YouTube Videos tagged “Almerimar”
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Episode 265 – Gel-Coating Our Entire Catamaran in a Sweltering Boat Yard!
What a week guys! Bear and I go exploring Almerimar, and we may just have sneaky giant Ice creams! 😜 Some pervert thinks I'm 50 and Im devastated! 😂 We are finally Gel-Coating the top deck and it feels great to be getting somewhere, lets hope we can ...
Episode 264 – On The Boat Yard… We Make Our Own Fun!
Boat yards are definitely not exciting places, most days can be hot, dirty and rather mundane! Especially for an 11yr old boy, so we try and have fun even in the simplest of ways! Join us this week with all our silly antics and share a glimpse of boring ol...
Episode 262 – Day Off From Boat Work… Loving Boat-Life!
Finally we take a day off! It is some well needed fun, rest and relaxation guys! Nice meal, few beers and time at the beach being free and wild. Hope you enjoy this episode guys and all our silly antics as well as lots more boat jobs, and poor old Nicky is...
Episode 261- Grinding and Gel-Coating Our Catamaran!
It's another tough week guys! We have so many boat jobs happening, where shall we start! Chris is sanding and Gel-coating and Nicky is grinding and gel-coating along with all the usual jobs which need doing! We most definitely have a few more weeks of this...
Episode 260 – Our Rudder is Full of Water! Boat Work Nightmare!
Not only do we tackle yet another unforeseen job when we find our rudder is full of water, we also have a million other things which need our time and attention! Im still meant to be rehabilitating from my lower spinal damage, but so much needs doing! And ...
Episode 259 – Boat Yard Work. Gel-Coating our Whole Boat!! Sailing Life is CRAZY!
This week guys we are getting some serious Gel-Coating done! Who in their right mind Gel-Coats a whole boat you may ask?!? Well we do... we must be bonkers! But after all this hard work we won't have to re-paint her every few years so it'll be worth it... ...
Episode 257 – Doing Boat Work Butt Naked!
Yes guys I 100% end up stripping off Butt Naked while fibreglassing! You'll have to watch the whole episode for that escapade! It's all about getting the fibreglass done this week guys, and trying to manage my very serious spinal damage/rehabilitation and ...
Episode 85 – Following Seas and Night Dives in Sardinia
Lots achieved this week! Several big sails with following seas and lovely strong winds! Grocery runs and fun night dives with creepy skin biting bugs! Thank you to our wonderful patrons, you are really helping to make all this possible! Don't forget to po...
Episode 61 – Trouble at Anchor with 40 knots of wind!
So after last episode your probably wondering what other madness we're getting up to! here's a fun crazy episode with some extra footage to recap, and I'll show you our anchoring mayhem after the storm and a very windy bay we took shelter in! Obviously the...
Episode 59 – Test sail, Departure and the Kids think they find a Severed Head!
We are finally lifted back in the water! WOO HOO! We do some last minute jobs, test sails the kids have a scary severed head moment at anchor then we Finally depart Forever! hello to the next chapter, we've certainly been waiting long enough for this, due ...
Episode 54 – Finally we have a Lazy Jack Bag for Our Main Sail Made!
It's taken a few years, but finally we have had a Lazy Jack bag made and Chris is ecstatic! He's nagged on long enough for it...I think he's earned it! It even took us a while to decide whether to stay with the colour, but we got there in the end, I hope y...
Episode 52 – Sailing to Beautiful Locations and Riding Horses along Deserted Beaches!
After lots of thunderstorms, fixing boat leaks and general boat life chores I think we deserved a bit of fun! We all went to ride some lovely Spanish horses in beautiful rural locations and galloped along deserted beaches...sound good!? It really was, at l...
To The Islands! 🏝 The Perfect 2 Day Sail | Ep. 36
Hey welcome back! In this video, we say goodbye to Almerimar at last and make our way to the island of Formentera, one of the Balearic Islands just south of Ibiza. We set sail and have amazing conditions. We make the most of the good wind and shoot straigh...
Wait, Didn’t We Just Do This?! Déjà Vu in the Boatyard | Ep 34
Hey and welcome back! In this video, we have a serious deja vu as we haul out again for a second time in 4 months. After experiencing some damage to our hull, we have no choice but to lift the boat out again to get it fixed. We make the most of it to get o...
Ep 50 – Washing Sails and Making a Lazy Jack Bag
Another great fun few weeks working on Pickle. The jobs always seem never ending, but we have so much fun and learn new stuff everyday! This week we remove our Genoa (head sail) and give it a big clean before it heads off to the sail makers for a new UV st...
Episode 47 – Boat Life and Exploring for the Pickle Family!
After a nice but tiring long sail back from Melilla In Morocco, Africa we are thoroughly enjoy the change of scenery and tranquility. Trekking hill tops, finding geckos and practicing my karate kid moves is just part of good old boat life. Jump abroad and ...
Where to Next? We’re Sailing Again | Ep. 31
Hey! Welcome back. In this video, we're in the marina in Almerimar (filmed in November - we've got some delay on the videos but slowly but surely catching up to real time). We're happy to be back in the water after having hauled out. We got our new interio...
Episode 46 – Bumpy Sailing from Africa to Cabo De Gata, Spain.
We have an exhilarating start to our sail back across the Mediterranean sea, strong winds and big swells make life lots of fun and rather bumpy. It's not long though and we can shake the reefed sails out as the winds lighten and enjoy the biggest pod of do...
Happy to Escape the Boatyard | She’s Finally Ready to SPLASH | Ep. 30
Hello! In this video, we’re still in the boatyard in Almerimar and we continue with our boat jobs - including repainting the hull and repainting our boot stripe. We polish up the prop and apply a special prop antifouling to it as well. We take some time ...
Ep 45 We get Escorted by the Guardia into Melilla Marina!
We have a fabulous day sailing the local Melilla coast line, enjoying the peace and quiet and sunshine of beautiful Morocco. Then one evening we have another visit from the Guardia...this is becoming a habit ;-) they escort us into the Marina and we have t...
Ep 44 Sailing and Skinny dipping Adventures Along the African Coast
After strong winds and a swelly day at anchor we have a stolen tender and quite an exciting few days! We catch a baby barracuda, make yummy boat bread, have a wonderful sail to a stunning little cove, where we can chill out in the beautiful Moroccan sunshi...
Episode 43 Dinghy Ashore to Explore Melilla
We have so much fun this episode! We explore Old Town, New Town, hidden little fortifications and enjoy beautiful restaurants. After finding the elusive and stunning cove, we get more than we bargain for when we order local fish of the day! Join us next t...
Episode 42 – A Pirate Encounter Sailing to Africa!
We are free... Sailing the beautiful Mediterranean Sea! After weeks of work and turmoil we finally drop our lines, lose sight of land and sail our way across to Melilla, in Morocco. About a third of the way across as night fell, we become aware of a very ...
Episode 41 – Scrubbing Antifoul and We Sail to Africa!
I can't quite believe it we have finally finished the major boat jobs...We're going sailing!!! After a lovely night at anchor and some serious scrubbing of antifoul, we have a bit of fun with friends then head off to Northern Africa. Morocco was calling, ...
Episode 40 Windlass Stripdown then Rebuild and Test Sails!
Sorry for the long one folks! This episode sees us stripping down the Windlass and going through the arduous process of a rebuild, it isn't completely foobarred but its quite a mission to find the right parts and get it rebuilt and back on deck! So glad we...
Ep 39 – Boat Batteries, Alternator Installation, delayed by Windlass! And freedom to swim topless!
The lovely new batteries finally turn up, so we do a full battery installation and also upgrade our alternator, pulley's and belts to match the power. It all takes quite a bit of programming and general messing about! We are itching to go sailing but we ke...
Episode 38 – She’s Always Flipping Naked on the Boat! Skinny Dipping and Solar Panel Solutions!
Well you'll love this one! We finally solve our on going problem with our solar panels, which has blighted us for to long to admit! And as usual Nicky's Naked! She's skinny dipping and swimming naked and then I catch her, bum out up the back frame and stic...
Ep 37 We Finally Fix Our Risk of Sinking Windows Problem!
This episode we have to move our little home from the Marina to moor along side a fishing boat wall! We couldn't get the marina to agree to us being lifted out for long enough to do all the windows, the pontoons were all to high and we can't reach from a d...![How Salacia Star is rigged [Bonus Ep 5] Sailing Salacia Star](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cejQh-AF3D0/maxresdefault.jpg)
How Salacia Star is rigged [Bonus Ep 5] Sailing Salacia Star
PATREON https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=46573219 SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN2OgwqosOznJgcdsAL4W1Q LIKE https://www.facebook.com/sailingsalaciastar FOLLOW https://www.instagram.com/sailing_salacia_star What happens to most of us when o...
Huge Jobs list, Reluctant Kids & Bad Back. Will we EVER Leave Mediterranean to Cross Atlantic? Ep088
#wintering #boatlife #coronavirus #lockdown Almerimar has been our 'Hotel California' for the last two years - every time we check in, we never leave. Both times we've had to return to the Mediterranean after missing the hurricane window to cross the Atlan...![Let the boat works begin [Ep 69] Sailing Salacia Star](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/dM_AILUwFDQ/maxresdefault.jpg)
Let the boat works begin [Ep 69] Sailing Salacia Star
Whenever you go to do a job on a boat, it always turns into more jobs. We wouldn't have it any other way. It just makes our down time so much sweeter. PATREON https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=46573219 SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN2Ogwqo...
Episode 35 We start boat jobs but life takes over RIP Boza
This episode was extremely hard to make, there is lots of boat jobs to get on with and we are as busy as always but its been a tough few weeks, I keep my chin up and positive for my family but my sadness over losing Boza is like a black whole in the pit of...
Episode 34 – Our First Week Back on Our Sail Boat after Covid Lockdown!
We risked everything to get back to our beloved Pickle! We travelled 1000's of kms and scorching temperatures in a old banged out Spainish car, but it was so worth it, and it feels amazing to finally be back! Its the height of Summer and it takes a few day...![Did Lou catch a fish? [Ep 63] Sailing Salacia Star](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/5BjSfkMrdyM/maxresdefault.jpg)
Did Lou catch a fish? [Ep 63] Sailing Salacia Star
Lou loves to fish, but since being in the Mediteranean she has not had much luck. Has Lou's luck changed? What this episode to find out! BECOME A PATREON https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=46573219 SUBSCRIBE https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN2OgwqosOznJ...
Episode 31 Winter Berth for Pickle and European Road Trip
We travel across Spain and France discovering stunning scenery, rolling mountains, bubbling brooks, waterfalls, chateaus, and beautiful quiant villages along the way. We stay in a super cute Fermette in rural France and relax in a bubbling hot tub before j...
Episode 30 Sailing the Costa Del Sol and Trying to Buy a Spanish Car!
Gosh where do I start?! We had a lovely few final days resting and exploring Fuengirola after a long sail in high winds, then no winds....typical for the med I think. Batteries recharged and we enjoy our final beautiful sail up the coast of the Costa Del S...
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