Sailing Singlehanded, Solent to Suffolk, Running out of Gas and UK Border force pays a visit

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@tobygoessailing 8 ай бұрын

Nicely done, Sam. Out of my league, but always good to see a much more experienced sailor manage everything so calmly. Even the lack of hot tea!

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Toby

@tazman9999999 8 ай бұрын

For future info. Kettle of boiled water . Take gas cylinder off the boat ! Pour kettle onto outside of cylinder. Where the gas level is, the water will condensate showing level. The empty portion of the tank the hot water will steam off. Keep up the excellent work Sam

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Nice tip, thanks 👌

@thewaveringwarrior 8 ай бұрын

Couldn't do it without a hot cup of tea! As my old captain used to say to me "tea on the hour, every hour"

@stuartmiller8927 Ай бұрын

I’ve spent quite a few holidays on the Norfolk broads Just on cruisers and never been on a sailing yacht. It looks like brilliant fun and I’d love to have a go😎

@dboboc 8 ай бұрын

Nice boat! She has a lot of potential! Just pick away at it a little at a time. And keep it fun! I had the pleasure of sailing on Gipsy Moth lV in 2019 when she was at Bucklers Hard. What a nice coincidence that they were offering day sails at the same time as the Beaulieu Autojumble!

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, sailing on GM must have been a great experience 👌

@shutthedooronyourwayout 8 ай бұрын

Nice one Sam I enjoyed watching your first sail on her so much I was looking at all the Jobs to be done as much as the sail itself I look forward to seeing you Attack the hull and decking for some tips Good luck Stay safe..

@DaveandGinny972 8 ай бұрын

Enjoyed watching that over my 'hot' cuppa this morning! Great passage Sam, considering the weather this Winter/Spring you had it pretty good. Welcome back home to Pin Mill.

@Adventure-Cornish 8 ай бұрын

Cracking video Sam, looking forward to seeing her being painted and spruced up. ATB Mike #StayCornish😬

@3deadrise6 8 ай бұрын

Hello Sam, Congrats on Stowaway! Great video, I hope she treats you well. Thank you for sharing. God bless!

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

@mikehurley5052 8 ай бұрын

Well done with the new boat.

@siflaxman5049 3 ай бұрын

Great video thanks

@simonpritchard6074 8 ай бұрын

Great stuff Sam, thanks for sharing. The difference between your former boat and this one must be huge..Enjoy.

@eebygumcaptain 8 ай бұрын

Congratulations on a safe trip home. I’ve had Quark gear on my last two boats; their good value products from a British 🇬🇧 company. Looking forward to your future videos as I need to paint my decks too.

@worksafetrainingsystems2138 3 ай бұрын

Just found your channel and this vid after watching your Amsterdam trip. Great channel and videos so I’ve got some catching up to do! Loving the videos so far, great content and narration clearly showing your experiences.

@ArthurPopeye 8 ай бұрын

Amazing, congratulations! I felt that sense of approaching home after a long passage but also the feeling that you should not to make a final mistake when you were in sight of Harwich, then the calm when you go up the Orwell and the feeling of achievement once you see the mooring! Now she has a good home :)

@JohnDavis-jf2if 3 ай бұрын

Great voyage and pilotage a credit to you !

@slippyg 3 ай бұрын

Be cool to see you sail to France & Spain!

@hughburgess4168 8 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed that video as I cooked breakfast and drank coffee on my boat in Bangor Marina, NI. Obviously you were under time pressure. I would have stopped to get a gas refill! ⛵️

@Sail-Ride-Walk-Repeat 8 ай бұрын

Fantastic sailing. I thought east coast Aust. could be challenging but without windfarms, fast ferries, rips, islands and so on, it a breeze. I felt your coffee withdrawals! Thx 😊

@Sail-Ride-Walk-Repeat 8 ай бұрын

BTW Sam, at 32' does it .make you ineligible for any more Jester Challenges?

@imar758 2 ай бұрын

Thank you for your wonderful videos. You seems to do everything as it should when it comes to sailing. However I have noticed that the wood in the cockpit and the deck need some work. I feel pitty for the wood if it will be destroyed and cause you much more job . I dont know if the deck needs more than paint. Have a good time.

@samsails9820 2 ай бұрын

@@imar758 thanks for watching, yes theres plenty of sanding and painting on the job list. Thankfully the cockpit wood is sound and needs treatment only. 😎

@rezawaheed8879 4 ай бұрын

nice passage on a newly purchased boat well done, i live in suffolk and really enjoy seeing the orwell come into view home sweet suffolk pin mill

@SimonFlax 3 ай бұрын

Good video 🎉🎉

@mattyg499 8 ай бұрын

I was also at Bucklers hard at the same time as you.Got a project Colvic Atlanta there.Going back tomorrow morning.Gonna head East also shortly..Great vid….

@aquamark1 3 ай бұрын

Try putting your coffee in a zip freezer bag then wrap that in foil and lay on engine manifold I haven’t tried it but logical it should work Marc marine engineer

@samsails9820 2 ай бұрын

I'll give it a try, 👌

@mikefriend7570 8 ай бұрын

Great video. Bugger about the gaz! You always seem to make your sailing seem a breeze! 😊

@landprojects 8 ай бұрын

Great video Sam, been through the Solent a few times myself between Portsmouth and my mooring at ArunYacht club in Littlehampton. Great to see good sailing footage like this. All the best 👍

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😎

@roncornwell5473 8 ай бұрын

That was real sailing Sam. My heart goes out to you. Wish I was 40 years younger. I learned to sail in a Nicholson 31, great sea boat too.

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

@carlevince3024 8 ай бұрын

Hi Sam Love your channel and your new boat. Not sure how far you intend to take the refurb. I'm a Signwriter, near Woodbrige, and would love to come down and rewrite her name for you.. As long as shes out of the water, of course!? Cheers. Carle

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Hi thanks for watching, could you contact me by email, samsails@yahoo.com. 😎

@SteveBexley104 8 ай бұрын

Good Video , very informative and helpful for a newly qualified day skipper...

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😎

@stuwhite2337 8 ай бұрын

Great video, thanks!

@chriscummins261 8 ай бұрын

Well done Sam, I really enjoy your videos.

@brup. 8 ай бұрын

Made virtually the same trip in March 2016 with our new to us Westerly W33, We made it all the way to Portsmouth from the Hamble (!) then had to wait out weather before running non-stop from Portsmouth to Ipswich with a pit-stop for fuel in Brighton 'cos from having *way* too much wind it went to no damn wind at all! Had the advantage of being two handed but by the gods was it bloomin' cold!!! 27 hours non-stop, a full English in Fox's marina yacht club, sleep and beer. Cracking trip.

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

I've heard foxes do a good breakfast. I was spoilt on arrival by being invited onboard a friends' boat for breakfast. After the cold night crossing with no warm stuff I couldn't believe my luck!

@blaaaaahhhh15 8 ай бұрын

The boat looks in need of a good wash, some paint and varnish. The rest of it looks great! Nice Sanders sails, good canvas, nice instruments, engine, etc. Very nice. Thanks for the videos.

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks 👍 definitly a bit of painting

@alanball7450 8 ай бұрын

Great video as always Sam, just upgraded myself from a centaur to a westerly tempest, looking forward to seeing you work and sail her

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, those westerlies are well built boats, enjoy the tempest 😎

@Seafariireland 8 ай бұрын

I’d love to visit Buckler’s Hard and hopefully later in the Summer. You had a great first sail in a really good sea boat which hopefully will provide lots of sailing in the years to come. Well wear!

@craiggilchrist3739 8 ай бұрын

love the new boat

@WavedancerWesterlyfulmar 8 ай бұрын

Just subscribed. Nice finding another local waters ( UK & Ireland) channel. Our yacht was originally based in Littlehampton. Hopefully we’ll get to the UK south coast sometime soon (planning IoS this summer)

@jamesoakes782 8 ай бұрын

Great adventure Sam! Looking forward to watching you this season. See you in the Orwell

@OutsideYourZone 8 ай бұрын

Well done champ

@wegotaproblemuk 6 ай бұрын

Great video but it is making me want a boat now so the Mrs wont be happy 🤣 good to see the border force checking all traffic out there

@samsails9820 6 ай бұрын

Buy a boat, the mrs won't be happy....but you'll have the boat. Thanks for watching 😎

@wegotaproblemuk 6 ай бұрын

@@samsails9820 I am looking at boats now 🤣.

@MatCooper 7 ай бұрын

Just subscribed, we’ve recently bought a Nicholson 32, really enjoying your content

@madyater 4 ай бұрын

brilliant stuff!! really interesting to watch... feeling the pain of the no gas situation heheheh arghhhhh

@chriscook7594 7 ай бұрын

Hello mate, that was me that came alongside this morning at titchmarsh, 4th May, Ellen Louise, good luck with the new boat

@samsails9820 7 ай бұрын

👍

@dougjacksonart 4 ай бұрын

Fabulous video Sam. Loving your trips. One small things..i hope your little outboard was ok in that tender. When they fill with rain those outboards can suffer. Just a thought. Heroic battering across the North Sea. 🎉

@samsails9820 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, i'll probably leave the outboard at home next time for the longer trips

@robertspicer1804 4 ай бұрын

Enjoying following and learning from you 👍

@andrewbeale2585 8 ай бұрын

I learn something in every one of your videos Sam, and didn't know about that anchorage south of the Ramsgate breakwater. Good luck on the huge amount of work to the Nic 32 now.

@andrewbeale2585 8 ай бұрын

I forgot to say that I don't think I would have the confidence or courage to cross the Thames estuary, alone, at night, in a new boat. You did brilliantly.

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Its ok in favourble conditions, another anchorage is at Deal pier. Perfect for waiting out a head wind if westbound or for a favourable tide. Thanks for watching 👌

@bindatek8801 8 ай бұрын

A very interesting video. Next time, remember to use a check list and of course, buy a camping stove as a back up!! You did well regardless what with wind then no wind etc. The voyage itself WAS well planned I think.

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😎

@ianrees3231 8 ай бұрын

well done Sam enjoyed it

@petes6814 8 ай бұрын

Well done, I can still remember my first Solent to ipswich on my new boat. Have done the at trip many times since and it's still a good feeling when you get back on the Orwell. Always a bugger heading west from Dover though. Looks like you will be doing plenty of A140 time too! (I live near Norwich as well)

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Yes its not an easy trip westbound, thanks for watching

@lovelifeloveboat 8 ай бұрын

Awesome journey - I should have been working, instead I was watching!

@windinmysails 8 ай бұрын

Great video! Well done Sam 🙌🏻

@chriscook7594 8 ай бұрын

Well done that man, not for the faint hearted, see u on the water

@handmadeinyorkshire5887 8 ай бұрын

Loved it mate.

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 👍

@MirekDulko 5 ай бұрын

Good job, fantastic cruise! @ It looks, this is a solid boat and, despite her age, still ready to offshore cruise... 40:26 - Is there no electric anchor windlass on the boat? I always have trouble manually raising the anchor, even though it's only a seven-meter boat and I have an outboard engine to help me...

@samsails9820 5 ай бұрын

Manual windlass but I haven't used it, it works fine but I have other techniques to raising anchor 😎

@jcfgh 8 ай бұрын

Great video Sam!

@thewaveringwarrior 8 ай бұрын

Sam you obviously like long keeler but do they point to windward as well as a fin?

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

I think there is a compromise with performance if you are going for a heavier boat with a long keel, there was quite a bit of research done on performance but out of many of those long keelers in the ultta heavy class, the nicholson was a good contender against the likes of twisters, halycon, etc

@nickmn6108 8 ай бұрын

Excellent video Sam. I love your clear calm explanations. I am OCD when it comes to safety and to hear you say something like, "I am just sailing with the Jib in the Orwell as it's dark and I don't want to me faffing with the mainsail in the dark" was reassuring. I felt it for you running out of gas. I carry one of those small camping stoves and cannisters just in case. I have subscribed as your explanations are clear, clam and natural and easy to understand. Well done. I would be interested to know the passage you took through or around the London Array wind farm.

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching 😎 The passage through London Array WF is actually originally Foulgers Gat, can be found below www.crossingthethamesestuary.com/page29.html

@nickmn6108 8 ай бұрын

@@samsails9820 👍

@heatherrawls6015 8 ай бұрын

Looked sporty in parts

@SailorRayAUS 8 ай бұрын

Great Sailing ⛵️

@Sailingdancingbear 8 ай бұрын

Ditto to the below comments making it look easy even though I know it wasn’t. Great work mate

@janisspalvins677 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for this nice videi. 1.What is your boat model and size? 2.Can you please tell - what device you use for filming ? Quaity looking very good.

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Hi this is a Nicholson 32, [32ft], the camera is a Gopro 12

@janisspalvins677 8 ай бұрын

@@samsails9820 Thanks for i fo. Nicholson 32 is American made boat and what year?

@evewilkinson9653 8 ай бұрын

Lovely video Sam. I am so pleased that I found your channel. Come up the Stour this summer 👍🏻👍🏻Looking forward to seeing your work on your lovely boat ❤

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching, wrabness point on the River Stour is a favourite, amoung all the other nice places. 👌

@RichardBrocklesby101 8 ай бұрын

Well done. Did you go without sleep from Bucklers Hard to Ramsgate? Also, you did the UK circumnavigation on a Hurley 22?

@samsails9820 8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching. Not totally without sleep, I use a polyphasic sleep pattern of 15 minute intervals during longer trips and this is dependant on the area im sailing in. The circumnavigation was of GB in the Hurley 22.