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Battery Facts Pt2 Charging AGM, Gel & Lithium. Alternator, Solar B2B? Off grid living?
We continue our look at batteries in this video. Battery Facts Pt2 Charging AGM, Gel & Lithium. Alternator, Solar B2B? Charging Options! There are so many ways to charge especially when you are off grid living. We look at the options and which ones hav...
Boat Batteries the facts…. Gel, AGM, Lead Acid & Lithium. Charging, Protection Stuff to know…
Boat Batteries The Facts.... Gel, AGM, Lead Acid & Lithium. Stuff you will want to know. We keep hearing all about lithium and how good it is. But there are things you need to know before you consider swapping out your old lead acid batteries. Alternat...
Should we buy a canal boat (even if we keep running aground)? | Ep 387
Sailboat vs narrowboat! In the half light between selling our boat and starting a new adventure, Liz is on SY Esper in Malaysia and Jamie is in the UK. While there he decides to take up YOUR suggestion to live on a canal boat for a week. "Can't be harder t...
Varnish Fiddles Fail! A Varnish & Mastic Nightmare!
Yes a Varnishing cockup! A Varnish & Mastic Nightmare! we have stared to do the winter maintenance. One of the jobs was to sand down the fiddles and replace the mastic and varnish. But it all went wrong! Link to Sailing Sundays channel. https://ww...
Malta to Monastir. We cross the Med to North Africa. Will it be a smoother sail?
Malta to Monastir. We cross the Med to North Africa. Will it be a smoother sail? after week of rushing between island and across seas. Avoiding Storms, Lightning and big seas we embark on the last part of this seasons journey. Join us! Enjoy the video. Sai...
Our LAST SAIL? It Better Be GOOD! | Sailing Ep 386
One thousand three hundred nautical miles from Indonesia, and this is our last leg. But we didn't know it would probably be our last sail... 00:00 1,300 Nautical Miles from Indonesia to Malaysia 01:05 Departing Indonesia 02:24 Round Singapore Strait 03:33...
Chucked off our mooring! Two minutes warning !!!! 😡 Stuck in Malta.
Hi folks we were stuck here for a short while waiting for a weather window to cross to Monastir. We met up with Patreon's and filled the freezer with Bacon and Bangers! A local got a bit uppity over his mooring. My blood INR levels get tested and they are ...
High Security! Helicopters, Coastguard, Police in Syracuse.We get tangled in illegal mooring!
High Security in Syracuse! Helicopters, Patrol boats and a lot of Police. We get tangled in illegal mooring. Sailing Naxos to Malta In this video we leave the stunning anchorage in Naxos, Italy and follow the coast and weather window on to Malta. In Syra...
Stopped By The Coastguard. Migrants Steal Yacht And Abandon It On A Beach! Sailing Italy to Sicily.
Sailing Italy to Sicily. Stopped By The Coastguard. Migrants Steal Yacht And Abandon It On A Beach! You would think that this is an easy crossing with no drama. However, the waters have strong currents, the water is shallow and there is a lack of marinas a...
How We Survived 20 Years At Sea (Knock-downs & Near Misses) | Sailing Podcast 059
Surviving 20 years as cruisers has meant some ups and downs. We share five of our near misses here… And we explain the lessons they taught us. 💰 How to support our photography and videography - https://followtheboat.com/pub/ Thank you for watching! ...
Nightmare Crossing the Ionian sea. Greece to Italy.
Crossing the Ionian sea. Greece to Italy. This years weather in the Med has been very unstable due to solar activity in this El Niño year. The water has been very warm storing lots of energy. At some points the cape index has been off the charts and sudde...
Sailing Alone Through the Pirate Waters of Indonesia | Episode 385
Sailing north-west across the pirate waters of Indonesia towards the Malacca Strait used to be dangerous, and some ships are still boarded, so there's always a slight frisson when sailboats take this route. The next leg required some consideration; our las...
The Lefkas Canal. Nidri To Preveza,
The Lefkas Canal. Nidri To Preveza. Now closed due to the safety certificate expiring the Lefkas is one of those quirky places that you just have to visit yourself. Were we the last YouTube channel to film the canal before it closed? Enjoy the video! W...
Windlass Fails At Anchor! Can we lift our Anchor? Its a race against time! The Lewmar PRO-SERIES
Windlass Fail At Anchor. Can we lift our Anchor before it gets dark? Who wants to be in a situation where in an emergency at night you can't lift your anchor? The Lewmar PRO-SERIES 1000 8MM 700 watt electric windlass. Has been playing up. While at anchor ...