You have such an exceptional talent telling your story, it can be 20 minutes or 50 minutes and I would not notice. You simply embed us in a wonderful soft dream -- such a pleasure to follow you. Cheers.
I have only recently discovered your channel. Congrats on your journey and the fabulous editing. What a lovely couple you make . A real breath of fresh air. As I am about to take delivery of a 37ft cruising yacht , I have been sucking up your technical talks. No plans to sail the Med , will settle for New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf and Bay of Islands. Keep up the great work , I will spread the word about your channel.
Hello Judy and Steve, I follow you from the very first moment of your nautical and life adventure. Excellent as always with footage worthy of the best National Geographic documentaries. In particular, the Venice tourism board should give you an award for the accuracy of the descriptions that have allowed us to know a world unknown to most of us. Thank you so much
I’m of the same opinion about these new lithium/inverter power packs serving as your house bank. I just purchased the Hysolis MPS (3K inverter/4.5Kw battery). and simply plug it into my 30A shore power receptacle to feed power to the boat’s AC appliances and outlets. With so much capacity I can run the 50A charger with the MPS and top off my AGM house bank. Regrettably, it only provides 10VDC but others can deliver up to 30ADC. I look forward to hearing your thoughts -
Another fantastic vlog Steven and Judy. 👌 I have a bit of catching up to do after breaking my phone in half 🙃 but now I'm happy the summer is almost here and Fair ile is on the move. Brilliant please stay safe and well. 🙏🙏🥰🥰
I thank you for sharing such wonderful footage of Venice, surely a spot I would never have seen so intimately and how special to have it mostly to yourselves! Happy Sails!
When I lived in Laramie, WY, we had streets lined with Cottonwood trees. Each Spring, when the trees were blooming, the streets were absolutely covered with the "cotton." Good call on postponing the varnishing. :) Another beautiful video. Thanks.
Look on the bright side, at least you save the battery pulling the dinghy over the sand bars. 😂 13:28 Now that’s one retro power boat! Italian cool in spades. Any clue as to what it is? Wonderful episode to watch. Looking forward to your adventures. Cheers!
Hello both, lovely video yet again. Glad to see you’re on move again too. I don’t want to pour cold water over you plans, so please correct me if I’m wrong, but, as I understand it, we have to be out of the Shengen area for 180 days after a 90 day visit before being allowed to return anywhere in the EU. I’d really like to be wrong about this. Fair winds & calm areas to you.
As a fascinated viewer of your well-produced videos, perhaps the 'benefit' of Lockdown (a tiresome situation) has been to see and appreciate Venice at its most beautiful without the Crowds. Burano and Torcello, exquisite. Thanks and Fair winds for your future adventures.
No, in this situation holding the stern with the kedge anchor would have been just fine. The real advantage of the kellet though is that you get a reduced swinging circle but if the wind really picks up you still have good scope out. With two anchores wind coming up on the beam might put you in trouble as there’s a lot of windage that way & you’ll probably rip the stern anchor out anyway
OOPS! Fingers crossed it stays fixed and doesn’t sink! Was the dinghy footage all 360? It was very good. I on’y have a cheap s/h Insta360 One but its not as good footage.
I'll go through it at length in the next anchoring video David. Basically its changing the catenary of the chain, I will film it when we have clear (and warm!) water.
@@svfairisle Thank you,. We really enjoy your videos.. Your Schengen Shuffle was interesting. Doesnt apply to me directly as I am EU citizen.. but it could affect the movement of many British boats Good Job
How does the Schengin system work re calculating days . When you arrived in Venice did you have to check in with authorities and when you left did you have to check out . Living in Canada and travel into the USA is electronically documented backwards and forwards so it’s impossible to cheat on the days out of Canada and in the US but your sailing reality would seem to me to be up to you as to how honest you are or am I missing something ?
Schengen is a rolling 90 days in 180, so you have to count how many days out of 180 you've been in the Schengen zone, when you reach 90 you have to leave. At least thats it on paper, in reality due to Covid there will be thousands of people over running Schengen. The whole thing was complicated for us by arriving in Italy before the UK was out of Schengen so we didn't check in (because we couldn't) We flew to the UK twice while in Italy and the first time our passports were stamped (because it was January just after the UK left the agreement) last time, in April, they didn't stamp out passports. So I have no idea what the authorities have on record for us in terms of schengen time! Checking into Croatia yesterday of course it was no concern to them as they are non schengen and when we get to Greece, (the next Schengen country) are they going to add up the days we've been in Italy? They would need to if we get there before 90 days to see if we have spare Schengen time, but are they going to bother or even be able to do that? It would have to be all available on the computer system for that to happen as the passport wont tell them. So I think your guess is as good as mine!
@@svfairisle it seems to me it’s probably more important to prove you left a Schenigin area to be able to prove your not trying to push the 90 days when visiting other Countries. Good luck with the 90 days and I suspect it’s going to be late 2022 before they figure out how to monitor the days correctly. By the way I enjoy your episodes as they are interesting well put together and are even upbeat in the middle of a squall .
Wonderful. You're on the move again. The video has made my day here in rainy Kent today. The wonderful photography and all the interest therein. We love Venice and to see it all again is a real treat. It was lovely to see the roses and wisteria too; ours are both just starting to bloom here but sadly the frosts recently have done quite a bit of damage. We've not been to Croatia so really looking forward to your experience what you have to say about it. I'm glad to see you both looking so well and hope you both have a safe and lovely time. Bon voyage.
I love what you guys are doing. Did you BOTH want to head off sailing, or was it just one of your dreams, with the other one following? If so, is the ‘lesser pleased person’ really enjoying it? I get the impression you both love your lives, but am interested to see what it’s like to be ‘dragged’ around, relatively speaking.
I think we went through exactly that question in the Q&A video from the Patreons, have a look here (save me writing it all down!) th-cam.com/video/LFGkULxbmN4/w-d-xo.html
You appear to have lucked out fantastically on Venice tourism. It was a harsh price to pay but very few people have ever seen it empty. Your struggles with the deep draught lardy boat are also entertaining. But damn! It's a nice boat. Is it the only one of its type with a built in dodger?
@@judyaslett2 If a boat hits a permanent object it's down to bad navigation normally. Put the navigator on hard tack and water for 50 days or 50 lashes. Oh he might lick the lashes. %0 days of hard tack will do.
Oh you are back. Been wondered where you are. Love your videos. Thank you kindly. Quite classy couple and boat.
You have such an exceptional talent telling your story, it can be 20 minutes or 50 minutes and I would not notice. You simply embed us in a wonderful soft dream -- such a pleasure to follow you. Cheers.
That's such a lovely comment, thank you 😀
What a great place to have stayed over the winter. Your videos are a great antidote to no travel, fair winds and I look forward to future episodes ⛵️
I have only recently discovered your channel.
Congrats on your journey and the fabulous editing.
What a lovely couple you make .
A real breath of fresh air.
As I am about to take delivery of a 37ft cruising yacht , I have been sucking up your technical talks.
No plans to sail the Med , will settle for New Zealand's Hauraki Gulf and Bay of Islands.
Keep up the great work , I will spread the word about your channel.
Well thank you Neville, I think I’d ‘settle’ for the bay of islands too! One of the nicest places I’ve ever sailed, can’t wait to get Fair Isle there.
Hello Judy and Steve, I follow you from the very first moment of your nautical and life adventure. Excellent as always with footage worthy of the best National Geographic documentaries. In particular, the Venice tourism board should give you an award for the accuracy of the descriptions that have allowed us to know a world unknown to most of us. Thank you so much
Thank you Mauro, we will be sad to leave.
I’m of the same opinion about these new lithium/inverter power packs serving as your house bank. I just purchased the Hysolis MPS (3K inverter/4.5Kw battery). and simply plug it into my 30A shore power receptacle to feed power to the boat’s AC appliances and outlets. With so much capacity I can run the 50A charger with the MPS and top off my AGM house bank. Regrettably, it only provides 10VDC but others can deliver up to 30ADC. I look forward to hearing your thoughts -
Another fantastic vlog Steven and Judy. 👌
I have a bit of catching up to do after breaking my phone in half 🙃 but now I'm happy the summer is almost here and Fair ile is on the move.
Brilliant please stay safe and well. 🙏🙏🥰🥰
I thank you for sharing such wonderful footage of Venice, surely a spot I would never have seen so intimately and how special to have it mostly to yourselves! Happy Sails!
When I lived in Laramie, WY, we had streets lined with Cottonwood trees. Each Spring, when the trees were blooming, the streets were absolutely covered with the "cotton." Good call on postponing the varnishing. :) Another beautiful video. Thanks.
Thanks guys!
It have been a real gift to follow you in Venice, the reflexes from the wather under the bridge is incredible. Tank you! Faire Winds! 🕊
Look on the bright side, at least you save the battery pulling the dinghy over the sand bars. 😂
13:28 Now that’s one retro power boat! Italian cool in spades. Any clue as to what it is?
Wonderful episode to watch. Looking forward to your adventures. Cheers!
No idea I'm afraid, but if I had a power boat it would be one of them!
Hello both, lovely video yet again.
Glad to see you’re on move again too.
I don’t want to pour cold water over you plans, so please correct me if I’m wrong, but, as I understand it, we have to be out of the Shengen area for 180 days after a 90 day visit before being allowed to return anywhere in the EU. I’d really like to be wrong about this.
Fair winds & calm areas to you.
You are right so Greece will have to wait!
Sad to leave Venice...your clips where quite lovely!
Go safely
Cheers
Nice people, enjoy your videos.
Great farewell to Venice. Glad to see you on the move again.
Would a second anchor have been on option in that tight anchorage?
Yes it could be done with a bahamian type moor shackling the two chains together, this was easier though!
Another great episode. Happy sailing from Tasmania
Thanks steve&judy to show us about venice and burano, hope to see you in the adriatic sea arround july-august (s/y Lainoa french flag)
FYI, for those dingy accidents use bike patches, there self adhesive and water proof. They will never come off and there inexpensive.
Are they UV-resistant though? They are designed to live inside a tyre
Very nice, thank you, looking forward to seeing Croatia
Always good to see your episodes and I am looking frwd to the Croatia visit as it's high on my places to visit.
As a fascinated viewer of your well-produced videos, perhaps the 'benefit' of Lockdown (a tiresome situation) has been to see and appreciate Venice at its most beautiful without the Crowds. Burano and Torcello, exquisite. Thanks and Fair winds for your future adventures.
Yes it's been a privilege to be here during this time.
thanks for sharing these views ! question: is there a reason why you didn't use a stern anchor to keep the boat out of the mud banks ?
No, in this situation holding the stern with the kedge anchor would have been just fine. The real advantage of the kellet though is that you get a reduced swinging circle but if the wind really picks up you still have good scope out. With two anchores wind coming up on the beam might put you in trouble as there’s a lot of windage that way & you’ll probably rip the stern anchor out anyway
Hi,( roly ) a very relaxing video,thank you very much ,stay well 😀👍
1/2 knot sailing is better than 1 knot with motor any day(unless it's electric) :-))
Great video. Steve, I thought you would have been the perfect gent and pulled the dinghy. Just like Bogey in the African Queen. 😂
Judy had her fit bit on and she needed the steps!!!
OOPS! Fingers crossed it stays fixed and doesn’t sink! Was the dinghy footage all 360? It was very good. I on’y have a cheap s/h Insta360 One but its not as good footage.
Would be good to see you guys going to Tunisia, Egipt, Morroco..... a less commonplace as everyone does...
We intend to, maybe Cyprus & Israel as well, but with Brexit I've got a feeling those places will get a lot more busy.
It must take some guts to walk the bridge at 14:07. I'm not sure I would have dared 👍
Just wondering more about how the keddick anchor works Not sure I understood how it helped you from swinging around
I'll go through it at length in the next anchoring video David. Basically its changing the catenary of the chain, I will film it when we have clear (and warm!) water.
@@svfairisle Thank you,. We really enjoy your videos.. Your Schengen Shuffle was interesting. Doesnt apply to me directly as I am EU citizen.. but it could affect the movement of many British boats Good Job
The fueling.. you are using a filter in a pail to pre-clean the diesel?
Yes it's a funnel that doesn't let water through, that's the problem really more than dirt I find, here in the Med anyway.
How does the Schengin system work re calculating days . When you arrived in Venice did you have to check in with authorities and when you left did you have to check out .
Living in Canada and travel into the USA is electronically documented backwards and forwards so it’s impossible to cheat on the days out of Canada and in the US but your sailing reality would seem to me to be up to you as to how honest you are or am I missing something ?
Schengen is a rolling 90 days in 180, so you have to count how many days out of 180 you've been in the Schengen zone, when you reach 90 you have to leave. At least thats it on paper, in reality due to Covid there will be thousands of people over running Schengen. The whole thing was complicated for us by arriving in Italy before the UK was out of Schengen so we didn't check in (because we couldn't) We flew to the UK twice while in Italy and the first time our passports were stamped (because it was January just after the UK left the agreement) last time, in April, they didn't stamp out passports. So I have no idea what the authorities have on record for us in terms of schengen time! Checking into Croatia yesterday of course it was no concern to them as they are non schengen and when we get to Greece, (the next Schengen country) are they going to add up the days we've been in Italy? They would need to if we get there before 90 days to see if we have spare Schengen time, but are they going to bother or even be able to do that? It would have to be all available on the computer system for that to happen as the passport wont tell them. So I think your guess is as good as mine!
@@svfairisle it seems to me it’s probably more important to prove you left a Schenigin area to be able to prove your not trying to push the 90 days when visiting other Countries. Good luck with the 90 days and I suspect it’s going to be late 2022 before they figure out how to monitor the days correctly. By the way I enjoy your episodes as they are interesting well put together and are even upbeat in the middle of a squall .
Wonderful. You're on the move again. The video has made my day here in rainy Kent today. The wonderful photography and all the interest therein. We love Venice and to see it all again is a real treat. It was lovely to see the roses and wisteria too; ours are both just starting to bloom here but sadly the frosts recently have done quite a bit of damage. We've not been to Croatia so really looking forward to your experience what you have to say about it. I'm glad to see you both looking so well and hope you both have a safe and lovely time. Bon voyage.
Thanks Peter, we're from Kent so know it's lovely there too.
I love what you guys are doing. Did you BOTH want to head off sailing, or was it just one of your dreams, with the other one following? If so, is the ‘lesser pleased person’ really enjoying it?
I get the impression you both love your lives, but am interested to see what it’s like to be ‘dragged’ around, relatively speaking.
I think we went through exactly that question in the Q&A video from the Patreons, have a look here (save me writing it all down!) th-cam.com/video/LFGkULxbmN4/w-d-xo.html
You appear to have lucked out fantastically on Venice tourism. It was a harsh price to pay but very few people have ever seen it empty. Your struggles with the deep draught lardy boat are also entertaining. But damn! It's a nice boat. Is it the only one of its type with a built in dodger?
No they built two with the dog house, expertly done by Van Noort in the Netherlands
@@svfairisle So. There are 2 lucky people out there. It's beautiful. Enjoy. :)
Judy. Re the crash. Obviously the navigators fault!
I felt so bad - it was entirely my misjudgment I’m afraid. Lots more practice needed
@@judyaslett2 If a boat hits a permanent object it's down to bad navigation normally. Put the navigator on hard tack and water for 50 days or 50 lashes. Oh he might lick the lashes. %0 days of hard tack will do.
Saludos desde Uruguay.
Arrivederci.
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