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Inverness to Bodo is a long haul, too much for us on Fairwinds I think. We will attempt to cross to Haugesund and take it from there.

Was looking at the possibility of coastal sailing up to Bodo and leaving Fairwinds tehre for the Winter.

Might be a bit of a write-up and photos if I have time Bit knackered just now. Sitting in a Portuguese restaurant waiting on suckling pig and octopus, early flight tomorrow. Last rabies jab on Friday in Oban then heading through the canal ASAP on Fairwinds. Was planning heading to Norway from Peterh...

Done an intercontinental sail, which is a first for Avy-J

200nm Alvor (Portugal) to Rabat (Morocco)

6 weeks gadding about by train, bus, camel, quad and tram, then seized a teensy weather window back to Alvor.

Back to Seil on Thursday to fettle Fairwinds.

Clachan Bridge is a 234-year-old bridge that sits at the heart of our community on Seil. For generations, it has been the lifeline connecting the slate islands of Seil, Luing and Easdale to the mainland. It is not just a crossing point, it is part of our daily lives, our history and our identity. Ye...

As i is possible that the bluemoment.com domain may be sold in the near future I have moved the forum to bluemoment.co.uk

Mavanier has just achieved Yachtmaster Offshore (Motor) as well.

Yachtmaster x 2

We are not worthy!

If you have found your way here you will already know - the forum has been moved from the .com domain to the .co.uk domain, which is of course where it lived for many years. The copy of the forum on the .com domain has been deleted. This is because an offer has been made for the bluemoment.com domai...

A very enjoyable four days, definitely woke me up from my Winter torpor.

Thanks Alastair.

There certainly were some tricky conditions, but the good ship Sruth handled them well. Seeing 44kts apparent as we tacked her during MOB practice will stick in my mind for a while.

Approved for YM Offshore after examination last Wednesday.

Definitely.

Cramming as much in as possible makes life last longer!

Lots of work/upgrades to Avy-J in the Spring, including rudder repair, new pushpit extension/guardwires, 200W extra solar, new Lewmar 40ST genoa winches, new Vetus cludgie hoses and TruDesign seacocks, old lower chainplates stripped out and replaced with external chainplates, sprayhood repaired, lif...

The forum runs itself apart from occasional updates, an hour a week would be more than enough to plan for.