How do I Heli Tack?
Playing around in light winds is so much fun and it's even better when you start to develop your sail control. Here's a step by step guide to the heli-tack...
Mar 07, 2019•2 min
Will Nicholls
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Episodes
HOW TO DUCK TACK
I love doing some light wind freestyle and I think it's a great use of time when it's not super windy to practice both board and sail control
Mar 04, 2019•1 min
2018 Severne Fox 120 | Board Review 003
In this episode I review the Severne Fox and I F***ing love it...
Mar 03, 2019•4 min
2007 RRD Twintip 102 | Board Review 002
In this episode I review the RRD Twintip and it's not the most positive one...
Feb 25, 2019•2 min
BIC Techno 112 | Board Review 001
As I'm transitioning out of the Superyacht Industry and starting my own business I thought I'd start with reviewing the first ever windsurfing board I owned...
Feb 23, 2019•2 min
How to Maintain the Air Handlers
A simple guide to keeping the Air system clean and healthy...
Feb 22, 2019•2 min
How to Test the Bilge Alarms
Just a bi-weekly test. Definitely getting better and faster at these
Feb 20, 2019•1 min
How to be Quick with a Chamois
In this episode I'll show you a quick tip to get faster at cleaning the boat...
Feb 19, 2019•1 min
LISTEN TO THIS if You're Trying to get a Job on a Superyacht
Here's just a compilation of my best advice for those starting out and trying to get a job in the super yacht industry...
Feb 18, 2019•10 min
Installing a New Cooker
Lots going on this week, including the installation of a new cooker...
Feb 13, 2019•2 min
What are some of the most useful Skills when Starting?
I used to have a lot of very similar questions before starting out in the industry so I thought I'd answer some in this episode...
Feb 12, 2019•3 min
Why I'm Leaving the Superyacht Industry
Unfortunately the circumstances have played out whereby I can't stay on the current boat I'm working on so the universe has forced me to make a decision...
Feb 11, 2019•4 min
A Full Run Down of The Watch keeping Schedule
I thought it could be useful to go through exactly what happens hour for hour on watch, it might be different for other boats but I'm guessing there are a lot of similarities...
Feb 10, 2019•4 min
Cleaning the Biggest Sea Chests on the Boat
The biggest sea chests on the boat had to be cleaned today. In this episode I go through how to take them apart and clean them without damaging anything...
Feb 08, 2019•3 min
Lifting the Life Rafts Off the Boat
Weighing around 100kg these things are a real pain to get off the boat, fortunately is was made easier today...
Feb 06, 2019•2 min
Learning How a Centrifugal Oil Separator Works
Today I learned how a centrifugal oil separator works, as well as cleaning the inside of them...
Feb 05, 2019•1 min
Why Being a Deckhand/Engineer is My Favourite Role
Today was a really refreshing start to the week as I came to discover my favourite role on board...
Feb 04, 2019•2 min
It's not all Sunshine and Rainbows
I'm always going to speak my truth and the facts were that this week wasn't the best of weeks. Hoping for better things next week...
Feb 03, 2019•3 min
Prepping for a viewing
Today we had to get the boat ready, which meant for me cleaning the entire engine room!
Jan 31, 2019•2 min
There Was A LEAK
Today was a real frustrating day as I had to find a leak in the engine room and it just took forever to find and fix but at least it's sorted now...
Jan 29, 2019•2 min
Learning to OLLIE for the first time
I'm still learning to skateboard but thought I'd push the "board" out a little bit today and teach myself to OLLIE for the first time ever. This is a relatively "basic" skill that the pros make look like a walk in the park. Nonetheless I had fun attempting the OLLIE and am pretty sure I succeeded in doing one proper one...
Jan 28, 2019•3 min
HOW TO START SKATEBOARDING
If you're like me and have never tried skateboarding before and really like the look of it, this video might help those interested to learn. In this video I basically go through exactly how I started and the progress after one day.
Jan 27, 2019•4 min
Acting Chief Engineer for a Week (Again)
This week the Chief was away on a course so took the role of Chief on board. I also washed the entire boat down...
Jan 26, 2019•2 min
A Winter Washdown
The Charter season isn't miles away so it's worth starting to clean the boat now so it makes it easier when it REALLY needs doing...
Jan 25, 2019•1 min
Cleaning and Painting the Final Bilge
This is all I seem to do recently and am so glad to finally finish...
Jan 24, 2019•1 min
You Should Always Wear a Mask
Today I was doing more painting and made a bit of an error...
Jan 21, 2019•2 min
How do I fix the boiler?
Today I learned how to stop the boiler from leaking...
Jan 20, 2019•2 min
Where to get a cheap haircut in Antibes
It's very expensive to get a haircut in the french riviera but I managed to find somewhere for significantly cheaper...
Jan 18, 2019•2 min
Why we paint the bilges...
There is a reason why we paint the bilges, despite them never really being seen by anyone.
Jan 17, 2019•1 min
Generator Load-bank Testing
Over the past few days we've been testing the generators. With people regularly on and off the boat it has been full on!
Jan 16, 2019•3 min
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