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Sea Kings
A few weeks ago Daughter Katy transferred to the Fleet Air Arm and started her training at HMS Saltern over in Gosport. For those not familiar with the British military the Fleet Air Arm is the navy...
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Delpha's tender
Over in Chichester I spotted this lovely wooden tender.It's true that she would benefit from some tlc and a varnishing, but despite that her design speaks of  safe and efficient yacht tender, clearly...
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Motor boats
There are more than a few GRP displacement motorboats like this around, most can be had for not too much money, most have an inboard diesel and would make a comfortable if steady cruiser for the...
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Checking out an Anchorage
Hurst Spit is a long shingle bank which stretches out into the Solent, enclosing and protecting the saltings and channels between Keyhaven and the famous Castle. The narrow and often drying channels...
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Houseboats at Salterns
The tide had left the creek leading to Salterns Boatyard, leaving the houseboats were sitting high if not exactly dry on the exposed mud.None of the boats in this small community look to be local...
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The season has started
We'd been lulled into believing that summer had arrived early with the recent spell of fine and sunny weather, but inevitably come the time to go sailing it was cold and slightly wet.Joseph was first...
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Too cold for swiming
So what do you do if you have an open air, sea water  swimming pool and the bank holiday turns up cold and grey. I guess issue the few hardy bathers with wet suits, but credit to the folks over at...
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Spook
This should be a post for 1001 Boats, but I only managed to get one photo. Spook is a 30 foot ocean cruiser, designed in the mid 1980's by Andrew Simpson,s a very practical and cleverly though out...
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Twister reinvented
With apologies to those who might be expecting an update on Kim Holman's famous sloop, but what is it about cats?And a word of warning, just remember it might be a long time since you last played and 5...
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Race Day
Down at Itchenor the Solent Sunbeam were just finishing racing and returning to the club house, just lovely.If anyone is wondering why V for Sunbeam, I guess the Swallow's got there first.
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Model neighbourhood?
I was in Istanbul on business last week, it was a last minute arrangement so I didn't pay much attention to the hotel, that is until I arrived. It was oddly positioned turning left from the entrance...
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Birdham Boats
A few interesting boats down in Birdham pool marina.This nice little motor boat looks perfect for pottering around Chichester harbour or along the coast and while classic in style, it looks like it...
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Local menace
Apparently we don't all share delight in our local deer population, there was a request a while ago from the local allotment holders for a deer cull as the animals had been breaking down the fence and...
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Cowes
Just looking back though the ship's log for Matilda Emilie, perhaps a stick would be a better description as it's a very thin document. It's been a year since we were in Cowes. How did that...
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Mill Pond Training
The bank holiday rain had started to clear by mid morning on Saturday so we went over to Emsworth for a walk and early lunch. In the mill pond the youngsters presumably from Emsworth Slipper SC and...
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Folk Boat Friday
Something Friday seems to be commonplace if not mandatory among the blogging community so here goes with one of my favourite boats.The folk boat was the result of a competition held by the Scandinavian...
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D Day Memorial
These stones, erected in the Victoria Country Park at Netley overlooking Southampton Water commemorate the memory of those who took part in the D Day operation.The inscription reads:Write on this...
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Folk Boat Friday No 2
Lurking among the masses of white modern boats is the occasional classic.
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Good drying day
Glorious sunshine and a midday low water, a perfect day for a scrub.Down on the hard at Itchenor work was in full swing, the scrubbing piles were full and bilge keelers were demonstrating just how...
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