After a few weeks in the Poole/ Studland area it was time to push west a bit, which meant once again crossing Lyme Bay. Last year was our first time doing this particular crossing and with hardly any wind we ended up motoring the whole way for 12 hours! You… Read More »Night Sail across Lyme Bay: Swanage to Dartmouth
After spending 3 nights at anchor in Studland Bay the weather was finally favourable for us to make the fairly long passage across Lyme Bay and down to the West Country. This would be our first time crossing Lyme Bay and, to be honest, we were both a little apprehensive… Read More »Crossing Lyme Bay: Sailing Studland to Torquay
After spending a few nights at anchor in the South Deep in Poole Harbour, we weighed anchor, which once again was a mess of mud and seaweed (read our previous post for more on this!) and headed through the harbour, through both the Poole bridge and Twin Sails Bridge to… Read More »Anchoring in Studland Bay
Our latest passage was taking us from Portland Harbour along the beautiful Jurassic Coast to the seaside town of Swanage. We had completed this sail on a couple of previous occasions but this would be the first time we would be taking the inshore passage around St Albans head. As… Read More »Sailing around St Albans Head on the Jurassic Coast