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Man Overboard prepartion – Yachtmaster – Carrickfergus – Northen Ireland – Ep. 142
You do more Yachtmaster prep by looking at how we would recover a man overboard and we find out that what we thought "ain't necessarily so".... ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar ---- Affiliate Links ---- Mr D Cookware - -...
Preparing to sail – Carrickfergus – Belfast Lough – Ep. 140
If it was not for the weather, we would be off on a short cruise, but a few little jobs need a tidy up so we use the break to get them done. Next stop.... Out There!!! ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar ---- Affiliate Links ---- Mr D Cookw...
Raymarine instrument calibration – Evo Autopilot – ST60 – Sailing Belfast Lough – Ep. 139
We recalibrate our Raymarine wind instrument and our Evolution Autopilot, but nothing seemed to work as expected, so instead we decided to service the heads.... ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar ---- Affiliate Links ---- Mr D Cookware - ...
Fine day for sailing – Sail trim – Sailing Belfast Lough – Carrickfergus – Ep. 138
Going for a sail when you are a bit rusty is always interesting, but escaping a tight slip with a strong wind against you at the same time? Let us just say that it helps to have friendly local sailors to help out. ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee j...
Wiring the electrics on our boat – Boat projects – Carrickfergus – Ep. 137
In between Force 11 gales, we finally get caught up on fixing the rats' nest of wiring that comprises our boat's electrics. The job is far from perfect but it is a big, big improvement. ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar ---- Affil...
Marine AIS – the good and the bad – Automatic Identification System – Ep. 136
We found that the hardest part of installing an AIS (Automatic Identification System) was trying to choose which one to install. or should we use radar instead? In this week's episode, four other Youtube channels give us their views on AIS - the good and the bad. We are joined by Sailing Lady...
Storm sailing preparation – Yachtmaster – Ep. 135
We talk about preparing to deal with storms and why you should expect every day to be a stormy day at sea ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar ---- Affiliate Links ---- Mr D Cookware - ----- About us ----- We have begun a liveaboard adv...
Marine autopilot update – Raymarine Autohelm EV-100 – Carrickfergus – a SYSL Extra
After calling our autopilot a "Stupid autopilot" because she does not follow a series of course changes, it turns out that *WE* are not as smart as we thought. It looks like the autopilot can follow instructions from the chart plotter. Well, we live and learn .... ---- Coffee Jar --- If...
Marine autopilot installation – Raymarine EV-100 autohelm – Ep. 134
We show how we installed our Raymarine Autopilot (an EV-100 autohelm) and used it as an opportunity to upgrade the boat's network system to Seatalk NG / NMEA-2000 from the old Seatalk-1 system. ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar ---- Af...
Mysterious gifts – Carrickfergus – Bangor – Sailing projects – Ep. 132
We find some mysterious gifts left aboard Salty Lass and we use them to move a few projects forward. ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar ---- Affiliate Links ---- Mr D Cookware - ----- About us ----- We have begun a liveaboard adventur...
Water in the bilge – Carrickfergus – Belfast Lough – Ep. 131
We get comfy in our new marina and think that we are in for a stretch of nice weather which shows you what we know. And we discover water..... inside the boat..... ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar ---- Affiliate Links ---- Mr D Cookware ...
High wind sailing – Sailing Wales – Caernarfon – Porth Dinllaen – Ep. 130
High wind sailing off the Welsh coast. We found some unpublished footage from an Autumn sail in 2019 where the weather was forecast to be F3/4 increasing to 5 occasionally 6. We decided that our planned route was untennable and so we diverted to Porth Dinllaen in Wales. Also, we have launched a si...
Outline Passage Plans – Yachtmaster – Ep. 126
Following on from our previous video, we extract all the relevant information needed to draw up our outline passage plans for leaving Belfast Lough in a few weeks time and we also look back at an actual passage plan from last year ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop a t...
Rotten weather over? We hope so – Winter Sailing – Ep. 124
Due to the rotten weather interfering with sailing and filming, we take a look at the effect four consecutive winter gales have had on our side panels. We also look back at how we made the panels and how well they have held up. ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip ...
COLREGS – Rules of the road – Yachtmaster – Ep. 120
As part of our Yachtmaster training we discuss COLREGS - Collision Regulations - or the Rules of the Road for mariners. There are a surprising number of misconceptions about COLREGS and we try to dispel one or two For more information on our Yachtmasters journey see As always, the crew try and h...
The starboard locker – Winter sailing and projects – Ep. 118
We decide to make some changes in the starboard locker, so we buy chicken wire.... For Impavidus's version of the Poop Inspector, go here ---- Coffee Jar --- If you like our videos, you can always drop a tip in our coffee jar ---- Affiliate Links ---- Mr D Cookware - ----- About us ...
Sea survival training – Disaster survival – Winter Sailing – Ep. 114
Gaynor signs up for the RYA Sea Survival Course in case the worst ever happens when we are at sea. The course was run in Bangor N. Ireland by DV Diving and Sub Aqua and their website is ----- About us ----- We have begun a liveaboard adventure on our Bavaria 36, Salty Lass. It is our ongoin...
What shall we do with the drunken sailor? – Winter Sailing – Ep. 112
Before we start on our winter projects, we decide to investigate to solve an annoying issue we have had for a few weeks. It turned out to be an expensive, simple but vital fix. After that we relax by supporting the RNLI by eating and drinking, and Gaynor has some very useful advice for sailors.... ...
Sailing Northern Ireland – Cruising the North Channel and Irish Sea – SYSL Extra
We look back over our recent trips and adventures around the coast of Northern Ireland and discuss what we liked and where we liked it ----- About us ----- We have begun a liveaboard adventure on our Bavaria 36, Salty Lass. It is our ongoing mission to explore strange new ports, to seek out new t...
Saving money & staying warm – Servicing our Eberspacher Airtronic D4 diesel heater – Ep. 111
In this video, we show you how simple it is to service our Eberspacher D4 Airtronic heater. Eberspachers are great until they stop working. Most of the time the issue is soot, particulates and the fuel/air mix being wrong. This is easily resolved by simply changing one or two bits and giving the un...
More Engine Problems – Sailing Wales – Ep. 108
After having our engine fixed in Beaumaris, we proceed on our cruise without a care in the world, knowing that all our engine issues are sorted out. Oops.... ----- About us ----- We have begun a liveaboard adventure on our Bavaria 36, Salty Lass. It is our ongoing mission to explore strange new p...
Diesel Engine Exhaust Elbow – Sailing Wales – Beaumaris – Ep. 108
We start cleaning up the mess left behind by a mix of seawater and diesel fumes and order up a new exhaust elbow from ABC Power Marine in Beaumaris. Just as we get ready to leave, a few days of bad weather trap us on the mooring and make us very grateful to have our solar panels. ABC Power Marine ...
Weatherbound in Conwy – Sailing Wales – Ep. 106
We are weatherbound in Conwy - an area of the UK with a large tidal range - and we get impatient and make a bit of a blunder. ----- About us ----- We have begun a liveaboard adventure on our Bavaria 36, Salty Lass. It is our ongoing mission to explore strange new ports, to seek out new to us cuisi...