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September 29, 2024
Sailing with the Foxwell Family – Page 7
AN INTRODUCTION TO THE RS300. MY NEW DINGHY
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 FIRST SAIL IN DAPHI, spoiler alert, the boat in the thumbnail isnt Daphi
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...
MY PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RS100 DINGHY part 1
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...
MY PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RS100 DINGHY part 2
Hi all. This is part 2 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 2 I explain how we went about de...
OUR SECOND SAIL IN DAPHI
So we are still in lock down and not allowed to sail anywhere, or even sleep on board. But we are allowed to drive places and sail the boat as long as it returns to her home port, so thats what we did. Its a long drive for a short sail but still worth it w...
SAILING THROUGH A WINDFARM, and other adventures.
We bought our new to us Jeanneau 34.2 'Daphi' 2 days before the lockdown began, and since then have only been able to spend the odd day on board due to the lockdown restrictions. Well as of the 4th July these restrictions were being eased so we grabbed th...
SAILING FUN WITH FRIENDS ON THE RIVER MEDWAY
So we filmed this a while ago and weren't going to put it out, but then figured that those of you that just like to see what we as a family get up to might enjoy it, so here it is Its not the most interesting or exciting of films, but then again, that wha...
FITTING DAVITS TO DAPHI AFTER SAILING NORTH TO SHOTLEY – 2020 CRUISE DAY 1
Ian took some time off work and we decided to try out the new boat and have a family holiday, sailing up the East Coast of England. Leg 1 of the journey went well and once at the Marina we took some time out to fit some Davits to Daphi. These will allow u...
ENTERING THE RIVER DEBEN – 2020 CRUISE DAY 2
So with the forecast showing 10-15 from the North we decide to leave Shotley marina and pop around the corner into the River Deben. Turned out to be 25+ and bumpy, but once we dropped sails and put the motor on the family was much happier and the journey w...
ENJOYING OUR TIME ANCHORED AT THE ROCKS – 2020 CRUISE DAY 3
So after a lazy morning walk we left the Tidemill Marina and sailed back down river to the place called the rocks. I dont know how it got its name as its mostly just mud, like the rest of the east coast, but we found ourselves a little beech and had a wo...
FROM THE ROCKS TO THE TWIZZLE – 2020 CRUISE DAY 4
So today we have a lazy morning at the Rocks then set off, out of the river Deben heading south west, and over to the Walton Backwaters. Here we follow the river Twizzle up to Titchmarsh marina If you would like to leave a comment and find that YouTube ha...
EXPLORING THE TWIZZLE – 2020 CRUISE DAY 5
So today we enjoy our selves on the Twizzle, swimming in the river and exploring the boat yard If you would like to leave a comment and find that YouTube has disabled them again on this film, then please take a look at the community tab on our page. We wi...
FROM THE TWIZZLE TO THE CROUCH – 2020 CRUISE DAY 6
So after some fabulous weather for the first week the forecast for next week isnt looking so good. With this in mind we decide to head back south to the river Crouch, to Burnham, to meet up with friends and make a plan for what to do next. If you would li...
SAILING FROM BURNHAM BACK TO THE MEDWAY – 2020 CRUISE DAY 7
After such a glorious first week the following week was looking much worse, with thunderstorms and strong winds forecast. So with this in mind we decided to cut the cruise short, head home and maybe spend some time out and about on the Medway when the weat...
WHAT WE THINK OF OUR JEANNEAU SUN ODYSSEY 34.2
Although we have owned Daphi for around 6 months now, with the restrictions that were imposed by the government because of the Covid 19 pandemic, we haven't actually had that much of a chance to use her. But we have been able to spend a few weekends on boa...
CRUISER CLASS RACING ON THE MEDWAY – BURTON CUP 2020 RACE 1
The Burton cup is an event held by the Medway cruising club every year in October. Spread over 4-5 weeks it provides some low key cruiser racing and its an event that we always enjoy. So this year we are again crewing for Steve and Kevin aboard their Hustl...
CRUISER CLASS RACING ON THE MEDWAY – BURTON CUP 2020 RACE 2
The Burton cup is an event held by the Medway cruising club every year in October. Spread over 4-5 weeks it provides some low key cruiser racing and its an event that we always enjoy. So this year we are again crewing for Steve and Kevin aboard their Hustl...
SAILING SINGLE HANDED. Tacking a boat with a large genoa!
So this week Ian gets a chance to just go for a sail, on his own, just for the fun of it. There wasn't much wind, although there was enough and it gave him a chance to figure out how to tack that big genoa on his own, even with the inconvenience of a wheel...
CRUISER CLASS RACING ON THE MEDWAY – BURTON CUP 2020 RACE 5
The Burton cup is an event held by the Medway cruising club every year in October. Spread over 4-5 weeks it provides some low key cruiser racing and its an event that we always enjoy. So this year we are again crewing for Steve and Kevin aboard their Hustl...
BIKES AND BOATS doesn’t get much better than this
Its that time of year when the weather turns cold wet and miserable which means its also the time to get Daphy out of the water. Its a chance to dry her out, do some of that boat maintenance stuff that always needs doing and as being on the hard at MYC is ...
NEW SAILS AND NEW RIGGING, this is what we have been doing
So when Daphy first came out of the water we got busy and did loads of the things that were on our to do list. Such as replacing the standing rigging, servicing the running rigging, fix the water leak on the calorifier, replace the hoses on the head orderi...
A SUNNY BANK HOLIDAY SAIL TO ESSEX
Not much to say really. It was a sunny bank holiday weekend, which almost never happens, so we wanted to make use of it and go for a sail. We have friends in Burnham who we haven't seen for almost 3 years and another friend who had just bought a Moody 29 i...
CATS ON BOATS do you take your cat sailing, if so we would love to know
Our cat is a special cat so we took her sailing with us for the first time! But it was just one night, over a quiet weekend, what do you think would happen if she came with us for a prolonged period or in rough weather? We would love to hear from you guys ...
INFLATABLE DINGHY REPAIR 4 YEARS ON and what they dont tell you about the glue!
It was a miserable day, and while I was sorting things out at home I realised that it had been four years since I fixed the inflatable, and that some of you might be interested in how it worked out. This then reminded me of another repair that we made and ...
THE 2021 MYC MONTGOMERY RACE
Although many people will know Medway Yacht club for the one design and handicap sailboat racing that it organises a large percentage of the membership prefer the cruising life. As a way of introducing these members to the joys of racing, every year a more...
OUR NEW PROJECT BOAT can you guess what it is!
Ok so we'll make it easy for you. Its a Squib. A small, two person, racing keel boat which may not look that special but they are really sweet little boats. So with a growing fleet on the river Medway we have brought an old boat to do up so that we can joi...
HOW MANY BIG SHIPS!
Ok so its not that dramatic but on the first day of this years Foxwell Family sailing holiday we did come across an awful lot of large shipping when crossing the Thames estuary. We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have enjoyed watching ...
YOU WANT ME TO DO WHAT to entertain our daughter
So if you watched last weeks episode you will know that we made the river Crouch our first port of call as the weather forecast didn't look to clever. And we were right, it was intermittent miserable with short periods of hopeful. So this week, rather than...
THE CAMERA DOESNT DO IT JUSTICE
Man did it rain, and we only took the camera out for a brief period after the worst had happened so you really wont get to see just how much! Any way this week we leave Fambridge on the River Crouch, have a brief stop at Burnham and then head off further ...
ITS NOT SCARY REALLY
So this week we make the short journey along the coast from the river Orwell and into the river Deban. Its a pretty straightforward trip apart from one thing. The Deban is surrounded by large sandbars that are constantly moving and it always seems to get o...
SO MUCH FOR DESERTED
So this week we leave the River Deban and head over to Titchmarsh marina in the Walton backwaters. The weather wasn't much cop and we had to motor the whole way but had a lot of fun once we arrived. We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you h...
WHEN ITS TO STRONG TO LEAVE, BUT YOU GO ANY WAY!
Its not quite as bad as it sounds but if we didn't have to leave, we wouldn't have. The wind had been blowing over 20 for the last 4 days, and from the south west, the direction we had to travel in. Today it was still blowing over 20 but had switched aroun...
WE VINYL WRAP OUR YACHT AND THEN RACE IT
Regular viewers might remember that a couple of months ago we showed you our new boat. A Squib. Well this week we show you what we did with it and take you on board for its first race We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have enjoyed wat...
RACING A SQUIB
This week its more small keel boat racing. We join in with the Medway Yacht Club squib fleet and race 4, of their autumn series. We missed race one, competed in race 2, as your would have seen last week if your a regular viewer. Then race 3 was blown out w...
NO ONE GETS IN HERE WITHOUT GOING AGROUND
So while thats not strictly true, if you are visiting for the first time and dont have anyone to follow then there is a very good chance you will. The place in question is Swale Marina, which is dug out of the ground at the end of Conyer creek. And althou...