We decided to shoot down to Pleinair and have a pottering day, even tho we knew we needed to be home tonight. So, a steady drive of 2.5 hrs and we were sat in West Wick Yacht Club having breakfast just after 10. This done I then introduced Shelagh to the boat she’s only […]
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 ” the Alec Rose. Pottered around on Monday after being lifted back In to the water, one of us(not saying who) made a right cock up […]
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 5 occasionally 6 until later. Slight occasionally moderate. Fair. Good Inshore Gibraltar Point to North Foreland; there is no warnings. SW veering W later 3 or 4 occasionally 5 later.
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 berth. Breakfast ashore was followed by a sort out below decks then it was off to the chandlers for a new line for the mainsail clew outhaul and a few
I had a little job to do at Fambridge this morning so Tony didn’t rush to get away from Port SolentWe meet up at Fambridge about one and caught the twenty past two train. Four hours, give or take, and four changes later we arrived in Cosham and grabbed a taxi to Port Solent My first impressions of “Pleinair” were
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 designated for stealth mode, had several cups of coffee more then drove to Fambridge to meet up with Bruce. While I was there I made […]
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 from outside. Two coffees and I made a start on sorting the kit I’d brought with me, weather didn’t look to good so I got on with installing the AIS
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 being a Sadler she’s going to show up wet on any moisture meter when she’s only been lifted out for the survey to be carried […]
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 who have no idea where Port Solent is.Any way, to shorten this story a little, I agreed a price with the vendor and paid the deposit to the broker. Of