After a long summer of anticipation, we finally got the news that the restrictions had been lifted enough for us to be able to transport the boat home to Wales. We hired a company to bring her down, and met them at Milford Haven, where she was due to spend a few months on the…

Once the mast and running rigging was installed it was finally time to learn to sail! This was very exciting but also quite daunting, as we had never tried anything like this before. Lake Windermere was a brilliant place to learn, as we didnt need to worry too much about things like tides, navigation, and…

When we bought our boat, it didn’t have a mast. Not a broken mast. Not a damaged mast. Just… no mast at all. A sailboat without its most important feature is a strange sight, and it became even stranger once we started learning why. From the moment we took ownership, everyone seemed to have a…