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31 Aug 2014
Up river - twice

A lovely sunny day. Wayfarer sail up river and then up river again. Winds got a bit light going up the Exe towards Topsham and the Clyst so just sailed round and round.

12 Jun 2026
Newburgh Seal Beach

You'd think after 5 weeks in Orkney and Shetland we'd have had enough "seal spotting" but a stop off at Newburgh Seal Beach proved otherwise. Hundreds of them hauled out on the beach for a rest at the entrance to the Riv…

12 Jun 2026
Potarch Bridge - meeting old friends

Off the Lerwick to Aberdeen ferry at 07:00 and along to the river Dee to Potarch Bridge to meet one of Liz's childhood friends. Arrived a couple of hours early so went for a short stomp around the local woods. Met Claire…

22 Oct 2021
West Parley visit

Camper vanning in West Parley for a meet up with old school friends. Went for a walk down Church Lane past the Multiple Sclerosis day centre and then on to the River Stour. Lots of Whiteley family memories / connections.

16 Jul 2021
River Avon kayaking

Put the kayak in at Bantham back beach and then paddled up river to a few hundred yards past the bridge at Aveton Gifford. At AG pretty much at high tide (on a neap tide) - wouldn't want to miss the timings by more than…

22 May 2019
Beaulieu River to Lymington

<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…

21 May 2019
Wooton Creek to Beaulieu River

<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…

8 Apr 2018
River Exe Cafe

Birthday treat at the River Exe Cafe

26 Aug 2017
SYC safety boat

A lovely down river cruise safety boat duty. A couple of potential problems so a couple of very short periods when we needed to go a little faster than usual to make sure we were back with the dinghies before they went r…

23 Sep 2015
Sunny Corner Quay and the Tresillian River

From the small Sunny Corner Quay on the edge of Truro round to the Tresillian River on the Fal Estuary. Not too far today as there was a keen wind to be paddled against on the way back down the Tresillian.

25 Apr 2015
First SYC dinghy cruise of 2015

An upriver dinghy cruise to start the 2015 season of SYC organised dinghy cruises. Pleasant wind - maybe F3

28 Apr 2012
Up river to the Goat Walk

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

16 Aug 2014
Up river sail

A very pleasant up river sail as far as Topsham Sailing Club. Between F2 and F4 in the estuary but died away to very little when going up the estuary. With the tide having turned, we didn't get much furtehr than TSC.

19 Jun 2014
Up tide and up wind paddle

A paddle against the wind and the tide towards the Turf. I would claim we had a reason for such foolery! Much quicker on the way back. Scooby's first canoe session of 2014.

20 Jul 2014
Cockwood to the Turf and back

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.

19 Apr 2014
Up river to Topsham Quay and back

Second sail of the season up the Exe as far as Topsham Quay (where the winds got a little too light and fickle to go much further). A high tide sail so straight over "Greenland" on the way up.

12 Jun 2014
Evening up river dinghy cruise

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…

28 Apr 2013
Up river to the Turf

Only the 2nd dinghy sail of the year. Up river as far as the Turf in a nice gentle breeze

9 Sep 2012
Meandering on Exe Estuary

Some gusts but mostly lulls on short Wayfarer sail

19 May 2012
Up river cruise to Goat Walk

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

16 May 2012
A Wednesday evening sail in dying winds

A quick evening sail as the winds dropped away on a Wednesday evening

13 May 2012
Up river and back

Up river to the buoy 24 and back on a fine Spring day with about a F4 sea breeze

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