Shelagh & I decamped from home on the Thursday before Easter and headed down to the boat, a longish couple of hours on the road arriving mid afternoon to find that Pleinair had been moved from her normal mooring by…

Its been quite a while since I posted on here so here’s a little update of what’s been happening since 2015. Since the last posting things have progressed a little with SV Pleinair. To start with back in July 2016…

Monday 24th August. Today was a case of shopping for the week then finish loading the car.  We left home around lunchtime and headed off for the two and a quarter hr. run down to the boat, nothing spectacular in…

I thought it was about time I committed myself to writing up our Bank Holiday week report.   The week (well, more like ten days actually) started on Friday 21st with me meeting up with a friend of ours and…

August 28th passage plan. Depart Fambridge 11:00 Destination Bradwell marina. Eta 18:15 Panic after 2100. Alternatives burnham, or anchorage in branksfleet. Or Tollesbury marina. Weather forecast. Gibraltar Point to North Foreland. 24 hour forecast: Westerly or southwesterly 4 or 5,…

After three weeks away from the boat we took advantage of a free weekend. During Friday i loaded the car with bits and pieces required for a couple of jobs I wanted to get done, clothes and grub. Shelagh duly…

It was suggested by Shelagh that I might like to spend the week sorting Pleinair and getting her back in the water so we could start to enjoy a little boating this season. I naturally jumped at the chance and…

  We decided to shoot down to Pleinair and have a pottering day, even tho we knew we needed to be home tonight. So, a steady drive of 2.5 hrs and we were sat in West Wick Yacht Club having…