Brian Lowrie After nearly a week in the Louisiade Archipelago of Papua New Guinea we needed to get going west again. After a BBQ on a deserted island with three Aussie yachts the previous evening we set off through the surrounding reefs, into deep water and towards Australia’s “Top End”. […]
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Diane Carr Skipper: Colin Davidson (Foggy) Crew: Mary Ryder (Edie), John White (Barry ), Brian Cordiner (Cleggy ), Diane Carr (Marina ) Location: Copenhagen Day 1 July 25th 2004 Arrived late evening at Kastrup Lystebehavn after a very easy and inexpensive Easyjet flight and a short taxi ride. Colin was […]
Keith Cameron Saturday May 28 Bob and I were first to arrive in a very wet car park at Craobh Marina. We chatted with the owners of Kookaburra, the Jeanneau Sunrise 34 that was to be our home for the next week, while we waited for the rest of the […]
Caroline Bellerby The RNYC’s practical course this year was extremely eventful, especially aboard our yacht Jay, a nicely appointed 40 ft Bavaria that, unfortunately, did not handle quite as well as she looked. There were four of us students on board – Shirley, Keith, Andrew and me – all doing […]
Gordon Bellerby We were a motley bunch, the crew of yacht Flamingo. Jason a policeman, John a surgeon, Jim a radio engineer and myself a farmer, all doing Day Skipper, and then there was Pete, our instructor, whose long and varied life had encompassed most of our individual skills and […]
Linda Lane Thornton It is a truth universally acknowledged that yachties possessing a wish to cruise to Orkney must be in want of fair weather. We’d been very lucky in 2003 and had spent some time wondering whether it was too much to think that we’d get good weather two […]
Mike Farrell A Competent Crew’s Tale I should have realised at the pre-meeting that things would be cramped. Tony, the gallant captain casually suggested that his car may not be up to the journey to Largs. I therefore volunteered mine, a Renault Scenic where the seats can be taken out. […]
Anne Lowrie Message sent Friday, October 08, 2004 3:50 AM This was written during our crossing to new Zealand last week and is sent from Whangarei. We are just crossing the South New Hebrides Trench on our way from Fiji to NZ, 400 miles out on the last of our […]
Diane Carr The boat: Leopard 47 ‘Local Hero’ Based at: TMM, Blue Lagoon, St Vincent The skipper/owner: Phil Lever Crewed by: Neil and Pam Bell, John Westwell, Brian Cordiner and Diane Carr Day 1 February 23rd Blue Lagoon Brian and I finally arrived at St Vincent airport (one shack) about 9pm […]
Nick Stevens As we set off on an ominously windy Saturday afternoon from Largs Yacht Haven, I think we all felt a little trepidation at what was to come in the following week. Little did we know what the next 24 hours would bring. Tony, our instructor, had proudly announced […]