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September 29, 2024
Sailing with the Foxwell Family – Page 2
funNstuff Wilsonians Rescue Boat Duty, we get to play in a rib!
Wilsonians is a sailing club that is run by its members, for its members. As such we all give up a couple of Sundays each year to help run things. Some people look after the club itself, others look after the sailors, primarily by feeding them! Then of c...
INSTALLING LAZY JACKS in our Red Fox trailer sailer yacht
Pretty much as the title suggests. A short film showing how we made our own Lazy Jacks and fitted them to Rowena, our Red Fox.
EP19 Scrubbing off…. scrubbing off our Red Fox trailer sailer that is!
So if you leave a yacht on a mooring sooner or later you will need to scrub off the bottom to remove the build up of weed, barnacles and slim that for some reason loves to live on antifouling paint! At Medway we are lucky enough to have a set of movable m...
Blaze Nationals 2015
Held over a three day weekend (Friday, Saturday and Sunday) the Blaze nationals were being held at Hayling Island this year, on the south coast of England. Ian and Stuart went down on Thursday to pitch the tent and caravan and to organise their boats read...
funNstuff Wilsonians Dinghy Sailing Regatta 2015. Ian was out in his Blaze
Things couldn't have gone much better really. The weather was great The wind was great The club did a fantastic job of organising the event, probably the best run and smoothest regatta weekend yet. And to cap it all off Ian won! In fact the only thing ...
funNstuff. Ian talks about his Blaze sailing at the Medway Regatta 2015
At the risk of making himself look and sound silly here is another onboard film, with commentary from Ian on how he sailed the first race of this years Medway regatta. I guess its only really of interest to Blaze sailors or people that sail on the Medway,...
A video walk through / review of Ians Blaze dinghy. 807 a White Formular built Cirrus Mk3a
If you dont own or if you're not at least interested in the Blaze dinghy this will be very dull. If you do or are however then this is a walk through of Ians boat. How its rigged and set up and why he likes it so much Finally its actually being offered ...
VIDEO WALK THROUGH OF A 20FT RED FOX TRAILER SAILER
For those that don't know the design this is a short film showing you around our Red Fox. We don't pretend to be experts on the class and although we have never yet met another one we do believe that ours is fairly standard.
EP20 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt1 the begining
So this year we are once again going to have a couple of weeks off work during the summer months to have a family cruise up the east coast of England. Only this time we are doing it in our 20ft Red Fox trailer sailer yacht. This first film is really just ...
EP21 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt2. A sail under the Havengore in our Red Fox trailer sailer
So day 2 or our summer cruise and we sail up to the Crouch and visit Burnham yacht harbour. Only this time, making use of our shallow draft, the journey plan is to head inland, and cut through via the Havengore bridge and into the Roach... to get to the Cr...
EP22 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt3 We spend the day on dry land for Izzy and Winnies sake
Well not always on dry land, Izzy gets to play in her dinghy and we spend some time on the beech... well as close as Burnham gets to a beach. But its family fun all the same.
EP23 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt4. We almost go to Fambridge and almost catch a crab… but dont
So the plan was to head off to Fambridge today, just a bit further up the Crouch, before the weather turned but it didn't happen. In brief the outboard kept cutting out so we turned back. All it turned out to be was the small lever that selects between th...
REMOVING DECALS, STICKERS, LOGOS from a Blaze dinghy hull
So Ians just bought an old Blaze dinghy and wanted to remove the logo's from the side. This was to make it look a little more modern and less like the 10 year old boat that it is. The forums suggested that it was simple and that all you needed was a hair ...
EP24 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt5. The trip up the Crouch to Fambridge Marina
We leave Burnham Marina and motor up the Crouch with the last of the incoming tide to Fambridge Marina.
EP25 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt6. Fun and games at Fambridge
No sailing today but some family time.
EP26 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt7. A pleasant sail down the Crouch via Brandy Hole
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...
SCARY SAIL OVER THE MUD AND THROUGH THE RAY CHANNEL. EP27 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt8.
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...
BEACHING OUR YACHT. EP28 Summer cruise 2015 pt9 Grounding our Red Fox trailer sailer on Osea Island
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.
EP29 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt10. Navigating through the mud to 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: http://www.purple-planet.com https://www.bensound.com/royalty-free-music
EP30 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt 11.1 some views of Tollesbury marina
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
EP31 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt11.2 Swimming pools and ponds!
A great family day enjoying the facilities at Tollesbury marina.
Pumpkin Picking 2015 at Beluncle Farm, Hoo in Medway
A break from the norm... Mummy and Izzy go pumpkin picking with Zoe, Ben and nanny Gill
EP32 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt12 Great sail across the Blackwater in our trailer sailer
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...
EP33 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt13. More sand banks on the way back to Burnham
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...
EP34 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt14 Fun N Games at Burnham
With the weather turning we find ourselves stuck in Burnham so we amuse ourselves playing games
EP35 funNstuff Summer cruise 2015 pt15 The sail home back under the Havengore bridge
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.
PETROL/GASOLINE IN A DIESEL CAR. I put a 50-50 mix in ours and this is what happened
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...
funNstuff Wilsonians Junior week 2015 Children, cadets learning to sail RYA
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...
EP36 funNstuff Submarine hunting pt1. Searching for a WW1 U boat in our trailer sailer
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...
EP37 funNstuff Submarine hunting pt2. We find a WW1 U-boat in our trailer sailer, on the Medway
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...
funNstuff Recovering Pintail a Victoria 34 at Medway Yacht club
The team at Medway yacht club make this a very easy and stress free process, as you will see.
EP38 funNstuff Recovering our Red Fox trailer sailer 2015
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...
EP39 funNstuff Dropping the mast on our Red Fox trailer sailer and towing home
The title says it all. Pretty uneventful really but it has to be done.
Wilsonians Chilli Willies New years day dinghy race 2016. Ian was out in his Blaze
First dinghy race of the year and Ian got to go sailing in his Blaze dinghy.
Accidental Sailor Girl Book review. Available from papersailor.com and Amazon
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:...