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September 29, 2024
Sailing with the Foxwell Family – Page 6
YACHT VIDEO WALK THROUGH. HANSE 291
We are often asked what kind of yacht Sea Horse is so this week we show you. 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’...
SAILING WITH STEVE
This week we simply just go for a sail. Its a little different however in that its not on our boat! 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 Payt...
SINGLE HANDED YACHT RACING 2018 MYC R4
So this week its race 4, in the 5 race MYC 2018 single handed race series. I came second in race 1, had to miss race 2 due to other commitments and only managed a 4th in race 3, so if I want a chance of winning the series I badly need a good result this ...
MAST CLIMBING IN THE MIDDLE OF A RACE!
Every year Medway Yacht Club hosts the keel boat regatta on the river Medway and we like to enter it if we can. Its spread over three days, is always really well organised, on and off the water and can be a great deal of fun. As all of you watching this ...
FAMILY SAILING HOLIDAY
So every year we take a couple of weeks off work/school and go sailing, as a family, up the east coast of England. This year was no exception and with Britain enjoying the best warmest summer on record we headed off in Sea Horse, our Hanse 291. The weather...
MAKING THE BEST OF THE BAD WEATHER
So if you watched us last week you will have seen us set off on a cruise up the east coast of England in Sea Horse, our 29ft sail boat. This week we shoudl you more of our adventures. We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have enjoyed wat...
THE CRUISE COMES TO AN END
So if you have seen the previous 2 films you will have watched us head off up the east coast of England in our 29ft Hanse for a well earned break. Well we have had a good time but the weather isn't really playing ball so we decide to cut our losses and hea...
WE’RE AGROUND, AGAIN!
This week we join some fellow members of the Medway Yacht club on a cruise across the river Thames to a club that we have never visited before, Benfleet Yacht club. It turns out this is a very friendly and welcoming club but the journey there isn't that s...
MUDLARKING ADVENTURES IN A WAYFARER DINGHY
This week we show you an adventure we did earlier in the year in our Wayfarer dinghy. Elizabeth enjoys mudlarking, digging around on the foreshore looking for old artifacts, pipes, bottles, pottery etc so we make use of our old Padmelon, our Wayfarer, and ...
RACING SINGLE HANDED IN A FULLY CREWED FLEET
So the plan was to get the crew back together and have a practice in preparation for the Autumn series of races coming up in November, which are always good fun... only it never happened. So i entered on my own, on a blustery autumnal day, and this is what...
MORE SINGLE HANDED YACHT RACING
So this is race 4 in the MCC Burton cup series and I once again enter sailing single handed. This is a fully crewed race series so I am at a bit of a disadvbantage but with the hull freshly scrubbed off, a nice breeze and a good course I'm all set for a go...
A LONG WAY IN LIGHT WINDS
So today its race 5 in the Medway Yacht Club Single Handed race series, It was arranged at the last minute the day before. It was originally planned for the end of the summer but on that day we all turned up and there wasn't any wind! As you will see it wa...
EXPLORING THE MEDWAY IN A WAYFARER
Its a Friday, lovely weather for the time of year and Izzy has finshed school. So along with her best freind we all jump into the Wayfarer and go adventuring up river, to see what we can find. We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have en...
CRAZY PLACE, OUT IN THE OPEN, THAT FEW GET TO SEE
This week we decide to visit the second world war anti-aircraft gun towers that are sitting on the Red Sand mud flats out in the Thames estuary. Nicola White, who some of you may know from her mudlarking channel came with us and although the journey ther...
SEA HORSE FOR SALE
So were not sure if we should be doing this but if your interested in a fully sorted 29ft cruiser / racer that has had everything sorted out then get in touch. For those that dont know Sea Horse is a Hanse 291. She has an enormous sail wardrobe, excellen...
A MILLION DREAMS with our crazy daughters improv
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...
A ROUND UP OF OUR YEARS SAILING
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 ...
OUR LAST SAIL of 2018
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...
FIRST SAIL OF THE YEAR. The Wilsonans SC New Years Day race
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...
THE SEADOG. An introduction to the class and the boat
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 ...
DIY CAMERA GIMBAL FOR USE ON A SAILING YACHT
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 ...
EVAPO-RUST DOES IT WORK
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...
SAILING IN THE MIDDLE OF A BRITISH WINTER
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
YouTube HAS BLOCKED COMMENTS ON OUR CHANNEL
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...
HANKED ON FORESAILS, and why everyone should consider them
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 ...
CUSTOM DESIGN AND CNC MACHINED BOAT PARTS
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...
LAZY JACKS, GOOD OR BAD?
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...
SAILING ON A TIDAL RIVER. The things to know
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...
LAST MINUTE TRIP
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 ...
40 KNOTS OF WIND AND A ROPE AROUND OUR PROPELLER. Exciting times
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 ...
MYC WAYFARER SAILING AND AN UPDATE FROM HANNAH
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...
FAMILY DINGHY ADVENTURES
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...
WE BUY A NEW BOAT which means we will be back making films… if we can
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...
LETS TALK SNUFFERS AND OUTBOARDS, 2 stroke or 4 stroke?
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...
SHED BUILT XV750 CAFE RACER
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 ...