I’ve continued to reside in sunny Salcombe for a the last couple of weeks, but hopefully this will be at an end soon.Regular readers will know that I began having issues with my chart plotter since leaving the Isle of Wight in April.After troubleshooting the entire system in Portland, all of which ended up with…
When I last posted here a couple of weeks ago, Isosceles sat in Portland marina while I was sunning myself in beautiful Weymouth. Since then I’ve been enjoying the sights of the English Riviera and south Devon. No, I haven’t moved particularly far, but that doesn’t mean nothing has been happening … When is an…
Last week I discussed why my trip is taking so long, never mind the repairs I was having to do to the boat. This week things have moved on, so what’s gone wrong this time? A weekend on the Isle of Wight I had spent a couple of days in the company of the Manning…
In last weeks blog I arrived on the Isle of Wight with a few engine issues to solve, but more importantly I had always planned to stay a while when I arrived here. I know some have speculated why I’m doing this trip in short runs. It’s quite simple really … why rush? The weather…
Last week saw me stopping off in Brighton, but I was keen to take advantage of the good sailing forecast and move on to the Isle of Wight. Saturday morning rolled around and the weather looked set for some good sailing. The wind was forecast at Force 3 to 4 from the south east. It…
When I left you last Friday I was safely tucked up in Ramsgate. It had been a cold couple of days in the north sea. What a difference a week has made … Later last Friday afternoon I made the move round to Dover. It was only a short 3 hour trip, but I didn’t…
Leaving Ipswich is a real wrench. It’s become home, with real friends. It makes it harder to leave than when I set off from the Hamble. There the people were pleasant and the place was nice, but it was a soulless place. Ipswich, and Levington before it, have provided a community, a sense of belonging….
