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Awesome adventure Would love some insights from the skipper himself

Great video. And really great to follow my late Dad’s favourite yacht on her continuing adventures. I’m sure he’s sailing with you all too. Bon voyage for the rest of the journey.

Glad you remembered the pistachios.. The shells biodegrade and fish love playing with them, and just toss them over board like a briny bread crumb trail.

This is excellent production.

A very interesting video. We sailed across the Atlantic on a similar size boat within a few days of you, from Lanzarote rather than GC, and it will be interesting to see the second installment. Watering with the dinghy looked a bit painful!

Привет Джонатан и Шина! 😊 Красивые виды, классное приключение! ⛵ Будет что вспомнить в старости, не каждый яхтсмен делает Транс-Антлантику! Умиротворенный голос Джонатана отдельный восторг!👍 😊Hi Jonathan and Sheena! Beautiful views, great adventure! It will be something to remember in old age, not every yachtsman does the Trans-Atlantic! Jonathan's peaceful voice is a special delight!😊

Hello Jonathan Great film and great shots. I enjoyed the video :-)

Hurray up...need/want the NEXT EPISODE! Sail on!

It was a pleasure to share the adventure with you Jonathan. Thank you for documenting the journey on iola.

Great video, amazing adventure and funny voiceover intro. 😄 Excellent.. Looking forward to part 2.

Thank you for the video. It brings back memories of our crossing.

Such a bonus to have this great video Jonathan. Looking forward to the next instalment.

WOW - What an Adventure....I love your video skills, Jonathan. I look forward to the next episode.

Hi Jonathan and Sheenagh. Congratulations for the challenges you undertake and thank you for sharing them on RUclips. Your videos are awesome. I focused on the LWD series, interested in learning from you everything possible about the French canals and I found them very helpful. Could you please tell me which is the guide book you always have in hand with detailed maps of the canals and the descriptions of each section? Thank you very much and thanks again. All the best. Juan.

So proud of them! Happy to wave them off, the crossing was not for me! Watch the next episode to see if they made it for Christmas 😮

Thank you both for that wonderful video, I owned Lazy Days a Dunkirk Little Ship from her arriving back on the Thames in 1995 having just made the RETRURN that happen every 5 years. I had just returned from a contract in Sarnia, Ontario constructing a rail tunnel under the St Clair River to the US, I now needed digs near Heathrow airport and as Lazy Days came with a mooring on the Upper Thames just 7 miles from the site I bought her. I have some boating experience and drove earthmovers, so the twin engines came as second nature and I amazed the RYA examiner gaining my shippers ticket. LD was built in 1930 in a timber yard at Castleford on the Aire & Calder canal up the Humber from the other HULL. She found her way to the Thames in time to be commandeered by Toughs Boat Yard and handed over to the Royal Navy down river. She spent 3 days taking troops off the beach to larger craft offshore, returning to blighty holed at the water but fully loaded with troops. She then spent the rest of WWII patrolling the Thames Estuary searching for enemy parachute mines. After the war she went back up river to quiter times, well a family of four are hardly quite, the son of the family became a captain in the Royal Navy, I'm sure LD played a part in that. One summer a mate and I decided to take LD home, spent time talking to seafarers and as my mate had sailed fishing boats out of Grimsby and was a Merchant seaman retired, I was in good hands. I had a radio interview on BBC Yorkshire and mentioned our plans, contacted the local newspaper and the Yorkshire Post. We were greeted with a warm welcome at each port of call the Dunkirk 1940 polished plaque made sure of that. Stayed overnight at the Waterways Museum in Goole where I flew the St George Cross, the curator chastised me for that as there must be two or more ADLS boats present for it to be flown. I led her to a glass case holding a silver model of MV Chico built for Sir Malcombe Campbell at Goole. She grabbed my hand turned and walked me to her office and we shared some Dunkirk Spirit and was invited to attend their open day 10 days later. Arriving in Castleford and mooring beside the boatyard LD was built in we found a pub next door, the landlord introduced himself and I told the story, he led us across to the boatyard and introduced us. The yard now maintained coal tubs and mini tugs, with a few private jobs in-between. That night a group of Dunkirk vets arrived for baked chees covered tatties and pints to wash them down. The local paper turned up the next day for a chat and photo's, we spent time researching the library but we gave them more info than they had. A visit to the British Legion made us more friends. At the Waterways open day we were dressed all over, had many guest's on board, the reported from the Yorkshire Post arrived and shot off to round up some Dunkirk Vets, sadly they had been to a funeral of a Dunkirk Vet. A bottle was found and we drank to his history and wished him Bon Voyage. I attended the 2000 Return and took a month of work now in Hong Kong, this Return was from Dover where we were inspected by Prince Philip and got a hand shake. The crossing was delayed one day due to high winds, we then set off escorted by a Royal Navy frigate and three Chaser boats. When crossing the shipping we formed 5 rows across to cut the crossing time, the Frigate (sorry name ?) called up a large craft to alter course. The craft was slow to alter so the Frigate made a second call "This is war ship ------ alter course now" it did. The then Prince Charles inspected the ADLS fleet in Dunkirk and a march past of very old Dunkirk Veterans. The remembrance service was taken off the beach with the ALDS forming a sailing circle. Over flown by WWII aircraft the Lancaster bomber dropped poppies, there's a photo of two vets and the cloud of poppies coming down behind them, a wonderful shot. I attended the 2005 Return and many Classic boat rallies in France, Belgium and Holland enjoying it so much, I kept LD in the South of Holland for the last three years I owned her, she would be lift out and stored in a climate controlled shed, that meant the spring clean took days instead of weeks for her to be ship shape again. I sailed down the coast to attend the 2010 RETURN and sold Lazy Days going through the lock into the inner harbour. She then went through three ownerships the second one hand pockets down to his shoes and did a complete refit. The third owners also have deep pockets so Lazy Days will be around for another 80 years. I'm now living in Vietnam growing bananas and lots of other wonderful fruits, visit the UK at 2 or 3 year intervals. Not sure if I'll be visiting with the present climate there again soon, but with my 80th birthday coming soon I should bite the bullet.

I am looking forward to your videos! No worries. You are great and inspiring for me!

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I’ve watched thousands of Sailing videos and so many RUclipsrs make the mistake of trying too hard to make perfect videos. A short video of a few minutes is better than nothing, we are just trying to follow along

I just bought a Southerly 115--36 footer....a 1984 model 🎉.....it needs a bunch of work and upgrades, but in Soooo happy 🎉....I'm in Virginia, U.S.- awaiting a Weather Window to bring it down from Annapolis, Maryland....nice Channel.....

Well you don't look any different to September 23, so timeline - who would know, and long may it last - have fun!

How do people afford these adventures?

You do what works for you! We love watching your stuff in any order. Anything on a boat is great for us.❤

No Issues-most of you tubers spread them out. I watch to see you sailing, and I don't care if it is 2023 or 1923. Keep up the good work, and enjoy your videos because we enjoy them. I hope to join you one day.

Looking forward to your videos. Keep them coming.

Glad you both still going happy new year bring on the videos from Portsmouth

Good to see you two back. Don’t worry about the timeline.

Good day sailing Options. Thank you for good videos! I wanna go from Czech Republic to do Med sea with my sailing yacht. But I have draft 1,3meters. It is possible in the French canals please? Thank you and greetings! Jan

Thank you for answering and for your offer! Might I ask what version and vintage Options is of? I have tried finding a comprehensive description of the different versions of the 115 and the timeline but have failed so far. Fair winds to you both.

My wife and I, afer considering quite a few different yachts, are set on at least visiting a 115 and would love to know a bit more about her. Based on the figures, I have the feeling whe might be a tad under-canvased. I was also wandering about her seakindliness and whether helming from inside is realistik when heeling: what is your experience? Thanks for the videos: just found your channel today, and immediately subscribed to it! Cheers, Alexis

Hello, and thank you for the great video. We are fellow Australian liveaboard sailors looking to apply for the French Long Stay Visa to sail France. Can you explain in more detail what you provided regarding the marina stay? Was it for the entire six months you booked one marina? Or did you book multiple marinas? Did you have to provide proof of payment? Regarding the boat is it the Registration papers and Insurance? Did all your documents have to be translated into French? (Sorry so many questions :)

Great video. For some reason this didn’t show up in my usual feed so liking and commenting so the algorithm picks it up next time. Keep up the good work!

Wonderful trip. Thanks a lot

Another great video. How expensive was the mooring cost p/n in Fontveille?

This is probably going to sound ridiculous but what does the “LWD” stand for at the start of your episodes please

Great video ... really good and very informative.. question , how did it take you to complete ?

Hello! Fluviacarte maps are impossible to find. Which ones did you use? Do you know of an alternative? Thanks.

What a start! Lovely to meet you in the traffic queue yesterday, hope the rest of your journey went ok. What an adventure you are on :)

Looks great. Did you pre book the marinas or just radio them as you came into port?

Excellent, but why did you not linger in the Calanques?

Thanks

Inspirational, enjoyable and informative content. Thanks Jonathan 👍

This decision was never going to be a no and Sheenagh knew it 😂😂😂 Another great vid - keep them coming!

I'm a beginner and like your videos very much. In August we (family) sailed on a hire boat for one week from Joigny to Châtel Censoir and back and it firstly worked remarkably well and secondly left us addicted to more. My question is, how does this work with the keel or sword with your sail boat? Can it be retracted so you can sail the shallow waters of the canals?

Nice video, Jonathan 😊

Just subscribed. Excellent video. The only way I think you could improve on this is by adding moments of narrative describing your thoughts and feelings at the time of the passage. Alan on Sailing WaveRover has started doing this on his videos and it has taken them to anther level IMHO. Excellent choice of music tracks. 10/10

Great Video - ditch the music? 5 mins later I'm off (music!)

Beautiful video - thank you for sharing.