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...
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...
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...
If you have been following our channel you will know that we like to go racing sometimes, and sea Horse has proven to be a great race boat for our River.
In a couple of weeks we will once again head off for a cruise up the east coast of England and we kn...
Ok so its not as bad as it sounds but every year our yacht club has a fun race down our river, the Medway, out into the Thames and around the wreck of the SS Richard Montgomery.
This was a second world war supply ship that sank just at the entrance to bo...
Our first film on sailing single handed was so well received that we thought we would do another. This week its how we fly a spinnaker single handed.
Please note this is just the way we do it, if you have any comments or observations please feel free to l...
Thames barges have been sailing and working on the east coast of England for over 200 year. And for well over 100 years they have also been racing them and this weekend we show you the start of the 2017 edition of this fantastic event.
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Jack Holt was responsible for so many of the iconic dinghy designs of the 50's, 60's and 70's but not many people have ever heard of his Bumblebee design.
Aimed at children yet big enough for mum and dad to get into as well, they make a great introductio...
Our last two films had a a lot of people interested in how we get the shots from behind of our boat sailing.
Well we dont get to go sailing this week so we have made a short film showing you how we do it. Hope this helps, let us know what you think.
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So now that Sea Horse is back in the water we can start using her again, and this week its the first race in the Medway YC racing season.
Now racing may not be for everyone but it provides a great excuse to go for a sail. Take today for example, a cruisi...
So after all the hard work we finally get Sea Horse back in the water and take some time out to run through the things that we have done this winter.
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So we are nearly at the end.
This week we finish off all those other jobs that need doing on the outside of the hull in preparation for launching her next week.
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We are coming to the end of the list... or at least as much of the list as we are going to get done this year :-) and so we are now starting work on the outside.
So this week its dealing with the rusty keel, filling priming and painting.
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So after a winters hard work in stripping, cleaning, varnishing, rewiring, reupholstering etc etc we finally start the process of putting it all back together... and its looking good.
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So this week we finally get around to covering those roof panels that we cut out weeks ago.
We ordered some foam backed vinyl from http://www.martrim.co.uk/
and were very pleased with what arrived. So following the excellent advise from a Practical Boat ...
This is a film that we have been meaning to make for a while now so here it is, tying a Bowline with one hand and why that's so important
Plus did you know that a bowline and a sheet bend are the same knot even though they do completely different things?
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Another job ticked off of the list. This week we finally get that hatch trim'd, sanded and fitted and install the LED strip lighting that we had fitted the wiring for a couple of weeks back.
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So you may remember from a couple of weeks ago that we finally managed to remove the stubborn old sea cock from the top of our volvo sail drive leg.
Well this week we replace it.
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This week Ian finally gives in and we have some one around to give us a quote for recovering the seat cushions.
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So after the struggles of last week, this week we actually manage to get things done. We finish off the wiring for the new lighting, finally remove that stubborn engine sea cock and begin the process of cutting out the boards for the new headlining.
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Work is progressing on sea Horse but we take a moment out to talk mooring lines this week.
If you have your own mooring it makes sense to have your own specially made mooring lines to go on them, and if your going to make your own lines then make sure the...
So this week we show you how the engine sound insulation worked out and then move on to other projects.
Unfortunately for one reason or another we couldn't finish half the things that we wanted to start, so settled on installing the new lighting.... well ...
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