We hope you caught the live discussion with Chesapeake Light Craft's John Harris that stood in for last week's episode. If not, here it is: https://youtu.be/498a2IpwfAc
And we went aboard Calypso, a Bristol Channel Cutter (hull No. 6, built by the Sam L. ...
In this episode we explore Fantome Island Lock Hospital and Lazaret sites which were once a leper colony. It was built from 1926 to 1945 by the Queensland Government.
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Until next time…
Wendy and Magnus
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It's time for us to set sail once more and this week we head to the commercial port of Falmouth, in Cornwall where we drop our anchor and spend the next few days preparing for our boldest sailing adventure to date!
Here are some links from the video that ...
Last episode we had an unexpected message from a friend inviting us for a week of sailing in Amalfi coast.
We jumped at the chance… then jumped on the plane a few days later!
We travelled for three days on cheap flights and finally arrived in Naples, w...
We went live aboard a small cruising boat in Annapolis during the Annapolis Sailboat Show with Nica and Jeremy Waters, cruisers who went all-in on their beloved 28' Bristol Channel Cutter, Calypso. Over the last few years they've made a great many updates ...
The sound gets better at 13:11! Thanks for your patience. We had the mics turned down from the noisy day before, when we were walking around a crowded show grounds.
Steve and Annie B met up with John Harris, owner and CEO of Chesapeake Light Craft www.cl...
After wrapping up our sail in Turkey with Kraken, we head to the factory to see how one of the boats are actually made (video to be released soon!)
With only a few days left of our time in Turkey, we then head to the centre of Istanbul and try and immers...
Here are the streaming and in-person events over the coming week:
7 a.m. ET, Friday, October 15: A2A Live from the Annapolis Sailboat Show
The stream will be here: https://youtu.be/498a2IpwfAc
A look around, and talking tenders with John Harris of Chesa...
This week its more small keel boat racing. We join in with the Medway Yacht Club squib fleet and race 4, of their autumn series. We missed race one, competed in race 2, as your would have seen last week if your a regular viewer. Then race 3 was blown out w...
We've been sailing on SY Esper since 2006, thousands of miles and lots of places. But after all these years it's never easy to say goodbye
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03:38 Gaya Island - fishing platforms...
Oh what a tangled web we weave! Anyone will tell you about the compromises in nearly all liveaboard choices, and to be sure at least a vast majority of cubic inches are considered and cogitated upon, this week's episode takes a hard 90-degree turn into an ...
It’s finally time to install the two new sinks in Nutshell’s galley.
This is something which we have wanting to do for a very long time. We were restricted by the state of the plumbing underneath and also the fact that we hadn’t been able to really ...
DID WE FIND OUR NEW BOAT?! We consider our beautiful sailing yacht one of the Blue Water Sailboats. But this J Class Sailing yacht - Hoek Design - is something else. Join us while we explore this beauty of a sailboat with an even more beautiful family livi...
In our final days of sailing on the Kraken 50, we get more comfortable living aboard, including cooking in the galley. With Adam and the team dealing with failing winds above deck, below deck, I prepare a semi successful meal for lunch.
Not wanting to le...
Regular viewers might remember that a couple of months ago we showed you our new boat. A Squib. Well this week we show you what we did with it and take you on board for its first race
We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have enjoyed wat...
Six things that annoy us about living together on our sailboat: declared, shared, compared and repaired. The court is now in session, but who won and did we learn any lessons? In our most intimate insight yet into life aboard SY Esper, we undergo self-ther...
This week it's just what it says on the tin. Steve goes through making the four remaining drawers for the workbench after he finishes the proof-of-concept drawer he and Wes started. Victoria's drawers went from impossible-to-open to dry and super wiggly in...
It’s time to get Nutty back in the water and where she belongs.
We leave Rosshaven Marine and head back over to Magnetic Island. Then it’s back to Townsville again to pick up parts and explore the Strand foreshore.
Magnus starts on the ‘simple’ j...
We continue our test sail on the Kraken 50 in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey.
The task of the day is to push the boat to almost it's breaking point and see whether it can handle it! We were obviously happy to oblige and lend a helping hand in sailing it as ha...
Its not quite as bad as it sounds but if we didn't have to leave, we wouldn't have. The wind had been blowing over 20 for the last 4 days, and from the south west, the direction we had to travel in. Today it was still blowing over 20 but had switched aroun...
The Bellota the Bilge Dragon t-shirt can be found here: https://www.bonfire.com/bellota-the-bilge-dragon/
All of the milling in the last episode is starting to show its worth as the workbench comes together. The Emmert patternmaker's vise, which was a gen...
Now that we have our new sails we can finally install the headsail furling Reefurl Furler.
It’s simple to install and is provided with easy to follow instructions. Nothing has been left to chance.
Thanks for watching.
Until next time…
Wendy and Mag...
So this week we leave the River Deban and head over to Titchmarsh marina in the Walton backwaters. The weather wasn't much cop and we had to motor the whole way but had a lot of fun once we arrived.
We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you h...
This week in Sardinia we drink lots of rum and with our new friends and Ryan tries some windsurfing activities with a big hangover, it's safe to say, it did not turn out too well for him...
We continue along the coast of Sardinia and make our way over to t...
Last episode we were invited by Kraken Yachts to go sailing on the new Kraken 50 for a 500 mile shakedown sail before they handed it off to its new owner.
After waking up in our new digs in Turkey, we make plan on where we are going to sail around the Se...
Bellota the Bilge Dragon: https://www.bonfire.com/bellota-the-bilge-dragon/
There is a great deal of difference between a boat built to suit most people—one that's meant to go onto the market to be sold immediately, with general accommodations builders ...
Sailing to new destinations is always exciting and I think to date, this could possibly be the best British sailing destination in terms of a simply stunning anchorage/ bay that we've ever seen!
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This week, Adam sat down with Dick Beaumont, the founder and CEO of Kraken Yachts, to talk about about all things sailing and boat design for Bluewater sailboats. This is Part 2 of our interview series with him. Part 1 can be found here: https://youtu.be/Y...
So this week we make the short journey along the coast from the river Orwell and into the river Deban. Its a pretty straightforward trip apart from one thing. The Deban is surrounded by large sandbars that are constantly moving and it always seems to get o...
In episode 120, we get back on the water, taking the Washington State Ferry to Bainbridge Island and explore. We wanted to see what a commute would be like if we found a liveaboard boat on Bainbridge Island. Come along and check out Winslow!
Be sure to fo...
We covered a general plan for the interior in a breezy way a few weeks ago in a bonus video (https://youtu.be/RDxneIM3M8c), but now that a few things are in place and the vision came into focus, Carolyn drew a scaled layout plan that is approaching some se...
Welcome back to our weekly vlog! In this episode we return to our boat in Ponta Delgada and after settling in for only 2 days we got a phone call... "How quickly could we get to Turkey to sail on a Kraken 50?"
Our answer... tomorrow!
So, we jumped on the ...
This week, Adam sat down with Dick Beaumont, the founder and CEO of Kraken Yachts, to talk about about all things sailing and boat design for Bluewater sailboats. This is Part 1 of our interview series with him. When released, Part 2 will be linked here.
...
Man did it rain, and we only took the camera out for a brief period after the worst had happened so you really wont get to see just how much!
Any way this week we leave Fambridge on the River Crouch, have a brief stop at Burnham and then head off further ...
CATAMARAN HAUL OUT UNEXPECTED SURPRISES | We begin on hiring people to remove the bottom pain to the gel coat while Andrea and I start working on the engines; we remove the impeller, oil change, change the coolant, remove the propellers and find a few sur...
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