Voyages of sailing boat La Bamba
Dartmouth to Saint Peter Port 83 nm
Monday 14 July
Penny had a fantastic first Channel crossing.
As we left Dartmouth at 8.30am, an incoming yacht shouted across, ‘Its windy out there!’- but we were prepared with our oilies on and David and I had our wellies on too.
Continue reading “Dashing over to Guernsey”Dartmouth, Sunday 13 July
Today was super sunny again and we were very happy to welcome my nephew Paul with Jemma and Elara and Jemma’s parents Colin and Helen who all came to visit La Bamba.
Continue reading “Welcome Visitors and New Crew”Weymouth to Dartmouth 56nm
Saturday 12 July
We got the 10am bridge and set South to clear Portland Bill, and a little bit further to clear the race.
Friday 11 July
With changeable winds we decided to stay in Weymouth today, so here’s a potted history:
Continue reading “Weymouth”Studland to Weymouth – 24 nm
Thursday 10 July
It’s very hot as we get La Bamba ready this morning and we need to wait for the tide to turn – so we have time for a cool swim off the boat.
Continue reading “Down the Dorset Coast”Studland Bay
Wednesday 9 July
Today we stayed on our buoy in Studland Bay as it is so peaceful and beautiful here.
Continue reading “Between the Devil and the Deep Blue Sea”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”