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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. Ant & Cid XX 🇬🇧
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Welcome to our channel. This is a family channel there are no bikini shots, no bottoms, boobs or swearing. Anything that you would not want your Mum to hear or see is pixelated or beeped out or simply not included. Good old fashioned family values!
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We are now in season 7
Our mission is to tell it how it is. Show you the things we have learned and help you to appreciate what a life of travel is really like. The Good and The bad.
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We want to help folks to be self sufficient a...
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Van Blanc? Off to the UK after checking the batteries on Impavidus. Then working on the camper.
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Van Blanc? Off to the UK after checking the batteries on Impavidus. The Lithium is as new but the old buffer battery may no last until spring.Then we end up working on the camper which has been sitting for a while. Sail Safe/Drive safe guys, Ant & Cid XX 🇬🇧 ⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️ Welcome to our channel. This is a family channel there are no bikini shots, no bottoms, boobs or swearing. Anything that y...
Batteries Pt 3 Fuses, Breakers, Cables, Crimps/lugs. Do's and Don'ts. Edited.
Просмотров 45421 день назад
This week in part 3 of Battery facts we look at 3 Fuses, Breakers, Cables, Crimps/lugs and and much more. We give some top tips and tell you some of our do's and don'ts for battery power. Enjoy the video! Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid XX 🇬🇧 ⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️ Welcome to our channel. This is a family channel there are no bikini shots, no bottoms, boobs or swearing. Anything that you would not want you...
Battery Facts Pt2 Charging AGM, Gel & Lithium. Alternator, Solar B2B? Off grid living?
Просмотров 821Месяц назад
We continue our look at batteries in this video. Battery Facts Pt2 Charging AGM, Gel & Lithium. Alternator, Solar B2B? Charging Options! There are so many ways to charge especially when you are off grid living. We look at the options and which ones have worked best for us and others. Enjoy the video. Link to previous video ruclips.net/video/_z82g_THsLg/видео.html Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid XX 🇬🇧...
Boat Batteries the facts.... Gel, AGM, Lead Acid & Lithium. Charging, Protection Stuff to know...
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Boat Batteries The Facts.... Gel, AGM, Lead Acid & Lithium. Stuff you will want to know. We keep hearing all about lithium and how good it is. But there are things you need to know before you consider swapping out your old lead acid batteries. Alternator charging, solar charging, mains or generator charging. Are you really sure that you have the facts and not just sales patter from the man with...
Varnish Fiddles Fail! A Varnish & Mastic Nightmare!
Просмотров 945Месяц назад
Yes a Varnishing cockup! A Varnish & Mastic Nightmare! we have stared to do the winter maintenance. One of the jobs was to sand down the fiddles and replace the mastic and varnish. But it all went wrong! Enjoy the video. Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid XX 🇬🇧 ⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️⛵️ Welcome to our channel. This is a family channel there are no bikini shots, no bottoms, boobs or swearing. Anything that you wo...
Malta to Monastir. We cross the Med to North Africa. Will it be a smoother sail?
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Malta to Monastir. We cross the Med to North Africa. Will it be a smoother sail? after week of rushing between island and across seas. Avoiding Storms, Lightning and big seas we embark on the last part of this seasons journey. Join us! Enjoy the video. Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid. Welcome to our channel. We are now in season 7 In 2018 we left the UK to sail around the world slowly. After Brexit, ...
Chucked off our mooring! Two minutes warning !!!! 😡 Stuck in Malta.
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Hi folks we were stuck here for a short while waiting for a weather window to cross to Monastir. We met up with Patreon's and filled the freezer with Bacon and Bangers! A local got a bit uppity over his mooring. My blood INR levels get tested and they are very high at 6.5 and it caused some concerns. I had to go back for another test. They were still high but dropping we don't know why. Eventua...
High Security! Helicopters, Coastguard, Police in Syracuse.We get tangled in illegal mooring!
Просмотров 6042 месяца назад
High Security in Syracuse! Helicopters, Patrol boats and a lot of Police. We get tangled in illegal mooring. Sailing Naxos to Malta In this video we leave the stunning anchorage in Naxos, Italy and follow the coast and weather window on to Malta. In Syracuse we are followed by Coastguard, surveyed by helicopters and and generally watched by security as we go about getting provisions and sitting...
Stopped By The Coastguard. Migrants Steal Yacht And Abandon It On A Beach! Sailing Italy to Sicily.
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Sailing Italy to Sicily. Stopped By The Coastguard. Migrants Steal Yacht And Abandon It On A Beach! You would think that this is an easy crossing with no drama. However, the waters have strong currents, the water is shallow and there is a lack of marinas and anchorages that can take our 2M (6ft) draft. Then there is the Illegal migrant crisis that is going on in Italy and Sicily. Boats are stol...
Nightmare Crossing the Ionian sea. Greece to Italy.
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Crossing the Ionian sea. Greece to Italy. This years weather in the Med has been very unstable due to solar activity in this El Niño year. The water has been very warm storing lots of energy. At some points the cape index has been off the charts and sudden storms and lightning have swept across Europe and the Med. The water temperature is still 3-4 degrees C hotter than normal and there are sti...
We meet a Porn Star! The Lefkas Canal. Nidri To Preveza,
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We meet a Porn Star! The Lefkas Canal. Nidri To Preveza. Now closed due to the safety certificate expiring the Lefkas is one of those quirky places that you just have to visit yourself. Were we the last RUclips channel to film the canal before it closed? Enjoy the video! Welcome to our channel. We are now in season 7 In 2018 we left the UK to sail around the world slowly. After Brexit, a "Pande...
Windlass Fails At Anchor! Can we lift our Anchor? Its a race against time! The Lewmar PRO-SERIES
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Windlass Fails At Anchor! Can we lift our Anchor? Its a race against time! The Lewmar PRO-SERIES
Race to Nidri. Now that's a Bridge!.
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Race to Nidri. Now that's a Bridge!.
Galaxidi, Delphi. Both places you will want to stay!
Просмотров 4713 месяца назад
Galaxidi, Delphi. Both places you will want to stay!
Free! We find a small Marina that is free. Agios Isidoros Marina/Beach.
Просмотров 7524 месяца назад
Free! We find a small Marina that is free. Agios Isidoros Marina/Beach.
CORINTH CANAL TRANSIT. AMAZING VIEWS ON THIS BUCKET-LIST SAIL.
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CORINTH CANAL TRANSIT. AMAZING VIEWS ON THIS BUCKET-LIST SAIL.
A Bucket List Sail!! All you need to know about transiting the Corinth.
Просмотров 6344 месяца назад
A Bucket List Sail!! All you need to know about transiting the Corinth.
The last leg of our dash across the Aegean. We out run a storm and meet some subscribers!
Просмотров 6034 месяца назад
The last leg of our dash across the Aegean. We out run a storm and meet some subscribers!
Dash to Athens part 2 . We cross the Aegean sea in Meltemi season. Heading for the Corinth..
Просмотров 5544 месяца назад
Dash to Athens part 2 . We cross the Aegean sea in Meltemi season. Heading for the Corinth..
We turn back. Meltemi winds too rough!!!! Dash to Athens. Pt1
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We turn back. Meltemi winds too rough!!!! Dash to Athens. Pt1
Mainland Greece
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Mainland Greece
How to check in to Greece. Transit Log, TEPAI, Fees, Coast Guard, Port Police, Customs.
Просмотров 6955 месяцев назад
How to check in to Greece. Transit Log, TEPAI, Fees, Coast Guard, Port Police, Customs.
Leaving Turkey. Checking in to Greece. Will it go to plan?
Просмотров 8425 месяцев назад
Leaving Turkey. Checking in to Greece. Will it go to plan?
Flashing Lights Good Or Bad? 🚨🚨 Naked Watermaker Repairs. 🤭
Просмотров 8455 месяцев назад
Flashing Lights Good Or Bad? 🚨🚨 Naked Watermaker Repairs. 🤭
Should we stay Or should we go. Marina, Shops, Hotel and Restaurant. All in a super safe anchorage!
Просмотров 5706 месяцев назад
Should we stay Or should we go. Marina, Shops, Hotel and Restaurant. All in a super safe anchorage!
Don't Hit The Reef! Marmaris - Bozburun - Orhaniye
Просмотров 6056 месяцев назад
Don't Hit The Reef! Marmaris - Bozburun - Orhaniye
Lightning, Wind, Boars and Pooh. (Just a sprinkling of wind).
Просмотров 5856 месяцев назад
Lightning, Wind, Boars and Pooh. (Just a sprinkling of wind).
Playing with your Hookah! We clean and inspect the boats.
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Playing with your Hookah! We clean and inspect the boats.
WE GOT VISITORS! This week we celebrate Cindy's birthday and 10,000 Subs.. We get the new drone.
Просмотров 4956 месяцев назад
WE GOT VISITORS! This week we celebrate Cindy's birthday and 10,000 Subs.. We get the new drone.

Комментарии

  • @davidscott851
    @davidscott851 8 дней назад

    Cheers Ant 👍

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 7 дней назад

      it's been a good mini series. Sail Safe mate. Ant & Cid

  • @sedatkasrat
    @sedatkasrat 11 дней назад

    Great deal, great video... I'll try the same... Btw had an idea came while wathing you... do you believe that mounting the open filter higher, lets say above the sea level via a hose would be safer or it's just a paranoid idea of my mind? 😅 I mean if the hull cracked somehow and water fills into the cabin... I think keeping the engine running as long as possible and using it as a bilge pump via the raw water hose could ripped off from anti-siphon valve may help to both, pumping the water out with the other pumps and keep the boat going, getting close to shore if there's any... I don't think alternator can go on in such situation and engine pump may be the last resort just before sinking... or... am I pretty much dead already if things gone that far? 😅

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 10 дней назад

      Some good points well made. Sail Safe mate. Ant & Cid

  • @stevemoran6709
    @stevemoran6709 11 дней назад

    Hope you had a good one Happy New Year to you both enjoy the Van looking forward to the upgrades. Steve Annette & Gus SV Cordelia

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 10 дней назад

      Happy new year! Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid

  • @gilianfranciscogamla7280
    @gilianfranciscogamla7280 12 дней назад

    Great video ❤

  • @21380
    @21380 15 дней назад

    So coppercoat held. Prep and primer didn't.

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 15 дней назад

      Yes, all done by Copper coats approved applicators. 🙁

  • @EggchaserNZ
    @EggchaserNZ 16 дней назад

    Merry Christmas you guys!!

  • @paulinebutler5186
    @paulinebutler5186 16 дней назад

    Thank you for sharing your adventures and grateful thanks for all the hard work that goes into video production. You both look very well and I wish you good health for 2025. Enjoy the holiday break with family. From a rather grey Dorset. Xx

  • @peterrobinson5576
    @peterrobinson5576 17 дней назад

    Happy New Year to you and your family. I hope that all is well at home and everyone can relax and enjoy themselves, and even if not, I hope the time together is really good x

  • @kevinscreens9455
    @kevinscreens9455 19 дней назад

    Merry Christmas

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 19 дней назад

      @@kevinscreens9455 Thank you 🙏

  • @mcd22630
    @mcd22630 21 день назад

    Wish the two of you and those close to you a Merry Christmas. Delighted to hear you decided to take a break from video production, everyone needs time to relax, recharge and enjoy other things life has to offer.

  • @ooweesaler
    @ooweesaler 21 день назад

    Merry Christmas to you and yours. I hope next year is a great one. You deserve a good rest and take it easy. Thank you for entertaining us. I look forward to following next years adventures as we sail up to Scotland.

  • @periklisd6772
    @periklisd6772 21 день назад

    thank you, thank you for sharing your life on the sailing boat, very Merry Christmas and happy new year.

  • @mariemorrissey9378
    @mariemorrissey9378 21 день назад

    Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Enjoy your family!!

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 20 дней назад

      Same to you! Sail Safe Marie.

  • @esling77
    @esling77 21 день назад

    Merry Christmas and I hope the new year is wonderful for you both. Ty for sharing your lifestyle.

  • @SVBlownAway
    @SVBlownAway 21 день назад

    Merry Christmas

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 20 дней назад

      Same to you mate. Sail Safe.

  • @PaulMckay-g3v
    @PaulMckay-g3v 21 день назад

    A very well deserved break,merry christmas

  • @brownnoise357
    @brownnoise357 21 день назад

    Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year Back at you, for You and Yours plus everyone who follows one of my Favourite RUclips Channels, and Fair Winds and Safe Travels for 2025. ❤️⛵️ Big plus for me, as it was a bit touch and go for me to still be around, but Heart now stable, and Kidneys efficiency up from 26% to 30% so as Sis Says, we must be doing Something right. 👍🎄🍻

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 20 дней назад

      GREAT STUFF. Have a wonderful Christmas.

  • @sailing-etanche
    @sailing-etanche 21 день назад

    🫡🎄

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 20 дней назад

      Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid xx

  • @FrankKristine
    @FrankKristine 22 дня назад

    Thanks for the analysis! Could you help me with something unrelated: I have a SafePal wallet with USDT, and I have the seed phrase. (alarm fetch churn bridge exercise tape speak race clerk couch crater letter). How should I go about transferring them to Binance?

  • @FlemmingNielsen-o2p
    @FlemmingNielsen-o2p 23 дня назад

    When I look at your upload with installation of LIFEPO4 I can see in your newest upload that you have made a lot of changes. Why have you moved around with the batteries? And what have you changed? I have the same boat as you have, and I am thinking to install LITHIUM like you did. I am talking about your upload “Lithium, How we did it for less” I look forward to see your uploads. Regards Flemming

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 23 дня назад

      Hi Flemming. The lithium batteries are in the same place but I reduced the buffer battery to a smaller one. The basic layout is still the same but I tided it up as I was able to get parts in Europe that I had difficulty with in Turkey and Cyprus

  • @normanboyes4983
    @normanboyes4983 23 дня назад

    Well you certainly know how to keep yourself busy. A boat and a van.😉👍⛵️

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 23 дня назад

      You got that right Norman!

  • @sailing-etanche
    @sailing-etanche 23 дня назад

    Whole new project is coming up? 💪

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 23 дня назад

      Yes started work on it already. Just changed the battery to lithium and rewired the control panel.

  • @normanboyes4983
    @normanboyes4983 26 дней назад

    You have put an excellent body of work together with this series.😀👍⛵️

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 25 дней назад

      Wow, thank you. Norman. We are back in the UK. We really should go have a Guinness in the new year. Have a Great Christmas. Ant.

  • @R.E.HILL_
    @R.E.HILL_ 27 дней назад

    Hmm.. the epoxy contains no uv filter.. perhaps add some quality polyurethane varnish later to protect your work..

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 26 дней назад

      Yes, I think in the spring we will have the right colour mastic and some decent thinner. Merry Christmas. Ant & Cid

  • @sailing-etanche
    @sailing-etanche 27 дней назад

    Very well explained. Thanks. 👍

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 26 дней назад

      Glad you liked it. Merry Christmas. Ant & Cid xx

  • @SVImpavidus
    @SVImpavidus 28 дней назад

    @joesv-blueeyes7785 1 day ago It’s freighting how I don’t know…

  • @SVImpavidus
    @SVImpavidus 28 дней назад

    @PaulMckay-g3v 2 days ago Thank you a great video , what a fantastic teacher you are😊

  • @SVImpavidus
    @SVImpavidus 28 дней назад

    @nigeanddonnassailingadventures Hi Ant ,fantastic set of 3 videos all easy to understand and a great future reference. The help and assistance you provided while I was switching across from AGM to Lithium was absolutely incredible ..Thank you ! Being a Patreon to Ant’s channel is something I highly recommend to all yachties . Cheers & Merry Christmas 🎄🎉

  • @pauldent7067
    @pauldent7067 28 дней назад

    You can't beat 2 pack polyurethane varnish, hard as nails and repairable.

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 28 дней назад

      have to agree Paul. Sail Safe mate. Ant & Cid

  • @niradnagrom2356
    @niradnagrom2356 Месяц назад

    Thank you so much for this valuable information.

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 28 дней назад

      Glad it was helpful! Ant.

  • @PBK.london
    @PBK.london Месяц назад

    My pump just turns on every ten seconds or so for just a half second. Ive looked over all the pipes for leaks and cant find anything. Im very new to narowboats so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Maybe its time for a new pump since im not sure how old this one is 😊.... ok i just tried closing the isolator just after the pump and it now stays off so i think i need to go over the pipework again. Must be a little drip somewhere

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus 28 дней назад

      It can be a leak back in the pump head from the high pressure side to the low side. Usually caused by a small obstruction or muck in the valve rubbers. check and clean out the valve chamber. Regards Ant.

  • @tstinear
    @tstinear Месяц назад

    Another outstanding expose - thank you for putting these explanations together so clearly and carefully.

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus Месяц назад

      You're very welcome. Thank you.

  • @Rainmaker60LM
    @Rainmaker60LM Месяц назад

    Have you done an update video on the performance of the Ultramarine Anchor. I put one on our boat the 60KG and we love it, we are 30 Ton. I just bought a use 35KG one used as a spare. I found it a price i could not pass up. We will use it as a spare. The flip swivel is excellent, no more pushing the anchor with a boat hook.

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus Месяц назад

      Hi, we have spoken about the ultra in a few videos but have not done an update. It really is the best anchor we have had and has held when other boats have dragged past us in high winds. The only down side we have had is that the stainless steel is less nobel than the coating on our galvanised chain and the first 3 inches or so have to be cut away each year as the start to rust quite badly. We approached ultra about letting us test their cromox chain but they declined. The were a but upset that we got the anchor and swivel heavily discounted and told people we had done so..... But we always tell it how it is. Sail Safe mate. Ant & Cid

    • @Rainmaker60LM
      @Rainmaker60LM Месяц назад

      @ they were very difficult on pricing but eventually gave me about 10% off. I’m not a RUclipsr but I just hate paying retail!!! We have the same 60kg. We got caught in an anchorage known for bad holding with a thunderstorm packing 50-60 knots, it was wild. The anchor held great. 90% of the other boats were on moorings but it did not appear anyone had major issues.

  • @brownnoise357
    @brownnoise357 Месяц назад

    Really Nice Video Guys. Bob. 👍👍👍⛵️

  • @brownnoise357
    @brownnoise357 Месяц назад

    PPS. I use or intend to, pretty much a reverse of your Buffer Battery System, with House Bank 1 of say 600 ish ah of AGM,plus engine start, Windlass, and Bowthruster Batteries, never Discharged below 80% Capacity so the Recharge Cycles flatline and never drop = 30 plus years of potential Service Life, then Bank 2 of 4 Li Time 230 ah Plus Lifepo4 batteries ge all of the AGM , and never Disharge them below 50% Capacity to keep Recharge Cycles, never Fast Chargers or Discharge them by Sharing the loads equally between each battery, so none of them even get more than Warm, so AGM =120 amps available, Fully charged Bank 2 Li Time = 460 amps available, with DC to DC chargers keeping all the AGM batteries in tip top and close to Fully charged Condition, and easy to get through long nights with no Solar input. Bank 3 plus Water maker is why I need a bigger Sailboat 😅 Bank 3 is for extra backup and for long term testing of cheap Lifepo4 Batteries, such as say 4 x 100 ah Redodo Batteries, which provide up to 200 amps available for top up help plus emergencies least one of Clark’s Adventure Channel’s Bank Managers to pull it all off though. Unfortunately I can no longer get one as a kit, and will probably have to arrange to meet him in Luperon for him to fit them for me, still, he’s a nice guy, and deserves meals and Rum bonuses as well. Bob. 👍

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus Месяц назад

      What we all need is everlasting batteries. 😎 Sail Safe mate. Ant & Cid

  • @sailing-etanche
    @sailing-etanche Месяц назад

    👍

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus Месяц назад

      Thanks for watching mate.

  • @brownnoise357
    @brownnoise357 Месяц назад

    PS. Alternators with Bodies that have powder Coating, trap and build up heat in them which is why brands like Balmar don’t tend to last long, and blow up external Regulators frequently, so opt for Alternators with Anodised bodies instead, which run much cooler as they dissipate heat better. There is a Marine specked one that is 120 amp for about £199 but I don’t have the Brand handy at the moment , but note, anything 100 amps or over, really needs serpentine drive belts. When using electric windlass, best to run the engine at a decent torque level for power feed at about 1800 rpm depending on engine plus alternator setup, so you aren’t discharging the battery too much, and same for the Bowthruster. Bob.👍

  • @dustsnow666
    @dustsnow666 Месяц назад

    Sharing with the cruiser forums. Let’s blow up that algorithm

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus Месяц назад

      Oh to go viral! He he. Sail Safe mate. Ant & Cid

  • @dustsnow666
    @dustsnow666 Месяц назад

    Awesome work with that microphone mate. 🎉. Great content as usual❤

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus Месяц назад

      Glad you like it. Back in the uk for a while just a noisy grandson to contend with. LOL 😂

  • @SergioMachadoCorrea
    @SergioMachadoCorrea Месяц назад

    Great video.

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus Месяц назад

      Glad you enjoyed it. Sail Safe mate. Ant & Cid

  • @tstinear
    @tstinear Месяц назад

    Wonderfully explained!

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus Месяц назад

      Glad you think so! Part two is out today. 👍

  • @vincentrobinet2713
    @vincentrobinet2713 Месяц назад

    Great information. I like the use of a spreadsheet. I wouldn't have guessed the price per w/hr would favour lithium.

  • @sailing-etanche
    @sailing-etanche Месяц назад

    You really made a study of it , kudos to you. 👊👊🫡

    • @SVImpavidus
      @SVImpavidus Месяц назад

      Thanks guys. Part two next week..

  • @sailingsubmariner
    @sailingsubmariner Месяц назад

    Thank you, very informative. Subscribed!

  • @chrismcguirk6552
    @chrismcguirk6552 Месяц назад

    👍