Author: kelewis37

Falmouth Town – First Impressions

08/10/2014
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UK / West Country

We arrived in Falmouth in early August after a day sail from Fowey.  It was a beat in fairly light winds but the forecast was for  a series of low pressure systems so we abandoned our ideas of going to the Scilly Islands and decided to explore Falmouth Harbour and the Helford River. It was late when we arrived, all the marinas were full so we picked up one of the last visitor moorings in […]

Introduction

08/10/2014
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I sail Trouper, a Swan 43.  She was one of the last ever built in 1989.  She’s had two previous owners and I, along with my partner Tom are the third.  She was an impulse purchase last year.   We’d gone to have a look at some second-hand boats and well… extending the mortgage and making savings elsewhere means we’re now the owners. I like sailing to places that I can’t get to as easily any […]