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
On a recent crossing from Portsmouth to Honfleur I was interested to see how significant the error was between our actual GPS position and that recorded in the logbook using time & distance covered through the water by dead reckoning or estimated position. Continue reading Comparing our Estimated Position with GPS fix
After a week or so to reflect on our Round the Island Race perhaps the question should be “What could we have done differently?” Continue reading Round the Island – So what went wrong?
Bob cooked bacon sandwiches as we motored down the Hamble which is probably the best way to start a day in the world and we could see the hundreds of boats milling about over Bramble Bank and towards Cowes. Continue reading Round the Island Race 2015
