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24 May 2019
Studland to Portland Harbour
Boats 32.3 nm 7 hours

<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…

25 May 2019
Portland to SYC on the Exe
Boats 50.7 nm 10 hours

<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…

14 Nov 2016
Weymouth to Topsham
Boats 59.0 nm 10 hours

From Weymouth round Portland Bill to Topsham at the top of the Exe. Stage three in bringing Derek H's new Fulmar back to the Exe. With very big Spring tides, we took the offshore route around the East Shambles buoy and a…

15 Apr 2018
Portland Bill
Dogs 2.2 miles 1 hours

A look round Portland Bill - given that I might just be sailing round it next weekend. We got there after the "slack water" time when its best to sail sound The Bill. It was only about a F3-F4 but at the northern end of…

15 May 2019
Exe to Weymouth
Boats 57.1 nm 11 hours

<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…

1 Sep 2013
Paddle from Cockwood Harbour to SYC
Canoes 4.0 nm 2 hours

Light winds forecast so we took Scooby for a paddle from Cockwood Harbour up to Starcross Yacht Club and back again. Watched a boat sink (again) and it is not the one in the photographs!

6 Sep 2014
Mylor harbour for breakfast
Dogs 5.0 miles 2 hours

From Mylor Bridge to Mylor Harbour and on past Restronguet Sailing Club

9 Sep 2014
Mylor Harbour to Trelissick
Canoes 5.3 nm 2 hours

From Mylor Harbour to Trelissick and back via Looe Beach. Tried teaching Scooby to swim at Looe Beach but he was too much of a wuss - even for strawberry ice cream.

14 Sep 2014
Sunday morning breakfast at Mylor
Dogs 4.6 miles 2 hours

A walk along Mylor Creek to Mylor Harbour for breakfast. Sat on the beach and watched some boats getting surprised by how windy it was.

19 Sep 2015
Creeks and kingfishers
Canoes 5.3 nm 3 hours

First canoe trip of the 2015 summer holiday. From Mylor harbour, a little way up Restronguet creek up past the Pandora Inn, on to Looe Beach and then back via Mylor Creek. Had a kingfisher with us for quite a way up Mylo…

15 Jul 2019
Mylor dog walk
Dogs 1.1 miles 0 hours

Breakfast at Mylor Harbour cafe and then a quick doggie walk / paddle before heading home from a long canoeing weekend at Falmouth.

3 Jul 2021
Brunch at Mylor harbour
Dogs 6.0 miles 2 hours

After a couple of days getting up early to get the tides for kayaking, we had a lazy day with a late morning wander down to Mylor Harbour for a late breakfast / early lunch.

3 Jul 2022
Turf paddle
Canoes 6.2 nm 2 hours

Cockwood Harbour to the Turf Locks and back via SYC.

6 Sep 2022
Mylor Harbour
Dogs 5.5 miles 2 hours

A dog walk from Tregunwith Farm to Mylor Harbour. Managed to avoid the heaviest rain while having coffee at Mylor.

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