I watched all your videos in 2 sittings, I didn't comment on any because I was avidly starting the next and so on. Really enjoyed every minute, thank you. Good luck, merry xmas & a happy new year. You two are so adorably natural with your videos and are, as if professionally edited. Thank you again, so much. GB.
That Oyster is a nice SV. SV Talisman is another sailing channel with a super nice Oyster 485. They are very good sailing yachts. I always like interviews and boat tours. Boat tours always provide good ideas, and the interviews often offer the reasons behind the decisions that were made. As usual, this was another excellent video. Great channel.
The maps, the diagrams of back and fill and the delights of a well loved boat. Congrats you two, one of the most professional and informative sailing vlogs right now. Really appreciate your efforts.
Great shows from a Brit living and sailing in the US Great Lakes! Like the balance between interviews, land visit/history and sailing. Could you mention the length of the boats you tour? How long was the Oyster?
This continues to evolve naturally as a really enjoyable channel. Polished production comes naturally to what you’re kind enough to share. The interviews of other people and their lives is a really good approach, done very well by you both given your past experience with interviewing people. Fair Isle remains the core component of the videos, such a lovely boat. I have completed your survey and here’s to more content next season. For now, thank you for sharing.
Hi Andy, just sent an email to the (@me.com) address you gave me on the website messaging & it bounced back, got another one? By the way small coincidence Judy was working at Leeds Castle yesterday giving crisis training to the staff, small world!
You guys are doing a wonderful job. Your channel and production value has really evolved and is so enjoyable to watch. It is my dream to pack up one day and go sailing in the med and then further a field. Until then I can live the dream through your VLOG. Thanks guys - Dave (South Africa)
@@svfairisle I'm still watching it, as I type this-at work, no less, so I'm up and down from my desk! Just watching the tour of your friends' boat now!
Enjoyable sail watch. So gracefully chatting away in the garden the people of England might become to regard you as a suitable alternative for that slightly awkward couple from Highgrove.
Been watching from the beginning. I was almost put off by your boat at first as it's so different from what I can chose or afford, but I recognized Judy's voice, and then became hooked as your experience at video production really shines. I particularly like the mix of instruction, interview and sailing. It's a nice blend, where too many channels seem to be trying to recreate a travel television show. To me the art of sailing comes first, the travel is a side benefit. It seems to many.others the travel is the thing, the sailing is just the necessary evil required. Looking forward to more of what you're already doing, and would only encourage you to feature a wide range of boats and crews as you select interview subjects. It's a wonderful opportunity to show how many diverse people accomplish the same thing in many different ways. Cheers.
Yes good point about different boats & crews we definitely want to show how different people go about this, got my eye on a cat rigged boat here in Cartagena, trying to persuade the owners to let us film them. Also if you're looking at boats don't be put off by out of the ordinary boats. You will find some excellent blue water boats that you might assume are out of your reach really arn't. For instance look up Hans Christian 33's, They are fantastic capable boats with incredible storage for their size and because they take more work to look after than your average white GRP boat people are scared off & therefore you can a lot of boat for your money. My tip would be look for good designers, check out Bob Perry's boats, all excellent ocean going boats.
@@svfairisle I forgot about the smaller HC's, I will take another look. Growing up in Annapolis, I've seen many HC's at the boat show, and always classed it as one of the high build quality, high end boats, that would forever be unobtainable to me. While your boat is completely beyond my means, I'm glad you two are enjoying the fruits of your life's labor, and sharing your experiences with all of us. +1 on Bob Perry's designs. He is very personable and generous with his time, as is Dick Koopmans, another approachable, designer.
Very nice videos. Just a little something. Ibiza, Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca or the Canary Islands are Spain like Cartagena or Madrid. You where sailing from the Balearic Islands to the peninsula. You where sailing from Spain to Spain. Keep on with your very interesting videos. Thank you.
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Since we' er not able to be on our boat at present we always enjoy watching your vids. Great! Regards from Germany
Really well done guys... love your channel. You know what’s funny is that when I first came across your channel I watched episode 10 and thought “wow... I feel like I am watching a CBC news clip... this is informative, well done and nicely polished with great camera personalities...” Anyway... watched all your videos as well as the one where by you cover your professional backgrounds and thought to myself... “I knew it...lol” We are a couple of months away from our first boat and are a few years behind you guys... Enjoy and keep up the great work! Love your format... Kind regards.
Hi John, tell me more, what boat are you looking to buy, where are you thinking of sailing? We're looking forward to sailing the coasts of the US. It's funny though apart for Chesapeake bay, Florida and maybe the Pacific NW you don't hear much about sailing around the States.
Thank you for making these videos. Survey? What do I want to see? As a sailor myself, we some aspirations to move onboard one day, find your own space in youtube-land. You have touched several topics I am interested in. Our yacht is more racing-oriented, we love wind and weather. The hard part is to move onboard permanently and not keeping it as a distant dream. Well done, keep on filming.
Thanks Terje, we went for comfort over speed but so long as you don't sacrifice too much for the speed it can be done. You just have to look at Gunner and Tove's Swan in episode 3 to see you can cruise fast boats (would scare me though!)
A friend put me on to this site, and having seen some pretty average sailing videos I was a bit apprehensive. However, I'm thoroughly enjoying your adventures.and so is my wife. Both of you are natural presenters and the videos are concise to keep the interest and the right length. I;m both a sailor and photographer so am interested in how you set up your cameras for the low angled shots and keeping the cameras steady when sailing? Hope you keep on going.
Hi Andy, thanks for those kind comments. Re the camera shots, I’d like to say it was down to having spent 25 years in Steadicam that gives you a feel for how to keep a camera steady, but it’s probably much more down to in lens/body optical stabilisation and the GoPros from the 7 onwards do an amazing job. I don’t use gimbals or anything fancy, the seawater would kill them in no time. The low angles are just a GoPro on a stick ( a very long boat hook actually) I’m exporting in HD (1920x1080) but shoot the GoPro footage in 2.7 or 4K so I have some framing/horizon straightening wiggle room in post. We’re heading to Venice so I’m looking forward to getting the stills cameras out.
Really great channel can see you gaining a lot of traction next year. Keep up the great style of presentation and you are both brave packing up life in the rat race over here and embarking upon a real adventure before you get too old to do it. Thanks for the video and subbed
@@svfairisle Ha ha I knew it when I was writing it down...the word "almost" My English is not so good, but I ment "looks proffesional" Question: Do you film with prof.cams?
@@sailing-etanche Not really, too bulky and too expensive to break! I do have my Canon C300 onboard and use it for interviews sometimes. But actually the prosumer cameras I do use like the Lumix GH5, Canon 6d and of course numerous GoPro's are a better fit for this sort of work.I would use these cameras even if I were filming for broadcast. I do have professional mics that are a big help.
Steve and Judy, your adventures have inspired me to want to see the Med by sail. I've spent a lot of time in the USA sailing the Long Island Sound and coastal,Atlantic. I really enjoy your videos and can't wait till the next episode is available. Keep up the good work and enjoy. Maybe we'll meet in some marina some day. Cheers
Well I hope we do meet up, we could swap notes. Judy's dad lives near New York and we plan to sail up the Eastern seaboard when we come over. Apart from Chesapeake we don't hear much about US sailing over here. Glad you like the videos. Steve
@@svfairisle Hi Steve, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately we live in California. Let me know if you will sail this direction. I am originally from The East Coast and have sailed the Chesapeake extensively. One of our best voyages has been in the inland Intercoastal Waterway all the way from Cape May New Jersey to Florida. It is possible to continue along the waterway all the way to Southern Texas.The only problem we encountered were the bridges along the way along with some stretched where we had to motor. So, have a great new year and sail safe. Best wishes, Richard and Marsha Krentz.
Another great one! Thank you for sharing. A nice variety of subjects as well. I am curious; sailing upwind in 25kts, on a cutter, i thought the cutter was the sail of choice over a reefed yankee. Why the yankee? SK in the UK.
You’re getting slightly mixed up with the terms Stephen, but I think I know what you mean. A cutter is a yacht with the mast set slightly further back than the equivalent Sloop & two fore sails, one mast head, one fractional. The headsail is usually a high cut ‘yankee’ and the inboard sail is the staysail. Which sail you use when is very much down to wind strength & direction as well as sea conditions. I will do a video on balancing the sails sometime.
Sailing Fair Isle I think an episode on the sail plan and balance would be great. I’m trying to choose between a silent rig and a cutter. Cutter is currently in the lead! Thx. SK in the UK.
G’day from Downunder. Have really enjoyed your videos ; thanks for posting them. Great to travel along vicariously with you two. Have you thought about selling Sailing Fair Isle tee-shirts or caps yet ? I’ll happily buy a couple. Good luck and Cheers, Regards Mach Buffett
We will do that next year yes as several people have asked. You may notice I've been wearing different Fair Isle Tee shirts as we're testing out suppliers. We've got somewhere that does really good printing now (some were awful!) I just need to test their embroidery as we've had some problems after washing with polo shirts. When we're happy with the quality we will put them on the web site. Steve
We occasionally get a riding turn on our foresail, I think it is not controlling the furling line as you pull out the sail. A small amount of tension on the furling line as you unfurl the sail on a windy day seems to prevent it happening.
Yes absolutely, we do control unfurl as well. The issue here in the welds on top of the cotton reel died in Biscay. I jury rigged it until I can take the forestay off this winter. I showed it in Ep3 (which I'm sure you watched! maybe you were momentarily distracted!!)
Yes I think we we're coming back from Ibiza just before you left there, think the whole region got pounded. Are you still making your way East or have you found a place to settle for the winter?
Sailing Fair Isle we are in Almerimar until Spring :) While in the marina we had “a Winter day” with winds of 50 and gusts of 60. There wasn’t even a ripple in the water by the boat (but we were all heeling over from the beam wind). We have some fun winter travel plans and then we will resume sailing East in April/May.
@@RiggingDoctor Arh! Okay, I thought your plans of heading all the way over to Sicily might be a bit ambitious in November! Almerimar should give good shelter.I was a bit scathing of it as a marina in Ep 6. I think it was, but that was partly because they charge ridiculous summer prices, I know the winter rates are very good. We plan to hire a car & do some winter exploring inland, I think we will get going in March if possible though so you'll have to catch us up!
Sailing Fair Isle those are our winter plans as well! We are going to rent a van and drive to Budapest! The winter rate for us was €1700 until mid April. We knew it was ambitious, but we figured it was 1040 miles and we sailed much more than that to cross the Atlantic. We planned a solid 2 weeks for the passage and prepared for a horrible time. It was just “too horrible”! Maybe we might cross paths on the road ;)
Top notch episode..great sailing,nice concise interview (those stays are hard core) informative and enjoyable ! Taking notes on how to run a boat and a vlog..will definitely pinch from you two ! Have you given more thought to a davit system ?
I'm edging away from davits to be honest. Difficult on a canoe sterned boat, would get in the way of wind vane steering ( would like to have) and doesn't really help on passages anyway as davits are no place for your dingy in bad weather. Looking at better on deck storage options.
Another great video! I was shocked at the view of Benidorm. It is so over developed. When I was there 60 years ago with my parents, there was one very nice hotel-low rise with whitewashed walls. It was run by a German family. Your sailing videos give the lie to hot rod sailors who are dismissive of heavy, long-keel boats. To be sure, it wouldn’t be the boat of choice to race around the buoys. But for your purposes, you need a boat that takes care of its crew. “Fair Isle” seems to do that very well.
Beautiful editing. I enjoy watching your maintenance and boat handling segments. Have you given much thought to adding a bimini from the dodger back to the arch? Also, was that an Oyster 485?
To be honest we get really good shelter sat under the dodger & only took the wheel for fun. If it had been cold we would have let the auto helm do the work! I'm pretty sure the Oyster was a 45 not a 485, they've gone skiing now so I can't ask but I'll have a look & see if it's written on the boat tomorrow.
We're not thinking of changing the format the survey was just to find out what viewers thought we should do next year. If we're going to do more sailing films rather than other paid filming work we need to get some return from the RUclips work so we're looking at things like Patreon, Sponsorship, more adverts, that sort of thing. We've had 100 replies now actually so I'll be putting the results on the website.
Aaaah that channel! It kicks up such seas in a westerly. Great footage. What camera do you use? (I’m sure it’s out of our budget but I’d love to know 😁) -Elena
I don't use anything special on the boat Elena. Mostly it's a Lumix GH5 & GoPros, if it's dark I might get the Canon 5d out with a really fast lens. What are you using (we should have had that discussion when you came on board, the settings on these prosumer cameras can be a real minefield they try and pack too many features in. Honestly they're much more difficult to use than professional cameras! Where abouts are you now? wondered if you bumped into Herb and Maddie from Rigging Doctor in Almeriamar.
Sailing Fair Isle we use a Canon EOS M 50 on 1080p with EF-M 11-22mm (otherwise it’s just our faces in the shots) and an Osmo Action. I’m just not satisfied with the quality of the footage of the mirrorless, but our limited budget and the fact that the salt destroys our cameras every 1.5 seasons puts me off upgrading. Maybe I should just learn to shoot better 😁🤭 No, they told us they were in Almerimar too late! Maybe we’ll catch them in Feb 😊🤞
@@SailingKittiwake Nothing wrong with using your Canon you would benefit getting a faster lens though. I'm guessing the 11-22 is f4 when wide and probably 5.6 when zoomed in. Go to a second hand camera shop and get a couple of prime lenses f2 or below, you'll get a more 'filmic' look, lower depth of field & much nicer shots in low light. I use an ancient 50mm prime f1.2 for low light.
saludos dese Cádiz, al otro lado del estrecho de Gibraltar, el Mediterráneo parece que no tiene peligro pero es como un plato de sopa en movimiento cuando se enfada.
The wife and I just found your vlog. Love it! We enjoyed the rough sailing and the other boat tour. It's be great if you could tell us the type., make, dimensions and other basics of the boats you nose around on. What was the Oyster? Good sailing to you!
Hi Rob, thanks for the comments. Yes we might start doing separate boat tour videos as other people have asked for details when we go on different boats, it's difficult to get everything in the episodes as we like to keep a mix of things. The Oyster was a 45, I think it was a' 97 or '98. Great cruising boat. We didn't really show the saloon properly in the clip but there;'s lots of space, big table & well laid out galley. You have top start to think differently about layout moving from day sailing to live aboard. I will try and do something pointing out some issues as there are definitely things you wouldn't think of.
@@svfairisle Hope you don't mind me jumping in here, but I did like the way you showed your tour of the Oyster. It wasn't like you were trying to show it like a broker, but it was more about looking into how the owners felt about some of the important things to them, even the new standing rigging. While some boat tours are interesting, that's an aspect often missed in sailing vlog videos as well as the things you point out above. I just found your videos and wanted to say great job all around and your professionalism was apparent throughout your video. Merry Christmas...
Yes it makes all the difference. Having had many trips in conditions like this across the English channel (usually in grey drizzle!) this was actually very pleasant!
Yes I edit on Premiere. The maps in this episode were just google earth screen recordings with an overlay put on in photoshop and animated in premiere.
Steve, I have to chuckle when you say that “next year we’ll get stuck in and do this properly.” From where I sit, you’re both doing a fantastic job already ! Is it possible that you could put on your “to do” list, a techie corner video on your camera gear and techniques ? Would I be correct in assuming that a lot of your footage is accomplished with just I-phones and Go-pro cameras ? Thanks again from Downunder . Cheers Mach
Hi Mach, thanks for that. We do put a lot of effort in, but so far it's been a bit hit & miss when we decide to film and edit to get things out. We're going to commit to two episodes a month next year we think thats the maximum we can do and still keep the quality we want. As to the cameras GoPro's yes iPhone No! The iphone is a good camera for many things but it really wouldn't cope with this. I use 'prosumer' cameras like the Lumix GH5 and the Canon 6D mainly. I do have my professional camera (Canon C300) on board but it's too heavy (and expensive) to have on deck really. I'm building up to doing a camera section on Tech Corner. I'm just a bit hesitant as it's such a big subject to cover at all levels, and teaching camera work & editing is mainly what I do for a living now, so it's a bit too much like work! We've just got back from London teaching a bunch of film makers from all over the world & it's a struggle teaching people when you have them there in front of you let alone trying to do it in a video!
I do not need a survey, pretty much what you have been doing already. Sure make some tweaks if you feel its needed, but pretty much stick to the formula you are already doing. The numbers with subs should speak for itself. Keep with the great stories of the places you go too and the sailing that you do and the great production quality. With the occassional interviews and boat tours from those that you interview. Also with the occassional boat maint thrown in to keep it real (as one should know that is big portion of sailing). It is fresh, different and more importantly it is both of you. This is your story after all and that shows.
Yes don't worry Kevin we wern't really thinking of changing the format. The survey is more about what length, how often we should post, if not having regular posts is an issue. Whether Patreon was a good thing, or adds or sponsorship, that sort of thing. If we're going to make some money out of these videos, and we need to if we're going to do them in preference to other paid work then it's only right that viewers get a say.
I have really enjoyed your video's this year and look forward to any video's you make in future,but I really hope You live your sailing dream for yourselves and not for us viewers. I am sure it must be time consuming work making your films and it,s great to see your subscribers increasing ,but please don't let You tube govern your trip!
Thanks for your concern Tim! but don't worry we wouldn't do it if we didn't enjoy it. It does get time consuming so we're never going to do more than 1 per fortnight. Neither of us are ones for sitting around and sailing a boat isnt too taxing!
I am curious as to why you are using your head sail and not the stay sail when the wind gets up? I saw later on that the clew had blown out. Funny enough the same thing happened to us at about 03:00 hrs in 35 knot winds. It was a bit exciting to say the least.
Yes I did have a sequence showing balancing the sails to turn off the auto helm but exec. producer (Judy) said it was getting too geeky so i cut it. But you're right 30 knots sustained I ended up with slightly reefed staysail and 2 reefs (out of 3) in the mainsail to get perfect balance. Maybe I should have had a scrap of Yankee & reefed the staysail some more, might not have ripped the clew out!
Always on the lookout for fresh quality content. Subbed! Did the sail from Mallorca to Alicante a few years back and was also a bit shocked when passing Benidorm.
We're both mid 50's so not quite retired yet. Plan was to scale down the work (we make documentaries for broadcast and train journalists) but Covid has scuppered that! We're concentrating on the sailing channel now as people seem to like it.
Just joined your channel today, absolutely excellent videos. The only problem is that you pronounce Ibiza wrong, remember never say "AI" with an Spanish word that starts with "I", it is pronounced just like the second "I" . Just trying to improve your Spanish, that is all :)
Next time you need to replace the caulking give me a call. I'm sure I would do a much better job. Fair dinkum. Just call and l will be on my way from Australia. Cheers Graham
Do you guys suffer from sea sickness, and if you do, how do you deal with it/treat it? I'm the first comment 😃Benidorm, well, no holiday there then. So look forward to your reports 🤘
I've never suffered (Steve) apart from REALLY extreme conditions, once in the Irish sea and once on my Dads boat in the North sea when I was trying to bleed the engine (diesel smell is guaranteed to make you queasy) I've never felt sick aboard Fair Isle though even in Biscay, she has a nice motion. Judy isn't so lucky. She's rarely actually sick, but has to be careful about staying below too long in rough weather unless she's lying down. She does take sea sickness pills if it's really rough though, you just have to remember to take them in advance. We talked to the crew of one of the ARC boats about their anti sea sickness methods ant the end of Episode 3, they had special glasses and electric shock treatment as two of their 'cures'.
@@svfairisle That was quick Steve 👍Saw those glasses at Das Boot (the boat show in Düsseldorf, Germany). Some French guy was selling them. Don't know if they work, but even if they do, all your Street Cred is gone! Elton John beware 😂Have a good break guys. Really love your professionalism and style of reporting, of course, all due to your backgrounds. Happy Xmas too and look forward to further adventures in The New Year 🎄
I watched all your videos in 2 sittings, I didn't comment on any because I was avidly starting the next and so on. Really enjoyed every minute, thank you. Good luck, merry xmas & a happy new year. You two are so adorably natural with your videos and are, as if professionally edited. Thank you again, so much. GB.
Arh! well i'm going to have to pin that comment! Thank you Chris and Happy Xmas!!
I love beating to windward ! , you can feel the power of the wind and sails !
Beautiful video, thanks for sharing.
I really enjoy your format, interviewing other boat owners and explaining your plans and actions. Yes, more please
That Oyster is a nice SV. SV Talisman is another sailing channel with a super nice Oyster 485. They are very good sailing yachts. I always like interviews and boat tours. Boat tours always provide good ideas, and the interviews often offer the reasons behind the decisions that were made. As usual, this was another excellent video. Great channel.
Great videos god bless
Love you guys, love your videos.
You guys have raised the bar on sailing vlogs. Joy to watch.
"I thought you were real sailors, until that (sic: the air-conditioning unit in the master)" that was priceless!
Love that you tour other boats. It would be helpful if you just mention the year and model of boat as well. Thanks!
Will do!
The maps, the diagrams of back and fill and the delights of a well loved boat. Congrats you two, one of the most professional and informative sailing vlogs right now. Really appreciate your efforts.
I too have a new found and very deep appreciation for the Mediterranean in the winter!
Beautiful heavy long keel boat sailing at it's best.
Opening music in this video has great energy 👍
Edit: ok all the music was great. Good vibes.
Love your videos guys - well done and please keep them coming.
Great shows from a Brit living and sailing in the US Great Lakes! Like the balance between interviews, land visit/history and sailing. Could you mention the length of the boats you tour? How long was the Oyster?
Will do, the Oyster was a 42
Very nice video I always look forward to your videos thanks
nice video thanks
Enjoy your videos. Excellent production value and good sailing.
Great video! Well done to you both👌😁⛵️
Love the show Cambridge crew ..excpat now in the Easter. Cape ...great videos .. when will you head. Y wash
This continues to evolve naturally as a really enjoyable channel. Polished production comes naturally to what you’re kind enough to share. The interviews of other people and their lives is a really good approach, done very well by you both given your past experience with interviewing people. Fair Isle remains the core component of the videos, such a lovely boat. I have completed your survey and here’s to more content next season. For now, thank you for sharing.
Andy B68 I’ll second that.
Hi Andy, just sent an email to the (@me.com) address you gave me on the website messaging & it bounced back, got another one? By the way small coincidence Judy was working at Leeds Castle yesterday giving crisis training to the staff, small world!
W outdoor love some rain videos, no narration or music, just something about rain on a boat that helps me sleep...
Another great episode ......... Thank you very much..
You guys are doing a wonderful job. Your channel and production value has really evolved and is so enjoyable to watch. It is my dream to pack up one day and go sailing in the med and then further a field. Until then I can live the dream through your VLOG. Thanks guys - Dave (South Africa)
I predict 50,000 subscribers this time next year. I love the format of land, sea and interviews. Very very enjoyable series of videos. 😀
I love your optimism!!! 😃
I think it's well founded 🤔😀
Nice sports jacket there at the beginning!!
At the end as well, who didn't watch the whole thing then?! Don't you know what that does to my stats?!!! ;)
@@svfairisle I'm still watching it, as I type this-at work, no less, so I'm up and down from my desk! Just watching the tour of your friends' boat now!
Loving the videos, more please!
Whats nice is they speak to other boat owners ,listen to what they are saying it is so professional ,its like the Holiday programme on water .
I loved that interview on that boath with air conditioning! We thought that was a luxury of our cruise ships!
The boat was an Oyster, they're very posh!
Enjoyable sail watch. So gracefully chatting away in the garden the people of England might become to regard you as a suitable alternative for that slightly awkward couple from Highgrove.
Always good thanks for sharing 👍🇦🇺🚜
Been watching from the beginning. I was almost put off by your boat at first as it's so different from what I can chose or afford, but I recognized Judy's voice, and then became hooked as your experience at video production really shines. I particularly like the mix of instruction, interview and sailing. It's a nice blend, where too many channels seem to be trying to recreate a travel television show. To me the art of sailing comes first, the travel is a side benefit. It seems to many.others the travel is the thing, the sailing is just the necessary evil required. Looking forward to more of what you're already doing, and would only encourage you to feature a wide range of boats and crews as you select interview subjects. It's a wonderful opportunity to show how many diverse people accomplish the same thing in many different ways. Cheers.
Yes good point about different boats & crews we definitely want to show how different people go about this, got my eye on a cat rigged boat here in Cartagena, trying to persuade the owners to let us film them.
Also if you're looking at boats don't be put off by out of the ordinary boats. You will find some excellent blue water boats that you might assume are out of your reach really arn't. For instance look up Hans Christian 33's, They are fantastic capable boats with incredible storage for their size and because they take more work to look after than your average white GRP boat people are scared off & therefore you can a lot of boat for your money. My tip would be look for good designers, check out Bob Perry's boats, all excellent ocean going boats.
@@svfairisle
I forgot about the smaller HC's, I will take another look. Growing up in Annapolis, I've seen many HC's at the boat show, and always classed it as one of the high build quality, high end boats, that would forever be unobtainable to me. While your boat is completely beyond my means, I'm glad you two are enjoying the fruits of your life's labor, and sharing your experiences with all of us. +1 on Bob Perry's designs. He is very personable and generous with his time, as is Dick Koopmans, another approachable, designer.
Very nice videos. Just a little something. Ibiza, Formentera, Mallorca, Menorca or the Canary Islands are Spain like Cartagena or Madrid. You where sailing from the Balearic Islands to the peninsula. You where sailing from Spain to Spain. Keep on with your very interesting videos. Thank you.
It's the British spirit
, Isn't?
Thanks for sharing your adventures with us. Since we' er not able to be on our boat at present we always enjoy watching your vids. Great! Regards from Germany
Lovely video. Really enjoy our vlogs. Will look forward to the next one. Keep ‘em coming!
Really well done guys... love your channel.
You know what’s funny is that when I first came across your channel I watched episode 10 and thought “wow... I feel like I am watching a CBC news clip... this is informative, well done and nicely polished with great camera personalities...”
Anyway... watched all your videos as well as the one where by you cover your professional backgrounds and thought to myself... “I knew it...lol”
We are a couple of months away from our first boat and are a few years behind you guys...
Enjoy and keep up the great work! Love your format...
Kind regards.
Hi John, tell me more, what boat are you looking to buy, where are you thinking of sailing? We're looking forward to sailing the coasts of the US. It's funny though apart for Chesapeake bay, Florida and maybe the Pacific NW you don't hear much about sailing around the States.
Thank you for these videos. They are a pleasure to watch!
Happy Christmas to you both - I look forward to seeing more next year.
Yes love seeing other boats, thanks. Xx
I’m new to the channel and find you both delightfully interesting. Love your discussions with other sailors!
Thanks Ian, getting tricky to do those interviews in lockdown now!
I loved the sailing part of this video, great footage 😁
Really enjoy y'all's, "You-Films"---- As always, great job!
You should extend your paddle quite a bit: on land it should be almost as high as you can comfortably reach, straight up.
That guitar string rub sounds on the ibiza footage is like nails on a chalk board. RIP headphone wearers!!
That's Ibiza music for you!
Love you vids.
Nice video guys. Have a great Christmas also. All the best to you Cheers.
Great filming at sea, some of the best. Thanks from a retired sailor.
Thank you for making these videos. Survey? What do I want to see? As a sailor myself, we some aspirations to move onboard one day, find your own space in youtube-land. You have touched several topics I am interested in. Our yacht is more racing-oriented, we love wind and weather. The hard part is to move onboard permanently and not keeping it as a distant dream. Well done, keep on filming.
Thanks Terje, we went for comfort over speed but so long as you don't sacrifice too much for the speed it can be done. You just have to look at Gunner and Tove's Swan in episode 3 to see you can cruise fast boats (would scare me though!)
well done, keep going
great video i wish one day i will be brave enough to sailing in a weather like that !!
Your posts have a strong wish you were here vibe. I’d like to see more sailing and how you’re coping with the conditions.
Awesome video again. Boat handling is fantastic, no drama just nice and clam in any situation. Love it. Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New year👍
A friend put me on to this site, and having seen some pretty average sailing videos I was a bit apprehensive. However, I'm thoroughly enjoying your adventures.and so is my wife. Both of you are natural presenters and the videos are concise to keep the interest and the right length. I;m both a sailor and photographer so am interested in how you set up your cameras for the low angled shots and keeping the cameras steady when sailing?
Hope you keep on going.
Hi Andy, thanks for those kind comments. Re the camera shots, I’d like to say it was down to having spent 25 years in Steadicam that gives you a feel for how to keep a camera steady, but it’s probably much more down to in lens/body optical stabilisation and the GoPros from the 7 onwards do an amazing job. I don’t use gimbals or anything fancy, the seawater would kill them in no time. The low angles are just a GoPro on a stick ( a very long boat hook actually) I’m exporting in HD (1920x1080) but shoot the GoPro footage in 2.7 or 4K so I have some framing/horizon straightening wiggle room in post. We’re heading to Venice so I’m looking forward to getting the stills cameras out.
After watching Sven Yrvind, this boat is a sprawling mansion.
Really great channel can see you gaining a lot of traction next year.
Keep up the great style of presentation and you are both brave packing up life in the rat race over here and embarking upon a real adventure before you get too old to do it.
Thanks for the video and subbed
Love watching your video's. Almost proffessional. Well done.
Ha! I'm glad we're almost professional. I'll tell our old boss at the BBC that!
@@svfairisle Ha ha I knew it when I was writing it down...the word "almost" My English is not so good, but I ment "looks proffesional" Question: Do you film with prof.cams?
@@sailing-etanche Not really, too bulky and too expensive to break! I do have my Canon C300 onboard and use it for interviews sometimes. But actually the prosumer cameras I do use like the Lumix GH5, Canon 6d and of course numerous GoPro's are a better fit for this sort of work.I would use these cameras even if I were filming for broadcast. I do have professional mics that are a big help.
Loved the video, Dee and Deb
I wil miss your videos, please come back soon!
Steve and Judy, your adventures have inspired me to want to see the Med by sail. I've spent a lot of time in the USA sailing the Long Island Sound and coastal,Atlantic.
I really enjoy your videos and can't wait till the next episode is available. Keep up the good work and enjoy. Maybe we'll meet in some marina some day. Cheers
Well I hope we do meet up, we could swap notes. Judy's dad lives near New York and we plan to sail up the Eastern seaboard when we come over. Apart from Chesapeake we don't hear much about US sailing over here. Glad you like the videos. Steve
@@svfairisle Hi Steve,
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately we live in California. Let me know if you will sail this direction.
I am originally from The East Coast and have sailed the Chesapeake extensively. One of our best voyages has been in the inland Intercoastal Waterway all the way from Cape May New Jersey to Florida. It is possible to continue along the waterway all the way to Southern Texas.The only problem we encountered were the bridges along the way along with some stretched where we had to motor. So, have a great new year and sail safe.
Best wishes, Richard and Marsha Krentz.
Another great one! Thank you for sharing. A nice variety of subjects as well. I am curious; sailing upwind in 25kts, on a cutter, i thought the cutter was the sail of choice over a reefed yankee. Why the yankee? SK in the UK.
You’re getting slightly mixed up with the terms Stephen, but I think I know what you mean. A cutter is a yacht with the mast set slightly further back than the equivalent Sloop & two fore sails, one mast head, one fractional. The headsail is usually a high cut ‘yankee’ and the inboard sail is the staysail. Which sail you use when is very much down to wind strength & direction as well as sea conditions. I will do a video on balancing the sails sometime.
Sailing Fair Isle I think an episode on the sail plan and balance would be great. I’m trying to choose between a silent rig and a cutter. Cutter is currently in the lead! Thx. SK in the UK.
Thanks for sharing, stay safe.
Is the neighbor's boat a Hallberg-Rassy?
Hi Macky, no it was an Oyster.
G’day from Downunder. Have really enjoyed your videos ; thanks for posting them. Great to travel along vicariously with you two.
Have you thought about selling Sailing Fair Isle tee-shirts or caps yet ?
I’ll happily buy a couple.
Good luck and Cheers,
Regards Mach Buffett
Mach Buffett Funnily enough we are looking at caps today! We will keep you posted
We will do that next year yes as several people have asked. You may notice I've been wearing different Fair Isle Tee shirts as we're testing out suppliers. We've got somewhere that does really good printing now (some were awful!) I just need to test their embroidery as we've had some problems after washing with polo shirts. When we're happy with the quality we will put them on the web site. Steve
We occasionally get a riding turn on our foresail, I think it is not controlling the furling line as you pull out the sail. A small amount of tension on the furling line as you unfurl the sail on a windy day seems to prevent it happening.
Yes absolutely, we do control unfurl as well. The issue here in the welds on top of the cotton reel died in Biscay. I jury rigged it until I can take the forestay off this winter. I showed it in Ep3 (which I'm sure you watched! maybe you were momentarily distracted!!)
@@svfairisle Fair enough.
That windy anchorage looks like what we spent a week enduring in Gibraltar (La Linea).
Yes I think we we're coming back from Ibiza just before you left there, think the whole region got pounded. Are you still making your way East or have you found a place to settle for the winter?
Sailing Fair Isle we are in Almerimar until Spring :)
While in the marina we had “a Winter day” with winds of 50 and gusts of 60. There wasn’t even a ripple in the water by the boat (but we were all heeling over from the beam wind).
We have some fun winter travel plans and then we will resume sailing East in April/May.
@@RiggingDoctor Arh! Okay, I thought your plans of heading all the way over to Sicily might be a bit ambitious in November! Almerimar should give good shelter.I was a bit scathing of it as a marina in Ep 6. I think it was, but that was partly because they charge ridiculous summer prices, I know the winter rates are very good. We plan to hire a car & do some winter exploring inland, I think we will get going in March if possible though so you'll have to catch us up!
Sailing Fair Isle those are our winter plans as well! We are going to rent a van and drive to Budapest!
The winter rate for us was €1700 until mid April.
We knew it was ambitious, but we figured it was 1040 miles and we sailed much more than that to cross the Atlantic. We planned a solid 2 weeks for the passage and prepared for a horrible time. It was just “too horrible”!
Maybe we might cross paths on the road ;)
Top notch episode..great sailing,nice concise interview (those stays are hard core) informative and enjoyable ! Taking notes on how to run a boat and a vlog..will definitely pinch from you two ! Have you given more thought to a davit system ?
I'm edging away from davits to be honest. Difficult on a canoe sterned boat, would get in the way of wind vane steering ( would like to have) and doesn't really help on passages anyway as davits are no place for your dingy in bad weather. Looking at better on deck storage options.
Another great video! I was shocked at the view of Benidorm. It is so over developed. When I was there 60 years ago with my parents, there was one very nice hotel-low rise with whitewashed walls. It was run by a German family. Your sailing videos give the lie to hot rod sailors who are dismissive of heavy, long-keel boats. To be sure, it wouldn’t be the boat of choice to race around the buoys. But for your purposes, you need a boat that takes care of its crew. “Fair Isle” seems to do that very well.
Yes we're very happy to go a bit slower in comfort!
Beautiful editing. I enjoy watching your maintenance and boat handling segments. Have you given much thought to adding a bimini from the dodger back to the arch? Also, was that an Oyster 485?
To be honest we get really good shelter sat under the dodger & only took the wheel for fun. If it had been cold we would have let the auto helm do the work! I'm pretty sure the Oyster was a 45 not a 485, they've gone skiing now so I can't ask but I'll have a look & see if it's written on the boat tomorrow.
Nice video
That was a lot of wind! Even the water going through the bulwark was being blown around!!
People like what you are doing now ...
Keep doing it n the subs will keep coming..
just a suggestion 😎
We're not thinking of changing the format the survey was just to find out what viewers thought we should do next year. If we're going to do more sailing films rather than other paid filming work we need to get some return from the RUclips work so we're looking at things like Patreon, Sponsorship, more adverts, that sort of thing. We've had 100 replies now actually so I'll be putting the results on the website.
Aaaah that channel! It kicks up such seas in a westerly. Great footage. What camera do you use? (I’m sure it’s out of our budget but I’d love to know 😁) -Elena
I don't use anything special on the boat Elena. Mostly it's a Lumix GH5 & GoPros, if it's dark I might get the Canon 5d out with a really fast lens. What are you using (we should have had that discussion when you came on board, the settings on these prosumer cameras can be a real minefield they try and pack too many features in. Honestly they're much more difficult to use than professional cameras!
Where abouts are you now? wondered if you bumped into Herb and Maddie from Rigging Doctor in Almeriamar.
Sailing Fair Isle we use a Canon EOS M 50 on 1080p with EF-M 11-22mm (otherwise it’s just our faces in the shots) and an Osmo Action. I’m just not satisfied with the quality of the footage of the mirrorless, but our limited budget and the fact that the salt destroys our cameras every 1.5 seasons puts me off upgrading. Maybe I should just learn to shoot better 😁🤭
No, they told us they were in Almerimar too late! Maybe we’ll catch them in Feb 😊🤞
@@SailingKittiwake Nothing wrong with using your Canon you would benefit getting a faster lens though. I'm guessing the 11-22 is f4 when wide and probably 5.6 when zoomed in. Go to a second hand camera shop and get a couple of prime lenses f2 or below, you'll get a more 'filmic' look, lower depth of field & much nicer shots in low light. I use an ancient 50mm prime f1.2 for low light.
Sailing Fair Isle yep, exactly those numbers. I’ll look into that, thank you! 😊
saludos dese Cádiz, al otro lado del estrecho de Gibraltar, el Mediterráneo parece que no tiene peligro pero es como un plato de sopa en movimiento cuando se enfada.
¡Decir ah! sí, esa es una muy buena analogía. Hemos visto algunos mares muy confusos.
The wife and I just found your vlog. Love it! We enjoyed the rough sailing and the other boat tour. It's be great if you could tell us the type., make, dimensions and other basics of the boats you nose around on. What was the Oyster?
Good sailing to you!
Hi Rob, thanks for the comments. Yes we might start doing separate boat tour videos as other people have asked for details when we go on different boats, it's difficult to get everything in the episodes as we like to keep a mix of things.
The Oyster was a 45, I think it was a' 97 or '98. Great cruising boat. We didn't really show the saloon properly in the clip but there;'s lots of space, big table & well laid out galley. You have top start to think differently about layout moving from day sailing to live aboard. I will try and do something pointing out some issues as there are definitely things you wouldn't think of.
@@svfairisle Hope you don't mind me jumping in here, but I did like the way you showed your tour of the Oyster. It wasn't like you were trying to show it like a broker, but it was more about looking into how the owners felt about some of the important things to them, even the new standing rigging. While some boat tours are interesting, that's an aspect often missed in sailing vlog videos as well as the things you point out above.
I just found your videos and wanted to say great job all around and your professionalism was apparent throughout your video. Merry Christmas...
@@idahosagebrush5662 Thanks very much! It's very kind of you to say :)
Forgot to add thanks for the view of Benidorm.
Love your comment
"Well I think they are hotels" really funny!!
Glad we share the same sense of humour
At least the sun was shining 🙂
Yes it makes all the difference. Having had many trips in conditions like this across the English channel (usually in grey drizzle!) this was actually very pleasant!
Love ur vids, keep them coming. My dad and I used to sail alot. Was wonderfull. Happy xmas. Take care. Xx
I love the detailed maps clip that you did in this episode, so we can see where you are or are going. Do you use Adobe Premiere for editing?
Yes I edit on Premiere. The maps in this episode were just google earth screen recordings with an overlay put on in photoshop and animated in premiere.
Steve, I have to chuckle when you say that “next year we’ll get stuck in and do this properly.” From where I sit, you’re both doing a fantastic job already ! Is it possible that you could put on your “to do” list, a techie corner video on your camera gear and techniques ? Would I be correct in assuming that a lot of your footage is accomplished with just I-phones and Go-pro cameras ? Thanks again from Downunder . Cheers Mach
Hi Mach, thanks for that. We do put a lot of effort in, but so far it's been a bit hit & miss when we decide to film and edit to get things out. We're going to commit to two episodes a month next year we think thats the maximum we can do and still keep the quality we want. As to the cameras GoPro's yes iPhone No! The iphone is a good camera for many things but it really wouldn't cope with this. I use 'prosumer' cameras like the Lumix GH5 and the Canon 6D mainly. I do have my professional camera (Canon C300) on board but it's too heavy (and expensive) to have on deck really. I'm building up to doing a camera section on Tech Corner. I'm just a bit hesitant as it's such a big subject to cover at all levels, and teaching camera work & editing is mainly what I do for a living now, so it's a bit too much like work! We've just got back from London teaching a bunch of film makers from all over the world & it's a struggle teaching people when you have them there in front of you let alone trying to do it in a video!
I do not need a survey, pretty much what you have been doing already. Sure make some tweaks if you feel its needed, but pretty much stick to the formula you are already doing. The numbers with subs should speak for itself. Keep with the great stories of the places you go too and the sailing that you do and the great production quality. With the occassional interviews and boat tours from those that you interview. Also with the occassional boat maint thrown in to keep it real (as one should know that is big portion of sailing). It is fresh, different and more importantly it is both of you. This is your story after all and that shows.
Yes don't worry Kevin we wern't really thinking of changing the format. The survey is more about what length, how often we should post, if not having regular posts is an issue. Whether Patreon was a good thing, or adds or sponsorship, that sort of thing. If we're going to make some money out of these videos, and we need to if we're going to do them in preference to other paid work then it's only right that viewers get a say.
Ah ok, filled it out then.
Great film watching from Neath S Wales uk
We admired your boat in Dartmouth at noss.
Love Noss. In good weather there's no better place to be!
I have really enjoyed your video's this year and look forward to any video's you make in future,but I really hope You live your sailing dream for yourselves and not for us viewers. I am sure it must be time consuming work making your films and it,s great to see your subscribers increasing ,but please don't let You tube govern your trip!
Thanks for your concern Tim! but don't worry we wouldn't do it if we didn't enjoy it. It does get time consuming so we're never going to do more than 1 per fortnight. Neither of us are ones for sitting around and sailing a boat isnt too taxing!
Enjoy your life. You only go around once.
It blows me away that it is so quiet there. Looks like you alone in the world. Not ibiza I know.
Wait until you get to the Venice episodes!!!
Great video, thankyou. Who is your tailor? I need a new jacket...
Ha! not sure where I got that tweed jacket actually, had it a while!
just subed to you...yes show your neighbors boat when at port
Hi Fair Isle, how are you.
I am curious as to why you are using your head sail and not the stay sail when the wind gets up? I saw later on that the clew had blown out. Funny enough the same thing happened to us at about 03:00 hrs in 35 knot winds. It was a bit exciting to say the least.
Yes I did have a sequence showing balancing the sails to turn off the auto helm but exec. producer (Judy) said it was getting too geeky so i cut it. But you're right 30 knots sustained I ended up with slightly reefed staysail and 2 reefs (out of 3) in the mainsail to get perfect balance. Maybe I should have had a scrap of Yankee & reefed the staysail some more, might not have ripped the clew out!
Nice
Cool at night
Это мой любимый канал , вы супер
огромное спасибо
Always on the lookout for fresh quality content. Subbed!
Did the sail from Mallorca to Alicante a few years back and was also a bit shocked when passing Benidorm.
Yes I admit I kinda want to go and look now, it seems so out of place from the sea.
May ask your age? Sailed Lake Michigan for several years have time now retired
We're both mid 50's so not quite retired yet. Plan was to scale down the work (we make documentaries for broadcast and train journalists) but Covid has scuppered that! We're concentrating on the sailing channel now as people seem to like it.
Sailing Fair Isle Thank you we are both in our 70s it just might be too late for blue water sailing.
My father gave up when he was 82.
Just joined your channel today, absolutely excellent videos. The only problem is that you pronounce Ibiza wrong, remember never say "AI" with an Spanish word that starts with "I", it is pronounced just like the second "I" . Just trying to improve your Spanish, that is all :)
Thanks Javier, we're heading there at the week end so will try to get it right this time!
Seen my yacht in Santa Eulalia bay .the marcon 34 we snuck in there too to shelter
Back and fill aka steer before gear.
now,this is sailin
Next time you need to replace the caulking give me a call. I'm sure I would do a much better job. Fair dinkum. Just call and l will be on my way from Australia. Cheers Graham
Sounds good, I'm ordering the Silkaflex now!
Do you guys suffer from sea sickness, and if you do, how do you deal with it/treat it? I'm the first comment 😃Benidorm, well, no holiday there then. So look forward to your reports 🤘
I've never suffered (Steve) apart from REALLY extreme conditions, once in the Irish sea and once on my Dads boat in the North sea when I was trying to bleed the engine (diesel smell is guaranteed to make you queasy) I've never felt sick aboard Fair Isle though even in Biscay, she has a nice motion.
Judy isn't so lucky. She's rarely actually sick, but has to be careful about staying below too long in rough weather unless she's lying down. She does take sea sickness pills if it's really rough though, you just have to remember to take them in advance.
We talked to the crew of one of the ARC boats about their anti sea sickness methods ant the end of Episode 3, they had special glasses and electric shock treatment as two of their 'cures'.
@@svfairisle That was quick Steve 👍Saw those glasses at Das Boot (the boat show in Düsseldorf, Germany). Some French guy was selling them. Don't know if they work, but even if they do, all your Street Cred is gone! Elton John beware 😂Have a good break guys. Really love your professionalism and style of reporting, of course, all due to your backgrounds. Happy Xmas too and look forward to further adventures in The New Year 🎄