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Funny. On cats tilt is more speed.....untill you capsize. Adam learned a lot on monohulls I guess. Some time ago my girlfriend learned a few things as well. Her younger sister had a job in Plymouth. She, me and my girlfriend are Dutch. First thing: It was January and thus cold. We stopped for drinks at the pub, The Dolphin. We sat near the fire. My girlfriend and me both reading. Then an Aussi said to my girlfriend: "Excuse me, your boots are on fire". They actually were. The Aussie solved the situation with his pint of Guinness. So I gave him a new one. Next day. Roadtrip. For Karin, my girlfriend, it was her first visit to the UK. I did the driving in a rental car. At a certain moment the navigation system yelled: "Bear left". Karin looked at me, fear in her eyes. She said in Dutch: "Op links zit een beer". I will translate. "On the left there is a bear".

First class adventure! No drama, very encouraging. Thanks

Just an observation ......back ground music drowns out voices .

nice one you guys!

Thanks for nice video.

Really nice seeing you back...was looking forward to to watching a new episode. Hope all is as well as possible :)

Great to see you back again after a break. Very enjoyable

That was great, thank you. Some passage planning and timing details would be great.

Channel crossing done, great! Enjoying watching your developing story and your personal video-diary style. Looking much forward to your coming adventures, enjoy - best wishes, Simon&Panos.xx

Great adventure!

Awwww, I was looking forward to watching you dock, but you ended it just at the critical moment.

Great attitudes and commentary!

Love your videos. Keep up the good work.

Really lovely episode.😊

Nice one...really enjoy your videos :)

Very nice. I sail a albin vega in Charleston SC. Im 67 so sail on. Thank you

What a great weekend and video. Thank you for sharing so looking forward to the next one 😊

I really enjoy your videos. Thank you for sharing.

Congratulations on first sail of the season

Well done chaps!

Fabulous, nice filming.

I’m 59 and just bought my first sailing boat unfortunately it’s a project so plenty of work before I start sailing. Sailinstardreamer

저에게도 큰 힘이 되었습니다. 50대 후반이지만 저도 시작하려고 합니다. 좋은 영상 기대할께요~

Really good to hear and see from you again after a long winter. Great video as usual

Yay so glad you are back posting again. You were missed and enjoy your videos thanks

great to see you again ive just got my first sailing boat at 59

I must thank you for the inspiration. I think your concept to video your experience of learning and sailing at 60 years old is just fantastic. I was talking to some old band members I used to play music with. We are going to document "putting the band back together" at 70 years old. Yes, a few of us are that age. We all still play our instruments, (some play the best they ever have) we are healthy and we have unlimited time and recording studio access. If nothing else, we are going to have a lot of fun and make awesome memories. By the way the expression "we are putting the band back together" is the threat we often used to tease our wives. They did not like when we were on the road for weeks/months at a time. Thanks again for the inspiration and for letting us borrow your concept!

We really liked the Biggles edition splendid throw some more Boy Scouts in your boat scoutmaster Captains sir😂

I really like the way you can "dock" the boat in England. Very good safety briefing for new crew. Have you considered rigging some simple preventers to avoid unwanted jib? Nice litle story👍

Fabulous, we've had a month of dryish weather now so hope you managed to get out a few times.

Time to hit the water

Great, thanks for taking us along

What great entertainment. What a great channel you guys have Fairwinds and following seas. 👍

Yes! I have so much planned for life and some of it will fully be happening from 60 and beyond! Go you for jumping in and inspiring others! At the moment i have only driven barges and powerboats, but sailing is coming one day!

Never give up!

Nice to hear from you again. I did take my boat out in December and February too, although in north Adriatic. I see you have Barton Winchers on your winches. Can you please tell if you find those useful? Thanks for the opinion.

I love winter cruising, short days but that means short leisurely sails, cool nights but quiet anchorages. Around here it doesn't get quite that cold but nearly sometimes the fishing can be exceptional so a nice fish fry in the shelter of a nearby island a good book and a nice cuppa. (I have a couple of videos on my channel of winter sailing)

Glad to see you back and taking advantage of every sailing day.

Thanks for that sailing break! Snowy and cold in southern Ontario Canada! Cant wait for spring!

Can you make your videos longer.! Otherwise not worth all that effort😉

Thanks for the video, we hope to see you on the water soon but need to find a boat first! We're looking for a nice c. 30 foot boat to buy in the Plymouth area but not much of interest at the moment, and what is available seems to be overpriced. I think there was a lot of demand during Lockdown which pushed prices up and haven't come down yet.

You’re always going to get water in the bilge because the keel stepped mast will drain there. My 1972 Ballad had a small plastic pipe leading from the mast base into the bilge through a glassed in tube so that the rainwater that got into the mast through the many holes drilled in it for fittings could escape. I think some of the very early Ballads had the batteries in the bilge compartments, it must have been a nightmare. I think that is why no two boats seem to have identical battery stowage nowadays. When I first took the mast down there was what remained of a football bladder in it, obviously an attempt to keep the water in the mast rather than the bilge, another bad idea !

Amazing. I also started sailing at 60!! I’m now 65 and sailing has become a passionate part of my life after 7000 miles!!

Enjoying your adventures. Looking forward to more this year!

Memories of the grey and choppy English channel quickly fade when you are sitting on board in Salcombe watching the world go by enjoying a cocktail. We found Salcombe Rum last summer and since it was after 9 o'clock in the morning accepted a free sample. 3 actually, so we bought a small bottle of the Devon variety, super with ginger beer to make Dark and Stormies 🙂

Great to see some sailing. We are all looking forward to a good season.

Thans you for sharing, this peaceful images, Johan, the Netherlands

Are you guys doing anymore videos?

Hello from across the pond! I stumbled upon your channel a couple days ago and I love what you’re doing! I’ve been interested in learning to sail for a few months now and bought a used Hobie Cat 17. It’s fun but not what I want. Have been saving my nickels for a mono hull that I can single hand. I just turned 55 a couple weeks ago and I wanted y’all to know how much watching the videos has inspired me. God bless😊

Thank you for the tour. It is a very nice boat.