Love your channel! Thank you for the wonderful episodes so far! Really simply brilliant! Beautiful, beautiful boat. An able and winning skipper and a beautiful, intelligent, charming first mate with a million dollar voice that I could listen to all day. Can't wait to follow along! Thank you!
This is Judy, thank you for the comment on the voice. I am trying to be less "newsy" which is a bit of a challenge as I've been a reporter for rather a long time. I love the vlog style though. It's fun
Judy , please don't change anything , especially not your voice or your narrative style. Whilst it may not be trendy, I think I may speak for more than a few who delight in hearing English spoken with eloquence, poise and precision......Bravo! Jacob Rees Mogg territory !
Very glad to have found you, I love that your channel features more actual sailing in contrast to endless boat projects. It is reassuring to see how a heavy displacement, skeg rudder and full keel boat copes with the various sea conditions and overcoming the difficulties of maneuvering in tight berths. Both of you are very articulate which makes for pleasant listening. Your city and other tours afford just the right amount of film time to provide enough content to tic off those trails I myself would like to follow. PS. You chose an excellent name for your boat, quite clever might I add.
Just discovered your channel - super informative for me since I am at the beginning of the process of finding a way to buy a boat and go cruising. Enjoyed the first few episodes and look forward to learning from your super informative and slick videos. Many thanks.
Thx for sharing these lovely videos with us. I love the shots of Fair Isle at 20:00 min., such a beautifull ship in a beautifull landscape. I can understand why you felt in love with her. Enjoy your trip!
Lovely series, thank you. Reminiscing of our trip to the Med in 2008. Wife and I and the ship's cat.The big plus doing it alone and not 'flotilla' sailing being that you can visit nicer ports and there's no time pressure.We were given great advice before our journey by some trusted delivery skippers, and met so many others with whom we are still friends.
Fair isle is just so beautiful...... Love it's so well maintained and so ship-shape. Well done to Steve. Videos are great...well informative narration with great editing. Look forward to your Mediterranean adventure, perhaps Malta is in your itinerary.
I used to sail the Med in 70' s and 80' s. Not too crowded then. I am sure you know thisg the dolphins communicate when swimming sideways looking at you directly. When you lay on your tummy and hang a bit overboard you can tell them things. They go all happy or happier.
Finally a sailing channel about sailing. Plus you get the sight seeing as well. Love (as we say in the South USA) y'alls videos. Keep it up. And thank you for your hard work it goes into making these.
Arhh thanks, it's nice that Ep 4 is getting some love. That one didn't do so well not sure why, it seems pretty random the episodes that get lots of viewings and the ones that don't. Glad you liked it anyway.
Marc. W Rutgers Ha! Well the Dutch certainly know how to build good yachts, loved our time in the Netherlands with Fair Isle, it was before we started filming our travels properly but there is a bit of footage in the preview video from our time in the Markermeer, great place. Steve
Lovely to see you in Faro and Culatra. Was there in June, its a very special place. Fair Isle looks beautiful after the work in the yard. Next time pop into Ayamonte - the first town and harbour in Spain just into the Rio Guardiana. Easy marina or river anchoring and a lovely town. Buy you a beer if I'm home!
We might take you up on that Gary. We had meant to go to Ayamonte, we were just having such a good sail we decided to carry on overnight and go direct across the bay so we missed it. Heard lots of good reports though. Steve
Well done, very good! Much improved tone of voice during the voice-overs vs first 3 episodes (as you’ll recall I gave feedback on)! I found this Ep.4 more enjoyable and found myself focused on the content rather rather than distracted by presentation style. Thanks for taking onboard previous feedback - I’ll continue watching.
That’s good to hear, glad we’re on the right track. Still developing the style, it’s a bit different from broadcast so it’s new for us. Thinking of trying more walking talking off the cuff stuff from both of us. Thanks for the feedback, Steve
Very enjoyable channel guys - definitely a space for a channel such as this - look forward to watching future episodes with my Sunday morning coffee (after my fix of doom & gloom that is the UK media) :-)
Hi Paul, well we were responsible for much of that doom and gloom reporting over the last 35 years so glad to make some recompense with more enjoyable material! Steve
Hello Folks. We’re brand new to Fair Isle and really enjoy what you’re doing. Looks like you have the perfect liveaboard world traveler boat. It would be interesting to hear how you ended up with her and what you had on the way up. Enjoy your cruising life and stay healthy in these crazy times. Tom and Pam Dream Chaser
It was a 2 year long search for the prefect cruising boat (which of course doesn't exist!) But we think we came as close as possible with Fair Isle, certainly for our needs. We're just working on a video that goes through the whole selection process actually and the experiences I've had with other boats / experts we've talked etc. that have influenced that decision making process. So look out for that if you're interested in what makes a good cruising boat.
@@svfairisle The USN do indeed use this as their western mediterranean base and permanently station 4 Aegis class destroyers, but it is still an Armada facility.
I frequently anchored off Culatra, it's a bit of a multihull graveyard, which I find fascinating!! Interesting to see Bruce's yard too, altho he can't lift wide multis, but then that's what the Portimao 9mtr wide travelhoist is for! And also really enjoyed Cadiz, we anchored south of the new bridge, Ok unless a Levanter is blowing. I realise now I did walk down and chat to you on the "green boat" while we were both in Sines.
Greetings! After watching a few of your adventures, I just had to join the club! What is it that draws one to your channel? Well it all starts with the boat! Fair Isle is a beautiful sailing vessel with all her brass and teak and traditional lines, one can only admire such a beautiful vessel. What comes next, is getting to know the crew, you both are very likable people, and that is what keeps me watching. I sail a Tartan 34C myself here in Long Island NY, and just love the classic lines of Fair Isle. I look forward to watching all your adventures now that im a subscriber I can work my way through all you adventures. Thanks for all your efforts in filming and producing your adventures. I can only imagine the work that goes into it. But along with the work, must come the pride and satisfaction with running a successful channel! So happy sailing, You'll be hearing from me again soon...
Hey thanks for that, really nice to hear (and you wrote it on Episode 4, I feel sorry for episode 4 as it seemed to get left behind the others!) A Tartan Eh! is that an Olin Stevens? from what I recall they're quite racey, centerboard? It's very early days for us but it's going much better than we ever thought so we will try and even out the glitches next year. Steve
@@svfairisle Hey Steve, she (Jennifer Marie) is a centerboard, and i do believe a Olin Stevens design. I just cruse in her inland, and used to do some club races back in the day. I've had her for 15 plus years. Quite spartan below compared to that beauty you have! But I do appreciate the teak she has topsides . I dont sail her that much these days, but she's always in the water, ready to go. I cant imagine how awesome it must be to own a vessel like you have. Good luck to both you and the lovely Judy! You guys have a awesome channel, and I look forward to watching each and every episode in no particular order!
Loved the circling of the boat in that glorious sunset near the end. Your outboard does seem a little temperamental. We’ve been to Cadiz during an excursion from one of our cruises, so will be looking out for that!
Just discovered your wonderful channel. Completed two episodes, wonderful content! Outstanding editing ! Television worthy in all aspects , did the only thing natural- I subscribed 😉!
Love the videos. Great quality, it's clear you're both professionals! 😉🥂 We're in the Solent at the moment, still working but counting the days while we do the refit and thinking about what to do with our house etc before we set sail.... Lots of similarities so great for us to hear your story... Thanks for sharing your adventures!
Well good luck with your plans, we’ve only got good things to say about making the change, I can tell you we felt pretty smug getting messages about the weather from our friends on the South Coast this weekend while we were gently cruising down wind with unbroken blue sky’s! We will try to do some articles specifically on kitting a boat out to live on as opposed to holidaying. We’ve found a lot of things you might not think of & it’s best to get as much done as possible before you leave. We were kitting out Fair Isle for 3 years. Check out the website as well as the videos, we will be adding info on there, especially over the winter. Steve
Brilliant videos really enjoying them. Just a question about the boat, it looks quite victorian, couldn’t help having a second look at the loo…what is she made of and why that type our a more modern looking type. but she is beautiful. Many thanks
Ha! Yes I had a 16th century house with a cast iron loo, this isn’t much different! I wouldn’t swap it for anything though, it’s solid bronze and absolutely bullet proof. Problems with loos is the most common issue for cruisers, the Blake’s just keep on working. Glad they were on the boat though, if you wanted to fit them now you wouldn’t get any change out of £15,000 for the pair!
Thank you for these videos! I'm curious to know how much sailing experience you had prior to purchasing your boat and setting off on this adventure? Thanks again
Hi David, well I’ve sailed all my life from a small boy, so 50 years, lots of different boats. My father lived on a boat for 35 years, just stopped living on it it a month ago actually, at 82 he thought it was time! I’ve sailed all over the world on other people’s boats and with some very famous sailors in my capacity as a BBC cameraman. I also did a circumnavigation of Great Britain in a 32 foot Sadler for the BBC. But as far as qualifications go I have none! In fact Judy has a RYA competent crew so she’s more qualified than me! I think sailing like most things is about experience so I’m happy with that. Also I think if you’ve got a practical -methodical brain then sailing isn’t difficult. Why do you ask? Are you an aspiring sailor or an experienced one? Steve
@@svfairisle Thank you for the reply and the added bio about your sailing experience! I have owned a Catalina 22 and my sailing experience is limited to lake sailing. However, my wife and I are now "empty nesters" and we are looking to buy a larger boat and do some coastal cruising. My dream is to sail across the Atlantic one day! Thank you again Steve and take care...
@@tinman09ful Well don't leave it as a dream is what I would say. It's all perfectly doable. People mystify things unnecessarily, right down to yachting terminology which I think is just there to put off the uninitiated! If you can sail a 22 footer across a lake you can sail a 50 footer across an ocean. Steve
Hi guys great videos and really enjoying the coastlines. I know Alvor in Portugal well and love it. Quick Question - what software are you using for your nav as it looks really good and I think you said you have it on a number of ipad devices. Im planning the route you have done in April 2020 and would welcome some info on the nav side. Thanks.
Hi Sean, I use Navionics on the ipad & really like it. I actually got it as a backup to the boats chartplotter but I prefer the ipad as it's much more user friendly, just as accurate and you can have it on all your devices (tablet and phone) for a fraction of the price of the software for the chartplotter so it's really good value. I even have a high quality bluetooth GPS dongle that uses all the worlds gps systems that can feed the tablets to give a super accurate position (the ipads is good enough to be honest), but it's another backup and means if you have a tablet or laptop without gps it can get it from the dongle.
I think I saw your boat in Shetland would that be correct? Been to Collatra on the Ria Formosa! Very shallow ... I went via sea taxi and there was a very definite and I imagine a dredged route from Olhao.
It's possible but a while ago. Yes they do dredge the creeks around Culatra they were doing the entrance when we first came in. There is also a plan for a proper marina by Bruce's yard, so the creek leading there will need some serious dredging.
Thanks for another great video. Around 10:30 you mention an app for recording where items are on your yacht. I have checked the App Store for the name you mentioned but cannot find it. Would you mind double checking the App’s name please? Thanks!
Hi David, yes it seems it's not on the App store at the moment. It's called 'What's on my boat' incase it's just down at the moment hopefully they will put it back up. Mine still works. Steve
I just found you guys. Magic channel!! I used to live on Hayling Island and spent many a day/night at Newtown. Do you take the knifes of the magnetic bar in the galley when underway? Fair winds & Following seas, Richard.
Thanks Richard, yes Newtown's pretty special. Youre not the first to mention the knives! They do stay on, when you feel how strong the magnet is you'ld see why. You have to slide them off rather than pull them, I was actually worried it'd put some deviation on the compass but it doesnt, theres some sort of strong closed loop so the magnetic effect stays close to the bar.
Here’s a question, how long does it take to learn to sail a boat the size of Fair Isle, she is beautiful. And can it be done single handed. Love the channel
Hi James, well there's a question! I'm afraid I'm going to cop out of the 'how long' part a bit in that a lot of it is obviously down to your aptitude. What I can say is that while there's a place for formal 'training' the way to learn is to actually sail,. Just get out on a boat with someone who knows what they're doing and if you've got a practical type brain you won't have a problem, the longer you sail the more you will learn. As regards sailing Fair Isle, just because she's a bigger boat doesn't necessarily make her more difficult to sail. It does mean that any mistakes will be more expensive! Single handing is possible, it's not the sailing the makes single handing hard, it's docking! Centre cockpit is good for single handing, you would have to bring the mainsail lines back to the cock pit, something I wouldn't usually advise. Hope that helps. Steve
La, c'est un carénage rapide...!! Vivant, aussi. Sur la video du carenage..la traduction disait que vous étiez à "Pharaon..!!" (Faro). Ce qui me fait dire que votre bateau (splendide..cuivres..roses, laiton, porcelaine...dans les wc..) est..Toutankhamon..!! Bateau, que je vais allé visiter lors de mon prochain visionnage. Je comprends qu'a 8mn 25, votre "Sirène"...arrête de pomper. (je voyais la..."un Shadock"). ua-cam.com/video/3BfcBSEqDIk/v-deo.html ...208 épisodes. Bonne journée a vous.
Ok, be honest here. How humid is it inside the boat?? I mean things like your bedding and cloths, are they always damp when you get in to bed or put on a shirt? And please get a nice Honda 4strq outboard. LOL.
You might not believe it, because I wouldn't have, but there is no dampness on this boat! The only thing that has ever got damp aboard in a bed sheet that was stuffed into a low down cupboard with no ventilation so it got some mold on it. But that was in winter in Holland when there was ice outside! Steel boats will always have damp, even in warm weather, i know because my dad had one for years. Glass boats can be bad if they're not lined well. Fair Isle has teak staving covering the whole of the inside of the hull, this along with the fact all the storage is ventilated properly (except for the aforementioned cupboard!) means we just don't suffer with it. As far as the outboard goes, yes I know I should give up a buy a new one but 4 strokes are so heavy & it's really difficult to get new 2 strokes now.
How about getting an electric outboard? Lightweight, easy to manoeuver, starts when needed, carry a spare battery and you will have plenty of range. Great video as always and hugely envious ;)
Love your channel! Thank you for the wonderful episodes so far! Really simply brilliant! Beautiful, beautiful boat. An able and winning skipper and a beautiful, intelligent, charming first mate with a million dollar voice that I could listen to all day. Can't wait to follow along! Thank you!
Ahh! that's so nice Trent, thank you! I'm going to pin that comment! Steve
This is Judy, thank you for the comment on the voice. I am trying to be less "newsy" which is a bit of a challenge as I've been a reporter for rather a long time. I love the vlog style though. It's fun
Judy , please don't change anything , especially not your voice or your narrative style. Whilst it may not be trendy, I think I may speak for more than a few who delight in hearing English spoken with eloquence, poise and precision......Bravo! Jacob Rees Mogg territory !
One of my new favorite channels. Great job, guys!
Beautiful people on a beautiful boat, in fact everything (including video) is top notch. This will be an exiting ride! 🙏
Thank you for watching Peter. Keep watching and we will do our best to document the journey
Very glad to have found you, I love that your channel features more actual sailing in contrast to endless boat projects. It is reassuring to see how a heavy displacement, skeg rudder and full keel boat copes with the various sea conditions and overcoming the difficulties of maneuvering in tight berths. Both of you are very articulate which makes for pleasant listening. Your city and other tours afford just the right amount of film time to provide enough content to tic off those trails I myself would like to follow.
PS. You chose an excellent name for your boat, quite clever might I add.
Just discovered your channel - super informative for me since I am at the beginning of the process of finding a way to buy a boat and go cruising. Enjoyed the first few episodes and look forward to learning from your super informative and slick videos. Many thanks.
glad you're enjoying the episodes, there are also lot of tech videos and info on the website if there are specific things you want to know.
What a delightful channel! Thank you! I've subbed of course, er yesterday I believe. I've been binge-watching everything. Thanks again!
Your filming is beyond brilliant. Thank you. Stunning yacht.
At 16:24 TO 17:06, I have seldom seen such a work of art, thank you .
Well thank you for saying that, I was particularly pleased with how that sequence went with the music.
I truly love your boat. What a beautiful home on the water. If I was into sailing I would buy identical... . Sail On !!
You'll have to sell your house for it.
Thanks for getting up so early and doing the sunrise shots of Fair Isle she's beautiful and I'm green with envy!. really great videos!
Thanks Peter, it’s my favourite time too. Got some great dawn shots the other day anchored off the rock at Gib. for Ep5!
Always a pleasure. Gibraltar will blush at your yachts beauty ! Hate to wax on about Fair Isle...but seriously....
Thx for sharing these lovely videos with us. I love the shots of Fair Isle at 20:00 min., such a beautifull ship in a beautifull landscape. I can understand why you felt in love with her. Enjoy your trip!
Beautiful images and a wonderful life adventure. You'll have stories to tell forever.
Great image and a beautiful boat.
Lovely series, thank you. Reminiscing of our trip to the Med in 2008. Wife and I and the ship's cat.The big plus doing it alone and not 'flotilla' sailing being that you can visit nicer ports and there's no time pressure.We were given great advice before our journey by some trusted delivery skippers, and met so many others with whom we are still friends.
Fair isle is just so beautiful...... Love it's so well maintained and so ship-shape. Well done to Steve.
Videos are great...well informative narration with great editing.
Look forward to your Mediterranean adventure, perhaps Malta is in your itinerary.
Yes I have family in Malta, my mum was born there, definitely high on the list! Steve
Have gone back and watched all your videos so good living the dream thanks for sharing 👍🇦🇺
Thanks Kerry! We are trying to show our journey as best we can
I used to sail the Med in 70' s and 80' s. Not too crowded then. I am sure you know thisg the dolphins communicate when swimming sideways looking at you directly. When you lay on your tummy and hang a bit overboard you can tell them things. They go all happy or happier.
Finally a sailing channel about sailing. Plus you get the sight seeing as well. Love (as we say in the South USA) y'alls videos. Keep it up. And thank you for your hard work it goes into making these.
Arhh thanks, it's nice that Ep 4 is getting some love. That one didn't do so well not sure why, it seems pretty random the episodes that get lots of viewings and the ones that don't. Glad you liked it anyway.
Lovely boat and couple. Very much enjoying your vids. ⛵️🌞
What a gooood looking boat!
...And nice people on it!
Ahhh! Thanks Perlen!
Fantastic video many thanks for making me smile !
Seriously you should apply for a voice over job on tv as you have the best voice over ever
Thanks Paul, Judys newsreading days are done though.
Very nice production , thanks for sharing
Fair Winds and Friendly Skies , Great Boat wowwwwwwwww my Dream Yacht . Take Good care . Greetings from Dallas Texas
Most Hans Christians seem to have ended up in the States, you guys have good taste in yachts! Steve
@@svfairisle A Dutchman Here from Schiermonnikoog . Got lost a Bit Cheers
Marc. W Rutgers Ha! Well the Dutch certainly know how to build good yachts, loved our time in the Netherlands with Fair Isle, it was before we started filming our travels properly but there is a bit of footage in the preview video from our time in the Markermeer, great place. Steve
Such a beautiful boat she is!
Great work guys!
Your boat is beautiful, and the quality of your videos is excellent!
Thank you Keith!
Lovely to see you in Faro and Culatra. Was there in June, its a very special place. Fair Isle looks beautiful after the work in the yard. Next time pop into Ayamonte - the first town and harbour in Spain just into the Rio Guardiana. Easy marina or river anchoring and a lovely town. Buy you a beer if I'm home!
We might take you up on that Gary. We had meant to go to Ayamonte, we were just having such a good sail we decided to carry on overnight and go direct across the bay so we missed it. Heard lots of good reports though. Steve
Really a beautiful boat!
Great video and production, looking forward to Gibraltar.
Beautiful thanks.
Well done, very good! Much improved tone of voice during the voice-overs vs first 3 episodes (as you’ll recall I gave feedback on)! I found this Ep.4 more enjoyable and found myself focused on the content rather rather than distracted by presentation style. Thanks for taking onboard previous feedback - I’ll continue watching.
That’s good to hear, glad we’re on the right track. Still developing the style, it’s a bit different from broadcast so it’s new for us. Thinking of trying more walking talking off the cuff stuff from both of us. Thanks for the feedback, Steve
Very enjoyable channel guys - definitely a space for a channel such as this - look forward to watching future episodes with my Sunday morning coffee (after my fix of doom & gloom that is the UK media) :-)
Hi Paul, well we were responsible for much of that doom and gloom reporting over the last 35 years so glad to make some recompense with more enjoyable material! Steve
I absolutely love your sailboat! What a gorgeous vessel.
Have fun in the Med 😀
nice video thanks
Nice boat!
Channel fantastic so much variety ,music within a short period of footage
Hello Folks. We’re brand new to Fair Isle and really enjoy what you’re doing. Looks like you have the perfect liveaboard world traveler boat. It would be interesting to hear how you ended up with her and what you had on the way up. Enjoy your cruising life and stay healthy in these crazy times.
Tom and Pam
Dream Chaser
It was a 2 year long search for the prefect cruising boat (which of course doesn't exist!) But we think we came as close as possible with Fair Isle, certainly for our needs. We're just working on a video that goes through the whole selection process actually and the experiences I've had with other boats / experts we've talked etc. that have influenced that decision making process. So look out for that if you're interested in what makes a good cruising boat.
That far inland your boat will certainly be well protected!
I think you folks are great!
The ship seen in silhouette is the Spanish Helicopter carrier Juan Carlos I.
Great show keep up the good work.
That's interesting, I assumed it would be a US ship.
@@svfairisle The USN do indeed use this as their western mediterranean base and permanently station 4 Aegis class destroyers, but it is still an Armada facility.
I frequently anchored off Culatra, it's a bit of a multihull graveyard, which I find fascinating!!
Interesting to see Bruce's yard too, altho he can't lift wide multis, but then that's what the Portimao 9mtr wide travelhoist is for!
And also really enjoyed Cadiz, we anchored south of the new bridge, Ok unless a Levanter is blowing.
I realise now I did walk down and chat to you on the "green boat" while we were both in Sines.
Arrr yes! I do remember talking to you, hadn’t matched you up with the trimaran.
I was at that location back in May it’s a great town good food, nice port.
Love your videos. Very well done!
thanks Geoff
Just subscribed and I love your relaxed and lovely style. Your ship is amazing a real head turner I can see why left to go sailing wherever good luck!
Thanks Mark, very nice of you to say:)
Great video, your filming and editing are spot on. 👍
Vamos dar like aí pessoal! Muito bom vídeo. Lindas imagens, excelentes musicas. Ganhou mais um inscrito. Parabéns.
Muito obrigado, nós apreciamos isso! Steve
Greetings! After watching a few of your adventures, I just had to join the club! What is it that draws one to your channel? Well it all starts with the boat! Fair Isle is a beautiful sailing vessel with all her brass and teak and traditional lines, one can only admire such a beautiful vessel. What comes next, is getting to know the crew, you both are very likable people, and that is what keeps me watching. I sail a Tartan 34C myself here in Long Island NY, and just love the classic lines of Fair Isle. I look forward to watching all your adventures now that im a subscriber I can work my way through all you adventures. Thanks for all your efforts in filming and producing your adventures. I can only imagine the work that goes into it. But along with the work, must come the pride and satisfaction with running a successful channel! So happy sailing, You'll be hearing from me again soon...
Hey thanks for that, really nice to hear (and you wrote it on Episode 4, I feel sorry for episode 4 as it seemed to get left behind the others!) A Tartan Eh! is that an Olin Stevens? from what I recall they're quite racey, centerboard?
It's very early days for us but it's going much better than we ever thought so we will try and even out the glitches next year. Steve
@@svfairisle Hey Steve, she (Jennifer Marie) is a centerboard, and i do believe a Olin Stevens design. I just cruse in her inland, and used to do some club races back in the day. I've had her for 15 plus years. Quite spartan below compared to that beauty you have! But I do appreciate the teak she has topsides . I dont sail her that much these days, but she's always in the water, ready to go. I cant imagine how awesome it must be to own a vessel like you have. Good luck to both you and the lovely Judy! You guys have a awesome channel, and I look forward to watching each and every episode in no particular order!
Loved the circling of the boat in that glorious sunset near the end. Your outboard does seem a little temperamental. We’ve been to Cadiz during an excursion from one of our cruises, so will be looking out for that!
Another great film. Make sure you walk up The Rock of Gibraltar!
On the list for tomorrow. May get the cable car up and walk down though!
Just discovered your wonderful channel. Completed two episodes, wonderful content! Outstanding editing ! Television worthy in all aspects , did the only thing natural- I subscribed 😉!
Ha! Thanks, glad you enjoyed them.
Love the videos. Great quality, it's clear you're both professionals! 😉🥂 We're in the Solent at the moment, still working but counting the days while we do the refit and thinking about what to do with our house etc before we set sail.... Lots of similarities so great for us to hear your story... Thanks for sharing your adventures!
Well good luck with your plans, we’ve only got good things to say about making the change, I can tell you we felt pretty smug getting messages about the weather from our friends on the South Coast this weekend while we were gently cruising down wind with unbroken blue sky’s!
We will try to do some articles specifically on kitting a boat out to live on as opposed to holidaying. We’ve found a lot of things you might not think of & it’s best to get as much done as possible before you leave. We were kitting out Fair Isle for 3 years. Check out the website as well as the videos, we will be adding info on there, especially over the winter. Steve
gourgeous hull colour
New subscriber here 😍 good stuff ❤
Brilliant videos really enjoying them. Just a question about the boat, it looks quite victorian, couldn’t help having a second look at the loo…what is she made of and why that type our a more modern looking type. but she is beautiful. Many thanks
Ha! Yes I had a 16th century house with a cast iron loo, this isn’t much different! I wouldn’t swap it for anything though, it’s solid bronze and absolutely bullet proof. Problems with loos is the most common issue for cruisers, the Blake’s just keep on working. Glad they were on the boat though, if you wanted to fit them now you wouldn’t get any change out of £15,000 for the pair!
Thank you for these videos! I'm curious to know how much sailing experience you had prior to purchasing your boat and setting off on this adventure? Thanks again
Hi David, well I’ve sailed all my life from a small boy, so 50 years, lots of different boats. My father lived on a boat for 35 years, just stopped living on it it a month ago actually, at 82 he thought it was time! I’ve sailed all over the world on other people’s boats and with some very famous sailors in my capacity as a BBC cameraman. I also did a circumnavigation of Great Britain in a 32 foot Sadler for the BBC.
But as far as qualifications go I have none! In fact Judy has a RYA competent crew so she’s more qualified than me! I think sailing like most things is about experience so I’m happy with that. Also I think if you’ve got a practical -methodical brain then sailing isn’t difficult. Why do you ask? Are you an aspiring sailor or an experienced one? Steve
@@svfairisle Thank you for the reply and the added bio about your sailing experience! I have owned a Catalina 22 and my sailing experience is limited to lake sailing. However, my wife and I are now "empty nesters" and we are looking to buy a larger boat and do some coastal cruising. My dream is to sail across the Atlantic one day! Thank you again Steve and take care...
@@tinman09ful Well don't leave it as a dream is what I would say. It's all perfectly doable. People mystify things unnecessarily, right down to yachting terminology which I think is just there to put off the uninitiated! If you can sail a 22 footer across a lake you can sail a 50 footer across an ocean. Steve
@@svfairisle Thank you for that inspiration Steve. I needed that!
Hi guys great videos and really enjoying the coastlines. I know Alvor in Portugal well and love it. Quick Question - what software are you using for your nav as it looks really good and I think you said you have it on a number of ipad devices. Im planning the route you have done in April 2020 and would welcome some info on the nav side. Thanks.
Hi Sean, I use Navionics on the ipad & really like it. I actually got it as a backup to the boats chartplotter but I prefer the ipad as it's much more user friendly, just as accurate and you can have it on all your devices (tablet and phone) for a fraction of the price of the software for the chartplotter so it's really good value. I even have a high quality bluetooth GPS dongle that uses all the worlds gps systems that can feed the tablets to give a super accurate position (the ipads is good enough to be honest), but it's another backup and means if you have a tablet or laptop without gps it can get it from the dongle.
Ha I clicked the like before I watched no problem ,!,,,,
We all do!!!!!
I think I saw your boat in Shetland would that be correct? Been to Collatra on the Ria Formosa! Very shallow ... I went via sea taxi and there was a very definite and I imagine a dredged route from Olhao.
It's possible but a while ago. Yes they do dredge the creeks around Culatra they were doing the entrance when we first came in. There is also a plan for a proper marina by Bruce's yard, so the creek leading there will need some serious dredging.
Sailing Fair Isle
Thanks ... I assume that your boat was named by its original owner(s) after Fair Isle, Shetland?
@@michaelinkster4977 Yes, the former owner was a German chap and his favorite place was the Fair Isles. The maiden voyage he took was to there.
Thanks for another great video. Around 10:30 you mention an app for recording where items are on your yacht. I have checked the App Store for the name you mentioned but cannot find it. Would you mind double checking the App’s name please? Thanks!
Hi David, yes it seems it's not on the App store at the moment. It's called 'What's on my boat' incase it's just down at the moment hopefully they will put it back up. Mine still works. Steve
Sailing Fair Isle Thanks Steve, I will keep an eye out for it. David
I just found you guys. Magic channel!! I used to live on Hayling Island and spent many a day/night at Newtown.
Do you take the knifes of the magnetic bar in the galley when underway?
Fair winds & Following seas, Richard.
Thanks Richard, yes Newtown's pretty special. Youre not the first to mention the knives! They do stay on, when you feel how strong the magnet is you'ld see why. You have to slide them off rather than pull them, I was actually worried it'd put some deviation on the compass but it doesnt, theres some sort of strong closed loop so the magnetic effect stays close to the bar.
NICE VIDEO NICE PEOPLE NICE BOAT!!! What is the brand of the boat?
Thanks, she's a Hans Christian 48T, there is a boat tour... ua-cam.com/video/x8SDb0syCWU/v-deo.html
Here’s a question, how long does it take to learn to sail a boat the size of Fair Isle, she is beautiful. And can it be done single handed. Love the channel
Hi James, well there's a question! I'm afraid I'm going to cop out of the 'how long' part a bit in that a lot of it is obviously down to your aptitude. What I can say is that while there's a place for formal 'training' the way to learn is to actually sail,. Just get out on a boat with someone who knows what they're doing and if you've got a practical type brain you won't have a problem, the longer you sail the more you will learn. As regards sailing Fair Isle, just because she's a bigger boat doesn't necessarily make her more difficult to sail. It does mean that any mistakes will be more expensive! Single handing is possible, it's not the sailing the makes single handing hard, it's docking! Centre cockpit is good for single handing, you would have to bring the mainsail lines back to the cock pit, something I wouldn't usually advise. Hope that helps. Steve
Curious about Fair Isle. When, where did younget her?
We found her in Holland 3 years ago in a place called Monnickendam. There’s lots of info on the website www.sailingfairisle.com
Looking for the report on the new alternator?
I put a write update in the description, will do a video over the winter.
Se tivesse legendas em português seria ótimo.
Não tenho certeza se conseguiríamos legendar todos os idiomas, mas obrigado por lutar com os ingleses. Steve
André, no iPad e no fone Android só tem inglês. Ainda não vi no notebook.
Do you know if rachel and sally on ola have a utube channel?
They have a blog but not a YT channel
La, c'est un carénage rapide...!! Vivant, aussi.
Sur la video du carenage..la traduction disait que vous étiez à "Pharaon..!!" (Faro). Ce qui me fait dire que votre bateau (splendide..cuivres..roses, laiton, porcelaine...dans les wc..) est..Toutankhamon..!! Bateau, que je vais allé visiter lors de mon prochain visionnage.
Je comprends qu'a 8mn 25, votre "Sirène"...arrête de pomper. (je voyais la..."un Shadock").
ua-cam.com/video/3BfcBSEqDIk/v-deo.html
...208 épisodes.
Bonne journée a vous.
and the app seems to have been removed.
Yes, no idea why. Mine still works!
The reason boat people are so helpful is their building up karma cause sooner or later its gonna be them and karma OU one is a good thing😂🤣😂hahaha
yes, so right!
Ok, be honest here. How humid is it inside the boat?? I mean things like your bedding and cloths, are they always damp when you get in to bed or put on a shirt? And please get a nice Honda 4strq outboard. LOL.
You might not believe it, because I wouldn't have, but there is no dampness on this boat! The only thing that has ever got damp aboard in a bed sheet that was stuffed into a low down cupboard with no ventilation so it got some mold on it. But that was in winter in Holland when there was ice outside! Steel boats will always have damp, even in warm weather, i know because my dad had one for years. Glass boats can be bad if they're not lined well. Fair Isle has teak staving covering the whole of the inside of the hull, this along with the fact all the storage is ventilated properly (except for the aforementioned cupboard!) means we just don't suffer with it.
As far as the outboard goes, yes I know I should give up a buy a new one but 4 strokes are so heavy & it's really difficult to get new 2 strokes now.
How about getting an electric outboard? Lightweight, easy to manoeuver, starts when needed, carry a spare battery and you will have plenty of range. Great video as always and hugely envious ;)
I love Fair Isle....she is a beautiful lady.....Will I waste my time in proposing.....LOL
Parabéns gatinha você é muito linda uma gatinha linda fica com deus você é o amigo
Amigo você é um engenheiro competente e está linda princesa gosti