B00B00 306 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Thought I should post and update of our trip so far. Had is ups and downs but overall its going very well. We have cruised most of the south of France and are currently in Antibes. Had plenty of jobs to do but are starting to get ontop of the job list. Will head down to Palma in the next week or 2. We have a friend from NZ coming up on the 18th October to help us sail to the Canaries and across the Atlantic. Still a bit unsure of what our plans will be for the caribbean as Irma really has caused some wide spread carnage to the northern islands and it sounds like law and order will take a while to be restored. If anyone fancies doing one of the longer trips with me then let me know and I will see if its possible. Here are some videos of our progress so far.. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TqeZ7_mfUA&t=17s 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
wheels 543 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Awesome Vids BooBoo. And what an Awesome family. Your a lucky lad mate.Although I feel slightly sad for your poor wife being so outnumbered by Males Quote Link to post Share on other sites
muzled 140 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Watched the vids this morning with my boys of a similar age to yours, awesome stuff and keep the vids coming! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 306 Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 Yeah we haven't tried out the island berth in a seaway yet. But I will make a lee cloth for the middle, I think only one of us will get to be in bed at a time offshore anyway! Boat sails OK, sticky in the light but that was always to be expected. Fine when you can use the motor if the wind isn't right but I can imagine it could be quite painful mid Atlantic if its gets light and we cant motor for too long. Overall im pretty happy with it. Hey does that last video (EP3) work for you guys? it says its blocked dueto a song that I put on it but I can play it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MarkMT 68 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Yeah it's blocked here. Was fine when I watched it on youtube yesterday. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 306 Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 Yeah i need to re edit it and take Dweller on the threshold out of it.... You will see some sailing eventually, we have 13,000nm of it coming up.... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Island Time 1,211 Posted September 16, 2017 Share Posted September 16, 2017 Josh, if you do some experiments with running the engine at different revs, you'll find the most fuel efficient settings. With a 43hp in island time, at about 1400rpm we could get as low as 0.75 litres per hour, at a fraction under 5 knots. You'll be able to motor further than you think! In SE Asia, we did something I always said I'd never do - carried 10 20ltr fuel cans on deck! We did motor 1300 miles on 300 litres once, on only sailing about 10 hours! Just no wind at all... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
B00B00 306 Posted September 16, 2017 Author Share Posted September 16, 2017 yeah we will have a few jerrycans of fuel as well. will be carrying a total of around 450L for the atlantic. here is Episode 3 re edited and uploaded. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rmiker 15 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Awesome!! Well Done 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smithy09 50 Posted September 17, 2017 Share Posted September 17, 2017 Loving the vids Josh. Your boys are bloody busy and noisy aren't they? I guess your ears are accustomed. I have forgotten what it's like!! Big ask all that travelling. They will laugh when they watch these in 10 years time!! Keep them coming mate. Good work!! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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