Sailing in BVI
Magical sailing in BVI in December.
Hoping to do another trip – it was so good….watch for more news and let me know if tempted.
Magical sailing in BVI in December.
Hoping to do another trip – it was so good….watch for more news and let me know if tempted.
Apart from Stag/Hen and family/friend weekends I have now skippered lots of Corporate Charter days. Sailing as a form of Corporate Entertainment is brilliant and an excellent great value alternative to the more usual rugby/golf/racing days. We have circa 6 people on the boat – usually 2 hosts and 4 customers/clients. Everyone gets a chance…
What cute ducklings. They were absolutely tiny and in the middle of Southampton water. They seemed to be holding their own in what must have seemed like the Atlantic to them. We just had to go back and take some photos and tried not to scare them. What a contrast to the huge container ships…
Just completed the Fastnet Race with a great Russian crew. We had probably best conditions possible but it was still plenty challenging. Some great photos on my FB page. This picture includes Parallel Blue sailing with Team Snell banner as we started our 608 nm race. It took us just over 4 days. We had…
No wind so a long lunch in Osborne Bay. Great sport to watch. This was really impressive – very well set up with lots of control lines and some very good dives ….and some interesting ones. These guys had skills! No wind so swimming and ‘chilling’ out was in order. Ice cream boat came around…
What an incredible month! Round the Island Race was brilliant – challenging and such fun. Great group of guys. Managed to get a spiral fracture in my little finger but it was all worth it! Sailed with more stag groups, several lovely families and finally saw the J Class Regatta – quite breathtaking and another…
An eventful day the week before last. Two completely unrelated events – having to climb the mast and later a ‘slight’ injury to my arm. It started off as such a calm nice day on the Solent with a great group on board. Little did we imagine how it would all turn out.