Category: Cruising Logs

Gerry Knight – Seychelles Gerry submitted the following article for the 2021 Peter Batterley Award.  You can download the PDF by clicking here.  {pdf=/images/2021/Batterley/SeychellesCruise_02a – Gerry Knight.pdf|100%|100%|native} Cruising the Seychelles A typical beach on the island of La Digue Whilst marooned at home in a pandemic with limited prospects of sailing what better medicine than to revisit…

John Dawson – Deathless in Paradise David submitted the following article for the 2021 Peter Batterley Award.  You can download the PDF by clicking here.  {pdf=/images/2021/Batterley/Deathless in Paradise – John Dawson.pdf|100%|100%|native} Deathless in Paradise So there we were, doing our binge watching on TV and the BBC series Death in Paradise came up. We spent…

David Horn – A Year on the River David submitted the following article for the 2021 Peter Batterley Award.  You can download the PDF by clicking here.  {pdf=images/2021/Batterley/2020 by the Thames – David Horn.pdf|100%|100%|native} The Year by the River The 14th of March 2020 has become a memorable date. Not only was it the evening…

Andy Oliver – A Solent Misadventure Andy submitted the following article for the 2021 Peter Batterley Award.  You can download the PDF by clicking here.  {pdf=images/2021/Batterley/Solent Misadventure – Andy Oliver.pdf|100%|100%|native} A Solent (Mis) Adventure (Andy Oliver) Misfortune arrives in threes, so they say, and that is certainly how it seemed during a trip in the…

John Apps – If Napoleon had been a Sailor… John submitted the following article for the 2021 Peter Batterley Award.  You can download the PDF by clicking here.  {pdf=images/2021/Batterley/If Napoleon had been a Sailor – John Apps.pdf|100%|100%|native} If Napoleon had been a sailor? by John Apps King Louis XVI of France was very impressed with Captain…

Cate Goffe submitted this memoire for the Peter Batterley Trophy in 2021   WINO! We were a crew of six on “Jimpa” a Westerly Fulmar heading for Barfleur. An easy crossing with high tide in the harbour. Low tide in the morning as the boat sat on the stoney bottom with the crew in eager…

David Horn – Henley on Thames Festivals David submitted the following article for the 2020 Peter Batterley Award.  You can download the PDF by clicking here.   {pdf=/images/2020/Henley_on_Thames_Festival.pdf|100%|100%|native} Henley-on-Thames Festival In both 2018 and 2019 we experienced the Henley Traditional Boat Festival from the water in our own boat. An impressive sight although marred last…

John Apps – Helgoland, or perhaps Heyligeland Johnsubmitted the following article for the 2020 Peter Batterley Award.  You can download the PDF by clicking here.  {pdf=/images/2020/Helgoland.pdf|100%|100%|native} Helgoland or perhaps Heyligeland* By John Apps Whenever I hear the shipping forecast and the German Bight is mentioned my thoughts immediately go to one of my favourite summer…

Elaine & Bob Hazell visit the Baltic Elaine & Bob submitted the following article for the 2019 Peter Batterley Award.  You can download the PDF by clicking here.  {pdf=/images/Batterley/Batterley-2019-Baltic-BobHazell.pdf|100%|100%|native} Bob and Elaine Hazell write about their 2018 summer cruise on Pipistrelle in the Baltic. In 2017 they crossed the Atlantic with Martin Goodchild as crew…

Nancy of the Boat ‘Philo’ John Apps submitted the following alternative article for the 2019 Peter Batterley Award.  You can download the PDF by clicking here. {pdf=/images/Batterley/Batterley-2019-Nancy-JohnApps.pdf|100%|100%|native} Nancy of the Yawl ‘Philo’. John Apps Adapted from A.B. [Banjo] Paterson’s ‘Clancy of the Overflow’ I had written her a letter which I had for want of better knowledge,…