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 ...
Sailing Yacht Salty Lass
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 ...
In between Force 11 gales, we finally get caught up on fixing the rats' nest of wiring that comprises our boat's electrics. The job is far from perfect but it ...
We found that the hardest part of installing an AIS (Automatic Identification System) was trying to choose which one to install. or should we use radar ...
We talk about preparing to deal with storms and why you should expect every day to be a stormy day at sea ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can ...
After calling our autopilot a "Stupid autopilot" because she does not follow a series of course changes, it turns out that *WE* are not as smart as we thought. ...
We show how we installed our Raymarine Autopilot (an EV-100 autohelm) and used it as an opportunity to upgrade the boat's network system to Seatalk NG / ...
We find some mysterious gifts left aboard Salty Lass and we use them to move a few projects forward. ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can ...
We get comfy in our new marina and think that we are in for a stretch of nice weather which shows you what we know. And we discover water..... inside the ...
High wind sailing off the Welsh coast. We found some unpublished footage from an Autumn sail in 2019 where the weather was forecast to be F3/4 increasing to 5 ...
Following on from our previous video, we extract all the relevant information needed to draw up our outline passage plans for leaving Belfast Lough in a few ...
Due to the rotten weather interfering with sailing and filming, we take a look at the effect four consecutive winter gales have had on our side panels. We also ...
As part of our Yachtmaster training we discuss COLREGS - Collision Regulations - or the Rules of the Road for mariners. There are a surprising number of ...
We decide to make some changes in the starboard locker, so we buy chicken wire.... For Impavidus's version of the Poop Inspector, go here ...
Gaynor signs up for the RYA Sea Survival Course in case the worst ever happens when we are at sea. The course was run in Bangor N. Ireland by DV Diving and ...
Before we start on our winter projects, we decide to investigate to solve an annoying issue we have had for a few weeks. It turned out to be an expensive, ...
We look back over our recent trips and adventures around the coast of Northern Ireland and discuss what we liked and where we liked it ----- About us ----- ...
In this video, we show you how simple it is to service our Eberspacher D4 Airtronic heater. Eberspachers are great until they stop working. Most of the time ...
After having our engine fixed in Beaumaris, we proceed on our cruise without a care in the world, knowing that all our engine issues are sorted out. Oops.... ...
We start cleaning up the mess left behind by a mix of seawater and diesel fumes and order up a new exhaust elbow from ABC Power Marine in Beaumaris. Just as we ...
We are weatherbound in Conwy - an area of the UK with a large tidal range - and we get impatient and make a bit of a blunder. ----- About us ----- We have ...
We start upgrading Salty Lass to enable her to stay off-grid for longer. The parcels are arriving... Panels and controller from Bimble Solar - ...