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Category: Cruising Logs

  • 2015 – Lusty’s Last Cruise – Gerry Knight

    2015 – Lusty’s Last Cruise – Gerry Knight

    Lusty’s Last Cruise Or A Funny Thing Happened On The Way To Birdham One Day by Gerry Knight Birdham Pool is a uniquely attractive marina and a tranquil berth but the drying approach channel and the Chichester bar mandate working the tide. It happened then that an inconvenient high water provided a reasonable excuse for a…

  • 2015 – Mary Allan – Not the Best Summer Cruise

    2015 – Mary Allan – Not the Best Summer Cruise

    Not the best summer cruise by Mary Allan Several times since retirement we have taken three months to sail northwards, enjoying the beautiful west coast of Scotland, sometimes going right round Britain. In 2015 we set aside the usual three months, May-June-July, to go up the west coast, visiting Scottish islands. We started well, having…

  • 2015-02-16 – John Rugg – Family Trailer Sailing

    2015-02-16 – John Rugg – Family Trailer Sailing

    Sailing by the Old Man of Coniston John & Moira Rugg – family summer sailing holidays. Five times we trailed a boat to the Lake District – four times with our 16ft Gaff Rigged Winkle Brig followed only once with our Dehler 25.  

  • 2015-02-03 Can you help me? – Ted Sutton

    Could  you help me  please? by  Ted  Sutton We probably all feel it’s embarrassing to ask for assistance, especially from complete strangers.  It gives the impression that we have bitten off more than we can chew and need others to help sort out our problem.  But amazingly, complete strangers are usually very helpful providing you…

  • 2015-01-28 Rob Johnstone – Vagabond

    Rob Johnstone sails round Great Britain This is a holding page for Rob Johnstone’s Blog about his experiences with Vagabond, his Swallow Bay Cruiser 23.

  • 2015-02-03 Chris Veys sails round Britain

    Chris Veys’ journey round Great Britain Read about Chris Veys’ adventure sailing around Britain in 2009.

  • 2014-12-30 Andy Oliver Old Gaffer Solent Misadventure

    2014-12-30 Andy Oliver Old Gaffer Solent Misadventure

    An Old Gaffer’s Solent (Mis) Adventure by Andy Oliver Misfortune arrives in threes, so they say, and that is certainly how it seemed during a recent trip in the Solent. The plan had been for the four of us – my brother Neil and Ross (co-owners), Miles and myself (crew) to sail the 27ft gaffer…

  • 1986 – Peter Batterley sails to Brittany

    1986 – Peter Batterley sails to Brittany Introduction Starting January 2015, Peter Batterley sponsors the GXSA award for Photo Journalism, inspired by a programme run by Dartmouth Yacht Club, where Peter was a member after he left Gerrards Cross. The article below was Peter’s award winning submission to Datrmouth Yacht Club, which we have scanned…

  • 1997 – Peter Poole sails to Norway

    1997 – Peter Poole sails to Norway Introduction In 1997 Peter Poole (a long-standing member of GXSA) took Holly (his Nicholson 32) to Norway. Read his story by clicking each of the following images Click a page, below, to see it full size                        …

  • 2014-10-22 Beyond Belief sails to Normandy

    2014-10-22 Beyond Belief sails to Normandy

    Beyond Belief’s Cruise to Normandy by Gerry Knight As those A-level results were due on the 14 August we could not join the planned GXSA Normandy cruise so we decided to leave for France earlier and meet up with the (un)rally on the way home. Members will now be aware that this plan was thwarted…