A Month in England

We mentioned in our last post that we had to return to the UK, Judith’s father was ill and after a short illness he passed away whilst we have been home. We are thankfull that we were able to get back and spend some time with him during those last few weeks. Judith’s father made the first boat we had, we used to sail it in the Blackwater and on the Avon in Chippenham. it was a bit smaller than Island Girl , it was a home built Goblin called “Spindrift”. He will be remembered fondlly and was keenly following our travels. We wil be returning to Spain on the… Read More

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Our first sail

In January we have really started to get ready for our adventure, Judith has stopped working now and we are busy clearing the house and preparing to move on to Island Girl in March. We have still found time to go down to Gosport and we have to take the boat to get the mast removed in preparation for the standing rigging (the wires that hold the mast up ) to be replaced. Before the mast is removed we managed to get out on the Solent and have a sail, the weather was cold and there was a stiff breeze but we had fun and the boat handled well. We… Read More

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Christmas is Coming

Christmas is coming and one boat at the marina seems to have got into the Christmas Spirit (not ours just in case you are wondering).  Christmas at Haslar Marina We have now had Island Girl just over a month so some of you might be wondering how we are getting on. We have spent about  10 nights on the boat over the last seven weeks cleaning, carrying out small maintenance jobs and getting quotes for some of the larger jobs.  We have not yet been out sailing but we did decide to get a day training on moving the boat around the marina under the engine, the main thing we learnt that the boat needs care when reversing as it takes… Read More

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