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Delfino Discovers
United Kingdom
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 14 ก.ค. 2023
Hi, we're Laura & Stu 👋🏼 Join us as we sail, cook, hike, and explore our pale blue dot!
We quit our desk jobs in 2022, hoping to discover a lifestyle that we'd find more fulfilling. New episodes most Sundays.
We quit our desk jobs in 2022, hoping to discover a lifestyle that we'd find more fulfilling. New episodes most Sundays.
Sailing Spain’s North Coast: First Impressions of Galicia | Ep 43
It's our first week in Spain and we are ready to get off the boat and explore Galicia. We're starting in the town of Viveiro before sailing along the coast to Cedeira. Because we hadn’t planned to come to Viveiro we had no idea what to expect, but we really enjoyed our time there. We checked out what we thought was a restaurant, but turned out to be a club in a car park and it was actually really fun. Then we headed back into the old town and found a Medieval Festival going on. We then sailed down the coast to Cedeira, a beautiful ia on the North Coast where we anchored for a few days.
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Music courtesy of www.epidemicsound.com
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Crossing the Bay of Biscay: our most nerve-wracking sail yet | Ep 42
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This week we're pointing our bow into the infamous Bay of Biscay. We spend almost 4 days offshore, sailing over 300 nautical miles from France to Spain. We navigate big waves and the continental shelf along the way, dodging fishing boats and trying to keep our seasickness under control. Follow us for more recent updates: Instagram - @delfino.discovers TikTok - @delfino.discovers Substack - delf...
Preparing Our Boat to Sail Across Biscay | Ep 41
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We're getting ready to tackle the infamous Bay of Biscay - 300 nautical miles without any sight of land for 3 days. Delfino needs to be ready to withstand potentially rough seas and changeable weather and we've got a lot to do before we go. In this episode we tackle boat jobs, find a leak, buy a lot of food and get everything ready for 4 days of non stop sailing. Follow us for more recent updat...
Our Starlink broke - what do we do now?
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We've had Starlink aboard our boat for 18 months but we've recently run into some problems. We started having issues after leaving the Starlink dish unplugged while we were away, and found that the cable had got wet and damaged. It turns out that the Gen 2 dishes actually aren't that waterproof, so we needed to replace it. We chose to go for the new Gen 3 dish, which is more waterproof and appr...
Our Last Week Sailing in Brittany: leaving the Villaine and exploring La Turballe | Ep 40
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We're back sailing Delfino and this week it's finally time to leave the Villaine River. Delfino has been here for over two weeks and while it's been lovely to be in sheltered fresh water, we'd been hearing that some people never leave the Villaine (so called the graveyard of ambition) and head back out into the open ocean. So after some boat jobs in Arzal we're heading through the lock and back...
Van Life in the WILD WEST (do we prefer it to boat life?)
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This week we're swapping boat life for van life and renting a converted Sprinter camper van to explore the Wild West. We started our trip near Zion National Park before heading to Lone Rock Beach in Glen Canyon, doing an epic kayaking trip through Antelope Canyon and visiting the North Rim of the Grand Canyon. Follow us for more recent updates: Instagram - @delfino.discovers TikTok - @delfino.d...
Swapping boatlife for VANLIFE (+ full van tour)
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This week we're swapping boat life for van life and renting a converted Sprinter camper van to explore the Wild West. This is our first experience of van life and we've got a lot to learn. In this video we're showing you everything from our first day of van life, from picking up the van, getting ready to go off grid, driving out into the country and finding somewhere to sleep for the night. We'...
Sailing 25 miles up a river: Exploring the Villaine and La Roche-Bernard | Ep 37
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We've been cruising the South Brittany coast of France for a while now, but we haven't sailed up a river yet. We're changing that this week, taking our 36 foot sailboat Delfino on a trip up the Villaine through the Arzal lock, to La Roche Bernard before heading onto Redon. Follow us for more recent updates: Instagram - @delfino.discovers TikTok - @delfino.discovers Substack - delfinodiscovers.s...
Dodging the sandbanks of the Etel river and a return to anchoring (finally) | Ep 36
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In this week's episode we leave the seaside town of Etel, sailing down its extremely tidal river and we attempt to navigate around a sandbar. The only problem is, our French is bad and with the tide we don't quite manage to follow the instructions we're given. We also sail to Houat and spend our first night on anchor, enjoying one of the best islands in south Brittany. Follow us for more recent...
Day in Our Lives: Sailing the Brittany Coast | Ep 35
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This week we're taking you behind the scenes for a full day in our lives sailing along the Brittany coast from Port Louis to Etel. Stu headed to a classic French boulangerie before we made some lunch and set off sailing. There wasn't a whole lot of wind so our progress was slow, but we got there in the end. The entrance to the Etel river isn't the most straight forward - there's a lot of sandba...
Being Tourists in Brittany: Mont-St Michel and Vannes. Explaining the Choices We Face as Cruisers.
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Our lives are full of choices as full time sailors, but as we cruise along the French coast we're wondering whether we always make the right ones. In this week's episode we sail from Concarneau to Port Louis, reflect on our time in Scotland and try Far Breton before leaving the boat for a weekend in the Brittany countryside with friends. We check out the Mont St Michel, find the best vending ma...
Finally in the Groove! Amazing Sailing, Better Food in Southwest Brittany | Ep 33
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This week we're exploring South Brittany, sailing between Audierne, Sainte Marine and Concarneau. We ate a lot of tasty food along the way, enjoying a long French lunch, Kouign-Aman (Breton pastry) while sailing and making galettes onboard during a storm. Find us on Patreon - www.patreon.com/user?u=86975590 Follow us for more recent updates: Instagram - delfino.discovers TikTok - delfino.discov...
France's Infamous Tidal Headlands: Sailing the Chenal du Four and Raz de Seine | Ep 32
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The tides are intense around the Brittany coast and this week we have to tackle two of the fastest tidal races on our sail south - the Chenal du Four and the Raz de Seine. We also squeezed in a stop at Camaret including a trip to the supermarket, boulangerie and market and finished up in Audierne. Find us on Patreon - www.patreon.com/user?u=86975590 Follow us for more recent updates: Instagram ...
We're rusty! Making mistakes along the North Brittany Coast | Ep 31
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This week we're heading from Roscoff to L'Aber Wrac'h, a 35 nautical mile sail along the north coast of Brittany. We filmed this video right at the start of our sailing season, and we were very rusty. We made some mistakes along the way, first in the marina and later as we entered L'Aber Wrac'h. We're learning as we go and we're bound to make mistakes, but as long as there's no permanent damage...
A ROUGH sail across the Channel! We start our big adventure! Ep 30
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We're finally leaving the UK and sailing across the channel to France! After weeks of waiting, we've finally got what looked like a decent weather window to sail across the Channel, except it wasn't quite as forecast. We had stronger winds and choppier seas than expected, which made life onboard extremely uncomfortable. But we made it to France and set about eating as much French food as possib...
Final days in the UK - preparing our 36 foot sailboat to cross the English Channel | Ep 29
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Final days in the UK - preparing our 36 foot sailboat to cross the English Channel | Ep 29
Coming HOME - making our sailboat liveable again and moving aboard | Ep 28
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Coming HOME - making our sailboat liveable again and moving aboard | Ep 28
Upgrading Delfino for summer cruising: high output alternator, engine fixes & more | Ep 27
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Upgrading Delfino for summer cruising: high output alternator, engine fixes & more | Ep 27
NYC 5 Borough Food Challenge - Eating in Queens and the Bronx | Part 2
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NYC 5 Borough Food Challenge - Eating in Queens and the Bronx | Part 2
5 cuisines, 5 boroughs - one weekend in New York | Part 1
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5 cuisines, 5 boroughs - one weekend in New York | Part 1
Cooking a classic French dish: 72 hours in Cannes, France | Ep 24
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Cooking a classic French dish: 72 hours in Cannes, France | Ep 24
Time to get to work - Coppercoat repairs, fixing gel coat cracks and a new hole in the boat | Ep 22
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Time to get to work - Coppercoat repairs, fixing gel coat cracks and a new hole in the boat | Ep 22
Exploring Falmouth, a weekend in Fowey and sailing to Plymouth | Ep 21
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Exploring Falmouth, a weekend in Fowey and sailing to Plymouth | Ep 21
3 days in the Irish Sea: a window between two storms | Ep 20
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3 days in the Irish Sea: a window between two storms | Ep 20
Sailing to Belfast and exploring our first city after months of remote living | Ep 19
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Sailing to Belfast and exploring our first city after months of remote living | Ep 19
All the charts, apps and books we used for sailing Scotland - how we planned our cruising season
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All the charts, apps and books we used for sailing Scotland - how we planned our cruising season
Summer is finally here - our last week in Scotland | Ep 18
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Summer is finally here - our last week in Scotland | Ep 18
Too far north for too long: starting to sail south through the remote Scottish Highlands | Ep 17
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Too far north for too long: starting to sail south through the remote Scottish Highlands | Ep 17
Sailing to Stornoway and a hungover road trip around the Outer Hebrides | Ep 16
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Sailing to Stornoway and a hungover road trip around the Outer Hebrides | Ep 16
Thanks as promised very interesting plz continue safe passages Malc uk 🇬🇧
great video
V pronans as B so viveiro is bibeiro😊
Thanks for letting us know, that managed to pass us by for our entire time in Galicia 😅
Hi, just a quick line, as by the time of reading this, if indeed you do read it, you are probably in Tim-buk-3, Pat-a-gnania or somewhere equally remote from Spain but after checking out "Pete's Pans", have probably already sampled many variations so I won't labour the point but "Paella" will contain meat of the season and location. From Andalucia, mainly fish, to Zaragoza, chicken'n'pesky-wabbits. (poetic licence). All local variations I believe, from the original Valencian chicken and rabbit. I only lived in Spain for 30 yrs. so I'm convinced somebody will tell me I'm wrong. Quick line My Arse, Peace'n'Love.
Thanks for the note! In that case we definitely should have had some seafood in it from Galicia, maybe next time
Be safe
Your grocery shopping adventure is my favorite thing ever😂 I am the same way. Hearing Stu say “you don’t need that” but your comment “I want it”❤❤ Yum Paella!
Haha thanks, glad you enjoyed it because we certainly had a good time filming it!
Outstanding achievement, both of you. By the way, you have a nice boat. Cheers.
Thanks! 🙏
well done! I'm wondering if your rig might need a tune-up, looking at your shrouds as you slam waves at th-cam.com/video/mc720Rhke-M/w-d-xo.htmlsi=ZrUbegmhD7uPdekh&t=756 one of them looked very loose. I guess this was filmed ages ago and you might have fixed it by now, but still wanted to mention it.
Yeah I have tweaked those forward lowers since then... But I am still learning the techniques to tuning. I'm getting there. The rest of rig is in a decent place tension wise.
Just come across this video and your channel. Is that accent English/American/Irish? 😊. Will check out the other videos also, good channel!!
Half English Half American! It's a strange accent for sure. Glad you are enjoying the channel
I enjoyed your video Stu & Laura, thank you❤
You’re welcome, glad you enjoyed it!
With the benefit of hindsight would you follow the coastal route if you did it again. With only two of you, 2 on and 2 off is going to lead to exhaustion maybe think about extending the off bit during the day. You did well though The Bay of Biscay is not for the faint-hearted.
I think we’d still make the same choice - we had limited time in Spain because of the 90 day Schengen limit and you can end up waiting for weather for a long time along the north coast of Spain. By day 3 or 4 we’ve found that our bodies get used to the watch schedule, it’s just a bit brutal getting to that point 😅
So glad you crossed so well and thanks for putting that video out there- as promised - great down to earth ( well sea!!😂) vid well done looking forward to next week from you both as always Malc uk 🇬🇧 👍👍👋
Really glad you enjoyed it and see you next week!
What a fantastic video. It's not often that I come across a very 'real' and frank video of what such a passage looks like. Thanks for sharing :)
Thank you for such a nice comment - we tried hard to capture the reality of this passage and I'm glad it came across on screen!
Perfect speed to put out a fishing line
What is the wire that comes out of the aft cabin at the top of the door and appears to go up and out in to the cockpit? It’s not the power and data leads for the MFD is it?
No haha that is a long usb cable that I use to charge my phone whilst in the cockpit. It is the lazy man's version of running a cable
What year is your yacht looks in excellent condition lovely yacht.
Looks like Malo 36
It's a Malö36 from 2002. She is indeed in great condition. We love her.
Excellent. You will get over the seasickness it is just a matter of time. For most people it starts to get better after three or four days. But spend any significant time ashore and you will have to find those sea legs again.
I was trying to decide if Stu was a fellow Yank, but "Uh, oh, Spaghetti-Os" clinched it. Best of luck on your journey!
I've been caught! Born in Florida but raised in Europe 🌍
Great video, as always. I presume that you made, by the fact that the video is out. Can I suggest Self Amalgamating Tape for sealing thing up, such as the leaking fresh water system. This is stocked by Screwfix et al. It is a little like insulation tape except it is really rubbery and when wrapped tightly onto a pipe for example it will mould to into itself, "self amalgamate" and stick to the pipe / fittings etc. It works under damp conditions too. Looking forward to the Spanish leg of your travels.
Interesting, we’ll check it out - thanks for the suggestion!
Simply thanks for the video and your preparation work see you next week with copy of your crossing please Malc uk 🇬🇧 😊
It’s coming, I’ve been editing it today!
Great video, well made! Nice seeing you guys ‘running’ the boat. Wishing you a fast, pleasant and problem free crossing! Cheers, Harry
Thank you!
Great seeing places we visited too. So much for tech support 😢. We have navtext for added information. How come you didn’t get starlink mini?
We do also have navtex but have never figured out how to use it so please let us know if you have any tips!
Great, thank you. Passage planning interesting. Did you consider the likelihood of Orca attack? Best wishes from Dartmouth. James
At the time we crossed (late June) all of the orcas were thankfully still near Gibraltar so it wasn’t something we planned for but we were a bit nervous as we were around the shelf!
Great episode, can’t understand why you only have half a cup of coffee each time though! 😂
I think the editing made them look smaller (I didn’t want you to have to sit through Stu pouring out entire cups of coffee 😂) but pre passage we have smaller coffees to help with sea sickness
Thanks for the video guys very helpful, I have the old gen 2 dish which has hardly been used, but considering a new smaller dish for when we move full time onboard our boats 👌I did wonder if you could have 1 account and use any devices you have linked to that plan, which would mean we could just have a dish on each boat but doesn’t seem so
Unfortunately not, the plan is tied to the dish but I think you can have multiple plans on the same account
good video
What a great episode - so interesting. Already looking forward to next week. ❤
Glad you enjoyed it!
sailed over 15000nm crossed the atlantic twice using dishy infact still using dishy for the last 12 months no issues whatsoever ... and exposed to weather
Yeah we think we didn't seat the cable properly or somehow got water in there when we unplugged / plugged it in
OMG, the internet is down. How will you survive off grid?
We’d survive in the short term (if a little unhappily) but without being able to work remotely we would run out of money before too long 😅
The real problem with Starlink is the fact that as more users become online less effective and reliable the system becomes...! The 2nd problem is the throttling that happens when the "nomads" go to more populated areas with more users online and can't connect or have slow speed service... The Hardware is also a bit of a crap due to their monopolistic business model and "proprietary technologies"...
It’s a shame that there aren’t more options available, but until then we’ll put up with the downsides because it makes the boat lifestyle possible!
No, the “real problem” is that the CEO is a petulant greedy man child.
Hi, I loved your video. Can you clarify something. I am interested in buying a mini starlink dish to use on a commercial vessel (yes I am allowed to install it) which means that it will be mostly used ocean/sea side. Does it work with the roaming plan, because in the description of the plan is says costal side and there is another plan the maritime plan which includes the ocean side and is not worth it for me to buy. Would appreciate any information you have regarding this. Thank you and have a nice day!
Every dish works with every plan. You will have to pay the marine rate unless you return to your home location every two months with the dish.
Yes you have to pay the marine plan price if you want to use it offshore (I can’t remember exactly how far that is but it’s not many miles) but with our plan we can upgrade for a month and then go back to Roam
thank you for posting
You're welcome!
Great thanks for all the info. We are considering the Mini for our boat - can you explain why you didn't go for that one?
It wasn’t available when our original dish stopped working (most of this footage was filmed in June) but we also thought that it may not stand up to our levels of internet use (Stu with a lot of online meetings and me with the video editing and uploading). We are definitely much heavier internet users than you would usually be doing on a boat though and we have heard good things about the mini dish from other cruisers
@@DelfinoDiscovers Thanks for your reply. We both also work online (many coding and meetings), so maybe we need to take a look at the bigger one too.
Simply “thank you” plz video bay of Biscay if you can stay safe on the “high sea “and we will “ see you!” Soon Malc uk 🇬🇧 😊
It’s coming soon! Glad you’re enjoying the videos
The light show was fantastic
Arzal was our first lock ever 😳😱 luckily we were only boat going through
Wow, lucky that you were on your own!
Herbignac is best grocery place for Arzal Camoel. Yeah amount of rainfall is astounding and we’re Irish 😂😂
We’re in the Villaine river too since July. In the yard in Arzal.
great video
love these
You've got to adore France ❤
Good idea to fit the Windpilot early, I have one on my Sadler 34. Its steers really well, but did take some practice. Interesting to see your boarding ladder thoughts, I ended up fitting MOB ladders, for emergency use. Love the channel
Thanks for the comment, it’s definitely taken some tinkering since fitting it so we’re glad we did it early!
Love your videos, you’ll build subs in no time. 👍
So Brits don't like andouillette , sorry for your bad taste .
I'm open to trying it again! But I think it's the kind of thing you need to ease into, especially if (like us) you've never eaten much tripe before. Stu
@@DelfinoDiscovers A Frenchman once told me, when I was considering andouillette, "It's not for English people"! I took his word on it and now glad I did! Thanks so much for the donations, it's really appreciated. Glad you enjoyed sailing on our side of the Channel!
Bénodet is beautifull .
Looking forward to the next vidio, were abouts are you guys now, ? Thinking of you Craig
We’re back in the UK for now and Delfino is safely tucked up in Lanzarote waiting for our Schengen time to reset. Everything was very busy getting her all packed up but I should get some good laptop time to get the next video out soon!
i am from india i love to watch your video
Epic!
amazing video
Hi Laura Stuart, It is great to see your videos, I may take a trip up river next season, moored up in La Rochelle at the moment, but I have to move before the 14th as the big ships are coming, so off to Royan in the next few day's, love you work xx
Glad to hear you made it back across the Bay! How was the trip?