After a few days at home we felt a bit better and decided on a shakedown cruise before we set off across the Channel to France. At least that is the plan but we need to be sure everything works beforehand. After Harvard was moored on the pontoon, we still had a few more things […]

Still feeling pretty grim so not ready to go off sailing straight away. As a result we put Harvard on the mooring at Bury, upstream from Marchwood. Then it was back to the Club to dismantle the cradle Harvard sits in over the winter. This is hard, heavy work and in our weakened state we

After some last minute work we were ready to launch Harvard. Still feeling pretty ill with the awful flu like symptoms that seem to be hanging on. Down at the Club bright and early and we were soon in the rig and launched down the slipway. Then the engine cooling pump wouldn’t pump seawater. Never