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It could not have been hotter for this years Round the Island Yacht Race! Unbelievable weather this year for RTI – but unfortunately not a great deal of wind. All boats started with a very useful practise day on the Friday to get ‘to know the ropes’ ready for the early start on the Saturday … Continue reading Round the Island Yacht Race 2014
Here is a quick report from Big D the first mate on board Orinoco Flow during the first weekend of Cowes Week 2013. The crew of 6 plus the skipper and myself met up on Friday evening at MDL Marina in the Hamble. Soon everyone started to arrive thru rush hour Friday night traffic. The … Continue reading Cowes Week 2013
You may have wondered who it is in the Teletubby outfits… Here we have our very own version of Tinke Winky & Dipsey in a bit of sunshine and (warm)… Now the boys had been dreading this…. Sub zero temperatures had racked the UK – snow on the ground, huge amounts of wind…. just the … Continue reading What A Lovely Bottom!
Most people are generally found tucked up at home in front of the roaring fire watching the countdown on the telly rather than yachting around the Solent in the depths of winter – but we had the privilege to host a fantastic fun and eventful New Years Eve charter for a family making up 5 … Continue reading Now Who Would Charter Over New Year?!
Buster and Alex awake from their bunks rested and chirpy ready to don their kit and take over from the off watch on their way over to France. There is a bit of traffic around on a blustery but blue sky morning with good vis and some big swell coming in from the west. Some … Continue reading Why Ski Goggles are Essential Winter Sailing Kit
Well… more like the pre-Christmas staff shakedown detox… mainly because you can’t over imbibe onboard if you are moving everyday… changing ports, bouncing up and down and have places to go. We had all good intentions… Paul, James, Alex (the new boy but extremely nice lad) and Buster were aboard. Rich (of the cast iron … Continue reading The Winter ‘Unthinkable’ Staff Trip
