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SAILING FROM BURNHAM BACK TO THE MEDWAY – 2020 CRUISE DAY 7
After such a glorious first week the following week was looking much worse, with thunderstorms and strong winds forecast. So with this in mind we decided to cut the cruise short, head home and maybe spend some time out and about on the Medway when the weat...
FROM THE TWIZZLE TO THE CROUCH – 2020 CRUISE DAY 6
So after some fabulous weather for the first week the forecast for next week isnt looking so good. With this in mind we decide to head back south to the river Crouch, to Burnham, to meet up with friends and make a plan for what to do next. If you would li...
EXPLORING THE TWIZZLE – 2020 CRUISE DAY 5
So today we enjoy our selves on the Twizzle, swimming in the river and exploring the boat yard If you would like to leave a comment and find that YouTube has disabled them again on this film, then please take a look at the community tab on our page. We wi...
FROM THE ROCKS TO THE TWIZZLE – 2020 CRUISE DAY 4
So today we have a lazy morning at the Rocks then set off, out of the river Deben heading south west, and over to the Walton Backwaters. Here we follow the river Twizzle up to Titchmarsh marina If you would like to leave a comment and find that YouTube ha...
ENJOYING OUR TIME ANCHORED AT THE ROCKS – 2020 CRUISE DAY 3
So after a lazy morning walk we left the Tidemill Marina and sailed back down river to the place called the rocks. I dont know how it got its name as its mostly just mud, like the rest of the east coast, but we found ourselves a little beech and had a wo...
ENTERING THE RIVER DEBEN – 2020 CRUISE DAY 2
So with the forecast showing 10-15 from the North we decide to leave Shotley marina and pop around the corner into the River Deben. Turned out to be 25+ and bumpy, but once we dropped sails and put the motor on the family was much happier and the journey w...
FITTING DAVITS TO DAPHI AFTER SAILING NORTH TO SHOTLEY – 2020 CRUISE DAY 1
Ian took some time off work and we decided to try out the new boat and have a family holiday, sailing up the East Coast of England. Leg 1 of the journey went well and once at the Marina we took some time out to fit some Davits to Daphi. These will allow u...
SAILING FUN WITH FRIENDS ON THE RIVER MEDWAY
So we filmed this a while ago and weren't going to put it out, but then figured that those of you that just like to see what we as a family get up to might enjoy it, so here it is Its not the most interesting or exciting of films, but then again, that wha...
SAILING THROUGH A WINDFARM, and other adventures.
We bought our new to us Jeanneau 34.2 'Daphi' 2 days before the lockdown began, and since then have only been able to spend the odd day on board due to the lockdown restrictions. Well as of the 4th July these restrictions were being eased so we grabbed th...
OUR SECOND SAIL IN DAPHI
So we are still in lock down and not allowed to sail anywhere, or even sleep on board. But we are allowed to drive places and sail the boat as long as it returns to her home port, so thats what we did. Its a long drive for a short sail but still worth it w...
MY PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RS100 DINGHY part 2
Hi all. This is part 2 of a 2 part series which wont be for everyone, so if your not interested in dinghy's, or the design of boats, then I'd turn off now. If you are though then you might get something from this. In part 2 I explain how we went about de...
MY PART IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE RS100 DINGHY part 1
Hi all. This is part 1 of a 2 part series which wont be for everyone, so if your not interested in dinghy's, or the design of boats, then I'd turn off now. If you are though then you might get something from this. In part 1 I explain how I conceived of t...
OUR FIRST SAIL IN DAPHI, spoiler alert, the boat in the thumbnail isnt Daphi
So its been a while but we are finally allowed out to check on Daphi. We started the process of buying her at the start of March, which didnt seem like a silly thing to do at the time however with the county getting shut down just two days after collecting...
SO WE BOUGHT A NEW BOAT, but these are the boats that we had before
Our film about buying a new boat seems to have attracted a load of new subscribers. So for those of you that are new to our channel this is a short summary of the boats that came before, and the thinking behind each purchase. If you would like to find o...