Visitors on board Ocean Rainbow for a quick spin in the 'Bay' were rewarded with a trip up Channel in beautiful weather and a quick stop for lunch at St Pierre (Nikki'd never visited before) and then home again without one drop of rain!
Paul Blackham (a fellow Bristol Savage) and Julia Tresidder (Paul's sailing daughter) on board OR for lunch in a Force 10 gale! Just in case you are under any illusion ... we did not put to sea, we were firmly moored up in our berth at Portishead!
We had a wonderful sail today arriving in Milford Haven Estuary with the sun shining. We finally moored up in Neyland Yacht Haven having investigated upstream as far as the water would allow. No sooner were we safely ensconced than we spied Nos Paket arriving. We'd sailed a hundred odd miles only to find our 'almost' neighbours from Portishead, neighbours […]
We spent last night in Barry - tied up to the Pilot Buoy - then set off first thing for a bit of a bumpy ride to the Gower coast. It was wonderful to find calm waters off Caldey Island where we anchored for the night in blissful isolation.
Didn't catch much - but hardly surprising when fishing off Weston-super-Mud! Still, good to try out the new 'birthday' reel from the boys.
Just in case anyone was wondering where we'd disappeared - we were leaving tracks in the snow! Practising our 'tacking' on the slopes of Diableret.
With John Lister's expert help we managed to service the engine without losing any nuts and bolts or breaking any working parts. If you know us well, you will appreciate that this is a significant achievement!
At last we are able to put everything back in its place and 'bend on' the freshly cleaned and refurbished sails. Only got to put the cushions back and we are ready to set sail down Channel.
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