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@@MrDuckmallard very perceptive! You may have heard about head to wind.

@@snafflecaterers5841 short answer is yes. Although this year we used a French visa. See earlier episodes if you’re interested in the process. Next year will definitely be more of an issue as we head east into the Mediterranean.

@@csomemouse1 wow great to hear from you Craig!! Hope all is well with you and the family mate. Saw you and Jake… on a set together! Amazing!! A big lad now!

@@peterschouten-ys8yr thank you very much indeed Peter. All the best to you and your family 👍

@@chrischambers5466 😂😂😂 I hope you’ve got someone to towel you off before you knock something over!

@robertmoreland2638 that could work as a temp fix, but alas I didn’t have any dyneema! The tiller arm can exert up to 3.5 tonnes as well, so it’s a canny bit of force. Thankfully the power of the internet means getting spares isn’t that hard, even after Brexit does its best to slow things down!

@ I find it easier, quicker and cheaper to jump on a plane for spares for my Thornycroft BMC 1.8. I’ve had so many parts sat in Madrid and then returned . 😂👍🇪🇸

@ 😂😂amazing isn’t it? Route 1 for us is to utilise the check in baggage space of any visitors!

@@SailingSeaStar_ isn’t that the truth?! Ground tackle is very expensive indeed, but it keeps you safe and out of marinas, so a sound investment!

@@SailingSeaStar_ thanks for the feedback, I’m happy we can help! It’ll honestly be the trip of a lifetime, you have an amazing adventure ahead of you 👍 best wishes to you and your family!

@@SailingSeaStar_ apparently it happens quite a lot! The tiller arm can exert up to 3.5 tonnes, in that kind of sea state it’s doing some work! It’s definitely a spare we’ll now keep on board and I’ve met several skippers since who also do the same!

@@Spud63 thank you! Is there any particular recipe you recommend?

@@sailinghjem i will get the recipe the boss uses

@ tremendous, looking forward to it!

@ The Boss. Spanish potatoes Onion chopped Bell pepper Double handful of mushrooms Two large potatoes cubed Fry pots first until cooked and golden Fry other in diff pan Add together. Bring all upto temp Then add 4 or more eggs Stir until eggs cooked then finish Add any spices or herbs Parsley garlic salt and pepper Serve

@ ahh thank you. It’s bit of a variation on a potato dish that I cook, we call it Patatas Yachtas 😂

@@anthonypalmer2870 thank you Anthony!

@@SailingSeaStar_ hello there! You’re very welcome and thank YOU for taking the time to say hello! Well we have a radar but our repeater screen is an LCD from 1998 and I think it’s practically useless for short range radar use. So we never used ours. When we circumnavigated the UK, we didn’t have AIS, but we installed a transceiver in the winter which repeats onto the iPad Navionics and it was an absolute Godsend for us, we love it! It’s pretty much guaranteed that you’ll encounter fog in Northern Spain and Portugal during the summer, so a radar technically would be useful in that scenario. But you’ll be doing the same sailing as we did, harbour to harbour during the day as much as possible, so we didn’t miss a radar this season at all. 90% of all boats we saw at sea were on AIS, the remaining 10% mainly small fishing or sailing vessels. In the fog we use AIS and keep a keen lookout. A radar can be useful to detect squalls and in the Med, this can be useful in certain areas. But at the moment I’m trying to work out if an old radar can be used with new screens etc, a rabbit hole I’m not out of yet! Hope that’s helpful!

@@sailinghjem​​⁠very helpful thanks 🙏 I’m guessing your boat is all moored up for winter or are you continuing into the med? Be interested to hear as I think you went to Africa coast not Gibraltar

@@SailingSeaStar_ yes, it was 23 degrees here in Gibraltar last week but it’s starting to cool down now, so we’re tucked away for the winter living onboard. We had intended to head over to Morocco to winter there, but a well priced berth in Gibraltar became available and we decided to give it a try, given there are no visa issues etc.

We might get around to it, but in the interim, if you'd like to talk it through, I'm happy to help! Let me know 👍🏼

@@StevenCopeland-co2xt she certainly is, but since she’s famous now, it’s gone to her head a bit. She’s asking for sparkling water in her bowl! Need to bring her back down to earth 😂

@@mattanderson9029 cheers my friend! Lovely words as always!

Thanks for commenting Vajinder and happy sailing! ⛵ F, R and Y.

Shame you feel that way. Best wishes!

@@peterschouten-ys8yr lovely memory Peter! Alas I wish the videos helped to pay for the sailing! They don’t even cover 1% of our expenditure. You’d laugh if you saw how much one gets!

@@mattanderson9029 welcome back amigo! Salut!!

@@martinbirdiebrain1912 hiya Martin! We’ve tried everything now. If the pontoon is long enough, midship lines are wonderful. But most of the time the pontoon is waaaay too short, so midship line is not so helpful. I like a lasso, but Faye gets struck by an antigravity pulsatron every time she throws a line from the boat and it ends up in the water 😂

@@waltervanderboor yeah, we know this, but despite the Yachtmaster theory and years sailing around, we hadn’t seen light pattern before! Incidentally red, white, red means restricted in ability to manoeuvre rather than not able to move.

@@sailinghjem Wait until you get to Asia, here people have their own interpretation of safety and lights for boats. Hence tugs at night with zero lights and small fisherman with either nothing or half a city of lights in rainbow colors.

@@waltervanderboor 😂 if in doubt, bear away! Will be our mantra.

@@sailinghjem Yes we say similar, "What do many lights mean?..... stay away, do not go near. But not always possible, we live close to Singapore.. Lots of lights at sea

@ looks to be an amazing part of the world. Do you get much mould with the temperature and humidity? If so, how do you deal with it?

@@RoymondoSalvatore-tj5rd thank you Roymondo! Good luck with your boat purchase!

@@sailawayteam great advice 😂

@@ooweesaler Amen to that!

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Bugger off. Thank you.

Cheers guys. Best of luck on your adventure. Give us a shout when you set off!

an absolutely stunning part of the world!

@@wimvanhee8022 think you might be right there Wim! Thanks very much for the feedback!

@@brentharrison5952 great to hear from you both and hope you’re both well !!

@@johnd3352 we ended up in Rota, was absolutely lovely. Although our week in the Cadiz area had awful weather so we couldn’t see as much as we would have liked!

@@johnd3352 loved the place very much!

🙏🏻Thanks so much for the support, Tony.

Northern Spain is stunning but the swell is 🤢

Thanks for watching. Comillas doesn't accept visitors and the bay didn't look to have any protection from the swell. The next option would have been San Vincente but we wanted to push on and make the miles.

@@sailinghjem yes I was only thinking of your dog 👍 I did the same, Santander, Lastres 65m, Lusaca 65m, Ria De Viveiro 58m, La Caruna 58m. Looking good. 😀🇪🇸

Cheers. Viveiro and Coruña were also on our itinerary. Great places.

@ if you’re looking for a fantastic place to winter, I’d recommend Cartagena. There’s a festival every week. 👍🇪🇸

@@robertmoreland2638 alas we wish we could winter in Spain, but unfortunately…. brexit 😭

@@MikeAndCarolineKolling that’s absolutely right. Basically the way we saw it the plan was to either 1. Get an EU passport for Yewy within four months of leaving the UK from a country en route or 2. Get to Gibraltar within four months of leaving the UK. We managed to get a passport in Portugal, so the little plonker is now a Portuguese Welsh Terrier 😂 we tried in France too, but the famous bureaucracy was real. We sailed the entire Channel and Atlantic coasts of France before they even managed to type her basic details into a computer. True story!

@sailinghjem cool, yeah that's what folks do. Belgium and Spain seem to be good for pet passports. We are a bit behind on your vids, just watched the French visa, but loving every minute. For us we will go via the French canals (we have a stinkpot) Fair Winds to you.

@ the canals look lovely! Hope you have an outstanding trip and thank you for the feedback!

@@mattanderson9029 thank you!

Hello! Boatfolk marinas vary on cost all around the UK, more south tend to be more expensive. And of course it also depends on your boat length. I think we paid £3,600 a year for a 41ft boat in North Shields. If you go on the Boatfolk website, they have the rate cards for all of their marinas, so you can easily find out the cost for your boat 👍🏼

@@wesailwillow wow that sounds like a lovely trip! Have to agree, the current approach seems to benefit us, so we just try to do the right thing and…. enjoy!

@@smulismuli7976 Belgian, French…. It’s a fry, not a chip 🤣

@@matthewclarke269 not every day we get a comment from a real life hero. THANK YOU, Matthew!

@ haha not sure about that but thanks 🤩

@@peterschouten-ys8yr glad we could evoke some lovely memories for you Peter. Northern Spain is for sure a beautiful part of the world and we loved it! Although… there is some swell there 😂 more on that later….!

@@Ken-fe4cg thanks! No, you don’t if you’re in your Schengen days, which we weren’t as we had a French long stay visa. Still no idea what to do, neither did anyone else. Officials differed from person to person!

Understood. But you’re right no one seems to know what’s going on! Anyway, enjoy Spain.

@ we will (and did!)😂

Some of the red white flashing lights may be wind turbines depending how far you are off France , if you find your in close company with orcas again you could always try dropping your sails and going in circles in reverse under engine , just don’t do what the Spanish coastguard tell you to do ,witch is switch everything off and sit there like a lame duck especially when you get closer to finister or barbete

@@peterschouten-ys8yr 100% we need to learn this!

@@matthewclarke269 welcome aboard! And thanks for the lovely feedback!

@@1962gms thank you Gary!

Thank you :) The concerned look on Rob's face really sums up how we felt.

They're like something out of a horror film! Absolute disgrace... Unlike that steak which was amazeballs yum yum

After that we have been keeping our eyes peeled for the black and white meanies the entire way.

We certainly did report it! Thanks for the well wishes!