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Plymouth Sound with SYC | 2012-09-22 | With SYC on Plymouth Sound out of Mount Batten Sailing Centre. A bit windy for Liz on the Saturday so we went out on the safety boat taking piccies. GPS still on when we landed and went to the cafe - whoops. Sunday was a F7 blow out.
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First Dart outing of the year | 2022-06-21 | A nice gentle wind for a shakedown sail on Nigel H's Dart 18.
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Down to SYC | 2020-08-26 | For some webcam fettling
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Pole Sands Paddling | 2023-04-07 | First time out in the inflatable kayak this year.
A lovely day and a lovely paddle for lunch in the Pole Sands and then a little explore round the far side of the Pole Sands.
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Sit on kayak - first time out | 2018-07-25 | First time out on our new sit on kayak.
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Lympstone and SYC | 2018-03-30 | Round to Lympstone and back. Stopped for a chat with Derek H whose Fulmar was on the edge of Topsham quay waiting to go in. Back via SYC to do some boar fettling. But after some coffee and a natter the weather was so grotty I gave up after replacing one jockey wheel on the launching trolley!
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First beach cafe sail of the year | 2013-05-25 | From SYC down to the beach cafe and back. The forecast said next to no wind but a lovely sea breeze kicked in.
Top sail.
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Brixham to Exe | 2013-06-02 | A light wind sail from Brixham to SYC on the Exe Estuary. Light winds but that was better than the forecast of next to no winds.
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Safety boat for Hurricane and Dart open meeting | 2013-06-30 | A lovely morning / afternoon on the water doing safety boat duty for the Dart and Hurricane Open Meeting at SYC. Plenty of sun and wind.
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Wayfarer sail | 2021-11-13 | A bit curtailed as we could only really sail on one tack! The bench that the starboard genoa car was attached to pulled away from the thwart as the fibreglass had shattered around the bolt/wingnut.
So we sailied around using one sail on starboard tack and two sails on port.
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Pole Sands paddling | 2020-08-01 | With ball action on the Pole Sands and Bull Hill, this was doggy heaven. Apart from the kayaking bit and getting a wet bottom when a few waves came over the side of the kayak.
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Dinghy cruise to fairway buoy | 2019-06-01 | An excellent dinghy cruise. A steady F3 most of the time. Lunch at the beach cafe and then out as far as the fairway buoy. Pretty slow tacking out from the beach cafe to Maer Rocks as a lightish wind and the tide was now starting to flood in.
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New cycle ride - with hills! | 2019-08-25 | Out along Port Road. Then to Black Forest and then on to Kennford and the Orange Elephant ice cream farm.
Then on through Shillingford St Geortge and Shillingford Abbot. Back via Alphington and Marsh Barton with a stop at SYC to watch the becalmed racing fleets.
350 metres of climbed according to Garmin Connect and Strava with a maximum elevation of 100 metres.
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Kayak training | 2018-08-04 | Second time out on our Wavesports Gemini kayak and back trainign with Rob at SYC. Ideal timing - as hopefully it will get us into good habits from the start.
We did some capsize practice. Liz was hugely brave and we did a second capsize to improve on our efforts from the first attempt. Got a lot better / easier the second time.
The decent photos are by Elaine B.
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Paddle from Cockwood Harbour to SYC | 2013-09-01 | 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!
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Sail on Nigels Dart 18 | 2013-09-02 | A super sail out to the beach cafe, out to sea and back via the Warren.
A bit of everything in the wind - well from F2 to F4 - and lots of sun. Ideal.
GPS battery died on the way back.
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Autumn beach cafe sail | 2013-10-05 | An autumn sail down to the beach cafe. The sun put in an appearance and there was occasionally a bit of wind to use in the big springs tide
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SYC bike ride | 2021-11-04 | Down to SYC for more race webcam fettling
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Back from SYC | 2020-08-26 | After some webcam fettling
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Portland to SYC on the Exe | 2019-05-25 | From Portland Harbour, round Portland Bill to Starcross Yacht Club on the Exe. As ever, a rounding of Portland Bill by the inshore passage required careful planning. In our case, this meant that to get safe and helpful tides we had to be off the end of Portland Bill at 16:30 - a late start given the long sail to the Exe after the Bill. As we left the excellent Portland Harbour there were fleets of Oppies and Toppers training. We then closed the Bill near Grove Point and the tide helped us speed down the 5 metre contour line to round the Bill. Again, we had the obelisk at the end of the Bill lined up with the red band on the lighthouse (meaning we'd be far enough off the rocks but - usually - not too far off to be in the race). The biggest challenge - once again - was to avoid the swarms of tiny appallingly marked lobster pot buoys that appeared to be laid out like some minefield grid! After passing Pulpit Rock on the west side, we started heading off towards the Exe. With the late start, this meant that we'd be going up the Exe in the dark. However, it also meant that we decided to sail in the light winds after it got too dark to see the lobster pots also scattered in Lyme Bay. The trip up the Exe was OKish. The lights in the fairway are better than when I last did it in the dark - maybe three years ago - but there are still two unlit buoys (numbers 14 and 21 IIRC) in the Exe itself. Additionally there are a few large metal mooring buoys that encroach too far into the marked channel meaning a risk of a serious "ding" to a boat's gel coat without local knowledge and/or someone with a decent light on the front of the boat to spot them. Back on the mooring at SYC at 01:30. Tags:
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Mooring hunting | 2021-04-28 | Out at low Spring tide to hunt for the missing SYC01 and SYC09 moorings.
Amazingly, we found both of them - the GPS co-ordinates we had been given were pretty much spot on.
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Beach cafe sail | 2022-09-24 | Down to the Beach Cafe with Malcolm B in the Wayfarer. Gusty on the way down - a lovely tacking sail on the way back.
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Squires Cup safety boat | 2014-06-08 | Safety boat duty on a rather damp and drizzly Sunday in June. Free tea though!
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Commodore's Cruise | 2014-07-12 | Strawberries and cream on the Warren
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Cockwood to the Turf and back | 2014-07-20 | From Cockwood Harbour to SYC and then on to the Turf, Then back again via Bull Hill Bank so Scooby could have a bit of a run about.
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SYC bike ride | 2021-11-03 | More decking replacement work at SYC
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Pole Sands paddling | 2022-08-27 | Down to the Pole Sands with Jeremy and Marija L. Accompanying an SYC dinghy cruise.
After we forgot Scooby Hound's tennis ball, Marija very kindly bought him a ball on a rope. Which he promptly destroyed!
Followed up with some kayak capsize practise at SYC - capsizing both the Sea Eagle inflatable and the hard shell Triumph 13.
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Exe to Weymouth | 2019-05-15 | A sail from Starcross Yacht Club on the Exe via the inshore passage at Portland Bill and on to Weymouth. Because Portland Bill sticks out into the English Channel and has a shallow underwater ledge that "squeezes" the currents, it has a somewhat fearsome reputation (see here for a Youtube video of when it was "angry" at the end of a storm). Therefore, we needed to be off the end of the Bill at the right time for mostly slack water and a "lift" up the eastern edge. That meant setting off at the hideously early time of 04:30 to allow some contingency for being off the end of the Bill at 14:00. Given that we had to sail and motor (against the easterly wind) over 35 nautical miles, we were pleased to be off the Bill at about 14:15. Going round the Bill was happily uneventful but the large number of appallingly marked lobster pot buoys still means that great care is needed. The photos show us rounding the end of the Bill with the front obelisk aligned in the nearly in the middle of the red band of the lighthouse (as recommended). On the eastern side of the Bill, the 5 metre depth contour is typically a good guide to avoiding the race / overfalls. Tags:
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Down river paddle | 2023-05-24 | Down river but I was short of time. So that meant paddling back against the last hour of the outgoing tide. A sea breeze helped though. Lovely day - good exercise!
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First Wayfarer drift of 2021 | 2021-05-01 | Not much wind for the first outing in the Wayfarer in 2021.
Liz helmed for much of the time - yay!
Winch demo at 12:00 so we came in just as the wind was building a little.
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Pole Sands picnic | 2014-10-25 | A late October down river dinghy cruise. Destination was the Pole Sands for a picnic. Bit late in the season for a picnic but the planned trip earlier in the year didn't work out.
Lovely sail - decent range of winds.
Big tides assisted the top speed of 9.2 knots.
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Starcross Steamer 2015 | 2015-03-15 | First cycle ride in ages. To SYC and back again for a brief watch of the Starcross Steamer pursuit dinghy race.
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Another day, another drift | 2015-04-06 | Bank holiday Monday promised a little more wind. There was some for about 20 minutes. Then Liz paddled us back.
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New kayak day | 2022-06-27 | First time out in my new Perception Triumph 13 kayak.
Lot of fun.
Fast - compared to our other canoe / kayak.
But, as expected, it does weathercock. There was a fairly light wind from the west and the boat was definitely turning into the wind. Controllable with paddling but I suspect a rudder kit will be coming sooner than I'd originally planned.
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Down to SYC | 2020-07-13 | To talk webcams, winches and weather stations
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St Peter Port to Starcross YC | 2018-06-03 | Back from St Peter Port to Starcross Yacht Club on the Exe.
Up the Little Russell at about 08:00 with just a little "wind against tide bounciness" at the top end.
Then across the shipping lanes with very good visibility.
The sail started with an excellent wind from the north east at about F4 to F5ish but died away a little after crossing the second shipping lane.
So it was on with the motor for maybe the last third of the journey reaching the Exe at about 23:00 and on to the mooring just before midnight. I don't think the Exe is a good place to try to navigate at night without local knowledge (it's our "home port") - too many unlit channel / lateral buoys and moorings very close to the channel edge.
My "top tip" for navigating the Exe at night is that if the red / green channel buoy you are navigating for doesn't flash occasionally then you're heading for Brunel's railway line!
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Kayaks and canoes with Jacqui and Carol | 2023-06-03 | A lovely June day, bottom of the tide paddle down the estuary with the Canadian canoe and the inflatable kayak. A top picnic lunch and then across the estuary to Lympstone in the inflatable and the Triumph single seater kayak.
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CI & France 2015 - St Peter Port to SYC | 2015-05-30 | A stonkingly fast sail back from St Peter Port to Starcross Yacht Club on the Exe. Plans changed late as we were concerned about getting back to SYC before predicted high winds late on the Saturday night (also trying to miss low water on the Exe). So up at the hideously early hour of 02:30 and up through the Little Russell channel in the dark. The Little Russell was just a tad "bouncy". After a couple of hours of motor sailing (to keep up the average speed as required), the wind picked up a bit and started to back round to the west. The final third of the sail was with 14 to 20 knots (force 5ish) of wind aft of the port beam and with full sails up. Derek's Sadler averaged over 5.4 knots - way ahead of what we could have hoped for. Back on the mooring by about 18:30 - maybe 3 hours ahead of planned.
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First paddle of 2015 | 2015-06-07 | Up the Exe stuary to Topsham and under the motorway bridge.
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SYC Newport trophy to Dartmouth | 2015-06-20 | Absolutely no wind to start with - took 1/2 an hour to cross the start line at 10:40. Wind then filled in a bit making the sail from Torbay onwards a bit quicker. Some small waves past Berry Head also slowed things a little. Peter S sailed a storming race in his Sadler 26 and was first by miles on handicap (and very nearly first overall). We came a slightly surprising 2nd on handicap. Very pleasant meal in the Red Lion in Dittisham
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Last hurrah of the summer? | 2021-10-10 | Lovely morning on the estuary on Nigel H's Dart 18. The wind filled in a bit - nay just have guested F4 occasionally.
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SYC Cycle Ride | 2020-06-24 | Down to SYC to talk winches and webcams
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Pole Sands Paddling | 2021-03-31 | Another kayak trip to the Pole Sands.
First paddle of the year and with the 2nd highest tide of the year. Out with a strong tide and just a little wind against. Back with tide and wind. Sun even came out - ideal.
No hound this time as the water is probably a little cold if he fell in. Meant I got to read a whole chapter of my book on the Pole Sands with no nagging from the dog (just nagging from the wife - which is easier to ignore),
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Starcross YC to Brixham | 2018-05-24 | Down from Starcross Yacht Club on the Exe to Brixham. This gave us a couple of hours shorter passage time the next day and the ability to leave at our preferred time (as Brixham is navigable at all states of the tide).
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RNLI pursuit safety boat | 2017-11-12 | Safety boat for the RNLI pursuit race at SYC. With both Windguru and the Met Office Inshore forecasting F6 gusting F8, it was always going to be "interesting".
The race was abandoned after about half an hour when it was gusting about F7 - but with not too many boats on the water (and only one broken mast).
As we were heading back to the slipway, the gusts did reach F8 with so much spray being raised off the water it was hard to see ahead from the rib!
No major problems though.
There's a video here that shows some of the "action". Starts off looking quite benign but quickly shows that it was proper windy.
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Dawlish air show dinghy cruise | 2015-08-22 | "Officer of the day" for the Dawlish air show dinghy cruise. A good day out even though not everything went to plan. The thunder and lightening was a bit of a surprise and curtailed the "out to sea" bit of the dinghy cruise a bit early and stopped the later parts of the show from happening e.g. the Red Arrows. The Vulcan bomber on its last ever visit to the Dawlish show was very impressive. All in all a very good day out!
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SYC trip to the beach cafe - by bike | 2015-09-05 | A first SYC organised cycle ride. From SYC on the west back round to the beach cafe at Exmouth on the east bank. Ten participants.
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Wednesday evening safety boat duty | 2015-09-09 | A Wednesday evening on the Exe Estuary crewing for Bob J on safety boat
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Powderham bike ride | 2021-09-29 | Gate controller fettling
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Pole Sands Paddling | 2020-06-23 | Down to the Pole Sands around a low tide.
Back with the wind and the tide. Lovely.
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Turf Paddle | 2023-04-13 | The westerly F3 gusting F4 turned out to be a F5 on the nose from the north on the way out. Complete with little white horses, I was tempted to turn back as I was making little over half a knot. Calmed down after a while and then lovely paddle up to the Turf for lunch moored up to a buoy.
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Down to SYC | 2018-05-21 | Down to SYC to try to do some phone line maintenance with Ian P
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Lympstone and back | 2017-10-15 | Round to Lympstone and back again. Choccie bar near Lympstone Sailing Club, said 'hello' to Graham A at Topsham Sailing Club (who was putting Celtic Breeze to bed for the winter) and then round to Starcross Sailing Club for a coffee and a look at the Topper Open Meeting. A bit slow as Liz had some aches and pains and the wind was starting to get up.
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First beach cafe sail of 2016 | 2016-04-23 | First SYC sail to the Exmouth beach cafe in 2016.
The forecast was north easterly F4 to F5. However, on the way back from the beach cafe it was really quite gusty and I'd guess that the gusts might just have been F6. Combined with a fairly large tide and the NE wind being against the tide, it made for an interesting sail back.
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Beach cafe sail | 2016-05-07 | Wind forecast was for a F4 gusting F5 and, after a slow start, that's what we got. Stopped half way down to put in one reef. Top choccie ice cream at the Beach Cafe. With the wind well behind us on the way back, put two reefs in the main and had full headsail on the way back. Still went quite fast on the way back.
The top speed of 9.8 knots - in a Wayfarer - is a clue to the size of the tides.
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Exe estuary to Brixham | 2016-05-27 | A sail down from SYC on the Exe Estuary to Brixham ready for an early morning start across to the Channel Islands.
The ship shown in the photos (the THV Patricia) was doing buoy maintenance on the buoys marking the wreck of the MV Emsstrom off Torbay. Wierdly, we saw the same ship come in after us to anchor off Dixcart Bay at Sark two days later.
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Lympstone bike ride | 2021-09-07 | Very windy on the way back. Stopped at SYC for a 2nd lunch and to take some boat measurements.
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Pole Sands Paddling | 2022-07-27 | Down from SYC to the Pole Sands. Scooby a very happy dog (when at the Pole Sands). Saw Colin and Averil Y on Dawlish Warren with their inflatable kayak
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Xmas day paddle | 2018-12-25 | Out of Cockwood Harbour and up to Starcross Yacht Club for coffee, mince pies and a game of football with Scooby. A bit muddy when we got back to Cockwood Harbour.
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Out to the fairway buoy | 2018-07-28 | A windy sail - as expected. We went out just past the fairway buoy but as it was very gusty - 31 knots / mid force 7 - we snuck back in just before the tide got too low to return to the mooring.
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SYC safety boat | 2017-08-28 | Safety boat for free sailing day at SYC
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Up river dinghy cruise | 2016-07-02 | An up river dinghy cruise. The weather forecast was about right with its F4 gusting F5.
The "fleet" got spread out quite a bit and, as the weather wasn't great, we headed back to the club quite early.
The camera was on the wrong settings when the photos were taken so they've been over HDR'd to see if they can be made slightly interesting.
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SYC Mystery Dinghy Cruise | 2016-07-13 | "Officer Of The Day" for the SYC "mystery dinghy cruise". What the mystery was to be was, er, a mystery to us.
So we decided that it would be cricket and drinkies on the Bull Sands in the middle of the Exe Estuary at low water.
F4 gusting F5 a fair bit of the time but it seems a good time was had by all.
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Exe Regatta Committee boat | 2016-07-16 | On a rather nice Westerly acting as the Committee Boat for the catamaran racing of the 2016 Exe Regatta. Knowing nothing about dinghy racing, we were pulling up and down various flags at the request of the endlessly patient PK. No real idea what most of the flags meant and I suspect a very goodly proportion of the competitors don't (I think they just listen for the alternate sound signals).
Still a very pleasant way to while away a Saturday afternoon on the Exe.
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Turf paddle | 2022-07-03 | Cockwood Harbour to the Turf Locks and back via SYC.
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Exe estuary paddle | 2022-09-20 | A short paddle across the Exe estuary.
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SYC safety boat | 2018-11-25 | Safety boat crew for James B at SYC. After two weeks in Bangalore in 30 plus degrees of heat, a morning on the Exe Estuary just a few degrees above freezing was a shock to the system.
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Wuss dog! | 2019-08-26 | Another attempt to turn Scooby into a salty old sea dog on the two man sit-on-top kayak.
A bit of a failure - he's getting worse not better. Going to have to sell the dog.
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First drift of the year | 2018-04-07 | Sailed up towards the Turf and then rowed most of the way back. Not the F3 promised.
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Free Sailing Safety Boat | 2016-08-13 | Doing safety boat for a Free Sailing at SYC on a lovely summer's afternoon. A pleasant F3 with the occasional gust made for almost ideal sailing conditions with just a few things to keep us slightly busy. A surprising overall distance as we spent the first 15 minutes at anchor (and expected to remain there for much of the afternoon!)
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A tale of two ferries | 2016-08-14 | Up to buoy 45 at Topsham (off the Goat Walk) passing the Topsham to Turf ferry and then down to Starcross (to the Starcross to Exmouth ferry pier). Then round the floating cafe and back to SYC.
A gorgeous day's sailing. A strong F3 up near Topsham and one of those rare days that it was warm enough to sail without a spray top. Marvelous.
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Topper Open At SYC | 2016-10-09 | Junior Topper Open event at Starcross Yacht Club.
Safety boat crew for the 4 back-to-back races for the 23 boats at this open sailing event.
Decent winds all day between F2 and F4 from the north east.
GPS battery ran out after only a couple of hours so most of the track is missing.
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Last time on Amelie? | 2016-10-15 | Helping take Derek H's Sadler 26 up to its winter quarters in Topsham - via Trouts Boatyard pontoon.
Could be the last time on Amelie as Derek is thinking of a possible change to a Westerly Fulmar
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Solo Wayfarer sail | 2021-08-11 | A couple of boats were needed to sail backwards and forwards across the race finish line to allow the new race finish video system to be fine tuned.
Only time I'll ever be first across the finish line in a dinghy race.
Went across to Lympstone and up to buoy 35 while waiting.
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Down to SYC | 2020-02-11 | Assembling containers. Icy hail on the way back.
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Up to Topsham Quay | 2018-10-08 | Putting Thalmia to bed for the winter!
Up to Trouts pontoon ready for Thalmia to be lifted out for the winter later in the week.
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Swing Bridges and SYC | 2021-04-30 | Down to Dawlish Warren for the bakery then up to the Swing Bridges and then back via SYC to pick up everything I'd left there on Wednesday. And some sea weed.
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Lympstone and back | 2017-01-22 | Round to Lympstone on a lovely winters afternoon. Enough wind for the sailors at Starcross Yacht Club but not so much as to make the cycling unpleasant.
Photos are from Lympstone looking at SYC and from SYC looking at Lymptstone.
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Lympstone and back | 2017-02-04 | A cycle ride with Liz round to Lympstone. Stopped at Topsham and Derek gave Liz a tour of Thalmia. Stopped at SYC on the way back - the club was starting to fill up with boats ahead of tomorrow's Starcross Steamer.
The photos show the rather sad sight of the old Finnish navy motor torpedo boat - for so long moored in the canal - sunk on her moorings.
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Starcross Steamer 2017 | 2017-02-05 | Down to Starcross Yacht Club for the annual Starcross Steamer dinghy pursuit race. One hundred boats on the water.
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Exmouth and back | 2017-02-11 | Round to Exmouth and back to meet up with the SYC dinghy cruisers at the Beach Cafe. Temperature was between one and two degrees with flurries of snow.
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SYC bike ride | 2021-07-25 | Down to SYC to welcome Derek H back after his sail around Britain!
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Down to SYC | 2020-02-06 | Down to SYC for some "bimbling and fettling" - in this case moving a Seafly to make space for the Wayfarer's new location.
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SYC Dinghy Cruise | 2019-08-03 | SYC dinghy cruise down to the beach cafe.
Slightly stronger winds than forecast - about F4 much of the time - and a big 4.4 metre tide resulted in a top speed of 9.4 knots. Not bad for a 40 year old Wayfarer but we still haven't broken the 10 knots barrier yet!
Unfortunately the battery in the GPS ran out half way back.
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Wayfarer to Topsham Quay | 2023-05-28 | Lovely sail to just past Topsham Quay. Wind was getting a bit flukey so we didn't go further.
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Second Wayfarer sail of the year | 2017-04-14 | A short sail in the Wayfarer. Sail somewhat shortened as replacing the forestay with a new one took longer than expected - the mousing line was shorter than the mast so we ended up with no stay or mousing line in the mast!
Light winds so we practiced some on water reefing.
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Beach cafe sail | 2017-04-15 | Down from SYC to the beach cafe at Exmouth. Two very different forecasts - this time the Met Office was right and it was F4 with gusts to the top of F5. Wind was from the NNW so an easy sail with a couple of gybes on the way down. A lot of tacking on the way back but a really great sail for the Wayfarer with one reef in.
A max speed of 9.5 knots isnt bad for an old Wayfarer - OK there might have been a little tidal assist at that point! One day, we'll make 10 knots.
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Exeter and back | 2017-04-17 | In to Exeter on the Marin bike. Stopped at SYC on the way back to watch Liz and Nigel on the safety boat.
About the same strength and direction wind as yesterday so it seems that the posh bike makes me about 1.5 mph faster.
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Canoe training at SYC | 2017-04-22 | An excellent days canoe training from Rob McInally at SYC. Even had Liz jump out of the canoe as part of some capsize training. Thoroughly recommended.
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Exe Estuary Meandering | 2021-07-21 | With Nigel H on his Dart 18 avoiding the heatwave. Just enough wind for a cooling breeze.
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SYC cycle ride | 2020-02-01 | Down to SYC for a working party digging trenches!
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Topsham paddling | 2022-07-21 | 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.
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SYC boat fettling | 2018-04-28 | Cycle ride down to SYC for some boat fettling followed by a down river dinghy cruise
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SYC to Brixham | 2017-05-26 | Down from SYC on the Exe to Brixham ahead of the channel crossing to St Peter Port on Guernsey.
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St Peter Port to SYC | 2017-06-04 | A very fast sail back from St Peter Port, Guernsey to SYC on the Exe. For most of the way the wind was quite strong - maybe a force 5 - but was on the port rear quarter. This meant that most of the sail was done with just a small amount of reefing and lots of sailing down the following waves. Long and tiring - but fun! The speed meant that we were unexpectedly back at the Exe before low water so we were able to sneak in and be back on the mooring at SYC just before it got dark.
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Safety boat at SYC | 2017-06-18 | Safety boat crew for Bob J at SYC. Three races in a gentle sea breeze with not a cloud in the sky.
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Safety boat at SYC | 2017-06-24 | Safety boat for SYC dinghy cruise. Nearly an out to sea cruise but it was a little lumpy just out towards the fairway buoy.
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SYC safety boat | 2022-07-17 | Hot day. Decent winds.
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Down to SYC | 2020-09-29 | Down to SYC for some mooring raft fettling.
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