Episode 34.
Sorry for the delay, I have been really bad lately at vlogging and uploading videos. My time has been taken up by a little lady called Ayla Belle Dodson.
I will try and be more consistent with the videos...
In this episode we say a sad good...
Our installation of the D400 Wind generator aboard our Westsail 42 sailboat Paragon.
Check out the unboxing and review videos with the links below!
D400 Wind Generator Series:
The Unboxing (Part 1) https://youtu.be/e_TCi3vaqSs
Wiring & Performance ...
Its Bonita's Birthday! We celebrate by having a floaty party in our own lagoon! https://www.sailingnandji.com
This week on Sailing Nandji, it is Bonita's Birthday!! With our new crew member being on board for a week by this stage, we sail to a new island ...
This week we join some fellow members of the Medway Yacht club on a cruise across the river Thames to a club that we have never visited before, Benfleet Yacht club. It turns out this is a very friendly and welcoming club but the journey there isn't that s...
We leave Australia and slowly make our way back to Mexico and SV Nutshell. There are plenty of beer reviews in this episode and our fair share of traveling.
We visit a few pubs including The Anglers in Teddington and The Opera House Pub in Royal Tunbridge...
Our unboxing of the Eclectic Energy D400 Wind generator.
Check out the installation and review videos with the links below!
The Installation (Part 2): https://youtu.be/E6xypfntBa0
Wiring & Performance Review (Part 3): https://youtu.be/0uArpuWHVTg
If...
So if you have seen the previous 2 films you will have watched us head off up the east coast of England in our 29ft Hanse for a well earned break. Well we have had a good time but the weather isn't really playing ball so we decide to cut our losses and hea...
Need an explanation of bent frame construction? Here's the first part.
We've been working fast now and after assembling the backbone, it was time to install the molds. Which proved to be a bit more challenging than expected in our boathouse.
We will be ...
We get our new crew member and initiate him with a 40nm sail the first day! https://www.sailingnandji.com
This week on Sailing Nandji, after taking the plunge and deciding to get a new crew member on board, we reached out to our Instagram following. Withi...
So if you watched us last week you will have seen us set off on a cruise up the east coast of England in Sea Horse, our 29ft sail boat. This week we shoudl you more of our adventures.
We make these films just for fun, and we hope that you have enjoyed wat...
We have something super exciting to share with you guys! We can't believe it either!!!!
Buy Drenched Merchandise:
https://www.drencheddivers.com/shop.html
Check out Rick on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/user/cstaguy
Check out Shascha on YouTube:
htt...
We head out exploring Raja Ampat, discovering the Clearest water and the BIGGEST school of fish ever! https://www.sailingnandji.com
This week on Sailing Nandji, we finally depart the city of Sorong, Indonesia. After spending 2 long weeks being land locked...
So every year we take a couple of weeks off work/school and go sailing, as a family, up the east coast of England. This year was no exception and with Britain enjoying the best warmest summer on record we headed off in Sea Horse, our Hanse 291. The weather...
The backbone is bolted together! We finally have some timbers bolted together and what a great feeling. It has been a long journey up to this point, with a lot more to come, but we can finally start seeing some of Arabella's shape coming together.
We ha...
We taste FREEDOM at last! Our mission to sail the length of Croatia in 10 days begins and we can't wait to finally experience life at anchor.
We turn to each other and ask, 'Have we made it?' Still pinching ourselves that we've realised our dreams.
Thank...
See what it's like to fly on the bow of SV Delos while she is under sail! Join us for more diving, more sailing, and more shenanigans!
You dig it? Give it a big thumbs up 👍 & Subscribe.
Check out Rick and Sophisticated Lady on YouTube:
https://www...
Episode 40
Ricky explains our shower bilge pump and where we will be fitting it.
He also does explain in great detail how we fitted our door in using Ultrabond (thickened polyester formulated for bonding polyester surfaces and doing fills ) aswell as Sika...
We're getting the backbone assembly up... but there is so much to do before we can actually put it all together.
We go through all of that in this video, along with a quick run through of the backbone actually going up! We'll go over everything in deta...
You dig it? Give it a big thumbs up 👍 & Subscribe.
We meet up with the gang from SV Delos and have allllllll the fun! We have a reunion with our old Pals Rick and Shascha from Sophisticated Lady, explore jungle water falls, go sailing, scuba divin...
Alex has been on the boat for a few months now, what he doesn't know is a couple of months ago his sister and I got together and started planning to prank him for his birthday.
She spent 2 months telling him she couldn't make it out, that money was tight...
It's taken two years of prep before getting to the point of being able to start bolting things together but we are finally there! The stern assembly is up and the bow will be up by next week.
In celebration of this moment, we are doing a limited run of c...
Ever wondered who we really are? Well here we go! (at least a little bit of an insight...)
Doug from SV Seeker has been kind enough to have interviewed us for his new video series, The Mind of a Boat Builder and has passed on the video for us to share he...
Yes, we are starting to finally put her together. It's been a long time coming and we have many pieces ready, but we are steps away from bolting things together.
That means, we need to drill holes and make sure the bow assembly fits perfectly together. S...
A postcard from our time thus far in Svalbard aboard Paragon with Drake, Mo, and Éanna reunited!
I used to love 'Where the Sidewalk Ends' by Shel Silverstein when I was a child for all its wonder and absurdity and pure fun. And what a question...what lie...
So one day we are sitting at the public dock in Tacoma and this girl comes along and starts asking about the boat, two weeks later we took her out sailing!
This is the story of what happened!
Army Rangers on my boat for the 4th of July!: https://www.yo...
We love going to the wooden boat show at Mystic Seaport and wanted to share some of that with you all but it didn't really fit well in one of our longer videos so we thought we'd share that with you along with a code to save at Jamestown Distributors.
They...
After Sail Ahead the party continued, first in Tacoma, then we sailed up to Vashon Island and set the hook in Quarter Master Harbor, we wound up with a boat full of Army Rangers for the 4th of July!
Then Dexter went nuts over the fireworks!
All in all i...
Every year Medway Yacht Club hosts the keel boat regatta on the river Medway and we like to enter it if we can. Its spread over three days, is always really well organised, on and off the water and can be a great deal of fun.
As all of you watching this ...
After seeing the fore deadwood and the milling in detail, we thought it would be interesting to see another side of these two processes. In this video we show how, where and why we stacked all the lumber from milling. We also get into making the Aft dead...
Support us on Patreon:
https://www.patreon.com/SailingYachtFlorence
Hundreds of miles from the next inhabited island, and with only 2 rangers living there to guard the nature reserve, Suwarrow is the most remote location we have sailed to so far. On the w...
In the last episode we shaped the wormshoe to fit into the keel timber. We had many requests for an explanation on how we found those lines to cut to. This video is simply that explanation. Skip this video if you aren't interested in that.
------------...
This week we make a plan on where to spend New Year 2018 and we'd heard good things about the French island of Martinique. Marin, the town at the South of the island is a sailing mecca and a great place to fix some boat issues so we decided to head there ...
Meet Alex, the first crew member to join me on this journey and learn about how he went from working as a welder in Michigan to becoming a sailor!
The Le Vagabonde Episode 8 tips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXe3QF10vgU
Want to see us take a wave ov...
So this week its race 4, in the 5 race MYC 2018 single handed race series.
I came second in race 1, had to miss race 2 due to other commitments and only managed a 4th in race 3, so if I want a chance of winning the series I badly need a good result this ...
Something AWESOME is coming!
Be the FIRST to know⛵
Sign up for exclusive updates and be the first to hear when we go live!
Get sneak peeks, exciting announcement, and special content straight to your inbox!
By clicking “Accept All Cookies”, you agree to the storing of cookies on your device to optimize our website, personalize and measure the effectiveness of advertising and collect statistics on usage. Not consenting or withdrawing consent, may adversely affect certain features and functions.
Technical or Functional cookies
Always active
Technical or functional cookies are essential for the basic functionality of the website. They are necessary for general web administration, session identification, website security, and presenting optimized content based on your devices. They also improve the general usability of the website, enabling features such as logging in to your account, adding products to your shopping cart, and checking out securely. These cookies are crucial for the website to function properly and cannot be switched off in our systems. They are typically set in response to actions made by you, such as setting privacy preferences, logging in, or filling in forms. While you can configure your browser to block or alert you about these cookies, please note that some parts of the site may not work properly if you do so. It’s important to mention that these cookies do not store any personally identifiable information directly related to your identity. We may place these cookies without your explicit consent as they are strictly necessary for providing our service.
Preferences
The technical storage or access is necessary for the legitimate purpose of storing preferences that are not requested by the subscriber or user.
Statistics or Performance cookies
We utilize statistics cookies to optimize the website experience for our users and gain insights into its usage, such as the number of website visitors, unique visitors, visited pages, and traffic sources. These cookies enable us to measure and enhance site performance by identifying the most and least popular pages and tracking visitor movement. This data aids us in understanding and analyzing website performance for continuous improvement. All collected data is aggregated and therefore anonymous. Disabling these cookies hampers our ability to monitor site visits and performance effectively. We ask for your permission to place statistics cookies.The technical storage or access that is used exclusively for anonymous statistical purposes. Without a subpoena, voluntary compliance on the part of your Internet Service Provider, or additional records from a third party, information stored or retrieved for this purpose alone cannot usually be used to identify you.
Marketing, Advertising, and Tracking cookies
On this website, we use marketing, advertising, and tracking cookies to personalize the advertisements we show to you, ensuring they are meaningful and relevant. These cookies also allow us (and third parties) to gain insights into the effectiveness of advertising campaigns. This is achieved by creating a profile based on your click behavior and Browse activity both on and outside our Website. These cookies link you, as a website visitor, to a unique ID, for example, to ensure you do not see the same advertisement repeatedly. The information stored in these cookies may also be used by third-party ad providers to show you ads on other websites you visit. Because these cookies are used for tracking and marketing purposes, we ask for your explicit permission to place them.