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Circumnavigation of Mallorca.
Circumnavigation of Mallorca, our favourite island in the Balearics, Part 1, By Pam and Martin Smout. We have spent over 5 years sailing in Eastern Spain and The Balearic …
Winter Series : Race 1 - Solo Report
As the Solo sailors glanced up the course toward Blackstone there was some trepidation to see the 505 of the sailing god that is Peter Colclough smitten by an enormous …
Winter Series : Race 1 - Handicap
The first race of the Winter Series certainly felt like the end of the long, gentle autumn. 14°C, a force of 5/6 southerly, and the forecast of rain. Remarkably, four …
Sailing round Menorca
Peter Sandover was planning to take a party of visually impaired people around Menorca first week in October. He had floated the idea of extending the charter of …
Salcombe Brewery Solo Open
The Salcombe Brewery sponsored Solo Open at Salcombe on 21/22 October attracted an excellent turnout of 42 boats. The forecast for the weekend which had been all over the place …
Yealm Rally Report from the 8th & 9th September 23
A rally is more than just a coming of boats together for a Saturday evening meal ashore and then dispersing with a hopeful race back to Salcombe. This years Yealm …
Autumn Series: Race 7 - Fast Handicap Report
Once again, on Saturday, the sun was shining down on Salcombe, but there was a notable chill in the air for the penultimate race in the Autumn Series. 13 …
Autumn Series, Race 7. Solo Report.
Saturday saw the seventh and final race of the Salcombe Yacht Club Autumn Series with yet another bumper turnout of eighteen Solo sailors coming to the start line. Race officer …
Scottish Isles Pt.2
Our trip around the Scottish Isles continued to Canna. A lovely bay with amazing views of Rum waited us. We arrived in glorious sunshine and went ashore …
Autumn Series, Race 6 - Solo Report
A sunny Autumn afternoon, high tide and a light but shifty breeze out of the south westerly quadrant was enough to attract twenty one Solo sailors to the start line …
Autumn Series, Race 6 - Fast Handicap Report
The exceptional October weather set the perfect backdrop for the 6th edition of the Fast Handicap Autumn series. A mixture of eight teams arrived at the start to tackle …
Our Spanish Sailing Adventures.
By chance we met an old mate of ours at the Southampton Boat Show in 2018 who had moved his yacht many years ago to Spain. Having …
