Gran Canaria to Plymouth for Yacht Delivery UK
Leaving Madeira on Last Tango a 2001 Sun Odyssey 40. Arriving in Cascais for food, fuel and rest. 550nm non-stop Graham on another twilight shift. The glamour of deliveries!
Entries by Marcus Caston
Finally back on dry land! Well for a bit anyway
Straits of Messina. Ionian Sea Marcello and Emmanuelle keeping Bandit, a Comet 45, on track. Athens to Port St Louis via Corinth Canal Fast forward to Port St Louis and Bandit is ready for the long (road) journey home to Swanwick
Early start back to the Solent
After an early start from our anchorage in Lulworth Cove the crew of Trochus get their reward…Tide waits for no man and it was either get up at the crack of sparrows or fight a spring ebb at the Needles. Good sense prevailed and we we dropped the hook in Osborne Bay for lunch.
Summer’s nearly here….
Salcombe last week looking amazing. I was there training Day Skippers for Plymouth Sailing School. And a nice bunch they were too!
The reason you need to know your tidal curves!
Knowing the fundamentals of navigation will ensure you know, rather than hope, you are going to clear a bridge. The RYA Sail Cruising syllabus deals with this in a theoretical and on a practical level. Book a course now and learn this along with other essential skills. Don’t be one of those yachtsmen […]
Dusk at Shamrock Quay with RYA Day Skippers
Entering a harbour at dusk is great practice for Day Skippers and an RYA course is the right time to try out your skills. The instructor can coach you in the right methods whilst keeping you and the rest of the crew safe. When you do it with stabilisers off (on your own) you will […]
Fowey morning with Plymouth Sailing School
Great morning to be up in Fowey. The crew are delightful ,as always, Kate and Al doing Day Skipper and Competent Crew – and making it look pretty easy I must say…
Rio Guadiana – worth the effort.
Bombay Sapphire crept up the Rio Guadiana on the flood, the pilot guide giving assurances that there was plenty of water in the river, just stick to the outside of the bends and stay in the middle on the straights…What we found though was a fully buoyed channel! That certainly settled nerves of the crew […]
Nearly back in Gibraltar with the trainee Yachtmasters…
It was great to see some new places recently with Toby, Dan and Jaime. The 500 mile training fortnight took in a wide range of conditions that will hold them in good stead for their Yachtmaster Offshore with Rock Sailing of Gibraltar. I can especially recommend the Rio Guadiana for a slightly surreal experience. More […]