An eventful stay at Howth and Ireland's Eye with Bev being sent up the mast to sort out some hoists and then Salty Lass gets into a bit of difficulty. ...

We hop from Port Dinorwic to Caernarfon and then across the infamous Caernarfon Bar to Ireland which was hiding in the most spectacular sunset. Top tip: ...

We have to navigate the notorious Swellies in the Menai Strait which is noted for the difficulty in navigating it. It has shoals, rocks, surges and ...

We move from Conwy and run into an un-forecast storm so we divert to Beaumaris where we spent two days on a mooring ball waiting for it all to blow over. ...

We have a lovely day's sailing after we pass over drying sands using the Rock Channel to bypass Liverpool's main shipping channel and then skirt all the ...

We learn that the common shackle is the No. 1 enemy on a boat and get handy with seizing wire, a solution is found to the knife throwing issue and more grot ...

We had a party on a massive Thames Barge http://www.saltylass.co.uk/party-on-the-pudge.html and http://www.saltylass.co.uk/cheats-banoffee-pie.html ----- ...

Prudence gets inspired when she see a big boat, but (unfortunately) she gets ideas above and beyond what can be delivered on a sail boat. ...

We made it over to Whitehaven in Cumbia from the Isle of Man and we looked at The Rum Story (link below) which tells the story of Whitehaven, Antigua, rum and ...

We leave Douglas to sail to Whitehaven in Cumbria and explain how we plan the passage and Gaynor finds out how little she knows about fishing. ...

After we arrived in the Isle of Man, the racing boats arrived, rafted up, partied and left for another race. We stayed on and sampled the delights of Douglas ...

We make a chili from left-over mince used in a Cottage Pie. On a boat you try and reuse everything and minimise waste. ...

Whilst we did not compete in the race, we did take part as a follower and a support boat. The racers had a real challenge as there was very little wind whereas ...

The best place to watch the Tall Ships' Parade of Sail is out on a sail boat, right in the middle of them. After Gaynor's duties as a Liaison Officer, we felt ...

Splice and Dice is what you call a sailing and cooking vlog ... ... when you DON'T have a boat To read more visit our story at ...

We had improved the anchor, so we went to test it out at a local anchorage to Liverpool called Hilbre Island. It is a beautiful place with a local seal ...

We upgrade our chain markers with a modern digital system and add a fancy, shiny anchor swivel so that our ground tackle looks really flashy and shiny lying on ...

We leave a very wet and rainy Peel and do an overnight passage across the Irish Sea and into the Mersey where we wait for the tides to be right so that we can ...

We decided to take a day off and enjoy Portpatrick before we finally leave and commence our run down to the Isle of Man. This time the sea was much calmer and ...

We left Portpatrick on a nice day that turned into a very stormy day and that made it very difficult to get back into Portpatrick and on that piece of ...

We sail from Stranraer in Loch Ryan to Portpatrick in the Mull of Galloway and Gaynor goes on a hunt for cooking gas* so we can continue to eat and drink ...