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Showing posts with label La Rance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label La Rance. Show all posts
Thursday, 10 September 2015

A Short Cruise in France

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July and August were pretty intensive months for renovating this old Westerly Nomad. I wanted to get her into a state where I could embark ...
Thursday, 16 October 2014

Canal Boat on Salt Water

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Dave and Natalie bought this old English narrow boat on a French canal ‘as seen’ for a remarkably good price. It had languished on the w...
Monday, 8 September 2014

Don't You Just Hate Midweek?

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I couldn’t help taking the opportunity to send younger friends and ex colleagues a few pics from my first ‘voyage’ on ‘Susan’, the Wester...
Monday, 25 August 2014

Boat Handling in Confined Waters

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Out and back, then out and then back again, and again. When I was minded to purchase this boat I read a comment on the internet that Wester...
Thursday, 24 July 2014

Launching an Old Westerly Nomad

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So, we launched Susan of the Seas at about 10 am on Wednesday. Rather than immerse the boat trailer the yard decided to use the boat lift t...
Tuesday, 22 April 2014

A Stroll Around the Boatyard

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Weather has been so good recently I took time out to stroll around the boatyard and was pleasantly surprised to note that I now seem to ...
Wednesday, 9 April 2014

Wooden Boat Hatches, Oil or Varnish?

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One of my recent posts proved to be quite controversial, regular readers will recall I have been renovating the hatches on this old boat – ...
Sunday, 1 December 2013

Classic Boats

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Take a look at this beautiful classic sailing boat that turned up in my home port last week. I love her traditional long deep keel, beau...
Monday, 14 October 2013

Fifty Shades of White

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Still sanding the boat – currently using P800 – to be followed by P1000, P1500 and P2000 wet and dry and then P3000 before I apply sealan...
Monday, 16 September 2013

GRP Restoration

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Susan and I took some time out recently to visit yet another of the many 'Ships Graveyards' dotted here and there along the Ran...