Summary: Dover to Brighton. 72.2M in 11 hours and 35 minutes. Not an exciting trip. Very little wind and a significant proportion under motor. We set off at 5am, making sure to get out of the Glanville Dock before they close the gates around four and a half hours after …
Summary: Queenborough to Dover. Total 51.8 miles in 6 hours and 40 minutes. Mainly downwind with winds varying between 15 and 34 knots. We left Queenborough just after 4.30am to try and catch the ebb down to North Foreland. Hoisted the main with on reef by Garrison Point and then …
Summary: Limehouse Basin to Queenborough. Left 13:30 and arrived at Queenborough 19:30. 41.3 miles. Wind mostly NW around 4 or 5 occasionally gusting 6. We left Limehouse around 1.30pm after the engineer had fixed the ignition switch. Had a nice run down the Thames and hoisted full sail shortly after …
Sunday May 13th we started the day with a walk out of the Western end of Limehouse Basin and along the Regent’s Canal. Apart from taking your life in your hands avoiding joggers and cyclists, it was a delightful walk. We went past some lovely parks (including Victoria Park in …
Summary: 81.4 miles in eleven and three quarter hours. Pyefleet to Limehouse Basin in London. Over 8 hours of sailing – generally fast though the wind started to die around lunch time, so we motored the rest of the way up the Thames. After a not very peaceful wind over …
Summary: 10.8 miles in 1 hour and 50 minutes. Tollesbury to Pyefleet. A short sail but fast under jib only round into the Colne and Pyefleet Creek. We left Tollesbury on the afternoon tide on Friday (May 11th) and snuck close past the Molliette beacon, round the corner into the …
Went out on the tide from Tollesbury yesterday (May 2nd) for the first sail of the season. I was joined by Jonathan and we met down at the boat around 8am and left on the tide around 9am. Not a huge tide (4.28m) but there was around 7ft over the …
Rig Magic came down today to set up the rig. It was useful to have it professionally set-up and find out how it should be done. The Starlight has a double spreader masthead rig, so it was useful to see the process for getting appropriate tension on this rig.
Well, the boat is back in the water ready for the season. She was put in the water on Tuesday 10th April and stayed moored at the craning jetty for a couple of days waiting for a crane to put the mast back in. On Thursday the mast was craned …
Quite a bit of work was done on Charmary over the winter 2011/12. Water had been leaking into the aft cabin during the 2011 season through the steering pedestal. Richard helped me with a temporary fix with large and messy amounts of sealant while we were in Brighton in June …