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Gales and tides
While parts of the US east coast struggle with heavy snow and freezing conditions, the Hamble remains relatively mild apart from some gales and a lot of rain.The biggest hazard along the footpath to...
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HMS Alliance
It's been 20 plus years since I visited the Royal Navy Submarine Museum at Gosport, the centre piece of which is HMS Alliance Britain’s only surviving WW2 era ocean going submarine which is ashore on a...
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Something of interest for the still too long and cold winter evenings. My classic Boat has recently put up a great video of Lone Wolf one of the more famous Old Gaffers around the Solent. She was based...
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Slow start
It's been a bit of a slow start to the year, between the weather (mostly wet and windy), work which is relentless and the January project to revamp and redecorate Joseph's bedroom we haven't got out...
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Cold snap?
While other parts of the UK have been affected, the predictions of arctic conditions and "snowmagedeon" have so far passed us by on the Hampshire coast, fingers crossed it stays that way.
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Lymington gaffers
A couple of gaffers seen down in Lymington presumably laid up for winter in the river, although the grey one looks to be in fine shape.It looked like someone was at work on this one, I especially liked...
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View from the Warrior
Erica managed to get a special offer annual family pass to the Portsmouth historic dockyard museums which included our recent visit to the submarine museum and HMS Alliance . Joseph and I also took an...
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Note to self
In all the years I've lived and even longer visited the area I've never taken the hovercraft over to the Isle of Wight, so as a reminder I took this picture from Southsea common that I need to get...
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Victory
We've been down to the Portsmouth historic dockyard museum again this time to visit the Mary Rose. When Erica and I last visited it was being sprayed with preservative to stabilise the timbers after...
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Sailing Sunday
Sunday dawned bright but with a brisk north easterly but despite that there were more than a few folks out sailing. Out a cat head a bunch of Opi's doing some race training.The Warsash dinghy fleet...
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Cold harbour ferry
Walkers and cyclists hunkered down for a cold and breezy river crossing, makes me feel chilly just looking at this photo, roll on spring.
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Hidden gem
Spotted on the pontoon at Hamble Point, sadly what looks like two J70's were in the way.If the weather is nice this weekend I'm going to row down and see if she's still there so I can take a few pics...
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Ultimate 20
I was having a cup of tea at the cafe in Hamble on Sunday morning when this sports boat went past, thinking it looked familiar I went back trough some old post and sure enough the name Redrow came up...
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New boat
Not my boat, we were admiring this wooden sloop on the inner pontoon at Hamble Point and then shortly after bumped into a friend in the village who has just bought her.We didn't have enough time to...
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Vandalism
Our local authority has erected this ugly and presumably expensive fence around the WW2 Bofors anti aircraft gun emplacement on the foreshore of Southampton water by Hamble Point.The notice explains...
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Early season
In colder climates they call it frostbiting, but here on the southern coast of the UK things rarely get that cold, but with a sunny Saturday in prospect it was good to see a few boats out even if there...
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Bursfest
Who would have thought that Bursledon would have it's very own music festival? Well it does and it was great event with a great line up of musicians playing to a packed village hall throughout the day...
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Early season 2
Inevitably following a sunny and bright Saturday, Sunday was grey and drab but with the temperature heading upwards we decided to break out the bikes and cycle along the Saltern trail around Chichester...
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Seasonally adjusted
Well that was an interesting few days, the previous weekend had been warm, sunny, with daffodils coming up and all the signs of spring around the corner.The next moment we're plunged into a very cold,...
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Bargain
Get afloat aboard your own yacht for £500.The 19 foot Prelude is by all accounts a nice little pocket yacht, designed by Ian Proctor and originally built by Ridgeway Marine and later by Pegasus, they...
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