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If you really want to learn how to sail then maybe buy a dinghy and join a sailing club, failing that you are more than welcome to come sailing with me at my sailing club.

Good content. I have been looking at Solent Boat Training for a while …… they seem very practical and no nonsense. Thanks for this

As you know i have been watching your channel for some time now and recently i have posted a vlog of my boat. To view it the link is SV GEMSTAR or is your channel only for the uk viewers?. Recovering well from my hernia and i have some orders comming so i will be doing some more vlogs. Gerard.

Great stuff great channel 👍🇦🇺

I'll come down there

The idea of Sailing is to not line the pockets of others!!

£30 a night!!?.. I Anchor in the Pyfleet and use my dingy... I can get merry in the Yachtsman on the £30 that I save!! £30 Is ridiculously expensive!!

For sure you can have the same level of enjoyment, you just need to dress appropriately!

Hi, just started watching your channel and enjoying watching your videos. I’m looking for a boat at the moment & have been interested in getting bilge keel one for sailing around the uk. So out off interest how have you found sailing one yourself ?. Does it point well into wind & what was your decision to go with a bilge keel. I guess being able to dry out in small harbours.

Love your channel because it's about sailing in the UK and it doesn't need to be expensive to be fun. East coast seems to be quite challenging. We will soon be getting a 22 footer to sail in the Plymouth area hoping to venture as far as Salcombe on a good weather window. Sadly we couldn't find a reasonably priced used 30ft that didn't require tons of maintenance and improvements.

What kind of boat is it? Looks to me like an Alberg design. Known to be quite seaworthy!

Are you sure your draft is just 0.9?

The hernia procedure went well so i will be heading back home on my boat at Airlie Beach north Queensland Australia. Next week i am going to do a small replacement on deck just a simple project to keep things moving. The link to my video log is SV GEMSTAR. There is a video i made last week. Hope you get time to look at it. Gerard.

Nice video, on looking at a boat with a bit more room I would look at some other models of 30-32 ft first, even some 29 footers offer a good deal of internal space. The Westerly Konsort being a good example, really good association for any issues you might have and invariable these hulls are of sound construction. Thanks for the mention, for a first year afloat you've done a good few trips...some don't leave the marina...or the bar for that matter, each to their own😎

Decisions decisions! We started sailing five or six years ago with a little 23ft bilge keeler out of Falmouth. Just the two of us and the occasional son. After several seasons learning the lines and cruising between Dartmouth and the Scillies on a very basic boat we changed it for a late 80’s Beneteau Oceanis 320. So much more space and comfort which we both appreciate. A boat a few feet longer might give more space but then you start increasing the cost of maintenance and storage/berthing. And in our case with just two of us, apart from a few days of the season, the space below deck is perfectly fine. Whilst ours has previously done the Atlantic circuit twice, it’s not something we aren’t ever likely to attempt, coastal sailing and cross channel hops is enough for us and a boat of this size copes with that easily. We were lucky in that despite being an older boat it was in very good condition and whilst we have put some new sails on and replaced the standing rigging the rest has just been cosmetic work which gives me something to do over the winter. Would we still be sailing if we hadn’t changed the boat? Probably, but would we swap back, no. Do we envisage upsizing? Not without a darn good reason, we just don’t feel the costs are justified given our use case. Enough waffle, good luck with whatever you decide to do and we all look forward to being able to sail to and from our destinations more next season.

This week i am in hospital having my hernia repaired. Have made the first vlog on my boat. More will be coming as i fully recover from the procedure at the hospital. Gerard.

just come across you channel sail out of Dover had a Najad 380 but sailed and learned sailing on a Seadog 30 which my father had for 45 years think that is Ians boat which is a fantastic boat. Thanks for the content

Any restaurants you can recommend at Brightlingsea? Tan's developing nicely 🙂

Think you like motoring and go out when no wind - only joking! I think my 18 and 8 year old boys would be glued to their iPad's, or want to tiller all the time.

Great series of videos! I'm at Gravesend Sailing Club, learning the ropes. Hope to do the courses like yourself and get a cruiser after that. Like yourself I've subbed to so many yachting channels, you learn tit bits from everyone.

What was your reasoning for not having a marine survey? Personally, I would want a survey on a new factory boat if I am to sail uk waters in it

Hi from Cape Town, South Africa. We recently bought our first boat too. A 41’ Vickers. I know EXACTLY how you feel. 😂

Hi where have you chartered and what would you recommend? Very good videos keep up the good work!

And now we're onto your 2nd episode😊. Compelling viewing indeed 🫵🫡

Nice yacht😊. New subscriber here from somebody whose finally in a position to buy a well found yacht (or so i hope) 😮 🫡👍🏼🙏

G"day Nice vlog as usual. It can be difficult sometimes to make a vlog when you are not motivated and not well. The last couple of months i have been waiting to go into hospital to have a hernia repaired and it just seems to drag on. So i have now a few small projects to do so now i can do my first vlog after i get back i will slow me down a bit till after i have recoverd then i will have some more projects to do. Learn to heave to as that will help by lighting the load on the mainsail and allow you to get the main down easier. I am still ill as i am going into hospital next month to have an hernia repaired. So that will slow me down a lot. Because of the wait time involved i have not been motivated to do the vlog, however i have a few small projects to do now, So i guess i can get started on the vlog. Gerard.

Excellent weekend away .loads of fun

Thanks for the heads up on Ardent Training, did my comp crew with Ionianmode this summer and am keen to move on to Day Skipper now. The Ardent online course for the theory looks great!

Hi Terry, great video...look forward to watching the rest and following your journey. What was the name of your instructor on your comp crew course....can you remember?

You also need to keep some tension on the furling line when you ease out the jibb / genoa and keep some tension when furling in the headsail. I also noticed that you are towing the dinghy, that will slow you down a little by adding drag on the boat. That's ok if you are not travelling far but you should either roll it up on deck or put on a pair of davits that will give you another spot for another solar panel and to store the dinghy from. Look around your marina and you will see what i mean. I have been ill on and off for a while so i will try to get my intro done this week. Gerard.

G'day. I know that drones are expensive however it may pay you dividends to buy another one and keep it on board along with a decent vlog camera and spare batteries, for both. At present all I have at the moment is my phone. I have been unwell from time to time as i am also getting ready to go into a base hospital for a hernia at the end of the year. So at present some items are on hold at present. The weather is good at the moment so i should be able to get my first vlog up in a few days. Gerard.

Haha, we just bought a boat too 🎉 Might see you, we’re on the Crouch. Enjoyed your films.

over tensioned main halyard badly :)

Great video very useful, I am also currently doing the Theory with Ardent and practical early August. What apps would you recommend for tidal info?

The audio is recorded very low, like a third of volume and your narration is impossible to follow.

Wow what a view❤

Wow so cool can’t wait ❤

Thank you for your prompt reply, I shall take your comments on board, enjoy your sailing, Regards J

Hi, I’ve just watched your story from the start , very inspirational , and great watching, I’ve just done a two day introduction to sailing at Plas Menai north Wales on their 38 ft yacht, great experience, and loved it, can I ask you, did you start sailing at a local club before you began your adventures, as I’m looking at the best way for me to move forward into sailing , Regards J Please keep the vids coming. Great tv 😊

Hi Terry, great channel, I've only just come across it. Good to see that you're at Benfleet YC as it's great looking at some local views. I don't know if you know about the National Coastwatch Institution (I would like to think so as you did your training courses in The Solent), I am a watchkeeper at Canvey Island NCI located at the Island YC, Canvey Point so you'll always go past us when your going in and out of Benfleet Creek and Hadleigh Ray, anyway if you wanted a radio check or wanted to know what the weather conditions are like upto three miles off The Point going out towards Southend Pier then just call "Canvey Island NCI" on Channel 65 (our working channel) between 0800 and 1600, we also broadcast daily observed weather reports at 1000 and 1400. Can't wait for more videos!!

Terry, my girlfriend and I are very much newbies too so we're enjoying your content. We're working through our DS theory at the moment and are aiming to buy a 28ft BK in the autumn! I'm from Hadleigh originally, and now live in Portsmouth, so it's great seeing what life on the water is like back home on the east coast. I was a Sea Scout in Leigh On Sea 20 years ago so we'll have to plan a trip over there eventually! I notice that Dancing Bear is for sale on Apollo Duck so I hope that means the brokers are just being cheeky with adverts rather than you having it up for sale? Good luck with your journey! We'll be following along.

As mentioned why no life jackets. 'COLD WATER SHOCK' remember you, or your crew end up in the water.

glad i found your channel loved the last 2 episodes, sounds very daunting to a lake/sea dinghy sailor wanting to step up look forward to the next episodes and your journey

as new sailors it would be great to see you starting off by getting into the good practice of wearing life jackets #uselessunlessworn

Any boat that is for sale is going cheap, will have a certain amount of work on it. However the plus side is that once the work has been completed, you still got a cheap boat. My Columbia 27 to buy, cost $ 4000 .00 aud The inboard motor is sized was mentioned in the ad so i just bought an 9.9 long shaft Yamaha outboard for $650. plus an bracket $70.00 and that's not all. All $300.00 aud on an basic solar panel small battery to recharge my phone. I will do an intro vlog over the weekend just had an run of some bad weather but starting to come good, so this weekend will be my first vlog on my boat.

Hello I'm an old fart 75 yr old unlike yourself I did the exact opposite I bought an old timber boat off a yank he'd just arrived from NZ on her. So buggar it I went for it. I learnt by trail & lots of errors never the less I survived good luck & fair winds mate I agree sailing bro's and wind hippy the my favourites cheers n beers Marty Qld Australia

Way to go! It takes alot of courage to launch into that adventure where any help or backup is miles away over water.

This is invaluable, many thanks for this.

Advice on the rigging, rebed the chain plates. To seal them properly, use buytal tape, as it does not go hard like slikaflex. Wrap alittle around the bolts and that will keep out any water that may run in. Congrats to your friend eian on his engagement.I have never been married. Never had the opertunity because its a lifetime commitment and peaple today do not know what that means. Gerard.

Worth seeing how old the rigging is. if the Bottlescrews are that knackered then the rigging itself is probably past the 10 year age mark at which insurance companies like to see it replaced