YouTube Videos tagged “Loveboats”
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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...
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...
BARGE BUILD. Pilot House, how exciting is that? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 211
To our surprise we get ahead of ourselves when Carla gets stuck into the Pilot House this week. She manages to do half of it and then runs out of materials. So we are waiting now to finish but it looks amazing! Simon gets on fitting out the aft heads, eve...
BARGE BUILD. Accidents on the building site! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 210
What a week, Carla gets her thumb caught in the door, Ouch... that hurts! And Simon cut his finger on the circular saw. So yes, luck wasn't really on our side this week. But we have to keep going as we have a lot of work to be finished in the aft cabin!...
BARGE BUILD. ALL STRIPPED OUT! That’s right, getting rid of the back cabin! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 209
#newplans #boatproject #workingon boats We take a new look at the back cabin and decided that the layout is not good. After some deliberation we stripp it all out and start again. What a nightmare! So much work lost but we are sure that the new layout wil...
BARGE BUILD. Where does your POOP Go? Playing with the black water tanks. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 208
#toiletsonboats #poopingontheboat #blacktanks This week we finish the sidewalls in the Saloon which made the boat look much bigger. We put in a skin fitting for the bilge pump before moving on forward and start the installation of the holding tank and t...
BARGE BUILD. End is in Sight! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 207
#boatwork #boatyard #workinghard This week we finally get home from our trip to Portugal. After 8 weeks we go down to the boat yard to find the yard flooded but the boat was I. perfect condition. No leaks or disasters which as great. Time to plan for the...
Sprinter Van Conversion Part 1. How to convert your Van into a Camper! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 203
This week we finally get around to fitting out the Sprinter as a Camper Van. Like aways it looks like one weeks work but it has taken four weeks in total. Part of it is because it's a bit more difficult to get parts where we are in Portugal. Nothing like ...
The Early Years Part 3. Leaving the Caribbean dream! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 202
This week we look back over the rest of our journey from Panama to Europe. We pick out some of the best islands and Cays that we have visited. We also go into detail and tell you our plans for the next year or so. I guess going back to sail around the w...
The Early Years 2. Going back to the Caribbean. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep201
We are making a review of our sailing adventure and how it all ended into the Barge project. On this episode we look back on our time in the Caribbean, when we traveled around the fringes. It was a great time, we had a lot of fun and lot of worries too. Sa...
The early years! We still have so much ahead of us! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 200
#throughbackintime #backintheday #inspirationdaily #memories This week to celebrate episode 200 we take time to talk about the first year of cruising on the Catamaran. We travel through the Mediterranean and out in to the wild Atlantic Ocean. Our Atlantic...
We lost our baby boy! We lost our brave sailor! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep199
#catlove #catboy #catsailor #loveyourpet This week we make a tribute to Dobby! Our baby passed away this week…everything was so quick, in less than two and a half hours we lost him for these terrible disease called HCM. He was everything to us, our brav...
BARGE BUILD.The real cost to fit out a Barge! Are we over the budget? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep198
#boatcost #howmuch #bargecosts This week we tell you how much is costing to fit out our Barge. We are keeping a spread sheet with all the costs so we will know exactly how much we are spending in electrics, engineering, on deck, etc. So far we are in the b...
Road Runner. We are chasing the sun! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep197
#wegotit #whatnow #vanlife Having recovered from the virus, finishing our quarantine and get a negative result, we are free again to have a second try to go to Portugal. We then set off to get through France with all their restrictions for British travelle...
BARGE BUILD. We are STUCK. What should we do now???? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep196
#thingsgowrong #weareinfected #notravel #theend As we come to the end of the year, we pack up to go off to Portugal. But just as we throught we were safe to go, everything goes wrong and we are STUCK. First France is stoping the British to go through their...
Cutting the DAM Worktop! We finally finished our beautiful galley. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 195
#galleyonboats #boatjobs #kitchen This week we finally finish the kitchen and cut the worktop as we have a TV crew coming from the kitchen supplier. They absolutely loved the idea of having their kitchen on a boat that came to interview us about the whole...
BARGE BUILD. F R E E Z I N G. Below zero in bikini! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep194
#freezingcold # bellowzeroweather #coldoutside #snowfall This week the first snow of the season has fallen and it is freezing. We try to get in to working but the cold does get to us. But we do get some work finished in the rear cabin, the electrics ar...
BARGE BUILD. How big is our Solar System? Solar Power on river boats. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep193
#solarpanels #solaronboats #victronenergy #electricboats This week we connect the solar panels to the cables and talk about the equipment me will be installing for the solar set up on the barge. The kitchen installation is nearly done. We are finishing ...
BARGE BUILD. Kitchen Fitters.How are we getting on with that job??? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep192
#galleyonboats #newgalley #boatbuilding This week we really do get stuck in to the kitchen, but as always we never seem to finish the job. It has been a little more difficult than we expected. The fridge and freezer will be delivered next Tuesday so It wi...
BARGE BUILD! We Are Going Lithium batteries on the boat! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep 191
#galleyonboats #poweronboats #electricsonboats This week things start to come together. We start on the installation of the heating system and placing the radiators in the wall. Carla paints the PushPit where the Bimini is going to sit in the stern of ...
BARGE BUILD. A Big Screw. What’s all about the big screw? Sailing Ocean Fox Ep190
#wearescrewed #boatelectrics #energyonboats This week we get lots of small but important jobs finished and it was all rather successful. We left behind the front cabin for a while and now it is time to catch up on those little jobs. We also dived into th...
BARGE BUILD. Bilge Fever. Organising all the floor on the boat! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep189
#plumingtheboat #pipesonboats #workingonboats This week we get into the floors on the boat and clean out the bilges. We finish to cover the walls withy the white leather and put the first of the water system in to the boat. That is right the cold and hot ...
BARGE BUILD.What to do to get the Certificate for the Thames. Sailing Ocean Fox Ep188
#boataccidents #thingshappen #boatlife This week we finish cladding the ceiling in the saloon. We start panelling the walls and covering with the white leather. Going around the windows it is the most difficult part but we have managed very well. The boat ...
BARGE BUILD. Up! Starting the electrics on the boat! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep186
This week we are back working on the barge. We have a few wasted sheets of plywood as Simon gets a few things wrong, well it happens sometimes. Carla makes great progress with the electric installation, she is putting in all the cables for the 12v and f...
One Last sail around Sicily. We will miss the blue Ocean ! Sailing Ocean Fox Ep185
#sailing #gosailing #outatsea One Last Sail around the Aeolian Islands before we return to Berkshire and the Barge. We visit the island of Panarea and Salina before heading back to Sicily. It was a fantastic week sailing a monohull.We really enjoyed our ...
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