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We Didn’t Mean to Buy a Boat

November 15, 2023January 19, 2026 Posted in Uncategorized, Victoria 30 Boston BelleLeave a comment

Buying our new boat and a shakedown to the Isles of Scilly

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Leg 1 Caernarfon to Milford Haven and the Saga of Diesel

December 23, 2022December 23, 2022 Posted in Sailing Around Britain in 2022Leave a comment

Setting off on the first leg of our summer adventure, setbacks and changes of plan.

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2021 The Season of Chaos

January 16, 2022 Posted in White Knight - Contessa 32Leave a comment

2021 was the season when nothing went as planned. But that is not to say it all went wrong; …….

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“No Good Deed Goes Unpunished”

January 26, 2021December 27, 2021 Posted in White Knight - Contessa 32Leave a comment

In which we deliver White Knight to Caernarfon via the Menai Straits with three rescues.

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Notes on Upgrading White Knight’s Navigation Systems

January 22, 2021February 13, 2023 Posted in White Knight - Contessa 32Leave a comment

In which we upgrade White Knight’s aged and failing navigation systems onto a NMEA200 backbone

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  • We Didn’t Mean to Buy a Boat
  • Returning to Scotland 2024
  • A Trip to the Chart Agents
  • Summer Cruise 2025: Not a Vintage Year
  • Revenge of the Ticks and other weekends
  • Chasing the Ghost of Uncle George

Victoria 30 Boston Belle

  • We Didn’t Mean to Buy a Boat
  • Returning to Scotland 2024
  • A Trip to the Chart Agents
  • Summer Cruise 2025: Not a Vintage Year
  • Revenge of the Ticks and other weekends
  • Chasing the Ghost of Uncle George

Sailing Around Britain

  • The 100 day plan
  • Preparing for Safety
  • Sorting Out the Comms
  • And then the plans changed
  • Leg 1 Caernarfon to Milford Haven and the Saga of Diesel
  • Leg 2 Milford Haven to Plymouth
  • Elin & Lou’s Round Britain & Ireland Race
  • Tales from the support crew.
  • Leg 3:Aftermath of the race and getting to Ramsgate
  • Leg 4a The East Coast: Ramsgate to Scarborough
  • Leg 4b: Scarborough to Eyemouth
  • Leg 5: Scotland
  • Reflections on our sails around Britain

Contessa 32 White Knight

  • In Search of a New Boat.
  • Shaking Down the New Boat
  • Its the Crinan Canal for me
  • Winter Refit and a Looming Pandemic
  • Aiming for Wales, a passage through Covid.
  • “No Good Deed Goes Unpunished”
  • Preparing to “Go Foreign” Part 1: Sorting out the Paperwork
  • Notes on Upgrading White Knight’s Navigation Systems
  • 2021 The Season of Chaos

Shrimper 19 Daisy

  • Reflections on the Shrimper Years
  • Daisy’s First Time Round Anglesey
  • Daisy’s Cruise to the 2014 Commonwealth Games
  • Sailing with a Seagull

Other Boats

  • Kleppie & the Long Tail
  • Raid Lugger
  • Beyond the Hebrides Part 1: St Kilda
  • Beyond the Hebrides Part 2: Wind-bound on Uist and return to Skye
  • Of Saints and Spirits: A cruise around the Inner Hebrides

Miscellaneous Scribbles

  • Reflections of a Topper Roady
  • “Yachtmaster”
  • Sailing Knife
  • Probably the Smallest Sailing Club in the World.
  • A Trip to the Chart Agents

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