On our way…
Left Eastbourne on Monday 6th May and sailed to Dover, sea a bit uppity round Rye Bay and Dungeness but we made fairly good time and went into the tidal basin in Dover as we planned to leave early the… (READ MORE)
Shakedown
We sailed to Brighton on Monday to try out everything on Hurkur before our big cruise, and our trip there was great, with tide and wind with us, (what there was of it) 3.5 hours. Dutch Pete contacted us in… (READ MORE)
Ready to launch
4/3/2109 Hurkur was lifted out on 27th February after much fuss, we were due for 10.30 am, but they wanted to move us to 2pm. Also our friends with Blue Diamond had been booked in at the same time as… (READ MORE)
Sea, sailing, fish and food!
Needless to say, after Hurkur was fixed by Eddie, everything was fine and we managed to get out a few times for a sail and some fishing too. In fact one perfectly calm day Eddie caught loads of bream, mackerel… (READ MORE)
Short Summer Cruise
8th June to 8th July this year, which I suppose to some is a long cruise, but not for us and we only kept to the Solent. This was because we had to be able to return home easily to… (READ MORE)
Long weekend
Last Friday we took the 12 noon lock out of sovereign and headed to Brighton for a few days. We had a good sail to beachy head and even thought we might be able to sail all the way to… (READ MORE)
First sail of the season
We managed to get out for a sail about a week ago at last, weather was very pleasant but the wind still has a chill in it. Hurkur is now ready to go on her travels, with everything on board… (READ MORE)
Winter Jobs
We had Hurkur out in November last year for her annual spruce up, instead of Spring this year. Various jobs to do including anti-fouling the bottom, something we aren’t used to, as she was copper coated before. Back on her… (READ MORE)
Day trips
We’ve managed to fit in a few day sails since our return home, taking advantage of the best days. We had some really lovely sailing in force 3’s and calm seas, and took out Eddie cousin Andy and Jim his… (READ MORE)
Bureaucracy!
We travelled home on Eurostar on one of the hottest days of the year so far, on Monday 19 June. One of the trains was cancelled delaying us by about 2 hours, but luckily we had left ourselves LOADS of… (READ MORE)