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Nice video, your sailing seems so peaceful for the most part. Well done for supporting the RNLI with your donation.

Lovely episode, life would be weird if things didn't go wrong. Nothing really bad happened and you learnt more for next time as I`m sure every sailor has done before you. Those pastries looked nice and the countryside was gorgeous.

Love Brittany... Medieval...

Another fabulous video. Thanks!

Berthing mistakes happen to us all. I think your hindsight (and Laura’s foresight) were right so hopefully you’ll try that approach next time and have success

Your doing good thank you for posting yet again another informative video 😍👍Malc uk

Keep them coming please.

Discovered you lovely people last week. Amazing channel! I binge watched everything last week. Subscribed and was very happy to see the latest episode pop up this morning. Love the Malö. Exactly the kind of boat which I’d like to buy one day. That or a Najad or a Hallberg-Rassy (something about those windshields you know…). Anyway, You guys handle her amazingly, they are not as nimble as the bolt on keel yachts, but much safer. And that is what’s important in which you are planning to do! Anyway, I’m rambling. Just wanted to say. Congrats to you both, you are living my dream. I hope to do so too in a couple of years. Kind regards Stephan

Enjoying your videos! Keep them coming. Thanks

If you’re still laughing, you’re winning! The tide in Roscoff marina can also be a real handful; as it’s open ended, it just rips through in either direction. We were asked to wait by the dory boat while they figured out a berth for us (not easy!). We then followed them to a berth, but they didn’t let us know until very late where it was, meaning we overshot. Trying to turn in that tide with the wind was a total non starter. I asked for a push from the Dory, or we’d have been the same as you guys. Straight away I said to Faye, “next time, I just reverse!” 😂 we’ve found French marinas to be significantly more tidal than in the UK, where many marinas have locks or surrounding breakwaters. They definitely keep you on your toes! Great to hear you’re finding your stride. Makes everything more enjoyable 🥂

Really good video thanks

Nice video, I`ll have to revisit Oban sometime and explore the folly on the hill. If you haven't already watched Braveheart you are not missing much I'm afraid. It has few actual historical facts in it at all. Lovely music though.

@ 17:20 - Oh how nice it is to hear a young person using the past tense 'forecast', rather than 'forecasted'. Sweet music to my ears. Methinks Laura might have attended a proper school there in old Blighty. 🙂

With respect to leaving Roscoff at 3:00, it's all about, and always about, the wind. 🙂 Suggestion: like our former boat Snow Gum, your boat has two foresails which add a lot of windage at one end. You were trying to bring the bow around to starboard but the wind was blowing the bow to port. You ran out of room. The wind is treating your foresails like the feathers of an arrow. Use this to your advantage when you need to manoeuvre upwind in tight spaces and at low speed. Let the bow go downwind. Let the boat rotate, then reverse out with the foresails behaving like the feathers of an arrow. Voila! I stopped watching at 4:30. I'll now start again and see if this is what you did. 🙂 Edit: You know for next time and that's great. Thanks for the video and for showing us your journey and the lovely coast of Brittany.

Just found your channel today and found it quite enjoyable. A nice trip around the coast of the UK and then off to anywhere you like. Cant be bad. Wishing you the best of luck!

once you got in trouble you did the right thing by going slowly, thinking about things and then calling for help. it often feels counter intuitive, but reversing out as you concluded in the end can often be the best option. Grab some time in a marina and practice different approaches, it is really helpful and fun. Fair winds and keep having a great time ⛵

I hope you left word with th boat you hit with your details. It sounded like there would have been damage with that collision

So glad you have set up Patreon! Good for you.

Hi,. Everyone who has sailed a lot in tidal waters has found themselves pressed against the dock with the bow being blown downwind, even reversing out might not have worked if you have as much prop walk as we do on our Malo. You actually handled it very well, being happy to raft against the boat and generally not panicking too much apart from in the moment, which again we all do. Clearly you are moving into easier waters, I wonder if the tide was also hindering you off that dock as the whole boat was being pushed in-shore? You have probably already forgotten about tides as you travel towards the warmer waters, but it is important to consider them when you are being pushed on. You might also have tried springing off the other boat which might have helped, or springing using ropes off the pontoon to get your bow upwind. Anyway I really enjoy your videos keep going, you have a beautiful boat!

Hi both, no bow thruster I presume? What type of propellor is fitted to your boat?

That video certainly brought back memories! It happens to the best of us and its great that you are sharing your ups and downs. Really enjoying your videos and admire you both for taking on this challenge.

One thing to remember the propeller is not as efficient in reverse , if the wind is strong you might not be able to back into the wind. This happened to me luckily I could turn in an empty berth and got out going forward.

Great video... Helen and I recognise those stressy days ! we have had similar days on our motor cruiser when we lived in UK, We now live in Brittany France and have recently bought a small sailboat which we have moored in Arzal. We are yet to take her our as we bought her in disrepair, but she is now ready to sail :) i have only been crew on a sailboat and Helen has never sailed. So with the 5yrs on our motor cruiser we hope we will be ok for our maiden voyage in our 25 ft yacht Ti-Punch.. luckily Arzal is a dammed river with plenty of room for our first trip ! it was great how you explained how you think you went wrong coming out of your mooring. A good little lesson for us.. ! Best wishes and good luck with the rest of your adventures... Keep safe Tony and Helen :)

Very good that you have the mandatory character to laugh. Enjoyed the whole video. Well done re donating to the RNLI.

Great video - Its very good to show the good, bad, and ugly!..it shows how stressful things can get...and, to be fair to you, in the Shell "Channel Pilot" it does mention how difficult it can be in Roscoff marina. When we came in, there had just been an accident - unsurprising when the design of the marina allows a strong tide (over 5 knots when we came in!) to run through it. Better for the environment, but a challenge for boaters! The way we got in was to exceed the speed of the tide to enable us to turn our bow into it... luckily it was slack tide and a gentle breeze when we left! I always wonder whether it is a help or a hinderance to hook the main halyard down at the mast, to stop the sail rising....but I now see it is probably the lesser of two evils!

Another enjoyable watch and I especially enjoy the food theme. As well as backing into the wind, and letting the bow feather around behind, I stand on the other side of the wheel looking back when reversing. It is so much easier. However, as you are finding, to gain experience one has to make mistakes, and we as viewers get reminded of when we learnt not to do it that way.

Well, I'm pleased that I feel a little more normal now after your exiting dramas... After 30 years of boating, I have come to know that at any time, it can all go to custard for anyone... regardless of experience or not... Your yacht handles the sea quite well...

Thanks for a great video, very honest and authentic. And thanks for bringing us along with you.

Hello Laura. Was there a cost for the 6 months long stay tourist visa in France? Would it allow you to move to other countries in that time, covered by that visa? Thanks. Rick. p.s. Oh, the food! You've made us want to get back to France. 🙂

Re crossing the shipping lane, your responsibility is to sail straight and steady and as perpendicular to the traffic flow as possible. This makes it feasible for the big ships to predict your track with their equipment and adjust slightly to avoid you. Whereas, if you dodge and weave, you'll drive them nuts, increase the chance of problems and get in trouble with the traffic police who are watching on radar and AIS. If in doubt about a big ship's intentions, call them on 16 and follow their instructions on switching to another channel for a short discussion. The traffic police will be listening but they only intervene if necessary. Good luck! 🙂

Rissotto > Laura. Good job Stu!! Plus it's crazy how much the boat lists!

If feeling sea sick - go on the helm and hand steer for a bit. It takes your mind off it and focussing on the horizon is something that the brain can compute I think! A round the world clipper skipper told me this and I have seen it work.... Then stay on deck for a bit - looking up and out to the horizon. Only go down below to lie down or very briefly e.g. to do the log. I hope that helps! Certainly feels great to have achieved a channel crossing.

Hi. Thank you for your videos which I am enjoying tremendously. I am about to work my way through them all having just subscribed. I was originally attracted to your Brittany video as this is where I love sailing. Based in Poole so an easy crossing. Anyway, besides your down to earth daily life you portray with honesty, I am particularly taken with your high quality video. Could I possibly ask what you record with? I ask this being aware that it is the professional filming and editing that produces the results!! Many thanks and happy sailing Jonathan

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Glad you both are still sailing,I’ve been a subscriber from the start 👍👍

Just found your you tube and subscribed immediately good luck in France -we used to own a home there few years back brings back great memories now I sail around Milford in wales .looking forward to to your further passages Bon voyage -Malc uk 🇬🇧

Biwmore would of been a good visit , mshbe you would enjoyed there more sherry cask drams or kilchomann , not in walking distance, though. I've been lucky enough to visit them all with work . Enjoyed the video

New sub , nice video and interesting two places to visit

Congratulations! Hope you’ve managed to discover rillette. A ‘Q’ flag is only required on arrival to France if you have any goods to declare, so they’re a bit unusual in that respect.

Loving the new videos guys, thank you. What was the issue with the alternator? I’m contemplating an upgrade to Balmar.

I want a boat now...

"I'm guessing you don't want a bowl" 🙂

Enjoyed that. Ta.

HI Kids. Further to my comments on your sailing to culinary adventures agenda around Europe, that you told me about when I raved over you New York nosebag tour. Could I possibly turn you on to a TH-cam channel "Pete's Pans" if you're not already aware? Doing something similar, but in his own way. Loved this episode by the way. Shame about the seasickness though. Peace and best wishes.