S/V Chineel

22/10/2021

Salvage of 65' Yacht #4

Cutting out sections of sole and some other stuff.

20/10/2021

20 down +/-300 to go! Removing plugs and screws from wheelhouse decking for Chineel's new sole.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-j0FaZ-6pR4

More progress

08/10/2021

Wheel restoration job for a local fisherman. When I got it it was held together with electrical tape, random screws and nails, and covered in engine grease. Numerous pieces cracked.
Cleaned it up, epoxied broken pieces. Many of the original nails had broken off, so I decided to plug the old holes and put it back together with epoxied fibreglass rods.
Finished off with teak oil. Would like to wax it, but we're out of wax. I'm sure it gets a coat of engine grease soon though 😜

https://www.instagram.com/p/CUvZKD9LDYn/?utm_medium=share_sheet

10/05/2021

I also sent a message in the bottle at sea 😁

10/05/2021

I found a WILD BEEHIVE in a HURRICANE damaged house in the Bahamas. A freind is gonna come down and relocate it. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3r29jNgaOQ

I was curious about this abandoned house, so decided to check it out and found this.

10/05/2021

Another friend. This Brown Noddy spent some time inside the cabin, sleeping on my back, until I accidentally scared her when I woke up. She slept outside for about a week after that. She likes making frog noises, and let me stroke her. ♥️

09/04/2021

Channel update

New Atlantic crossing soon!

10/03/2021

Flying Gurnard! There were two, but I was cautious handling this one as I didn't know what it was, and the second got away. This was the biggest one, they are edible though, and not dangerous. Colours were very pretty under the water.

18/02/2021

Grilled Snapper with Cajun seasoning, fried potatoes, boiled cabbage and raw onions.

13/02/2021

Passion Fruit seedling. Looks like I'm stuck here in Dominica until tourism starts again. So time to put down roots, literally 😋 Once she's bigger I'm going to train her to grow up the gallows and along the bimini.

https://www.instagram.com/p/CLPeGAFr38L/?igshid=16y98qsyf1bsi

11/02/2021

Capt'n Cooks - Electric Ray Chowder

This recipe works for any firm white meat, such as chicken, shark, octopus, squid, cuttlefish.

09/02/2021

(Just Sailing #2) Sailing Solo Across the Atlantic ASMR

This day started with 30-35knots, and 3-4m seas, but died down to around 25knts and 3m later.

05/02/2021

Sailing 7 knots in 4 meter seas and 30+ knot winds!

The wind increased on the morning of the forth day, and I began to approach hull speed despite having 1 panel of the foresail still reefed. Later that day th...

21/01/2021

Sailing Solo Across the Atlantic #3 - Self-Steering Failure at Sea!

In this episode I experience problems with my 40 year old Hydrovane wind-pilot, while still in the relatively heavy winds and seas of the acceleration zone.(...

17/01/2021

𝐒𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐒𝐨𝐥𝐨 𝐀𝐜𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐀𝐭𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜 𝐢𝐧 𝟐𝟏 𝐒𝐮𝐧𝐬𝐞𝐭𝐬

If you're missing the ocean, or just want to know what it feels like to be alone at sea, perhaps you will like this video.
No talking, no music, just sailing.

If you're missing the ocean, or just want to know what it feels like to be alone at sea, perhaps you will like this video. No talking, no music, just sailing.

15/01/2021

Sailing Solo Across the Atlantic #2 - A Rough Ride in the Acceleration Zone

In this episode I contend with confused seas and gusty conditions, and fix the problem I had created in the 4-part euphroe span of the fore-sheets, while I n...

11/01/2021

Sailing Solo Across the Atlantic VLOG #1 - A Difficult Engineless Departure

In this first video I depart Mindelo Bay. Video shot from an improvised position under the dodger, so excuse the distortions from the image stabilization sof...

09/01/2021

How to make Boat Booze/Hooch?

Like and Subscribe if you want to help support this and other content.In this video I show you how to make booze from fruit.

07/01/2021

The amount of free fruit is too goddamn high! Gonna make some boat booze later I think, I'll post pics ofc. ***h

06/01/2021

Conch pasta salad. Pretty basic, but all I had was onions, mayo and pasta, and I found 2 conch. The protein is very welcome, and is pretty tasty too. 😄

04/01/2021

My two year old daughter's cousins (5&7) are visiting her in Poland and were excited to meet their English Sea Captain uncle on video call today. I made sure to dress appropriately - Polish Naval Officer's hat that Justyna brought for me 😄

04/01/2021

These turned out to be pretty good deck shoes. Something tells me they might not be real Nike's though... 🤔

03/01/2021

Sweet, sour n spicy fruit chutney. No way I could have eaten all the fruit I was given, so I made these. A bit of ginger would have been perfect, but they came out pretty well regardless. Still got a few mangos left over.

02/01/2021

Sailing into a Dominican Rainbow

Just a quick highlight video to keep you going until the main passage videos are finished.

01/01/2021

How to handle a Dorado quickly [**Video Contains Blood**] ("Dolphin", in US/Caribbean English)

It can be difficult to do this if you try it in the normal way (ie, from the top of the head), I found out how to do it quickly and with as little suffering ...

31/12/2020

The anchorage/mooring field. I put a stern anchor to seaward, as the strong winds come from the land, and it gives us privacy and a good view of the sunset from the cockpit.

31/12/2020

Final approach to Portsmouth Bay, Dominica. It turned out to be pretty tough getting in, but you'll have to wait for the YouTube videos to hear about that.

31/12/2020

Arrived in Dominica. 21 days solo at sea.

07/12/2020

07/12/2020

07/12/2020

A Quick Boat Tour Before My Solo Atlantic Sailing

Probably leaving before 14:00, may livestream here.Check out our Instagram, for photos from jobs not included in videos - https://www.instagram.com/sv_chinee...

05/12/2020

Nearly there👍

Only a few days till departure now! Check out our Instagram, for photos from jobs not included in videos - https://www.instagram.com/sv_chineel_...Facebook -...

02/12/2020

Yard dressed in it's hardware and fender. Cracked sling plate lashed down, and a further rope will later attach the halyard directly to the yard as well.

02/12/2020

Provisioning, part one of ??? :P