A gennaker is used when sailing downwind as it's a cross between a genoa and a spinnaker (big colored sails). A gennaker is not symmetric like a spinnaker but ...
We JUST BLOODY WENT FOR IT... Drove to Florida, slept on the beach, and bought our first sailboat. 2 years of hard work, saving & sacrificing brought us ...
So its day to of our journey, bringing Sea Horse back from the Solent to the river Medway. Today, because we didn't want another day like yesterday, and ...
So we all drive down to Lymington with our friend Tony on the Friday evening before the bank holiday weekend. Saturday morning we all get up early, Tony and ...
Not only do we buy her but we spend the night on board. Then the next morning we have to reverse out of the marina, not always easy on a sail boat you ...
This could be our new boat!
So Rowena has finally got wet. We launched her last Friday and have just come back from a great weekend of sailing and family time. This year our first night ...
In this video I explain our rig, demonstrate how we get our sails out, the way in which we reduce our sails in rough weather – otherwise called ‘reefing our ...
Ok ok so we still haven't got her wet but we are a big step closer. This week Rowena finally leaves the side of the house, gets towed to the club and the mast ...
NOW SOLD THANK YOU FOR ALL THE INTEREST. I quick walk around of Rowena our 20ft red Fox trailer sailor that we are offering for sale. To find out more, and ...
We dont bore you with hours of film of Ian laying on his back sanding the hull, or rolling on paint, or polishing and buffing her top sides, but after weeks of ...
This week we take some time out of our busy schedule (ha ha) to have a look at some other boats. Clarke and Carter had a second hand boat show at Gillingham ...
Pretty much just what the title says it is. Its not our idea, we have just copied it from others but its a really cheap and simple way of covering your ...
Grandad has put us all to shame and has Pintail looking as pretty as ever, so Hannah felt obliged to lend a hand when it came to launch day.
The bulk of this video is about how we had the gooseneck repaired on our sailboat. The gooseneck is the section of the boat that connects the boom to the mast. ...
We have finally uncovered Rowena but apart from sorting out the wash boards haven't really done much else. But at least we can get to the boat now to make a ...
This is just a short clip to update you on what we have, or more particularly, haven't been doing on Rowena. We also take you to Medway yacht club and catch ...
While its still cold Ian goes dinghy sailing on his own, mad!
We are forced to trade in our old outboard engine for a new used one, and we answer that age-old question, how do you raise the mast on a small C&C 24 ...
So after his first year back in the Blaze fleet after a few years away, Ian gives his thoughts on his sailing in 2015
Following on from his last walk through of Blaze 807, a mk3a Ian thought he would do the same thing with the boat that he replaced it with. Its pretty much ...
As the title suggests, in this film we talk about the cameras that we use to make our films, the new external micraphone, a Pro SGC-598 Video Shotgun Mic... ...
I short video describing one of our main food sources on our journey. Sprouts are the perfect food for any sea voyager. They contain higher vitamin and mineral ...
We had a great first year with Rowena and this film is just a summary of some of the great times that we had. From buying her at the end of 2014, stripping her ...