Hi Vic and Jo, we visited you a while ago now when you were at Atherton (I think it was). Bob Butcher one of your subscribers is right, such gentle videos. Both of you are gentle in nature too. We are the full on Aussie couple that interrupted your conversation with another couple and gave you both a shock by our brash approach. I’m just taking this opportunity to apologise for our rudeness and brashness. We love your videos, soothing for the soul, thank you for taking the time to post them. May God bless you all abundantly. Marion and Dennis
Staffordshire born, living in Australia, This episode made my year !! Our family of 4 sons all loved oatcakes often with different cheeses bought from weekly Market in Stafford town centre. Cheese was all farm made and oatcakes were made fresh twice a week , sold by the dozen. 1950's upbringing. Thank you so much
Please sir - The stern gland IS supposed to drip "a bit" - you control how much 'a bit' is acceptable, but there always will be some water, which you can remove by catching the drups in a can or dish or sponge. I have found over the years that modern nappies (unused) are very effective in absorbing any loose leakage and keep your bilge dry....
I don't think you should keep tightening it, we've got basically the same gland and greaser on our 42yo westerly, at one point I had bubbles in the greaser feed tube and really had to push alot of grease down it to properly fill the gland
Get William some tights! :) My son was the same at that age and I found these cute little merino wool tights in all sorts of funky patterns and he didn't seem to mind wearing them as they just felt like a baby grow (which he was used to) probably! :)
Sadly you can’t swim in the UK canals. No matter how tempting they look. Unlike a river,there is not a continuous flow of fresh water and due to that lack of flow a nasty bacterial disease called leptospirosis (or Weil’s Disease) can be contracted by humans (amongst other things). It’s caused by ...... it’s nasty, I’ll let you look it up for yourself. 😳 However, Victor is obviously a fan of “wild swimming” and in the UK they provide/publish a list of rivers etc where the water quality is better and it’s safe for people to swim. I’m sure that by next summer you will see William taking his first river swim with Mum and Dad 🙂. P.s I’m not a germaphobe, but after reading about the canal water quality and the accumulated animal waste within it - even if you couldn’t catch any diseases.... I wouldn’t want to swim in it - and I absolutely love swimming, especially wild swimming ❤
I used to watch "Cruising the Cut". Now I am glued to your life on the canals. You Three are simple yet fascinating. The perfect combination of Man, Woman, child and vessel. Like I said, simply fascinating. So real. I wish you all the best from here in California. I will be joining you here. Thank you
Love your Vlogs. I spent many hours in Stone. All BT engineers of my age (I’m 70) has spent many a week in Stone, actually. BT had it’s Technical Training College, Stone, in Yarnfield up the road. Everything there was BT, the soap, toilet paper, bedding. Beer, entertainment and food was all BT. It was good to get away. Down to the local pubs for something different. The Star Inn by the lock was one we frequented regularly, every room there was at a different level.
Thanks again for video this is a beautiful video. I love the way william talked, him doing the cow was awesome. Both of youns make me happy. Take care and God bless.
You were talking about William being introduced to several different counties and foods reminds me of being a military brat. When your parent is in the military you move, sometimes a lot. The one good thing was that it gave me a bigger picture of the world, so I grew up knowing people from all nationalities, I got to taste their foods and even culture. When were stationed in New Jersey I have a friend who mother was Filipino so I learned all of the food and dances. Having several different schools was hard but you get used to it, otherwise I loved moving around. It was an experience that gave me a view of the world most people miss out on
My father was a construction engineer who moved around the world following the work. At the age of five mum, sister and I joined him in The Gold Coast (Ghana) for eighteen months of his contract, it ten days sailing time from UK. We returned on a four prop BOAC plane from Accra stopping to refuel in Tripoli and Rome, landing at Heathrow 1952. We then moved around the UK from project to project and I followed in dads' footsteps and have worked in 20 different countries and holidayed in a lot more. Now retired in Vietnam with a ton of memories and worn-out passports. I concur whole heartily with your last sentence. Thanks for reminding me.
Jo, listening to you talking about William eating the oat cakes and his memories etcetera. I remember having a similar moment when my daughter was little. She was born on the other side of Australia from where I grew up. It was a very weird feeling and I eventually moved us back over to where I grew up because I wanted that to be her “place” too, her memories. Listening to you talking about this as it relates to William really took me back. Yes, it is weird ❤
Jo mentioned a book that sounded interesting. I checked Amazon and bought ‘The Narrowboat Girls’ by Rosie Archer. Hope it’s the one you are reading. I love books of this era. 😊
Lol when I was a child I hated anything on my feet and would kick off my shoes and socks at the first opportunity! Lol I'm nearly 60 and I still feel the same. Loved the vlog thank you xxx
"Set in stone." - "No." - "Yes" [with a rightfully confident grinning smirk...] The company/Cafe boat needs good electricity so glad the new battery bank is in place... Part of doing business... You will appreciate the steady supply of reliable battery power... You'll earn back the difference eventually... Godspeed Holly crew and safe travels...
Great job on wiring up the new batteries Vic. I imagine those batteries were not exactly cheap, then you still have the leaking gland. Thanks for sharing your days and good luck.
I like the diy stuff, particularly when the editing is this good. It’s great to see a bit of nitty gritty sometimes. Every time you put several batteries in a torch you are putting +ve to -ve; it’s fine.
Love your vlogs guys. Our boys would never keep their socks on...indeed, our 16 year old still wanders sound with one sock on and one sock off! When cold, we found the only solution was woolly tights.
Shoes for young boys are a problem , grandma brought my young man a pair of Paddington Bear type Wellies. after that we had the opposite problem could not get in them of him!
You are the most endearing English people I've ever come across! This is coming from an Irish nationalist, so I think that is an endorsement of some weight!
Not much more I can say other than for me this is one of your best Vlogs (updates) since I've been aboard. Highlights the truthful narrowboat living, which I do, with both your everyday lives plus the incredible William (Bill). As a solo narrowboater albeit in my later years I just can't imagine how you fit it all in. A joy to watch - many thanks.
Oatcakes.... Do not remind me. After a big build up we arrived with hosts (in a town I will not mention). I chose an egg and bacon. It came with more shell than egg and the almost raw bacon still had a piece of polythene attached. Needless to say it ended in the bin. Still recall that day in 2004 .... Bob (Weston super Mare)
My love of narrow boats started after reading a book called, “ Narrow Dog To Carcassonne” this couple actually went across the English Channel in their narrow boat. Now I’m following your lovely journey.❤
Greetings from Oz. On our last visit back home , on a canal boat holiday , we also spent time in Stone, lovely place. More importantly though after watching your last vlog we were tempted to try Williams’s banana pancakes as we are always looking for alternative healthy snacks for our grandsons. They are delicious, thanks William .
Vic you made changing batteries so very entertaining 😂. William’s new shoes ..sounds like a lovely children’s book. I love love going for walks into your charming towns. Great videos!
I agree, I thought the same thing. A few years ago, I bought a pair of converse sneakers for my friends little boy because he had admired mine on my previous visit (they lived in the same small country town as my father) The little boy’s name was Alex or Ali and I made a little cartoon water colour story board about “Ali’s New Shoes” as part of the gift. ❤
As always, a gentle pleasure to spend a bit with you. It is amazing what a little person William is evolving into day by day. Thanks for sharing. Leigh
You are right Vic. Left on their own, boats will sink. That's why they need the love of humans to keep them afloat with things like a new stern gland fitting. Great vlog as always and its so good to see wee Willy being a proper rug rat. Cheers
I noticed William won the battle of the shoes. Lots more battles to come. This will be fun to watch and we can already tell who is going to win. Thanks
It’s lovely seeing William getting bigger and trying to talk. I hope you manage to get him to wear his shoes. There’s always a job to do on a boat, and you’ve got two so double trouble, I hope the battery problem is solved now and you are free from problems, are you taking Holly everywhere with you on your journey to Stoke and beyond? Stay safe you 3. X
Your William may not like shoes, but he has a lovely smile he is obviously a comibnation of Jo and Vic but I think it's more of Jo's lovely smile. Glad you got the power sorted, you really have to have a good think about the connection pattern, but a good voltmeter is always good to have to check your work. Repacking the stern gland is usually a drydock job but you've done all you can for now. Can't wait until Jo starts her Christmas baking, I could go a nice warm Mince pie about now. Takecare guys happy cruising and lucrative Trading. Cheers from me in Canada where it's been unusually warm lately.
I love your vlogs and always have a smile on my face whilst watching….I can’t wait to watch when I see you have posted one each week…and little William saying moooo cow was adorable, he is a lovely little happy chappie!
I use to do boat repairs a while ago and one of the best idea's that i came across was putting something like an Ice cream tub or a small bucket with a handle on it. Small enough to remove without spilling the water. This keeps the rear trianular water bulkhead clean and dry . You can even tie a small piece of string to the handle so you dont even have to go down in the gresy area.
It was great to chat with you at Westport. The boats just want to sink totally resonates! I don't know a single boat that doesn't have a leak somewhere.
14:10 connecting +ve to -ve works because all you’re doing is adding two 3 cell batteries together. Each of those cells are connected in series (+ve to -ve anyway). BTY I’m surprised you didn’t take the opportunity to switch to lithium. It means more outlay but pays off in the long run. Longer life, more usable energy etc.
I was going to ask the same, but I looked at it, prob £2000+ for lithium and you might then need (should get) a good MPPT charge controller like the ones from Victron Energy and a battery temp sensor so it can top £3000. Nice one on making your own leads. V neat! Take care and whatever you do, don’t let them go flat.
Next time you replace batteries, look into LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) batteries. They now are about the same cost as your lead batteries but have greater capacity, can tolerate full discharge and have many more cycles.
Power on boats. Always a challenge when off grid. On our cat, we load up on solar but still keep a portable generator in case of a streak of rainy days. Easier here with good sun all year, but have you considered a small gennie to keep those new batteries topped up to float every month or so? PS lovely family. Don't lose thar baby overboard
I enjoyed this visit to Stone! Those oatcakes looks scrumptious. And congratulations to Vic forgetting the batteries sorted for Holly. Let’s hope William will be more interested in keeping his socks and shoes on as the weather turns colder; it certainly is here in Portland, Oregon! Next week we have some evenings forecasted in the high 20°F range. Cold! See y’all next time!
Literally been in the same boat as you. Please get your stern seal checked, know its an expense but we just had to replace ours - and the prop shaft - and we have a 2 year old boat. engine not aligned properly (by Aqualine). Damage was huge and not a good area to have water seepage. As you say ‘boats just want to sink’!
the water on engine room easy fix add a tray under the stern gland to collect the water add bilge pump automatic or switch keep the channel clean stop rain into bilge
Neat vlog. Hooking the batteries up as you did ,sounds wrong but it works it makes for a nervous cable hook up waiting for the smoke and sparks that did not happen well done. The oatcakes made a strange breakfast but looked good never heard of them before so you are a learning channel . William is growing so fast soon be having to chase him around Good vlog as usual look forward to next one Stay well. .Ed 40 s of Vegas. XXXXXXX
Good to catch up with the boat progress. Nice filming and editing. Reminded me of the sea shanty "Whip Jamboree" And now my lads be of good cheer, For the Irish Coast will soon draw near, And we’ll set a course for The Old Cape Clear, Jenny get your Oatcakes done. Greetings from Bali.
Hi you 3, really enjoy following your adventures. Vic, would recommend a wet and dry vacuum available at Lidl stores at the moment for £39.99. It works a treat in the engine bay. Isn't William growing up now... what a lovely looking little chap he is. Keep safe. Brian and Laurie NB Samphire
William is so darn cute; the shoes didn't last very long! Maybe make putting them on a game...could work. Glad the batteries work; great job, Vick! Have a wonderful weekend, xoxo's Sandie🤗
:smiles: One of the unexpectedly pleasant side-effects of watching canal-based UA-cam content is when the creators are in your town :D
Hi Vic and Jo, we visited you a while ago now when you were at Atherton (I think it was). Bob Butcher one of your subscribers is right, such gentle videos. Both of you are gentle in nature too. We are the full on Aussie couple that interrupted your conversation with another couple and gave you both a shock by our brash approach. I’m just taking this opportunity to apologise for our rudeness and brashness. We love your videos, soothing for the soul, thank you for taking the time to post them. May God bless you all abundantly. Marion and Dennis
Staffordshire born, living in Australia, This episode made my year !! Our family of 4 sons all loved oatcakes often with different cheeses bought from weekly Market in Stafford town centre. Cheese was all farm made and oatcakes were made fresh twice a week , sold by the dozen. 1950's upbringing. Thank you so much
I really love this comment 🙂
Just a really lovely vlog. All so gentle and soothing. Made me feel all warm and happy. Thank you.
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I tuned in from America to see that beautiful British Mom, her lovely child and a blessed British lad.
Please sir - The stern gland IS supposed to drip "a bit" - you control how much 'a bit' is acceptable, but there always will be some water, which you can remove by catching the drups in a can or dish or sponge. I have found over the years that modern nappies (unused) are very effective in absorbing any loose leakage and keep your bilge dry....
Yep we carry nappies and a hand "grabber" for sodden nappy retrieval
I don't think you should keep tightening it, we've got basically the same gland and greaser on our 42yo westerly, at one point I had bubbles in the greaser feed tube and really had to push alot of grease down it to properly fill the gland
Get William some tights! :) My son was the same at that age and I found these cute little merino wool tights in all sorts of funky patterns and he didn't seem to mind wearing them as they just felt like a baby grow (which he was used to) probably! :)
You two wear your English heritage with honor!I highly look forward to Sweet Williams first swimming lesson in the canal!
Sadly you can’t swim in the UK canals. No matter how tempting they look.
Unlike a river,there is not a continuous flow of fresh water and due to that lack of flow a nasty bacterial disease called leptospirosis (or Weil’s Disease) can be contracted by humans (amongst other things).
It’s caused by ...... it’s nasty, I’ll let you look it up for yourself. 😳
However, Victor is obviously a fan of “wild swimming” and in the UK they provide/publish a list of rivers etc where the water quality is better and it’s safe for people to swim.
I’m sure that by next summer you will see William taking his first river swim with Mum and Dad 🙂.
P.s I’m not a germaphobe, but after reading about the canal water quality and the accumulated animal waste within it - even if you couldn’t catch any diseases.... I wouldn’t want to swim in it - and I absolutely love swimming, especially wild swimming ❤
I just love listening to William's babbles, brings back fond memories.
I used to watch "Cruising the Cut". Now I am glued to your life on the canals. You Three are simple yet fascinating. The perfect combination of Man, Woman, child and vessel. Like I said, simply fascinating. So real. I wish you all the best from here in California. I will be joining you here. Thank you
Love your Vlogs. I spent many hours in Stone. All BT engineers of my age (I’m 70) has spent many a week in Stone, actually. BT had it’s Technical Training College, Stone, in Yarnfield up the road. Everything there was BT, the soap, toilet paper, bedding. Beer, entertainment and food was all BT. It was good to get away. Down to the local pubs for something different. The Star Inn by the lock was one we frequented regularly, every room there was at a different level.
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I went there in the 80’s the BT holiday camp! Where work avoidance was high on the training list!
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Thanks again for video this is a beautiful video. I love the way william talked, him doing the cow was awesome. Both of youns make me happy. Take care and God bless.
I live in Stone! So nice to see a positive vlog about the place!
You were talking about William being introduced to several different counties and foods reminds me of being a military brat. When your parent is in the military you move, sometimes a lot. The one good thing was that it gave me a bigger picture of the world, so I grew up knowing people from all nationalities, I got to taste their foods and even culture. When were stationed in New Jersey I have a friend who mother was Filipino so I learned all of the food and dances. Having several different schools was hard but you get used to it, otherwise I loved moving around. It was an experience that gave me a view of the world most people miss out on
My father was a construction engineer who moved around the world following the work. At the age of five mum, sister and I joined him in The Gold Coast (Ghana) for eighteen months of his contract, it ten days sailing time from UK. We returned on a four prop BOAC plane from Accra stopping to refuel in Tripoli and Rome, landing at Heathrow 1952. We then moved around the UK from project to project and I followed in dads' footsteps and have worked in 20 different countries and holidayed in a lot more. Now retired in Vietnam with a ton of memories and worn-out passports. I concur whole heartily with your last sentence. Thanks for reminding me.
You have such remarkable chill when doing boat projects, it’s utterly inspiring
Jo, listening to you talking about William eating the oat cakes and his memories etcetera. I remember having a similar moment when my daughter was little. She was born on the other side of Australia from where I grew up.
It was a very weird feeling and I eventually moved us back over to where I grew up because I wanted that to be her “place” too, her memories.
Listening to you talking about this as it relates to William really took me back. Yes, it is weird ❤
Jo mentioned a book that sounded interesting. I checked Amazon and bought ‘The Narrowboat Girls’ by Rosie Archer. Hope it’s the one you are reading. I love books of this era. 😊
My home town 😊
Ahh yes oatcakes, bacon and cheese with hp is the best combi.
Enjoyed this episode, I was born there 77 years ago, and I don't know much about the place as I was only there a few days 😀
Lol when I was a child I hated anything on my feet and would kick off my shoes and socks at the first opportunity! Lol I'm nearly 60 and I still feel the same. Loved the vlog thank you xxx
Notice on frame 19:47 William "Tossed," his nice new tenny -pumps (shoes). He's a handsome lad. Good show mum n dad.
Jo, I put my little one in tights during winter when going through the no sock stage.
First time finding you. Loved your life and letting it wash over you while shouldering it when essential.
"Set in stone." - "No." - "Yes" [with a rightfully confident grinning smirk...] The company/Cafe boat needs good electricity so glad the new battery bank is in place... Part of doing business... You will appreciate the steady supply of reliable battery power... You'll earn back the difference eventually... Godspeed Holly crew and safe travels...
There is a product called "socks on" which helps keep their socks on. Definitely worth it.
Great job on wiring up the new batteries Vic. I imagine those batteries were not exactly cheap, then you still have the leaking gland. Thanks for sharing your days and good luck.
William’s oat cake journey of life, you have to love it 😍 great channel, thanks for all your hard work and effort creating good content, 👍🏻🇬🇧
I like the diy stuff, particularly when the editing is this good. It’s great to see a bit of nitty gritty sometimes. Every time you put several batteries in a torch you are putting +ve to -ve; it’s fine.
My baby always took off shoes and socks - some tights soon stopped it! (...especially when I put them under his vest poppers!!!)
Another great video. Love them. You three are the bees knees!
Love your vlogs guys. Our boys would never keep their socks on...indeed, our 16 year old still wanders sound with one sock on and one sock off! When cold, we found the only solution was woolly tights.
First babies shoes.
Used to hang them over the cars rear view mirror. Bit of an old tradition way back then...
Where you gonna hang them in the boat??
Shoes for young boys are a problem , grandma brought my young man a pair of Paddington Bear type Wellies. after that we had the opposite problem could not get in them of him!
Great job with the batteries. William , as always , steals the show x
I love living in Stone.
You are the most endearing English people I've ever come across! This is coming from an Irish nationalist, so I think that is an endorsement of some weight!
I think a well rounded borrowing is an excellent idea!
Not much more I can say other than for me this is one of your best Vlogs (updates) since I've been aboard. Highlights the truthful narrowboat living, which I do, with both your everyday lives plus the incredible William (Bill). As a solo narrowboater albeit in my later years I just can't imagine how you fit it all in. A joy to watch - many thanks.
So informitive and adventurious THANKS from the Magoo family in Milo, Maine USA
Awwww hope your all feeling better , william might prefer wooly tights you can get boy colours 💙❤️💙
Great video and you sorted the batteries out , The oat cakes looked tasty , Thanks for Sharing , Take care .
its the gypsy in you all ways on the move very lucky people good luck with what ever you do
William is getting so big. It's been a while since I watched you all. Still love u all. Sending love and success.
I appreciated your stone joke 👌🏼😆
Oatcakes.... Do not remind me. After a big build up we arrived with hosts (in a town I will not mention). I chose an egg and bacon. It came with more shell than egg and the almost raw bacon still had a piece of polythene attached. Needless to say it ended in the bin. Still recall that day in 2004 .... Bob (Weston super Mare)
My love of narrow boats started after reading a book called, “ Narrow Dog To Carcassonne” this couple actually went across the English Channel in their narrow boat. Now I’m following your lovely journey.❤
That couple were from Stone 👍
Greetings from Oz. On our last visit back home , on a canal boat holiday , we also spent time in Stone, lovely place. More importantly though after watching your last vlog we were tempted to try Williams’s banana pancakes as we are always looking for alternative healthy snacks for our grandsons. They are delicious, thanks William .
Excellent, so lovely and calming, lovely family.
Vic you made changing batteries so very entertaining 😂. William’s new shoes ..sounds like a lovely children’s book. I love love going for walks into your charming towns. Great videos!
I agree, I thought the same thing.
A few years ago, I bought a pair of converse sneakers for my friends little boy because he had admired mine on my previous visit (they lived in the same small country town as my father) The little boy’s name was Alex or Ali and I made a little cartoon water colour story board about “Ali’s New Shoes” as part of the gift. ❤
As always, a gentle pleasure to spend a bit with you. It is amazing what a little person William is evolving into day by day. Thanks for sharing. Leigh
You are right Vic. Left on their own, boats will sink. That's why they need the love of humans to keep them afloat with things like a new stern gland fitting. Great vlog as always and its so good to see wee Willy being a proper rug rat. Cheers
Your gentle narrative always has me smiling😊✌🏼
I had the same problem with sock with my boys when they were younger so in the winter I put them in tights!
I noticed William won the battle of the shoes. Lots more battles to come. This will be fun to watch and we can already tell who is going to win. Thanks
Loved the vlog all very interesting might not have been for you Vick. William didn’t keep his shoes on for long bless him. Have great week 😊
It’s lovely seeing William getting bigger and trying to talk. I hope you manage to get him to wear his shoes. There’s always a job to do on a boat, and you’ve got two so double trouble, I hope the battery problem is solved now and you are free from problems, are you taking Holly everywhere with you on your journey to Stoke and beyond? Stay safe you 3. X
Your William may not like shoes, but he has a lovely smile he is obviously a comibnation of Jo and Vic but I think it's more of Jo's lovely smile. Glad you got the power sorted, you really have to have a good think about the connection pattern, but a good voltmeter is always good to have to check your work. Repacking the stern gland is usually a drydock job but you've done all you can for now. Can't wait until Jo starts her Christmas baking, I could go a nice warm Mince pie about now.
Takecare guys happy cruising and lucrative Trading.
Cheers from me in Canada where it's been unusually warm lately.
I've been following you from the beginning and love it we'll done to you both
A tidy install! Good job!
Your vlogs are a groovy cure for high blood pressure.
Great job on the boat maintenance Vic. Jo did very well on the shoe trip and bight sone goodies to eat. William is always a star.
I love your vlogs and always have a smile on my face whilst watching….I can’t wait to watch when I see you have posted one each week…and little William saying moooo cow was adorable, he is a lovely little happy chappie!
I use to do boat repairs a while ago and one of the best idea's that i came across was putting something like an Ice cream tub or a small bucket with a handle on it. Small enough to remove without spilling the water. This keeps the rear trianular water bulkhead clean and dry . You can even tie a small piece of string to the handle so you dont even have to go down in the gresy area.
It was great to chat with you at Westport. The boats just want to sink totally resonates! I don't know a single boat that doesn't have a leak somewhere.
UA-cam highlight of week as always, thank you!
Through-hull holes below the waterline... UGH!
Baked goods... yum!
Every time I finish a video I miss you til next time.😪 😃
Have you thought about woolly tights no one will know if they’re under his trousers x
Wow Oat Cakes. Can't get em in West Lancs apart from one local supermarket who don't have many. I freeze them if can get them - yummy
14:10 connecting +ve to -ve works because all you’re doing is adding two 3 cell batteries together. Each of those cells are connected in series (+ve to -ve anyway).
BTY I’m surprised you didn’t take the opportunity to switch to lithium. It means more outlay but pays off in the long run. Longer life, more usable energy etc.
I was going to ask the same, but I looked at it, prob £2000+ for lithium and you might then need (should get) a good MPPT charge controller like the ones from Victron Energy and a battery temp sensor so it can top £3000. Nice one on making your own leads. V neat! Take care and whatever you do, don’t let them go flat.
Next time you replace batteries, look into LFP (Lithium Iron Phosphate) batteries. They now are about the same cost as your lead batteries but have greater capacity, can tolerate full discharge and have many more cycles.
Thanks for posting. Stone is a lovely spot.
Thanks for making our beautiful town look so fab. And yes, everyone should try an oatcake.
Looking forward to following your journeys.
Brilliant video 🤗👍💐☕🍰☕🍰
Love Sue❤❤❤🇬🇧❤❤❤
Power on boats. Always a challenge when off grid. On our cat, we load up on solar but still keep a portable generator in case of a streak of rainy days. Easier here with good sun all year, but have you considered a small gennie to keep those new batteries topped up to float every month or so? PS lovely family. Don't lose thar baby overboard
Your blogs are so beautiful xx
I enjoyed this visit to Stone! Those oatcakes looks scrumptious. And congratulations to Vic forgetting the batteries sorted for Holly. Let’s hope William will be more interested in keeping his socks and shoes on as the weather turns colder; it certainly is here in Portland, Oregon! Next week we have some evenings forecasted in the high 20°F range. Cold! See y’all next time!
Thanks guys, another interesting vlog, best wishes from Brisbane Australia.
Sounds like a good book
Literally been in the same boat as you. Please get your stern seal checked, know its an expense but we just had to replace ours - and the prop shaft - and we have a 2 year old boat. engine not aligned properly (by Aqualine). Damage was huge and not a good area to have water seepage. As you say ‘boats just want to sink’!
We just had our kids wear footed pj’s under overalls. Kept feet and tummies warm. AND Oh no, Dad jokes!!
a dripping stern gland is a healthy one, if it doesnt drip its too tight.
my great , great , great , great grandad Brindley
Vic on great form ...loved the Stone and Oatcakes gags! 😂
.....lovely to see William starting to talk 👍....
Lovely fall vlog, fixing bare feet & battery banks... Plus, Oat Cakes all 'round‼️🔋👟👟🥞🚣♂️⛴️💯
Thankyou i love watching your vlogs and sharing your family life .THANKS AGAIN all three of you .
Great to have you back once a week
Do love your vlogs such a happy family feeling. Love Williams shoes great job with the batteries
Love the music! Makes the battery connection quite riveting! 😊
Love your blog this weekend, and William is sooo cute 👦❤
the water on engine room easy fix add a tray under the stern gland to collect the water add bilge pump automatic or switch keep the channel clean stop rain into bilge
Will's eyes are something else.
And now he's got shoes to match 😍
Neat vlog. Hooking the batteries up as you did ,sounds wrong but it works it makes for a nervous cable hook up waiting for the smoke and sparks that did not happen well done. The oatcakes made a strange breakfast but looked good never heard of them before so you are a learning channel . William is growing so fast soon be having to chase him around Good vlog as usual look forward to next one Stay well. .Ed 40 s of Vegas. XXXXXXX
Good to catch up with the boat progress. Nice filming and editing. Reminded me of the sea shanty "Whip Jamboree" And now my lads be of good cheer, For the Irish Coast will soon draw near, And we’ll set a course for The Old Cape Clear, Jenny get your Oatcakes done. Greetings from Bali.
Hi you 3, really enjoy following your adventures. Vic, would recommend a wet and dry vacuum available at Lidl stores at the moment for £39.99. It works a treat in the engine bay. Isn't William growing up now... what a lovely looking little chap he is. Keep safe. Brian and Laurie NB Samphire
Great episode, glad you got that battery problem sorted, you need some stern gland packing for that drip too. Catch up at next stop XX
I really loved the tour at Burleighware
William is so darn cute; the shoes didn't last very long! Maybe make putting them on a game...could work. Glad the batteries work; great job, Vick!
Have a wonderful weekend,
xoxo's Sandie🤗
Still missing you all. Come back.
That scene at 3.40 to 3.45, that engine room water that seems to have oil in it could go into a container and emptied at the rubbish bin.
Great video. Music and editing really good. 😊🤗 Kathy