La Bamba – Voyages of sailing boat La Bamba

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!

Back home via Old Harry

Lyme Regis to Old Harry 43nm

Tuesday 30 September

There was absolutely no wind this morning. A beautiful dawn over the Dorset coast after a lovely sunset last night.

Light Airs to Lyme Regis

Brixham to Lyme Regis 31nm

Monday 29 September

We set off knowing the forecast was for light airs and variable. Neither of those words are what sailors want to hear.

Briskly round to Brixham

Salcombe to Brixham 25nm

Saturday 27 September & Sunday 28

There are very unfamiliar grey skies today as we leave Salcombe.

A Slow Sail to Sunny Salcombe

Dartmouth to Salcombe 15nm

Thursday 25 September & Friday 26

We picked Penny up off Dartmouth quay in the afternoon – it’s getting to be a habit, meeting Penny in Dartmouth! (See previous blogs)

Delightful Dittisham

Tuesday -Wednesday 23-24 September

Just up the river from Dartmouth and Kingswear is the most delightful village of Dittisham. We moored up on a visitor’s buoy in the deep (18m!) and generous river Dart.