Genesis

We returned to Antipole on Saturday 5th November to prepare her for lifting out for the winter.  Ynskje found the vane from the wind instrument lying on the deck.  Presumably some bird had tried to perch on it and it…

Well – we have completed the main work we needed to do alongside in Dead Fish Alley, namely installing the heating system. It feeds warm air to the saloon, each cabin and the aft heads and wet locker. Just in…

We had a very busy and productive time at the boat show, spending five days there. On the Tuesday we did duty on Antipole while various visitors came aboard.  Some were just curious, but others were in the process of…

While we were negotiating with Northsea Maritime over the proposed purchase of Antipole, we agreed to make her available for the Southampton Boat Show in September. So this Sunday/Monday [11/12 September] we were planning to sail from Wareham up to…

After the departure of everybody on Tuesday, it seemed strangely quiet. We spent the night at anchor off the beach where everyone had had such a lovely day. Then on Wednesday 5:30am we set sail westward into westerly winds, knowing…