Author: James Tomlinson

30th April R Ore, Suffolk My next door neighbour!  Our moorings are next to each other!  ‘Tuesday of Ore’ and David Foreman sailing in the river. 3rd May Anchored for … Continue Reading →

From launching and a night anchored in The Deben we had a couple of days in Titchmarsh Marina Walton Back Waters 13th April Leaving Walton Heading for The Blackwater 14th … Continue Reading →

26th February Dismantling the engine 17 March Preparing to bench test the Volvo 2003 Engineer Peter Norris 20th March Replacing an old hatch Vent 24th March Restoration of the large … Continue Reading →

21st February SYH R Orwell to The Deben Heading for The Deben Bawdsey 22nd February After a night at Waldringfield on a friends mooring we head up to Melton above … Continue Reading →

13th January Olly Ballam, Seapower Marine Ltd, replacing 24 year old cables in the mast from the Suffolk YH ‘cherry picker’.  A new led Tricolour and anchor light too… 16th … Continue Reading →

8th November Trying to repair the anchor light!!! Stirling work from The Doc to get me up there and then to kindly let me down again ….

Early November in Southern Spain Watch carefully … The film was taken to the left of the rock in the foreground … probably from the finger pontoon on the left. … Continue Reading →

19th – 21st October with James R 19th October Light airs to take us from R Orwell down the Essex coast and across to The Medway so James R insisted … Continue Reading →

14th October Seasons end for ‘Dutch Dream’ as we take her to Larkman’s Ltd for the winter.. James R at the helm with Shingle Street behind us..  Northerly winds and … Continue Reading →

Week End in Orford 10th – 12th October After a couple of weeks away in Andalucia it was time to put some clothes on and get back to ‘Talisker l’ … Continue Reading →