Following on from his last walk through of Blaze 807, a mk3a Ian thought he would do the same thing with the boat that he replaced it with.
Its pretty much like every other mk2 Blaze but with a few subtle differences to suit his weight and style of sailin...
As the title suggests, in this film we talk about the cameras that we use to make our films, the new external micraphone, a Pro SGC-598 Video Shotgun Mic... and a little about the software that we process it all with, Adobe Premiere
We had a great first year with Rowena and this film is just a summary of some of the great times that we had.
From buying her at the end of 2014, stripping her out and then refitting her with all new electronics and sails .
Learning to live with her and s...
Kourtney and Pete live and sail on a traditional wooden boat based on the south east coast of America
Kourtney has written a book about her life and travels and this is it. we think its great so check them out for yourselves and see what you think
https:...
So we are at the end of our sailing season... or to be more exact we were at the end about a month ago but it has been 30+mph winds wince then so Rowena has just been sitting on her mooring waiting for a break in the weather.
So now that it has we have b...
As you will know if your watched our last film we have tried to reach this U-boat once before. That time we had arrived to early and there wasn't enough water, or time, for us to get over to it.
This time we arguably get there a little to late to see it a...
Its a little known fact that laying aground in the shallows of the river Medway is a world war 1 German u-boat.
It wasn't sunk here but rather captured at the end of the war and whilst being towed some where else for scrap came loose, and no one bothered...
You couldn't have picked a worst week to go sailing!
It was the middle of August but you needed both fleeces and coats if you wanted to keep warm and dry and it was blowing a F4-5 gusting 6 much of the time. Even the most die hard sailor would rather hav...
So its early in the morning and Ian is on his way to work when the fuel warning light comes on. Not really thinking about what he is doing and just going through the motions he stops in a our local garage and starts filling it up.
Its not until he has ha...
So this was the end of the trip. We get a break in the weather and head back south, back through the River Roach and the Havengore bridge to the Medway.
With the weather set to make a change for the worse we start making a move back southwards.
First step, a pleasant sail back to Burnham once again making use of teh short cut through the Ray channel
a) because Its a nice place to stop but more important...
All the weather forecasts told us that the weather was going to turn so we wanted to get back to Burnham asap, as that was the closest port to home north of the Thames. And with that in mind we headed back over to Bradwell as that was the easiest place fro...
Tollesbury is a pretty special little place buried deep into the East coast salt marshes. Its a bit of an adventure to find but well worth it once your there.
This film shows a little of the many and changing faces of Tollesbury
Its a lovely day and with the tide just starting to come in we head back down river and work our way through the mud and the creaks to Tollesbury marina.
Music:
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We leave Bradwell marina and have a great sail up the Blackwater to Osea Island, where we beach Rowena and have a lovely few ours relaxing on dry land.
Today its an early start for the journey from Burnham Marina on the river Crouch, northwards to the Blackwater and Bradwell Marina.
Most people when they make this journey head well off shore to the Whitacker beacon, cut through the Swin Spitway then hea...
The weather started to brighten up so we left Fambridge and headed back down river to Burnham Marina, via Brandy hole (just to take a look at whats there).
We motored up to Brandy hole and then hoisted sail and had a really nice cruise back down river.
W...
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