"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..

Friday, 31 December 2010

Thursday, 30 December 2010

Quick visit & Christmas presents...

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Went down to see "Papillon" yesterday, I usually go and see her at least two or three times a week as it's only a short detour on the cycle from my usual route to work... the difference this time was that I actually went aboard to check everything was OK down below as well. I'd spotted that one of the...

Tuesday, 21 December 2010

It's still cold...!

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Bl**dy freezing in fact, so all possibility of doing any work on "Papillon" is out of the window for the time being... temperatures here in the UK have tumbled recently, and one newspaper article I read the other day mentioned that the cold weather was going to be with us until February! Still, I have...

Wednesday, 1 December 2010

It's cold!!

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It's hard to believe that only 7 weeks separates this, which was the last major sail of the year,in (t)shirt sleeves.....from this....and this, which was taken this morning when the temperature was still -2' C!The UK is going through an unseasonal cold patch - we don't normally get this kind of weather...

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