Eddy Jackson MBE

                                            
                                               Tom Cunliffe YouTube Video Classic Yacht Overlord
                                            
                                                18 August 2020

Tom Cunliffe YouTube Video Classic Yacht Overlord - The Offshore Cruising Club. Tom Cunliffe sails aboard a 58-foot yacht built for the Luftwaffe before WWII, brought to Britain in 1945, now owned and cruised by a very active club called the Offshore Cruising Club. My thanks to them. Read more →

Posted by Eddy Jackson MBE at 12:47 PM in Sailing Videos | Permalink | 0 comments

Tags: OCC, Overlord yacht, Pelikan German Classic Yacht, The Offshore Cruising Club, Tom Cunliffe YouTube Video Classic Yacht Overlord

                                            
                                               sailing yachting showcase videos
                                            
                                                29 December 2019

Here is a selection of sailing and yachting videos filmed in the Hebrides West Coast of Scotland, North Wales, on the River Hamble, the North Atlantic, and southern Brittany. They may be useful to support the RYA Day Skipper, RYA Coastal Skipper, or the RYA Yachtmaster courses. Read more →

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Tags: RYA Day Skipper videos, sailing seamanship videos, Sailing videos, sailing videos RYA courses, Yachting skills videos, yachting videos

                                            
                                               Sailing from the Faroes to Scaloway Shetlands on a HR36 in midsummer
                                            
                                                15 July 2019

Here is a Twitter video of an HR36 approaching Scaloway on a mid-summers evening. Making landfall after two days out of Torshavn, Faroe Islands, the yacht encountered calm and benign conditions after turbulent conditions on the previous voyage. Read more →

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Tags: HR36, RYA sailing videos, RYA Yachtmaster Coastal Skipper videos, sailing Faroes Shetland Orkney, Scaloway marina Shetland, Video sailing Eddy Jackson

                                            
                                               Sailing to the Faroes across the North Atlantic from Orkney and then to Shetland
                                            
                                                09 July 2019

Another issue is the tidal currents in the Faroes. Although the rise and fall is only a meter or less, the currents generated through the many narrow passages can be fierce, and the overfalls (breaking standing waves) near the entrances to these passages can be frightening and may be dangerous. A local publication with hourly diagrams called Tidal Current Around the Faroe Islands created by Fischer Heinesen is worth having aboard — but is presumably only available after you get there and is useless unless you have local knowledge of when high water occurs. Read more →

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Tags: RYA weather, RYA Yachtmaster Passage Planning, Sailing Faroes, Sailing Orkney Shetland Faroes, Sailing weather Faroe Islands, Yachting North Atlantic

                                            
                                               Sailing a Moody 31 in the Hebrides Yachting West Coast of Scotland
                                            
                                                23 May 2019

I was brought up on the River Hamble near the Moody yard where the Moody 31 was built. The Kemp spars come from Southampton. I jumped at the opportunity to sail this yacht. Solidly constructed and a sound yacht to sail we had great fun in contrasting weather cruising the Hebrides. The Eberspacher heater was put to good use, Read more →

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Tags: Moody 31, navigating Hebrides Scotland, piloting Moody 31 Sound of Mull, RYA Sailing Instructor Moody 31, sailing yachting Hebrides West Coast of Scotland, Spring Sailing Scotland

                                            
                                               Sailing Faroe Islands
                                            
                                                04 March 2019

Essential planning for a summer cruise north to the Faroe Islands includes looking at the tourists destinations and activities on arrival. An experienced crew will voyage from Kirkwall, Orkney to the Faroes and return via the Shetlands. Read more →

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Tags: HR36, OCC members, RYA Yachtmaster Navigation Pilotage, Sailing Faroe Islands, Yachting cruising Orkney Shetland Faroe Islands

                                            
                                               Vimeo Sailing Yachting Video Album 
                                            
                                                31 January 2019

Canna Harbour Read more →

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Tags: Canna Harbour, sailing Hebrides, Small Isles

                                            
                                               Sail Scotland Kyle Rhea
                                            
                                                28 September 2018

Kyle Rhea is a classic pilotage and great care must be taken due to strong tidal streams. Eight knots are the norm in this tidal gate. However, with good timing and seamanship skills, the Kyle Rhea is a must-do and terrific transit to complete. Even at neap tides, the currents and eddies buffet vessels as they transit this narrow passage between mainland Scotland and the Isle of Skye. Read more →

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Tags: Kyle Rhea Pilotage, RYA Day Skipper, RYA navigation video, sail Scotland video, sailing around Scotland, sailing Scotland, Skye yachting

                                            
                                               Davits a metaphor for life
                                            
                                                04 August 2018

The boat’s dinghy enhanced the trip by allowing the crew to have great fun to access and reach the most incredible places. Without the highly functional davits, it would be hard work launching and retrieving the tender. Simply, un-tie two lines to easily lower or raise. The process is stunningly quick compared to the labour-intensive alternatives. How do you waste your time and efforts by faffing around? Read more →

Posted by Eddy Jackson MBE at 02:57 PM in Assembly, Communication, Geography Videos, Sailing Videos, SMSC | Permalink | 0 comments

Tags: Bunessan, Canna, davits, Eigg, Fingal’s Cave Staffa, hebrides yachting, Iona, Loch Aline, Loch Moidart, Loch Scavaig, Malaig, Muck, Oban, pilotage Loch Spelve, Plockton, Port Ellen, Rum, sailing scotland video, sailing West Coast of Scotland videos HR36, Soay, Tarbet and the Pool, Tinker's Hole, Tobermory, Tobermory, yacht tender

                                            
                                                 What is your compass bearing
                                            
                                                27 May 2018

In summary, I have used the metaphor of a compass, a compass bearing, and navigation regarding your direction of travel. The true story of Dawn Glory going aground on a moonless night in a remote loch could have been catastrophic. What do you use to guide, lead, and inform your life? What is your compass bearing? Read more →

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Tags: compass bearing, educational resources, PSHE lesson plan, sailing yarn, school assembly, social studies lesson, yacht going aground