Category: trips

3 days/ 2 nights Delayed departure We arrive in Portland and Jane spots that our SB Spinnaker pole is missing…. We are ready to report it stolen, but a very close look at a picture from the re-launching shows the top of the pole is not properly engaged so we have to conclude it has…

Friday 9th August 2024 Decided it wasn’t too windy and set off from Dartmouth Deep Water 1 pontoon once our rafted neighbours left at 7.30 am. We set a new speed of 12 knots crossing Lyme Bay with decent sized waves, luckily from behind and a good westerly. Highlight was the dolphins. Tried out the…

3 days / 2 nights. Approximately 7 hours sailing from Portland to west side of Brownsea. Give way to chain ferry at entrance to Poole harbour. Visitor fees for Poole Harbour. Visitor fees for Brownsea Island (National Trust members free). Shopping, cafes and pubs in Swanage. We did this trip May 29th – 31st 2024.…

We notice some rust on the new rigging! Clearly from the machining and it doesn’t come back after wiping off. You can also see how deteriorated the deck is in this picture. A small forrest hangs off our boat. End of season haul out will require new anti-fouling. Mupe Bay is well protected from SW…

Purpose of trip: Try out cruising shute, do some maintenance, swim. Food, drink, play with computer. There is only just enough wind to fill this sail. It might have worked better if our spinnaker booms were operational. The moment before you realise how cold it is in March. Both Alex and Jane make it around…

Since our rigging is of unknown age and the insurance won’t cover it we have booked Larksong in with XP-Rigging in Poole. This will be our first slightly longer trip with Larksong. After a cold night we wake up to a frosty deck. Jane takes us out and practices reversing. We buy 50l of fuel.…

First sailing trip out of Portland marina just across Weymouth bay to Ringstead bay. Because our yankee is at the sailmaker we only have main, mizzen and staysail available. Later we find out we do actually have a spare!