Cowes is one of the sailing capitals of the world. Home to the famous Cowes Week racing, the start of the Fastnet race and the Round the Island race. The prestigious Royal Yacht Squadron looks out over the harbour entrance and it’s start line is used for many sailing races. As a mecca for sailing there are numerous prestigious yacht and sailing clubs. The town is on the Medina River, Isle of Wight. It looks North […]
We needed to get the hydraulics fixed on Trouper. That meant a visit to Hamble Yacht Services as they know the boat and had originally installed the hydraulics. We decided to make a long weekend out of the chore. Friday morning we set off on the early falling tide. Getting up before you’ve gone to bed, as they say in Monty Python, is not much fun but we were rewarded with a calm, warm day […]
Lymington is on the edge of the New Forest. The New Forest was established by Royal Charter in about 1069. Obviously they’d run out of interesting names; or perhaps they didn’t think about future-proofing the name. Anyway it was originally established as a Royal Hunting Ground. Luckily this has meant the relative preservation of a now unique habitat. It was also the source of the Royal Navy’s oak timbers for ship-building until they moved […]
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