"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..

Sunday, 18 July 2010

Toe in the water...

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The windy weather continues so this was a 'curtailed' trip (and for you fans of Jack Aubrey, you'll know why that makes me smile!)In the grand scheme of things, Papillon is a little thing, only 19' and light with it, and she gets to be a real handful in the force 5 bracket....and thus despite a fairly...

Sunday, 11 July 2010

Pootle...

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Just a quick trip today as the tide times were such that I missed the first part of my "tidal window" (I can sail from the mooring two hours either side of the hight tide - may be a bit more on a spring tide) due to little'uns horse riding lesson..So straight down the harbour as far as I could get,...

Monday, 5 July 2010

Double tider...

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This weekend the tides were very early, and late in the afternoon, but seeing as the current Mrs Steve-the-Wargamer was sleeping off the effects of a night shift for the day, I got up early on Sunday to get to the boat just before the end of the first tide at 0630, and sailed down the harbour to take...

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