New boat. New adventures
Christine's Atlantic Circuit
Peter Lansdale
Wed 14 Aug 2019 06:49
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50, 45'.1N: 001,
31'.4W
Sitting in Lymington
Yacht Haven in the rain, it's turning out to be a rather more typical British
summer than seemed to be the case a few months ago. I am sitting on Allegria my
new Southerly 480 all ready, or nearly all ready, to start another adventure.
The title of the blog should therefore be changed to the Adventures of Allegria
but it is simpler to continue with the same blog, so don't get confused. It was
in a very mad moment that I decided to sell Christine and buy a larger boat and
so here we are ready to set off again. The we this time is myself together with
Lynn who I think is feeling some trepidation at the thought of the long passages
ahead. Also on board are Sue and Terry Reeve who, I hope, are looking forward to
the adventure of a lifetime. They have joined us for the passage to the Canary
Islands, in preparation for the ARC to St Lucia, and will be continuing across
the Atlantic and spending a short time in the Caribbean.
After what has seemed like months of preparation
and sorting of the new boat the aim today is to cast off and sail to Studland
Bay and then tomorrow off across the Channel to Alderney.
I'm sure all will be well.
Peter
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