Medway yacht club YouTube Videos
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funNstuff 2015 Willies Warm Up Series Race 9. Ian was again out in his Blaze dinghy
It was an overcast and pretty miserable day that greeted the competitors for the last two races in the wilsonians warm up series but with again a puffy F3 wind it didnt stop people from competing. Izzy and I were assistant race officers so didn't get to d...
funNstuff Onboard footage with commentary from Ians Blaze dinghy race on Sunday 8th March 2015
So we dont pretend to be experts at tidal river sailing or for that matter Blaze sailing but for what its worth this is what Ian was doing during the first lap of Sundays race in his Blaze dinghy. It might be of interest to some or it might not, you can ...
funNstuff 2015 Wilsonians Warm Up Series Race 5 Ian was out in his Blaze Dinghy
With a good forecast and with what turned out to be great weather to go sailing in a few more members turned up for race 5 of the Wilsonian Dinghy club 2015 warm up series on the river Medway in Kent, England. So we had a puffy F3 breeze to play with, an ...
EP07 Holiday 2014 pt2 in our Jeanneau Sunfast 32i sailing yacht and near disaster at the Deben bar
This film starts with us leaving the river Deben however it didn't all go to plan. Pintail actually went aground and after getting herself off found she then had a horrible noise coming from the engine/propeller. Still we made it over the to river Orwell ...
funNstuff 2015 Wilsonians Warm Up Series Race 1 Ian was out in his Blaze Dinghy
I expect the forecast of F5-F8 and freezing rain !! had kept people away but a few hardy souls turned up for race 1 of the Wilsonian Dinghy club 2015 warm up series on the river Medway in Kent, England. It turned out to be a chilly F2-4 with some big gust...
EP06 Holiday 2014 pt1 in our Jeanneau Sunfast 32i sailing yacht
So this is part one of our summer cruise up the east coast of england. Starting from our home in the Medway we made our way up the coast to Shotley marina at the entrance to the River Orwell, and then from here headed over to the river Deban and the Tidemi...
EP05 Izzys first boat, a Jack Holt Designed BumbleBee dinghy
This short film shows izzys first sail now in her new boat. Its a Jack Holt designed Bumblebee dinghy, a nice simple dinghy with a slightly unusual rig. The first sail was just outside the Medway yacht club and then the next weekend we towed it down to Sta...
EP04 Joining the Medway cruise to Burnham in our Jeanneau Sunfast 32i White Magic
This was to be the first proper sail in our new boat and was a pretty uneventful weekend apart from at the beginning, where a problem with the starter relay prevented us from turning off the engine... just in case it wouldn't restart. But it was to be a g...
EP03 Bringing White Magic home to the River Medway
In this film we show you a bit of our sail, well motor! back from the river Orwell, down the English East coast to White Magics new home on the River Medway. It was a pretty uneventful journey which turned out to be perfect for us as we only had her lifte...
EP02 White Magic Buying our Jeanneau Sun Fast 32i and getting her ready for the water
Following on from the first film that we did about White Magic we thought we would upload some more clips showing you a little more of the detail. Today... the beginning.... from the day we bought her up to the point at which she was lifted back into the ...
JEANNEAU SUNFAST 32I. EP01 Our year with White Magic
This is a short film that shows our year with White Magic, a Jeanneau Sun Fast 32i sailing yacht. The story began at the start of the year when we sold our old boat, Muskrat Ramble, and Benneteau First 32s5 and where on the look out for something to repl...