Saturday 31 May
Happy Birthday to George! We are hoping he will join us in November to help us sail the ARC.
Lily the Pink
‘Zigzags’ rides again!
Friday 30 May
When the children were under 10 and we were young, we used to borrow David’s Dad’s Contessa 32 for family holidays in the Solent and beyond. ‘South Haze’ was a racer and never had more weight than she needed so the only cutlery on board was a tea spoon.
Anchoring & Old Friends
Friday 23 & Saturday 24 May
The wind is freshening today as we headed out of Lymington and took the tide and wind East along the Solent. Whizzing along!
Continue reading “Anchoring & Old Friends”Newtown Creek
Tuesday May 20
Newtown creek is a very sleepy little river on the Isle of Wight that we often sail past on our way to Cowes. Apparently it gets very busy in season and you can moor on a visitor buoy or anchor – in May on a Tuesday it’s very calm.
Continue reading “Newtown Creek”Pootling and Reef Checking
Monday 19 May
David spent the morning readjusting our steering which was a bit too tight. One of the things I love most about La Bamba is the lightness of the helm. Then he adjusted the windlass which was knocking a bit when the engine was on. We discovered these yesterday on our first sail so that was very useful.
Continue reading “Pootling and Reef Checking”Silver Solent
May 18, Sunday
Finally our first sail of the year! We were very glad to welcome new crew to dust off the cobwebs on a beautiful shimmering Solent sail on a perfect day.
Continue reading “Silver Solent”Getting ready for action
May 4-7
Over winter we had La Bamba’s sails off, so we put them back on again and put all the reefing lines back in.
In the Pink
Friday 25th & Saturday 26 April 2025
We are getting La Bamba ready for her new season. Spot the new Bimini:
To Hamble for Boatshow prep
Tuesday, 27 August
Today we delivered La Bamba to Hamble marina for her to be polished up for the Southampton Boatshow (14-22 September).
Continue reading “To Hamble for Boatshow prep”Final Statistics
Well this is the end of our first journey. La Bamba has been cleaned and tidied and all her bedding is off to be laundered. We really enjoyed ourselves and are so looking forward to our next La Bamba adventure which I will post here. Thank you for sailing with us.
