Left Portland 11:45, with aim of trying for Solent, but tides are such that hurst narrows at about 8pm was the only option. After St. Albans head, tide turned against, and since we had a long sail yesterday we decided to pop into Poole for one or tw…
Arrived Portland 8:55 pm having left Dartmouth 11:05 no pub in marina, so we had
our 40th wedding anniversary meal on board! Pasties with waggon wheels for desserts! Yum!
Lovely to get the update, and sorry it's so difficult to register, it's all about trying to stop automated spam computers overwhelming the site. We had nearly a thousand spam applications over one weekend before we added the jigsaw puzzle to stop th…
Met with Redouble, who moored in front of us a couple of hours before we left Salcombe, and then literally nearly ran into Sea Spirit on our way out, while I was raising the main.. No time to take a photo!
Trip to Dartmouth was great, bumps on the w…
It was good meeting up with you! We are now in Salcombe with excellent 3G coverage. We are aiming for Dartmouth in the next day or so.
This is the photo I took of Dragonslayer as we crossed paths on departure from Fowey.
Adam, hi, I just got our old symmetric out to measure and it has 10m sides and is 5.2m across the bottom.
We have only used it a couple of times as its a bit unwieldy with just two up and no snuffer.
hope this helps.
Dagnall
Now in Fowey, will be here a couple of nights while winds settle.
Poor internet here, so just this text message for now, will add some photos from our stay in Falmouth later.
Just a bit more information.. If you are using a limited internet connection, note that the Navionics maps are relatively big, and therefore slower to load than the 'MAP' option, which is less detailed.
Also, if using the Update boat position icon,…
Arrived Falmouth this evening after 9 hrs motor sailing from Plymouth, mostly into the wind. Sea state was slight., Safely moored now at Mylor marina, along with RUMPLETEASER, met Gallivanter on the way in, and then all met for drinks in Castaways. …
We made it to Falmouth.
Left Plymouth at 10, then motor sailed over Fowey way, then down to Falmouth. Motorsail for first leg, then pretty much head to wind for second leg. Arrived Mylor 7pm, escorted in by Gallivanter! Thanks!
Tried for Falmouth today, left mayflower Marina about 12, great NW wind, but sea was just a bit too lumpy. Waves coming from SW were ok for a short trip, but we decided that for 8hrs it would be too much, water speeds a of 6 it's outward, but 7 on r…
Left Darthaven at 9:00, and topped up fuel at the floating barge. Left Dartmouth entrance about 9:30 in very light winds, which looked to have south in them. Got to salcombe circa 1, having had very light wind on nose pretty much all the way, as we …
Hi, we tried for Falmouth today, but got confused by wind around start point and decided instead to try for Plymouth, which we succeeded in doing, but last few hrs were a slog. Now in mayflower marina for at least two nights.
FYI, cost was £50.40 f…
Great day. Left Portland at 10:00, after fixing autohelm, whose wires I had caught in outboard cables day before and had not noticed when I severed one. Portland Bill smoothest we have seen on inshore passage, then excellent motorsail to Dartmouth, …
Took advantage of winds today to cross to Portland. Only ten minutes in the overfalls at St. Albans head, rest of the way was smooth.
Took this picture off Old Harry Rock as we passed. Arrived Portland marina to find there are no food shops and the…
Left Newtown Creek 8:30, seriously thought of crossing to Lymington as we saw 32kts and had some spray splash into the cockpit. 0600 forecast was for f5 to F7, but decided to go for Poole as the detailed hourly forecast suggested the wind dropping …
I just updated to the latest UC browser and the map stopped working... If this affects you, the previous Android UC browser can be found by googling "UC browser old versions..."I re-installed the previous version (10.4.1.565) (download link), and th…
Latest update from John and Margaret:We are now at parga. Anchored in the bay. On the way here we saw a
couple of pelicans and sime dolphins.Thinking about going for a swim.
As you can see its a hard life
John and Margaret
If you find you cannot see the map on your Android 2.2 or earlier phone or tablet, I recommend downloading and using the "UC Browser". This is free and I have found that it works with our website and shows the new maps perfectly. Dagnall
Message from John and Margaret: We have just had a great sail into the inland sea. And have stopped at a
lovely little marina in a small village. Called Koronisia. The sun is
shining and the water is blue. And we are with two more cats. Who now
h…
Yes, I am a fan of wood strips, I sometimes refer to our cabin ceiling as a bit "Tudor"..The initial strips I put up are about 10mm wide, but the bit that was put under the genoa tracks is much wider, and covers a ack hidden strip for the bolts and …
Just done some on the water tests, and it's about 8% faster than my in hull raymarine/airmar log.
The unit does not sink as far as I expected, the speed keeps it near the surface. I did my tests with it about 6 ft behind the boat. Much nearer in an…
