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I have visited your shop i like ur Irish Sea one of the light house

Fantastic 🙏

👍to you too mate.

You need to to pull your halyard away from the mast to stop the rattling. Otherwise good show

I love all the Folkboat derivatives, especially the Cutlass 27 and the Contessa 26. I used to own a stretched version, called the Elizabethan 29 that sailed like a dream but was a tad tender for my tastes, nevertheless, it managed many fast trips to Cherbourg and St Nazaire from Cowes.

Fantastic, one of my all-time favourite sailboats. Have hit the sub button.

Sam Homes

I’m at the gallery in The Isle Of Wight now… WOW - this art is uniquely beautiful ❤. Great to meet you Neil.

This is absolute quality content Neil, how long have you been sailing?

Amazing ....well done ....watched them all in one sitting...insparational

That looked pretty uncomfortable! I only go out in nice conditions as i eish to enjoy, not endure!

That’s why yachts are so much cooler than motorboats. They’d never come that close to anything noisy 👍🏼

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There is not so much to steering as I thought.

I did enjoy the video. That's my sailing plyaground Felixstowe. Thanks for sharing.

Great video. You’ve given me hope. I’m looking to get back onto the water again soon myself. I am interested in the self steering gear. What make have you gone for? I’ve not had much luck with them in the past. Probably due to the fact I’ve had hand-me-downs that have no instructions.

I did the Mull in a 21’ , going round the inside passage is so fun, doing 9knts over the ground, max hull speed 5knts max! Mind, sure got a bit bumpy round the corner

I like your style! Congratulations on the trip and very well done with the short videos. You have (i imagine) captured the essence of the adventure brilliantly. Sorry about your dad at the end... I hope we could see a little more about your boat and the necessary prep?!

CONGRATULATIONS...this is GREAT ACCOMPLISHMENT. Many are proud of you.

Well done young Sir...Thoroughly enjoyed being on the journey with you..I'm 74 and plan to do the same. Never sailed a Yacht before only trawler experience.. Must be as daft as you...Congratulations.

Just an idea , but if you run the shot cord through a fairlead six inches above your cleat. you could use a wedge to increase or decrease the tension. Our old family boat steers herself most of the time certainly long enough to grill a couple of mackerel for lunch make a cuppa check the charts sun yourself on the foredeck with a beer.use the facilities etc etc.not quite as fast as the Contessa but no slouch..

Great video, I'm local to Felixstowe and new to sailing. Enjoyed it.

0:10 G' day from Australia. Ther is an chap called kevien Green, he is sailing the east coast of queensland Australia in an contessa 26. I am refitting my Columbia 27 and its a fairly big refit going on, but i bought the boat cheap. I have a few things to deal with soon it wont be till next year when the boat launches. Gerard on board, SV GEMSTAR.

As some starting out on their sailing adventure this is really inspiring. Congratulations!

Wonderful boat!!! Wish to found a contessa 26 soon !

Will you come across the Altlantic in the Contessa 26? Enjoyed the series. Cheers

In the 'third world' we have very finely ground coffee, you just mix it in the cup with boiling water, it settles to the bottom, takes about 2 minutes at most, you dont drink the last mouthful. You can buy arabic and turkish coffees ground in this way in your part of the world, or get the beans you like ground super fine in the shop, and keep it around, its actually much easier, no hassles. Nice video...

Hi Neil, will follow more of your videos. My last boat was a Contessa 26 (Shamaal) Beautiful boats. Thanks for bringing back memories. Pete C

Make cowboy coffee, strain trough cloth...

Bravo

Do a Google for "Sheet to Tiller". This will get you a faux autopilot until you get a more permanent one installed.

Thank you Neil for a really lovely video raconte of your trip around Britain. How much experience in coastal sailing did you have prior to setting off? I have my RYA Day Skipper and enjoyed many decades of dinghy sailing. I too love the Contessa 26, ideal for your solo sail.

Great video, Contessa seems to handle that so well. As a Centaur owner I have serious upwind envy watching this.

Great achievement. Well done!

Nice

As a long distance trucker, and novice sailor, i regularly listen to 'malin head, dogger bank, fairisle... cyclonic.....'. To which, I send you respect and sincere wishes in your adventures. X

Hello Neil, thank you. I like your video's so much and your freedom is for me an example🙂

That's the calmest sea that I have ever seen with 30 knots of headwind. Or did he say 13 knots?

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Great video! So glad you made it home safe and sound. It's a dream of mine to buy a sailboat and travel the world someday - thank you for the inspiration and motivation to follow through!!

Glad i found this. I got a ranger 265 about 3 years ago now. Pottering about on a lake but have done the Clyde on a 46ft baveria. You really can write a book when you own a boat

Wondered of you have looked at 'sheet to tiller' self steering? I used it on my old boat, a Mirage 28, and it worked well. My current boat, a Gib'Sea 96, has a wheel, but I often wonder if I should rig up the emergency tiller with sheet to tiller some day.

Neil, Beautiful British coastline!!! TY

Great job Sailor!!! ⛵️

Just found your channel. That brought back memories of my solo trip, Lowestoft to Scarborough. The windfarms make navigation really, really easy.

Hey Neil, I'm going back and checking out some of your previous videos ... great stuff. Those Basking Sharks are huge and they eat plankton ... kind of like a whale ... or some whales, I suppose. Anyway, enjoy your videos and hope that you chronical another adventure sometime soon ... thanks for posting.

Exciting voyage, the brave sailor 🐬

Take your main halyard off the sail and shackle it to the end of the boom then it wont clang all night

the wallet? oh no!

So glad I found these videos. You are a LEGEND, Neil! What a great trip!