check out the other channels, links here:
@seethelittlethings
@RiggingDoctor
@JoshPostVlo...
We all know there are a lot of YouTube sailing channels out there but I never thought we would be sailing through the Greek islands with six channels all together!
It's been a brilliant experience so far, linking up with people who have been to, and filme...
Top quality drinking water is one of the most important things on a cruising boat and we've just changed the way we get ours to a system we really like. This video goes through our reasons for changing and the fitting of the new gear which gives us excell...
The Meltemi has ben blowing 30 knots for the last two weeks so navigating the Aegean has been a challenge, but it's been a rewarding one.
We also have an exciting announcement in this episode about our up-coming meeting with these guys...
See the Little Th...
Regular viewers will know that I've been doing a bit of single handing and having other crew members aboard while Judy is back in Blighty helping out our eldest daughter Emily who is heavily pregnant.
Well there's there's lot's of going back and forth fo...
With the Corinth canal closed we have to sail the long way around Greece, It's a rollercoaster ride down the Ionian and around the capes of the Peloponnese, but then you have the Meltemi to contend with!
Check out Impavidus here: https://www.youtube.com/...
Paul and Nicole keep their beautiful X yacht in the Mediterranean and sail whenever they can. For them this works well (although obviously Covid has been a challenge!) and they feel they get more quality time sailing than having the boat closer to hand in ...
It's every sailors worst nightmare, being out at sea and taking on water. Added to this it was the first time I had sailed Fair Isle single handed, so made it even more heart stopping!
Greece is a great place to sail though and we've had a really good run...
We constantly find things that we find useful in our life aboard so I think it's good for us to share these things with you.
This one could be good for us too as it's our first sponsored video. One of the items featured here, Readly, have sponsored us to ...
Lots of sailing in this one as we make our way from the magnificent Montenegrin mountains and sail the three day passage past Albania and on to Greece.
The playground area of the Greek Ionian around Levkas and Ithika is well known, I haven't sailed there ...
This is and interview with friends of ours who are sailing identical catamarans around the the world and have spent the last two years sailing together in the Med.
They were all relatively new to sailing and changed their lives by selling up in Australia, ...
Make sure you watch this on to the end!
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Yes we have two Bluetti AC50S solar power stations to give away!
We think these solar power stations are really useful on the boat and Bluetti have offered two of them to our viewers completely free!
So to have a chance of winning one first make sure you...
This is the full interview from Episode 43 with Manuel and Pinar from Project Manaia.
They do great work studying the marine environment aboard their 43 foot yacht 'Independence'.
Manuel spent many years working for big NGO's like Greenpeace as a marine ...
It's not often you get to sail up into a fresh water lake and anchor beneath some of the most beautiful waterfalls in the world.
I hope you enjoy watching this episode as much as we enjoyed making it.
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Leaving Venice & sailing across the Adriatic sea to Croatia we fine we have more than we bargained for and Fair Isle is in trouble.
But we are off, finally free to sail and continue on our slow voyage around the world.
For those who want the organic e...
IF YOU"RE THINKING OF CHANGING TO LITHIUM FOR YOUR HOUSE BANK WATCH THIS VIDEO!
Following on from the Ecoflow review, this is looking at a more powerful unit from PowerOak. The Bluetti EC200P could be used as a house bank for a small boat and as it comes w...
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