Author: Jane Minay
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Trip 23 – Portland to St Mawes
Wednesday 11th June 2025 The plan was to try to make the Scillies but the wind was not cooperative. 5pm start to catch the tide around Portland Bill. A very beautiful sunset but almost no wind overnight. The 3 hour watch worked well. Floated past several group of moon and blue jelly fish. After a…
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Trip 13 – Dartmouth to Portland, crossing Lyme Bay
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…
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Trip 9 Portland to Brownsea Island, Swanage and Chapmans Pool
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.…