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Woke up to find it was quite misty but mid-morning it started to burn off and we headed off out to sea rather earlier than we intended, but we were bored just hanging around. Once outside the Dart there was enough wind to tack south against the tide keeping inshore towards Start Point. At one […]

We fancied a quiet day so a little bit of boat maintenance and a lot of reading books. The sun was really strong so we had to be careful not to have sunburn. The day passed gently and we were grateful to be able to relax in such a beautiful setting. The weather forecast is

David and Debbie asked if they could come sailing with us and of course we said yes. The plan being we could sail from Torquay to Dartmouth, leaving around midday and then they could catch to bus back to Torquay. The forecast was fairly benign with a light westerly wind and we gently sailed across

Richard went off early to catch the bus to the Torbay parkrun. Great fun to run with so many other people and came 4th out of nine in his age group but as Anne keeps reminding him it is not a race but organised exercise!! After Richard had a shower, we met our friends David

Up at 03:10 BST but still pitch dark so we delayed 30 minutes until it was lighter and headed out of the marina. Anne radioed Portland Harbour Radio to ask for permission to leave through the eastern (commercial shipping) entrance to save some distance. Permission given so after hoisting the mainsail with one reef we