The forecast is the best yet with a slight sea state and gentle following wind. We refuel and make our way back up the Forth of Firth eventually turning north […]

It seems strange to think that as we left Sunderland the next (planned) English port of call was to be Padstow, Cornwall, just 1200 miles away anti clockwise around Great […]

Our marinas have been chosen for two reasons, that they have fuel and that (except for Grimsby) they have 24 hour access in most sea states. Grimsby needs to be […]

I was given a couple of contact numbers for fixers of boat navigation systems, one of them also featured in the RN&SYC leaflet, KM Electronics Ltd. It was 8.30am and […]

It was fun to have a day in Ramsgate which is a very attractive harbour and you get the sense that the place is on the up. There was nobody […]

Our first offshore passage across the outer Thames estuary to Lowestoft, the most easterly point on the British mainland. We’ll be going past a number of wind farms and some […]

The fundraiser for Chiddingly Church was a great success, the 80’s music was just as annoying as I remembered it and the fancy dress was unusually well supported by the […]

The Friends of Chiddingly Church had organise a fund raiser on Saturday 18th May (our original departure date) in the village hall, an 80’s music (?) celebration in fancy dress. […]

I went to Gosport Marina from our home In East Sussex, it’s approximately 70 miles but can take up to two hours plus. I wanted to check out the various […]