Have to agree. Not the locations we watch for, your personality and advice is key. I learned so much from you over the years raising points I hadn't thought of, resulting in the additional jobs list 😁
Good luck and health for your mom ❤. Would love to see you sail your local area and projects! Love hearing about the 6 used joker valves. Yes, I like saving some old or used stuff but used Joker valves? There’s no use for them! The diesel bug, very scary! We used a Baja filter when filling up the diesel tanks in Mexico. Their fuel in Mexico was dirty and buggy- lol. Don’t stop taping please!
The used joker valves were the "highlight" 😄😄😄 of our discoveries. Luckily UK diesel is of good quality but some skippers let the stuff decay into jelly. We never thought to look. Thanks for the kind wishes, we do appreciate them 👍
My elderly relatives all have Captains orders not to get ill during the sailing season, but life is like the weather.. unpredictable! Found your video very relevant as completing the purchase of my Westerly Storm OOD in 4 weeks and almost immediately heading up to Anglesey. I will be away later in the summer for a couple of months up to Orkney so keep in touch if you want to borrow my mooring again. 👍
Our relatives had the "do not get ill" order as well and obeyed it for many years but it seems that they can no longer do so. Such is life. We will see how our "support systems" work out but I think it is unlikely we will see the Menai this year, but thank you so much for the offer and we hope to take you up on it in later years. If you come up this year, we would love to see the new boat.
Wishing your mum and yourselves all the best, love watching all your antics at sea and in the marina. Best wishes from all of us at Sailing and cruising Wales admin xx
To get to know your electric wireing- make a circuit diagram and mark switches, fuses, relays etc. same goes for the navigation system. By the way, remember you two from the diesel pontoon at Kerrera marina some years ago, we were there with our Bavarian 38 Ocean (Norwegians) We gave one of you a short tour of our boat. Geir & Grete S/Y Ocean Viking
Hi there! Great to hear from you and I hope all is going well. It has been a while since we were last in Kerrara. I think that, these days, we have our electrical system under control and we understand it a lot better than we did back when we got the boat. There are a few connectors that I intend to replace this summer as they are getting brittle with age but at least we now have a much better knowledge of what we are doing. Thanks for getting in touch again 👍
Thanks for the video... When I started out, I had always thought diesel bug was for those people living in hot countries until my engine stopped going through narrows in the kyles of Bute! lol... Being singlehanded, I got quite paranoid afterwards and built a twin filter system so that I could quickly switch to a clean filter with a pull of a lever! 😀... Also, after 7 years I still have a switch which I don't quite know what it does! One day, I will have the courage to push it! lol
Please pass on our best wishes to your wonderful mum & auntie . I’m sure you will get more acquainted with the lough’ various anchorages & some lovely places to visit in the area.
I built my own boat from scratch. No one else than me has done anything om MY boat. Still, after more than 20 years, my boat still surprises me. What I find and how things work. Or not.
Sorry to hear of your mums health Beverley. I know it will be difficult managing both lifestyles. It’s a ritual with me catching your channel every Thursday and ill miss that if you go to another schedule but whatever you need to do you need to do and I’m sure we’ll all be watching when your videos are released for, information, content and enjoyment. Best wishes.
Great video as always , it’s always the small things you find when buy a boat. Hope life doesn’t treat you too hard this year, well wishes from strangford.
I feel your pain. Our first boat Ava Grace had a survey, waste of time and money, all the critical issues missed. Same as you main issues were wiring, fuel, systems not set up right. Also feel your pain Bev for your mom. We went through the same with Janet's mother, then Janet was diagnosed with Cancer, life just gets in the way. That's why when you have the chance you have to get on and live life. We both wish you well.
I would not say our survey was a waste of time - the list of "things that need attention" proved very useful. However we were naive in what we expected the surveyor to find. 😄 Thanks for the good wishes and we hope that Janet is doing well (we know that not everything makes it to YT)
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass Janet's doing good. There were good days and bad ones. Mostly good now. We find when an illness strikes her it takes longer to throw it off these days. That may be the after effects of the radiation. I wasn't happy with any of my surveys. I found more issues than the surveyors. I keep trying different ones, one day one will turn up something I didn't know about.
Family always comes first. Great video, I crewed on many different boats and you can get a quick assessment of it by looking at the wiring. Even in the high end boats like Oysters you find some strange placement of electrical stuff although production boats are even worse, like junction boxes that can't be reached. I'm a electrician in the entertainment industry so my OCD is very high when it comes to wires 'n stuff.
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass Don't get me started on add-ons, I helped out a friend on his boat, the forward shower sump pump stopped working. For some reason a previous owner placed a circuit breaker somewhere halfway the wires in a cupboard that had trip[ped. Took us 2 days. to find the problem.
Just like our anchor trip. Who hides an anchor trip under the chart table? Just to complete the problem, it is dark under the chart table so they installed a black plate with a black switch 😃
Why did you take the boat out before you had sussed out the main systems? Was there some pressing reason to head out so soon ? A friend is a private pilot and he is shocked at the (low) quality level of wiring and electrics on many sailing yachts he has been on. Many owners seem happy to bodge fixes with all sorts of crap, and hope for the best.
We took it out because we were trusting, optimistic, excited and believed we could cope. We agree about the wiring and such. These days we are far more particular and we have upgraded almost every systm on the boat to far higher standards
There's a reverse polarity switch?? 😮 Having said that Bavaria wired one AC socket with the live and neutral reversed. It is, of course, the most difficult one to fix ...
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass There is a reverse polarity lamp that goes red if the supply has the live and neutral crossed. We discovered it on our 2003 B32 by accident. Same control panels as you have. There is a big clue...... Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid.
Sorry to hear that your Mum is not well. I can understand that making videos while looking after your Mum plus working would be difficult. Nevertheless I will look forward to receiving notifications when you do have time to post.
Your presentation last night... That was Wednesday night,....,. just to be clear 😊 was fantastic and with al those problems you would make good members for CIBC. Very much enjoyed the presentation. Best wishes to your Mum. I know how you feel I was there in 2022-23. She passed on Boxing Day. Was good to meet up again even briefly.
It was great to see you there and to meet some of your shipmates too. Hopefully with us being around all summer we can meet up again and perhaps with Gwen as well. We're glad you enjoyed the evening. We enjoyed it as well.
We are in a similar situation with the Admiral. We like to keep within half a week of base just in case we get "the call". We might be knocking round your patch, never been south of Glenarm yet. The previous owner (Dad) did loads of index cards with instructions on for our boat. I've done loads of changes/upgrades though, I should review and add to them.
Informative and entertaining as always. All the best for your Mum and here's hoping Spring and Summer weather is kind to you on the boat. Happy to watch your videos whenever they appear!
😂 we’re still finding new things about our boat 16.5 years later 😂😂 Forums for the boat make you have are a great place to learn about “how to “ stuff as well
We did try some forums but we found them a bit grim. Lots of people moaning about the cost of boating 😀 it's good to know that there are some good forums out there 👍
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass I only interact if something interesting peaks up that I can help with ( such as how we met before I knew of the channel), or I can learn from.
Thanks for everything so far. A royal treat of content and laughs. Best for the next period, and keen to see your local sailing excursions. Cheers, SVDreamtime
I love your channel and wish you well with your family. Happy to see your videos when you can. We might even make it to Bangor in the late spring on our new boat. Loved this episode as an experienced sailor I learnt something too.
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass that’s definitely on the cards. I have history with Bangor sailing club, I bought my very first yacht from Bangor sailing club. A rival 38 called EOS in 1986. It was a wild place in those days, we sailed off and across the pacific finally selling the boat in Asia where she is still sailing. So I’m really hoping to bring the new boat back in.
Its you two we enjoy, the sailing is an added bonus. Happy to watch local sailing and odd boat jobs next season. Just keep them coming.
Thank you! Will do!
Have to agree. Not the locations we watch for, your personality and advice is key. I learned so much from you over the years raising points I hadn't thought of, resulting in the additional jobs list 😁
Good luck and health for your mom ❤. Would love to see you sail your local area and projects! Love hearing about the 6 used joker valves. Yes, I like saving some old or used stuff but used Joker valves? There’s no use for them! The diesel bug, very scary! We used a Baja filter when filling up the diesel tanks in Mexico. Their fuel in Mexico was dirty and buggy- lol.
Don’t stop taping please!
The used joker valves were the "highlight" 😄😄😄 of our discoveries. Luckily UK diesel is of good quality but some skippers let the stuff decay into jelly. We never thought to look.
Thanks for the kind wishes, we do appreciate them 👍
My elderly relatives all have Captains orders not to get ill during the sailing season, but life is like the weather.. unpredictable!
Found your video very relevant as completing the purchase of my Westerly Storm OOD in 4 weeks and almost immediately heading up to Anglesey. I will be away later in the summer for a couple of months up to Orkney so keep in touch if you want to borrow my mooring again. 👍
Our relatives had the "do not get ill" order as well and obeyed it for many years but it seems that they can no longer do so. Such is life. We will see how our "support systems" work out but I think it is unlikely we will see the Menai this year, but thank you so much for the offer and we hope to take you up on it in later years. If you come up this year, we would love to see the new boat.
Wishing your mum and yourselves all the best, love watching all your antics at sea and in the marina. Best wishes from all of us at Sailing and cruising Wales admin xx
Thanks so much. We will keep trying to deliver more antics 😄 Hope you have a good season ahead 👍
Lovely video as usual filled with your sense of humour and lots of honesty.
Looking forward to the next one!
Thank you.
Thanks for sharing, we all have a few boat horror stories, and best wishes re your mum.
It would not be sailing without the horror stories 😀 Thanks for the kind wishes 👍
To get to know your electric wireing- make a circuit diagram and mark switches, fuses, relays etc. same goes for the navigation system. By the way, remember you two from the diesel pontoon at Kerrera marina some years ago, we were there with our Bavarian 38 Ocean (Norwegians) We gave one of you a short tour of our boat. Geir & Grete S/Y Ocean Viking
Hi there! Great to hear from you and I hope all is going well. It has been a while since we were last in Kerrara. I think that, these days, we have our electrical system under control and we understand it a lot better than we did back when we got the boat. There are a few connectors that I intend to replace this summer as they are getting brittle with age but at least we now have a much better knowledge of what we are doing. Thanks for getting in touch again 👍
Your videos always make me smile
Thank you
Thanks for the video... When I started out, I had always thought diesel bug was for those people living in hot countries until my engine stopped going through narrows in the kyles of Bute! lol... Being singlehanded, I got quite paranoid afterwards and built a twin filter system so that I could quickly switch to a clean filter with a pull of a lever! 😀... Also, after 7 years I still have a switch which I don't quite know what it does! One day, I will have the courage to push it! lol
Put a sticker on that button that should read "Do not press this button". Somebody will then press it for you 🤣🤣
Please pass on our best wishes to your wonderful mum & auntie .
I’m sure you will get more acquainted with the lough’ various anchorages & some lovely places to visit in the area.
Thanks Yvonne. We will do our best to squeeze in some sailing fun 👍
I built my own boat from scratch. No one else than me has done anything om MY boat. Still, after more than 20 years, my boat still surprises me. What I find and how things work. Or not.
Boats definitely have a life of their own and evolve when you are not watching them. 😀
Sorry to hear of your mums health Beverley. I know it will be difficult managing both lifestyles. It’s a ritual with me catching your channel every Thursday and ill miss that if you go to another schedule but whatever you need to do you need to do and I’m sure we’ll all be watching when your videos are released for, information, content and enjoyment. Best wishes.
Thanks Roy and I hope that you are on the mend! She has had a lot of sudden changes and it has taken a toll on her.
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass stay strong
Love you guys for your honesty
Thank you. We just tell it as we see it. It's easier that way....
Great video as always , it’s always the small things you find when buy a boat. Hope life doesn’t treat you too hard this year, well wishes from strangford.
Thanks. We liked Strangford Lough when we were there and I am sure that we will be back someday
Great video, thanks!
Glad you liked it! Thanks for commenting
I feel your pain. Our first boat Ava Grace had a survey, waste of time and money, all the critical issues missed. Same as you main issues were wiring, fuel, systems not set up right. Also feel your pain Bev for your mom. We went through the same with Janet's mother, then Janet was diagnosed with Cancer, life just gets in the way. That's why when you have the chance you have to get on and live life. We both wish you well.
I would not say our survey was a waste of time - the list of "things that need attention" proved very useful. However we were naive in what we expected the surveyor to find. 😄 Thanks for the good wishes and we hope that Janet is doing well (we know that not everything makes it to YT)
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass Janet's doing good. There were good days and bad ones. Mostly good now. We find when an illness strikes her it takes longer to throw it off these days. That may be the after effects of the radiation.
I wasn't happy with any of my surveys. I found more issues than the surveyors. I keep trying different ones, one day one will turn up something I didn't know about.
@@MyAvaGrace - we are glad to hear that Janet is on the mend 👍and we look forward to you starting your survey business 🤣
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass 🤣
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass if I was 10 yes younger I would 🤣
Family always comes first.
Great video, I crewed on many different boats and you can get a quick assessment of it by looking at the wiring.
Even in the high end boats like Oysters you find some strange placement of electrical stuff although production boats are even worse, like junction boxes that can't be reached.
I'm a electrician in the entertainment industry so my OCD is very high when it comes to wires 'n stuff.
The factory installed stuff is good but some of the add-ons....
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass Don't get me started on add-ons, I helped out a friend on his boat, the forward shower sump pump stopped working. For some reason a previous owner placed a circuit breaker somewhere halfway the wires in a cupboard that had trip[ped. Took us 2 days. to find the problem.
Just like our anchor trip. Who hides an anchor trip under the chart table? Just to complete the problem, it is dark under the chart table so they installed a black plate with a black switch 😃
Why did you take the boat out before you had sussed out the main systems?
Was there some pressing reason to head out so soon ?
A friend is a private pilot and he is shocked at the (low) quality level of wiring and electrics on many sailing yachts he has been on. Many owners seem happy to bodge fixes with all sorts of crap, and hope for the best.
We took it out because we were trusting, optimistic, excited and believed we could cope.
We agree about the wiring and such. These days we are far more particular and we have upgraded almost every systm on the boat to far higher standards
Have you found the reverse polarity light for the 220AC? 😉 Enjoy you local sailing. Wish mum well. Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid.
There's a reverse polarity switch?? 😮
Having said that Bavaria wired one AC socket with the live and neutral reversed. It is, of course, the most difficult one to fix ...
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass There is a reverse polarity lamp that goes red if the supply has the live and neutral crossed. We discovered it on our 2003 B32 by accident. Same control panels as you have. There is a big clue...... Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid.
We will keep an eye out for that. Thanks.
Sorry to hear that your Mum is not well. I can understand that making videos while looking after your Mum plus working would be difficult. Nevertheless I will look forward to receiving notifications when you do have time to post.
We will do our best to keep it all going. Thanks for commenting and your support 👍
Film some crafts . Mel from melody has just made some bed covers . Very interesting .
Def fill some episodes
Good idea 👍
nothing wrong with taking a break family comes first , Our plan is to head to the Clyde and Crinnan , maybe we stop into Belfast on the way home
That would be great. We love meet-ups
Your presentation last night... That was Wednesday night,....,. just to be clear 😊 was fantastic and with al those problems you would make good members for CIBC. Very much enjoyed the presentation. Best wishes to your Mum. I know how you feel I was there in 2022-23. She passed on Boxing Day. Was good to meet up again even briefly.
It was great to see you there and to meet some of your shipmates too. Hopefully with us being around all summer we can meet up again and perhaps with Gwen as well. We're glad you enjoyed the evening. We enjoyed it as well.
We are in a similar situation with the Admiral. We like to keep within half a week of base just in case we get "the call". We might be knocking round your patch, never been south of Glenarm yet. The previous owner (Dad) did loads of index cards with instructions on for our boat. I've done loads of changes/upgrades though, I should review and add to them.
If you do come over, give us a shout and we can point you to some very spots. It would be great to see you both
Informative and entertaining as always. All the best for your Mum and here's hoping Spring and Summer weather is kind to you on the boat. Happy to watch your videos whenever they appear!
Thank you. We do hope to get some sailing in
😂 we’re still finding new things about our boat 16.5 years later 😂😂
Forums for the boat make you have are a great place to learn about “how to “ stuff as well
We did try some forums but we found them a bit grim. Lots of people moaning about the cost of boating 😀 it's good to know that there are some good forums out there 👍
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass I only interact if something interesting peaks up that I can help with ( such as how we met before I knew of the channel), or I can learn from.
Another great video ladies, all the best for your mum 😊
Thank you. We appreciate it 👍
What did you mean by ‘the fuel set’?
It is a product used to kill diesel bug and keep the diesel in better condition. Google "fuelset diesel conditioner" for more details
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass thank you
Wish your Mum well. Look forward to videos wherever they are from.
Thanks 👍
Thanks for everything so far. A royal treat of content and laughs. Best for the next period, and keen to see your local sailing excursions. Cheers, SVDreamtime
Thank you and we will do our best to do interesting stuff.
I love your channel and wish you well with your family. Happy to see your videos when you can. We might even make it to Bangor in the late spring on our new boat. Loved this episode as an experienced sailor I learnt something too.
Thanks for watching and commenting and if you do come to Bangor, please do give us a shout. We will keep the wine locker stocked... 😉
@@SailingYachtSaltyLass that’s definitely on the cards. I have history with Bangor sailing club, I bought my very first yacht from Bangor sailing club. A rival 38 called EOS in 1986. It was a wild place in those days, we sailed off and across the pacific finally selling the boat in Asia where she is still sailing. So I’m really hoping to bring the new boat back in.
Wow!! It sounds like a few stories could be told about those trips. Looking forward to it 👍