ULA - Another great day afloat

Another great day afloat

ULA

John & Jackie Richards

Mon 28 Jul 2008 20:41

Position: 050:24.013N 003:30.478W

6.30am start to catch the tide after a peaceful night anchored in Studland watching a DVD of The Full Monty-we had forgotten how funny it was! A beautiful morning and fantastic weather - hottest day of the year with the crew in bikinis all day, apart from the skipper of course! No wind for quite a while so motored to about 5 miles West of Portland Bill when the wind filled in and we hoisted the sails. Great spinnaker sail all the way across Lyme Bay in to Brixham. When we went to hoist the mainsail, we found a racing pigeon taking a rest in the sail cover. He stayed with us, taking some water and catching up on a few zzz's before suddenly heading off in a Northerly direction about 6 miles from Brixham.

Judging by tonight's forecast we may have seen the last of the good weather for a while......

Signing off for now.. Jackie

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Blog Entries

2009

Mar 2009

Wed 18 Mar 20:37
- Heading north

Feb 2009

Wed 18 Feb 13:25
- Rodney Bay .....again!
Mon 16 Feb 17:15
- Showery Caribbean
- Back in Bequia
Sun 15 Feb 16:51
- So where is Johnny Depp?
Thu 12 Feb 16:18
- Wet and windy Union Island
Tue 10 Feb 15:41
- Mayreau
Mon 9 Feb 18:56
- Sunning in Canouan
Sat 7 Feb 14:47
- Enjoying Bequia
Thu 5 Feb 14:25
- Soufriere and mooring off the Bat Cave
Mon 2 Feb 13:55
- Back in the Caribbean

2008

Dec 2008

Fri 26 Dec 16:25
- Caribbean christmas
Thu 18 Dec 16:45
- We are here!
Mon 15 Dec 20:36
- We have arrived
Sat 13 Dec 20:23
- The End is in Sight
Fri 12 Dec 14:34
- Ambushed in the North Atlantic
Thu 11 Dec 14:20
- Rolling along
Wed 10 Dec 16:28
- Trolling in the trades at last
Tue 9 Dec 14:30
- You can never tell in the Trades
Mon 8 Dec 16:57
- It doesn't get much better!
Sun 7 Dec 14:34
- Sailing is fun?!
Sat 6 Dec 14:47
- View from the crew
Fri 5 Dec 12:41
- (no subject)
Thu 4 Dec 15:41
- A wild and squally night!
- Now too much wind
Wed 3 Dec 16:21
- Anyone seen the trade winds?
Tue 2 Dec 12:49
- Water Water Everywhere
Mon 1 Dec 14:03
- Sleeping!

Nov 2008

Sun 30 Nov 13:10
- Transatlantic Trade Wind Living
Sat 29 Nov 13:06
- How to get a man excited!
Fri 28 Nov 16:44
- Trolling in the Tradewinds
Thu 27 Nov 11:47
- Bowling along!
Wed 26 Nov 12:16
- Heading south
Tue 25 Nov 12:06
- Position
- Ghosting along!
Mon 24 Nov 12:05
- We're off!
Sat 22 Nov 23:57
- The Final Countdown
Fri 21 Nov 10:15
- Partying in Las Palmas(2)
Wed 19 Nov 13:08
- Partying in Las Palmas
Sat 15 Nov 15:34
- Preparations in Palmas

Oct 2008

Sat 18 Oct 15:06
- Gran Canaria capers!
- Photos of trip to Gran Canaria with Andrew, Tim and Helen
Wed 15 Oct 17:42
- Fun in Fuerteventura
Mon 13 Oct 09:15
- Lazing in Lanzarote
Fri 10 Oct 20:56
- Lanndfall in Lanzarote
Tue 7 Oct 14:38
- Is there anyone out there?
Mon 6 Oct 14:25
- Second leg commences!
Sat 4 Oct 09:40
- Vilamoura Revisited

Sep 2008

Wed 3 Sep 13:05
- Photos of the trip to portugal

Aug 2008

Sat 30 Aug 12:38
- Vilamoura scrubbers
Wed 27 Aug 11:00
- Lagos
Tue 26 Aug 09:17
- Fw: Sun in Sines
Sat 23 Aug 15:42
- Loving it in Cascais
Thu 21 Aug 08:35
- Windy in Cascais
Mon 18 Aug 10:43
- Portugese pot buoy perils
Sat 16 Aug 19:03
- It never rains in Portugal
Fri 15 Aug 09:55
- Pooped in Povoa - update
Thu 14 Aug 09:46
- Pooped in Povoa
Tue 12 Aug 10:41
- A break in Baiona
Mon 11 Aug 18:11
- I thought it was meant to be sunny in Spain?
Sun 10 Aug 11:05
- Hola de espana!
Fri 8 Aug 15:23
- No pain no gain
Wed 6 Aug 21:53
- Enjoying Loctudy
Mon 4 Aug 09:26
- Drying out in Camaret
Sat 2 Aug 14:37
- Chilling in Falmouth
Fri 1 Aug 18:43
- 050:20.596N 004:37.798W

Jul 2008

Thu 31 Jul 21:48
- Heading West and all that
Wed 30 Jul 11:34
- What a difference a day makes!
Mon 28 Jul 20:41
- Another great day afloat
Sun 27 Jul 19:55
- We're off!

May 2008

Tue 27 May 22:08
- Stuck in Cherbourg
Wed 7 May 16:38
- Ula Picture 50:47.40N 001:07.05W
Tue 6 May 20:57
- Ula's Diary 5 May 2008

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