It's not all plain sailing..

..as a matter if fact, there's been no sailing at all since the trip when I saw the seals..! My plan as the season draws to a close (and I know there are some that sail throughout the year - but it's just too damn cold for me!) was to get as much sailing in as possible, but it seems that a windy summer is turning into an even windier autumn... When I got to the boat last Sunday it was blowing a...

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Three seals...

The season seems to be coming to an end quickly here in the UK; the evenings are getting darker earlier, and we have dew in the mornings. Last night was the coldest so far this autumn, which isn't saying a lot when compared to the sub-freezing we had last winter, but it was definitely on the "cool"...

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SIBS

No sailing this weekend - beginning to miss it badly! - reason being that I was in Newbury for the day on Saturday, and at the Southampton Boat Show on Sunday ..usually we get to the show on the second weekend when it has tended to calm down a little, this year we were there on the first weekend and...

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Priory Potter....

So with the British weather centres forecasting what appears to be an Indian summer in the UK and with my memory of that aborted trip to the Isle of Wight still fresh in my mind (damn outboard engine!) I decided to take a day off from work to have another go... tide times were optimal as there was...

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