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    At anchor in a gale

    I am live streaming the boat cameras while anchored in a gale. Highest winds due about 7pm BST. Watch livestream

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    Strong Westerly Winds

    I stayed three nights in Poole Haven marina to avoid the worst of a few storms passing through the area. Today I returned to the anchorage by old Harry rocks and Studland Bay because although the winds have died down, they are still mainly from the West which…

  • Grounded, free, grounded, free

    I spent two nights in Swanage, it was nice there. I went ashore, saw the sights and returned with fish and chips. I caught a few mackerel too. I headed to Poole harbour today to escape some big storms over the next two days. First I tried an…

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    Don’t argue with mother nature

    It seems mother nature does not want me to travel to Wales yet. The winds were supposed to be South Westerly, ideal for sailing West but forecasters were wrong, its blowing Westerly so lots of tacking back and forth if I move now. I went out anyway hoping…

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    Exciting day

    It started foggy so that put paid to my plan to leave early to get through Hurst at slack water. By the time I got there, the tide was racing, the wind had dropped and was coming directly from the West, where I wanted to go. I motored…

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    Southampton to Yarmouth

    Great sailing from Town Quay to Fawley then the wind died, I put the motor on to get past the Hamble entrance because it was busy and bumpy because of all the motorboats coming in and out, I left it on until past Calshot and then more or…