You must be missing the sensation of the wind in the sails! Beautifully filmed and I’m as impressed as ever by the clear instructions and pleased to hear the bleeps at the end 😂
@@richardhall7822 thank you! Missing the open sea a little at times but sails not so much 😉😂 Very happy with our inland floating apartment but already scheming ways back to the ocean but without living on it full time. Glad you enjoyed the start of our voyage home but it does get more challenging!
That was perhaps your best ever episode; most enjoyable. The rationale and the risks of staying inside the 20m contour were educational and clearly described. I appreciated the technical commentary during evolutions which didn't take the audience for fools and the emotional part of it was appropriate, compelling and relatable to ordinary cruisers. We operate a 'shoe fund' on our boat: every time a certain naval-like expression is used regardless of provocation, Tracy's shoe fund grows by £1. I'm think we might soon need to add a trailer to the boat..... I'm sure that whatever you branch out into next , any videos you make will be as equally interesting. All the best to you both!
Thanks Iain. Not sure this is or will ever be a favourite video of ours, mainly because the journey home wasn't our favourite time of life!, but best/favourite is very subjective so I'm glad you found it so and thank you for saying so. If Kate and I operated any kind of "shoe" fund we'd both have an awful lot of shoes and no money!! I have to confess that I fear the video quality will be on a bit of downward trajectory as this journey progresses because, as mentioned, the less we're enjoying it the less we film... which is not great as a video maker but it is how it is with us. I am still keen to keep making videos when we do have adventures in the future though and hope that the quality will come back up with those. Anyway thanks for your ongoing positive support it is much appreciated.🙂
@@iainhunneybell thanks Iain, something I use quite a lot. Used think bow thrusters were cheating but if you got it use it eh?! Useful technique though that you can almost go sideways with coordinated bow thruster and helm turned opposite the thruster ie thrust to stbd, helm to port will walk the boat to stbd. Just wants gentle engine inputs though 😊⛵️
Thoroughly enjoyed the video with all the trials and tribulations of that leg behind you now. I'm glad you didn't encounter any Orcas. Glad too that the Mozzies weren't too much of an issue either. Very much looking forward to the next episode. Moving on, good to see the pipes out again for Remembrance Day Ian and the great photography Kate. Cheers!
Thanks for this episode, and all good info as you know for my sail down next year. Interesting with the insect swarms and will now make sure to prep for these if i get them. Would love to know the length and breadth of your vessel. Also on your solar, how many watts do you have and is it enough
Hi, glad it was useful to you. The swarms were strange, we didn’t get them on the way south in 2022 so who knows what caused them. Our boat is a Najad 391. 12m long by 3.5 wide. We have 800w of solar in total and it is plenty, we very rarely have to top up in the Med or indeed in the U.K. between spring and autumn but it would need some help in a U.K. winter. Hope that helps? 👍🏻😊
Thank you both for taking us along. Always interesting, and as a sailir myself, I always learn something. Hope you are both settled somewhere nice for the winter in the UK. All the best from Dartmouth. James
Thanks James….we are well settled back into the U.K. for winter and beyond. We have actually moved onto a widebeam canal boat now. You see more up to date info on our Instagram or Facebook although we will complete the story on RUclips as well…it just takes a bit longer as the videos take some time to make. Thanks for following along..😊
I know this is not current but I hope it did not take Kate long to recover. It's no fun if you are not enjoying the ride. I put 20l of fuel in a new plastic can in May and when i poured it out in Sept it had bug. I now have a polishing system being installed over winter.
Kate is much better thank you although it was part of a sinus issue that’s still not fully resolved but it manageable at the moment. Diesel bug seems to be an increasing issue for sure and your polishing system is a great thing to have 😊⛵️
Just a line on the insects. We've twice encountered swarms of flies about 3-4 miles offshore when approaching Lyme Regis. I've no idea how these things manage to concentrate themselves so closely so far at sea but bees and mosquitos?!? Must have been horrendous. Still, at least they didn't attempt to eat your rudder.
Yes, totally understand how individual insects can be carried out to sea by an offshore breeze and even by a sea breeze circulation but how they manage to maintain their swarm is beyond me. What was also incredible was that when they'd had enough they all left, bar a few stragglers, almost at the same. We remain very grateful that the bees seemed to have no intention to sting and the mozzies weren't biting... that would have been a whole lot worse!!
You must be missing the sensation of the wind in the sails! Beautifully filmed and I’m as impressed as ever by the clear instructions and pleased to hear the bleeps at the end 😂
@@richardhall7822 thank you! Missing the open sea a little at times but sails not so much 😉😂 Very happy with our inland floating apartment but already scheming ways back to the ocean but without living on it full time. Glad you enjoyed the start of our voyage home but it does get more challenging!
That was perhaps your best ever episode; most enjoyable. The rationale and the risks of staying inside the 20m contour were educational and clearly described. I appreciated the technical commentary during evolutions which didn't take the audience for fools and the emotional part of it was appropriate, compelling and relatable to ordinary cruisers. We operate a 'shoe fund' on our boat: every time a certain naval-like expression is used regardless of provocation, Tracy's shoe fund grows by £1. I'm think we might soon need to add a trailer to the boat..... I'm sure that whatever you branch out into next , any videos you make will be as equally interesting. All the best to you both!
Thanks Iain. Not sure this is or will ever be a favourite video of ours, mainly because the journey home wasn't our favourite time of life!, but best/favourite is very subjective so I'm glad you found it so and thank you for saying so. If Kate and I operated any kind of "shoe" fund we'd both have an awful lot of shoes and no money!!
I have to confess that I fear the video quality will be on a bit of downward trajectory as this journey progresses because, as mentioned, the less we're enjoying it the less we film... which is not great as a video maker but it is how it is with us. I am still keen to keep making videos when we do have adventures in the future though and hope that the quality will come back up with those. Anyway thanks for your ongoing positive support it is much appreciated.🙂
That was a nice departure using port helm and bowtruster. Very nicely done ❤
@@iainhunneybell thanks Iain, something I use quite a lot. Used think bow thrusters were cheating but if you got it use it eh?! Useful technique though that you can almost go sideways with coordinated bow thruster and helm turned opposite the thruster ie thrust to stbd, helm to port will walk the boat to stbd. Just wants gentle engine inputs though 😊⛵️
Thoroughly enjoyed the video with all the trials and tribulations of that leg behind you now. I'm glad you didn't encounter any Orcas. Glad too that the Mozzies weren't too much of an issue either. Very much looking forward to the next episode. Moving on, good to see the pipes out again for Remembrance Day Ian and the great photography Kate. Cheers!
Thanks Peter, glad you enjoyed the video. There are no more insects in coming episodes but quite a few more challenges! Thanks for your comment 🙂
@ Why can’t life be simple? Doesn’t work like that I guess. P
Thanks for this episode, and all good info as you know for my sail down next year. Interesting with the insect swarms and will now make sure to prep for these if i get them. Would love to know the length and breadth of your vessel. Also on your solar, how many watts do you have and is it enough
Hi, glad it was useful to you. The swarms were strange, we didn’t get them on the way south in 2022 so who knows what caused them. Our boat is a Najad 391. 12m long by 3.5 wide. We have 800w of solar in total and it is plenty, we very rarely have to top up in the Med or indeed in the U.K. between spring and autumn but it would need some help in a U.K. winter. Hope that helps? 👍🏻😊
Thank you both for taking us along. Always interesting, and as a sailir myself, I always learn something. Hope you are both settled somewhere nice for the winter in the UK. All the best from Dartmouth. James
Thanks James….we are well settled back into the U.K. for winter and beyond. We have actually moved onto a widebeam canal boat now. You see more up to date info on our Instagram or Facebook although we will complete the story on RUclips as well…it just takes a bit longer as the videos take some time to make. Thanks for following along..😊
I know this is not current but I hope it did not take Kate long to recover. It's no fun if you are not enjoying the ride. I put 20l of fuel in a new plastic can in May and when i poured it out in Sept it had bug. I now have a polishing system being installed over winter.
Kate is much better thank you although it was part of a sinus issue that’s still not fully resolved but it manageable at the moment. Diesel bug seems to be an increasing issue for sure and your polishing system is a great thing to have 😊⛵️
Just a line on the insects. We've twice encountered swarms of flies about 3-4 miles offshore when approaching Lyme Regis. I've no idea how these things manage to concentrate themselves so closely so far at sea but bees and mosquitos?!? Must have been horrendous. Still, at least they didn't attempt to eat your rudder.
Yes, totally understand how individual insects can be carried out to sea by an offshore breeze and even by a sea breeze circulation but how they manage to maintain their swarm is beyond me. What was also incredible was that when they'd had enough they all left, bar a few stragglers, almost at the same. We remain very grateful that the bees seemed to have no intention to sting and the mozzies weren't biting... that would have been a whole lot worse!!