After 7 long years in the yard, I finally managed to launch Pleinair back into the environment she was built for. At the end of the season in 2017, I had her lifted out and placed in the yard here in Essex. The main aim was to do an osmosis treatment on her bottom, whilst […]
By way of an update, here’s a roundup of 2024. It has been a horrible 18 months, during which virtually nothing constructive was achieved other than a couple of coats of paint on the boat’s undersides and the mast being reinstated. Back in June 2023, I was emergency admitted to the hospital with a medical […]
As it’s too hot to do anything that involves me being out in the sun at the moment I’ve decided to re-compile and publish the jobs list of things that need doing onboard Pleinair BEFORE I consider her ready to do any long-term and long-distance sailing. I think this is going to keep me busy […]
Hi All, 2021 has been an interesting year so far, in as much as I’m currently not working full time, or indeed anytime for that matter. I’ve spent the past few months on catching up with some of the jobs I have ongoing and finally, this last weekend, went out for a sail, as crew, […]
It’s taken me a few visits but over the past few weeks of Pleinair being in the yard, I’ve been getting mucky underneath, and designing and installing a new solar arch, which is why it’s Up and Under.
Arriving at Fambridge on Friday was always my plan. However, that didn’t happen until after 21:00 hrs BST, as work got in the way. So, basically, I dumped all my stuff on Pleinair (my boat) and joined the crew of Pagan for a late beer. Up the following morning and grab some stuff I needed […]
Although our original plans had been to head for Southwold as our prime target for the week, with Shelagh needing to be home on Sunday and the predicted foul weather that the forecasts were showing it was decided to head back to Fambridge first thing Friday morning. With this in mind we departed Halfpenny Pier […]
After the disastrous start to the week ,a day of rest, in which I ached like I hadn’t ached for a long time, day 3 (Tuesday) was a nice pleasant respite of doing absolutely nothing. Day 4 started like any normal one, me up early, coffee and a smoke, then more coffee. After breakfast was […]
I don’t know why but it seems that this holiday is fated before it starts, as you know, yesterday was a bit of a disaster, read on to find out what went wrong today. So, the day started like all the others do, I got up about an hour before Shelagh had the customary coffee […]