Ep041 The Reality of Long Term Cruising; Grafting in the Yard

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Ep041 The Reality of Long Term Cruising; Grafting in the Yard

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We arrive back to the boat after being away for 9 months whilst we worked to top up the cruising kitty. It takes us nearly a month in the boatyard as we work hard to get her seaworthy again...the reality of cruising long term and having an old boat :)
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@williambunting803 5 жыл бұрын

Its a Zombi dinghy!

@Barbaria_Sailing 5 жыл бұрын

We know that airy feeling of freedom when finally setting off, it’s lovely ⛵️

@amandad7121 4 жыл бұрын

You guys are brilliant! Seriously Ben of all trades amazing and very good quality Vlogs love watching your enviable life.

@pete9501 5 жыл бұрын

Hurray, you're back. Good to see the priority is the gas and water to make tea :-)

@cm1971it 5 жыл бұрын

Good to see that you 2 are back..looking forward to following your adventure, stay safe!

@cyclomaniac9086 5 жыл бұрын

Great video guys. I'm amazed at how chill you are with each other under stress. I guess that is what makes you good sailors and great people. Have a fun and safe trip

@peterfarley2784 5 жыл бұрын

Have just binge watched your escapades and I have to say what a lovely down to earth couple you are, I am a Devon sailor and our coast-line is stunning to explore but you have taken it to a completely world-wide level and I am not only in admiration but slight envy as well. Really looking forward to seeing your further adventures and look to your inspiration and problem solving sailing. Compared to other vloggers you are so natural and sailing orientated that I can say with my hand on my heart that I am surprised that 1, you do not have more subscribers and 2, that with your 15000+ subscribers are not hitting the "LIKE" button more often. Fair winds from Britain's Ocean City.

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much😊

@klondikekez 5 жыл бұрын

So great to see you’re back sailing again... I can only imagine how great that feels for the pair of you. Keep it up... absolutely love following you guys. :)

@markduncan6690 5 жыл бұрын

Ahhhhh! Romance is alive and doing quite nicely!

@shanekonarson 5 жыл бұрын

Boat lists ,,,,,,,,,,, never ending stooooorrrry lol . Can be fun though ,at least when you knock over most of the big jobs and can kick back and enjoy the vessel for what it was meant for . Having an old house I’ve found they arnt to different really except , houses don’t sink if you don’t clean the gutters . Great Channel Folks, your a great Couple . Thanks for sharing your trials and tribulations.

@cajone7591 5 жыл бұрын

Wow, what a lovely genuine couple, great video, good sound balance between narration and background music a joy to watch , fair winds travellers

@nomadequipment2177 5 жыл бұрын

Man you two make me happy to have such a simple boat😂 Hope you enjoy your voyages 🙂

@robpenny47 5 жыл бұрын

Glad your back look forward to some good vids stay safe all the best Richard

@mcdiver94 5 жыл бұрын

All is right with the world again--my favorite couple is enjoying the hard work--together--feel the warmth!

@jimdavids6708 5 жыл бұрын

Welcome Home

@stuartmcmichael5250 5 жыл бұрын

So glad your back. ❤️❤️🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿⛵️

@mhazel4777 5 жыл бұрын

so glade to see you back hope the rest of your stay in usa was good for you love having you here and hope you come back love you guys thanks for the videos

@raytheron 4 жыл бұрын

You are such an amazing team!

@jimb6208 5 жыл бұрын

Let the good times roll!

@SeanRWilson 5 жыл бұрын

Apparently hitting the 👍 button more than once doesn't have the desired effect....but welcome back! Nice to see you both back on the boat and back in the groove....

@andywindy 5 жыл бұрын

So glad to see you back in your beautiful floating home, and it is so annoying when people install plant and equipment without considering just how the heck you are meant to remove it for maintenance! Still, at least you don't have to spend days in that bloomin locker anymore.

@caromarco6315 5 жыл бұрын

I have watched about 5 episodes in a row. Love your channel!

@tracybrennan8261 5 жыл бұрын

Delighted for ye guys ...such a fabulous feeling being back on board ...we were away from our boat for 10 months too...doesn't your soul just settle when you are back on the water ❤

@daveculver9299 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you’re back 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿

@annewinning5151 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you are back! Missed you guys - looking forward to your next adventure.

@jcregal3456 5 жыл бұрын

I''m glad you're back. Your blogs are great and you always look like you're have fun and enjoying each other.

@grahamwhite2263 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent, Always impressed with Bens skills on fabrication and getting round things! Keep it up guys, love your videos ;-)

@ABeriault 5 жыл бұрын

Finally free! Godspeed

@davidharlem6824 5 жыл бұрын

Welcome back! Love that genny. Happy sailing to you both.

@wade4132 5 жыл бұрын

So glad you made it back, and so close to real time!!!!!

@danielols1 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Story! Outstanding editing! Well done.

@HannahandSimonKing 5 жыл бұрын

So glad to see you back sailing and looking happy👍👍

@petefoti1041 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for returning!!!!! Best wishes from New Jersey.

@nena4215 5 жыл бұрын

So happy to see you both well, beautiful video, as always!

@johnmalcolm195 5 жыл бұрын

We bought are first boat at Tidewater thanks for the trip home.

@markduncan6690 5 жыл бұрын

You are the "Captain" twice over Ben! Well Done

@rustycomer8502 5 жыл бұрын

I will never again complain about the amount of work it takes to maintain my land-based home! It’s a drop in the bucket compared to what you guys have to deal with. Well done my friends! 👏 How are the repairs to your dinghy holding up?

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Rusty 😬 It's actually holding air now, hurrah!

@willemduitemeijer1683 5 жыл бұрын

How nice to see you guys back again!

@SailingSteelSapphire 5 жыл бұрын

Great episode. We're stuck in a marina ourselves with an endless list of boat jobs, and while we have good internet are catching up with our favourite sailing channels to remind ourselves why we're doing this! So we're gluttons for punishment watching other people doing boat work, instead of doing our own, but you really captured not just the extent of it all, but also that special feeling when you untie the lines, motor out and then unfurl the sail for the first time in months. Hopefully only four weeks to go ourselves.

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you😊 and good luck to you guys!!

@bilgerat4342 5 жыл бұрын

So good to see you back on the water....

@bradlarden 5 жыл бұрын

Fabulous to see you guys back again. Looking forward to seeing where your adventure takes you.

@betsyanngallagher2652 5 жыл бұрын

Nice to have you back; great move leaping up to get aboard,very athletic indeed

@rosserpace3602 5 жыл бұрын

Good to see you back on the water!

@stephendavies6506 5 жыл бұрын

well worth the wait. happy and safe passage.

@MikeLoveBuns 5 жыл бұрын

Glad your both back with your sailboat ⛵️! 😀 Mike from Missouri

@steve0680657 5 жыл бұрын

It sounded like the winch police were coming for you with that siren noise 😂

@nigellucas560 5 жыл бұрын

I still have a Mase generator. It’s a nice box with a collection of bas****s inside it. Theo Lambordini engine has been rebuilt as has the generator. Today it works, that is five days in the 15 years I have owned Amicula. It’s only a matter of time before it dies again. I did buy a Honda 2200 ova generator but it gave up after 500 hrs. Generators offer so much, hmm. Good luck.

@jwrappuhn71 5 жыл бұрын

Great to have ya'll back, good vid.

@kz4506 5 жыл бұрын

Well done I didn’t realise your vids were so far behind ,but your afloat. Thanks

@rightbrainstuff769 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome vlog guys. We love the tenacity, honestly & humor.. see you on the big blue on your side of the pond. #sailingtheplanet

@savagextv2 5 жыл бұрын

Welcome back guys missed you both

@englishmaninfrance661 5 жыл бұрын

I watch a lot of sailing channels. Each comes with it's individual problems You 2 look great together . Ben , take your fucking socks off with deck shoes !

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

😂

@stuartmcmichael5250 5 жыл бұрын

Glad your back guys I had to laugh I thought you were using angle grinder to cut Bens hair, when in fact it was the hand held vacuum 😂

@BJ-fh2xc 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video! Looking forward to your crossing.

@jamesrivis620 5 жыл бұрын

Happy to add you to my Subscribes listings.Happy sailing !! Montpelier, VT, USA.

@RobFomenko 5 жыл бұрын

You guys are really the lucky ones! So appropriate for your channel. You both are so great together on camera. Glad your back. So much work getting her back in the water. Hope you didn't trade one shit generator for another..... The honda would have been a better choice but understand your financial constraints. Bora Bora is such a great boat. She will see you safely to England again. Just follow the wind.....

@mikecinde1 5 жыл бұрын

I was so happy to hear you had a good experience in HDG. I knew you would. Quiet, yes. Good people, yes ;) Best of luck to you guys and I'm so thrilled to see you sailing again!

@roderickmchardy3650 5 жыл бұрын

boats looking good

@Errol.C-nz 5 жыл бұрын

My favourite couple back...now for some real sailing...TIP of the day!...the dinghy will clean up sweet...Oxalic acid...removes rust stains really well...its used by dry cleaners to remove/neutralise all sorts of stains from clothes...exceptionally good on polyester dacron sails & doesnt harm/degrade the fiber...great rid of sooty mold really well...also found it cleans off paint oxide great for a clean paint surface...doesnt seem to be hard on hands, no more than strong vinegar anyway...smells a bit like vinegar, its an extract from rhubard leaves :-!

@Errol.C-nz 5 жыл бұрын

The only way you could make this channel better...is get a catamaran :-)

@steveaustin7764 5 жыл бұрын

welcome back, must be hard to leave her for all that time.

@carbarrer6 5 жыл бұрын

Soy capitan, soy capitan, 🎶🎶 nice t-shirt

@782Rod 5 жыл бұрын

So good to see you back and doing what I wish I was doing :) More power to your elbow. Re the genny - I also have a 7000-watt (Makita) generator for the house but you will need to change the oil at least every 200 hours to keep it in good condition. Ours does not run anywhere near that number of hours but the oil is changed every year regardless. Probably way better to not let it sit unused - as in your setup. Only other thing I would suggest if in the USA, try to get petrol without ethanol in it. Marathon sites have it and there is an app for your phone that will tell you which sites near you stock it. Called "Pure Gas" RV's use it too.

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

Hey, thanks for the comment, I have had problems in the past with UK pump petrol and 2 cycle makita garden tools. The carbs got all gummed up because of the ethanol in it. So thanks for the tip. As for the oil, I was horrified to see how little it holds, but it is so easy to change. Glad you enjoy and fair winds.

@keithpither2541 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video, loved every minute of it.

@brianboys9015 5 жыл бұрын

So good. Liked the ducks HaHa LYW

@mrdave22 5 жыл бұрын

thumbs up

@markduncan6690 4 жыл бұрын

" Oh my God" ! In that dirty little hole! That's hilarious!

@AndyUK-Corrival 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome work guys, that gene looked a bitch and the new one looked great. Love the engineering on the Hydrovane. Must feel great to be back on the water. Safe passage and look forward t catching up on your next video. Andy UK

@tolgahasturk3247 5 жыл бұрын

thank you.

@Jamiehello1 5 жыл бұрын

welcome back

@CheersWarren 5 жыл бұрын

Great to see video of you moving again. I guess you found out about how long winter lasts in the US. Spring is about a week then straight into the heat of the summer... . are you planning to head back to 'Blighty' after you New England cruise? Cheers Warren

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

It does seem a bit like that! And yes, we are leaving for the Azores on Saturday 😁

@CheersWarren 5 жыл бұрын

Sailing SV Bora Bora Have a great trip . I heard the Azores are a real jewel in the Atlantic .thanks for sharing cheers Warren

@johncano2594 5 жыл бұрын

You two are sailors.

@BettySwollocks13 5 жыл бұрын

yay, my favourite bird ;)

@rogers53 5 жыл бұрын

Mine too!!! Beautiful.

@philup4947 5 жыл бұрын

Did I hear you say you will be sailing back to the UK this summer, hope this will not be the end of your Bora Bora adventures

@NZL50505 5 жыл бұрын

Great to see you back on the water! Enjoy! Hey what are your overall plans - are you heading into the S Pacific? Would love to see you guys down this way!

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

One day the call of the Pacific will win, but we have turned East are now in the beautiful Azores. Fair winds and calm seas and perhaps our paths will cross at some point.

@NZL50505 5 жыл бұрын

Sailing SV Bora Bora Oh I really hope so! All our cruising friends who started in the Med tell us the S Pac turns out to be the highlight. And some planned to be there 1 season and are still here after 5. Fingers crossed SV Bora Bora decides to steer herself this way sometime soon!

@Servant_of_Christ 5 жыл бұрын

Good videos, what could be improved is audio levels in edit. Thank you!

@fredcolvell9216 5 жыл бұрын

Genny the bitch, love it ❤️ job well done...

@Darth.Fluffy 5 жыл бұрын

I was surprised to read that Bora Bora is a 40. Out of the water she looks tiny.

@JamesNewsomeCaiLeighAnna 5 жыл бұрын

What are you using to clean the fenders?

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

Ajax

@frankhaslam3543 5 жыл бұрын

Just a quick question, what happened to the video of your return Atlantic crossing with the Dutch yacht mv Seahawk?

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

There was a problem with the upload....it will be back up again soon!

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

It is now uploaded!

@Amicaner 5 жыл бұрын

Did I miss something? Wasn't there supposed to be a video of Ben's sail back to the UK?

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, there was a problem with the upload...it will be back up again soon!

@markbernier8434 5 жыл бұрын

Rather than that blow away powder cleaner try barkeepers friend liquid. Great stuff. Also, have to ask, why a petrol generator? Did you look at the green version that runs on cooking gas? (Propane)

@qafmbr 5 жыл бұрын

DAng, where is that, Northern Canada?! I'd have to recommend a bit further South!

@obidamnkenobi 5 жыл бұрын

Maryland, top of Chesapeake.

@lovejetfuel4071 5 жыл бұрын

Saw your last video you uploaded , the one where you cross the atlantic. Then the video went down shortly after, what happen?

@monumentmom7593 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I saw that it was posted, but didn't get a chance to watch it before it was removed. Are you going to repost it? Please?! ;-)

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

It will be up again soon, sorry 🙈

@lovejetfuel4071 5 жыл бұрын

@@sailingsvborabora8712 But in the mean time I really enjoyed this video, being a boat owner myself, I know that its not always what you see on the sat morning tv boat shows, it can be messy at times and hard work, but pays off when everything goes to plan, nothing better.

@Al.W7263 5 жыл бұрын

Guess you have a spare anchor.

@johnhayford5946 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Guys, we were thinking of taking our boat back to the US for a season, but the last time (15years) back we got a B1/2 visa in London, had three interviews! they eventually gave us a 10 year visa. I see there is now a ROAM APP and a cruisers license to avoid the visa route, which option did you go for ?

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

We did our interview in Nassau And got B2 visas. Valid for 10 years. I'm not sure that the app is a substitute. Fair winds and calm seas.

@jamesjonesvagabond 5 жыл бұрын

12:04 The old generator however, flourished. And soon set out to seek it's fortune. www.intriguing.com/mp/_pictures/compdiff/spotinlo.jpg

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

😆

@Darth.Fluffy 5 жыл бұрын

That's the kind of first week that makes you want to sell the boat and take up painting......watercolors anybody?

@grahamatsea3575 3 жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣" genny the bitch "

@continental_drift 5 жыл бұрын

Nice to see you back. Do you carry some JB Weld with you? excellent stuff for fixing things like your pipe. Check out some of the videos on KZfaq.

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

I used it all up, it's a good thing to have on board!

@sicchuckie 5 жыл бұрын

Great genie replacement. I’m always wondering why others don’t scrap their older ones and get RV genies.

@rogers53 5 жыл бұрын

Geez. Don't judge us by Baltimore.

@daverichmond3228 5 жыл бұрын

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

@tedthesailor172 4 жыл бұрын

What vessel is that - a Trintella 40...?

@sailingsvborabora8712 4 жыл бұрын

Very similar! A Victory 40.

@tedthesailor172 4 жыл бұрын

@@sailingsvborabora8712 Gotcha.

@brunsonr 5 жыл бұрын

From past videos, I'm aware that you know Martijn Dijkstra onboard SV Prinses Mia. Martijn is a legend in Oriental, North Carolina. I thought you may be interested in a video of Prinses Mia on Oriental's local digital news website "Town Dock" towndock.net/.

@sailingsvborabora8712 5 жыл бұрын

Yes we do! We've met him at various points around the Atlantic circuit....Portugal, Caribbean, England, such a great guy and amazing boat! Thanks for the link, we'll enjoy watching it.

@jimdavids6708 5 жыл бұрын

Soy capitan