Spring Cruise 2023 – The breakaway group!
The planned cruise itinery of The Yealm and Fowey had been an enticing prospect for the Spring Cruise, but a combination of circumstances made some of the fleet make the…
Spring Cruise 2023 – Westward bound
On the 29th May the Spring Cruise fleet assembled in Portland Marina; 10 sailing and 1 motorboat. A brisk easterly had been blowing for some time which resulted in the…
Spring Cruise 2022 – Channel Islands and France
After a couple of years of disruption, the Spring Cruise was set to return to it’s usual schedule, and begin with an easy sail to Yarmouth. The weather didn’t entirely…
Solstice Cruise 2021
Covid restrictions in early 2021 meant the Spring Cruise had to be delayed until the summer for a second year. The cruise was not as heavily subscribed as last year,…
Summer Cruise 2020 – West Country
Following the necessary cancellation of the West Country Spring Cruise due to the coronavirus pandemic, I was keen to see if there was interest in escaping on a Summer Cruise,…
Spring Cruise 2019 – Channel Islands and France
We were to meet in Cherbourg on the Saturday evening. The retired and long-legged set off early to capture the decent winds; Titian making fantastic progress from the East coast…
Spring Cruise 2018 – Westward Ho!
It was to be a record breaker… if not a record number of boats on a cruise, certainly the record overall length. Interest peaked at 14 boats and one car,…
Spring Cruise 2017 – Cruise to the Corsair City
Instructions were simple… bring an interesting hat, a joke, and an NYC burgee, and meet in Alderney on the evening of the 20th. This imposed a notoriously challenging start from…
Spring Cruise 2016
After a great visit to Yarmouth and the Royal Solent on our Spring Rally, an armada of 10 boats, all flying the NYC burgee, sailed west and out of the…