The nautical adventures and misadventures of Hejira, her skipper, and all who sail in her…
Inevitably, water sometimes appears in the bilges and needs to be dealt with. Sponging out is laborious and time consuming if there is a substantial amount â I recently struggled to replace the log impeller blank and took on quite a lot of water into the bilge. There is also a sensible recommendation in the... Continue Reading →
This article appeared in the Summer 2021 Yachting Monthly. It was so severely cut from my blog post, it barely made any sense...
Since returning, I have been in touch with Steve Hancox, skipper and owner of âBryonyâ and we have had some interesting correspondence. Bryony is an old wooden âGafferâ which Steve restored in the garden of his house in Herefordshire. She is 10 metres over the deck with a 2.85-metre bow sprit.  She is a âdouble-enderâ... Continue Reading →
We did manage to evade the zealous Yarmouth Harbour fee collectors and after a sumptuous full nightâs sleep, we slipped our mooring at 06.45 bound for Northney Marina. Heading down the Solent under a clear blue sky and with the tide under us, we had the best âwhite sailâ sail since departing the Cote DâAzur... Continue Reading →
The updated weather forecast coupled with our delayed crossing necessitated a rethink. With the wind veering to the NNE in the evening, we didnât relish the prospect of just bashing back in 25 knots on the nose. The better option was to take the 3 hour shorter crossing to the Needles, get in earlier and... Continue Reading →
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