I have been messing about in boats of one sort or another since early childhood. The boats have ranged from kayaks and small dinghies, through more esoteric craft like Indian Ocean outriggers and a long tail “Cordless Canoe”, to various owned and chartered sailing cruisers and a couple of Sail Training vessels. The voyages have ranged from inland lakes and waterways to Britain’s wonderfully varied coastal waters and the warmer waters of the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean. 

Here’s a summary of my adventures (and boats) so far…

Sailing Around Britain in 2022 is the log of our adventures in 2022, completing our sail around Britain along with Elin’s Round Britain & Ireland Race

Contessa 32 White Knight of Purbeck, is the boat I sailed around Britain. The posts tell of our journey from the initial search for a boat through the first season sailing Scotland’s Inner Hebrides, the winter refit and continue our peregrination through the Clyde and on down through the Irish Sea to Wales. The story continues.

The Cornish Shrimper Daisy was in our care for 8 years and provided many adventures, some of which are fit for telling including our exploits around Anglesey and the Clyde. 

There have also been adventures in other boats, including a kayak (Kleppie) powered by a cordless drill (the Long Tail), my friend Gordon’s Drascombe Lugger, McPuff in which we competed in the Sail Caledonia Great Glen Raid 2008, Also chartered yachts for various cruises.

The miscellaneous bits are just that, a collection of posts on a wider range of subjects. 

The Merganser Voyages are recollections and photographs of our family holidays exploring the English and Welsh canal network in the 1960’s.

I hope you enjoy it. 

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