South Star Goes South. Uk To France, Spain and Portugal.
Sunrise to Port
We leave at 9am on the 7th November. Instead of exploring the Ria De Vigo (which we really do want to do) we agree we should continue South while the good weather is holding. It’s a beautiful day and a pleasure to sail across the bay with the islands to our right. We motor sail […]
North West Passage
We anchor down in Cederia and the feeling of joy is wonderful. Relief for making it across the bay mingles with excitement for what lies ahead.The Ria is beautiful and at this time of year it is empty of yachts. South Star and crew are happy to be safe in harbour. The lure we towed […]
Crossing the Bay of Biscay
The start of our crossing is calm and we hoist our sails so we are ready to sail in the night when the wind picks up. We motor into the darkness thinking we could always turn back in the morning if we are not happy. The sun sets and we are heading in the darkness […]
Muzzles & wyne
We settle into exploring Douarnenez. We are happy to be here and feel that although we are not somewhere warm we have more than enough to keep us happy for a winter. Our crew depart for the UK and have to use some six or so forms of transport to get home..bus, taxi, train, ferry, […]
Away for a winter…Could this be true?
We are ready to set sail. With high hopes and only a few backward glances, ready to cross the English Channel…for the second time this year. The crossing should be good. The wind is not forecast too strong. Our crew members arrive and we hoist the dinghies aboard. The wind is light to start the […]
Davey Jones’s locker
We were up super early for the relaunch. It was still dark. The coffee flowed and the last few items slung aboard or in the skip. I get ruthless in these moments and good bits of wood often meet their destiny on the fire wood pile. Mind you I have been known to fish them […]
The kicks were many & the hours were lon
OK. I know it’s been a long while since I last sat down to write. Our little adventure was taken on a bit of a ride and we just had to get our head down and work if we were to have any chance of saving the dream. We have had no spare time as […]
Brest or Bust
Departure day breaks fine and sunny. We are up early checking oil, sails, rigging…the list really only ends when you leave. Are the potholes all shut? Is the deck tidy? Do we have enough snacks? At the last-minute I have to go up the mast to get the mast-head light working. It was just a […]
And away we go…
We spent the next week on the mooring mostly stowing items and trying to believe we could set to sea and not have our possessions thrown around inside like popcorn. The weather indeed did turn out to be less than summery so it was often difficult to get Bryher ashore to head off cabin fever. […]