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VNAS November 2023 – Building a Hedgehog House and testing a dowel jig
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VNAS November 2023 – Building a Hedgehog House and testing a dowel jig
Very easy Hedgehog House build. Check out link below for free plans. I used the opportunity to test out a cheap dowel jig that I've had for ages and not got around to using. Don't know what a Hedgehog is? Check out the other link for a short video. Plans h...
  • Nov 27, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:24
VNAS October 2023 – Installing a ‘new’ vice, and making a mitred dovetail tool tray
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VNAS October 2023 – Installing a ‘new’ vice, and making a mitred dovetail tool tray
Another one that is mainly woodwork. Still trying to get my woodworking skills up to scratch before tackling some important jobs on the boat. I am not a woodworker. This is not a tutorial. Just a video on what I did. For a really good tutorial on making do...
  • Nov 04, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:46
VNAS September 2023 – Making a small Workbench with provision to convert to a Router Table
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VNAS September 2023 – Making a small Workbench with provision to convert to a Router Table
I need both a workbench and a router table for upcoming projects, but not both at the same time. So, here is me making a simple, sturdy and small bench/table/thing. Inspiration was from the Proper DIY workbench video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O16pe3N...
  • Sep 30, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:27:17
VNAS August 2023 – Sharpening up on my woodworking skills – Making a Workshop Stool
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VNAS August 2023 – Sharpening up on my woodworking skills – Making a Workshop Stool
Before I get started on a few 'quality critical' projects (Galley and Holding Tank), I need to get in a bit of practise. My woodworking to date has not been great. This is an easy project, but one that needs a fair bit of precision and care. It went better...
  • Aug 31, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:26:53
Very Nearly About Sailing July 2023 – Making a Circular Saw cutting jig thing for HDPE Project
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Very Nearly About Sailing July 2023 – Making a Circular Saw cutting jig thing for HDPE Project
No HDPE Welding this month. I needed to do some preparatory work. Specifically, increasing my indoor workshop space and also making some new saw horses and a Circular Saw jig so that I can cut the HDPE much more accurately.
  • Jul 28, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:50
Very Nearly About Sailing June 2023 – very basic woodwork using two new and very basic tools
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Very Nearly About Sailing June 2023 – very basic woodwork using two new and very basic tools
Very basic video this month. I've just bought a couple of set squares, about time some would say, and am trying to get my woodworking and cutting skills up to speed in preparation for next month's project.
  • Jun 30, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:38
Very Nearly About Sailing May 2023 – Experiments with Soda Blasting wood, metal and felt
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Very Nearly About Sailing May 2023 – Experiments with Soda Blasting wood, metal and felt
This is just a look at trying out soda blasting on a variety of different things. Mostly, I am very pleased with the results. And the success of the final experiment means that the air compressor has actually paid for itself.
  • May 30, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:50
Very Nearly About Sailing April 2023 – Making a thing out of wood Pt2. Finishing and Testing
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Very Nearly About Sailing April 2023 – Making a thing out of wood Pt2. Finishing and Testing
Second and final part of making this mystery object. Have a look at last month's video for part one. All is revealed in this video. People made some very intelligent guesses as to what it might be. There was every possibility that the test might result in ...
  • Apr 29, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:23:38
Very Nearly About Sailing March 2023 – Making something out of wood that isn’t a rudder
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Very Nearly About Sailing March 2023 – Making something out of wood that isn’t a rudder
This is a slightly odd, one-off, woodwork project. I needed to build something for another bigger project that will feature in a few months. Unfortunately I ran out of both time and epoxy. It will be finished next month. And I will reveal what it is and ho...
  • Mar 31, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:18:58
Very Nearly About Sailing February 2023 – Attempting to Soda Blast the chain locker – FAIL
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Very Nearly About Sailing February 2023 – Attempting to Soda Blast the chain locker – FAIL
So why did it fail? Well, mostly because I didn't do any proper preparation or testing to see what the basic parameters might be. I just plugged it in and had a go. I really need to do a proper test. I didn't actually purchase the air compressor for Soda B...
  • Feb 27, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:48
Very Nearly About Sailing January 2023 – 10 minutes of talking; updates and some plans for the year
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Very Nearly About Sailing January 2023 – 10 minutes of talking; updates and some plans for the year
This is just a short check in video. Health is still a problem which means that what used to take me a day, now takes a week (if I'm lucky). So, given that I am effectively running at 15% of normal capacity, I need to rethink what I am trying to do and ach...
  • Jan 31, 2023
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:10:20
Very Nearly About Sailing Musical Christmas Extravaganza 2022
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Very Nearly About Sailing Musical Christmas Extravaganza 2022
Here we go again! Yes, it's that time of year. In this one, I introduce a 'boat friendly' mystery musical instrument. Well, how you actually get a tune out of it is still a mystery to me. Plus a full symphony orchestra on a small boat. Yes, really.
  • Dec 20, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:12:57
Very Nearly About Sailing November 2022 – Using JB Weld to fix a door handle and a bass guitar
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Very Nearly About Sailing November 2022 – Using JB Weld to fix a door handle and a bass guitar
Slightly odd one this month. I wanted to show how fixed a 'rounded' Allen Key socket using JB weld on a Truss Rod on one of my bass guitars. I lost the footage of the important bid. So I used the same principle to fix a loose door handle. Then finished th...
  • Nov 30, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:21:48
Very Nearly About Sailing October 2022 – Actually Fitting the Rudder and taking bits off the Car
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Very Nearly About Sailing October 2022 – Actually Fitting the Rudder and taking bits off the Car
Wow! I've actually managed to get the rudder back on. Smooth as clockwork - no problems at all. This means that, in theory, Serenity is actually seaworthy. Also, a bit more progress on sorting out the Honda Civic. It's only done 190,000 miles. I am determi...
  • Oct 29, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:48
Just About Sailing September 2022 – Just a quick check-in this month
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Just About Sailing September 2022 – Just a quick check-in this month
There has been some progress, but not really enough to warrant a full episode. Plus I foolishly lost some video footage when my hard disk failed.
  • Sep 30, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:02:47
Very Nearly About Sailing August 2022 – measuring the spare sail and sanding the keel join
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Very Nearly About Sailing August 2022 – measuring the spare sail and sanding the keel join
Here is a link to the video I mentioned. Discover what mysterious sea creature Lucy is looking at through her binoculars. By the way, this was an extra project, not her main one. But who's going to say no to a week in an expedition sailing boat? https://ww...
  • Aug 31, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:19:19
Very Nearly About Sailing July 2022 – Refitting the rudder. Well, very nearly
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Very Nearly About Sailing July 2022 – Refitting the rudder. Well, very nearly
Some actual DIY content this month. It was ages ago that I completely re-built the rudder. The job of re-fitting it should have been really easy. But it's never quite that straightforward is it.
  • Jul 31, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:14:50
Very Nearly About Sailing June 2022 – Just a brief check-in this month
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Very Nearly About Sailing June 2022 – Just a brief check-in this month
No boat work at all. I'm doing a few 'experiments'. So just a very quick check in. Hope you are all well. See you next month for a proper video...hopefully.
  • Jun 29, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:02:47
Very Nearly About Sailing May 2022 – The DIY Holding Tank continues. This must be episode 6 or 7 ?
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Very Nearly About Sailing May 2022 – The DIY Holding Tank continues. This must be episode 6 or 7 ?
Just two small projects in this one. Firstly the new thru hull and seacock for the inlet. Then fabricating the bottom of the holding tank - which is also the shelf on which it sits. I was away for part of May, so the rest will have to get finished next mon...
  • May 31, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:51
Very Nearly About Sailing April 2022 – Polishing finished, mooring device, dinghy maintenance
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Very Nearly About Sailing April 2022 – Polishing finished, mooring device, dinghy maintenance
Very nearly really did have some sailing this month - but got cancelled at the last moment. So maybe the new channel name is accurate after all.
  • Apr 30, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:17:10
New Channel Trailer 2022 – Plus change of Channel Name
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New Channel Trailer 2022 – Plus change of Channel Name
It was time for a new Channel Trailer. The old one is well over 4 years old and there are now over 130 videos uploaded. I also decided to change the name of the channel. The old name, "Just About Sailing" was based on a joke when I sent a video to friends ...
  • Apr 06, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:02:56
Just About Sailing March 2022 – April 1st Special – De-mystifying the piano for Bass Players
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Just About Sailing March 2022 – April 1st Special – De-mystifying the piano for Bass Players
As a special homage to April 1st (April Fools Day), this is a short public information film about everything a bass player, or anyone else for that matter, might need to know about unwrapping the mysteries surrounding playing the newly invented the Piano-F...
  • Mar 31, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:15:31
Just About Sailing February 2022 – The video editing PC broke. Spoiler Alert – I fixed it
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Just About Sailing February 2022 – The video editing PC broke. Spoiler Alert – I fixed it
As I said a couple of months back; not much boat DIY stuff happening until Spring. But I was forced to (finally) fix my video editing PC after it finally broke completely.
  • Feb 27, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:09:14
Just About Sailing January 2022 – Quick update on progress and plans for this year – talking only
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Just About Sailing January 2022 – Quick update on progress and plans for this year – talking only
This is very much just a talking to camera video. - Feel free to skip it. As I said back in November, there won't be much progress at all on Serenity until the Spring. Nevertheless, I do like to get out a video each month, so here it is. And I find it usef...
  • Jan 26, 2022
  • Language: EN
  • Play Time: 00:09:08

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