Phew! What a week!

Took over boat on Friday, spent Saturday “doing things”. drove to Fambridge on Sunday then jumped on a train straight back to port Solent. Pub dinner Sunday night in ”…

Pleinair delivery – Passage Plan

Departing Dover 06:00UTC towards Fambridge Eta 17:00UTC Alternates Ramsgate and Burnham Forecast – Inshore North Foreland to Selsey Bill; there is a strong wind warning. W or SW 4 or…

Skippers pov day 2

Quick update Pleinair was relaunched early this morning,  so early we’d only had time for one coffee Happily the engine started and ran well as we motored round to her…

Today’s the day, pre-delivery Day 3

Pretty much a day of little progression, woke up at half three, and I mean woke up, so made coffee and had a walk around the marina. Fitted the switch…

Today’s the day, pre-delivery Day 2

Today started off pretty much like all normal days, up before the crack of sparrow parp. Rather surprisingly I slept pretty well once I’d got used to the noise coming…

Today’s the day, pre-delivery Day 1

Well the survey went ok, considering the age of the boat. Biggest thing to come out of it was the survey showed that there was a case for osmosis, although…

A new era begins

Yesterday, (Tuesday), I had a run from home, here in Grantham to an appointment with a yacht broker to view this little beauty in Port Solent, That’s Portsmouth for those…