Derek

Another Year!

8 months since my last post and there is still so much uncertainty about the future. I am determined, however, that when we have beaten this virus into retreat my circumnavigation will happen in 2021. On 2nd November Thalmia was lifted out onto Topsham Quay by Trout’s Boatyard with their usual slick operations. I delayedContinue reading “Another Year!”

The best laid schemes o’ mice an’ men…..

Voyage of Thalmia Postponed

The Final Countdown!

I’m probably not the most patient man – as people close to me will attest – so waiting for the start of my voyage has not been easy. There has been a lot work over the winter months, on and off the boat, preparing for this singlehanded circumnavigation. Do I have any worries? Happily yes.Continue reading “The Final Countdown!”

Laid-up but not laid back!

It’s Autumn and it’s lovely to see a murmuration of starlings …. except when they choose to roost en masse on a forest of masts with consequent droppings all over the decks! A yacht like mine is not intended to have a poop deck! On 17th October Thalmia was lifted out onto Topsham Quay byContinue reading “Laid-up but not laid back!”

Voyages of Thalmia – Sailing around Britain in 2020

This is Thalmia on her mooring at Starcross Yacht Club, River Exe, in April 2019. A Westerly Fulmar built in 1980 now based in the Exe estuary. 2019 was a good year with trips East to several creeks in the Solent including Keyhaven, Newtown, Wooton and Beaulieu and our usual summer cruise from Exeter toContinue reading “Voyages of Thalmia – Sailing around Britain in 2020”