The summer weather seems completely broken this year. Whether this is a one-off or environmental degradation has brought the end of summer cruising as we knew it, only time will tell. We have enjoyed five days shelter and rest on…
Ireland
We had a good 81nm passage from Milford Haven to Ireland. It was a 05:00am start. After tacking between Skokholm & Skomar islands to avoid the Wild Goose Race, our course was NE and with a W or SW wind…
Padstow & Milford Haven
The first half of our passage from St Ives to Padstow was very trying with a very weak wind, mostly following. We needed to set the spinnaker to make against the tide but the extremely variable wind direction made it…
Dartmouth to St Ives
From Dartmouth we tacked all the way to the River Yealm, where we moored on the visitors’ pontoon. The Yealm is a delight – well hidden from the open sea and with the villages of Newton Ferrers and Noss Mayo…
Starting Westwards
We filled in our time waiting for the new autopilot with a night in South Deep, a favourite anchorage in Poole Harbour and then a trip out to sea where we tested out the sails, the furling staysail and reefing…