We offer a Top Tip for servicing a Jabsco Marine Head as well as implementing some advice from Tom Cunliffe on mooring. We also show how NOT to hoist a main ...
We experience storm Force 10 winds in the marina as what remains of a tropical hurricane hits the UK & Ireland. ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, ...
We look at close hauled sailing using some footage from our summer sailing and have an update on were we are and the current weather. ---- Coffee Jar --- If ...
After our very short sailing season, we are back at Carrickfergus with more winter jobs to do. Fortunately, our job list is small and did not require any ...
If everything went to plan, it would be a trip rather than an adventure... and it definitely did not go to plan. ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, ...
We explore the very under-rated Larne Lough whilst on a stop-over to Glenarm. It really is a lovely spot and well worth the visit. ---- Coffee Jar --- If you ...
We try and get the most out of the remainder of the sailing season by going off to the north coast of Northern Ireland, so we provision and head out only to ...
Our sailing time in Scotland comes to an end and we have to return back across the North Channel to Carrickfergus, but being in Troon makes us nostalgic... We ...
We continue our journey around Bute after Storm Ellen clears and we are on for a great sail up the Kyles of Bute... as long as we actually manage to maneuver ...
We continue our cruise of Scotland and the Firth of Clyde by going from Millport to Rothesay on the Isle of Bute, but first, we have to pick up our friend ...
After arriving in Scotland, we have a bumpy night on a mooring ball, then we have to go and pick up some guests. ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, ...
We finally manage to get started on our much delayed sailing season by making a trip from Carrickfergus to Lamlash on the Isle of Arran. As always in sailing, ...
We try to get off cruising, but our engine has other ideas.... We mention some free resources at http://www.saltylass.co.uk/resources ---- Coffee Jar --- ...
After watching our Lazy Jacks doing their best to slice their way through our mainsail, we decide to do something about it. ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like ...
We reposition the boat to Portaferry to make leaving Strangford Lough an easier task and the local ferry gives us a lesson in ferry gliding. Also, should we ...
We have some nice relaxing sails in Strangford Lough but, sadly, the place is a bit like a ghost town because of the virus. Nonetheless, the people we did meet ...
We finally leave Carrickfergus after the lockdown ends and sail to the nearly enclosed sea lough of Strangford, but our time under lockdown means we are out of ...
After getting told off for not doing our compass deviation correctly, we redo it, but before we can get the results plotted, some old friends turn up and show ...
The weather continues to yo-yo back and forth and Gaynor leaves Bev alone for a week. So why not pass the time by answering viewer questions? ---- Coffee Jar ...
You do more Yachtmaster prep by looking at how we would recover a man overboard and we find out that what we thought "ain't necessarily so".... ---- Coffee ...
We get a number of tasks done and explore a method of cutting down journey times by, paradoxically, choosing an apparently slower course. ---- Coffee Jar --- ...
If it was not for the weather, we would be off on a short cruise, but a few little jobs need a tidy up so we use the break to get them done. Next stop.... Out ...
We recalibrate our Raymarine wind instrument and our Evolution Autopilot, but nothing seemed to work as expected, so instead we decided to service the ...
Going for a sail when you are a bit rusty is always interesting, but escaping a tight slip with a strong wind against you at the same time? Let us just say ...