Seahorse Around Britain

Sunday 20 June 2021 Final day! Raining of course first thing but we set off anyway from Gins Farm and started to think about packing the...

Saturday 19th June 2021 Left Brighton for the penultimate leg of our journey. Wind behind us, but light, so we motor sailed passing...

Friday 18th June 2021 We woke up to a miserable forecast - particularly note Fog column....! Nevertheless, after a cup of tea, the...

Thursday 17th June 2021 After our lovely evening at the Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club, we awoke to heavy rain and fog forecast. Intrepid...

Wednesday 15 June 2021 We left Ramsgate around 9.30. A pretty port with lots of little restaurant/cafes on the seafront and even a...

Tuesday 15th June 2021 A day that required much navigational preparation as we crossed the Thames Estuary. The Marine Traffic map does...

Monday 14 June 2021 Continuing our progress around the bulge of Norfolk and Suffolk. More shifting sands with depths down to 0.8 under...

Sunday 13th June 2021 Left Wells at first opportunity at 7.30 am, 2 hours before HW. A lovely fair tide took us around the corner of...

Saturday 12 June We had a day off! We started the day with Dressing the Ship - celebration of HM’s The Queen’s birthday - surprised our...

Friday 11th June 2021 An early start was dictated by the need to arrive in Wells in a precise window of 2 hours before HW. We left at 5...

Thursday 10 June 2021 Light wind F1-2 SW in the morning - very calm. Sea pretty flat, land flat, full of wind turbines and not much...

Wednesday 9th June 2021 The bridge didn't open until 2.30 pm, and so we had a lovely morning exploring Whitby and visiting the Capt. Cook...

Tuesday 8 June 2021 We entered the lock with 2 other boats who had clearly done this many times before. Everything is always new on a...

Monday 7th June 2021 We are now constrained by locks as well as tide and wind. We managed a few hours sailing before needing to put on...

Sunday 6th June 2021 The navigation challenges included rounding Coquet Island east of Amble although Susannah was tempted by the inner...

Saturday 5th June 2021 Left our wonderful mooring at Holy Island late on the tide in order to visit Lindisfarne Priory and museum. Passed...

4 June 2021 Set off for Holy Island with wind F2-3 SW. Completely perfect sail with fluffy white clouds to steer by - we haven’t had many...

Thursday 3 June 2021 The locks opened 15 minutes late which was a bit anxious making as we needed the south-going tide to get to...

Wednesday 2nd June 2021 Despite threat of fog banks along east coast, desperate to be off and as soon as the fog lifted enough to see the...

1 June 2021 Plenty of time to mooch around Stonehaven waiting for the engine parts to arrive from Falkirk. We needed a new fuel injector...