Hi you both mentioned snow, very cold here tonight and now snowing at 03.45 in the morning, It could be a jolly white Christmas after all. Merry Christmas and a happy ney year to you both and everyone who who watches your video programmes.🙂
St. Catharines , Ontario, Canada here .Thank you both for another exceptional movie of your adventures. Beautiful subject matter and great camera work. Have a merry Christmas and a healthy, safe and happy New Year .
Gosh, for your last video of the year I reckon you must have covered just about everything above decks, below decks, walking, cycling, engineering and cat loving. The trip to the ruins and your intriguing story of the naval battle were utterly fascinating. For all your videos of this year (and previous years, of course) many, many heartfelt thanks. They're quite superb and have brought me so much pleasure. Wishing you a safe, peaceful and Happy Christmas and New Year!
What an amazing place , Marble paved roads , What's happened to this world we live in now , Great to see every one happy 'Normal' & free . Merry Xmas & a Happy new Year .
The letters of the apostel Paul deskribe Efesus too. Wonder were his prison was?! Nice video! They found canonballs from the mediterrainian zoon of euroup in the arciology discovery arround Mary Rose! Sow canonballs is a very internationell hard valu! Bang! Then as today!
Only just getting a chance to watch this now and as always it was very enjoyable and informative - nicely work! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you both - Deb & Pete (formerly Vancouver and now en route to our new to us Amel Sharki in Vibo Valentia, Italy via the UK😊)
Great video that proves the impermanence of 'civilisation': enjoy it while we can. Thanks👍 Edit: an electrification kit for the bikes would make them more usable and save on taxi fares...🚴
Hi,my wife and I visited Ephesus many years ago,your video brings back memories of a magnificent and intriguing place,thank you.we were also shown the very first advertisement in the world,so we were told.I will not say what it is advertising.cheers.Roly 🇬🇧.
Polished presentation as ever. The practical generator removal interspersed with visits to Ephesus, etc. Outstanding music. What was that ? fairground carousel, godfather, barrel organ…it was lovely. Bottom line is ….I just loved the video.
I am amazed at the scale and precision of the building projects undertaken by the Romans 2000 yes ago, I guess you don't here the crack of the whip any more!!!
Roman's thought of everything when planning towns ,,just imagine where civilization would be if Rome didn't fall ,really like your videos, chock full of information
Another fantastic video from Sailing Fair Isle. You're my means of vicarious travel during these times. Lots of bucketlist ideas for the future. Ephesus ruins look amazing. Thanks again you two for everything you do.
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Thanks for all your adventures and sharing with us may you have an wonderful Christmas and and happy new year and may 2022 bring you lots of fun sailing and exploring.
I removed my generator as I installed 4 solar panels for 1500 watts and a watt&sea hydrogen generator by EVOY. The size of small suit case very light weight. Oh a wind turbine. This runs every electrical. If in hot climates overnight.
With the deck space on a cat they should have no trouble getting enough solar to not need a gen set. It's a bit more tricky with a monohull but I think we can make it work.
WD40 tries to be both a cleanser and lubrication and does neither really well. Fine as a quick and easy clean and lubr. Over time WD hardens and can be a problem especially on anything with gears and bearings.
Be interested to hear about planning your trip to Greece to get your lithium batteries. Not an easy trip out of season I believe, was just in Turgutreis and looked at ferries.
@@svfairisle I’ve bought a refurbished transmission / saildrive in Fetihye and need to get it to Rhodes. Fortunately, my son has just bought a catamaran in Turgutreis so hopefully he can find a weather window to sail it to Rhodes for us 🤞
Poor generator, looked like a Mastervolt, like we have... Touch wood on ours, but I'm really interested in you Lithium upgrade, look forward to that. Oh, and we're keeping the generator for the domestic 240v demands that it copes with so well, you need a vast and vastly expensive inverter otherwise. Keep the bikes! and maintain them, although you did seem to have rather a lot? For shopping and sight seeing the bikes are perfect, so I'm with Judy on that, sorry Steve. Merry Christmas and great video!
Yes it’s a Mastervolt Whisper6, the original was replaced by Mastervolt after 2 years because it had so many problems. This one’s lasted 15 years but had been nothing but trouble, glad to be rid of it! I’m sure it was the instillation at fault though, too much back pressure in the exhaust. We won’t install a large inverter, we stay away from mains appliances.
@@svfairisle what about the kettle and microwave, we don't have a washing,machine but it is on the list... And one of those double grill toaster things that does so much, Yes, I know you can do so much with a gas oven, but they all have their pros and cons,,, The bores, pistons and head looked in good condition, did you find out what was wrong with?
By process of elimination it was a big end. We will see for sure when Enis has it refurbished. We don't have a microwave so it's just the kitchen appliances which our 2KW inverter can cope with and we have a second 2KW inverter in the Bluetti if we need more.
Very interesting as always, mixing techies with tourism. I need to redo the wiring of my Wauquiez sloop. Any toolkit, you can suggest or individual tools (wire strippers, scrimping tools, wires and connections?). Any suggestion gratefully received.
Yes I’ve talked a lot about wiring in various videos, but key things are to get a good crimper, use dielectric grease, etc Look at the video we just did about best bits for your boat where I show the Wago connectors, get them! And you’ll see some good advice in the comments about other good gel type connectors for NMEA networks etc.
Arm lever? Are you talking about ballast ratios & righting moment? If so it’s not a problem with a 26 ton boat to loose that weight. It’s in the centre of the boat and I will be moving the batteries to that position so that’s overall there weight will be more central. I will also consider taking the second anchor off the bow and storing it, along with the chain in that mid ships position on ocean crossings.
Lovely programme. It was absolutely scorching on our visit to Ephesus when we were on a sailing holiday near Bodrum (there was FYI a fantastic Indian restaurant in Bodrum). I do find your patience (removing the generator for example) commendable. I would have been cursing. I was wondering what you were going to do with your new found space. Good luck with the water maker. I guess it is only the boat which is subject to the 90 day rule if you are going to Greece. GT85 also good for bikes etc (a friend has a bike shop). Merry Xmas et al.
Hi Guy's...great vid as always, I've even looked up the Ottoman Empire after your thoughts...who knew about the new ruler killing off his siblings...sheshemamito, nasty times. I've been looking at the bluetti generators as when I get my boat I intend to use one but I read some not great reviews of the reliability....although you seem to be pretty happy with yours would it be possible to do an update of your thoughts on them?
Ours as been 100% good, but a friend got one and had problems with one of the phone chargers so they replaced it. I have heard reports of some early units having a problem where the meter wasn’t showing the battery charge correctly, not resetting, but I think they’ve got over that.
yes I remember... wasn't that though! The generator turned freely! It's definitely something in the bottom end, strange though as you normally know all about if if your big-ends go! It's going to be repaired so we will see when they get the sump off.
Lithium battery banks will cause a conventional generator to overheat as it draws more amps than a conventional battery bank. Just something to watch out for if installing lithium. That's why they sell Dc to DC chargers ...
DC-DC chargers are very inefficient and you would need to parallel them to get good charging amps. It’s the most common way of dealing with the low internal resistance on lithium but not necessary the best. I will charge the house bank directly from the alternator ( which is I think what you meant, rather than generator) , but with several things in place the make sure it doesn’t cook itself!
@@svfairisle I was watching a video today just before I saw yours where they cooked the alternator on a Lithium bank. The solution they used was a temp sender to a controller to a relay. Seemed to do the trick.
@Sara of North Wales Yes that’s at the Victron test centre. I will use a temp sender and the belt manager settings on our Balmar regulator but also fit a Sterling alternator protector and have a sensing wire so the Balmar can perform a controlled shut down in the event of a BMS cot off, which is the other big problem to deal with.
Only by elimination so far. Top ends fine, generator section is fine, wasnt hydro-locked, starter motor wasn't stuck in. So it's got to be bottom end, but until Enis gets it stripped down in the workshop I don't know exactly what failed.
Yes it's gone from 13 lira to the pound when we first got here (which was already a good exchange rate for us) to 18lira to the pound in a couple of weeks. It's not a good thing for Turkey though
Great video as usual. I've heard that some insurance companies aren't fond of lithium batteries. We are considering them but we might have to switch insurers. What company do you use and have you checked with them?
We’re with GJW & they’ve never asked which batteries we have but I guess we should tell them before we switch to lithium in case there’s something in the small print. I think the Lithium thing was a hang over from old technology, the LiFePO4 chemistry now used is very safe & lots of people are switching so I’m sure they will all allow it pretty soon
Merry Christmas to both of you! Great video. We’ve been to Ephesus and enjoyed seeing it again. Steve, my husband loves the jacket you often wear and wore at the beginning of the video when you and Judy were introducing the video. Do you happen to know the brand?
Yes it’s just something I found in Italy when we were up at lake Garda. The label says Souola Nautica, I do love it and wear it all the time when I need more than a tee shirt
T-9 developed by Boing is definitively better than WD-40 for my purposes: protects from rust in a little bit too damp environ while it maintains a super smooth and lasting surfaces on woodworking machines of *cast steel* (eg tables on my saws and jointer). WD-40 and many other slippery 'ointments' contains silicon that can screw up further applications of stains and seals on the wood, while T-9 is silicon free. I was sooo happy when I was able to buy the entire store stock of 4 cans travelling through the Netherlands, and yes, the store was a bike shop! For your next ground transport option: check out the Fiido D3 Pro eBike on the YT channel 'Meanwhile in the Garage'. Cool stuff.
I think if we went electric we would just get the scooters which are tiny. But to be honest at the moment the main reason for having the bikes is they are a nice way of getting exercise so the electric option is a bit self defeating!
@@svfairisle Then I have to say sorry. I was almost sure you used it for the vlogging. Maybe you can use a little bit more shallow depth of field to give us the cinematic feel we are all looking for.
@@born2sail Yes looking at it there was quite a lot of GoPro footage in there and I have to admit some iPhone shots too, didn’t take a big camera on the bike trip.
@@svfairisle I know it's tough to film. Personally I hate it when I want to just get a project done and then I have to film too. Sometimes it takes ages bring projects to an end. But on the other hand I love it when I am editing and I have all those nice little angles and shots and I have the freedom to edit instead of desperately looking for footage that somewhat fits in between two shots. I watch your channel since your first boat tour video and I think it's just fair to give you a little feedback. Also I am launching a new channel about my little 25 meter trawler. I want to have 10 vids done before I publish the first one and I know how frustrating it is to push the quality just a little bit and it takes a day in front of the laptop to do so. For things most people don't even think about it. But trust me, people will notice if you go the extra mile.
@@born2sail yes we appreciate all feed back. Nothings ever perfect but it’s good to know the bits that annoy people the most! We spent 30 years making documentaries for the BBC and others and a 30 min doco would usually take months to shoot, be 2weeks in the edit and we would employ several other members of crew along the way. This is just us on a VERY cut back working arrangement so somethings always going to give!
Getting rid of the generator is a mistake, cloudy weather cold rain no sun and that engine alternator will not keep up, many videos already on sailers having to do dock jumping and plugging in as a single system is not sufficient a hybrid system like Elco is a much better solution plus those lithium batteries end up in a landfill polluting the ground unlike lead acid batteries which are 99% recyclable
Well from the tests we've done this year where I've been effectively running the boat on 2kW of Lithium with no problems I really dont think our bank which will have 4 times that storage will give us too many problems, but we will see. On the recycling issue you are just wrong. There are now many companies that claim 100% recovery of all metals: Lithium, Colbalt, Aluminium, Nickel, Manganese,. And as we will soon have every car on the planet running off these batteries the industry to recycle will be huge. I also think that it will become standard that old batteries are taken when new ones are needed as part of the deal, this is something that should have happened with lead acid batteries but never have. The high cost and current thinking on renewables should provide the impetus for governments and industries to set this up now.
@@svfairisle no shade no storms no cold weather? no clouds for weeks so specific performance parameters...? yes perfect..no ac..no heat..no extended motoring..nothing..
You kids need a couple of them new E-Bikes that way you can peddle while your on flat land and then let the bike peddle for you when your going uphill... LOL... people that have them use them more than they used their normal bikes. They say it make site seeing so much more enjoyable. I told my wife that I wanted one and she told me that she's pretty sure they have a age requirement on them. I'm not sure what she meant by that statement. But I figure she was saying that I'm to old to be riding a E-Bike... I do get my Can Am Spyder out a few times a year and I ride that. It's got 3 wheels. So I think if they had a E-Bike with 3 wheels then maybe she'd let me have one... LOL... The price I pay for marring a younger lady... LOL... Well you kids be blessed in Jesus name.. BBE..
glad I found you!!!
hate that I hadn't found you earlier!!!
Susan & Tony here from Michigan U.S. Merry Christmas
Keep those bikes!
Great video. Enjoy watching you both.
Cheers guy!
Hi you both mentioned snow, very cold here tonight and now snowing at 03.45 in the morning, It could be a jolly white Christmas after all. Merry Christmas and a happy ney year to you both and everyone who who watches your video programmes.🙂
Happy Days again...cheers and thanks for sharing your adventurous lifestyle......May Christmas meaning it's joy care for you into 2022...
Thoroughly enjoyed seeing history of New Testament Apostle Paul. Great vlog ❤️🇨🇦
You guys are really good.
St. Catharines , Ontario, Canada here .Thank you both for another exceptional movie of your adventures. Beautiful subject matter and great camera work. Have a merry Christmas and a healthy, safe and happy New Year .
Merry Christmas
Merry to You to!
good stuff
Well, at least the brakes worked on the bikes!
Merry Christmas!!
Merry Christmas....and...keep those bicycles!
Very nice video again. Every places you go, I want to visit. Thanks for the tour.
great video, thanks
Ephesus looks amazing. Another beautifully crafted episode, thanks 🙏 Happy Christmas and best wishes for 2022
Another grate video
Thanks for shearing, have a think about e-folding bikes ⛵⛵⛵
Your roaming through historical villages, including castles, and a bit of Roman this and that was amazing, so beautiful. Stay groovy and stay safe.
Turkey looks amazing! Glad you made it there 😉
Best wishes for the New Year. And thanks for the visit to Ephesus. Even better than I expected.
Gosh, for your last video of the year I reckon you must have covered just about everything above decks, below decks, walking, cycling, engineering and cat loving. The trip to the ruins and your intriguing story of the naval battle were utterly fascinating. For all your videos of this year (and previous years, of course) many, many heartfelt thanks. They're quite superb and have brought me so much pleasure. Wishing you a safe, peaceful and Happy Christmas and New Year!
Thank you so much. Merry Christmas to you too
Great episode. Seems like you're going to have a brilliant time in Turkey this winter.
What an amazing place , Marble paved roads , What's happened to this world we live in now , Great to see every one happy 'Normal' & free . Merry Xmas & a Happy new Year .
Merry Christmas
Thank you for the great videos.
The letters of the apostel Paul deskribe Efesus too. Wonder were his prison was?! Nice video! They found canonballs from the mediterrainian zoon of euroup in the arciology discovery arround Mary Rose! Sow canonballs is a very internationell hard valu! Bang! Then as today!
Only just getting a chance to watch this now and as always it was very enjoyable and informative - nicely work! Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you both - Deb & Pete (formerly Vancouver and now en route to our new to us Amel Sharki in Vibo Valentia, Italy via the UK😊)
That's great news guys! VERY exciting. Which way are you thinking of heading come the spring?
Great video that proves the impermanence of 'civilisation': enjoy it while we can.
Thanks👍
Edit: an electrification kit for the bikes would make them more usable and save on taxi fares...🚴
Merry Christmas. Best wishes in the new year. And thank you for sharing.
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year to you and yours too.
Thoughly enjoyable video. I must pop back to Turkey in the near future. Happy Christmas and new year to you both. 😁
Hi,my wife and I visited Ephesus many years ago,your video brings back memories of a magnificent and intriguing place,thank you.we were also shown the very first advertisement in the world,so we were told.I will not say what it is advertising.cheers.Roly 🇬🇧.
Was it a BC version of Viagra?!
Hi,It could be later related,but no,it was a brothel. Roly 🇬🇧.
Thanks so much for another year of interesting videos. Have a wonderful Xmas.
Polished presentation as ever. The practical generator removal interspersed with visits to Ephesus, etc. Outstanding music. What was that ? fairground carousel, godfather, barrel organ…it was lovely. Bottom line is ….I just loved the video.
Ha! Yes it’s just something I found on Epidemic Sound, it did have a bit of a Godfather ring to it didn’t it.
I am amazed at the scale and precision of the building projects undertaken by the Romans 2000 yes ago, I guess you don't here the crack of the whip any more!!!
Happy christmas and a fantastisk New year to you to.
Roman's thought of everything when planning towns ,,just imagine where civilization would be if Rome didn't fall ,really like your videos, chock full of information
Another fantastic video from Sailing Fair Isle. You're my means of vicarious travel during these times. Lots of bucketlist ideas for the future. Ephesus ruins look amazing. Thanks again you two for everything you do.
Thank you for sharing your life once again. The views were just lovely!! (smiley face!!) xxx Merry Christmas to you two both. Take care😀
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You could do with a wireless mike or one of those dual sets for the car journey! Lots of road noise so I couldn't hear your conversation.
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Thank you both 🙏🙏
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your amazing travels
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Wishing you both 😊😊
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A truly beautiful
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Great video. 👍. Wonder how the Romans would have dealt with that generator ? 😂. Have a great Christmas.
Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to you both xx
Thanks for all your adventures and sharing with us may you have an wonderful Christmas and and happy new year and may 2022 bring you lots of fun sailing and exploring.
I removed my generator as I installed 4 solar panels for 1500 watts and a watt&sea hydrogen generator by EVOY. The size of small suit case very light weight. Oh a wind turbine. This runs every electrical. If in hot climates overnight.
Great vid. Loved seeing Ephesus. Such rich history.
One of the things that we love about Turkey is the can do attitude and the Turks ability to fix anything.
Us too. Enis will get good use out of the generator and good for him!
So enjoy your journeys. Thank you for sharing!
Merry Christmas and a Happy healthy 2022 to you both 🥳⚓️⛵️
sailing ruby rose actually mentioned that yachts have a lot of trouble with gensets and they are not getting one on the new build - well done
With the deck space on a cat they should have no trouble getting enough solar to not need a gen set. It's a bit more tricky with a monohull but I think we can make it work.
Great to see all this and I always enjoy your travels, but I found the panning shots a bit too fast for me. Maybe me that's the problem 😉
WD40 tries to be both a cleanser and lubrication and does neither really well. Fine as a quick and easy clean and lubr. Over time WD hardens and can be a problem especially on anything with gears and bearings.
Be interested to hear about planning your trip to Greece to get your lithium batteries. Not an easy trip out of season I believe, was just in Turgutreis and looked at ferries.
We will let you know how it goes. Our plan is to travel from Bodrum to Kos.
@@svfairisle I’ve bought a refurbished transmission / saildrive in Fetihye and need to get it to Rhodes. Fortunately, my son has just bought a catamaran in Turgutreis so hopefully he can find a weather window to sail it to Rhodes for us 🤞
Poor generator, looked like a Mastervolt, like we have... Touch wood on ours, but I'm really interested in you Lithium upgrade, look forward to that. Oh, and we're keeping the generator for the domestic 240v demands that it copes with so well, you need a vast and vastly expensive inverter otherwise. Keep the bikes! and maintain them, although you did seem to have rather a lot? For shopping and sight seeing the bikes are perfect, so I'm with Judy on that, sorry Steve. Merry Christmas and great video!
Yes it’s a Mastervolt Whisper6, the original was replaced by Mastervolt after 2 years because it had so many problems. This one’s lasted 15 years but had been nothing but trouble, glad to be rid of it! I’m sure it was the instillation at fault though, too much back pressure in the exhaust. We won’t install a large inverter, we stay away from mains appliances.
@@svfairisle what about the kettle and microwave, we don't have a washing,machine but it is on the list... And one of those double grill toaster things that does so much, Yes, I know you can do so much with a gas oven, but they all have their pros and cons,,, The bores, pistons and head looked in good condition, did you find out what was wrong with?
By process of elimination it was a big end. We will see for sure when Enis has it refurbished. We don't have a microwave so it's just the kitchen appliances which our 2KW inverter can cope with and we have a second 2KW inverter in the Bluetti if we need more.
Very interesting as always, mixing techies with tourism. I need to redo the wiring of my Wauquiez sloop. Any toolkit, you can suggest or individual tools (wire strippers, scrimping tools, wires and connections?). Any suggestion gratefully received.
Yes I’ve talked a lot about wiring in various videos, but key things are to get a good crimper, use dielectric grease, etc Look at the video we just did about best bits for your boat where I show the Wago connectors, get them! And you’ll see some good advice in the comments about other good gel type connectors for NMEA networks etc.
But without the generator you'll have a big difference in the arm lever. How are you going to compensate it ?
Arm lever? Are you talking about ballast ratios & righting moment? If so it’s not a problem with a 26 ton boat to loose that weight. It’s in the centre of the boat and I will be moving the batteries to that position so that’s overall there weight will be more central. I will also consider taking the second anchor off the bow and storing it, along with the chain in that mid ships position on ocean crossings.
Lovely programme. It was absolutely scorching on our visit to Ephesus when we were on a sailing holiday near Bodrum (there was FYI a fantastic
Indian restaurant in Bodrum). I do find your patience (removing the generator for example) commendable. I would have been cursing. I was wondering what you were going to do with your new found space. Good luck with the water maker. I guess it is only the boat which is subject to the 90 day rule if you are going to Greece. GT85 also good for bikes etc (a friend has a bike shop). Merry Xmas et al.
Very glad to here there’s a good Indian in Bodrum. We’re going down there in the new year to pick up our batteries so we will try and find it.
Did I miss the reason why the engine was ceased? Something in the crank area…bearing ceased ?
Yes something in the bottom end, it’s being renovated so will find out when they take the sump off.
Hi Guy's...great vid as always, I've even looked up the Ottoman Empire after your thoughts...who knew about the new ruler killing off his siblings...sheshemamito, nasty times.
I've been looking at the bluetti generators as when I get my boat I intend to use one but I read some not great reviews of the reliability....although you seem to be pretty happy with yours would it be possible to do an update of your thoughts on them?
Ours as been 100% good, but a friend got one and had problems with one of the phone chargers so they replaced it. I have heard reports of some early units having a problem where the meter wasn’t showing the battery charge correctly, not resetting, but I think they’ve got over that.
@@svfairisle Many thanks and Happy New Year to you both.
I told you over 1 year ago its not the engine. The alternator generator bearings had seized !
yes I remember... wasn't that though! The generator turned freely! It's definitely something in the bottom end, strange though as you normally know all about if if your big-ends go! It's going to be repaired so we will see when they get the sump off.
Lithium battery banks will cause a conventional generator to overheat as it draws more amps than a conventional battery bank. Just something to watch out for if installing lithium. That's why they sell Dc to DC chargers ...
DC-DC chargers are very inefficient and you would need to parallel them to get good charging amps. It’s the most common way of dealing with the low internal resistance on lithium but not necessary the best. I will charge the house bank directly from the alternator ( which is I think what you meant, rather than generator) , but with several things in place the make sure it doesn’t cook itself!
@@svfairisle I was watching a video today just before I saw yours where they cooked the alternator on a Lithium bank. The solution they used was a temp sender to a controller to a relay. Seemed to do the trick.
@Sara of North Wales Yes that’s at the Victron test centre. I will use a temp sender and the belt manager settings on our Balmar regulator but also fit a Sterling alternator protector and have a sensing wire so the Balmar can perform a controlled shut down in the event of a BMS cot off, which is the other big problem to deal with.
I'm curious, did you ever determine why the generator would not turn?
Only by elimination so far. Top ends fine, generator section is fine, wasnt hydro-locked, starter motor wasn't stuck in. So it's got to be bottom end, but until Enis gets it stripped down in the workshop I don't know exactly what failed.
Excellent guys…eclectic content this time. How are you coping with the Turkish inflation challenges? You must be Lira millionaires?
Yes it's gone from 13 lira to the pound when we first got here (which was already a good exchange rate for us) to 18lira to the pound in a couple of weeks. It's not a good thing for Turkey though
Great video as usual. I've heard that some insurance companies aren't fond of lithium batteries. We are considering them but we might have to switch insurers. What company do you use and have you checked with them?
We’re with GJW & they’ve never asked which batteries we have but I guess we should tell them before we switch to lithium in case there’s something in the small print. I think the Lithium thing was a hang over from old technology, the LiFePO4 chemistry now used is very safe & lots of people are switching so I’m sure they will all allow it pretty soon
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Generator… what make- what’s it out put- what was its problem?
Mastervolt whispergen 5KW. Somethings died in the bottom end.
Merry Christmas to both of you! Great video. We’ve been to Ephesus and enjoyed seeing it again. Steve, my husband loves the jacket you often wear and wore at the beginning of the video when you and Judy were introducing the video. Do you happen to know the brand?
Yes it’s just something I found in Italy when we were up at lake Garda. The label says Souola Nautica, I do love it and wear it all the time when I need more than a tee shirt
T-9 developed by Boing is definitively better than WD-40 for my purposes: protects from rust in a little bit too damp environ while it maintains a super smooth and lasting surfaces on woodworking machines of *cast steel* (eg tables on my saws and jointer). WD-40 and many other slippery 'ointments' contains silicon that can screw up further applications of stains and seals on the wood, while T-9 is silicon free. I was sooo happy when I was able to buy the entire store stock of 4 cans travelling through the Netherlands, and yes, the store was a bike shop!
For your next ground transport option: check out the Fiido D3 Pro eBike on the YT channel 'Meanwhile in the Garage'. Cool stuff.
The Fiido looks great, but it’s a bit big I fear for our sail locker
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Convert the bikes to electric, they take up the same space but you use them much more…
I think if we went electric we would just get the scooters which are tiny. But to be honest at the moment the main reason for having the bikes is they are a nice way of getting exercise so the electric option is a bit self defeating!
I don't think the 360 cam is the best thing for your videos. Do you have a DSLR or a DSLM? (Just my 2 cents)
We didn't use the 360 cam in this video. We have a Fujifilm XT4 and a couple of Lumix GH5's to do most things.
@@svfairisle Then I have to say sorry. I was almost sure you used it for the vlogging. Maybe you can use a little bit more shallow depth of field to give us the cinematic feel we are all looking for.
@@born2sail Yes looking at it there was quite a lot of GoPro footage in there and I have to admit some iPhone shots too, didn’t take a big camera on the bike trip.
@@svfairisle I know it's tough to film. Personally I hate it when I want to just get a project done and then I have to film too. Sometimes it takes ages bring projects to an end. But on the other hand I love it when I am editing and I have all those nice little angles and shots and I have the freedom to edit instead of desperately looking for footage that somewhat fits in between two shots.
I watch your channel since your first boat tour video and I think it's just fair to give you a little feedback. Also I am launching a new channel about my little 25 meter trawler. I want to have 10 vids done before I publish the first one and I know how frustrating it is to push the quality just a little bit and it takes a day in front of the laptop to do so. For things most people don't even think about it. But trust me, people will notice if you go the extra mile.
@@born2sail yes we appreciate all feed back. Nothings ever perfect but it’s good to know the bits that annoy people the most! We spent 30 years making documentaries for the BBC and others and a 30 min doco would usually take months to shoot, be 2weeks in the edit and we would employ several other members of crew along the way. This is just us on a VERY cut back working arrangement so somethings always going to give!
Getting rid of the generator is a mistake, cloudy weather cold rain no sun and that engine alternator will not keep up, many videos already on sailers having to do dock jumping and plugging in as a single system is not sufficient a hybrid system like Elco is a much better solution plus those lithium batteries end up in a landfill polluting the ground unlike lead acid batteries which are 99% recyclable
Well from the tests we've done this year where I've been effectively running the boat on 2kW of Lithium with no problems I really dont think our bank which will have 4 times that storage will give us too many problems, but we will see.
On the recycling issue you are just wrong. There are now many companies that claim 100% recovery of all metals: Lithium, Colbalt, Aluminium, Nickel, Manganese,. And as we will soon have every car on the planet running off these batteries the industry to recycle will be huge. I also think that it will become standard that old batteries are taken when new ones are needed as part of the deal, this is something that should have happened with lead acid batteries but never have. The high cost and current thinking on renewables should provide the impetus for governments and industries to set this up now.
@@svfairisle no shade no storms no cold weather? no clouds for weeks so specific performance parameters...? yes perfect..no ac..no heat..no extended motoring..nothing..
You kids need a couple of them new E-Bikes that way you can peddle while your on flat land and then let the bike peddle for you when your going uphill... LOL... people that have them use them more than they used their normal bikes. They say it make site seeing so much more enjoyable. I told my wife that I wanted one and she told me that she's pretty sure they have a age requirement on them. I'm not sure what she meant by that statement. But I figure she was saying that I'm to old to be riding a E-Bike... I do get my Can Am Spyder out a few times a year and I ride that. It's got 3 wheels. So I think if they had a E-Bike with 3 wheels then maybe she'd let me have one... LOL... The price I pay for marring a younger lady... LOL...
Well you kids be blessed in Jesus name.. BBE..