2018 April Across Lyme Bay to Dartmouth
Crossing Lyme bay is significant. It makes you feel that you have arrived in the West Country Proper ! A very uneventful crossing fortunately no headwinds but we needed to motor for most of the way.
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2018 April the new years sailing really starts
Our second attempt at leaving the Solent begins now ! Our trip took us down to Yarmouth then on , across Poole bay down to Weymouth to meet up with old friends again. In Weymouth we were berther immediately behind a Royal navy Training Vessel who obviously are as punctilious as ourselves about flag etiquette at dusk and dawn !
2018 - February Back in the water
Re-launch at Port Solent after another round of maintenance and upgrades !
2017 November - end of season bottom scrub !
It's that time of year again . This time at Port Solent. We'll be out for at least 3 months to get the usual maintenance work done.
2017 October - Weymouth to Gosport via yarmouth
Yarmouth is always a favourite but we couldnt believe how busy it was - we have been used to the quieter West Country for several months.
2017 October - time to head back to Royal Clarence at Gosport - Dartmouth to Weymouth
We wanted to cross Lyme bay which is a 40 mile slog before the weather got too wintry . We also had to time the crossing to meet the tidal window around Portland Bill. In the end we left dartmouth pre dawn had a very quiet sail and were back in Weymouth early evening
2017 September - low tide Salcombe
Never seen Salcombe at quite such low water as this. Normandy pontoon almost dry !