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The Colne Smack & Barge Race Saturday 2nd September Me and David ‘Doc’ Foreman joined Andy, Jane and Droid, their families and crew for a wonderful days sailing. Approaching ‘Edme’ … Continue Reading →

27th August Off Orford Ness ‘Tuesday of Ore’ & Doc Declan, Mia and brother David at the helm Sail No 7 Rival 41C ‘Tuesday of Ore’ Mia at the helm … Continue Reading →

1520 7th August DIARY I’m home. We had a beat back to Orford from Lowestoft and it was slightly harder work that I thought it would be. Nonetheless we sailed … Continue Reading →

2220 BST 25th July DIARY A long day and another hundred miles. We have just arrived in Eyemouth from Peterhead and its eye watering at low water springs here too. … Continue Reading →

0730 BST 18th July DIARY Hospitality Askoy Island. Moving south and towards home. We are in a small anchorage just south of the Marstien entrance from the North Sea. Coming … Continue Reading →

1245 BST 13th July DIARY We left Lerwick the day before yesterday and were moored engine off Bergen Seilforening yesterday evening at 1720 BST. We started the engine at 0920 … Continue Reading →

1045 BST 28th June  We are still in Stromness. Chris and Caroline left for Wick on Monday. Frances took a flight out of Kirkwall to Inverness to get a flight … Continue Reading →

1115 BST 19th June DIARY We are in Peterhead. We came through the Pier Heads at 0305 BST yesterday morning having left Eyemouth at 1000 BST the day before. Peterhead … Continue Reading →

1550 11th June DIARY Scarborough Harbour. We arrived from Lowestoft yesterday at 1440 after a 24H passage. The winds were variable from Lowestoft although predominantly from the SW but gradually … Continue Reading →

1100 BST 9th June The country is in limbo following the election yesterday and we are still in Lowestoft. We arrived on Monday. A few Dutch boats sailed home this … Continue Reading →