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<p>From Portland Harbour, round Portland Bill to Starcross Yacht Club on the Exe.</p><p> As ever, a rounding of Portland Bill by the inshore passage required careful planning. In our case, this meant that to get safe and…

Derek H's Thalmia launched from Topsham Quay at the ungodly hour of something past seven. Then a trip down the "inner passage to the south west corner of Bull Hill. Back via the marked channel. A summary of what the chan…

Up to Trouts at Topsham ready for Thalmia to be craned out tomorrow. Watched Roy S nervously watching his Sadler 26 being lifted out.

Out with Derek H and Peter S on Derek's Fulmar. Lovely sail in a variety of winds. Into the wind towards Dawlish and then back downwind towards Start Point. And a safety boat rescue afterwards at SYC to round out the aft…

Back from Brixham after the Drew trophy race. From Brixham to Ansteys Cove where we anchored for lunch. Then a lovely sail back to the Exe with the wind picking up a little bit as we closed on the Exe. Marvellous!

With Derek H on his Fulmar down to Brixham for the Drew Trophy. We chose the offshore route while the wind chose the inshore route! A lovely sail and then a meal at Brixham Yacht Club.

Up to Trouts for some minor repairs to Derek H's Fulmar

Breezy sail with Derek. First of the year. Mostly F4 gusting F5. Max winds 24 knots while sailing reaching 27 knots when coming back in the channel. Channel has changed over the winter. Only 0.7m below the keel at some p…

Helping with the launch of Derek H's Thalmia from Topsham Quay.

Up to Trouts at Topsham on Thalmia ready for her winter lift out.

A lovely trip out with Derek H in his Fulmar along with Alan W. Down the "inside passage" where we "stopped for tea" for about 15 minutes after we headed east a little early. The wind didn't drop as much as had been fore…

<p>A short sail round from Bucklers Hard on the Beaulieu River to the Town Quay at Lymington.</p><p> We left the peace and tranquility of the Beaulieu River and after a short sail reached the yachting mega-centre that is…

<p>From Studland past St Albans Head to Portland Harbour with a stop at Lulworth Cove.</p> <p> We weighed anchor early at the Studland anchorage to be able to get past the Lulworth Gunnery Range before the army started f…

<p>A sail from Lymington out of the Solent past Hurst Castle, past Christchurch Harbour and on to an anchorage at Studland.</p><p> After leaving Lymington we sailed past Hurst Castle to leave the Solent and enter Christc…

<p>From Wooton Creek, past Cowes and Fawley and into the Beaulieu River.</p><p> We left Wooton Creek and sailed across the Solent to the Beaulieu River. We motored up the river past Bucklers Hard and towards the top of t…

<p>From Newtown Creek passing Cowes and on to Wooton Creek.</p><p> Another sail and motor, leaving Newtown Creek and sailing round the top of the Isle of Wight and passing Cowes. Then on to Wooton Creek and a gentle moto…

<p>From Yarmouth marina round to an anchorage in Newtown Creek.</p><p> We left Yarmouth Marina just after the Junior Offshore Group fleets left. We sailed for a bit in very light winds. The light winds gave us a chance t…

<p>A sail up through Keyhaven marshes and then across to Yarmouth on the Isle Of Wight.</p><p> We weighed anchor and then followed the channel through Keyhaven marshes to the end of the navigable water at Keyhaven itself…

<p>From Poole Harbour into the Solent to anchor up at Keyhaven.</p><p> With the easterly winds continuing, this sail and motor took us out of Poole Harbour (past Brownsea Island and the Sandbands/Studland chain ferry). W…

Out on Thalmia with Derek and Steven H. First sail of the season to check everything still working as expected. Weather pretty much as forecast - F4 gusting F6 - so fairly deeply reefed to take it easy on a first sail.…

Up to Trouts on Derek H's Fulmar for the engine to have a quick inspection. Then a lovely day sail down to Anstey's Cove for a quick anchor and some hot cross buns. Wind changed direction by about 120 degrees while we we…

After a day's delay to let strong winds go through, we exited Victoria Marina over the cill at about 04:10. The Little Russel was very calm with only a few pot buoys to contend with. After an all too brief 20 minutes of…

Started the day with a wander round Sark and a lovely soup lunch at Stocks hotel. A short but fast sail from Havre Gosselin, Sark to St Peter Port in Guernsey. There were some confused seas to the east of the Lower Head…

One of the best sails of the trip. From Granville in Normandy, between the Iles Chausey, the Minquiers and the south coast of Jersey and on to the anchorage at Havre Gosselin on the west side of Sark. We'd assumed a slow…

We decided on Granville as the next port of call to get a better angle on the wind for the return trip to Guernsey. The first attempt at leaving St Cast was short lived due to an engine overheating problem on one of the…

A fairly strong following wind for the sail across from St Peter Port on Guernsey to St Cast in Brittany. We sailed pretty much the whole trip under just full headsail but still maintained a good average speed. First tim…

Not a lot of wind on the trip from Brixham to St Peter Port, Guernsey. Mostly just headsail up. An easy crossing of the TSS. A rather large ship was contacted on Ch13 and was happy for us to continue in our role as the "…

A leisurely sail down from SYC to the Events Pontoon at Brixham ahead of a crossing to Guernsey. It was Pirate time in Brixham that weekend and there were a few early idiots whose late night antics made getting up for a…

<p>A sail from Starcross Yacht Club on the Exe via the inshore passage at Portland Bill and on to Weymouth.</p><p> Because Portland Bill sticks out into the English Channel and has a shallow underwater ledge that "squeez…

Back to the Exe from Brixham. With only a couple of knots of wind we motored back all the way. A lovely sunny day. Spotted one dolphin way off and no fish on Derek's fishing line. There was some sort of rowing race / eve…