La Bamba – Voyages of sailing boat La Bamba

Ukrainians join the Crew

Tues-Thurs 16 -18 June

We are currently enjoying a visit of our Ukrainian family who lived with us for 2 years in 2022-24 due to Russia’s vicious war. Obviously we had to show them La Bamba and see how they get on as sailors.

Cruising Cousins

Friday 29 May

We welcomed David’s cousin Andrew and family: Charlotte and daughters Poppy & Tiggy, onto La Bamba for a gentle Solent cruise.

Drifting down the Solent

Sunday 24 May

Today we welcomed Sam and Rosemary onto La Bamba. Sam was our first crew back in Henan in Sweden when we first got La Bamba and will be joining us for the ARC; Rosemary has never sailed before.

Fair winds to Yarmouth

Saturday 23 May

Leaving Old Harry we had 6-10 knots from the North West and we soon got Lily the Pink up to drift us along happily at 4-5 knots.

Hanging out with Harry

Friday 22 May

The tide came in and we soon got off our little mud mound.

Deja-vu in Newtown Creek

Thursday 21 May

Having done a quick foal check on Lymington sea wall (6 – doubled from last time!) and having got very excited about seeing a cuckoo – normally I only ever hear them – we set off on Thursday with light winds and sunny weather. My favourite!

Ticking off those jobs!

Lymington May 2-5

We have spent a few days on the dock doing jobs while others go out sailing. This doesn’t bother us as we are going to get a lot of miles under our hull later this year!

First sail of the season

Saturday 18 April

On Saturday we took La Bamba out for a first season shake down sail and it was also a birthday sail with novice crew Paul (yes his birthday) and my BFF Caroline.

Winter jobs

Early 2026

This winter, despite spending 6 weeks skiing, David has been very busy on La Bamba. This blog is for the techie nerds and gives a glimpse into the hard paddling underwater that the swanlike glide of the yacht seldom reveals….

September Limericks

On Chesil Beach we walked in a gale

Pebbles? There’s bale upon bale

The ones that we found

Were so smooth and round

So glad that we didn’t sail!