OFFSHORE! Expedition lifeboat 'Alan' motors Edinburgh to Wick. Lifeboat heads north LEG 5 Ep128 [4K]
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- čas přidán 27. 06. 2024
- 00:00 Introduction
01:27 Leaving Granton Harbour
06:29 Montrose
20:50 Peterhead
32:22 Wick
34:23 Channel update
38:31 Final thoughts in Wick
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EPISODE 128
The first main travel leg of 2024. We complete the final 150nm of mainland British coastline, and use a mixture of anchoring and marinas along the way, via Montrose and Peterhead.
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A 40min episode? What a treat 😊
my thought exactly, i actually didnt even finish and came back to it today and im happy to have more alan content :D :D :D
I'm just a poor pensioner, but I am subscribed and I understand that comments help with the algorithm. Good luck with your mission.
Likewise too (in mid 70s) and I also subscribed a while back after dropping by chance on an early "Alan" video and got hooked!
Poor pensioner too, love boats & CZcams adventures, know nothing about algorithms but on oil rigs I could hand start lifeboat 3 cyl Lister air cooled engines😂 (I had been engineer in Merchant Navy)
Great video! This is then the only channel on CZcams where I don't have to increase the speed, thanks for that! I have shared with my Norwegian friends that you are coming, but they are few, so don't expect a royal welcome. Greetings from Sweden!
I must say that like you, I don’t speed up the video - and the only other channels viewed at regular speed are parkour channels. It would be criminal to not savor properly Alex’s witty comments!
Great to see Alan tootle past the mouth of the Moray Firth. I waved as you chugged by 🏴⚓️
Alan's cousin should be called 'Max' because it says 'Max - 8 People'
Wick is a wonderful little town. I have fond memories of going there with my late father-in-law on his last holiday. None of his family were willing to go to Schottland with him one last time, so I took it up and we had a grand ole time. Who knew that being best friends with your father-in-law keeps your marriage alive, as right after he died, I gained an ex-wife. Yet Wick treated us nicely and we got VIP status in the Chinese Restaurant beyond the bridge from the harbour, where my companion spent lavishly on food and mostly drink, so I carried him over my shoulder up the hill to our B&B. The next day the whole kitchen staff cheered for us upon our cautious re-entry. Thanks for the great episode!
20-30 min episodes are the perfect length for me. Alan videos are a welcome treat for my weekends, and something I look forward to every week. I wish I was more able to support Alan financially. I'd love to fund a tank of fuel, but that's outside of my reach currently. So instead, I'll just give a comment and a like to appease Al Gore's Rhythm, or whatever it is.
Keep up the good work, Alex.
Outstanding episode! Hello from Texas!
Good old Montrose. I used to get fish and chips there when visiting my Grandmother in Inverbervie. (She was originally from Skye and Gaelic was her first language - amazing lady.)
I also had the hottest-spiced curry ever from Montrose - they said they made them hotter than anyone else and I thought it was just advertising silliness. I was wrong. I was actually dizzy, rather like spinning in the tide, but faster!
So good to see this long episode.
Good evening….from a rather wet and windy IOM 🇮🇲 👍😉👌🇮🇲
ask people to like and comment to boost interaction with the videos
Great journey of Alan.
Great to watch my cousin Murray in this video! I have no knowledge of sailing but found this really interesting. Will keep watching your journey!
He was great 👍
Good to see you on the water. I'll donate when I can.
Keep the faith brother.
I wish I could do more, but being partially disabled, Diabetic and other stuff I am therefore unemployed for 9 years, so I can't. You really deserve to be helped, but I can't do that... sorry. I do watch and do subscribe and do like every blog, that's my little help... Best of luck mate...
Have you considered adding a extra pair of towing points to Allison and setting up a bridle? Do away with a single foint of failure and potentially improve towing performance?
Thanks for sharing Alex, great video
I suppose, in order to give you the algorithm bump, we should all be commenting along with our subscriptions.
Comments like this?
Even replies like this!
Orange seems an eminently sensible colour for your intentions ... 'Stuck up Yachties' are what kills the enjoyment for all. "Alan, and we, were heading offshore" Oh the excitement .. 😜
For some reason, I find myself unsubscribed from channels and such was the case today with yours. Of course, I've resubscribed. How could I not? 😊
YT has a habit of doing that.
I am not in a position to join at the moment, but here is a comment to feed the algo!
Stern platform is a fantastic upgrade! Must make pee breaks much easier.
Bit worried about that bow line getting caught in your prop, should it fall off underway. Unless of course you remove it first. Great channel btw, gives a lot of pleasure.
That looked like a great trip to Wick. Fantastic stuff! 👍😁
i think the format of the videos is about right, and i particularly like the "Alan Gopher" inserts
Prairie dog!
Another wonderful video. I confess I am flummoxed that anyone could think your deadpan voiceover delivery is done by a robot!🤔🤦♂️The world's gone mad!
Love the channel! Comment in order to bump algorithm
Great episode. Loved the length 😂😂 If only my Mrs said the same...
Cool to see Magne Viking, the black and yellow ship featured in the movie TENET
enjoying the videos, comment for algorithm bump.
Enjoy your videos and narration. If your engine starts on jump leads but not when using the installed system then it is likely a bad engine ground - check all your grounds.😀👍
great and funny video thanks for sharing
excellent well done lads
Enjoy that hard work🎉
Subbed a while ago, but will continue to watch and recommend
Great episode! Cheering you on from Savannah, GA. I will sign up for something to support the channel. As you Brits say, keep calm and carry on!
Great video really enjoyed it. I’d love to spend some time onboard I’ve always wanted my own Allan. Be a great adventure in that part of the world. 👍🇦🇺
Enjoy all of your videos, you have far more patience than I would with the editing and voice overs. Alan is much more stable than I would have thought you did a great job making him sea worthy. Many happy miles to come I'm sure.
Longtime viewer here with a reward for you: Save the needed/dreaded editing time via videos no longer than 24 minutes. That seems to be the sweet spot for the great unwashed who are not totally addicted to the 'Alan Lifestyle' as I and many other loyal fans here are.
YW.
Although I subscribe to a few score channels, I do indeed find your travails to be a merry departure from normalcy. Your channel is truly entertaining, and I consider it “inside the wire”. One of a handful of my go to channels. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Gutted you were where I stay in Peterhead and didn’t see the boat
alan living his best life now, what a champion.
Would love to give monthly when i get my income consistent, love your videos and been watching since last year if my memory serves me right.
Also as for what CZcams has been doing as of late, from what i have heard its due to an update in its algorithm and notifications that has screwed with many channels, The CZcams tech team seam keen on ignoring this so i have no real answer or guess as to when it will be rectified.
That aside though, i shall keep watching and enjoying watch you and Alan make progress, wish you the best and will be prayin for your safety upon the high seas as it were
Keep her going.
Hi Alex, stumbled across you by accident but watched this one all the way through nice one mate! Just Subbed!👍👏👏👏❤️
Welcome! And cheers.
Great video. I'm interested in the tech bits as well as the travelogue(might just have said the whole lot).
Hope to see more.
Loving it......Keep going Alex ,would subscribe again if I could :(
I also enjoy the longer videos- ten minutes or so long ones don't tend to stick in my mind- maybe because they don't feel like an 'event' like the longer ones do?
Glad to support the channel. Love the videos ❤
Enjoy the narration, thanks for the time taken. What you need is more regular vids to keep us happy , they don’t have to be feature films
I really do my best, but I have to make a living too! And occasionally sleep!
nice show....
Have you checked the low pressure pump? I had a perkins of similar size and had done everything, still difficult to start. Changed low pressure pump and it fired up directly every time after that, even in winter like 0 degC without glowplug/heater.
I thought similar--classic case of a lack of fuel prime.
Great to see Alan on its way finally!
GOOD JOB .
Dead pan narration great stuff.
Excellent video, well done!
Thanks John
great work :)
BRILLIANT AND APPRECIATED
Likewise. Cheers.
Great video
I have had some success with going over the permanent marker with a non permanent marker and then rubbing it off, or orange essence cuts through pretty well everything in a clean up. Thanks for the longer episode, I would be very sad if the channel goes belly up. We’re just getting to the really exciting stuff too. Best of Scottish luck what ever you decide about the channel.
I did try that and no joy. Even acetone had a tough go of it. And thank you!
Great achievement,onwards and upwards 🎉
CZcams gods! Everyone needs to see this!
@CZcams
Starboard bow (front starboard quarter)
I'm a regular viewer. BTW, I'm like a few folks and would send you a "quid or two" (or euros or dollars) through the post and would do it if you had a P.O. Box. Hate to see you have to quit making videos. I'm just a boring "Yank" who enjoys your adventures.
Comment for the algorithm!
According to the Wick Harbor Authority, as of June 16th, 2024, the Pleasure Craft Alan shows as being docked at the marina in Wick and AIS turned off on May 30th, 2024. Two week delay from shoot to post is pretty good. Thank you for your content Alex!!!
I'm glad someone notes the diligence of my work! Ha.
Great episode, as an ex mariner who lives in the middle of England it was a real treat to watch, thanks Alex and Alan.😀
Cheers
The permanent marker can be removed easily by going over it with a non permanent marker, it should just wipe off, I was shown this recently.
Came here to say the same (to add to the algorithm also!)
I had a 1971 BMW motorcycle with a tall windscreen as my commuter. I installed a 10" manual boat wiper, which worked well and beat wiping the windscreen with my glove. I did have to replace the standard acrylic with a handmade piece of scratch-resistant acrylic called "Lucite AR" at the time, which advertised being 17x as resistant to scratching. There is less mud in the ocean, so that may not be needed.
I looked at these and backed off, but will have another look.
In the middle of another video, I saw some orange goodness. It's time for a glass of wine and some shenanigans by a land trotter on the water
A glass of wine, how classy. I Prost to you with a bottle of beer.
och aye the noo alan
Talked to my nephew about you this weekend and I'll forward this to him now. Gonna do what I can.
Cheers
Great.
Alans back on the move already!
great boat, great video,
We'll take that. Thanks.
I was born in wick 😂
💪👊🍺 Cheers snd SKÅL (The Scandinavian (Den./Swe./.Nor. the word is "SKÅL/ SKAoL")
- That is an very IMPORTENT WORD here in Scandinavia..
I think that once you're out more on the water the viewership will increase. I do hope you keep up with the videos. I don't think the length needs to increase much. Erik Aanderaa and Harry Dwyer are kind of in your wheelhouse on CZcams and their channels seem to have benefitted from the storytelling that comes naturally from being on the water with a destination. I've really enjoyed seeing Alan on the move!
Agreed - I like their channels, although I don't want to homogenise with them.
Always amazes me just how difficult it is to have rain show up on camera unless it's backlit. That heavy rain could have been mist or drizzle from the pictures.
Enjoyed watching you motor past my home coastline. Would love to see you add an anchor line chafe solution to the project list.
Chafe solution for what part?
I'm getting chafe sleeves for Alan's mooring lines.
Thanks for the great video!
Cheers
Well done !
Thanks
Alan was towed to Lerwick today (Wednesday 19th) by the RNLI after (reportedly) suffering engine problems in the rather dangerous waters near Fair Isle. Hopefully that can be sorted out before Alex heads into even more perilous waters.
That's correct - Alan ejected coolant into the bilge after we passed Sumburgh Head. It's such a shame, as we'd made a mammoth Wick to Fair Isle trip two days before, and had timed the final part to coincide with a brief lull in the bad weather. The RNLI lifeboat team were great, and they came by afterwards to see the boat and have a chat. The episode of this leg will be to promote their volunteer work.
Nice to see him chugging his way up to the top of the world. 2x👍
Looks like Alan is bobbing around off the coast of Sanday going towards Shetland.
He certainly was. Cheers
Faux nonchalance is one of Alan's strong suits.
Cool.
I love watching these videos, but 40m is a big investment. This trip would have really hit the spot on a 10m/day 1:1 with the trip. Then I get a little hit of Alan every day. Perfect. Thank you for sharing and good luck!
Great to see you getting further north than where I call home. Sorry not to have noticed and come to wave you by. Love the videos and alway take time to savour them.
Thank you and sorry to have not seen your waving
This wee guy has just subscribed and im told every little helps! I first saw your travels when you went passed my East Lothian coast in cluding the Farne islands. I wished you stopped off in Dunbar where you would've been very welcome,orange wouldn't be a problem, but green seams to upset some, i should know. Also the main line train is on your doorstep. I'm looking forward to your next trip already but unhappy you think ALAN is not coming back to Scotland or home . My dream is to motor my little boat up where you were but turn left onto canals for the west coast. However, I've been struggling to refit my boat on time for a variety of reasons. Thanks for taking the time n trouble allowing us to share your adventures.
It certainly does, and thank you. Ah, yes Dunbar looked spectacular as we passed, but the stone harbour might have been beyond my berthing skills!
@@AlexHibbertOriginals I'm sure you could get into the harbour no probs, line up the two posts on hill and come in between the large rocks , once Harbour
entrance visible on left/port side . It was scary when I first did this as I knew nothing. Alex, There's a book EAST OF SCOTLAND sailing directions by Andy Carnduff and Forth yacht clubs association printed by Imray. This is a godsend showing every nook n cranny from Berwick up to Duncansby head with very clear instructions that an idiot like myself can understand. It's unbelievably fully informed. P.S. Dunbar actually has another two harbours inside the main Victoria harbour that dry out but great for shelter. Hopefully your engine wasn't deliberately damaged and all is going great for you. Regards Robert
I enjoyed the longer episode
Cheers - will do them when I can.
Just found your channel and subscribed, looking forward to watching your previous episodes. To help remove the permanent marker write over it with whiteboard marker, you should then be able to rub it off.
Tried that - and acetone (mostly) failed too.
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Interesting, today, a simple voyage or trip is called "Expediton" or "Adventure"
When I was a kid, tese words were about a life threatening situation.
Here in Brazil, we have the same trend😮. I think, I am getting old.😢
How about the boat is simply being moved to where expeditions begin? Also, my apologies if the video of 113 days on an ice sheet is not extreme enough.
Have you checked the 'health' of your batteries recently? Sounds like they have lost some of their cranking power, the starter was very lazy
Possibly loose alternator belt, crap batteries dodgy connection or not tight connections.
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Very much enjoy your videos.... I have shared this one to my very limited number of FB friends.... but hey.... maybe you will get a few more :-)
Cheers
only just getting started...
Go Allan
He goes.
I would install a aluminum A frame mast and stabilizer poles with running stabilizers. Would really make er more comfortable in bigger sea state . Additionally at anchour it provides a great place for flopper stoppers . Comfort at sea
I considered those style stabs, but the structural work on the upper shell would be huge. The upper hull is much thinner than the lower half.
Commenting for the algorithm