Sailing slowly, wherever the wind may take us, for as long as we’re having fun!

A Sail of Firsts

chillin in lymington

After an enjoyable stay in Lymington we needed to leave by 2pm before we were charged for another night’s stay! We were holding off for as long as possible as we knew the tide through the Hurst narrows would be flowing against us. We chose to motor for a while whilst we fought the tide, […]

Cowes to Chichester Harbour

One of our first ‘new’ destinations to explore on leaving the PYRA team behind was Chichester Harbour.  We wanted to practice anchoring and living ‘on the hook’. We left Folly Inn on the River Medina on a lovely sunny day on 13 September – but with no wind we ended up motoring all the way. […]

Fun in Cowes

Dinghy hauled up on a halyard at the Folly

We decided to follow our PYRA friends (again!) on a race to Cowes leaving on 7 September. We left well ahead of the fleet to ensure we were on the inside of any rafting in Cowes and had a lively but fun sail all the way, tacking up the Solent. It was a bit of […]