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YACHT RACING AT ITS MOST FRUSTRATING
So just as last week you watched us enter race 2 of the Medway Yacht Club Autumn series and have a cracking sail in a nice breeze. This week its race 4 of the same series in much the same wind direction... just less of it and it turned out to be one of th...
YACHT RACING AT ITS MOST FUN
So its November and the time of year that MYC runs its Autumn series of races for cruisers. This is always the best racing on the river as for what ever reason pretty much all the best boats take part. Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/ We missed...
SAILING BACK HOME
So with the rest of the film from our summer cruise this year lost or corrupted this is all we have left... the sail (motor) back home. Ironically for a cold misty day with little or no wind this was the best day of the holiday for travelling. The engine i...
STRANGE BOATS at Titchmarsh marina
The title pretty much speaks for itself... but we were wandering around Titchmarsh marina this summer and were amazed at the number of rather strange looking boats that were on the hard. You decide, are they strange... or dont we get out enough? Music fr...
THE THINGS YOU DO WHEN YOUR NOT SAILING
So with the weather forecast taking a turn for the worst we decide to head for the Walton backwaters to hold up in Titchmarsh marina and sample the delights of what many would consider a more normal summer holiday! Music from http://www.purple-planet.co...
ENTERTAINING CHILDREN ON A BOAT. A treasure hunt at a marina
Pretty much self explanatory... With a little forward planning we were able to put something together for Elizabeth to brighten up her day after the long sail up to the Orwell Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
SAILING NORTH, TO THE RIVER ORWELL
Next step in our cruise up the east coast of England is the long (for us) sail from the Medway up to the river Orwell. Its a journey of around 50 miles and with the wind from the north we had some bumpy east coast chop to contend with. Music from http:/...
SEVEN BOATS, ONE MOORING! We head off on this years summer cruise
Unfortunately a lot of the film we took on our summer cruise this year has become corrupted... so while I sort out what we have left this is a short film of how it all began. The short trip down our river to Queenborough were we pick up a buoy ready for an...
PURSUIT RACE IN NO WIND. On commodores day at Medway Yacht Club
As it turned out there was just enough, and we had a very pleasant sail with 3 generations of our family on board. Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
SINGLE HANDED SAILING. The final race in the 2017 MYC short handed series
This is the final event in the 5 race 2017 series for short handed sailing at Medway Yacht club. I go into it laying second overall in the championship (first single hander) so there is all to play for. Music: - Feeling good - Purple Planet Music Longin...
SAILING A 49ER DINGHY FOR THE FIRST TIME.
A couple of years ago I a dragged a buddy of mine out of sailing retirement and back into sailing dinghy's. Since then he has been nagging me about just how much fun the 49er is and to prove his point, he bought a cheap boat at the end of last year. So we...
UPDATING THE SOFTWARE ON B&G TRITON EQUIPMENT using a Zeus chartplotter
So following the successful upgrading of the Zeus software last time out, this time we try and upgrade one of the other devises in our network using the Zeus. And its amazingly simple as you will see... Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/
B&G Zeus II Updating the software
One of our viewers watched our film on installing the WiFi system into a B&G network and suggested we take a look at the software upgrade that was available for it. Well a cursory read of the B&G blurb suggested that it might be worth doing so we g...
INFLATABLE DINGHY VALVE REPLACEMENT, including the bit on the inside!
This is pretty much just what the title says its going to be except that its more than just replacing the valve, its cutting a hole in the boat as well! Music from http://www.purple-planet.com/