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I'm shaken but undeterred. 😀 Hope you and the family are all well.

Yes I talk too much. It runs in the family 😂

Yes a bit cryptic. Sorry about that but people who follow my channel would know I'm stranded in Cadiz with a shredded transmission. I'm a klutz trying to fix it mysefl....

​@DrewsSoloWorldSail well, I leave you with some fitting quotes and wish you luck; "You can never cross the ocean unless you have the courage to leave the shore." Explorer Christopher Columbus And; "I'd rather be broke down on a boat, than be sitting down in an office." Jacque Cousteau And lastly; "No endeavor offers the prospect of hope and peace like repairing a sailboat you know you'll be in the wind soon." Jimmy Buffet, Good Luck

@@user-er4qd6gq7f Thanks for that. Quote 2 and 3 resonate with me BIG TIME.

I'm back on the boat but still out of the water. I have to find accommodation at the weekends so have been doing lots of hotels. I'm aiming to fix my engine by end of June then hopefully normal programming can resume. 😀

Ping me your mmsi when you get your dreamboat. I'll look out for you on AIS. You can never know too many sailors !

Ping me an email so I have your details pauldrew76@hotmail.com. I doubt I'll have time as Boris wants to get moving. But I will if I can.

Yo yo tooledupted. Thanks for the note.....but I won't be enjoying any boys if its all the same to you - disfrutar chicos no es lo mío!

Hi Boris, Well there was nothing to gain from staying there. Had to keep moving and I was filming on my phone going into the waves but when the "big one" hit I just threw it into the cockpit stowage still filming. Or so I thought. When I checked later nothing had recorded. I seem to remember when it runs out of space it just gives up entirely.

@@DrewsSoloWorldSail That is unfortunate, I am thinking as well how to capture these moments when things go bad ,I am thinking need keep fresh camera somewhere probably mounted so can do one button press and it is filming ,because when things go spicy it hard to film

@BorissTheNomad Yeah I have a lapel mic being sent to Gib for when I want to address the camera outside (most of the time) and reduce the wind noise. Most of the stuff I film is unusable. And you are right. We need a wide angle mounted camera at the back stay to capture boat action.

I've been wearing nothing but flips flops for 2 months now (well at least on my feet). I think that sums up my current lifestyle.....:-)

Any news or gossip from the Massive? Whose got my spot in the mud now.....?

@@DrewsSoloWorldSail Slot's empty mate, bit of an exodus going on here atm, as for the massive, not a lot going on, too cold for the sane people , needless to say i am down there when i can be.......

Hi, I'm just documenting my travels in my own way. It certainly won't be interesting to everyone but friends/family and some fellow sailors / adventurers want to know what I'm up to. I'm pretty random and quirkily creative and make no apologies for that. Other content is available if this is not your cup of tea but thanks for stopping by and commenting. 👍

Thanks for you thoughtful reply. all the best to you@@DrewsSoloWorldSail

That's the vibe I was going for - late 90's fire service educational. It's a much under appreciated subgenre of corporate techno me thinks.😊

You too Alec and give my regards to the Tollesbury crew please. I often have fill out paperwork containing "home port" and I always think of you guys when I do and feel like I'm representing Tollesbury like some kind of athlete 😂

@@DrewsSoloWorldSail Will do matey, we do often wonder how you are getting on, but you are more than capable of dealing what Nature throws at you, ( but not companion way hatches) :) :)

Well I'm loving Portimao and spoke to a sailmaker today. He's on Xmas hols until 8th Jan and then needs to do the work so could be here for a while. Getting the ripped genoa fixed, getting a proper sized staysail and "may" get an asymmetric spinnaker (not decided on that one yet).

At last! A fan of my music❤ .....and it turns out to be my mum😢

@DrewsSoloWorldSail yeah but you know I like GOOD music

Thanks for the feedback Peter. 2 comments in return: 1) I am an amateur musician so sharing some of my music is what I do. 2) I was too stupid to check my camera settings and didn't realise about 70% of the footage I took was in slow-mo and without sound. But wanting to get something published I oversaturated this vid with music. I do agree there's too much of it in this vid.

My comments were not meant as a complaint merely an observation. I am an avid sailor my self and I follow many sailing channels, two of my favourites are Sailing with Sam Holmes, and Adventures of an old sea dog, Both of whom are musicians, but but their channels are predominately about sailing! However I hope your head heals quickly and I cannot wait to see your next adventure, Fair winds and calm seas.@@DrewsSoloWorldSail

Thanks for the advice Toby I'll look into this.

Sorry for not replying sooner but I've only just seen this comment. I've not been using it as mostly I'm in contact with land mobile services and offshore I've been using Garmin Inreach which gives simple (non-graphic) wind/weather updates for 3 days. I'm treating Navtex as a redundancy system in case of other failures and like the fact that it has a 200 mile range. The connection box I have is a NASA Marine USB Receiver. This can be connected to my laptop via a USB dongle (bluetooth versions are available). I then downloaded free software - An excellent website with details of NAVTEX, RTTY and HF radio weather services can be found here: weather.mailasail.com/Franks-Weather Try the PC Navtex software before you buy - download a full working version here: PC Navtex Demo (requires PC Windows XP - 10) Latest production PC Navtex software V4 (Windows 10 Compatible) - www.willrite.co.uk/Navtex/Downloads/navtex4_installer.exe

Yes the wind was pretty underwhelming. However, that was all patience, planning and waiting. Trust me, it can hell on earth out there. Hope to see you soon.

Yeah haven't been getting very far since mid Sept. Hopefully on the mover again soon....

Hiya Chris, trust you are well. I certainly was having a great adventure but still currently weather stranded watching reports of 30 foot waves (they would capsize me). But hopefully finishing off my boat upgrades and getting some conducive wind soon. Next port probably in spain!

I'm doing well thanks. Fingers crossed then it will clam down soon enough to allow you to push on.

The sad thing is I'm still waiting for the new selfsteering system and then I'll be going out again for some circles and snake!

@@DrewsSoloWorldSail Now you know what need to be done and it should be even easier with new auto pilot sytem

Yeah i did read that's a temporary option but I ended up buying 2 socks hoping that would be enough....nope need 3 as the boat pivots against the dock!

Anything in particular AIS, Radar or Self steering? I also need to work out how I'm going to rig the staysail if i want to fly the genoa and staysail simultaneously?

@@DrewsSoloWorldSail Flying the spiniker with jib should not be too hard . What kind spineker do you have . And I would like to all upgrades :) curious how much work it is to install all of it.

@BorissTheNomad I had a symmetric spinnaker but i took it off the boat as it is too much faff for a solo sailor. I said "staysail" which will go on my inner forestay.

@@DrewsSoloWorldSail You are right, simetrical spinnaker is bit much to handle ,being single handed and also if you are flying simetrical spinaker then jib has no more wind . You probably could use your second forestay for the other jib that you have

@BorissTheNomad Theoritcally i could fly the 2nd genoa on the inner forestay but :1) its a 140% (or thereabouts) so would come way back into the cockpit area 2) would need another car/traveller/tracks (although could get creative with snap blocks etx). 3) why do that when you have a main sail? 4) my inner forestay is fractional so does not extend to the top of the mast. My Primary reason for the staysail is to have slightly more options but mainly to have better power generation in high winds. Large genoas lose shape when heavily reefed and the staysail is smaller and further back on deck and with a high clue (escapes waves and steadies the boat & reduces weather helm.

I see what you did there :-)

Did quick review for you this morning. Will be in the next vid :-)