sailaboutvic
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big of a bash especially leaving at 5am and seeing confusing seas , it wasn’t inviting but 23 hours later we arrived in the Orwell tried of lack of sleep but other wise all good .
God this weather is SO depressing - cruise ideas anyone?
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doug748
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I see a lot of little sun's in the forecast over the next couple of weeks.
But I don't trust them yet.
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But I don't trust them yet.
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chris-s
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Well, determined to get away, we loaded up with supplies and topped up with water yesterday. Back home and waiting out todays blow and then off on Sunday, even if we only make it to Fowey, it’s a start!
chris-s
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Got to Fowey and it’s almost deserted! Two empty pontoons and mooring buoys galore! Unheard for august.
sailaboutvic
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Sometime you just got to go for it
Lightwave395
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It will be stinking hot in two weeks time (in Southern Brittany at least), because I will be off to my boat for a couple of weeks of annual out of the water maintenance. At this stage, Meteo Consult is forecasting low thirties
It will be hot enough to dry the antifoul on the roller but it's still better than doing it in cold, wet weather I guess.
It will be hot enough to dry the antifoul on the roller but it's still better than doing it in cold, wet weather I guess.
Frogmogman
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I can confirm that conditions will be glorious in Brittany for 3 weeks from next Tuesday, as I’m off to Indonesia then.
ryanroberts
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The gale systems arriving every weekend is particularly cruel given I attempt to cruise while working. Total write off so far this year - particularly as I started late due to camping on Islay for the whiskey festival. The weather then was idyllic of course and I spent much of my time enviously looking at the yachts moored by distilleries.
KeelsonGraham
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Yep, this isn’t going to be remembered as a vintage sailing season.
sailaboutvic
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Don’t know about anyone else but for many years I gone by that if the forecaster I focus on are all roughy the same there a very good chance it’s what we get .
if they all different then it’s any body guess.
this year we found when every we needed to do more then a 24 hour sail with no place to run too the forecast have been just that ,
different And not only in direction but speed too .
if they all different then it’s any body guess.
this year we found when every we needed to do more then a 24 hour sail with no place to run too the forecast have been just that ,
different And not only in direction but speed too .
dslittle
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This May and June gave us, possibly, the best sailing that we’ve ever had, on the West Coast of France. The Northerlies got us South before we turned around and came back with predominately Southerlies. The seas were flat and the sun was shining.
We´ll be back at the end of the month (I‘ll be taking my sun cream) and I hope that we’ll have more of the same - it does help that we aren’t on a schedule and can go where the wind takes us…
johnalison
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Just occasionally things go right and I'm glad that at least one person has made the best of a difficult year. Our best effort was a three week cruise from the E Coast to the Channel Isles in a Sadler 29. We sailed most of the time, visiting Alderney, Guernsey and Jersey, and in the whole trip I only tacked twice, on the leg from Alderney to Guernsey.