There is lots to do, but we thought we would start with the electrics. At least this way we will have some working lights to help with the other work that needs doing, which invariably gets done after work... in the dark
As many of you may already know my mother is currently undergoing treatment for her second form of cancer. My godmother, who we all call Auntie Cathy is currently very, VERY ill with it and Izzys god mother, Auntie Jenny, has also recently been diagnosed ...
It was saturday the 9th of May and Wilsonians sailing club held its annual open day. This year's event was as well organised as ever and saw loads of club members helping out. Ian volunteered and was tasked with taking visitors out in one of the clubs ding...
We bought our Red Fox, Rowena, in December and have slowly been renovating her and getting her back in ship shape order, ready for the water.
This is just a glimpse of what we have been up to with more films to follow
As you will know if you have been following our films we sold our SunFast 32i at the end of last season however Nanny and Grandad still have Pintail, their Victoria 34, and todays film shows her going back in the water ready for the 2015 sailing season.
A...
This is the last in our series of films covering our 2014 holiday up the east coast of England. We had some miserable weather but also, ironically, on the penultimate day we also had some lovely light winds, flat water messing around in boats kind of weat...
This was the last race in the warm up series and took place in the afternoon, close to high water. So although the weather hadn't improved since race 9 there was now at least plenty of water to set the course in.
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It was an overcast and pretty miserable day that greeted the competitors for the last two races in the wilsonians warm up series but with again a puffy F3 wind it didnt stop people from competing.
Izzy and I were assistant race officers so didn't get to d...
So we dont pretend to be experts at tidal river sailing or for that matter Blaze sailing but for what its worth this is what Ian was doing during the first lap of Sundays race in his Blaze dinghy.
It might be of interest to some or it might not, you can ...
With a good forecast and with what turned out to be great weather to go sailing in a few more members turned up for race 5 of the Wilsonian Dinghy club 2015 warm up series on the river Medway in Kent, England.
So we had a puffy F3 breeze to play with, an ...
This film is all about.... well its pretty much what the title suggests its going to be. I warn you now, this doesn't come under the heading of fun, but it is stuff!
This film is all about.... well its pretty much what the title suggests its going to be. I warn you now, this doesn't come under the heading of fun, but it is stuff!
This film starts with us leaving the river Deben however it didn't all go to plan. Pintail actually went aground and after getting herself off found she then had a horrible noise coming from the engine/propeller.
Still we made it over the to river Orwell ...
As the name suggests. Here is more of the online footage from Ians last race in his Blaze dinghy at Wilsonians sailing club.
Trust me, unless you have a real interest in the Blaze dinghy you will find this all rather dull.
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I expect the forecast of F5-F8 and freezing rain !! had kept people away but a few hardy souls turned up for race 1 of the Wilsonian Dinghy club 2015 warm up series on the river Medway in Kent, England.
It turned out to be a chilly F2-4 with some big gust...
So this is part one of our summer cruise up the east coast of england. Starting from our home in the Medway we made our way up the coast to Shotley marina at the entrance to the River Orwell, and then from here headed over to the river Deban and the Tidemi...
This short film shows izzys first sail now in her new boat. Its a Jack Holt designed Bumblebee dinghy, a nice simple dinghy with a slightly unusual rig.
The first sail was just outside the Medway yacht club and then the next weekend we towed it down to Sta...
This was to be the first proper sail in our new boat and was a pretty uneventful weekend apart from at the beginning, where a problem with the starter relay prevented us from turning off the engine... just in case it wouldn't restart.
But it was to be a g...
In this film we show you a bit of our sail, well motor! back from the river Orwell, down the English East coast to White Magics new home on the River Medway.
It was a pretty uneventful journey which turned out to be perfect for us as we only had her lifte...
Following on from the first film that we did about White Magic we thought we would upload some more clips showing you a little more of the detail.
Today... the beginning.... from the day we bought her up to the point at which she was lifted back into the ...
This is a short film that shows our year with White Magic, a Jeanneau Sun Fast 32i sailing yacht.
The story began at the start of the year when we sold our old boat, Muskrat Ramble, and Benneteau First 32s5 and where on the look out for something to repl...
This is a short, and rather dodgy film depicting the start of the New Years day race at wilsonian's sailing club on the River Medway. It does rather focus on my husband Ian, in Blaze 807, but you do get to see a little of the club and its racing.
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