I am moving west at a reasonable pace and hope to go around lands end today. A major milestone in my trip to West Wales. I’ve seen some stunning coastlines but had a couple of small setbacks. Setback one is my wind speed measuring device (anemometer) has been unreliable and as its at the top […]
The last few days sailing have been downwind in light Easterly winds. I have learned a lot about how the boat handles and have used the whisker and preventers a lot. I am still not happy I am rigging them the best way, I am still tinkering to make it easier single handed. I am
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The day started with a great downwind sail in a light breeze and ended with no wind and motoring nearly 2 hours into Brixham. Some highlights were: Using the wind vane steering downwind, rigging a preventer, using the whisker pole and sailing wing to wing. Meeting a pod of common dolphins. And some things I
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While sailing into Weymouth today a motor yacht came up from behind me on my starboard side, he was on a similar heading to me put our paths were merging. He was under motor power, I was under sail so I had priority. He will change course or speed in a minute or two…. Has
I am live streaming the boat cameras while anchored in a gale. Highest winds due about 7pm BST. Watch livestream
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I stayed three nights in Poole Haven marina to avoid the worst of a few storms passing through the area. Today I returned to the anchorage by old Harry rocks and Studland Bay because although the winds have died down, they are still mainly from the West which is where I am trying to go.
Strong Westerly Winds Read More »
I spent two nights in Swanage, it was nice there. I went ashore, saw the sights and returned with fish and chips. I caught a few mackerel too. I headed to Poole harbour today to escape some big storms over the next two days. First I tried an anchorage South of Brownsea island but its
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It seems mother nature does not want me to travel to Wales yet. The winds were supposed to be South Westerly, ideal for sailing West but forecasters were wrong, its blowing Westerly so lots of tacking back and forth if I move now. I went out anyway hoping it would change later and did have
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It started foggy so that put paid to my plan to leave early to get through Hurst at slack water. By the time I got there, the tide was racing, the wind had dropped and was coming directly from the West, where I wanted to go. I motored through, and caught a mackerel on the
Great sailing from Town Quay to Fawley then the wind died, I put the motor on to get past the Hamble entrance because it was busy and bumpy because of all the motorboats coming in and out, I left it on until past Calshot and then more or less drifted from there to Lymington at
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