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September 29, 2024
Sailing with the Foxwell Family – Page 5
MEDWAY KEEL BOAT REGATTA 2017
This is an annual event that is hosted by our yacht club, and that we try to support each year. And although its essentially about racing that doesn't tell the whole story. There are plenty of other activities to keep people interested and if you fancy h...
SINGLE HANDED SAILING. The 3rd race in the MYC short handed series
Medway yacht club are running a series of 5 races this year just for short handed sailors. They are trying to encourage the boats that use the excuse 'cant find enough crew' to take part. The first couple of races had loads for interest but for some reas...
INTRODUCING THE LASER VORTEX. a great boat that few seem to know about
I thought I would show you all my Laser Vortex, that few people out side the UK dinghy racing scene have probably heard of. If you want to know more just Google it but they are pretty unusual and great fun to sail. Not everyone's cup of tea but you will be...
SINGLE HANDED SAILING. Embarrassing Spinnaker Problems
The 4th race in the series and it doesn't all go to plan This is one of those films that we think... we really shouldn't show every one... but here goes. As it happens it was a lovely day for a sail, and Ian eventually finish second on handicap so it was ...
INFLATABLE DINGHY VALVE REPLACEMENT, including the bit on the inside!
This is pretty much just what the title says its going to be except that its more than just replacing the valve, its cutting a hole in the boat as well! Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
B&G Zeus II Updating the software
One of our viewers watched our film on installing the WiFi system into a B&G network and suggested we take a look at the software upgrade that was available for it. Well a cursory read of the B&G blurb suggested that it might be worth doing so we g...
UPDATING THE SOFTWARE ON B&G TRITON EQUIPMENT using a Zeus chartplotter
So following the successful upgrading of the Zeus software last time out, this time we try and upgrade one of the other devises in our network using the Zeus. And its amazingly simple as you will see... Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
SAILING A 49ER DINGHY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
A couple of years ago I a dragged a buddy of mine out of sailing retirement and back into sailing dinghy's. Since then he has been nagging me about just how much fun the 49er is and to prove his point, he bought a cheap boat at the end of last year. So we...
SINGLE HANDED SAILING. The final race in the 2017 MYC short handed series
This is the final event in the 5 race 2017 series for short handed sailing at Medway Yacht club. I go into it laying second overall in the championship (first single hander) so there is all to play for. Music: - Feeling good - Purple Planet Music Longin...
PURSUIT RACE IN NO WIND. On commodores day at Medway Yacht Club
As it turned out there was just enough, and we had a very pleasant sail with 3 generations of our family on board. Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
SEVEN BOATS, ONE MOORING! We head off on this years summer cruise
Unfortunately a lot of the film we took on our summer cruise this year has become corrupted... so while I sort out what we have left this is a short film of how it all began. The short trip down our river to Queenborough were we pick up a buoy ready for an...
SAILING NORTH, TO THE RIVER ORWELL
Next step in our cruise up the east coast of England is the long (for us) sail from the Medway up to the river Orwell. Its a journey of around 50 miles and with the wind from the north we had some bumpy east coast chop to contend with. Music from http:/...
ENTERTAINING CHILDREN ON A BOAT. A treasure hunt at a marina
Pretty much self explanatory... With a little forward planning we were able to put something together for Elizabeth to brighten up her day after the long sail up to the Orwell Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
THE THINGS YOU DO WHEN YOUR NOT SAILING
So with the weather forecast taking a turn for the worst we decide to head for the Walton backwaters to hold up in Titchmarsh marina and sample the delights of what many would consider a more normal summer holiday! Music from http://www.purple-planet.co...
STRANGE BOATS at Titchmarsh marina
The title pretty much speaks for itself... but we were wandering around Titchmarsh marina this summer and were amazed at the number of rather strange looking boats that were on the hard. You decide, are they strange... or dont we get out enough? Music fr...
SAILING BACK HOME
So with the rest of the film from our summer cruise this year lost or corrupted this is all we have left... the sail (motor) back home. Ironically for a cold misty day with little or no wind this was the best day of the holiday for travelling. The engine i...
YACHT RACING AT ITS MOST FUN
So its November and the time of year that MYC runs its Autumn series of races for cruisers. This is always the best racing on the river as for what ever reason pretty much all the best boats take part. Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/ We missed...
YACHT RACING AT ITS MOST FRUSTRATING
So just as last week you watched us enter race 2 of the Medway Yacht Club Autumn series and have a cracking sail in a nice breeze. This week its race 4 of the same series in much the same wind direction... just less of it and it turned out to be one of th...
OUR FINAL YACHT RACE OF THE YEAR
So this is race 5, of the five race Medway Yacht Club Autumn series. We missed race 1, had a good sail and a 5th in race 2. We won race 3! then had a frustrating time of it in race 4 with a 12th , so we really wanted a good result today. Not just to help ...
THE NATIONAL 12 DINGHY
We have bought a new boat! Its a National 12, we arn't experts on the class just keen sailors that have sailed them before and appreciate just how good they are... but that said we tell you a little about the class, the boat we have bought and why we have...
HAULING OUT
So its that time of year again... another season over and we put sea Horse up on the hard again to sit out the worst of the weather and get on with that job list that never quite gets finished. Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
FAVERSHAM CREEK AND IRON WHARF
With all our boats out of the water at the moment there is no sailing this week, but we take a look at some other boats hidden, away on the east coast of England. Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
OUR CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
Dont get you hopes up... But its now becoming a tradition and this is the best we could come up with, our take on Santa Claus is coming to town Dont hate us for it :-) Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
RACING ON NEW YEARS DAY
So if you follow our channel you will already know that we have recently bought an old National 12 dinghy to play with. We spent Christmas re-roping it and sorting out the controls and so on New Years Day we got to race it for the first time... this is the...
AN UPDATE ON OUR NATIONAL 12 DINGHY
Last week you all watched us take part in the New Years Day race at Wilsonians sailing club in our National 12 dinghy. This week we take a look at the changes we made to Pepsi before we took part. Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
RADIO CONTROL LASER RACING
This was round 3 of the Medway YC RC Laser race series for the 2017-18 season. It was a miserable day but it gives you some idea of what they are all about. Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
HOW DO T FOIL RUDDERS WORK
Or more precisely this is my understanding of how they work on a National 12 dinghy. If you think differently or can add to my explanation please leave a comment below. Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
CHIMNEY DEMOLITION AS SEEN FROM A BOAT
This week we show you the demolition of a famous local landmark. The chimney on the site of the old Kingsnorth power station Music: http://www.purple-planet.com Drone Footage: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKqNXjIcTAoP_RUIqdSuNDA/videos
DUCKPUNT FUN
We built this cedar strip canoe and Duckpunt years ago now and have never used them!! so today is the day Music: http://www.purple-planet.com
SINGLE HANDED SAILING FOR FUN
There is not a lot of point to this film, it was a nice day so i went for a sail... but it was such a great day that I thought I'd show you all what I got up to. We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have enjoyed watching them however we ...
REEFING SINGLE HANDED
Just a short fim this week showing you all how we reef Sea Horse when sailing single handed. There isnt much to it but I do show you a couple of tips that make all the difference. Music: http://www.purple-planet.com We make these films just for fun, and ...
RACING A WAYFARER DINGHY
I get a chance to have a sail and race in one of the latest Wayfarer dinghys at Medway Yacht Club. So I nag a friend into joining me and we enter one of the most competitive fleets on the river We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have e...
BIRD POO on a YACHT
How we stop the birds poo'ing on our yacht 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 if we have a Paytreon account. We don’t want to do that at this stage as...
SINGLE HANDED YACHT RACE
This is race 1 of the 2018 Medway Yacht Club (MYC) single handed yacht racing series. There wasn't much wind but we all had a great sail and in the end it came down to a pretty nail biting finish between Reefer X and Ian... only to find out after the race ...
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOUR PROPELLER FALLS OFF
It was a bank holiday weekend and some members of the cruising fleet at MYC decided to have a cruise to the marina at Conyer Creek. Conyer creek is little more than a small muddy stream and it completely dries out at low tide and yet we all made it there...