Deep Sea Ocean Sailing - For those that fancy just escaping for a whole month! Sail from Antigua to the UK, Jolly Harbour to Gunwharf Quays in Portsmouth. This trip is not for the faint hearted but is a great opportunity to get some serious miles and ocean...
This is open to anyone. Although, as you will likely be 14 days non stop on a boat, it helps if you know you like sailing! But it doesn't matter if you haven't got a lot of experience providing you have some. The Race is actually a Rally. The Atlantic Rally for...
Sail away from the UK, out of the Solent, down the busy English Channel and then South across the Bay of Biscay to warmer climes and your destination: Gran Canaria in the Canaries! For anyone wishing to do some serious offshore sailing, build miles, or just...
Competent Crew Course - Get Into Sailing with Family or Friends Have you ever wanted to go sailing, but didn’t know where to start? Whether you come from a sailing family and want to build up your knowledge, you haven’t sailed in a while and need your memory...
On this the last of our 2017 Norway voyages Challenger 1 says farewell to Norway and sails sails down the North Sea to pass through the Dover Straits and then along the English South Coast to Portsmouth. As this blog goes the boat is about 70 miles off of Portsmouth....
The Pet Shop Boys, Freshly caught fish, rain, sun, a hike up Pulpit Rock and a Norwegian Folk Rock Band. Bergfest Day 2 An early start for us this morning having some 40nm to cover. A few of us could have done with some more sleep having been kept awake by the Pet...
Here is the second half of the voyage that started and finished in Bergen... Day 4 13th June We started quite early since we had a long distance to make up heading back west along Sognefjord. First however, we headed north across the fjord to Balestrand, where we...
Day 3 of Sailing in Norway - 12th June We slipped our lines about 9am, no sign off life from the shop or anyone else in the sleepy village so no point waiting to get fresh bread and milk! Today passage took us to Vik another 20nm further up Sognefjord. The further we...