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    After a dash down channel we managed to get to Oxwich bay in time to welcome Eileen and Chris Stables on board... their instructions from Lil' Claire and Andrew had been to dress warmly, wear wellies and not to worry about supper!   They were well and truly 'surprised'!   We had a great evening.

Thanks to Matthew and Frankie Shaw, who joined us on board for supper last night, we now have some wonderful charts covering lots of the Caribbean islands .. plus one covering the Bay of  Biscay!   It makes our adventure seem much closer but also a  bit worrying considering the amount of work still to be […]

For a donation to the Jessie May Trust, James takes people on Ocean Rainbow to view the Avonmouth Riviera from the sea.   As a retirement present for her Dad, Cate Everitt arranged a trip for her parents (Liz and John) as her Dad had always enjoyed sailing and hadn't had the opportunity to sail recently.    Short of crew […]

Andrew, Tom and Tom out for a day's sail on OR.  Alison and Kay joined us in the marina for drinks afterwards!

Back in Portishead in one piece after Ocean Rainbow's 950nm summer holiday.   We'll try and take her to the Scilly Isles in September to make up for our abortive attempt last week.

Loathe to return home early we stopped off in Cardiff and made the most of our time there tidying up the boat and carrying out modifications in preparation for our round-the-world trip next year.

Two and half days rugged up in Padstow is all the credit card could stand so we slipped our mooring in Padstow at 0800 and set off for Barry and home.  We did manage to fly Charlie but sadly the wind died off during the night and we had to spend a fair amount of time […]

We were just 12 miles short of the Scilly Islands when the gale warning came through .... serious disappointment but we decided to alter course and head for Padstow.  James had suggested Newlyn but Claire thought the extra sailing to Padstow in rubbish conditions would reap its rewards!  She was right!   The credit card took a hammering […]

A well kept secret - what a wonderful place to stop .... and what an amazing mooring experience!!  Good job no one was videoing us, it would have been a red hot success on YouTube!  Slipped our mooring at 0800 and set off for the Scilly Islands.

The Raz de Sein was a pussy cat compared with the  Chenal du Fort!  6 knots of tide with us, 17 knots of wind and still the waves were stopping us dead!!  Photos just do not do reality justice!