A quick tour around our Bavaria 30 cruiser and intro to the channel along with the crew. if you have any questions about how we do anything on board then ple...

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welcome to cactus saline so if you've

not been with us before we are basically

weekend cruisers and we cruise around

the south coast of the UK I say weekend

cruises because we've got a nine-to-five

job and we can't go sailing full-time

unfortunately so I thought now is a

perfect time actually to share with you

the crew and also the boat we sail so

it's myself Kenneth the skipper our

first mate Chuck and our kids SJ and

Jeff and we've also got a stinky little

dog on board his name is Princeton but

we call him stinky because he stinks and

so follow me and we'll share with you

our boat sea cactus so just wanted to

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here we are this is sea cactus and she

is a Bavaria 30 cruiser and she was

built in 2006 designed by J&J design and

she's 30 foot long a little bit actually

actually she's 30 but 31 foot obviously

she's called a 30 she's got a fin keel

which draws 1.85 meters which is quite

deep for this sized boat and she's

basically a fractional rig sloop so

let's go and have a look up on deck and

we'll share what sails we've got on

welcome on board so first let's start at

the bow the bow here we've our anchor

this is a mountain supreme 11 kilograms

this is fairly substantial for this

sized boat and then up front we've got

our genoa this is basically a furling

Genoa this on the curling system this is

our fairing line which leads back to the

cockpit which allows us to reduce and

extend the sail as we need and that's

basically how we leave the sailing so

this is our anchor Locker inside here we

have our windlass fitted by yours truly

and if you want to see that video then

it's just click it in the links below or

just look at the end of the video and

I'm sure if you're not recommended

videos in here we've got 50 meters of

chain and we've got also a 10 metres of

road as well on top of that which gives

us plenty of scope if we put the anchor

okay so this is our main sail sail this

is basically slab briefing we don't have

single line reef in what we do have a

line for back of the sail to reduce this

hair at the in the cockpit the old front

we have to come up here all the time if

you want to read and basically we walk

you through the reefing cruise which are

on the mass here now there's not a great

deal of room on the deck we can't really

fit dinging up the air we can kind of

fit one on the coach groove here but not

really practical when you're sailing as

well on the coach we've just moving a

bit after we have our solar panel which

we fit it this is basically a 40 watt

solar panel and this basically keeps our

batteries in check it doesn't really

provide us with too much power so we

have to be a bit careful with what we

use but it's enough for us just to go

around for the weekends we've got enough

battery power to last around for days so

it works for us

further back we have our spray hood

which keeps us dry from any of the spray

basically does what it says on the tin

but also we quite like this spray hood

because basically we can put all down

here and then it keeps us out of the

winds it is any wind on us on the back

we have our swim ladder we've also got

this is basically where the emergency

tiller hat where this is basically the

emergency tiller fits as well underneath

the starboard side is our gas Locker or

our gas we only have a small 25 kilo gas

canister on board but it's mustered

fairly well so far

okay so let's take the cover off our

helm and that's the local controller you

go in there

okay so this is basically the helm this

is where I normally stand and I'm

helping the boats and basically in here

we've got all the instruments we need

I've got a GPS that attaches here I've

also got my wind instrument

this basically tells me which where the

winds going this is the autopilot and

this is basically the depth sounder as

well this is just the lead for the GPS

we keep it in a little bag so it keeps

it nice and dry because the GPS doesn't

live here outside I mean not on the boat

hey it's the nautical compass and then

obviously this is just the autopilot on

the helmet this is our throttle we don't

like using this too much cos we like to

be sailing if we're using this we're

using diesel

we've also got a winding wheel where

basically we can undo that their hand

wheel so it gives us better access

around the side

although these bits stick out anyway so

we don't tend to use this very often

under the starboard side we've also got

our cavernous Locker which we'll show

you in a second

so this is our cavernous locker I'm

actually sat on a lot of crap in a

minute but it does go down a lot further

so this is basically where we keep all

of our rubbish on the boat I'll say

rubbish but you know it's all useful

stuff in here what I can remember is

we've got the toolkit we've got a spare

anchor we've got the life raft

we've got buckets we've got ropes we've

got fenders we've got some paddles for

the dingey we've got the dinghy got a

jet wash what else do we got any info

crap crap oh yes we've got all that the

scrubbing brushes for the deck the SOI

scrubber for forgetting our off the

bottom and you've also got spare diesel

in here as well so yeah pretty much

anything we can't find out for lives in

this locker below this locker floor as

well is also that's where the diesel

tank is and that's below there and

that's pretty much it to be honest so

this is the cockpit this is where all

the action happens basically on boat

when we're sailing so on the coach roof

we have basically one winch here this is

for our Howard's for the mainsail and

also our second reef line as well and

basically we just took all of our lines

here to Frankie and tied it we've got no

tidies on the side here because we like

to keep this area nice and clear this is

also where the stinky dog likes to live

when we're sailing because he asked his

favorite place of the boat I guess and

also on this side we've got our

spinnaker Howie it and we also control

the mainsail here so this is how we

release it out and back and that's

basically how we increase speed when

we're at sea we've saved it down on the

side here on the cockpit Komen's so

these are basically the Genoa winches

and we also use these for the spinnaker

as well and the spinnaker if you've seen

my Etienne Tucker videos or anything

like that you'll see that we did a bit

of rigging we made our own Etienne

Tucker and we use basically these blocks

here that I've put on to make our life a

lot easier when we spit the sailing with

this vinegar

okay so I just want to share with you

our clip system and basically all of our

lines

most of what we can have is led aft back

into the cockpit like I said earlier the

only things we don't have is we don't

have single line reef in but for

everything else we've got the out hole

here we've got the up Bowl we've also

got the second reef line and we've also

got the advantage US Mint as well over

on the starboard side we've got the

mainsheet we've also got the third reef

which isn't labeled and hopefully we

don't have to use that too often and

we've got reef number one and we've got

the spinnaker halyard cockpits a bit

small but it's you know it's enough for

us the bane of our lives is probably

this slopey area here because if we ever

sat here in the evenings like this you

tend to slope off but I suppose he stops

you get in everything at sea so a little

bit of a nitpicking but apart from that

we quite like this cockpit because it's

quite nice and safe and it's quite dry

to be honest oh and here's our little

stinky mop it's dinky or better known as

Princeton GT LaRue okay now we've done

most of the deck and the cockpit

if there are any questions then please

just ask in the comments below and we'll

try and get back to you but now that's

done let's have a look down below

so welcome below on sea cactus so the

first one we'll have a look at is the

engine under the companionway steps

so underneath here this is our volvo

penta engine it's only 1900s power it's

not particularly large engine for the

book for the size the boat it's all we

need we don't use it too often to be

honest it's only for getting our marinas

or languages we tend to say up as much

as we can it's got pretty good access

from either the aft cabin or from the

heads and we got plenty of access around

the back of the engine as well I know

that place pretty intimately because we

had a little bit of a water leak behind

the engine which we had to find and

that's in a bit of a nest of pipes and

then moving to the starboard side we're

gonna have a look into the heads in the

boat it's all by any means you have got

standing room for me just and I'm about

five foot eight so any taller you might

stall there it is a bit of a nightmare

when you're in the air opening the door

trying to open the seacocks and

everything else everything kind of gets

in your way

tiny little bit of storage here but you

know what it works it works for us we

tend to use the marina showers and we

don't really have a shower in here very

often if at all to be honest if we can

help it but that is basically the heads

okay so this is our nap station this is

basically where we do all of our paper

navigation electronic navigation is

obviously nobody if we do that on them

on the move so I think there is a

repeater for the GPS down here so you

can see the GPS down here if this bit

foul weather all there also we got the

VHF radio we've also got all the

controls for the boat so this is

basically all the electrics you know

this is where we control the light in

the bilge pumps our water pump and

everything else and obviously the main

circuit breakers for the shore power as

well and that's pretty much the nav

station underneath here lips our

radiators because as we sail in the UK

waters it's pretty cold in the winter

but it's not really the cold that

bothers us it's more the condensation

that happens on the roof and you

normally get that written on your

forehead in the middle of the night

which is not nice so it tends to try and

keep these radiators on they do kind of

wedge in here if you can see this as

well so they don't actually move

anywhere

and also under here as well it's bit of

a cavernous stories there's a spare is

the spare dog's bed and also under here

is our little release patio heater which

I don't think I'm gonna get out but it's

basically basically just a gassy -

issues outside in case it's really cold

up on deck and that is the nav station

but also in the nav station because it

is quite a small boat down here then

it's basically part of the kitchen as

well so in here we've got all of our

pots and pans for yeah bowls and plates

and also a bit of a what I call a crap

cupboard for all of our cleaning stuff

and obviously some soft water some soft

water buns in there as well this is

moving on

so this is our galley this is basically

where we keep all of our knives and

forks down here is in our pots and pans

this is quite an ingenious little thing

we found and as you can see here it's

basically slots into the sink and it

locks in place so actually you can

actually leave this here and even when

healed over this doesn't move at all and

it quite nicely fits the sink I don't

know who makes it really I can't

remember but you know we found it and

you know it works fantastic for us the

other thing we got here we've got a

top-loading fridge pretty big we can fit

quite a lot in there not a great deal in

there the minute because you know we've

eaten most of it and it's just a few

things left over from breakfast here

we've got the cup storage the most

important cupboard on the whole of the

boat because I swear the tea bags live

and the most important device on the

boat is pepper we've also got a gimbal

stone fear we've got a grill and so we

can't really do toast or anything like

that but we do have a tuber knob and we

do have a gimbal stove there as well

and then moving back I'll see you in the

Afghan hello in this little hole here if

you are a bit of a tall person then you

might struggle in there because that's

basically I'm 5 for 8 as I said earlier

and my head almost touches the top there

this bunk is a little bit longer so if

you want longer obviously my feet are

right the back there so you have got a

bit more room but all about that sense

it's actually very wide

I can barely touch each side there and

lengthwise a little bit struggling now

we do have some shelf space up here and

we've also got a little water on the

side there underneath the bunk it's not

really storage because that's where the

water tank is and that's where the wart

eaters well is under there so there's

pretty much no other storage in here

this what you can see in the background

these are just our our sleeping bags and

everything else we put them in plastic

bags because again this moisture thing

and you know it keeps the moisture out

of employment on the boat let's go and

have a look in the salon so welcome to

the salon at a salon but it's a mixture

of all the spaces because the galley and

the lab station are pretty much part of

this as well in here we've got two long

sofas these turning to see berths and

they've got the leak tops and everything

else there's fairly a lot of storage in

here we've got all the other stories

down this side which we predominantly

put food in because it's the closest to

the galley we do have things like

medicine cabinets and DVDs and these

kind of things because we've got the TV

over there and that's basically if we

need to keep the kids quiet for an hour

or two and when we're sailing and over

this side this is predominately more my

navigational stuff and a few bits and

bobs for the boat like lifelines and

these kind of things underneath this

bunk here on the port side

we do have our house batteries so we

have around 300 amps of batteries under

here and there is also a bit of storage

on the back side of it here as well over

on this side this is basically where the

engine battery lives under year we've

got various things on here we've got the

spare solar panel and we've got things

like the Hoover you know domestic things

like that and again underneath this

berthing here we've got the fair bit of

storage as well this thing will

basically folds up into here but I'll

show you that as well

so this table basically follows up like

this but you can never get really can't

really get past it very much very easily

so annoying if this was a whole redesign

this table is probably in the wrong

place and it should be moved there's a

lot that modern designs out there but it

is what it is and it works for us

and that is basically where you spend

most of our time if we're anchor or tied

up somewhere now let's go and have a

look in the back oh so this is the power

cabin in here we have acres of storage

under here but there's no real shelves

under here we do have hiding over here

we have some sleeping bags but we also

have the spinnaker as well and you'll

see that in some of our other videos and

us using our spinnaker when we're doing

a bit downwind sailing down the bottom

in the locker is where the through all

connections are for the depth gauge and

also the speed food water sensor as well

in the sides here we tend to keep our

life jackets in this cupboard here

hiding in there and then in the other

side is just a handy storage area as

well this cabin is I mean the pecs are

fairly long you can lie down all the way

on them but we don't tend to sleep in

here because you can and I'll get a

little bit of fighting with the feet

they're not much feet space but other

than that that's although we just want

to introduce you to the other crew as

well cuz obviously it's normally me on

camera or we try and put as much sailing

footage in 12 videos as possible and but

let's introduce you to the crew as well

so here we have chuck hi here we have

summer hiding in the corner and here we

have Jeff and this little stinky mutt

down here and drinking away there if you

ever have any wine in the background

that is him and thanks for watching

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