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SCOWs celebrate 100 years at Yarmouth SC
Yarmouth SC held "SCOW 100"to celebrate the launch of the first SCOW in 1924. The local SCOW fleet was joined by SCOWs "pottering" over from Hurst Castle SC and Keyhaven YC. Around 40 SCOWs joined the...
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Bicycle touring
Many, many years ago I made a 500 mile cycle trip with a friend around England, we traveled light staying in hostels with all our gear, clothes, tools, spares and food, packed into a couple of fairly...
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Firefly
A small gathering of Firefly dinghies at Lymington Town SC recently, since Hamble River SC sold their fleet some 10 years ago I don't seem to see many or perhaps I'm just paying attention.Famously...
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Perfect day for Dayboats
One of the far too few glorious summer days this year brought in light winds and blue skies, perfect for day sailing, although sadly I had too many other things to do but did manage to get out on the...
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Ocean Rowing Teams
Lymington seems to be attracting Ocean rowers, spotted recently Ebb & Flow which is due to depart from La Gomera in December racing with some 40 other boats across the Atlantic to Antigua. Details...
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Wizard
Interesting and unusual design for a motorised catamaran, bit difficult to see what is presumably a drop down outboard bracket in the photo. I'm guessing the hulls have been reclaimed/reused from a...
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Tri
The picture doesn't do justice, taken from my kayak, it looked like a giant water spider waiting to pounce.
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Cool Pad
I've kayaked past this boathouse near the village of Golant upriver from Fowey thinking what a great place to live. In an idle moment I thought I'd search it's history, unsuccessful on the history but...
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Gateway to where?
I spotted this riding down some tiny lane near Winchester I just had to stop and take a photo, tree surgery with a sense of humour.
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End of Summer
August bank holiday and US Labour day holiday weekends have past, the rate of change of daylight hours is racing toward the dark winter evenings ahead. There's normally a noticeable temperature...
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Fishing
Interesting fishing boat, good cover come rain or sunshine, low draft and a nice stable hull. Twin outboards are each relatively small but give redundancy. Looks like they have three rods deployed.
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Echo 90
The French have some interesting training and day boats, this example is an Echo 90 spotted in Le Treport recently. The Echo 90 is a 9-metre ketch rigged day boat, with twin rudders and open...
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Luggers
Selection of small luggers passing by the balcony in Fowey.These two relatively small boats both with a foresail and mizzen in additional to the lug mainsail are very much is the tradition of working...
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Club Nautique Creil Sur Mer
Creil Sur Mer is a village at the eastern end of the Normandy coast nestling between tall chalk cliffs, the Club Nautique has a small clubhouse/workshop and a secure compound for cars, boats and...
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Down on the spit
Itchenor is a delightful village in Chicheter harbour, plenty of space for hauling out but I can imagine that's a windy, cold and in hospitable spot for doing winter maintenance.
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Autumn Equinox
The Autumn Equinox is upon us, the nights draw in earlier, the rate of change in the seasons is at it's height.With the changes come contrasts which bring out some dramatic scenes and fantastic...
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Festival de la Mar
Le Treport is seaport with a long history of fishing and more latterly tourism on the "Alabaster coast" of France. The town hosts a biannual event in July August each year to pay tribute to the sailors...
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Thames stroll
Arriving early for some meetings I took a short stroll along the Thames Path along the river, the Thames at this part is tidal with strong currents on both the ebb and flow.Docklands as it's name...
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Early Morning
For a variety of reasons I've stopped going out early along the river in the past few years, more or less since the dreaded COVID started, but with a fine start to the day and rain in prospect by mid...
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Destination Dieppe
We hadn't really considered Dieppe as a destination, having last been through there from the Newhaven ferry some 40 years ago, but since we were staying just up the coast we thought we'd take a look...
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