Fishing trip
Tuesday August 27th, hot on the heels of our trip to Brighton we took advantage of the exceptional weather and went out on Hurkur for a fishing trip with Andy, Eddie’s cousin. There was not wind out at sea, so… (READ MORE)
Mod weekend at Brighton
On Wednesday 21st August we headed to Brighton in the afternoon, after taking the granddaughters home the day before and an hospital appointment in the morning. Weather lovely and calm, we managed the 1pm lock and made Brighton about 5.15pm… (READ MORE)
About turn
Instead of carrying on to Breskens, we decided to head back to Dover via Dunkerque. There were a few concerns with the engine, I was having problems with headaches, and also Eddie’s Mum health. So we headed for Dunkerque on… (READ MORE)
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)