Thanks Joel! We're surprised it hasn't happened sooner, really. We're pretty sure this specific person actually does think they're trying to be helpful, but are going about it completely the wrong way. We are so grateful for the great comments we receive. Onwards and upwards!

Good to hear it!

Thank you :)

Thanks Jason!

They really do :)

Thank you! We are grateful that we have have very few trolls, and we certainty don't let let them affect us.

Thanks very much, Paul! Happy sailing :)

No problem! Thanks Daniel

Thanks John, That means a lot!

Thank you very much!

Thanks very much, Tim!

Thanks Edward :) Neither of us had any sailing background, so we do hope that O continues to enjoy it and learn as well. Sailing is such a neat thing to do.

Thanks JC :) Glad you liked it!

Thanks for watching, James!

Thanks Robert.. Yeah JB weld is awesome stuff too! I've used it a few times in my mechanic career. -Chad

Thank you, Mark :)

Thanks! The Tall Ships are definitely neat to see for sure :)

+xmodriver Thanks! It's nice to be in the harbour for a bit.

Awesome, David, thanks for watching!

Thanks Bryan :) That would be cool to see for sure!

Thank you :)

Thanks William:) And thanks for watching!

Thanks Anthony! It's chilly most of the time, but beautiful :)

I'm from the Isle of Man 🇮🇲 we don't get much of a summer iver.

We only saw the one :) Your welcome. Thanks for watching!

Thank you :)

+Dennis Glick Thanks Dennis !

80's mostly. Sometimes it gets a little warmer. Usually August is the warmest month. Thanks for watching :)

Thanks Larry! Glad you enjoyed it :) We did sail onto our mooring once. We haven't sailed off it yet, but it's definitely on the list.

Coast Life I ended up doing that one whole sailing season after snapping the shaft on my outboard. I got pretty good at it and felt that I had gotten to know my boat and how it handled much better.

We've been a bit hesitant as there's typically a lot of boats around our mooring. But as our sailing skills progress, our goal is to sail on and off our mooring, motoring only when necessary. We definitely enjoying sailing rather than motoring :) The only way to get better is with practice, and yes we get to know our boat a lot better with the sails up!

Coast Life Yes, I understand on the boats around you. I had the luxury of no neighbours where mine was moored so no worries there. It can take a boat length or two to get enough speed to steer so am with you in that regard. Enjoying seeing the vids of things that are familiar. You're doing well. Keep it up. :)

Hi Michael, we don't know what happened to cause the linkage to break. Repeated stress? Old age? It just broke without warning on our way back from Chester in our last video. We've read that it happens often and people replace it with metal, which is what we'll end up doing. Sounds like quite the autopilot project! Best of luck!

+homie789 meh... haven't needed to dock for a while. But docking at normal docks with actual cleats without 20 knots on the beam helps!

well keep practicing, you made it look easy with oars so with sails it will come. :)

We do suffer from 'tiller head' from time to time, but otherwise we love the bigger boat. Much more comfy, we can cook, there's hot water, more livable all around.

Hi, happy to hear you & your wife are enjoying the videos! Thanks for watching :) We do have a chart plotter. We'll be in Halifax for another week or so.

Then where? Sambro? When is the next video? Have you set up a down wind preventer yet? I was out sailing Bedford Basin today. What a beautiful day! Enjoy your weekend.

Sambro yes. We plan to head out to inner Sambro island, crystal crescent beach, and rouges roost from there. We haven't set up a preventer yet, but are definitely talking about it. We'll probably rig something up, but in the harbour the wind shifts so quickly, we are hardly on the same course for very long.

No, we decided to just have fun in the harbor for few weeks. We might head out that way in a few weeks..

Thanks Kevin!

"Barry M Spiegler Take a class, do the homework, guys like you hurt others for no reason. You're doing a vlog and more interested in that than learning how to sail safely and with your daughter aboard. Not cool. It's not hard but it's not baking a cake either."- This comment was not meant to be rude or hurtful? We do appreciate constructive comments, and we will make mistakes, and we definitely need more time on the water. That's what we're doing. We're just documenting the journey. You assume that we are doing nothing to learn and better ourselves, and you are quite wrong.

Chad said in the video, that they were sailing a course close to the marker buoys when the container ship and cruise ship were passing them, so they were as far over as they could safely be at the time, also the onus is on the other vessels to give way to the vessel under sail and take appropriate evasive action, perhaps you should direct your criticism to the cruise line and their captain instead.

You don't even know where the channel buoys were based on the video! We we're outside of the shipping lane bouys by 100 feet, close to shore in 30 feet of water in the narrowest part of the channel. We stayed a very obvious course parallel to the land and away from the shipping lane, We didn't want to be any close to shore. We monitored channel 16 on VHF. the ship didn't honk at us nor try to hail us. His course was obvious and consistent like ours. Our first video you watched/commented on??... wow, we motored for 10 min heard a noise and returned to port. so reckless of us. Yup, we sucked at docking in 20 knot winds on the beam when stressed about the motor, but our daughter was safely in the cabin with a life vest on. We're getting better. if you'll note we didn't take our daughter on the big trip in. and what do you know about our friends sailing experience? Your assuming everything and asking nothing. Anyways, as our channel grows we'll just have to get better at ignoring comments like yours. as they take up a lot of energy better spent else where.

+Dvseire Thanks for the support David!

When you see a container ship or a cruise ship 100 feet is way too close. I know the books say the sailing boat has right of way but there is right and dead right... common sense is stay away. I've been in races where you just have to stop and let them pass and you shouldn't ever get closer than 1/4 mile not a hundred feet.

Okay, you are a troll, baiting for comments. Get a life, please.

joel1239871 You don't know me and name calling isn't ok. If you have sailed you would know my coments were meant to help. I'm done, I just hope nobody gets hurt especially that little girl.

Barry, your Facebook comment on one of our videos was pretty rude and attacking. And now you're here offering the same condensed advice. You were so rude on Facebook I assumed you were a bitter man with nothing better to do. So I went to your Facebook wall. You seem pretty positive there and it seems to be you're proudly living on your sailboat. So instead of insulting us with vague advice as you have, maybe you could offer advice from your experiences. Lots of commentators do that, and we greatly appreciate that. We are real people here sharing some of our more vulnerable moments as we learn to sail (we did have lessons by the way, and we are almost complete our RYA day skipper training, not that you asked). It's comments like yours that would be the only reason we wouldn't want to bother anymore (luckily most people are supportive) . There's lots of other sailing channels, I'm sure you can find ones to watch that are more your speed. ~ Chad & Katie