So at 6am on Sunday we headed out to sea. What can I say? It was a very boring and not very comfortable passage. The forecast was west to ...
We really didn't expect anything good from Lowestoft, having only ever visited by land before, but we had a lovely gentle sail there f...
Southwold is the nearest seaside to us in a straight line. Many times we have leant over the harbour wall looking at the terrifying curren...
July and August are my busiest times on the magazine so we didn't do much sailing on our return from Boulogne. I did however manage to g...
From Dieppe we retraced our steps with a long (52-mile) run to Boulogne, then Ramsgate again, and then home. All three were mostly long moto...
Leaving Saint-Valery is almost as big a challenge as getting in, You leave the marina at HW-1.5 and you're pushing a pretty large amount...
The entrance to the Somme is a tortuously winding channel across a vast area of mud flats. At low water there is basically no water at all, ...
A Sunday evening trip to Marlec Marine in Ramsgate made it clear that they were very, very closed, but should open at 9am on Monday. Fou...
Bob and Elaine Playle sailed with us to the Deben last year and we were delighted that they jumped at the chance of doing a longer trip. Our...
Queenborough evening Gas bottle with missing valve (the regulator is separate) The town hall is the nicest building in Queenborou...
We last sailed up to London with Andy Roe and his son Sym in 2014. We hoped to repeat the experience with the same crew but sadly in the end...
Belatedly I am updating the blog with a few of the adventures we have packed into late May and early June, starting with a mechanical update...
Our message is even later than usual this year because we have been awaiting an important delivery. Ivy Mae Herrmann Brown was born to Guy a...
Yesterday we had the pleasure of meeting Rob & Jo at the Geldeston Locks pub. Rob owns a Storm like ours and helped us work out how to ...
