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Lymington – first impressions

01/26/2015
by kelewis37
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Solent / UK

Trouper’s home port used to be Lymington and it’s one of our favourite spots in Southern England.  When we’d initially dreamed about buying a boat we said we’d keep it in one of the marinas in Lymington.  Tom’s father kept his day boat, a Hawk 20, at Lymington so we used to sail regularly from Lymington across to the Isle of Wight to: Yarmouth, New Town or Cowes as day sails on the little boat.  However […]

Yarmouth – first impressions

10/21/2014
by kelewis37
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Solent / UK

The sunset was beautiful.  We’d sailed West.  Sunglasses on as we pointed Trouper towards the last of the sun.  The next half hour was dusk and it was dark when we arrived in Yarmouth.  We’d pre-booked a berth in the marina though, in October, at the tail end of the season there was plenty of space. The leading lights made the entrance straightforward, even in the dark.  You just have to dodge the ferry that […]