Having spent the last 6 months getting SV Pamela C ready to sail, we decided our first trip away should be to Weymouth to see in the New Year in style!
October 16th Vesta got spooked and ran out of the boat. The following week saw horrific storms, rain, winds gusting over 70mph. Since then there have been no confirmed sightings of her, and at this stage we believe she is lost 🙁
It was a bit of a gamble taking Vesta on the boat. She’s been a landlubber for 7+ years and I really wasn’t sure how she would take to being marooned on a boat, surrounded by water, with little to do and no mice to chase. I’m glad to say that on the whole, she […]
September 20th, Jack again came on board with Gregg’s finest, suggesting that it was a nice day for a sail … to be honest, he had me at “hello” and I was raring to go (I’m not yet comfortable taking Pamela C out on my own, although getting closer and closer to feeling comfortable) and […]
September 19th, 2021 we finally managed to take Pamela C out under canvas for the first time since taking ownership back in June! Well under the Genoa as we’re still waiting for the new boom to be delivered. It was just a short trip out into Weymouth Bay, primarily to raise the Genoa and attach […]
So, you’re thinking of buying a boat or you’ve just done the deal! Now prepare for the seven stages of grief boat buying! Acceptance and Hope Reconstruction and Working Through The Upward Turn Depression Anger and Bargaining Pain and Guilt Shock and Denial Acceptance and Hope You’ve bought the boat and everything seems full of […]
The tender is your car, your primary mode of transport when living off the hook. You use it to go get groceries, to get to the beach and more. Choosing a good tender is therefore highly important. Having spent many weeks now reading up on the subject, here are my main findings. Hypalon is the […]
One of the things you need when sailing a boat, is a smaller boat to get you to and from shore. Yes, you can just take your big sailboat into a marina and pay £20-£50 a day for the privilege (ok, so the South Coast is more expensive than the North). The tender is your […]
The trials and tribulations of buying a 1977 Moody 39CC and moving from a desk job and into the cruising lifestyle – or “Welcome to my mid-life crisis”, as I like to say 🙂 “One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore” André Gide One […]
Having spent the last 6 months getting SV Pamela C ready to sail, we decided our first trip away should be to Weymouth to see in the New Year in style!
So the sailing season has come to an end, but what does that mean for SV Pamela C and what are my future plans?
October 16th Vesta got spooked and ran out of the boat. The following week saw horrific storms, rain, winds gusting over 70mph. Since then there have been no confirmed sightings of her, and at this stage we believe she is lost 🙁
It was a bit of a gamble taking Vesta on the boat. She’s been a landlubber for 7+ years and I really wasn’t sure how she would take to being marooned on a boat, surrounded by water, with little to do and no mice to chase. I’m glad to say that on the whole, she […]
September 20th, Jack again came on board with Gregg’s finest, suggesting that it was a nice day for a sail … to be honest, he had me at “hello” and I was raring to go (I’m not yet comfortable taking Pamela C out on my own, although getting closer and closer to feeling comfortable) and […]
So, you’re thinking of buying a boat or you’ve just done the deal! Now prepare for the seven stages of grief boat buying! Acceptance and Hope Reconstruction and Working Through The Upward Turn Depression Anger and Bargaining Pain and Guilt Shock and Denial Acceptance and Hope You’ve bought the boat and everything seems full of […]
One of the things you need when sailing a boat, is a smaller boat to get you to and from shore. Yes, you can just take your big sailboat into a marina and pay £20-£50 a day for the privilege (ok, so the South Coast is more expensive than the North). The tender is your […]
The trials and tribulations of buying a 1977 Moody 39CC and moving from a desk job and into the cruising lifestyle – or “Welcome to my mid-life crisis”, as I like to say 🙂 “One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight, for a very long time, of the shore” André Gide One […]