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Al and Leena Sailing
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 12 ธ.ค. 2010
Sailing, cruising, anchoring and visiting ports and beaches.
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Never Sailing Again in Spain 🇪🇸 in May
Sailing to Gibraltar, to get a solar controller, to replace the broken one, police appeared after a while, told us we couldn’t anchor there, but we got what we needed.
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We Broke the Anchor on Day 1 of Our Sailing ⛵️ Adventure 2024
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As we left the pontoon we had to berth the boat at the marina office to pay the last bills. As we approached the concrete pontoon we hit it and that bent the anchor pin.
Leaving La Linea After 8 Months
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We had our boat in La Linea for 8 months as they offered the best winter deal on the Costa del Sol. It wasn’t exactly a sunny coast that as we found out. La Linea is the meeting point of all winds, one of the windiest places in Spain if not the windiest. Storm after storm after storm in the past 8 months and particularly in April . It was exhausting.
Getting Free Water for Our Tank is a Challenge in Spain
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Getting Free Water for Our Tank is a Challenge in Spain
Last Day in La Línea and We Are Sailing Away
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Last Day in La Línea and We Are Sailing Away
Welding and Installing a Solar Panel on a Sailboat
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Alboy in action welding the fittings of the solar panel installation. This is the davits, wind generator and solar panel mount we made, the 316 stainless was under £700, and we did the work ourselves. A friend in Greenock “Jake” dod the vertical as it was joining a 30mm tube, to a 50mm tube, Leena’s dad did some of the welding, and I did some, I don’t know how much it would have cost to get som...
Welding 1.5mm Stainless Steel Burned Hole After Hole in the Solar Panel Frame
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In Gibraltar we could only get 1.5 mm thick 30 by 30 316 stainless, I had brought the two shorter parts from the UK, the had a 2mm wall thickness, which was really as thin as you can go with arc welding, so trying to weld 2mm onto 1.5 mm, was not without its challenges, though, eventually, we managed it. TIG welding would have done a much better job, perhaps even MIG would have done better, but...
Welding 316 Stainless 1.5 mm onto 2 mm for the Solar Panel Frame
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We were making a frame for the solar panel, some of the 30 by 30 box section 316 stainless, I brought from the UK it had a 2mm wall thickness, which is really the thinnest I can weld with arc welding, we needed more stainless steel, and all we could get in Gibraltar, had 1.5mm wall thickness, which caused problems with welding it. TIG welding would have done a much better job.
Welding 316 Stainless on a Sailboat ⛵️
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Alboy in action welding the stainless steel frame for our new solar panel wearing flip flops as safe footwear 😀😀😀🏴🏴🏴❤️❤️❤️⛵️⛵️⛵️☀️☀️☀️🇪🇸🇪🇸🇪🇸🇬🇧🇬🇧🇬🇧
Fabricating the Stainless Steel for the Solar Panel Frame
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Fabricating the Stainless Steel for the Solar Panel Frame
Soldering a Cable for a Solar Panel on a Sailboat
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Alboy soldered the cable for the solar panel on our boat in close up.
The Alboy is Back in Spain
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Alboy had a tiring flight with an extra time in the sky because the runaway was covered in clouds and the runway is a narrow strip of land in the sea.
This Can Happen To You ~ Moth Larva 🐛 in the Food 🍱
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Shocked and disgusted to find that our driest locker which we used for food storage because it’s the driest locker in the boat, has been infested with moth larva 🐛…
Where the 🐈⬛ Homeless Cats 🐈 Live in Alcaidesa Marina, La Linea, Spain
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Where the 🐈⬛ Homeless Cats 🐈 Live in Alcaidesa Marina, La Linea, Spain
The homeless cats 🐈 🐈⬛ in Alcaidesa Marina need to eat every day 🐈🐈⬛
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The homeless cats 🐈 🐈⬛ in Alcaidesa Marina need to eat every day 🐈🐈⬛
Homeless Cats Alert ‼️ Living Beings Need to Eat ‼️
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Homeless Cats Alert ‼️ Living Beings Need to Eat ‼️
Berthing in a Spanish marina often requires handling a dirty line on the muddy bottom to tie the bow
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Berthing in a Spanish marina often requires handling a dirty line on the muddy bottom to tie the bow
Picturesque Cruising Around Alcaidesa Marina in La Línea, Spain 🇪🇸 #lalinea #españa #spain
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Picturesque Cruising Around Alcaidesa Marina in La Línea, Spain 🇪🇸 #lalinea #españa #spain
Stand by Me ~ Alboy and Leena Singing
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Stand by Me ~ Alboy and Leena Singing
We Came Back to Gibraltar 🇬🇮 and then La Linea, Spain 🇪🇸
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We Came Back to Gibraltar 🇬🇮 and then La Linea, Spain 🇪🇸
Sailing Out of Season on the Costa del Sol ☀️ Spain 🇪🇸 #españa #sailing #costadelsol #cancelada
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Sailing Out of Season on the Costa del Sol ☀️ Spain 🇪🇸 #españa #sailing #costadelsol #cancelada
Anchoring on the Beach Near Marina Cabopino , Malaga, Spain
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Anchoring on the Beach Near Marina Cabopino , Malaga, Spain
Menace Seago Dinghy Greased Up Again in the Sun
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Menace Seago Dinghy Greased Up Again in the Sun
Puerto de Fuengirola - Thieves and Men Walking Into the Ladies’ Showers
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Puerto de Fuengirola - Thieves and Men Walking Into the Ladies’ Showers
Greasy, Sticky Dinghy Gives Us Hassle Every Day - Who Else Struggles With That Nuisance
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Greasy, Sticky Dinghy Gives Us Hassle Every Day - Who Else Struggles With That Nuisance
Málaga Bay and Port El Candado ~ Leaving Very Tired Today After the Few Nights of Drinking 😂😂😂
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Málaga Bay and Port El Candado ~ Leaving Very Tired Today After the Few Nights of Drinking 😂😂😂
Reviewing Club Náutico Puerto El Candado Near Malaga
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Reviewing Club Náutico Puerto El Candado Near Malaga
Hands in the Air 🙌 Finally Sailing East Towards Malaga 😄🇪🇸⛵️Music by @matiascastielle
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Hands in the Air 🙌 Finally Sailing East Towards Malaga 😄🇪🇸⛵️Music by @matiascastielle
Not sure if that would preoccupy them
I had a silly idea but was wondering if you had any beach toys or inflatable beach balls and throw them out there.
Seagull vs woman with seagull voice.🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
what about Dog Barking or Orca Singing Sound
😀😀😀
Not only the wales, also I would not join this concert. :-D
😂😂😂
Nice job Al !! Saw a Westerley Discus for sale up here in Scotland really taken to them since i sailed with you £25000 1980 out my budget unfortunately !!
That’s too much . We’re in the peak of inflation. In 2026 that same boat will be 9k.
That’s expensive, mine was surveyed at 18k I paid 9 during Covid when no one was buying. I don’t believe it’s worth more than 18k.
To me it’s worth a million
Prevenzione alle canne . E non rovini l’atmosfera
Karaoke kit on a yacht = Cabin Fever
😂😂😂
'Long way Round' on a boat, fa ar yee Charlie
Can’t understand what you mean?
I am going to try that with some Hobart 3/32 308L-16 rods
I used 316L-17 2.5 by 350. I keep them on the boat in a waterproof tube. Excellent rods, easy to use, slag comes off easy, they burn at very low amps, but expensive but excellent
@@atlantical1 thanks
pmsl at the bare, split cable
Yea, it’s really nice small light investor welder, but the cables are shit, made from really thin strands of copper, but, it was cheap, 65 pounds and so light compared to traditional welders.
I thought SS had to be tig welded?
No it can easily be stick welded, with a 316 rod, that steel was supposed to be 2mm wall thickness, but we ended up with two short pieces 2mm wall thickness, and on long piece 1.5 which made things difficult.
Tig welding on that thickness, would have done a far superior job.
One slip and no sailing this year Al !!!!
😂😂😂
Yes, it’s no where near ideal, but couldn’t find anywhere else to work,
You scared the killer whales into the Indian Ocean.
Yeah 🙌⛵️
You got pets……I mean pests. I don’t think I could trust anything that comes out of that locker
Very difficult to find places for food on the boat. That locker is perfectly dry. That’s why we chose it. And they still bred there…
Ah God what a nightmare
The Orcas's must be 'Wired for Sound'......😂
Nice to see and hear Cliff Richard sing again, though it was a Rod Steward song he chose. I really thought that he was living somewhere ashore abusing some indigenous children on Virgin Islands.
😂 im in stiches 😂
I think that's why they may be attacking your boat. The don't want to hurt you, they just don't want you to talk on the PA or sing. It's a known fact that they like the Roger Whittiker song, The last Farewell. Or anything by Christopher Cross. Thank you. -The Orca
Looking great Leena
I've watched a ton of videos of boats going down, I was ready to sell my boat.. thanks.
😀😀😀⛵️⛵️⛵️
And the noisy geese are Egyptian geese. They are actually ducks,not geese
How about the black one with the white legs?
Dam 5 minute video. Imagine being stuck on this boat with him for 1 week.!
😂😂😂 That’s me 😀😀😀 I’m alive and well 😀😀😀
I know i have been in Spain since 2012. Sometimes the ropes have not been used a long time , terrible and your boat gets shitty !
Yeah a real nuisance. Takes an hour to wash down the boat after that and when you are tired after a day’s sailing ⛵️ it ruins the evening… I hate it…
It is a rope that joins the dock with a large chain submerged in the middle of the anchorage, to tie the stern or the bow, His name is "el muerto". And, yes, it is usually very dirty
Very useful to share the name thank you 🙌
what are you eating there anyway? It does look like cat food :-) no offence meant
Lol 😂 I’m not offended at all. I have been neglecting myself as I’m currently working 20 hours a day and sleeping bad because we are having very strong winds here in Spain and during the night it gets very dramatic 😔. Eating corn beef from England which is boat reserve for sailing but I don’t have time to do shopping 🙌. Hope you are having a nicer weather where you are? I don’t want to spend another winter here. As bad as British weather…
Brilliant, really shows some young people desperate for adventure
They needed oars to get to the anchorage to ask the boats there for a lift to the Canaries. I gave them our oars. Couldn’t believe the amount of boats at anchor in that bad weather 😂😂😂
🤣😂that should do the trick 😂not a note in his head 😂😅 great idea , you should be safe enough 👍🤣
Thank you for your support David, much appreciated 🙌⛵️👍
@@atlantical1 thanks for giving me a call sore side laughing, mate , I hope to be out there sailing next summer 👍
@@davdonoghue come along the Spanish coast David, good booze and cheap 😄
Wtf is happening
😂😂😂
Haa
👎sorry need to pan slower
Okay 👍
Been watching your adventure for the last few days, I'm moored at fambridge marina just down from burnham, I'm thinking of doing the same, so I'm be following your foot steps lol. Maybe see you in the med next year lol
Hi 👋, nice to connect with you. Yes we’re here for another year so tell us as you leave Fambridge how you cross the Biscay etc. Would be great to meet and have some Spanish beers 🍻. Spanish beer is worth getting here by boat 😀. We subscribed to your channel and looking forward to see your adventures!
@@atlantical1 Yes would be great to meet, I'm afraid my utube channel has been neglected for some time, will stay in touch
Just catching up with you. I’ve been busy moving my eldest son into his new home. How annoying was that wrong forecast
Oh hi 👋 yes here it’s very difficult to forecast as several air masses interact and weather moves very slowly here so sometimes the low pressure systems fall apart by the time they get here and once the high pressure system kicks in , they stay for a long time and I think that’s not coded in the app. They got info that the storm ⛈️ was coming from the West and they had calculated how long it will take to get here but they had forgotten that here is under high pressure system by default and that’s difficult to move. It’s our first year sailing here and we didn’t think of that. We’ll know for next year. How have you been?
What's the name of the place you were at?
In the end of the video 😄
Slow down with the camera movement, I'm getting getting seasick watching it!
Sorry I was very upset and stressed out. There’s more to it than what meets the eye.
I dont know, but I think the Orcas will want to sink your boat, just to shut you up, You could always wait until the Orcas show up before you try singing them to sleep.
Will do mate, didn’t think of it before
1st mate ! what a legend .
Thank you for your support 🙏🏼 you are too kind. I’m embarrassed 😞
Oh dear !
I appreciate your story/video but your camera movements are too fast, I get dizzy watching....thanks for the info, safe travels.
Sorry about that. I was very stressed out and was in a rush to leave.
Thankyou for sharing. Australia is not safe here on sunshine coast Oz now We have curfews suggested most nights for safety. Shootings and home invasions and media only covering locally. Boats are being burned along east coast Australia Stay safe.
Wow, so sorry to hear that! Who’s doing that?
Went there many years ago, never again. Absolutely the worse place I ever visited in Spain.
Yeap 100%. The anchorage on the beach was nice but we made the mistake to go into the marina and yes never again 😂.
I like your westerly,I just bought a Seadog 30 with bilge keel
Lovely, post some videos of your sailboat and adventure 👏👏👏
La Bamba is a Mexican group of singers from 80s not Portuguese!Did you sing a song when orcas attaqued?
Yes 🙌 yes we did and she ran away 😄😄😄
Nice vid, thanks. Be safe
Thank you for your support 🙏🏼. It means a lot !
@@atlantical1 You are most welcome.
What flag are you carrying ? In an emergency you can seek safe anchorage anywhere.
With all respect to you, you don’t seem to know Costa del Sol. A. There aren’t safe anchorages here. B. In an emergency you don’t go to an anchorage. You clearly don’t know what 50-60 kts of wind feels like. Anchoring in that is much worse than sailing.
What has my answer got to do with Spain or the wind. ?
The wind direction and strength and the local landscape determine whether an anchorage is safe or not. Safe anchorage thing is a vague theoretical concept that has no practical applications in Costa del Sol. Maybe somewhere in the Caribbean, not here. If you are giving advice it needs to be practical and doable. We can’t sail to the Caribbean to find a safe anchorage. Here sailors do marinas. Not to mention how dumb your suggestion sounds given that we get 50-60 kts of wind this year. There’s no safe anchorage in that wind mate. That’s why you need to look at the local winds and landscape before you give advice.
Poor orcas haha
One escaped recently as we started singing 😄😄😄 the plan is working so far 😄
the Orcas will : go to sleep, fall to the bottom, and drown... OR they will kill each other in desperation... either way : safe Passage to the Med (You very wise Sailor)
😂😂😂
You guts heading back to Gibraltar for the winter ?
Yeah