Hi all. This is part 1 of a 2 part series which wont be for everyone, so if your not interested in dinghy's, or the design of boats, then I'd turn off now. If you are though then you might get something from this.
In part 1 I explain how I conceived of t...
So its been a while but we are finally allowed out to check on Daphi. We started the process of buying her at the start of March, which didnt seem like a silly thing to do at the time however with the county getting shut down just two days after collecting...
The plan was to show you my new dinghy months ago but then we were all shut down, and sailing stopped. And because of the travel restrictions I wasnt entirely comfortable about going to the club.
However I live less than a mile away, I can cycle past it ...
Our film about buying a new boat seems to have attracted a load of new subscribers. So for those of you that are new to our channel this is a short summary of the boats that came before, and the thinking behind each purchase.
If you would like to find o...
So nothing to do with sailing this week as we are stuck at home. However we had promised one of our subscribers that we would show him what we had been up to this winter, with no boat to maintain. And this is it. Still not finished but its coming together
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We hope you and your families are all keeping well. Obviously we aren't sailing at the moment, even though we have just bought a new boat!
So while we wait for the effects of this to run its course we are fiddling with some stuff in the garden. Please let...
Well hello
I know its been a long time but today is the start of the next chapter in our sailing adventures, because we have bought a new boat.
We'll tell you more about here over the course of the year but to start with, this is what we have bought, and...
You can have a lot of fun with a Wayfarer dinghy. This week we take Elizabeth and a friend out for dinner in town, followed by treasure hunting on a deserted island, what could be better.
If you would like to leave a comment and find that YouTube has disa...
Sorry, this is not much of a film, but then a lots been going on recently, and none of it has been sailing.
But those of you that like Wayfarer dinghy's, sailing on the Medway, or just like to follow us and what we get up to, might find it interesting.
T...
So this week we head off with the Medway Yacht Club cruisers again on a little jolly along the coast a short way to Conyer Creek and Swale Marina. Its not a long trip, pretty much all inland as we travel down in the Lee of the Isle of Sheppy, and with the ...
So with the weather forecasters all agreeing that we would have some good weather for Easter we decide, at the last minute, to spend some family time away on the boat.... even if the tides are all wrong!
We make these films just for fun, and we hope that ...
Sea Horse is back in the water so we all take her out for the first sail of the year. Whilst we do that we have a bit of a natter about tides!
We get a lot of tide on the east coast of England, yes there are places that have more but with todays tidal ran...
OK REALLY SORRY PEOPLE BUT YOUTUBE HAVE DISABLED COMMENTS ON THIS FILM WHICH KIND OF MESSES UP THE CONVERSATION AND THE POINT OF IT.
IF YOU DO HAVE A COMMENT PERHAPS YOU COULD POST IT ON OUR FILM ABOUT 'COMMENTS BEING DISABLED', THAT WAY WE CAN STILL DIS...
As we still dont have the boat in the water we thought we would show you something else that we have been working on.
We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have enjoyed watching them however we have been asked on a couple of occasions now...
Ok so this is just my opinion and please feel free to let me know what you think, but basically, although roller furler's and foils like the Harken carbo or Tuff luff systems are great for cruisers and racers respectively, if you sail short handed or want ...
The title says it all really.
As much as we applaud YouTube for trying to crack down on the abuse of children, we are a sailing channel... most of our films are just of Ian, an old bloke, sailing our boat on his own. And to our knowledge we haven't had a...
So its nearing the end of February and when Steve asked if we wanted to go for a sail we said, yes, sounds great. And this is what happened.
Not much of a film but a memory of what the weather has been like this year
So this week we give some thought to our tool boxs, or more specifically address the problem of having steel tools on a boat, and rust.
It doesn't matter how well you look after your tools on a boat sooner or later they will go rusty so lets see how goo...
We often get asked about our camera gimbal on the back of the boat so this week we take a short break from boat maintenance to explain about our setup. What we have done in the past, and how the new and improved mk3 version is going to address some of the ...
The SeaDog is an early fibreglass yacht designed in the 60's and built up until the mid 70's. Well over a hundred have been built with plenty having circumnavigated the globe and several of these single handed, so this is a proper Bluewater yacht in every ...
We don't get to sail at Wilsonians now as much as we would like but, we do always try and take part in the New Years Day Race each year. Never to serious, just a bit of fun, but a great excuse to get up in the morning and get some fresh air.
We make these...
So while Sea Horse is sitting on the hard we finish off what has been a great years sailing with one last sail up and down the river Medway on our friend Steves boat. Its not a great day for a sail but given this is the 30th December in the UK its really n...
So for those of you that haven't been paying attention, this is a reminder of some of the sailing that we got up to during 2018.
But for those of you that have been following us, commenting and sharing the films etc, thank you. We had some great sailing ...
Some how this seems to have become a tradition, so sorry about that, but this is our 2018 Christmas special.
And if any one out there is able to make our dreams come true then please feel free to get in touch :-)
We make these films just for fun, and we...
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