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8 Apr 2012
Field walk with the doggie
Dogs 4.0 miles 1 hours

Round the local fields with doggie

28 Apr 2012
Up river to the Goat Walk
Boats 7.7 nm 2 hours

A trip up river to the Goat Walk before the weekend gales came in

19 May 2012
Up river cruise to Goat Walk
Boats 9.2 nm 2 hours

An up river dinghy cruise from SYC to the Goat Walk. Light winds on the way back. About 15 boats out.

30 Jul 2012
Monday evening sail
Boats 5.5 nm 1 hours

A Monday evening sail to the Goat Walk - quite gusty.

20 Apr 2013
First dinghy cruise of 2013
Boats 8.8 nm 3 hours

On safety boat duty for the first SYC dinghy cruise event of 2013. Lovely weather and a good wind but not much water on the neap tide. Upriver to the Goat Walk at Topsham.

18 May 2013
Super summer sail
Boats 6.2 nm 1 hours

A lovely sail up to the Goat Walk at Topsham. We had planned to go as far as the motorway bridge but the wind didnt have the west in it that the forecast said it would. Met Malcolm and Graham at the Goat Walk. The max sp…

28 Dec 2013
Scooby takes Julian for a drag
Dogs 4.3 miles 2 hours

A walk round the local fields. Scooby shows his enthusiasm for 2nd walk in one morning!

9 Mar 2014
First sail of the year
Boats 8.2 nm 2 hours

A lovely breeze and some sun for the first dinghy sail of the year in the Wayfarer. Pottered round the club for a while to see if anything would break after the winter period without any sails. All fine - so headed up ri…

12 Jun 2014
Evening up river dinghy cruise
Boats 8.3 nm 2 hours

A lovely evening's sail up to the Goat Walk at Topsham. Sun and a decent wind (which only died as the last couple of boats arrived back). We had a brief detour a little way down the Clyst taking advantage of the high tid…

30 Jul 2016
Summer Sail
Boats 7.9 nm 2 hours

Went up river to about the Goat Walk and then back again. Liz did some helming for about the 3rd time in the 10 years we've been sailing on the Exe. Then some on water reefing practice and then back to SYC for the "Commo…

22 Oct 2016
Up river sail
Boats 5.1 nm 2 hours

First time out on the Wayfarer for quite some time. The wind didn't manage the promised F3 / F4 and we ran out of wind trying to get past Topsham. A seal popped its head out the water about 10 yards away from us and watc…

4 Sep 2021
Up river cruise - safety boat duty
Boats 7.5 nm 2 hours

Safety boat duty for a very enjoyable up river dinghy cruise from SYC. Thought there was a pretty good chance the wind would drop and we'd be towing lots of people home. The wind mostly held so so good day out!

21 Jul 2022
Topsham paddling
Canoes 4.4 nm 2 hours

A paddle up river from SYC to the Goat Walk at Topsham. No wind on the way up. A F3 sea breeze filled in about half way back necessitating a bit more paddling.

30 Jan 2023
Up river paddle
Canoes 4.3 nm 2 hours

A fine day if a little breezy. Small tide so fairly easy paddling - especially on the way back which was wind and tide assisted.

4 May 2024
Up river safety boat
Boats 7.5 nm 2 hours

A lovely sunny May day with a F3 wind and little tide. Up to about the Goat Walk.

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