Small Boat Voyages

We’re not sailing this weekend so since it’s the Queens jubilee we decided to dress the boat up and make an exhibition off ourselves. Had a lot of positive comments from passers by and have is a chance to really get into the spirit of celebrating our great naval heritage and salute our monarch. I Read more

Day Sail at a local reservoir. The retrieve was particularly difficult due to the extra steep ramp here. I’m roping in by reversing the car up the ramp but when roping out I was losing traction due to the load and suffered catastrophically when my rope parted. It was a 750kg BS natural fibre type Read more

Earlier in the year I started to think about where some experience of tidal waters could be gained. Thinking that this will vary from place to place I concluded that it would be s good idea to visit one place regularly over a period of time to get to understand how the tides work and Read more

The opportunity of fine weather trip grab a day sailing on Bala. We pitched up at a local campsite the day before so that we could get an early start the next day. The day we sailed was beautiful, very calm weather just what we needed so there was no rush and we could practice Read more

Following the addition of several extra keel rollers on the trailer and a rear vee guide I added these side keel guides to make sure the boat is aligned squarely on the rollers during retrieve. This worked perfectly. The only problem, as shown in the first photo, was the guides were a little too tall Read more

Being a fairly new to boating there is a lot to learn. Nearly everything is a brand new concept or experience. Taking everything in my stride as new things come along sometimes I think that things that happen are everyday occurrences for other more experienced sailors. This was only my third sailing expedition so I Read more