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INFLATABLE DINGHY REPAIR 4 YEARS ON and what they dont tell you about the glue!
It was a miserable day, and while I was sorting things out at home I realised that it had been four years since I fixed the inflatable, and that some of you might be interested in how it worked out. This then reminded me of another repair that we made and ...
Setting sail ALONE for the first time! | EP 7
WE BLOODY DID IT! We depart Melbourne on Tucana, our new 50ft yacht, AKA: Our new home! We say goodbye to our friends... former colleagues.
COVID OUTBREAK: Goodbye Tucana… | Ep 5
72 hours before we were scheduled to depart Melbourne, the entire state of Victoria, Australia was placed into a 7 DAY snap lockdown due to covid outbreak.
We sail Sydney to Hobart… in REVERSE! | Ep 4
On this episode, we sail from Hobart to Sydney on an incredible 50ft X-Yacht, 'Son Of Sam'. Tucana gets a new anti-foul, stanchions and backing plates.
A SUNNY BANK HOLIDAY SAIL TO ESSEX
Not much to say really. It was a sunny bank holiday weekend, which almost never happens, so we wanted to make use of it and go for a sail. We have friends in Burnham who we haven't seen for almost 3 years and another friend who had just bought a Moody 29 i...
HAULING OUT ahead of our Aussie sailing adventure | Ep 3
On this epic episode: Our rigging is taken away and getting replaced, John modernises our water pump, we get new flexi solar panels, the winches are serviced.
Young Couple Buys 50ft Sailing Yacht! | Ep 2
This is our backstory.. and how we found Tucana - our dream boat! We also experience our first hail storm and we get vinegar in our water tanks. Yuck!
I quit my job & bought a yacht! | Ep 1
Yep. We did it. We purchased a yacht and we plan to sail her around Australia. Join us on this crazy adventure.
NEW SAILS AND NEW RIGGING, this is what we have been doing
So when Daphy first came out of the water we got busy and did loads of the things that were on our to do list. Such as replacing the standing rigging, servicing the running rigging, fix the water leak on the calorifier, replace the hoses on the head orderi...
BIKES AND BOATS doesn’t get much better than this
Its that time of year when the weather turns cold wet and miserable which means its also the time to get Daphy out of the water. Its a chance to dry her out, do some of that boat maintenance stuff that always needs doing and as being on the hard at MYC is ...
CRUISER CLASS RACING ON THE MEDWAY – BURTON CUP 2020 RACE 5
The Burton cup is an event held by the Medway cruising club every year in October. Spread over 4-5 weeks it provides some low key cruiser racing and its an event that we always enjoy. So this year we are again crewing for Steve and Kevin aboard their Hustl...
SAILING SINGLE HANDED. Tacking a boat with a large genoa!
So this week Ian gets a chance to just go for a sail, on his own, just for the fun of it. There wasn't much wind, although there was enough and it gave him a chance to figure out how to tack that big genoa on his own, even with the inconvenience of a wheel...
CRUISER CLASS RACING ON THE MEDWAY – BURTON CUP 2020 RACE 2
The Burton cup is an event held by the Medway cruising club every year in October. Spread over 4-5 weeks it provides some low key cruiser racing and its an event that we always enjoy. So this year we are again crewing for Steve and Kevin aboard their Hustl...
CRUISER CLASS RACING ON THE MEDWAY – BURTON CUP 2020 RACE 1
The Burton cup is an event held by the Medway cruising club every year in October. Spread over 4-5 weeks it provides some low key cruiser racing and its an event that we always enjoy. So this year we are again crewing for Steve and Kevin aboard their Hustl...