Heading out again soon. Rain and thunder on the way, but it has been so hot here in Oban the last days. Looking at the forecast of South easterlies, we will take…
Ship’s Log
Music, Mountains & Malt
From leaving our home in Falmouth we had a stunning but rather windless voyage up to Holyhead and Scotland which gave us time to cruise the Southern hebrides. It feels…
Early Season Sailing
So much has happened since last time I posted, and rather too long! Spring went very fast, helped along by good weather for maintenance and the arrival from the West…
Spring, Varnish & Brightwork
VARNISH & BRIGHTWORK We have been so lucky last week here in Fowey, Cornwall, spring has really begun with cloudless days, warm sunshine and the woodlands bursting into life beside…
Bessie Ellen Birdwatching Week
Are you interested in birdlife? Then perhaps voyage BE310514 is just what you are looking for. This year we have professional guide Dave Paynter who will join us on this…
Interesting Puffin Facts
BE310514 Bessie Ellen loves puffins so much that this year we have moved to start voyages earlier in Scotland just so we can see more of them during the breeding…
Happy New Year
Greetings from Charlestown, Cornwall. We have been blown into the new year with gales and rain with still no sign of let up, but at least we are afloat and…
An update from Svendborg
Launching day arrives and today sees a beautiful contrast to yesterdays heavy rain, with warming sunshine, crisp air and a cobalt blue sky. Having spent three weeks on the slip…
Scilly post
49 55′ N 006 19’W Preparing for sea. Our voyage crew are ashore on Tresco being given a guided tour by Will Wagstaff. With the weather we have been…
Windy days
I think nothing can be better than dropping anchor in a sheltered bay after a good stiff breeze. Today, St Mawes is that bay after a very fast passage from…