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Yachtmaster (Offshore) Course complete, followed by Powerboat Level 2 and Powerboat Advanced. That’s all the sailing until we pick up our charter boat for our Greek holiday. Thanks to all the Hot Liquid and Duck-2-Water Instructors for their patience, and all the new friends I’ve made along the way. Some recent photos: #gallery-1 { [...] Not much in the way of blogging recently, I’m in the middle of a seven-week Yachtmaster Course. Here are a few images taken in the Solent, the English Channel, Cherbourg and the Channel Islands. #gallery-2 { margin: auto; } #gallery-2 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-2 img { [...] #gallery-3 { margin: auto; } #gallery-3 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-3 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-3 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } 0445 – sailing out of Cowes South of the Isle of Wight South of the Isle of Wight Beating up towards Bembridge [...] Any sailing wizzes out there who can answer this? I’m wondering whether I’m leaving it too late to tack, and thereby covering more ground.  Tack 1 Continue reading When Should I Tack? (I posted this on posterous last week but hang-out was down so it didn’t appear here.) 22 September – our best day’s sailing – 39 miles from Bandol to Hyeres, all on the sail. Force 4 to 6 winds gave us 6 to 7 knots most of the time. Great fun! Bandol to [...] The site’s back up after a few days’ offline. I don’t know whether it was hacked or whether my host fixed it, but something managed to bring it back up. The sailing holiday’s over. We drove from Bormes-Les-Mimosas to Morzine, had a day there, then spent the following night in Beaune. Yesterday we drove [...] It’s still raining. Today’s forecast was showers and Force 2 to 4. We decided to sail from Île de Porquerolles to Sanary, between Toulon and Marseille. Half an hour after slipping out of the harbour the rain started. There was a big, stationary, thunderstorm to the west of our track and we were catching [...] 19th September 2009 | Category: sailing | Tags: france, mandrier-sur-mer, rain, sailing |
#gallery-5 { margin: auto; } #gallery-5 .gallery-item { float: left; margin-top: 10px; text-align: center; width: 33%; } #gallery-5 img { border: 2px solid #cfcfcf; } #gallery-5 .gallery-caption { margin-left: 0; } Port Cavalaire Karen Port Cavalaire Cavalaire in the rain Windy Umbrellas Port Cavalaire Karen From a café Snug inside It’s been raining [...] A delightful village a few miles east of Nice. Posted via email from Chris Parker’s posterous Posted via web from Chris Parker’s posterous |
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