3 weeks in France plus time in Birmingham looking after Helen’s Parents and finally moving into the bungalow in Poole. 1st to 4th April Trying to make progress at the house ready to go to France to put up tents and organise the campsite ready for the season. Friday 5th My plan for today is… Continue reading April and May 2024.
March 2024
I am still spending at least half of each week working on the house in Doncaster as well as heading towards moving house on the south coast. The Doncaster house is almost ready to be rented out so I should soon be able to do some sailing. The plan for the next week or so… Continue reading March 2024
February 2024 Replacing a broken forestay but this month was mainly house building in Doncaster.
Thursday 1st Feb Another half day spent working on Grace’s kitchen in Norwich followed by me returning to New Milton for the band rehearsal. Saturday 3rd I spent the morning working to attach the replacement forestay and reefing foil onto the mast. The rowing pivot managed to survive the trip out to the boat but… Continue reading February 2024 Replacing a broken forestay but this month was mainly house building in Doncaster.
January 2024 – Named storms, broken forestay and a replacement mooring strop.
Tuesday 2nd Jan 2024 I am back working on the house in Doncaster and was woken a couple of times during the night with the rain and wind. There was not too much problem on the roads in South Yorkshire due to the weather but the M18 was closed by an accident. The sailing club… Continue reading January 2024 – Named storms, broken forestay and a replacement mooring strop.
December 2023 – Band concerts, Kitchen installations and Christmas rather get in the way of progress with getting the boat ready for sailing.
Saturday 2nd As part of the run up to Christmas, Helen has two band concerts today, both in Wareham. The first one was “Carols at the cross” started at 10:30 so we left straight after breakfast taking the dog with us. Not too uncomfortable for me standing on South Street in Wareham with Lexie and… Continue reading December 2023 – Band concerts, Kitchen installations and Christmas rather get in the way of progress with getting the boat ready for sailing.
November 2023 – Another named storm plus medical appointments in Yorkshire and band concerts in Dorset
Wednesday 1st November We have a 95% probability of rain during the day but I planned to use the morning high tide (2.3M at around 11:30) to get to the boat and organise the drop nose pin & Genoa reefing. Always assuming there is nothing else needing dealing with after the unusually high water… Continue reading November 2023 – Another named storm plus medical appointments in Yorkshire and band concerts in Dorset
September & October 2023 – Volunteering at a camp site in France and other procrastinating.
If you havent worked that out from the previous 6 years and 11 Months, I seem to be very good at getting distracted onto other things than sailing. Even though the boat was afloat at a mooring at the beginning of this month, it was no different as Helen and I spent 3 weeks in… Continue reading September & October 2023 – Volunteering at a camp site in France and other procrastinating.
July 2023
Saturday 1st July Three boats from the club were sailing in the annual “Round the Island” race today and the start fairly much coincided with the 10:00 meeting for newly joined members so we could have a tour of the club and an encouraging talk about volunteering. Slightly less use than intended as most of… Continue reading July 2023
June 2023 More boat prep and a house move.
Friday 1st June Back to home in Doncaster at 10pm. Saturday 4th Helen woke me up asking why I wasn’t getting on with things, then she realised it was quarter to 6 rather than quarter to 9. I ended up getting up anyway so was able to set off to the boat and make… Continue reading June 2023 More boat prep and a house move.
May 2023 A lot more work on the houses but significant boat work and preparation for a move to Hampshire.
Sunday 7th May We have an appointment at Lilliput sailing club for our interview at 7:15 so are doing that and returning to the caravan for baked potatoes as supper. Thursday 11th May Collected the tablet computer for electronic navigation on the boat – It should use the electronic versions of the paper charts that… Continue reading May 2023 A lot more work on the houses but significant boat work and preparation for a move to Hampshire.