Ep61 | Power, Water, Wind... Perfect!

[@robinporter6513]

Steve - poached egg tip! I used to add the vinegar to water until I saw this: get a shallow dish or plate, add a few drops of vinegar, then crack eggs into it. Leave for a few moments then gently tip in the boiling water, from a low height. Really improved my poached egg game!

[@mofosamo]

Watching Steve cleaning the boat and going from full "man cave mode" back to civilised living quarters when he got THE phone call, was like watching a young guy clean up after a party while his parents were away.😁 Kraken yachts are very nice indeed. Another sailing couple that I follow spent some time, also by invitation, on a Kraken 50. You will love it.

[@shanevillis4079]

Millenium Falcon??

[@SailingABSea]

Unleash the Kraken. 🐙 Nice job on the lithium.

[@svfairisle]

Come up to Bodrum 2nd week of May Baz and take a look at one. I think a Kraken would suit Aannsha

[@farqfarq2225]

Sailing = = The most expensive way to get somewhere For Free

[@robinboyes8749]

"Bit of a character" - bit of an understatement for Kraken CEO :-)

[@mattandtamsin]

Another Kraken video! Glad you have been in touch with the Kraken team and have a test sail sorted. Really looking forward to hear your views on their design philosophy, take care Matt

[@robertlemon861]

Good to see you back again and that the batteries are finally connected. Looking forward to your thoughts and report on Kraken Yachts. Dick Beaumont certainly is a character and has a fantastic product.

[@chrisshields1775]

Sailing Millenuial Falcon had an excellent sail with Dick on his Kraken and interview. I recommend watching.

[@robertlemon861]

@@chrisshields1775 Yes Chris, there are a couple of interviews and some sailing, but you can also see reviews and sailing on Amanda's Sailing Adventures and the Kraken Yachts KZbin channel has walkthroughs, explanations and even some sailing. Watch them all and enjoy. I love the picture and story of White Dragon out in 55 knots and loving it.

[@waterboy8999]

Great episode folks. We need some tech talk on the poached eggs Steve, you don't need the pan looking like the Corryvreckan to poached an egg, otherwise you could only do one at a time, Sieve the egg ( get a small one), I use a glass to catch, the watery stuff from the egg, use the the freshest eggs you can, then pop it in a ramekin so you can slip it into the surface if the water, getting the water boiling then turn right down, no bubbles then slip your eggs in for 4 minutes 30 seconds. Done! And none of that bloody vinegar. Good luck and be safe. David

[@svfairisle]

I’ll give it a go, thanks

[@waterboy8999]

@@svfairisle I'll be watching...

[@123boat]

There’s absolutely nothing boring about your fantastic channel 😁 Great to see you both out sailing

[@jsvno]

we are not even living on the boat, but it is getting crowded with all my tools - i have everything, for any repair situation i am confronted with. If my wife asked me for some simple home adjustments, sorry the tool is on the boat (30 min. drive). So now i have started to stack up double - one home and the other on the boat....

[@SVImpavidus]

One year out..... No T shirt 😉. Summer is now here too. Lithium certainly is a game changer. After a while you will stop looking at the batter monitor Sail Safe Guys, Ant & Cid.

[@mikeherbert7664]

Good to see you back on the water

[@gerhardvanwaltsleben8944]

Lekker man lekker 🇿🇦

[@anthonymiller8989]

Susan & Tony here, Looking forward to the full length video of the batteries

[@svfairisle]

They are done, there’s two, it got a bit long and geeky! They are currently on Patreon but will put them out this week. Have you found a boat yet?

[@woody6t1]

Kraken 😁. You are following in the footsteps of Sailing Millenial Falcon. Loved their vlogs they produced.

[@RappinIggyG]

Eagerly awaiting the technical corner. Certainly for the battery info but equally for the intro music. Cheers!

[@omvaren]

Your videos are really the best of their kind on the interweb! Even the music is stunning. Thanks!

[@TheBeggFamily]

Another brilliant episode. Those Lithium batteries are really making a difference!

[@bally1213]

One of the best if not the best sailing channel. Really enjoy your video’s, thanks and well done to you two 👍

[@svfairisle]

Thanks Bally, very nice of you

[@TheBeggFamily]

We use white wine vinegar in our poached egg water!

[@tomriley5790]

THanks for a lovely video, glad the watermaker and batteries are working so well! Have fun on the Kraken :-)!

[@peterhaymaker7562]

Yes, you will see me next time Judy. To you both, a fantastic video; loved it. Steve seems to be master of all including housework. I certainly look forward to your next videos. From a cold, windy, sometimes sunny, sometimes snow showery Kent today. Thank you.

[@svfairisle]

Yes we heard from our girls you've had a summer like weekend and snow today, very strange.

[@danielmcneil3004]

Hi Judy and Steve . Great to see you sailing again with everything shipshape on FairIsle. Looking forward to sharing your new adventures this season. Cheers and stay safe, Dan. ✌️🏍🇨🇦

[@catspaw3815]

I don't suppose those crimpers are hiding in one of those pouches for the sunglasses... Can't wait to see your outing on the Kraken. I think Dick Beaumont is building the finest blue-water yachts out there. A true sailor's vessel

[@bradewing5470]

Another great video. Lovely couple and boat.

[@davidshorrock6471]

Judy and Steve you have such an inspiring channel. It’s been a few years now since I last owned a boat - well a fractional share in a Hanse 350 which we kept in Milna in Croatia and then in a Beneteau 393 which was based in Cleopatra Marina in the Ionian. And several decades since I did a road trip around Turkey. I’ve swapped a sea yacht for a land yacht for now to suit my circumstances better but am thinking of chartering with friends who sailed with me many times in Croatia and Greece but this time maybe in Turkey. It will be interesting to follow you around to see where the best would be to charter for a couple of weeks in Turkey. The 2 of you really make me miss my sailing days. And I’ve come to appreciate the beauty of your boat with its traditional shape, full keel, keel hung rudder etc etc. I would also be super excited by a new lithium battery system and water maker!

[@svfairisle]

I think chartering in Turkey should be a very good option, the exchange rate is very favourable here at the moment. As for the cruising ground from what we hear and from the bits we've seen so far it's excellent. We will be cruising South along the whole coast so will be sure to point out the best bits for you.

[@calvingarrett3245]

Hello both of you I love your boat and all the nice woodwork inside and I'm glad you went with solar for everything I love you using my solar I don't have to pay no electric bills LOL. Anyway you both have fun and be safe take care God bless

[@avidviewer1]

As wonderful and enjoyable as ever. Thanks!

[@bevanhill5648]

Another quality video. I have been following you guys since the start and I don't think I have seen a bad video yet

[@robertw.1499]

"Nice to have a clean bottom". 🤔 Yes, that is indeed nice 😂

[@stephenchapman8344]

Great to see all the jobs completed. 👍. Steve, next time you’re doing the cleaning, fish net tights, high heels and I want to break free playing in the background. 😂

[@svfairisle]

Disturbingly I did think of that, luckily for you guys I pulled back!

[@waterboy8999]

@@svfairisle Coward

[@daveberquist2593]

Tefgel as a substitute for dielectric? I only use tefgel where dissimilar metals are involved, but it obviously has other applications, unless you addressing the battery post to cable lug issue. Great video.

[@larrymacaluso9051]

Steve, just a thought, while watching, l noticed what looks like the positive and negative lug connectors in section 5:52 are so large in diameter that if one of the nuts get lose the connectors could rotate and make contact causing a direct short. Thanks for sharing.

[@svfairisle]

yes it's possible but unlikely as there is just a 6 inch bit of cable off either end so not liable to move even if the bolts came loose. I would take it much more seriously if the result was shorting out positive & negative but thats just the breaker for the positive line so if the touch it just means the switch wouldnt isolate properly.

[@spadasinuldeserviciu]

Dick from Kraken will mention once or twice per minute his zero bolts keel. Please share with us not what the keel doesnt have (bolts), but what it has, how is the bulb encapsulated, welded, etc. It will be interesting to find also what advantages his design carrys not against the average white boats, but against yachts like amel and garcia. Thank you!

[@svfairisle]

Don't worry we will dig it out of him!

[@MikeHarrison3266]

Heartwarming to see people returning to sanity.

[@TheOnlySgtRock]

"I'm a Wonderful Thing Baby" You are about my age and I had never heard that song before. It seems it did well in the UK but not in the U.S. I suppose that's why.

[@svfairisle]

They were a British soul band but surprised they didn’t make it abroad. They had a string of hits here; You sexy thing, I believe in miracles, It started with a kiss, Everyone’s a winner…

[@thalassaofipswichcorfu2840]

hi guys. where did you get your glasses holders please? they look a great idea.

[@svfairisle]

Amazon, look for remote holders.

[@braddobson2060]

Very good vidio, when are you changing the engine to electric

[@svfairisle]

No is would be next to impossible to have an effective engine in a 26 ton displacement hull boat, nice thought though

[@vincentbarkley9121]

I really enjoy watching you both. You do an excellent job. Who is the artist performing your theme music? I'd love to buy an album.

[@svfairisle]

Thank you. The theme song is called Sweet Sailing and it's by Trio Leo

[@Martin-ry3ce]

What is the plan for the rest of the year, where are you planning to visit?

[@svfairisle]

We will sail South into the popular cruising grounds of Turkey then head out into the Greek Islands but we don't know where too yet, could be Malta. We need to plan our exit from the Med. not so easy now with Brexit, just hoping there will some sort of bilateral agreement this year that helps us out, I know the CA are trying to lobby for something.

[@Smartgran]

Love this vlog but Steve has never made me LOL 😂 before so this one’s special “polish someone to death” I never got past an Enterprise at school but watching your adventures I’m sorry now. 😊🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@FredGallefoss]

Love this channel, but has to comment on 1:45 in this video. That was not good.

[@ssk3940]

I'm hopefully going to be in a position to purchase a Kraken 50 sometime soon if the stars align. It would be great to get your thoughts on her strength, stability and construction of her much vaunted zero keel.

[@svfairisle]

Lucky you! Don't worry I'll be digging in there to get a good handle on what they're doing.

[@ssk3940]

@@svfairisle Fantastic. My only worry is that it looks like the strength of the keel comes from glass reinforced divancell foam tapering down to the lead bulb. Hard to tell from pics if it looks strong enough given the force the big lump of lead at the far end of the keel structure would place on the supports.

[@ssk3940]

@@svfairisle By the way. Love the content you guys create. One of only three channels that I really look forward to. Trying to sign up to support you on Patreon but struggling. I shall persevere in making my contribution to the ongoing supply of dielectric grease and hull polish.

[@svfairisle]

Yes the zero keel is something I want to look into. I see they've got a really strong support for the skeg which a lot of builders overlook. Thanks for your support by the way, it looks like you made it through the glitchy software that is Patreon!

[@judyaslett2]

@@ssk3940 Thank you for trying to support us! I got a notification on my phone that you had then it disappeared. Do keep trying! The patreon site is not always easy...

[@C_C_SEA]

👍💯🖖

[@davidwilliams5662]

Whats the cost of purchasing your sail boat as is,looking a lovely sailboat there like all your videos from the beginning.

[@svfairisle]

It's not for sale!

[@davidwilliams5662]

@@svfairisle wondered what a sailboat simular would be out there, I know you both love her its great to see how well loved she is.

[@svfairisle]

@@davidwilliams5662 it’s a very difficult question to answer now. We did well I think getting Fair Isle for £200,000, she needed some work and updating. The only other 48 I know of to come on the market was up for 3/4 million, not sure what she went for in the end. She was like new as she had been stored for years almost as soon as she was launched. But there would still be work to do no matter how well stored it was. I did see cheaper / older 48s on the market before we bought Fair Isle most are getting on now so there should be cheaper boats

[@andypag1071]

Did I miss something? I thought Tef-Gel and dielectric grease are two different things.

[@svfairisle]

Dielectric grease just means a none conducive grease, could be lots of things including Vaseline. Tef Gel is the best stuff though, it’s PTFE based and it’s main use is anti galling in stainless, stopping dissimilar metal galvanic corrosion and keeping electrical connection’s good. Thanks for reminding me though I will add a section in the page I’m writing on batteries on the website, people always get confused how it can stop galvanic corrosion on the one hand but still allow a good electrical connection in wiring

[@andypag1071]

@@svfairisle interesting. Vaseline isn't great due to its lower melting points. Over time it's prone to melt away. Are you applying it to the surfaces of the conductive join? I apply it after the join is made as a final step to prevent humidity/corrosion entering the join. I guess it gets squeezed out, and makes for a better seal. Glad your set up is all working well. Such a great sense of freedom to have water and power autonomy. Especially with the state of the world just now. Have a great season heading west.

[@svfairisle]

@@andypag1071 Yes that’s right, that’s why it’s better to use Tef Gel, but smear it all over the connections before you bolt them up. I’ll do the write up on the battery page of the website now.

[@billygrahamyachtsinc753]

Steve, do you realize you live on a power generating station? Sit back and look at the wiring, controllers, monitors, heat sensors, alarms. Etc etc .Canadian, Joshua Slocum circumnavigated twice with paraffin lamps. Is all you have really necessary? Just an observation.

[@svfairisle]

Well that’s just a silly argument really. Do we really need washings machines in houses? People got by with a washboard and mangle in the past, but try and find someone now that would like to go back there. It’a more serious than that on a boat though we don’t have a lot of the conveniences of a house but in the modern world you really need the ones you have. I can’t charge a laptop and my cameras from a paraffin lamp! I could dig out my old arriflex film camera and do it that way, but good luck finding film processor now. It’s hardly a YT channel! Times have changed for navigation at sea too. I sailed as a teenager before GPS with a sextant and paper charts & frankly it’s bloody dangerous. If you haven’t run aground after 3 days with cloudy skys and no sextant shot (and no RDF bearings to help as they’re all turned off now) you’ll probably burn your boat down with the paraffin lamp!

[@billygrahamyachtsinc753]

@@svfairisle didn't intend to initiate an argument. Just an observation. Must take a lot of your day monitoring all your systems. And hugely expensive to purchase.

[@svfairisle]

@@billygrahamyachtsinc753 It’s an expense and a responsibility to fit and maintain yes but what I’m trying to get across is that having reliable power on a boat is a necessity not a luxury these days. With out it you are consigning yourself to maintaining a position on a paper chart and that is a full time job off shore. It would take me half an hour to get a sun/star shot with a sextant and work out the figures to give me a line. You need three for your ‘cocked hat’ and the you have to constantly dead recon forward, not having to do that frees up my whole day.

[@billygrahamyachtsinc753]

@@svfairisle I understand, as I have a 60' LOA Schooner. What is a "cocked hat"?

[@svfairisle]

@@billygrahamyachtsinc753 Navigating traditionally you tend to just get a line that you know you are on. A sight bearing from shore could be one, a second could be a sextant noonshot which will give you your Lind of latitude and a third could be a RDF bearing. These three will not intersect completely because there is always error, so you get a ‘cocked hat’

[@josephsellarslesacelier2742]

thanks. som day i may do som sailin. thos supr yachts th russians ar now losin ar ridiculous.

[@Servoengr]

When working on these DIY projects, please, wear no metal jewelry.

[@svfairisle]

I just have a ring. It doesn’t come off