Glad you enjoyed it. Nice to move away from DIY for a bit. And of course I only buy T-shirts from my favourite 'channel'. I was going to pop up an Alliance flag without comment and see if anyone recognised it, but ran out of time. Cheers.
Thanks Ken. I am thinking of erecting a large green screen behind the boat. I can then go virtually anywhere in the world I want without all that expense of actually getting in the water.
Perhaps you could also consider a small building across the street to film, keep warm and dry, and make the odd cup of tea? I'll look forward to episodes traversing the north-west passage.
It's pretty good. Could have done with one in Watchet. It's like having an extra room. Sorry I didn't make it down to the old town this summmer. Time just flew. Cheers
Fun with flags, a game for all the family, good on Lucy for joining in :-) I struggle with the few flags that we use for racing so I have no hope in learning the rest, well done to you though.
I actually edited this down a bit, there was a lot more on defaced Ensigns and definitions of UK, Great Britain, British Isles, and British Islands etc in the original - maybe I will revisit it. The rules for racing flags are really complex - no way was I going to cover that. Next video will be narrated entirely by Aldis Lamp. Cheers.
James, very happy. Of course the real test will be when I actually go out cruising and put it up at anchor. It turns the cockpit area into an extra room. I have used it as an 'office' a couple of times when the weather was sunny, but not too warm. The Habitent trapped the rays and I was very comfortable. If I do decide to go to Scotland prior to the Med, I am interested to see how effective the netting over the window apertures will be against the infamous midges. Cheers.
Fun vid! One summer many years ago, I came over from the US to visit a good sailing friend who lived in one of a row of eight or ten ex Coastguard cottages in the little seaside village of Langstone in Hampshire. One weekend we had a party that my friend Richard had been planning for quite some time, and the main decorations for the nautical theme was a large number of flags that were festooned over and around the tiny back garden. A few of the flags that we had flying were British naval ensigns that Richard had scrounged up somewhere. Now it so happened that one of his next door neighbors was an old retired captain from the Royal Navy (see where this is going?). He spied one of the ensigns over his garden wall (maybe the white one?), and the poor old guy went absolutely apoplectic. "How dare you fly the Royal Ensign! Blasphemy!" etc, etc. This was so long ago that I can't remember exactly what happened next, but I'm pretty sure that we took down the offending flags to appease the old gent, and hopefully prevent him from having a stroke! This was pretty much at the beginning of my long boating career, and I ultimately became fairly serious about proper flag usage myself, but this guy's reaction was perhaps a bit over the top. Flags can be a serious business!
Using 'the white one' was possibly about the worse one they could have chosen - amongst otehr things it can mean that you are escorting the reigning monarch. You could have said that the Queen was coming, but had to drop out at the last minute. He would have understood. Maybe I'll go into county flags next time. A lot of people in Devon fly the Devon flag, and it is best not to joke about it. Cheers.
Thanks. I sort of realised that I keep saying, "This is not a DIY channel" and then do nothing but DIY on it. But I guess that is often the reality of owning an older boat. And to be honest...Flags really can be fun. Cheers.
T.J. Thanks. I'll sail over and pick them up. Oh, hang on - I need to get the boat back in the water first. And I am bursting to get a look at your new boat. Cheers.
Thanks for the flag review. I learned them all 40 years ago as a young Naval Officer, but have never seen anyone use them other than the military since then. (I have seen large tankers flying the bravo flag -- refueling.) Good for pub trivia quizzes anyway. :-)
Cheers Patrick. I don't think anyone on a leisure boat actually uses them, but it does irk me a bit when I see an 'illegal' Ensign being flow (mostly motor boats I must say) - there really is an unlimited fine for doing this. And don't even get me started on people not hoisting an inverted cone when motor sailing...
Thanks for that ,look forward to seeing how the tent does theres a lovely vid of rnj sukhaili working up in the splent. Im a couple of halyards and about 300 flags short so theres something to do. Hope your lucys going somewhere warm while we all freeze to death
Suhali looks a lot smaller in real life than I had imagined - but what a lovely boat. I do intend to get a full set of flags and use them. However, I'm not sure if I will have the presence of mind to hoist the Yankee flag to indicate that I am dragging anchor when I am being swept towards the rocks. Lucy always manages to end up somewhere warm - South of France followed by Mexico. Alright for some. Cheers.
No, it doesn't stay up at sea. Although check out Sailing SV 2nd Wind. He keeps his half installed at sea and just folds it a bit and straps it to the sprayhood.
hi Paul. Brilliant as always. Very entertaining. You won't regret the Habitent as mine has been up for 12 months now and apart from a little fading it's still working well. I don't put mine away under sail I just fold it forward on deck and strap it down. That way I can put it up or down in under 5 minutes, which is quicker than my friend full enclosure. Also well done on the flags. I need to get some of the cards you have for reference. When are you back in the water?
John, yes, I was very impressed with you video saying that you were sitting in the cockpit in high winds at night comfortably keeping an eye on whether the anchor was dragging. It was so easy to put up. I intend to get a full set of signal flags - and will be learning semaphore next. Plans have gone very slowly this year for all sorts of reasons, so I am loath to predict when I will be in the water, but everything is moving in the right direction at the moment. I look forward to hearing about your plans for the next season. Cheers.
Another cracking video. What day did you go to the show? That Habitent looks interesting thanks for showing it. Flags! I've been know to forget to fly the Ensign! Slàinte Sandy
Cheers. I went on the first Monday which was fantastic weather. Habitent could be a good cost effective option depending on what you need. You can definitely not sail with it. But so far, I am impressed. Officially I think you are OK not to fly the Ensign all the time. To be honest I just find it interesting to see where people have come from when you are out sailing. Thanks for watching.
Of course they do have 'shark flags' in some places. I was learning to surf near Cape Town a few years ago (where they do have great whites) and a shark flag was flying. I pointed out my concern to the instructor. He told me not to worry as all the flag actually meant was that the water wasn't clear enough for the lookout post (way up on the hillside) to see if there were sharks or not. In any case, he told me, the sharks tend to go over there (pointing out in the distance) where the seals are. "What's that then" I said pointing to a seal playing in the surf about 20 yards away. "A seal" he said without missing a beat. Oh well, I didn't get eaten - but I can't surf either. Cheers.
"...and just for scale". Then you use one of the rarest of measures. A beautiful lady who is willing to pose beside an old windlass. The height of the windlass shall remain a mystery. :) Loved the "Fun with flags" bit. 10/10, Sheldon would have been impressed. The green screen five sided Union flag was very funny. For each of the signal flags you used the phonetic name, kilo, zulu, etc. Are the flags ever used to spell out words?
That wasn't a beautiful lady - that was my daughter - I know she doesn't read the comments. Yes the flags are used to spell out words. It gets complicated because you have to use substitute flags as you would only have one of each on board. Also, there are combinations of flags that mean other things. I feel a part 2 coming on at some point. Cheers.
Flags always seemed simple, each country had one and so did the pirates. But the more i learn the more diverse and complex they become. I recently watched Roman Mars on TED talking about city flags and now you are talking about maritime flags. It is a whole new world, thank you for sharing the fun with everyone. :)
The 'just about' bit doesn't mean 'only about' - it is said with the same meaning as 'just about made it'. And anyway - I'm not even a year behind schedule yet. In sailing terms that is not too bad. Cheers.
Yeah, never going to happen m8. If i come in its the union Jack into England, Northern Ireland and Wales and the Scottish one into Scotland for my Scottish brethren.⬅they do so very much appreciate that everytime. If you come into the Netherlands under any flag you are protected because you are under Dutch jurisdiction and protection, the ensign doesn't add or detract from that in the EU or its territorial waters. Love the explanation though, thumb's up.
I am sure you are right. Most of my information came from the RYA (Royal Yachting Association). As you say most people seem to fly the county flag as a courtesy flag when they arrive at that country in the UK - it's pretty much expected in Wales or Scotland. Also, a lot of people will fly a county flag - particularly Devon or Cornwall to show where they come from, rather than where they are arriving. However, I would say it is best to fly the Red Ensign (rather than the Union Jack) when coming into Ramsgate or Dover from the continent. Check out my video from 2017 (number 13 in the journey). The border force boat takes a very close interest in any small craft and you don't want to give them an excuse to escort you into harbour and have a close check. I haven't been to the Netherlands for ages. Where would you recommend is a good port of call for a small sailing boat? Cheers
@@verynearlyaboutsailing8114 Vlissingen, Dordrecht, Harlingen, Terschelling.⬅all real pearls if you love history, boats and anything naval really. Those are very good harbours for under 58ft boats, lots to see and do as well, not to mention good restaurants and good public transport connections of you want to explore. All have some many hundreds of years of history and lots to see just in those harbours. Don't worry, everybody there can speak English, German and French, and Danish in Terschelling, no need to panic with hand gestures and broken Dutch hahaha, but a few frases is common to master before arrival. All harbour masters and coast guards speak those languages aswell btw. I highly recommend all the above mentioned harbours, you'll have a great time there, lovely people and in the right season try the mussel's and fries with a cold Dutch beer👍-up.
Absolutely brilliant episode. The Blue Sun T-shirt was a nice touch.
Glad you enjoyed it. Nice to move away from DIY for a bit. And of course I only buy T-shirts from my favourite 'channel'. I was going to pop up an Alliance flag without comment and see if anyone recognised it, but ran out of time. Cheers.
That is the best implementation of a green screen I have ever observed. Superb!
Thanks Ken. I am thinking of erecting a large green screen behind the boat. I can then go virtually anywhere in the world I want without all that expense of actually getting in the water.
Perhaps you could also consider a small building across the street to film, keep warm and dry, and make the odd cup of tea? I'll look forward to episodes traversing the north-west passage.
Bonus points for the Blue Sun shirt ;) Jayne would approve, I'm sure.
I have an 'official' Firefly hull plate - that will get stuck on when Serenity goes back in the water.
That was fun👍
Did exactly what it said on the tin. Flags are fun. Thanks for staying awake during the video. Not easy I know.
Paul, that was great! I love the "Happy Tent". That's going to double your living area.
I'm very happy with it. I wish I had bought one sooner. I didn't demonstrate it, but I can actually (just about) stand up in it.
Looks cool
It's pretty good. Could have done with one in Watchet. It's like having an extra room. Sorry I didn't make it down to the old town this summmer. Time just flew. Cheers
Fun with flags, a game for all the family, good on Lucy for joining in :-) I struggle with the few flags that we use for racing so I have no hope in learning the rest, well done to you though.
I actually edited this down a bit, there was a lot more on defaced Ensigns and definitions of UK, Great Britain, British Isles, and British Islands etc in the original - maybe I will revisit it. The rules for racing flags are really complex - no way was I going to cover that. Next video will be narrated entirely by Aldis Lamp. Cheers.
Are you still happy with your habitant? I'm about to buy one I think
James, very happy. Of course the real test will be when I actually go out cruising and put it up at anchor. It turns the cockpit area into an extra room. I have used it as an 'office' a couple of times when the weather was sunny, but not too warm. The Habitent trapped the rays and I was very comfortable. If I do decide to go to Scotland prior to the Med, I am interested to see how effective the netting over the window apertures will be against the infamous midges. Cheers.
Fun vid! One summer many years ago, I came over from the US to visit a good sailing friend who lived in one of a row of eight or ten ex Coastguard cottages in the little seaside village of Langstone in Hampshire. One weekend we had a party that my friend Richard had been planning for quite some time, and the main decorations for the nautical theme was a large number of flags that were festooned over and around the tiny back garden. A few of the flags that we had flying were British naval ensigns that Richard had scrounged up somewhere. Now it so happened that one of his next door neighbors was an old retired captain from the Royal Navy (see where this is going?). He spied one of the ensigns over his garden wall (maybe the white one?), and the poor old guy went absolutely apoplectic. "How dare you fly the Royal Ensign! Blasphemy!" etc, etc. This was so long ago that I can't remember exactly what happened next, but I'm pretty sure that we took down the offending flags to appease the old gent, and hopefully prevent him from having a stroke! This was pretty much at the beginning of my long boating career, and I ultimately became fairly serious about proper flag usage myself, but this guy's reaction was perhaps a bit over the top. Flags can be a serious business!
Using 'the white one' was possibly about the worse one they could have chosen - amongst otehr things it can mean that you are escorting the reigning monarch. You could have said that the Queen was coming, but had to drop out at the last minute. He would have understood. Maybe I'll go into county flags next time. A lot of people in Devon fly the Devon flag, and it is best not to joke about it. Cheers.
This was a great break from your usual content and really entertaining 🤣⛵️🌊🦈
Thanks. I sort of realised that I keep saying, "This is not a DIY channel" and then do nothing but DIY on it. But I guess that is often the reality of owning an older boat. And to be honest...Flags really can be fun. Cheers.
Seems to be several 2nd winds out there could you zoom me in please
This should get you there
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Love it, my boat came with a load of flags including 2 U.K. Ones, no good to me do you want them ??😜☠😜☠😜☠😜☠😜☠😜😜☠😜😜☠😜😜
T.J. Thanks. I'll sail over and pick them up. Oh, hang on - I need to get the boat back in the water first. And I am bursting to get a look at your new boat. Cheers.
@@verynearlyaboutsailing8114 I am sailing today and tomorrow taking the boat to a marina for the winter.
Thanks for the flag review. I learned them all 40 years ago as a young Naval Officer, but have never seen anyone use them other than the military since then. (I have seen large tankers flying the bravo flag -- refueling.) Good for pub trivia quizzes anyway. :-)
Cheers Patrick. I don't think anyone on a leisure boat actually uses them, but it does irk me a bit when I see an 'illegal' Ensign being flow (mostly motor boats I must say) - there really is an unlimited fine for doing this. And don't even get me started on people not hoisting an inverted cone when motor sailing...
Patrick Laine all i can remember is that chief petty officers shout
And smart Junior Officers listened to those shouting CPOs. :-)
Huh. A shark dancing the Macarena on a flag. Flag technology these days is amazing.
Well you're one up on me. I had no idea it was the Macarena.
I'm pretty hip with the youth culture these days. ;-)
Thanks for that ,look forward to seeing how the tent does theres a lovely vid of rnj sukhaili working up in the splent. Im a couple of halyards and about 300 flags short so theres something to do. Hope your lucys going somewhere warm while we all freeze to death
Suhali looks a lot smaller in real life than I had imagined - but what a lovely boat. I do intend to get a full set of flags and use them. However, I'm not sure if I will have the presence of mind to hoist the Yankee flag to indicate that I am dragging anchor when I am being swept towards the rocks. Lucy always manages to end up somewhere warm - South of France followed by Mexico. Alright for some. Cheers.
I think the irish are counting the greenland ones its a five hundred year old project lots of grant for that☘your habitent does part stay up at sea
No, it doesn't stay up at sea. Although check out Sailing SV 2nd Wind. He keeps his half installed at sea and just folds it a bit and straps it to the sprayhood.
Will do its about a quarter of the price of bespoke
hi Paul. Brilliant as always. Very entertaining. You won't regret the Habitent as mine has been up for 12 months now and apart from a little fading it's still working well. I don't put mine away under sail I just fold it forward on deck and strap it down. That way I can put it up or down in under 5 minutes, which is quicker than my friend full enclosure. Also well done on the flags. I need to get some of the cards you have for reference. When are you back in the water?
John, yes, I was very impressed with you video saying that you were sitting in the cockpit in high winds at night comfortably keeping an eye on whether the anchor was dragging. It was so easy to put up. I intend to get a full set of signal flags - and will be learning semaphore next. Plans have gone very slowly this year for all sorts of reasons, so I am loath to predict when I will be in the water, but everything is moving in the right direction at the moment. I look forward to hearing about your plans for the next season. Cheers.
Another cracking video. What day did you go to the show? That Habitent looks interesting thanks for showing it. Flags! I've been know to forget to fly the Ensign! Slàinte Sandy
Cheers. I went on the first Monday which was fantastic weather. Habitent could be a good cost effective option depending on what you need. You can definitely not sail with it. But so far, I am impressed. Officially I think you are OK not to fly the Ensign all the time. To be honest I just find it interesting to see where people have come from when you are out sailing. Thanks for watching.
That was interesting, especially the flag signals, although personally disappointed that there was no mention of the skull & crossbones !! :)
Thanks John, I will take that as a suggestion for a future episode.
Hey that last "shark" flag, is in fact an orca - I think..
Of course they do have 'shark flags' in some places. I was learning to surf near Cape Town a few years ago (where they do have great whites) and a shark flag was flying. I pointed out my concern to the instructor. He told me not to worry as all the flag actually meant was that the water wasn't clear enough for the lookout post (way up on the hillside) to see if there were sharks or not. In any case, he told me, the sharks tend to go over there (pointing out in the distance) where the seals are. "What's that then" I said pointing to a seal playing in the surf about 20 yards away. "A seal" he said without missing a beat. Oh well, I didn't get eaten - but I can't surf either. Cheers.
Crikey - I don't think i would go anywhere near the sea, if there were any sharks about :/
"...and just for scale". Then you use one of the rarest of measures. A beautiful lady who is willing to pose beside an old windlass. The height of the windlass shall remain a mystery. :)
Loved the "Fun with flags" bit. 10/10, Sheldon would have been impressed. The green screen five sided Union flag was very funny.
For each of the signal flags you used the phonetic name, kilo, zulu, etc. Are the flags ever used to spell out words?
That wasn't a beautiful lady - that was my daughter - I know she doesn't read the comments. Yes the flags are used to spell out words. It gets complicated because you have to use substitute flags as you would only have one of each on board. Also, there are combinations of flags that mean other things. I feel a part 2 coming on at some point. Cheers.
Flags always seemed simple, each country had one and so did the pirates. But the more i learn the more diverse and complex they become.
I recently watched Roman Mars on TED talking about city flags and now you are talking about maritime flags.
It is a whole new world, thank you for sharing the fun with everyone. :)
Just about dry dock .....not sailing
The 'just about' bit doesn't mean 'only about' - it is said with the same meaning as 'just about made it'. And anyway - I'm not even a year behind schedule yet. In sailing terms that is not too bad. Cheers.
@@verynearlyaboutsailing8114 of course.
Yeah, never going to happen m8.
If i come in its the union Jack into England, Northern Ireland and Wales and the Scottish one into Scotland for my Scottish brethren.⬅they do so very much appreciate that everytime.
If you come into the Netherlands under any flag you are protected because you are under Dutch jurisdiction and protection, the ensign doesn't add or detract from that in the EU or its territorial waters.
Love the explanation though, thumb's up.
I am sure you are right. Most of my information came from the RYA (Royal Yachting Association). As you say most people seem to fly the county flag as a courtesy flag when they arrive at that country in the UK - it's pretty much expected in Wales or Scotland. Also, a lot of people will fly a county flag - particularly Devon or Cornwall to show where they come from, rather than where they are arriving. However, I would say it is best to fly the Red Ensign (rather than the Union Jack) when coming into Ramsgate or Dover from the continent. Check out my video from 2017 (number 13 in the journey). The border force boat takes a very close interest in any small craft and you don't want to give them an excuse to escort you into harbour and have a close check.
I haven't been to the Netherlands for ages. Where would you recommend is a good port of call for a small sailing boat?
Cheers
@@verynearlyaboutsailing8114 Vlissingen, Dordrecht, Harlingen, Terschelling.⬅all real pearls if you love history, boats and anything naval really.
Those are very good harbours for under 58ft boats, lots to see and do as well, not to mention good restaurants and good public transport connections of you want to explore.
All have some many hundreds of years of history and lots to see just in those harbours.
Don't worry, everybody there can speak English, German and French, and Danish in Terschelling, no need to panic with hand gestures and broken Dutch hahaha, but a few frases is common to master before arrival.
All harbour masters and coast guards speak those languages aswell btw.
I highly recommend all the above mentioned harbours, you'll have a great time there, lovely people and in the right season try the mussel's and fries with a cold Dutch beer👍-up.
Excellent thanks.