The grandchildren left Antipole at Hartlepool. On Tuesday, Tony’s cousin Jon and his wife Shelly, who live nearby in Stockton, came to collect us so we could visit them. Fortuitously, that evening they were meeting up with Jon’s sisters Judy…
Dunbar to Hartlepool with grandchildren crew!
On Monday we were joined by four of Tony’s grandchildren.
Findhorn to Dunbar
We sailed from Findhorn on the Saturday with very variable fluky winds. One moment we had the spinnaker up and the next (fortunately after we had got it down) we were hit by a cloud burst and violent squall. We…
Back in Scotland and south to Findhorn
On Sunday we sailed against a stiff wind out of Kirkwall through The String. We were using the small staysail instead of the genoa (which we have only done twice before) and it was much easier to handle the boat,…
Mousa and Fair Isles
On Sunday we had a gentle sail against the wind down the east coast of Shetland Mainland and came to the no-longer inhabited island of Mousa, which we had entirely to ourselves. We anchored in a bay and went ashore…