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Why do we Love Boats? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 235
We arrive at our final destination on the Thames at Chertsey. We spend a little time reflecting on the past year and why we do love boats? Going back in a retrospective makes us feel very emotional and proud of our achievements. When we look at our first ...
The Last Bridge. Always difficult! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 234
#finalleg #cruisingisover We have our final cruise on our barge taking us from Maidenhead in Berkshire down river to Chertsey in Surrey. We have some wet weather on route and hold up for a few days in our home town of Windsor. One last bridge quite to...
Slowly down the Thames. Coming back to the start! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 233
We are starting our way downstream the Thames. From Sonning through the locks and the stunning views of the river. We are really enjoying our last few weeks on the boat before leaving her for the winter in Chertsey. We will make a pause for a few days in ...
Madman on the Thames. Totally out of this world! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep232
We travel back from Wallingford to Reading taking in the stunning Oxfordshire countryside. On our way we had the pleasure, maybe not...of meeting a madman on the River. He starts off hitting and scratching our boat and then tell us to basically F%21?*off, ...
The End of the Road. Life around the corner! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 231
We finally reach Wallingford and decide that it is the end of the road for us. We were planning on going all the way to Oxford but time and tide waits for no man. It has been a beautiful way upstream the river but we would like to go a bit down from Wind...
Facilities on the Thames. What Facilities? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 230
#thameswater #thameslocks #lockmaster This week we travel from Mapledurham to Goring. This is a great stretch of the Thames and we were not disappointed with the small town when we arrived. Really beautiful with just a few shops and a bakery. We always l...
Questions Revealed! We are answering your thoughts. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 229
This week we continue our journey upstream the River Thames. Absolutely beautiful scenery bend after bend. The properties on the side of the river are just stunning, enough for us to dream a little bit. Who doesn't dream with the Euromillions? We answer s...
Stunning Thames. The most beautiful scenery ever! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 228
This week we carry on our journey up stream from Marlow . We pass through the best scenery the Thames has offered up so far. This is really beautiful, we can see now why it is so popular to cruise the Thames. We come across a couple of broken locks and hav...
Will we make it? The bridge was too low! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 227
This week we continue our journey from Windsor to Cookam and Marlow. With all the issues we had before now we are cruising the Thames smoothly without any problems. We show you all the process going through the locks on the river Thames. A very enjoyable j...
I am STRESSED! When is this going to stop???? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 226
Some problems come up and we are out of the water again we have loads of jobs to do to get our boat running again. We fit new seacocks as the water line is a bit lower than we have expected. Better be safe than sorry! We refit the prop shaft and discove...
Boat Tour on a 50′ Barge. Showing you our home ! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 225
This week we take you on a tour of our barge. From Top to tail we go through the whole boat explaining all its secrets. We are so pleased with the results of a year of work open the boat. The boat inside is so cozy and comfortable that is slowly making u...
Disaster Strikes Twice. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep224
This is our first voyage and it does not go according to plan ...nor does the second one! But a day later and we are on our way up river if only for a mile or so. Some problems are getting us a bit worried and we might have to go back to the boatyard for...
SPLASH! I am Nervous. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep223
Yes we do manage to get in to the water this week, after fitting the new bow thruster and filling the area under the bed with 1.4 tons of ballast. Unbelievable, we couldn't believe we managed to find where to place all of that. Then the boat was well bala...
BARGE BUILD. Something to be Grateful For. The engine is running! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 222
It was a rush all week on the boat, it is unbelievable the amount of small things to do! It was so much that we didn't record allot of content. But a lot was accomplished. The big news of the week is that we managed to started the engine, yes the Vetus ...
BARGE BUILD. Mast, Rudder and Anchor. Ready to go! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep221
Things are at last starting to come all together. This week we get stuck in to the electrics in the Bow locker, the Windlass it is working and we manage to lift our rather large anchor. Another big achievement on River Fox! We finally get the mast up a...
BARGE BUILD. Two Floods, One Week. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 220
We filled up the water tanks just to find out that it was leaking from the fitting in the tank. The second flood was on the engine room when we were filling with anti freezing. We forgot about the breathing tube hidden behind the insulation. So we had a hu...
BARGE BUILD. Lots to do before we float! The launch is so close now! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 219
Lots to do and no time left. We are booked to go in the water next week on Thursday. We get stuck in to cleaning the boat and polish the metal bits that we got in the air from other boats. A terrible job that has to be done. We got on building the steps ...
DESPAIR. Unfortunately big money goes out of the window!Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 218
With a shortage of cable crimps and sleeving it all gets a bit desperate to finish the electrics. We then have a bit of a blow when we get the cost for the CE marking for the boat. Apparently we need a Recreational Craft Directive which we didn’t know...
Electrocution Opportunity. The installation of the Victron Energy system. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 217
We finally put the exhaust system to bed. Our flexible pipe from MasterFlex arrived and Carla and I fit the system together. We are very pleased to have finished that job. We then move on to the electrics. We wire the whole of the 240 volt system togeth...
BARGE BUILD. Aligning the engine. The things are getting more serious! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 216
We finally get around to cutting the prop shaft and attaching the prop to the engine. We spend some time aligning the two up before moving on to the installation of the exhaust and the heater. Things are getting even more serious now as we are approachi...
BARGE BUILD. The Race To Finish! Are we going to make it? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 215
We get heavily into the plumbing this week. So many different kind of pipes, it’s unbelievable! We might have around 20 different pipes, would you believe that? We catch up on small jobs and install most of the pipes all over the place. The fuel fill...
BARGE BUILD. BOAT WORK, it’s getting DEPRESSING! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 214
This has worked out to be the lowest point on this project. We had a big upset with the boatyard which we are choosing not to mention for now and at least have the job finished without a major complication. A lack of items to finish projects around the b...
BARGE BUILD. The Floor is Down. Another milestone done!!! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 213
YES. This week we finish the floor in the pilot house. Much more difficult than we expected, like everything on the boat. Turned out to be a huge job because nothing is square and had to look perfect. Once again up and down the ladder hundred of times. B...
BARGE BUILD. The Wheel Goes ON. Are we off??? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep. 212
This week we get in to finishing the Pilot House! The bits that we have been working on for so long are just starting to come up to life. It’s like putting a cherry on the top of the cake and” voilà “… beautiful!The boat is starting to come toget...
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