Sailing Pickle Family Archive – Page 2

So we have finally put this old Spanish car to some good use and went off for the day trekking across the beautiful Tabernas mountains and desert . We visited the stunning Cabo de Gata National Park, Lighthouse, secret hidden coves and the cute and tiny v...

This episode we have to move our little home from the Marina to moor along side a fishing boat wall! We couldn't get the marina to agree to us being lifted out for long enough to do all the windows, the pontoons were all to high and we can't reach from a d...

Well you'll love this one! We finally solve our on going problem with our solar panels, which has blighted us for to long to admit! And as usual Nicky's Naked! She's skinny dipping and swimming naked and then I catch her, bum out up the back frame and stic...

The lovely new batteries finally turn up, so we do a full battery installation and also upgrade our alternator, pulley's and belts to match the power. It all takes quite a bit of programming and general messing about! We are itching to go sailing but we ke...

Sorry for the long one folks! This episode sees us stripping down the Windlass and going through the arduous process of a rebuild, it isn't completely foobarred but its quite a mission to find the right parts and get it rebuilt and back on deck! So glad we...

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I can't quite believe it we have finally finished the major boat jobs...We're going sailing!!! After a lovely night at anchor and some serious scrubbing of antifoul, we have a bit of fun with friends then head off to Northern Africa. Morocco was calling, ...

We are free... Sailing the beautiful Mediterranean Sea! After weeks of work and turmoil we finally drop our lines, lose sight of land and sail our way across to Melilla, in Morocco. About a third of the way across as night fell, we become aware of a very ...

We have so much fun this episode! We explore Old Town, New Town, hidden little fortifications and enjoy beautiful restaurants. After finding the elusive and stunning cove, we get more than we bargain for when we order local fish of the day! Join us next t...

After strong winds and a swelly day at anchor we have a stolen tender and quite an exciting few days! We catch a baby barracuda, make yummy boat bread, have a wonderful sail to a stunning little cove, where we can chill out in the beautiful Moroccan sunshi...

We have a fabulous day sailing the local Melilla coast line, enjoying the peace and quiet and sunshine of beautiful Morocco. Then one evening we have another visit from the Guardia...this is becoming a habit ;-) they escort us into the Marina and we have t...

We have an exhilarating start to our sail back across the Mediterranean sea, strong winds and big swells make life lots of fun and rather bumpy. It's not long though and we can shake the reefed sails out as the winds lighten and enjoy the biggest pod of do...

After a nice but tiring long sail back from Melilla In Morocco, Africa we are thoroughly enjoy the change of scenery and tranquility. Trekking hill tops, finding geckos and practicing my karate kid moves is just part of good old boat life. Jump abroad and ...

Hope you enjoy this episode as we explore the Beautiful rugged, quiet and rural coast line near Cabo De Gata in Spain. We go for big treks, wonderful snorkelling with masses of sea life and some great sails, coast in to San Jose on 35 knots and sit out 45 ...

Every day is special when you live on a boat, but this episode has lots of great snippets from our daily lives, we've been hiking, sailing different anchorages and exploring all the local coastline as well as spending time with great friends and celebratin...

Another great fun few weeks working on Pickle. The jobs always seem never ending, but we have so much fun and learn new stuff everyday! This week we remove our Genoa (head sail) and give it a big clean before it heads off to the sail makers for a new UV st...

After months of sadness over loosing our Salty Sea dog Boza, it was a pleasure to have a Gorgeous little puppy dog on board! Even if it was only for one night. And it was a great distraction from editing, boat jobs and trying to fix up the Spanish car! Joi...

After lots of thunderstorms, fixing boat leaks and general boat life chores I think we deserved a bit of fun! We all went to ride some lovely Spanish horses in beautiful rural locations and galloped along deserted beaches...sound good!? It really was, at l...

This isn't our usual episode, but we've been asked so many times from subscribers and now also patrons, so here it is... our teeny tiny floaty boaty! We love Pickle, we hope you do too! She may be small, but has everything we need and more importantly ever...

It's taken a few years, but finally we have had a Lazy Jack bag made and Chris is ecstatic! He's nagged on long enough for it...I think he's earned it! It even took us a while to decide whether to stay with the colour, but we got there in the end, I hope y...

I have had to take a photo out of this because after two years, YouTube have suddenly decided its against there policies and removed the video, so thank you for all your support, sorry it was removed, here is ep 14 again from two years ago, with a photo re...

Hi Guys! This Extra episode is a special one... We've been asked lots about our plans to sail after Brexit and with regards to Covid-19 pandemic. To be honest it is not going to be easy...or simple! So join us today and discover what we plan to do over the...

We definitely have a few stressful days trying to get that Spanish car through its ITV (mot to us Brits) and then have to pack up and get our beloved Pickle ready for her next few months in her winter berth. Beautiful scenery and tranquility as we make our...

Wow another lockdown! I know you guys understand how frustrating that is for everyone! Well it was for us too, we travelled to England spent time with family and friends over Christmas got some little jobs done for the boat and some new bits to take back i...

Another long episode! We have been so busy. After arriving back to Pickle we get straight on with boat work and have two weeks of annoyance, problems, hard work and finally a relaunch to set sail for distant shores! Join us as we treat osmosis, service our...

We are finally lifted back in the water! WOO HOO! We do some last minute jobs, test sails the kids have a scary severed head moment at anchor then we Finally depart Forever! hello to the next chapter, we've certainly been waiting long enough for this, due ...

Well as first sails of the season goes, this started off a cracker and ended in disaster! We had wonderful encounters with Pilot Whales, but we also had broken mailsail mishaps and huge seas with strong winds to contend with!? Join us to see us bearing our...

So after last episode your probably wondering what other madness we're getting up to! here's a fun crazy episode with some extra footage to recap, and I'll show you our anchoring mayhem after the storm and a very windy bay we took shelter in! Obviously the...

This episode will really show the average life at sea for a sailing family like us, good sails, bad sails, crappy anchorages with sh**ty pilot boat captains and amazing anchorages with views and snorkelling to die for! Come and join us as we continue to ex...

Best sail so far this season! calm seas, great winds, sunny skies and a happy, happy crew! Who could ask for more 😃 Its a long day, navigating new waters and covering quite a distance, join us to find out whether we make it to our next anchorage by dark...

After an extremely busy anchorage with boat actually bumping into us, we decide to sail on but as all sailors know the wind that's predicted doesn't always materialise so we end up motoring until we get rather fed up and find ourselves a totally deserted i...

We finally reach the Balearics! sailing through the night we glide into a beautiful and deserted anchorage on Formentera, with not another person in sight we explore the white sandy beaches, the cute little sand bar and the underwater sea life, perfect! Jo...