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Merry Christmas
Wherever you are and whatever you're doing have a great time.Lobster pot Christmas tree -Emsworth quay
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Local mud
While we can't compete with the east coast, Emsworth is one of our better low water locations.Safely settled on the soft mud, it looks like this dinghy is in need of a scrape and clean below the...
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Sailiing on the mill pond
With the boats laid up for winter members of Emsworth Slipper YC were taking the opportunity for Sunday racing on the mill pond.Rounding the mark, despite the skippers sailing from the shore a few...
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Calm sea
Winter sailing - an all to rare opportunity between the rain and gales we've had this year.Wishing that 2020 brings calm seas and good winds as we voyage through the next decade.
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New Year raft race
The Hamble Raft Race takes place on a typically cold and grey New Year's day.The assembled teams launched from the foreshore, heading out onto the river.Below the all women ambulance team chase the...
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Winter SCOWs
A small fleet of Lymington River SCOWs from the Royal Lymington YC were out on a cold winter Saturday.Making a colourful sight on what was a dark and dull day .
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Dinghy Neglect
Given the amount of recent rain if your dinghy is left afloat it might be a good idea to go down and bail it out.
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Dolphin Quay development
It's taken a few years but work has begun on the development of Dolphin Quay in Emsworth. Formerly a quaint, traditional old yard which attracted more than a few interesting old boats, with drying...
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Going, going ....
Alas our local wreck has suffered significant deterioration over the past few winters.At high water there isn't much left other than the starboard rail leading up to the bow.It's sad but interesting...
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Not so mystery boat
Lurking beneath than green monotex tarp is a fine boat waiting to emerge in the springThe clue is on the stem post.
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Early morning row
Following what feels like weeks of rain and high winds, Saturday morning opened cold and still so I headed off for an early morning row.Circle mists were rising off the river, the surface was like...
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Good old Emsworth boats
We seem to go to Emsworth more often in the winter which is a good place for lunch and a walk around which usually offers an interesting boat or two.Less and less wooden boats like this nice cruiser...
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Solitaire
I've mentioned Les Prowles yacht before, seen here on the hard on a cold winter day, she seemed as if she is calling for the open sea, with wind in her sails and a far distant horizon.
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Update on OPUS
It's been quite a while since I featured and indeed have seen yacht Opus on the river, so it was quire a surprise to get the following email and pictures from Derek relating to the 1971 Fastnet."A...
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Correction - Louie Wills
I got a nice email in relation to my post about the Falmotuh Quay Punt Louie Wills, from owner Charlie, I mistook the boat in my post for Louie which is actually moored further down river from Golant,...
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Dad's tools
The thought came to me as I was doing some work that despite having newer tools, these are my go to tools for pretty much any kind of woodworking project.They were all my Dad's ,he would let me use...
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Storm Ciara
We were up quite early Sunday to take Joseph to an activity at Sea Scouts and took the opportunity go down to Hamble Point and have a look. Even in the sheltered waters of the Solent things were pretty...
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Fine winter day & Liberty
Between the rain and work I managed to get out for a run on a fine clear day, if I'd had more time it would have been a great day to go rowing but a 30 minute run at lunch was all I could fit in, such...
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Beaulieu walk
This post is in part for Tweezerman who recently commented "I continue to enjoy your writing about your jaunts around the coast of England." It's a jaunt along one of my favorite New Forest winter...
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