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I often hear people say “you must be rich to own a yacht” my reply is normally “no, my yacht has all my money” The marine trades seem to think all owners are rich, and can pay ever higher invoices year after year. The decline in yacht ownership dosn’t seem to support this. When IContinue reading “So how much dose it cost to own a yacht?”

On Tuesday the forecast was wet and windy, heavy rain in the morning but had cleared away by 1100hrs, but the wind continued to blow. We had arranged to meet up with a friend “Richard” at the Mount Edgecombe pub. Richard’s yacht was in King Point Marina, just across the river Tamar in England. OurContinue reading “The day between passages”

On the morning of Wednesday 9th of October we motored Elektra in and dried her out on St Anthony beach to unload her crusing gear in the afternoon straight into my pick-up on the beach, this was bringing the season to a close. Before leaving for home with a full pick-up load I moored ElektraContinue reading “Last sail of 2024”

The following day was Thursday 11th of July, another lovely day but we decided to leave the cockpit enclosure up and enjoy the heat, after all this was meant to be summer even if the weather doesn’t reflect it! After brunch and washing up we mainly lazed in the cockpit enjoying the surroundings, l sleptContinue reading “A few days at anchor”

Ever since I learnt to sail 52 years ago, I have loved sailing. Having only ever had one sailing lesson about 3 years after staring (I never had the time or money to pay for more), I have always thought as myself as still learning. I haven’t ever been into racing sailboats but have crewedContinue reading “Getting the best out of sailing”