Author: James Tomlinson

2220 BST 25th July DIARY A long day and another hundred miles. We have just arrived in Eyemouth from Peterhead and its eye watering at low water springs here too. … Continue Reading →

0730 BST 18th July DIARY Hospitality Askoy Island. Moving south and towards home. We are in a small anchorage just south of the Marstien entrance from the North Sea. Coming … Continue Reading →

1245 BST 13th July DIARY We left Lerwick the day before yesterday and were moored engine off Bergen Seilforening yesterday evening at 1720 BST. We started the engine at 0920 … Continue Reading →

1045 BST 28th June  We are still in Stromness. Chris and Caroline left for Wick on Monday. Frances took a flight out of Kirkwall to Inverness to get a flight … Continue Reading →

1115 BST 19th June DIARY We are in Peterhead. We came through the Pier Heads at 0305 BST yesterday morning having left Eyemouth at 1000 BST the day before. Peterhead … Continue Reading →

1550 11th June DIARY Scarborough Harbour. We arrived from Lowestoft yesterday at 1440 after a 24H passage. The winds were variable from Lowestoft although predominantly from the SW but gradually … Continue Reading →

1100 BST 9th June The country is in limbo following the election yesterday and we are still in Lowestoft. We arrived on Monday. A few Dutch boats sailed home this … Continue Reading →

0845 BST 6th June Leg one is completed. We are in Lowestoft. We arrived yesterday at 1345. It was a very windy sail under a reefed genoa in SSW 5-6’s … Continue Reading →

12th May Orford to Osea Island, R Blackwater 13th May A sail to Brightlingsea Creek 14th May Hedgerows As a child I remember the noise of the hedgerows in the … Continue Reading →

29th April After a couple of long days getting the boat ready for the sea we went for a sail … The furling gear for the Stay Sail has transformed … Continue Reading →