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RNLI. Enemy invaders ferry service…. Worth hundreds of millions as with all so called charities crooked as hell…. Give them nothing….. TRAITORS…

I remember the Crinan Canal from my boyhood. I grew up sailing an open gaff rigged clinker dingy around Loch Crinan. One great memory was when the filming of From Russia With Love was being shot, no it was not eastern Europe. The boat chase sequences were filmed in Loch Craignish and the crew was based in Crinan. Wrecked and burt out Fairey Marine motor yachts brought tears to a teenagers eyes.

You will have learnt so much this last year 🎉

I would pay real money to watch someone take a 12 tonne ,long keel lump under sail with no engine or electrics and put it safely into a marina that is exposed to north westerly's and 8 miles of fetch. A Marina that you haven't been in before ,with 8 weeks real experience and no one on the pontoons waiting ,with don't forget the best part of 40 knot , not forecasted , north westerly gusts up its backside without hurting anyone else , or breaking someone else's fibreglass pride and joy when it gets hit with 12 tonnes of steel travelling at speed with no reverse. Just do it on your own 12t long keel lump and your insurance and your conscience . Not mine 3 experienced yacht delivery people needed the RNLI to help them in that day , With over 100 years experience between them and a working , running engine and half a dozen of us on the pontoon pulling them in . I watched the ladies of Salty Lass try sailing a fin keel into a virtual marina in flat seas with what looked like less than 10 knots. I wont spoil it by telling you who wins , Them or the marina . Its a good video . Gill i am really glad the RNLI came out and we didn't think we knew everything , certainly more than a yachtmaster instructor and try it ourselves. We would have hurt someone had we attempted to sail that in with that weather into that marina on that day.

That must have been scary. The RNLI are amazing. Thank you to them for getting you back safely. Hadn’t realised you were videoing your journey. Love it. Stay safe both of you xx

Crackin episode and I love the paintings! I was born in Stranraer... Been over 30 years since I've been back. Good luck with the engine repairs

Crackin episode and I love the paintings! I was born in Stranraer... Been over 30 years since I've been back. Good luck with the engine repairs

Crackin episode and I love the paintings! I was born in Stranraer... Been over 30 years since I've been back. Good luck with the engine repairs

Welcome to life afloat. - if it can go wrong - it will.

only just found your channel,,,,love it. as an aside,,,in my local area of staffordshire we have a singer /musician/sculptress named,,,gillie nichols!!!,,,coincidence is no coincidence!,,,my grandson starts college doing english and art in september,i have linked him to your channel.✌

so thats where the famous "irn bru" is from!!!

I suspect he did not set the anchor properly. If weather is bad, set an anchor watch. I've sat out a F10 , Isle Oronsay. Sat tight on the lee of the point, even used the engine all night, just in case we were set adrift. Had the second anchor ready in case we had to lose the first one, a big fender was tied to the bitter end. The second anchor was all ready to go, only 5m chain and 30m warp. The Mantus held us with 8m of 16mm chain and 30m 16 ❤mm anchorplait. When it gets to survival conditions keep crew smiling with cocoa, bacon butties every two jours, and a shot of whisky at 2.00 am

I decided a mantus was a good anchor, but have a big CQR low in the boat as a back up. Don't ever throw your anchor away! I can't believe you have not thought these things through. Read Tom Cunliffe books. Take a course with senior Instructor. 😂Learn to sail. I I sailed for forty years up there, it's not the Solent, I was failed when I did my first Yachtmaster for telling the instructor that his idea was unsafe! He was not as experienced as myself, lol

You need to go back to basics, leatn how to handle the boat under sail, . I dont like cam cleats, as they need to be under tension to work. Change the spin lock cleats for new ones. 16:41

When you ar3 not in harbour put the fenders below, sailing in thr west of Scotland,and needs a well found boat. You have too many failures.

The camcleats need to be angled

Largs is a lovely marina, I used to have a mooring just outside when I lived on board.

If it happens again, consider tying a fender to the anchor chain before losing the chain. That way you can go back and recover the anchor as the fender will mark it for you. As for electrics, expect any "owner installed" electrics to be cr@p. On our boat, we actually found two wires held together with a paper clip and covered with PVC tape.

Hi Gill, bad news on the anchor drag. What anchor do you have? Rob

Great to see you all again. We have done 10,000 since then and that was still our roughest day!

Happy new sailing season Gill, where are you cruising this year? West Scotland or headed over the horizon?

Painting and sailing what a great idea

Great video Gill! Amusing and informative in equal measure. We’ll add this to our places to visit list. Helena x

Awww my nana met you, great video! ❤

I was admiring your boat at Largs after one of the recent storms.

The disappearing man was probably the owner of the loose dog running around.

Hi Gill that skyscape and Pencil shot looked like a painting in its own right amazing , I'm also in Largs Marina just now I Sailed up from Southampton and I'm over wintering here .The light in the late afternoon is beautiful when the sun starts to set behind Arran .Good luck with your engine ,if I see you around I'll say Hi 🙂👍

Wow!! Lovely to be reminded. I did the same walk with my sister Jane and Bell and Brodie in 2022. So moving to see you connecting with the and and the sea and the sky in that place. All the variety of the natural world and so beautiful. I love that painting.

Good to see you stretching your legs Gill. What a beautiful place, enjoyed whilst drinking my coffee.😀

Gill, I’ve enjoyed your log of an eventful trip. We’re berthed in Troon, well the boat is in the yard at present. Look forward to seeing you in the marina when you make it down our way. Our plan was to sail Scotland for a couple of years - so far we’ve been there eight years! It’s a sticky place, I’d wager that you’ll be in the Clyde longer than you first thought! Rgds, Robert

Take no notice. Some people are sad.

Good work

Pay no attention to the nay-sayers and moaners. We never did 😄 Just do your thing as long as you are happy doing it.

You should have stayed in Crinan…excellent beer in the Hotel bar

I love Largs. Great harbour. And great staff. I'd have liked to see more photography around the marina. Sailors can be judgemental and narrow minded but plenty of us aren't. Keep telling people what you do and your channel. And make more episodes of panting as well as sketching.

Good episode. Interesting to think about what gets made and what doesn't. Loved the footage of Tarbert. Happy memories. I must return too!

Did my competent crew out of Oban in the tail end of a hurricane in October a few years back. What an incredible five days of being at sea. We found a couple of hurricane holes on that coast and withstood some insane winds. But I will never forget helming under sail down to the west of Insch Island and Easedale in moderate seas that felt like the yacht was buried underwater all too frequently. And the tiller spitting me off my perch clinging onto the guard lines. Twice I ended up on the floor of the aft. Dropping into the bottom of troughs that came half way up the mast. It was superb and I was completely bitten by the sailing bug. If we had been blessed with fair weather I would have learned a quarter of what I gleaned on that trip. Happy travels.

I’m doing a lot of consuming not creating, thoroughly enjoying and learning along the way. Thank you Gill, I’m hoping this consuming may help me to put images down from visualisations I have and dreams 😊

😆🌱You made me laugh, Grass head, your funny you are, Light hearted fun, I want a gross head

I thoroughly enjoyed section A, I’m still procrastinating , feel a spark in my belly after watching you 🎉

I love the Christmas Village models!!!!

I enjoy the connection I feel from your videos 🙏

Brilliant video.Great to meet you and your fantastic hat :)

Awesome adventure!

This is a song I really like working to... it washes over and builds and the end is a reflection of the start, inverse... th-cam.com/video/luTzW482YyE/w-d-xo.html

Hey Gill! We used to Ref together....you were the only one that got my name "Reason"..probably not a good idea to be floating a boat there at this time of year, the flood-plains start to open in Autumn and all the land-locked waterways rise and drain to the plains. They can jump three to five feet in hours as the rain and wash comes off the hills. I'd be very careful as the streams, when they flood, have a huge amount of pull once they are full and forced down the rocks and they have crazy undertow once they start flowing through the crags

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Good news your eye can be treated Gill. That brought back memories of childhood. A major cycle race used to go past our house.

Must be fun if you have ever tried painting onboard. Loved your work with the dolphins. Thanks for sharing (iain from Red Seas)