"Papillon" is a Robert Tucker designed 'Fantasie 19' and my first boat.. I've been sailing since the age of 15 (when I did my RYA Part 1 and 2 at Emsworth Sailing School) so I've been on the water (but more in it) for going on 30+ years now... this blog is about our adventures together - they may be small one's (because despite the years I have little experience in boats - I was mostly windsurfing!), but they are adventures none the less..

Monday, 29 June 2009

New jib...

By 13:14 1 comment
...no sailing this weekend.... no wind and no time... but the new jib has been deployed and I'm really looking forward to trying it for the first time! ...and that really is enough for now...

Tuesday, 23 June 2009

Fathers day sail....

By 08:08 1 comment
Been a while, so what about the sailing trips? 14th June: Last weekend involved a quick sail in winds far stronger than we should really have been out in, but everything had gone OK until the wind picked up just as we were turning for home. In the strong winds I had turned into the wind to put some...

Tuesday, 2 June 2009

Mackeral spoon...

By 18:20 2 comments
Took the day off work last Friday (the weather forecast for the weekend was not good) and went sailing for the day - in the footsteps of Slocum and Chichester this was done single handed, and I had some of the windiest conditions to date to play in. Lovely days sailing, but bit cold and gray when compared to the last time... come on summer, make your mind up!! The recently bought mackerel spoon...

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