Join us, Maxine and Neil and our dog Hero, as we have fun and adventure on the South West coast of England. Our yacht, Sea Pigeon, is a 40-year-old Moody 33S. An English Yacht by Angus Primrose, built in Plymouth UK, is one of only 57 ever built and was bought with a gift from our dear old Aunt Meg. Follow Neil on some of his more challenging solo sails. We sail the South West of England, exploring the hidden rivers, coves and creeks of Devon and Cornwall. Enjoy the view as Neil, a professional photographer, adds some spectacular drone photography of the rivers and marinas that are available to sailors in the South West of England. This spectacular coast is best seen from the sea. Sea Pigeon, eventually, will give us the chance to sail around the world and find a different reality. You can follow us through our laughter and tears as we take the alternative trip to old age. Wish us luck and subscribe to our channel. Many thanks.
I'm suspicious that it's gained weight! It looks like you weighed the CO2 cylinder with the valve still attached. I removed the valve (which was very hard to unscrew) and weighed it (also at a friendly PO!) and it came out 2g lighter than the original, ie about. 0.05%.
Low friction anti-fouling paints that make it harder for marine life to attach - rather than killing it. Pleasure vessels no longer allowed to use TBT,s thank goodnes.
Great video Niel, and congratulations at reaching 1000 subscribers. I am embarrassed and confused to notice the the banner I saw when watching this video asking me to subscribe! I have absolute certainty that I subscribed to your channel in the early days of it being launched. Heaven only knows how these things work as I have been getting notification of new episodes every time they are released. I would urge all your "followers" to check to make sure they too have not been disenfranchised!
HI No these are the red port buoys on the entrance. my video shows them to my port. in fact these should be to my starboard on entering then Yealm. they mark the vey edge of the sandbar. the leading lines on the hill get you into the yealm then use the navigation buoys for a more accurate guide.
One of my favourite estuaries, the Yealm (pronounced Yam, by the way) - I used to visit my aunt and uncle and cousins in Noss Mayo, and canoed many a time there.
Just watched this one again! Lovely to meet you both at Dartmouth. Thank you for the good company and the rum and cheese! See you again we hope. James and Gemma
It was lovely to see this episode. It brought back some very happy memories of Turf Lock, the Exe and Dartmouth. I hope you enjoy your season and I look forward to enjoying it with you via the wonders of the Internet. Thanks.
Been going there at least once a year, every year since 1980, got married there last year and I fully intend having my ashes scattered there when I die. Best place on earth.❤
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my dog is a Pomeranian Poodle and Chihuahua Mic I had before I bought a boat 9 years ago. The dog sailed 3000 nm with me otherwise solo living on the boat 8 months and I absolutely loved his company solo sailing. He’s older than his siblings and I say it’s because sailing kept him younger and healthier.
Besides the integrity of the raft, once inflated for test, the valves and the controversial aspect of the separated grab bag for the consumables, the very focal check is, from my point of view, the CO² cylinder status. There should be a way to make a DIY cylinder check or replacement, without unfold the raft, which is a nightmare, assuming that an external bag or container in good shape is already an overall efficiency indicator. Also, risks associated to more or less professional and expensive periodical services should be taken into account.
I just checked my life raft myself and found out that the last time when it was serviced by a professional service centre, they had not put back in everything that was supposed to be in there. There was no water, no food, no signalling mirror and no first aid kit, all things that used to be in there. Anyway, it all went well and I managed to fold it back together again. First I used a vacuum cleaner to get all air out and used a strap to hold it together so I was able to get it into the vacuum bag. I had cut off only a few centimeters of the side of the bag so that there was plenty of material left to seal it again. I used a hot glue gun to seal it, which I had tried out first on the strip that I had cut off. Once sealed I used a vacuum cleaner to suck the air out and that made the whole thing a lot smaller immediately so that it fitted back in the container without much trouble.
DO NOT DO THIS! If you really think you know better than the company that literally makes a living designing and building life rafts, then you are quite a fool. They are serviced at "SERVICE CENTERS," for a reason. IF YOU MESS WITH THE RAFT AND IT DOESN'T WORK IN AN EMERGECY THEN ME AND THE BROS WILL BE OUT SEARCHING FOR YOUR CORPSE, NOT YOUR RAFT.
Many thanks for your comment. at some point the life raft will be replaced and then i can test my work. But i feel the price of a service is over priced and when sailing on a budget is the only way I can sail. Having been a maintenance fitter for over 40 years i feel very confident in my ability.
Dittisham and the Dart, what a lovely place and nice to see your video. Anchoring at the Anchorstone is a bit of a challenge. It shelves very steeply and can feel tiny as the tide goes out. You made the right choice to pick up and move esp if you are fin keel
Thanks for a lot of your quite interesting and informative videos. I now just bought myself a Moody 33S 1982 with a Beta Marine Engine. When I was thinking about buying or not, I found your video series, looked trough your videos, and then just I bought the boat 🙂 This boat is built in Plymouth.
Welcome to the world of Moody Yachts. This yacht will not let you down so well built. Very thick heavy hull. It is well worth joining the Moody owners, moodyowners.org/. Great value at only £22.00 per year. Where is your new yacht stored at the moment?
I'm stored inside the Moody 33S just now. We are in Sandnes, South West Norway. Its minus 8 just now so harbour start to freeze, so we might have to leave. This boat came from England in 1985 and its the only Moody 33S I know about here in Norway. The mid-cabin is quite well insulated for winter use. When you close the door to the front and aft cabin, its quite easy to get 20 degrees, even with winter outside. I have a Webasto heater, a Taylors diesel burner and electrical heater, and I only need to use one of them. Until now I'm very pleased with the boat. It is my impression that i has a quite good build-quality.
