Small Boat Voyages

Decided the main winter project this year would be to move Tarka onto a new trailer. The original trailer is still a very good trailer but it is slightly underrated at 1890kgs. This may have been the exact weight when first commissioned. The whole rig now weighs 2000kg when fully loaded and ready for cruising. Read more

This was a rally organised by the DCA which we attended. Going from Bala SC sailing up to the top of the lake where we landed on the shore for lunch, then back again. Read more

Another weekend at Glasson and could be the last one this year. I wanted to try using the car with the new push towbar and electric winch so for the first time in a tidal stream trying out the new launching procedure. The launch was a little unusual, because of the rapid flow of water Read more

Getting good photos of the boat you are sailing in is hard to do, fortunately as with this series we had the help from a kind member of the sailing club who followed us out this time towards the mouth of the river, past Sunderland Point and out towards the lighthouse. Glasson SC is blessed Read more

The last retrieve exposed a new issue with the trailer roller setup. Glasson SC is on the river Lune and launching is possible for about 1/2 the tide. At each end of the launch window the tidal stream is at the maximum, and it is pushing the hull sideways making alignment very difficult. As I Read more

Glasson SC hosted a dinghy rally as part of the DCA North West section’s annual programme of gatherings. I helped organise the rally and not for the first time I was crew in someone else’s boat on one day. I sailed Tarka on the second day since there were fewer participants and there was more Read more