By starting after noon I rode what someone described as a tidal escalator from Newhaven to Dover and then Ramsgate. Big spring tides under the boat boosted my speed over the ground (SOG) to as much as 10 knots at one point. I started on a beam reach, went to close hauled but eventually hadContinue reading “Heading North!”
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Proper planning and preparation….
The harbourmaster, after taking advice from the relevant government department, has decreed that we may launch our boats at the end of March and ‘fettling’ – that favourite pastime of boat owners – is now well under way. I wore full PPE last week – nothing to do with COVID 19 – I was paintingContinue reading “Proper planning and preparation….”
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
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”
Voyages of Thalmia 