Voyages of sailing boat La Bamba
Lymington to Studland, 24nm
Tuesday 8 July
Tomorrow it will be exactly a year since we first set off from Sweden bringing La Bamba to her new home in England. It seems a very long time ago because La Bamba is such a big part of our lives now.
Continue reading “Off we go (again!)”July 7 2025
When you own a boat there is always a time in the year when she needs to come out of the water.
Sunday 15 June
As you all know, we are testing all our new toys for when we do the ARC, this year, or, getting more likely because of all the delays, next year.
Saturday 14 June
To follow up on our Safety at Sea course, we did our RYA Sea Survival course on Saturday.
Continue reading “Survival”Sunday 1 June
We sailed down to the Hamble to go on a RYA Safety at Sea course. Enough to make anyone stay a landlubber for life!
Continue reading “Safety at Sea”Saturday 31 May
Happy Birthday to George! We are hoping he will join us in November to help us sail the ARC.
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.
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”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”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”