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hello everyone we are out on location
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welcome to this beautiful Saturday
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morning the sun is shining the sky is
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blue
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and it is just gorgeous here
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and it's the fifth of November and it's
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a fifth of November and we're in Turkey
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we thought we'd
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talk you through some of the items we
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found lacking on the charter boat that
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we have recently been out on
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nothing major but it's just something
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that made our lives easier
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yeah we've we've charted before so we
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kind of know what uh what's lacking on
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bare boat charters and
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um it's stuff that we think you should
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know about and you probably don't so if
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you're a first time charterer or you've
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um or you've not charted before or
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you're just going along for the ride
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then there's some stuff that we would
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recommend you take with you and it's
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fairly light and easy to carry and it's
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stuff that you'll have on your own boat
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or that you can find useful elsewhere
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so top 10 things you need to know when
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you chart up
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so there is no in no particular order
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but uh we're just glad we took them with
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us we're glad we took them with us yeah
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exactly so we have a couple of
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leathermans we have an original
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Leatherman Wave these are great they are
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undoubtedly the best tool that you can
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buy uh all round on a boat
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um 11 month wave the genuine Leatherman
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Wave is expensive but it's completely
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worth it we have another one which we
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actually bought in turkey and is a
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genuine so and this is the Bear Grylls
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Gerber multi-tool useless
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the blades don't lock the the the pliers
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won't cut absolutely useless the only
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good thing is it's a great fishing
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weight but we took it with us anyway
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the next thing was
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um we found and we have found before
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that charts on a lot of charter boats
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aren't up today or they don't exist or
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they don't cover the area that you want
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and you can't do any passage planning so
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we took our tablet this is uh what is it
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a Galaxy 8 it's got Navionics uh it's
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got windy it's got open CPN on it this
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is our backup it's this one that got
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thank you it's the one that goes in the
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microwave when there's lightning flying
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so that we've got um a backup it's got a
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built-in GPS if you get one make sure
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it's the model with the built-in GPS
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there is some confusion over iPads and
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which one has and hasn't got the GPS so
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do your homework we've got subscription
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to Navionics it's 24 pounds a year here
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in Turkey I think it's more in Europe
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but that gives us all the all the charts
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that we need and we were able to passage
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plan with this as a backup to the charts
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and navigation equipment that were on
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the boat and it was really useful really
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useful
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um the other thing we've got on here is
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Natalie yes which is really handy for
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finding anchorages yeah it's very good
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isn't it Natalie we do like Natalie and
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we like no foreign land as well but we
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haven't got that on this particular no
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no foreign land is in here is really
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good yeah so that was something that we
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thought we need
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um it was handy when there was like six
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of us wanted to look at where we were
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going and plan our passage because
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obviously the built-in one was on the
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chart table which was accessed for one
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person yeah so we did find it handy for
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that so that we could all discuss where
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we wanted to go and what we were going
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to do yeah some of the others had
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Natalie and Navionics as well David had
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Navionics with him and Keith had Natalie
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I believe so there was you know it was
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it was handy we could sit around the
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table decide where we wanted to go look
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at the weather and we did have to do a
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bit of weather dodging
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um and having the right
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charts and up-to-date weather
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information was really handy yeah it was
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we took our
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um dongle we've got a Turk cell dongle
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which gives us 100 gigabytes a month and
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uh our phones as well we've both got
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smartphones and uh both of those can be
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paired to the tablet so really useful
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what was next Madam the other thing we
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found invaluable was this the
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rangefinder now we've spoken about this
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before this is a golfing one I believe
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yeah
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um it wasn't expensive
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it's handy for I'll let him do the
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technical explanation I know how to use
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it but don't know the techniques so golf
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Rangefinder we've talked about this
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before on anchoring if you're anchoring
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this is an absolute must especially in a
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tight Anchorage so this one works in
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your feet and yards and it's also in
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metric it's One Touch button to change
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it it also gives you a speed thing which
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why you'd want I don't know
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but what we do is we go into an
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Anchorage this has got a five times
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magnification as well so when you look
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through this it's like having a set of
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binoculars and you point it at the
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nearest boat you know how much chain
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you've got out and it will tell you the
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distance that you are from that boat as
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you are at that moment
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um let me show you a diagram insert
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diagram here
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so these are cheap or cheapish
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Amazon eBay
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um trendy hole if you're here in turkey
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and great and it came in really really
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handy not just for range finding and
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from other boats but also from the land
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as well so a really handy piece of Kit
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and also because the lens magnifiers if
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somebody's got the binoculars and you
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want to look at something also in the
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same spot you can just literally look at
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this and look up onto the land and
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usually pick out the subject you want to
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see exactly you know the magnification
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on that is about five I think yeah so a
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good set of binoculars also now actually
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the bear boat that we had had a set of
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binoculars and they were quite
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um quite good ones but we take ours
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everywhere with us even when we're out
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in the car or on scooters these are
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old they're very they're really nearly
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as old as me which is ancient
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um good set of binoculars uh
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what can I say it's worth investing in a
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in a half decent set you want
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um coated lenses
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um and I would say probably 10 by 50 is
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the maximum you want to go you don't
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want to go any more than than 10 by 50.
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that's times 10 magnification and a 50
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millimeter uh lens at the front
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anything bigger and the magnification is
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great you know you can see a
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grasshopper's knees at 500 Paces but the
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field of view gets smaller so a half
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decent set of binoculars take them with
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you they don't weigh much fry them in a
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bag we took ours and again they were a
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godsend well especially when you're an
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Anchorage and you want to watch what
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everybody else is doing yeah if you're
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nosy not me
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what else did we take Madam um our
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fishing line but unfortunately we've
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left that on the boat so I think most of
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you have probably seen a fishing line
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yeah it's it's one honest people
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um hang on a minute Q insert a fishing
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line here and fish that was caught yeah
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and fish that was caught by David well
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but it was a group effort wasn't it I
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found the fishy nine was was tight
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Keith pulled it in and David and Keith
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took photographs cue photos
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what else Madam right we
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took our own courtesy Flags because
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although we are in turkey and the boat
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is Turkish registered just to let other
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people know that there were British
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people on board
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so we took our own courtesy flag Rule
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Britannia Rule Britannia a lot of we
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noticed a lot of people do this I mean
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we've met some people that had a Polish
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uh Swedish Sweden and the German on
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board so they had like four courtesy
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flags up the sort of Danish or was it
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kind of wage I can't remember now danish
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as well
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cup
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yeah was it was it Danish or was it
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Norway I really can't remember now what
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it was I know they had four courtesy
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flags and I asked the question why have
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they got four and it's because there's
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four different nationalities on them
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exactly so yeah take your own courtesy
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flag
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something that was really lacking on the
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boat was
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um any line they had all the Mooring
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lines yeah and all the lines for tying
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back to the Rocks which we did use but a
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couple of times we just needed an extra
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piece of line and there was nothing on
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the boat so when we were swimming yeah
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when we were swimming normally we'd
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throw a fender over the back of the boat
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of course
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oh it's hot here so normally when we're
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we're sailing we throw a fender over the
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back and and put a line a line on it
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just so that just for safety a couple of
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things that that does one is if you get
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these lunatics on jet skis or uh power
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boats
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um 20 meters of line with a fender on
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stops them coming within 20 meters of
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the back of your boat and it gives the
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people swimming some protection it's not
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a lot
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but it it does help and unfortunately
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not so much here in Turkey but in the
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rest of Europe if you call somewhere
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Paradise the first thing that happens is
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the jet skis go there and the banana
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boats and to be honest we're frightened
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to let people swim off the back of our
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boat including us
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so
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um there were no there was no spare
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lines at all and it's not just tying a
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fender on there were other things we
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wanted to lash something up we wanted to
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tie the dinghy in a different position
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no spare lines and so
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just 20 meters of of eight mil braid on
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braid
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um just so handy and you know it takes
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look at the space it takes up it's not
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it's not even a handful so take that
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with you
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um it doesn't weigh anything if you're
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worried about your flights and you know
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it's a pair of shoes and you're not
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going to be wearing shoes anyway so take
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the line I mean we live on a boat and we
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packed a suit a small suitcase each we
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didn't wear half of it we literally two
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sets of clothes and that was it exactly
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obviously something's changed into if
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you went ashore yeah exactly what else
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did we have that we well while we're on
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the subject of swimming and snorkeling
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Etc I love snorkeling and I took my
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snorkel gear with me and I am so glad I
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did there were three pairs of fins on
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the boat that was on the charter boat
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all for men they were all big men's size
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but there were no masks there were no
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snorkels and I suppose
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in an emergency you need to go under the
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boat you'd need a pair of fins yeah but
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I took my own snorkel gear and I'm so
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glad I did because there was nothing
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there and it doesn't take up a lot of
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room no it doesn't take up a lot of room
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and you know if you think that you may
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catch a fishing line or a mooring line
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or something like that you know you want
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to get under the boat the water here in
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the summer is somewhere between 24 and
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28 degrees so it's just like a swimming
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pool and of course when you look at your
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boat and when you're inspecting the boat
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you want to be able to
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um look at the bottom of the boat but
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that was almost impossible without any
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masks fortunately we've taken our masks
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so they were able to inspect underneath
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yeah the guys oh I have some footage cue
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footage of inspecting bottom of boat
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here or here
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is it just me
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or is it hot to grieve
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but what you're trying to explain
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but don't mind feather wings no diamond
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rings
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but that's not how you get to me no
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you could sit in the shade
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[Music]
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we'll see
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we can go for walks
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and maybe just maybe
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[Music]
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sweet delivery
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he's never guaranteed
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no matter the place or time
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I like where you're whispering and
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really listening
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not too much far so keep it easy
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[Music]
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we can go for walks
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foreign
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Applause]
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[Music]
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[Music]
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we can go for a walk
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[Music]
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and maybe just maybe
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we could sit in the show
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thank you
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and maybe just maybe
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[Music]
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it's okay and what would so what was the
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next thing Cindy well I think we briefly
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covered this was like the ax apps for
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when your anchor yeah
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um again the
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tablet was invaluable for that
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we just put it onto an anchor alarm
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yeah the anchor alarm was I mean again
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there were three of us qualified
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um Skippers
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um on board uh Keith has done all his
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four oh yeah sorry four yeah
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um Keith stunt all his all his uh exams
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um
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Etc it just hasn't applied applied for
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his ICC so Keith
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get onto the ryi and get your ICC
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that's told him isn't it
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um seriously yeah if you get the chance
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uh
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um get your ICC before you go it will
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help
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and what else was there
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um one thing we noticed quite a lack of
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on the charter boat was um sockets for
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plugging your phones in yeah Etc
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although there was one set in each room
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we've got two phones everybody had two
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phone each and the tablets and everybody
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else took their tablet so we were rather
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lacking in in power in power it had an
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inverter didn't it it did have an
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inverter yeah I think the batteries were
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kind of end of season end of very well
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they were very end of season they'd had
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a hard life during the summer we had 450
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amp hours of batteries on on uh on the
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boat
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um had a victron inverter on there while
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the engine was running
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um we tried to charge up as much as we
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could but uh you know there was for all
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of us on the boat and and being power
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hungry we we used quite a lot of power
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and a couple of times we went back to
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our power packs yeah
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um so that's something else take a power
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pack we've got a couple of these this is
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the Philips 10. this is amazing I can't
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remember how many watts it is does tell
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you on here you can add that in after
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can't you a battery capacity 10 000
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milliamp hours so that's pretty good
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that I mean that that will do an iPhone
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four or five times uh and it will do an
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iPad two or three times
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um and it's got
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um
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Thunderbolt three Thunderbolt four
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USBC so it will charge really quick
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um from from the suitable charger and
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we've got one of these this is well I
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can't remember what make it is uh it's a
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no-name brand this is uh 5 000 milliamp
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hour so this one is half of that one
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um this one has got a solar or panel on
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on the front which helps it charge I say
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helps it charge because it still takes
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about two and a half days to go from
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uncharged to charge
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um but these power bricks really useful
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uh take take one or two of them with you
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we also bought a small extension lead
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that had three
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um Europeans European sockets and three
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USB ports that was really handy as well
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for everybody to use so yeah yeah that
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was that was really handy
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thank you
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so one of the things that we will really
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needing
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um
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[Applause]
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so luckily uh as I said we've done a
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bear boat charter before many years ago
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and my head chef
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[Applause]
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and the other lady is Caroline and Liz
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we we knew that we wouldn't be able to
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we didn't want to buy a big block of
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something to go on the boat because we
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were only there for 10 days
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I meant throwing it away luckily we live
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in Turkey so we were able to take it
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back to our boat with us but obviously
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if you're chartering a boat you don't
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want to be left with loads of condiments
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and bits and Bobs we took stuff from the
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boat
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um which we knew we we probably wouldn't
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get but go check was actually quite good
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it was quite good for buying things the
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only thing I would say if you're really
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particular about your cup of tea like I
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am take her on tea bags because Turkish
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tea is okay it's black it's black tea I
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love it joy I love the the black tea you
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drink it without milk it's great I love
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it Cindy's not too keen on it but it's
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okay what else did you take darling I'm
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not going to say the brand name but I
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think you can probably work out what you
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say Oxo these are my go-to for
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everything and I and you cannot buy them
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over here anywhere
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so I took my own Supply yeah and Liz
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also bought me some back from
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Switzerland
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yeah what how do we describe old shows I
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don't know if you get them in the states
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they're well they're they're stock beef
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stock they're stock cubes not
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necessarily beef I've got vegetable
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stock cubes if you can get chicken the
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the they're lovely if you haven't had
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Oxo in hot water it's um you haven't
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lived lovely I find them really useful
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for cooking so I just took some mixed
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herbs because again I didn't want to go
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and buy five or six different types of
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herbs for cooking no so I took one of
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mixed herbs which I could bring back
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with me but obviously if you're
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traveling from the UK or anywhere
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that just slips in your handbag yeah
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your suitcase it's just trying to save a
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bit of money really yeah and we had some
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cracking meals while we were on board we
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had a um Caroline did a chili didn't she
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and you did a spec Bowl spaghetti
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bolognese we had sausage and mash
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sausage and mash yes Pasta Pasta
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absolutely great
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so they were probably the the things
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that we
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would recommend that that you take if
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make the same mistakes that we've made
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over the years 40 years plus sailing
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we've made some big ones I tell you so
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until next time folks stay safe sail
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safe bye bye bye
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