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@@eerotarik2567 thanks for the feedback! You’re very welcome!

@@lizharrison535 he won’t see it coming Liz! 😂 thank you very much!

@@brentharrison5952 weather still variable but enjoyed a nice few days off. Making some miles today, but then looking iffy for a few days. Who knew the French get English summers?! 😂

Thanks for watching, Gary. The videos are approx. a month behind real life now, so we're a bit further along the coast now. I won't spoil if we go to Honfleur or not though.

Thank you! Cheers!

Heard only great things about the place!

@@talesofcanterbury42 thank you so much, really pleased you enjoyed it!

Hi Adrian. Because of bureaucracy, dogs can't come into the UK by private vessel so if we did want to head back home she would have to go by car, train or ferry. However, at the moment, there is no plan for returning home.

We have just got pet passport sorted for our dog, now waiting for weather window to cross over channel. After some research it is possible to take a dog as foot passenger on Dieppe to Newhaven ferry for £30, so that’s one option when we are ready to return. Other is for family to give him a ride in car as they are touring France also. Bon voyage ⛵️

@@adrianpage3333 nice! How did you get the pet passport sorted?

@@hedgerowpete do you have any more info to share on this please, sounds great! Have also found that an electric induction hob is saving a lot of gas, but would still be great to have a more cost effective gas setup!

@@marktaylor484 it’s definitely the place for a Bon appetite 😅

@@mashbury really sorry to hear about Susan and the troublesome passage! Fully agree on the sea state, even our shortish dash was very tiring. It must’ve been a lot to deal with at 2am! Massive props for getting through that. Hopefully Susan has a swift recovery ❤️

Doesn’t everything?!

@@fredflintstone1428 we’re mainly following the coastline south rather than crossing the Bay of Biscay. It really is doable as there are plenty of places to stop. We’ll go as far offshore as is needed, we aim to get back to shore of an evening. The west coast of France is a major sailing ground that the French frequent in great numbers, for good reason! Then the north coast of Spain also has a lot of options, some of which are off the beaten track and look beautiful. Portugal has been a maritime power for a very long time and the harbour infrastructure reflects it, so many options also. It just takes a lot longer than the more direct route, but you get the chance to have a truly memorable summer whilst taking your time. In a catamaran you’ll be able to make many more miles per day that we can in our monohull, assuming she’s a decent size, so your passage options will be many and overall time required will be a lot less, if that’s what you want. We’ll be blogging the whole trip so feel free to ask questions as we go and best of luck in getting your boat ready!

@@sailinghjem Thanks, I look forward to following your escapades.

@@mashbury aha! Yes we remember both of your boats! Our makeshift armada was a sight to be seen coming out of Calais!

@@Mr_G_in_Alba 😂😂 I’ll look out for some of this!

@@lizharrison535 thank you so much 🙏 we’re definitely getting our sea legs back! Northern France has been challenging, that’s for sure! Admiral Yewy has been an absolute 🌟she’s also getting her sea legs, so now she will bark at the sea if it tries to splash her 😂

@@Shuckford haha, it was indeed pollock with some cream sauce, purée vegetables and the camera must have lied as that plate of frites was huuuuge!! 🤣🤣 hope you are all well!!

@@sailingsheriff3349 😅😅 thank you very much! We could fit the preventer but when we only had the Genoa out, we don’t need it. Given we are head to wind 98.94% of the time, we’re downwind newbies! So far far we’ve found that at deep downwind angles, the main shadows the genny, so we’ve just gone with the 135% genny and we’ve hit warp speed! Happy to hear any other advice though. The French have some great tins, but you can’t tin fish n chips! The very thought of it!! 😫

@@sailinghjem Same here on my Catalina 34. 135% Genoa without main, on a deep broad reach. The main blankets the Genoa, and the Catalina is a masthead sloop not a fractional rig, so the jib/genoa can be a power house. A pole would help a lot with deep broad reach to maintain sail shape. I'd love to have a solent rig to go butterfly! Even if you had the main up, I avoid a dead run. Safer to be a few point off the wind so there is more pressure on the main to help prevent an accidental gybe.

@@peterbyrne652 thanks Peter! We do have a pole but confess we don’t know how to use it 🙃 we wanted learn how to use it before we set off around the UK, but we got 48 knots in the channel during our practice week 😆

@@sailinghjem Well in 48 knots the pole would only be useful to wave a white flag from! 😎

@@peterbyrne652 😂 we were ready to wave it in the first 10 mins!

@@mutley192 sorry about the noise on the mic! Yep, it started off being a minging sea state but thankfully it improved a bit. Going into Dieppe was awful, but the camera doesn’t do it justice!

@@mattanderson9029 ahh thank you as always! I hope you had a great smoke with that cuppa ☕️

@@1962gms thank you so much! We are also missing the fish n chip updates, honestly! After a long, hard sail, being able to walk into a good chippie is divine intervention! I’ve seen one French fish n chips so far… wasn’t what we would identify with!

@@mattanderson9029 and to you! Thank you!

@@peterdunbar4973 thanks very much Peter!

@@sailinghjem I have been trying to get practical information on appication of silic one and other antifouling and noone else demonstrated how to roll paint CORRECTLY and a bunch of other tips. (I have always assumed I could already roll paint my way--but was it the right way?) . Its also kinda nice to see a video where people are dealing with cold and wet--i live on the Clyde.

@@peterdunbar4973 thanks again Peter. I was surprised to learn that there’s more to painting with a roller than just slapping it on and rolling away! We were happy to have the guidance of our friend Chris! And oh aye, it was Baltic cold with bloody awful wind. Just like in your neck of the woods 😀

Exactly! Every cloud has a silver lining 🌥🌥🌥 thank you!

🙏 thank you, you’re very welcome!

Bonjour! Lovely to hear from you both! We do get asked about Norman, but less so in France than in the UK! We do have all the courtesy flags for the voyage this year, unless something goes seriously bad with the navigation 😂

Haha, my appetite is always on springs 😂 Sunday is defo the day, though not much wind will be had. The tide will take us round the corner and west très rapide, you'll see 😂 if you know your onions, you can probably guess where we’re bound 🤔 I bloody hope it's sunny mate, we've been holed up in another place for 5 days waiting for the weather to blow through. Someone please tell Mother Nature that it's Summer!

You must be going stir crazy. If the forecast doesn't change Friday looks very interesting!!

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Thanks 🥰

Great question. No, once checked in we are free to drop anchor, however there aren't many anchoring options between Calais and Boulogne, and those that are wouldn't have been protected while we were there. Also, we are making a conscious effort to ease ourselves and Yewy into this season so will be marina hopping to begin with. That being said, we're looking forward to finding some gorgeous anchorages as our cruising journey continues.

​@@sailinghjemAre you doing the Atlantic coast down to Portugal, or the French canals to the Med?

@@Mr_G_in_Alba no canals for us I’m afraid! They look beautiful and are certainly less open to the bad weather, but we’d need to take our mast off. So we’ll be heading down the Atlantic coast of France, along the top of Spain, the full length of Portugal and then into the Med 👍

Dieppe wasn't too steep when we popped in, but currently winning the battle of steep ramps is Saint Quai Portrieux. Do you recommend Treguier?

@@sailinghjem & lezardrieux both nice

And right you are! I was met with funny looks from the customs agents when I described our journey, ‘through the English Channel.’ 😂

Every country has their own humor.I found.Me Dutch born live Australia.Total different humor😢😅

@@peterjansen7854 I like Dutch humour! Very direct, straight to the point and not afraid to be controversial 😂

Oh I would have loved to, but this is a boat job and the depth in the original hole was too shallow for the new power inlet. Meaning an entirely new hole was required!

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Good for you, I bet you have some great memories! Beware that other opinions do exist! 😆 We would have loved paper charts, but it was £2.5k for the charts to go around the UK. Never mind now we're going further afield. Navionics is £39.99 a year, so we chose to go electronic.

@@sailinghjem Paper charts to go round UK did not cost me anything like that.& I included Reeds plus all the pilots.I also went round the Channel islands on the way

@@grahamlongley8298 bet it was a lovely adventure. I think then maybe the prices have gone up since you bought yours, Graham.

Hahah thank you very much! We chose to vlog our travels for our friends and family to keep in touch really. And also so we can watch them back when we're older and greyer 🙂 Opinions are like arseholes, everyone's got one 😆 Negative comments are water off a ducks back. We are total amateurs having fun, enjoying life while we can! Best wishes to you and thanks again!

They eat what they like and that’s the most important thing 😂

Thank you! It simply HAS to be beef dripping!

I think TH-cam is blocking my response! Love it though 😂😂😂

We’ve been salivating at the prospect! I’m envisioning fresh, tasty food and crisp white wine on a sunny terrace. The sun bit is quite a problem at the moment! Last night we were contemplating whether to put the heating on! 😂

Thanks very much!

Pete, they won’t let us in with the dog! Not unless she arrives by a ferry. Even if we came back to the UK we still wouldn’t be able to sail her back on our own boat. Bloody madness! So they need to last. I will work out a run rate and ensure the ship keeps to it 😂

@@sailinghjem We have the same problem with our pooch. Best I have come up with is a ferry to CIs from France with SWMBO taking the dog and I take the yacht across.

🤔 I’ve been thinking about this for a good few minutes Michael, you may have heard the noise 😀 it sounds like, excuse my French, a right fart on! Is this doable quickly?

@@sailinghjem paper of sufficient size for the scale you choose. Choosing a scale down that will still give you a sufficiently accurate result, not difficult I suggest. Pencil + plotter. Patrick Laine has a video where he crossed the channel on an angular course over a few tides, works out the net overall tidal set effect over the journey. Crucially he then scales down the course to steer plot to a manageable size. He plots on a chart. However visualise the same thing on paper without all the charty symbols etc and it will look like that. Give me a mo and I'll put the link to the relevant video on.

th-cam.com/video/nHMwbKzWyXk/w-d-xo.htmlsi=WKmNbwDT7beGPWuJ Relevant bit starts at 8.20. You can choose hourly or whatever points on your navionics course. Get tidal stream data from tridal stream atlas. Or, you could probaly get a basic estimate off Navionics tidal stream arrows using the bearing/distance tool to get the bearing. If a short journey within one tide easy. If over a few tides the effect of which is opposite work out overall net effect and use that.

@@michaelbower4245 absolutely outstanding, thank you very much for taking the time to share this!

No worries. Enjoying you videos, please keep them coming. Good luck to you both plus doggie on your travels. My daughter spotted and recognised your county flag when you were in Whitby a while back. No idea how she knew as no connection, but she did. Sat there on my boat now, grey and wet.:-(

Thanks very much James!

Heavy rain and gusting 40 knots at the moment 😂

Yep we're monitoring.😂