Blog posts & articles about sailing cruises (but generally these don’t include holidays).
Written by my father, David May
I was on duty at my stand at the London Boat Show in January 1971 when I was approached by my two friends Roger and Philip. They had dreamed up the idea that we should sell our respective small plywood cruising yachts and together form a syndicate to purchase a larger deep-keeled yacht. Continue reading Windchat’s 1973 birth and maiden voyage
Honfleur is reported as one of the, if not the number one, most beautiful harbours in Normandy and Northern France. I’ve done several Channel crossings now to Cherbourg which is a fairless characterless destination so I jumped at the chance of sailing to Honfleur on a Channel hop with Nomad Sailing. Continue reading Crossing the English Channel to Honfleur
I’ve been sailing for now for 4 years and I’ve commented several times that my biggest regret was that I didn’t Continue reading My biggest regret about sailing
I’d called the lock keeper at Chichester on the VHF the previous evening and he was estimating we might clear the channel outside the marina by 1100. We were listening Continue reading Chichester to Hamble
