Watching for a second time. Just great entertainment for real sailors. Go team Compromise !!!

@OverlandSea

4 жыл бұрын

Bless you, thanks Ant Cid x

To have prepared the boat and crew, shot the footage and rendered the video and uploaded it so close to real time is an amazing achievement. No one is ever completely ready to set off on a voyage. There are always things ‘ideally’ to be done and it’s an anxious and uncertain moment to say ‘right we’re off’. So well done. Hope Kyle’s was no too badly affected by the ‘choppy’ conditions encountered on your first leg of the trip. Weather for the next few days looks unsettled in western approaches, so good luck. It takes a while for the crew to ‘get their sea legs’, give yourselves plenty of time. Best wishes.

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

It feels like we've been preparing for this forever, in fact it's been a year of preparation and we still weren't 100% ready, mainly because things are so expensive when your starting from scratch. We had a bad weather day in Ireland so we got the video done and out because it'd been so long since we'd released a video. Kyle were OK and in fact none of us ever felt ill, we took the Studgeron tablets just in case. We have managed to cross the channel now, which you'll see in the next episode. Thanks again for watching and commenting. Gav

Mate...it just looks too cold there! I’ll bet you love that bow thruster. Nice job.

@OverlandSea

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes the bow thruster makes a world of difference. It was bloody freezing in that water.

Hope you enjoyed your stay 😄

Great job team Compromise, very proud of how far you come, keep smiling and we’ll see you for a beer in the Med somewhere :). Dan.

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers Dan, looking forward to that beer.

Loving watching your updates

And on to the next one! 👍👍⛵⚓⛵🇬🇧

Well done guys. The adventure begins. Half of the excitement is all the planning and the endless dreaming of the eventual adventure, but the time has finally arrived, and the adventure begins. I'm sure the engine will just be trivial, but you've made the right call by returning to England. I look forward to the next episode. All the best to all of you. Kind regards Daryl.

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Daryl Thanks you are right the planning is half the excitement and when it was time to head off, that excitement turned to a nervous energy but in all honesty I think you need that to keep you on your toes. Yes your right we would've been foolish to carry on to France not knowing what is wrong with the engine.

Well done and good luck!

..... and they're off ..... they say that nervousness and excitement are the same energy, the only difference is how we perceive and handle it. So in other words you can approach everything with nervousness or excitement .... when you mentioned engine vibrations, thought gave was going to don his kit again and jump in the not Med temperature water ... great episode, thx for sharing ... have fun be safe, save our oceans .....

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Peter, Hannah does call it Nervcited, like you say a mixture of nervousness and excitement.

@peterfrebold

4 жыл бұрын

@@OverlandSea saw your post that you are battening down the hatches and heading home to prepare for next season ... going to explore France a bit or are you out of there, back to the homestead ...

I see that you are now crossing the Channel, good luck and Bon voyage. There is a good stainless fabricator in the Almerimar marina. See Ryan and Sophie Sailing for their stainless arch fab in Almerimar. Watch those wiz pans cameraman. 👍👍

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Yeh we did see that episode of Ryan & Sophies and your right he is a good fabricator. Wiz pans 😀

Bon Voyage, hope all goes well.

Well, what a journey! From chartering to buying your own boat, setting up a new sailors facebook page and sharing your adventures. The destination is always the goal, sharing the adventure is continuing to inspire others! we cant wait for you guys to join us in the Med. Sail Safe, brilliant video, Ant & Cid xx

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Its been a crazy two years when you look at it like you just said, WOW Cannot wait to get to the Med especially to see everyone x

@craigwalsh6836

4 жыл бұрын

I have to agree with this comment... I've always sailed myself, but never managed to get a hint of interest from the wife or kids, but since watching you guys, she's actually booked herself on courses... and my boys are all keen to start..... great videos and look forward to more in the future.....Craig

Just seen your FB update, getting stuck with weather problems and breakdowns is part of the deal with cruising, don't beat yourselves up trying to keep to a schedule or you may make bad decisions. It will all be okay soon, I have just been stuck in Les Sables for three days due to the same swell you had, it was massive on the W coast of France.

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Your absolutely right 👍🏻

You guys are living a lot of peoples dream! Please enjoy it extra for us! Until we can get out there ourselves anyway. Thanks for sharing!

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Will do Robert, hope you get there soon

@robertadamsmetaldetecting6324

5 жыл бұрын

@@OverlandSea that is the plan! Four years or less. Hope to see you guys out there whene we do!

Great video guys ⛵️👍

Hello all. You may already know this, but having assisted ferrying the same boat as yours from P'mouth down to Corunna, mostly with strong winds from astern - we discovered that she would run much easier and was much easier and less stressful to control with the main put away and the genoa poled out on a whisker pole (very worthwhile investment if you don't have one already). It was so much easier on boat and crew, and took all the anxiety of an accidental gybe (especially running at night) out of the equation. Give it a try next time you have a downhill run. Stay safe.

@OverlandSea

4 жыл бұрын

Great tip Mark, thank you. We do have a whisker pole that we haven't used yet, looking forward to using it soon.

So excited for you to see your journey begin!

Great video guys, hang in there it WILL be worth it! Love the manoeuvre out from the marina, that was pretty tight. Stay safe and fair winds for the next leg

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Trying to reach you for a beer lol. Yeh it worked out perfectly that manoeuvre. thanks guys

Keep them coming guys we will be waiting for you next year

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers David, enjoy the South of France

How good is it now you got underway. I am exited for one. Fair winds!

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Willem

I've been moving and holidaying for the past couple of months and thought I'd missed all your adventures, glad I haven't. Great to see you back on line👍😀

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

It's been a pretty manic few months of working to save for boat parts then installing those parts, so we'd not had much time to make videos. Thanks for sticking with us 👍🏻

plus I would have thought the mast is going to give you a huge blind spot looking forward, which is really the direction you are interested in.

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Nope, most boats have the radar on a stern post which means the mast is still in front. The radar doesn't pick anything really close up.

just a warning, the location of your tender is blocking your only other escape hatch. maybe you can hang it on the mast? :-)) good luck with your crossing.

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

That's a good call Iain and something I had thought about, we do have another escape hatch just behind that one in the saloon. Its only a temporary measure until we have saved up for dinghy davits.

Good to see you on your way and we left 3 weeks ago and taking our time and now at a lovely anchorage to the north of Vigo. Had a great trip across biscay but got stuck in a coruna for a week due to bad weather.

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Wish we were that far South Lee, it's been none stop rain in Brest so far. All the best for your trip.

@leeadams3477

5 жыл бұрын

@@OverlandSea we were stuck in brest for a few days then we went down the coast to il d yeu and then headed across to a coruna.. Where we were stuck for a further 8 days!

Who would have thought the radar would have worked so well wedged in there? I'm impressed by the way. Three days after the action, and you've got it on KZread! That's commitment! ;-)

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

We had a bad weather day so got the video edited and out lol. The radar worked perfectly but it was only there incase the fog came in, we didn't use it otherwise.

Well done guys a great vlog, I did the Celtic sea last week, hope you got across ok?!

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

A great crossing isn't it

I like your vlogs, their actually quite good, it's just a shame you don't put up more vlogs than you do. It's hard to stay interested in someone that you only hear from every few months.

@OverlandSea

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you are absolutely right regarding it being hard to remain interested when we don't upload regularly. We won't nothing more than to upload regular videos, unfortunately we don't have the leisure of living aboard like many of the sailing channels do, we will eventually get more and more time to spend sailing, however at this stage we still have to work full-time to help afford the boat. Thanks again for watching, stick with us, we'll be uploading the next video shortly.

Well done can't beleive you are ready to go👏👍 wife keeps saying once the youngest is finished school 🤔 what your plans, are you going to home school?

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Would like to set off for good and home school but it's not a possibility at all at the moment, without going to too much detail we've family at home who aren't well and we need to be around for them. We will have more and more time now we've crossed the English channel.

Hi Guys.. Hope you're all ok. Been following you on marinetraffic.com and noticed you've been in Brest for almost 4 days.. did you get the engine sorted? If you come close to NW Crete ( Chania region) then we'll come out and meet you for a beer. Wishing you a safe & pleasant journey. Rock n Roll ! Carl

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Boating for Beginners Hi Carl We've managed to sort the engine, we'll definitely call for a beer when we reach Crete, think it'll be a year or so down the line before we reach you though.

So pleased you have got away. I can see you on ais. We know 2 people who have ended up spending years and a fortune prepping their boats for “the voyage”. Just never left. Now liveaboards on boats that could circumnavigate. So sad. Don’t let the problems you have get you down too much. Easy to say but it’s all fixable. Egg white on the prop 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Egg whites, bloody egg whites who told us about that load of bo£$ock$ hehe. Actually our friends in Greece tried it and dived the prop two months later and there wasn't anything at all on the prop. To be honest nearly everyone you speak to in Whitehaven have had the worm cast on the prop no matter what you use. The good news is that the sail drive leg is perfectly fine with the antifoal 🤦‍♂️ I spoke to international about it and they said it should be ok just use the correct stuff next time. Think becasue its not directly on the aluminium its ok, it's powder coated. Yeh we have seen the same thing with people with lovely boats and never leaving the marina not even for a day sail. SHAME Cheers

@moonshine3333

5 жыл бұрын

Sailing SV Compromise Thought you’d forgotten my saildrive antifoul concern 👍👍

Nice video but you audio is not steady. Voices are often barely audible. Keep the videos coming.

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

You are right Richard, the problem we have is that we try to film mostly with our camcorder with the rode mic but a lot of the time we capture quick footage on the iPhone 7 plus and even though the picture is ok the audio isn't and no matter how hard I try to make it good in editing, it just doesn't get anywhere near the main camera quality. Gav

We use MarineTraffic.com to follow you - have fun in Brest, France. Looks like your surrounded by French snails lol (as in Compromise made a fast passage!) please don't get offended by my dry humour. and did those French warships turn up after Compromise berthed ? Looking forward to the next vid. P.S. John S. mentioned about the radar and its pulse - we use an emf detector to measure the strength coming through (from everything) - its a bit scary when you hear what's hitting your body from the mobiles / transmitters too. Stay safe out there. Have a great time :-) Hope to see you back in Whitehaven sometime.

@OverlandSea

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for following, we've not moved for a while it's been all work work work, saving up for the big push to the Med. We never had the radar on, it were there just incase any thick fog rolled in, luckily none did so we were ok. I can imagine we are surrounded by things hitting our bodies that aren't helping us. We really miss Whitehaven and hope to be back someday soon. Thanks a lot for the kind words.

400 amps What’s the max return , alternator, solar , wind vane , all good having lots of battery’s but you have to fill the. Again ,

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

We only have one 160W solar panel until we save up for the second one but to be honest this panel as kept the batteries full. The more batteries you have the less the drain on them is what I would have thought. Gav

@kz4506

5 жыл бұрын

Sailing SV Compromise , correct but battery’s like cycling to survive, ,dump and charge , you may have lots of battery’s and use not much power , but time will tell thanks

With regard to your fuel, I started using Marine 16 about 3 years ago, small doses, preventative only, as I had seen three boats towed into French Marinas with blockage. One was put alongside us so I got to hear about “shock treatment” I “think” that the French engineer put in a mega-dose and then came back the next day and somehow got the gunge from the bottom of the tank but I couldn’t see how..Might be worth researching. This guy (absolutely brilliant videos) built his own polisher. Bit of a faff to carry round with you but I like his pre-filters idea. kzread.info/dash/bejne/dYynu6RyocKtj5M.html Best of luck. Where are you going to keep the boat in France for the winter? I’ve heard great things of La Roche-Bernard. PS, just watched Patrick’s video and he doesn’t show that he has fitted the inline filters permanently. Must be a later video.

@OverlandSea

4 жыл бұрын

Patrick's a great guy and sailor, we would have loved to have reached La Rochelle which is Patrick's homeport, unfortunately we only managed to reach Brest which we will be until March 2020 before pushing further South. The fuel/engine problem was resolved which will be revealed in the next videos. All the best

Silly ? Why is the wheel so flicking big?

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

😂 Not a silly question but a good question. When the boat gets weather helm where its really hard to steer, you need a large wheel because of the forces against the rudder.

Your Instagram link isn’t working. Although I have found you on IG .

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Paul, Will check that and sort it 👍🏻

How you guys doing

@OverlandSea

4 жыл бұрын

Very good thanks Steve, how are you?

@stevegee4214

4 жыл бұрын

Good thanks guys where you up to now

@OverlandSea

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Steve, the boats in France and we are back in the UK working and saving for next season.

@stevegee4214

4 жыл бұрын

Great stuff mate ,can I ask did you do a day skipper course mate

@OverlandSea

4 жыл бұрын

We both did Steve. kzread.info/head/PLXsM7cQgHZrEwFBYjcXA6ndby7RS-ci1T

Ummm.not sure about having the radar blasting you with microwaves at head height. Wouldn't AIS and a lookout be sufficient for the channel? You can always get the radar properly mounted up the mast in the Med. I think I wouldn't switch it on unless it was imperative.

@OverlandSea

5 жыл бұрын

It's a good shout that MaL and it were only mounted there very temporarily incase any fog came in and caught us out, we didn't use the radar except for the initial test. We were sat way below the radar for the test so it would be like having the radar on a stern pole and being stood in the cockpit. I'm not daft but when you've run out of budget you've got to improvise and take all the precautions to ensure we are all safe. cheers Gav