We spent yesterday morning at the City of Exeter Regatta, a triumph of organisation and lycra.
A day-sail – 6 hours
I foolishly left the camera my smaller Lumix camera in Farnham at the weekend, so yesterday I took the heavier Nikon 3200 SLR instead. The problem is where to put it down in a hurry when I need to attend to the boat. It sits in one of the canvas line bags at a stretch otherwise in a bag hung just inside the companionway.
There were a number of people enjoying the water. It was one of those days when the wind was steady (F3), the sun shone, the sailing, as they say, was easy. I left the mooring about 1100 and was back at 1700. No pressure.
A cycle ride in North Devon – but no ‘forest of masts’?
On Friday, we cycled, mostly into the wind and intermittent light rain, from Barnstaple to Okehampton – 40 miles through the rolling hills of North Devon.
A fragment of maritime history on film – Ceres entering Bude canal
Occasionally something comes up that you had never dreamed of . . .
Three- or four-image stories
A short walk to Coleton Fishacre – the story in four images
We walked to Coleton Fishacre this morning . . .
Two short stories – yesterday’s sail
24 hour forecast for areas up to 12 miles offshore from Tuesday 23 June at 0600 UTC until Wednesday 24 June at 0600 UTC
Lyme Regis to Lands End including the Isles of Scilly:
Wind: Variable 3 or less, Sea state: Slight, Weather: Fair, Visibility: Good.
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Two short stories from yesterday . . .
Images to tell the story of the sail
I have picked out some images that together tell the story of yesterday’s sail – wind force 4-5, intermittent sunshine.
More boat-watching – Itchenor
We cycled from West Wittering and paused for a pleasant half hour on the hard at Itchenor – boat-watching. It’s 42 years since we lived at nearby Birdham. The view has changed but not a lot – people and boats.
Images from Portsmouth
The clench knot on HMS Victory’s anchor.
For better or worse the lines used today are nylon.
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Beyond Steeple Point 