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@@paddymcmullan4276 we were delighted to have a feeding frenzy so close to. I was torn between dolphin watching or gannets diving 🤣 seriously need a good zoom lens camera. Maybe Santa will think I’m a good girl 🤣

Currently on the hard in Arzal on the Villaine river south Brittany ( where we made our way to after Isles of Scilly, and other French islands). Hopefully all going well we get down to Almerimar Spain by end of next season to over winter there. Dodge killer whales on the way

@@beverleyportlock9680 half an hour of pure magic.

@@sailingsheriff3349 Thanks Roy,yes iPhone is great for night photography but not for video I have found. Would love to catch bioluminescence in film so beautiful.

Our welcome party swarmed around us for half an hour . I was torn between filming dolphins and the gannets.

@@TheHappySailor-xg4pu currently in Arzal for the winter ( since July). We visited in October and due for in December

Loved catching so much dolphin and gannet footage . Such a privilege to be blessed with this incredible opportunity to be part of their lives

@@ritamcgearty2954 we are delighted with it

@@beverleyportlock9680 we normally do the outer banks aswell. Just the wind angle had us in so tight to shore. Pots were surprisingly lighter than usual going down the coast. Just around Roslare to Carnesore was heavy with pots especially Roslare to splaugh had tiny markers which was scary

Joy of Irish sailing 🤭 keep the damp and wind out there is chance of not being cold

@@sailingsheriff3349 he has fingerless sailing gloves. Just wasn’t wearing them. He (like me )sail in multiple layers of clothing . He sits behind the sprayhood to keep out of the wind most of the time.

@@ritamcgearty2954 Thanks Rita, yeah it was fairly bouncy alright, holding the camera steady was not easy 😂 I was delighted to find 2 new to us anchorage spots to try out. Always handy to have an arsenal of safe places to stop off if needed. The anchorage north of Rooney point we mentioned in previous video looks interesting too

@@yvonneosullivan419 he’s starting to relax on camera finally

@@sailingsheriff3349 The over falls off Anglesey are seriously scary we nearly broached going into Holyhead ( never good but especially not with 3 small boys on board). Currently working on editing next episode currently down to 22 minutes from hours of footage. Let the super fine tuning begin

@ that is scary

@@Thesailing_chef OH so scrumptious. A croqué monsieur on steroids 🤣🤣

@@SailingYachtSaltyLass We were sailing during a working week before school ended for summer holidays. 😂

@@TheHappySailor-xg4pu Thanks. As you will see the solar system quite literally saved us and allowed us leave Dun Laoighaire (ok 2 hours later than planned ) and begin our journey south

@@SailingSVCordelia Greetings from Arzal in Southern Brittany. We’re here for 2 weeks checking on wave dancer and the jobs we’re getting done whilst on the hard. The amount of upgrade jobs that were done this year was unprecedented. Now John has retired (11th October was his last day) we’re going to have more time for wave dancer and sailing further.

@@SailingYachtSaltyLass I’m pretty much there for the rough editing of the departure from Ireland. Including 2 new to us anchorages and close to shore sailing. Great view of a friend’s house from the sea. Did not know Chris had it in his family when I fell in love with it in 2009, only found out in 2017

@@sailingsheriff3349 My dad’s motto . His garage looks like chaos but he knows what shelf/container something is in. Don’t worry picture perfect doesn’t last long, as soon as we moved into the boat it quickly becomes chaos. At least I have a system of kinda knowing where to find stuff. Was looking for silicone gun yesterday but it was moved from where I normally keep it so must have accidentally gone home to the garage 🤬 John had to climb down the ladder walk across the road to the chandler and buy new stuff

@@johnosullivan9650 very true, great getting some jobs off the long finger list too.

Thanks for the tip

@@lubberwalker thank you for saying this. I shall talk with John about it, he does the sails, I’m on helm. Last time we used a different reef set up our main ripped many years ago. I think it was different to your description though. The Irish are notorious for not reefing sails when they should 🤣🤣

@@yvonneosullivan2105 yes originally saw it on Patrick Laine then Salty lass channels. We had to improvise our docking procedure since moving to Dun laoighaire

@@SailingYachtSaltyLass interesting. I assumed that was under UK jurisdiction

@@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar - Ahhh.... assumptions... 😄There are a lot of "UK" things that simply do not happen in N Ireland. We could not even get them to send batteries over here. All the buoyage up here is clearly marked "cil".

@@SailingYachtSaltyLass makes sense total island has same system

@@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar - it is the Navigation Act of 1807 or some such... I guess it was "grandfathered" back in the day and just hung around after 1916/1922

@@jameshoey303 thanks James. Just home from France. Wave Dancer getting a facelift

@@pgpinto2000 thanks for your comment. 28hp yes luckily engine access is good.

Hi Roy sorry about not posting recently. I had been busy with dad’s hospital appointments before we left. We’re just home from France trip and editing shall begin. I look forward to sharing our time. WD has stayed in Arzal on the Villaine River for some overdue refurbishment

Grand wee suntrap there. May 11th a fantastic day. ME in shorts happens very rarely

@@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar - it is not happening today, at least, not around here 😄

@SailingYachtSaltyLass lovely calm sunny morning working at the marina. After 4pm wind picked up ( just when sail was on deck whilst we fixed the creeping forward sailbag. Got lots of jobs finished before holiday starts next weekend

May 11th. Yeah weather was fantastic. Sailing in shorts rarely happens. Family has mentioned we should have a public health warning on video because John is topless🤣🤣. Ireland is gorgeous in good weather. We are lucky to see it from a different viewpoint

That’s the short version of what I saw 🤣🤣

I’m just happy he didn’t have fall overboard. Such a messer🤣

Believe me Roy. Engine was just spruced up for season start. Have to change alternator from V belt to flat belt type as v belt getting chewed up. We figured might as well use up our spare v belt before changing. The boat itself is still a desperate mess, everything out of lazerette for eberspracher install. Still waiting for John to tidy ductwork out of the way so we can use it again.

Hopefully we toddle off on big adventures of summer end of June. Plan on Isles of Scilly 🤞

@@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar that sounds exciting

We were last there 11 years ago

Ooh that’s a thought ❤ I just planned stitching across the back so that the end of boom track slug can’t shimmy behind the bag in the track. Our other upgrade to the sailbag backfires too. The new lazy jack loops were stitched across the pocket for the tension bars. Bad enough we were charged huge money for new zipper and 3 loops by the guy in the midlands without finding the job was budgied up

Thanks for the tip. I’ll look at the possibility of doing that instead. Might have to put a loop on as a tie on point

@@johnosullivan9650 - it never ceases to amaze me that some people never check their work. I know that when I stitch things I sometimes sew more bits together than I intend (that is why I get Gaynor to do all the sewing aboard). The canvas work does look good though and the boat looks very smart.

@beverleyportlock9680 sabre sails in Swansea did our sprayhood which we love. We didn’t think we had to double check our stackpack when we got it done by someone in the business 🤯

Ah the craic is mighty

Maybe I should have said “the force is strong in this one “ considering the weekend that was in it 😂